S. Con. Res. 11 Agreed to May 5, 2015

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 

Concurrent Resolution 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2016. 

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

2016 and that this concurrent resolution sets forth the appropriate 

budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both Houses 

Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 1102. Major functional categories. 

Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the Senate 

Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate. 

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

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement in Both Houses 

Sec. 3101. Point of order against increasing long-term deficits or direct spending. 

Sec. 3102. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

Sec. 3103. Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs. 

Sec. 3104. Point of order against provisions that constitute changes in mandatory 

programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund. 

Sec. 3105. Fair-value credit estimates. 

Sec. 3106. Scoring rule for currency modernization. 

Sec. 3107. Long-term scoring of changes in spending limits and extension of highway programs. 

Sec. 3108. Requiring clearer reporting of projected Federal spending and deficits. 

Sec. 3109. Congressional Budget Office estimates of measures with significant outlay effects. 

Sec. 3110. Prohibiting the use of guarantee fees as an offset. 

Sec. 3111. Information for Congress and the public about projected Federal outlays, 

revenues, and deficits. 

Sec. 3112. Honest accounting: cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate 

macroeconomic effects. 

Subtitle B—Budget Enforcement in the Senate 

Sec. 3201. Extension of enforcement of budgetary points of order in the Senate. 

Sec. 3202. Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate. 
S. Con. Res. 11—2 

Sec. 3203. Supermajority enforcement of unfunded mandates in the Senate. 

Sec. 3204. Repeal of Senate point of order against certain reconciliation legislation. 

Sec. 3205. Prohibition on agreeing to legislation without a score in the Senate. 

Sec. 3206. Protecting the savings in reported reconciliation bills in the Senate. 

Sec. 3207. Scoring rule for certain energy contracts in the Senate. 

Sec. 3208. Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding in the Senate. 

Subtitle C—Budget Enforcement in the House of Representatives 

Sec. 3301. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency in the House 

of Representatives. 

Sec. 3302. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 

Highway Trust Fund in the House of Representatives. 

Sec. 3303. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources in the House 

of Representatives. 

Sec. 3304. Limitation on advance appropriations in the House of Representatives. 

Sec. 3305. Certain energy contracts in the House of Representatives. 

Subtitle D—Other Provisions 

Sec. 3401. Submission of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse. 

Sec. 3402. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 

Sec. 3403. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 3404. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 3405. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 

Subtitle A—Reserve Funds in Both Houses 

Sec. 4101. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase opportunity 

and upward mobility for struggling Americans. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Funds in the Senate 

Sec. 4301. Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase the pace of economic growth 

and private sector job creation in the United States. 

Sec. 4302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen America’s priorities. 

Sec. 4303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and affordable health care 

choices for all. 

Sec. 4304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving access to the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 4305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other health reforms. 

Sec. 4306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child welfare. 

Sec. 4307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers. 

Sec. 4308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform and administration. 

Sec. 4309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in the infrastructure in America. 

Sec. 4310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air transportation. 

Sec. 4311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote jobs in the United States 

through international trade. 

Sec. 4312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase employment opportunities for 

disabled workers. 

Sec. 4313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Higher Education Act reform. 

Sec. 4314. Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy legislation. 

Sec. 4315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform environmental statutes. 

Sec. 4316. Spending-neutral reserve fund for water resources legislation. 

Sec. 4317. Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral security and mineral rights. 

Sec. 4318. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the abandoned mine lands program. 

Sec. 4319. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve forest health. 

Sec. 4320. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reauthorize funding for payments in 

lieu of taxes to counties and other units of local government. 

Sec. 4321. Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial regulatory system reform. 

Sec. 4322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal program administration. 

Sec. 4323. Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement agreements with freely associated states. 

Sec. 4324. Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect payments to rural hospitals 

and create sustainable access for rural communities. 

Sec. 4325. Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage State medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent living and integrated work for 

the disabled. 

Sec. 4326. Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow pharmacists to be paid for the 

provision of services under Medicare. 

Sec. 4327. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve our Nation’s community 

health centers. 
S. Con. Res. 11—3 

Sec. 4328. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the funding of independent 

agencies, which may include subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the regular appropriations process. 

Sec. 4329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform, improve, and enhance 529 college 

savings plans. 

Sec. 4330. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to securing overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States. 

Sec. 4331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

Sec. 4332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting manufacturing in the 

United States. 

Sec. 4333. Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit aliens without legal status in 

the United States from qualifying for a refundable tax credit. 

Sec. 4334. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report elimination or modification. 

Sec. 4335. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address heroin, methamphetamine, and 

prescription opioid abuse. 

Sec. 4336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen our Department of Defense civilian workforce. 

Sec. 4337. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department of Defense reform. 

Sec. 4338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal workforce development, 

job training, and reemployment programs. 

Sec. 4339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide energy assistance and invest in 

energy efficiency and conservation. 

Sec. 4340. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end Operation Choke Point and protect 

the Second Amendment. 

Sec. 4341. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the use of Federal funds for the 

bailout of improvident State and local governments. 

Sec. 4342. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the 

costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid. 

Sec. 4343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access, choice, and 

accountability in veterans care through the Veterans Choice Card program. 

Sec. 4344. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay. 

Sec. 4345. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to legislation submitted to Congress 

by the President of the United States to protect and strengthen Social 

Security. 

Sec. 4346. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a simplified income-driven student loan repayment option. 

Sec. 4347. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to keeping the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act focused on the protection of water quality. 

Sec. 4348. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Israel. 

Sec. 4349. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to family and medical leave. 

Sec. 4350. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health care to veterans 

who have geographic inaccessibility to care. 

Sec. 4351. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal Pell Grant program. 

Sec. 4352. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency in health premium 

billing. 

Sec. 4353. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to carbon emissions. 

Sec. 4354. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Federal Government to allow states to opt out of Common Core without penalty. 

Sec. 4355. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the disposal of certain Federal 

land. 

Sec. 4356. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting funding of international organizations during the implementation of the United Nations 

Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation. 

Sec. 4357. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reimposing waived sanctions and 

imposing new sanctions against Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of 

Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement. 

Sec. 4358. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting United States citizens 

held hostage in the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981. 

Sec. 4359. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reasonable accommodations for 

pregnant workers. 

Sec. 4360. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate 

tax. 

Sec. 4361. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to regulation by the Environmental 

Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions. 

Sec. 4362. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting privately held water 

rights and permits. 
S. Con. Res. 11—4 

Sec. 4363. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting awarding of construction contracts based on awardees entering or not entering into 

agreements with labor organizations. Sec. 4364. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent American jobs from being moved 

overseas by reducing the corporate income tax rate. Sec. 4365. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American workers. 

Sec. 4366. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Sec. 4367. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring proper economic consideration in designation of critical habitat. Sec. 4368. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ‘‘too big to fail’’ bailouts for Wall 

Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets). Sec. 4369. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington’s illegal exemption from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Sec. 4370. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

Sec. 4371. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the return of children 

who have been legally adopted by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sec. 4372. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to development of a new nuclearcapable cruise missile by the Department of Defense and the National 

Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 4373. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide equity in the tax treatment of 

public safety officer death benefits. Sec. 4374. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual 

assault evidence kits. 

Sec. 4375. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mixed oxide fuel fabrication. 

Sec. 4376. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming Offices of Inspectors 

General and preventing extended vacancies. 

Sec. 4377. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving retirement security. 

Sec. 4378. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the competitiveness of the 

United States. 

Sec. 4379. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the conservation of 

northern long-eared bat populations and local economic development are 

compatible. 

Sec. 4380. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity. 

Sec. 4381. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter into joint task forces 

with tribal and local law enforcement agencies. 

Sec. 4382. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging cost savings in office 

space used by Federal agencies. 

Sec. 4383. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing technical assistance to 

small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through small business development centers. 

Sec. 4384. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that medical facilities 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the needs of women veterans. Sec. 4385. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting efficient resourcing 

for the Asia rebalance policy. 

Sec. 4386. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing access to marijuana 

edibles by children in States that have decriminalized marijuana. 

Sec. 4387. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing mortgage lending to 

rural areas. 

Sec. 4388. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the construction of Arctic polar 

icebreakers. 

Sec. 4389. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to researching health conditions of 

the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service 

in the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 4390. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to raising the Family of Funds limit 

of the Small Business Investment Company Program. 

Sec. 4391. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to detection, investigation, and 

prosecution of the owners and operators of websites who knowingly 

allow such websites to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet. 

Sec. 4392. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the reliability of the 

electricity grid. 

Sec. 4393. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and protect the open Internet. 

Sec. 4394. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming the Federal regulatory process. 

Sec. 4395. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing coverage of virtual 

colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare 

program. 
S. Con. Res. 11—5 

Sec. 4396. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the modernization of the nuclear 

command, control, and communications architecture of the United 

States. 

Sec. 4397. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to BARDA and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund. 

Sec. 4398. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the nuclear forces and 

missions of the Air Force. 

Sec. 4399. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting economic growth and 

job creation for small businesses and full funding for at-sea and dockside monitoring for certain fisheries. 

Sec. 4400. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the definition of full-time employee. 

Sec. 4401. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the effectiveness and 

efficiency of the Federal regulatory process. 

Sec. 4402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program. 

Sec. 4403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the increased use of 

performance contracting in Federal facilities. 

Sec. 4404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving information sharing 

by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed and 

denied health care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to 

patient care, and other management issues of the Department. 

Sec. 4405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory 

burdens on community banks and credit unions. 

Sec. 4406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Sec. 4407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that Department of 

Justice attorneys comply with disclosure obligations in criminal prosecutions. 

Sec. 4408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote biomedical research. 

Sec. 4409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing access to necessary 

equipment for Medicare beneficiaries. 

Sec. 4410. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prioritizing the construction of 

infrastructure projects that are of national and regional significance and 

projects in high priority corridors. 

Sec. 4411. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the United States’ 

NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spending and bear a more 

proportionate burden for ensuring the security of NATO. 

Sec. 4412. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the investigation and recovery of 

missing weapons and military equipment provided to the Government 

of Yemen by the United States Government. 

Sec. 4413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving higher education data 

and transparency. 

Sec. 4414. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Native children. 

Sec. 4415. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to provide additional funding for 

international strategic communications. 

Sec. 4416. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for elementary and secondary education. 

Sec. 4417. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support research. 

Sec. 4418. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to support for Ukraine. 

Sec. 4419. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to underground and surface mining 

safety research. 

Sec. 4420. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to saving Medicare. 

Subtitle C—Reserve Funds in the House of Representatives 

Sec. 4501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President’s health care law. 

Sec. 4502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care reform. 

Sec. 4503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the 

President’s health care law. 

Sec. 4504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program. 

Sec. 4505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education. 

Sec. 4506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 

Sec. 4507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 

Sec. 4508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 

Sec. 4509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation. 

Sec. 4510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform. 

Sec. 4511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for national defense. 

TITLE V—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Sec. 5001. Direct spending. 
S. Con. Res. 11—6 

TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS 

Subtitle A—Policy Statements in Both Houses 

Sec. 6101. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment. 

Sec. 6102. Policy statement on Social Security. 

Subtitle B—Policy Statement in the House of Representatives 

Sec. 6201. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform. 

Sec. 6202. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation. 

Sec. 6203. Policy statement on tax reform. 

Sec. 6204. Policy statement on trade. 

Sec. 6205. Policy statement on repealing the President’s health care law and promoting real health care reform. 

Sec. 6206. Policy statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 6207. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery and innovation. 

Sec. 6208. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform. 

Sec. 6209. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity. 

Sec. 6210. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 6211. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies. 

Sec. 6212. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and unauthorized 

spending. 

Sec. 6213. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances. 

Sec. 6214. Policy statement on agency fees and spending. 

Sec. 6215. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 

Sec. 6216. Policy statement on ‘‘No Budget, No Pay’’. 

Sec. 6217. Policy statement on national security funding. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND 

AMOUNTS 

Subtitle A—Budgetary Levels in Both 

Houses 

SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2025: 

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

of this concurrent resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are 

as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $2,676,733,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,776,156,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $2,870,206,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $2,982,310,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,107,111,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,247,391,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,392,968,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,554,412,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $3,723,973,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $3,906,111,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 

Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $0. 

Fiscal year 2017: $0. 

Fiscal year 2018: $0. 

Fiscal year 2019: $0. 

Fiscal year 2020: $0. 
S. Con. Res. 11—7 

Fiscal year 2021: $0. 

Fiscal year 2022: $0. 

Fiscal year 2023: $0. 

Fiscal year 2024: $0. 

Fiscal year 2025: $0. 

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of 

total new budget authority are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,039,215,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,956,581,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $2,970,682,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,107,123,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,234,011,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,313,719,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,420,057,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,484,446,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $3,504,239,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $3,634,452,000,000. 

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

of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total 

budget outlays are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,091,442,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $2,982,215,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $2,963,926,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $3,086,454,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,304,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $3,291,249,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $3,434,709,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $3,470,642,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $3,466,541,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $3,610,342,000,000. 

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

concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $414,709,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $206,059,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $93,720,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $104,144,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $98,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $43,858,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $41,741,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: ¥$83,770,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: ¥$257,432,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: ¥$295,769,000,000. 

(5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of 

the public debt are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $19,059,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $19,490,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $19,826,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $20,164,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $20,494,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $20,773,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $21,033,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $21,188,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $21,194,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $21,149,000,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—8 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels 

of debt held by the public are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $13,842,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $14,124,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $14,307,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $14,523,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $14,757,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $14,965,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $15,204,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $15,354,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $15,374,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $15,405,000,000,000. 

SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels 

of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2016 through 

2025 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $531,306,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $564,325,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $544,515,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $549,357,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $557,764,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $548,021,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $571,039,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $560,439,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $585,330,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $572,493,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $599,646,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $585,628,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $632,804,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $615,907,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $646,039,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $628,518,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $659,310,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $638,235,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $673,490,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $658,011,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,202,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,028,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,246,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,086,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,176,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $41,818,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,100,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,391,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,092,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,518,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $44,085,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $45,333,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,749,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $46,348,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,510,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $47,408,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,367,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $48,485,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,266,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,187,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,555,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,771,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,707,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,432,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,162,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,104,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,647,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,805,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,283,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,508,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,875,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,242,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,579,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,978,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,306,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $34,743,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,053,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $35,517,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,815,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$3,201,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,412,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—10 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $1,962,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,095,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$746,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$2,111,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$856,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,936,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$884,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,811,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$948,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,657,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$1,030,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,651,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$1,098,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,643,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$1,144,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,614,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$1,153,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$1,589,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $36,374,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,499,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,654,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,016,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,325,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,595,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,923,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,465,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,388,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $40,563,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,191,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,461,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $41,650,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,770,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,496,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,726,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,935,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,453,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $45,039,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—11 

(B) Outlays, $44,409,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,098,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,572,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,846,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,376,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,964,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,853,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,652,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,875,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,681,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,132,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,545,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,025,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,509,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,979,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,119,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,590,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,253,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,699,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,540,000,000. 

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

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$997,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$10,566,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$8,697,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$21,748,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$8,277,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$25,173,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$7,401,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$26,866,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$5,156,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$22,499,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$4,806,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$19,423,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$4,250,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$20,716,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$3,613,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$21,520,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—12 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$2,754,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$21,962,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$2,278,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$22,335,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $72,055,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $87,153,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $72,715,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $82,838,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,262,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $79,648,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,696,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $78,845,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $74,070,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $78,268,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $74,409,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $77,871,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $55,154,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $73,378,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,254,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $66,074,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,798,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,874,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,190,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,710,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,486,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,692,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $16,344,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,144,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $16,737,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,692,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $16,973,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,450,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $16,984,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,702,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $16,903,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,682,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 
S. Con. Res. 11—13 

(A) New budget authority, $9,965,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,034,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,947,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $15,892,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,993,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $13,220,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $10,077,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $11,515,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $83,315,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $93,293,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $89,084,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $92,888,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $91,432,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $91,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $90,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $89,369,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $92,597,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $91,891,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $93,900,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $93,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $95,502,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $95,022,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $96,984,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $96,608,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $98,820,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $98,336,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $100,785,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $100,297,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $433,064,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $430,917,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $397,209,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $394,211,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $387,638,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $397,302,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $398,203,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $399,888,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 
S. Con. Res. 11—14 

(A) New budget authority, $420,326,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $411,116,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $426,184,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $426,218,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $442,681,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $442,701,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $461,378,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $461,378,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $476,599,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $476,631,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $493,913,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $494,059,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $579,430,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $579,361,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $571,876,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $571,830,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $566,754,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $566,656,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $628,736,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $628,652,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $667,036,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $666,951,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $711,198,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $711,111,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $800,458,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $800,363,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $812,590,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $812,496,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $815,240,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $815,139,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $923,187,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $923,082,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $523,086,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $523,645,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $496,233,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $492,511,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $485,055,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—15 

(B) Outlays, $476,530,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $476,663,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $471,357,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $484,015,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $478,199,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $489,999,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $484,318,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $498,503,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $497,869,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $503,364,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $499,521,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $510,872,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $501,192,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $517,417,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $511,441,000,000. 

(14) Social Security Retirement and Disability (650): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,885,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,928,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $36,535,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,563,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $39,407,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,424,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,634,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $46,104,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,712,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $53,547,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,455,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $61,546,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $65,751,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $166,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $171,862,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—16 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $164,546,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $168,559,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $162,740,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $162,753,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $174,599,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $173,869,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $179,485,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $178,581,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $183,721,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $182,821,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $196,041,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $195,056,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $192,637,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $191,640,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $189,442,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $188,356,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $203,290,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $202,189,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $50,976,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,455,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,639,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,693,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $55,885,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $54,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,582,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,699,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $59,324,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $61,755,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $61,247,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $62,635,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $63,791,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $63,748,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $65,688,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $65,589,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $67,626,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $67,266,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $69,425,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—17 

(B) Outlays, $68,892,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,151,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,981,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,194,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,289,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,426,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2019: 

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

(B) Outlays, $23,685,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $24,703,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,290,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $25,202,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,878,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $25,962,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $26,698,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,272,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $27,130,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,766,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $27,881,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,435,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $367,542,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $367,542,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $416,418,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $416,418,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $479,446,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $479,446,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $533,121,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $533,121,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $579,344,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $579,344,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $611,558,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $611,558,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $642,888,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $642,888,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $669,066,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $669,066,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 11—18 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $687,195,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $687,195,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $694,215,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $694,215,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $25,256,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,538,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$21,661,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$5,856,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$50,890,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$40,133,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$60,624,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$53,987,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$72,620,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$65,480,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$104,010,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$98,128,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$119,157,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$111,033,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$131,418,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$122,924,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$168,306,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$160,427,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$204,728,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$186,150,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$82,548,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$82,548,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$96,446,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$96,446,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$103,441,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$103,441,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$101,796,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$101,796,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$101,191,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$101,191,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$105,094,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$105,094,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 
S. Con. Res. 11—19 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$112,536,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$112,536,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$120,466,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$120,466,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$130,467,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$130,467,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, ¥$143,591,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, ¥$143,591,000,000. 

(21) Overseas Contingency Operations (970): 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $96,287,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,798,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $64,598,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $65,684,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $62,593,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $63,758,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,586,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $60,653,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,578,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $54,095,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $47,569,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,191,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $19,493,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $7,554,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $2,683,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $892,000,000. 

Subtitle B—Levels and Amounts in the 

Senate 

SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE. 

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

enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal OldAge and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 

Insurance Trust Fund are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $793,987,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $826,098,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $858,899,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $892,421,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2020: $927,413,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $963,896,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $1,002,225,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $1,041,673,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $1,082,208,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $1,124,298,000,000. 

(b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: $777,085,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $822,772,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: $878,895,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: $937,383,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: $1,002,161,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: $1,070,556,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: $1,143,375,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: $1,221,800,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: $1,305,195,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: $1,393,212,000,000. 

(c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In the 

Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays 

of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative 

expenses are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,146,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,205,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,296,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,296,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,469,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,440,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,645,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,614,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,827,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,795,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,012,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,980,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,205,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,172,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,399,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,365,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,600,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,565,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,805,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $6,769,000,000. 
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SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 

EXPENSES IN THE SENATE. 

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

outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary administrative 

expenses are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $266,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $277,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2018: 

(A) New budget authority, $288,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2019: 

(A) New budget authority, $299,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $298,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2020: 

(A) New budget authority, $310,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2021: 

(A) New budget authority, $321,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2022: 

(A) New budget authority, $334,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2023: 

(A) New budget authority, $346,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $345,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2024: 

(A) New budget authority, $358,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $357,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2025: 

(A) New budget authority, $371,000,000. 

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

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.— 

(1) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Committee on Finance 

of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction 

to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the 

period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

(2) COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS.—The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its 

jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 

for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

(3) SUBMISSIONS.—In the Senate, not later than July 24, 

2015, the Senate Committees named in paragraphs (1) and 

(2) shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on 

the Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving all such recommendations, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall report 

to the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision. 
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(b) LIMIT ON SENATE CONSIDERATION OF RECONCILIATION.— (1) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the Senate 

to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to subsection (a), or an amendment to, conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or joint 

resolution, which would increase the public debt limit under 

section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, during the period 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

(2) WAIVER.—This subsection may be waived or suspended 

in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of 

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(3) APPEALS.—An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on the point 

of order raised under this subsection. 

SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.— (1) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.—The 

Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 

Representatives shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 

for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

(2) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.—The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to 

reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

(3) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The Committee on 

Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall submit 

changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit 

by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

(4) SUBMISSION PROVIDING FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.—In the 

House of Representatives, not later than July 24, 2015, the 

committees named in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall submit 

their recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of 

the House of Representatives to carry out this section. 

(b) RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES.— 

(1) ESTIMATING ASSUMPTIONS.— 

(A) ASSUMPTIONS.—In the House of Representatives, 

for purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq. and 651 et seq.), the 

Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House 

of Representatives shall use the baseline underlying the 

Congressional Budget Office’s March 2015 update to the 

Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 (January 2015) 

when making estimates of any bill or joint resolution, or 

any amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses 

in relation thereto, or conference report thereon. If adjustments to the baseline are made subsequent to the adoption 

of this concurrent resolution, then such Chairman shall 

determine whether to use any of these adjustments when 

making such estimates. 

(B) INTENT.—The authority set forth in subparagraph 

(A) should only be exercised if the estimates used to determine the compliance of such measures with the budgetary 
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requirements included in this concurrent resolution are 

inaccurate because adjustments made to the baseline are 

inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this concurrent resolution. Such 

inaccurate adjustments made after the adoption of this 

concurrent resolution may include selected adjustments for 

rulemaking, judicial actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules that have major budgetary effects and are inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the budgetary 

levels set forth in this concurrent resolution. 

(C) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES.—Upon 

the request of the Chairman of the Committee on the 

Budget of the House of Representatives, the Congressional 

Budget Office shall prepare for any measure an estimate 

based on the baseline determination made by such Chairman pursuant to subparagraph (A). 

(2) REPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW THROUGH

RECONCILIATION.—In the House of Representatives, in preparing their submissions under subsection (a) to the Committee 

on the Budget of the House of Representatives, the committees 

named in subsection (a) shall— 

(A) note the policies discussed in title VI that repeal 

the Affordable Care Act and the health care related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 

of 2010; and 

(B) determine the most effective methods by which 

the health care laws referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 

be repealed in their entirety. 

(3) REVISION OF BUDGETARY LEVELS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon the submission of a reconciliation recommendation to the House of Representatives or 

the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the submission of a conference report to the House 

of Representatives pursuant to this section, in which a 

committee is deemed to have complied with its directive 

by virtue of section 310(c) of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(c)), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may 

file with the House of Representatives appropriately revised 

allocations, aggregates, and functional levels. 

(B) REVISION.—Allocations and aggregates revised 

pursuant to this paragraph shall be considered to be allocations and aggregates established by this concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement in Both 

Houses 

SEC. 3101. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS OR DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.— The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 
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practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a measure would cause, 

relative to current law, a net increase in on-budget deficits in 

the Senate, and a net increase in direct spending in the House, 

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

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

years after the budget year provided for in the most recently 

adopted concurrent resolution on the budget— 

(1) in the Senate, for each bill and joint resolution reported 

by a committee, other than the Committee on Appropriations, 

and amendments thereto, amendments between the Houses 

in relation thereto, conference reports thereon, and motions 

thereon; and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for each bill and joint 

resolution reported by a committee, other than the Committee 

on Appropriations, and amendments thereto and conference 

reports thereon. 

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

(1) in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference 

report, or motion that would cause a net increase in on-budget 

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

10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (a); and 

(2) in the House of Representatives to consider any bill 

or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, that would cause a net increase in direct spending 

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

fiscal year periods described in subsection (a). 

(c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.— (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived 

or suspended only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(2) APPEAL.—In the Senate, an affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

of order raised under subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—The provisions of this section shall not apply 

to— 

(1) in the Senate, any bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 

amendments between the Houses, conference reports, or 

motions for which the Chairman of the Committee on the 

Budget of the Senate has made adjustments to the allocations, 

levels, or limits contained in this concurrent resolution pursuant to section 4303(1); and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, any bills or joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference reports thereon, 

for which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

House of Representatives has made adjustments to the allocations, levels, or limits contained in this concurrent resolution 

pursuant to section 4501, 4502, or 4503. 

(e) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this 

section— 

(1) the levels of net increases in deficits shall be determined 

on the basis of estimates provided by the Committee on the 

Budget of the Senate; and 

(2) the levels of net increases in direct spending shall 

be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives. 
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(f) REPEAL IN THE SENATE.—In the Senate, section 311 of S. 

Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply. 

(g) SUNSET IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In the House 

of Representatives, this section shall remain in effect through September 30, 2017. 

SEC. 3102. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/ 

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 

(a) SEPARATE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL

WAR ON TERRORISM ALLOCATION.—In the Senate and the House 

of Representatives, there shall be a separate allocation of new 

budget authority and outlays provided to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism, which shall be deemed an allocation 

under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

U.S.C. 633(a)). Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to 

such separate allocation. 

(b) 302 ALLOCATIONS.—The separate allocation referred to in 

subsection (a) shall be the exclusive allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under section 302(b) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(b)). The 

Committee on Appropriations of the applicable House of Congress 

may provide suballocations of such separate allocation under such 

section 302(b). 

(c) APPLICATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of enforcing the separate 

allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 302(f) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), 

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

deemed to refer to fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such 

Act (2 U.S.C. 633(c)) shall not apply to such separate allocation. 

(2) ADDITIONAL SENATE ENFORCEMENT.—In the Senate, section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

U.S.C. 633(f)(2)(A)) shall apply with respect to the separate 

allocation to the Committee on Appropriations referred to in 

subsection (a). 

(d) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or outlays shall only 

be counted toward the allocation referred to in subsection (a) if 

they are designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

901(b)(2)(B)(A)(ii)). 

(e) ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal 

year 2016, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would 

be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(B)(A)(ii)). 

(f) ADJUSTMENTS TO FUND OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress may 

adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary 

levels related to Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

Terrorism or the allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations set forth in the joint statement of managers accompanying 

this concurrent resolution to account for new information. 
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SEC. 3103. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS. 

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

a provision that— 

(1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending 

or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in 

effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the provision was included 

in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and 

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

budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays 

over the period of the total of the current year, the budget 

year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently 

adopted concurrent resolution on the budget. 

(b) POINTS OF ORDER.— (1) IN THE SENATE.—It shall not be in order in the Senate 

to consider a bill or joint resolution making appropriations 

for a full fiscal year, or an amendment thereto, amendment 

between the Houses in relation thereto, conference report 

thereon, or motion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if 

enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget 

authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full 

fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in paragraph 

(3). 

(2) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—A provision in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal year that proposes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the absolute 

value of the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs 

enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be more than 

the amount specified in paragraph (3), shall not be in 

order in the House of Representatives. 

(B) AMENDMENTS AND CONFERENCE REPORTS.—It shall 

not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider 

an amendment to, or a conference report on, a bill or 

joint resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal year 

if such amendment thereto or conference report thereon 

proposes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the 

absolute value of the total budget authority of all such 

CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be 

more than the amount specified in paragraph (3). 

(3) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this paragraph is— 

(A) for fiscal year 2016, $19,100,000,000; 

(B) for fiscal year 2017, $19,100,000,000; 

(C) for fiscal year 2018, $17,000,000,000; and 

(D) for fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000,000. 

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

levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 

the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable 

House of Congress. 

(d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—In 

the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or suspended only by 

an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen 

and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 

of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

under subsection (b). 
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(e) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 314 of S. Con. Res. 70 

(110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2009, shall no longer apply. 

SEC. 3104. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS THAT CONSTITUTE 

CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS AFFECTING THE 

CRIME VICTIMS FUND. 

(a) DEFINITION.—In this section— 

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

in section 3103(a); and 

(2) the term ‘‘Crime Victims Fund’’ means the Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of 

Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 

(b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is considering a bill 

or joint resolution making full-year appropriations for fiscal 

year 2016, or an amendment thereto, amendment between the 

Houses in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or motion 

thereon, if a point of order is made by a Senator against 

a provision containing a CHIMP affecting the Crime Victims 

Fund that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the 

total budget authority of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal year 2016 to be more than 

$10,800,000,000, and the point of order is sustained by the 

Chair, that provision shall be stricken from the measure and 

may not be offered as an amendment from the floor. 

(2) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order under 

paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 

section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

644(e)). 

(3) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is considering 

a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses 

in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order 

being made by any Senator pursuant to paragraph (1), and 

such point of order being sustained, such material contained 

in such conference report or House amendment shall be 

stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question 

of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and 

concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House 

amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, 

which further amendment shall consist of only that portion 

of the conference report or House amendment, as the case 

may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall 

be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is 

sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

derived from such conference report by operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

(4) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In the Senate, 

this subsection may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chose and sworn. 

An affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members of the Senate, 

duly chosen and sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal 

of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

this subsection. 

(5) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
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provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

of the Senate. 

(c) POINTS OF ORDER IN THE HOUSE.— 

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

making full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that proposes a CHIMP affecting the Crime Victims Fund that, if 

enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget 

authority of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund 

in relation to fiscal year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000, 

shall not be in order in the House of Representatives. 

(2) AMENDMENTS AND CONFERENCE REPORTS.—It shall not 

be in order in the House of Representatives to consider an 

amendment to, or a conference report on, a bill or joint resolution making full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2016 if 

such amendment thereto or conference report thereon proposes 

a CHIMP affecting the Crime Victims Fund that, if enacted, 

would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority 

of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation 

to fiscal year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000. 

(3) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

of the House of Representatives. 

(d) REVIEW OF PROCEDURES REGARDING CHIMPS.—The Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of 

the Senate and the Committee on the Budget and the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall review 

existing budget enforcement procedures regarding CHIMPs included 

in appropriations legislation. These committees of jurisdiction 

should consult with other relevant committees of jurisdiction and 

other interested parties to review such procedures, including for 

Crime Victims Fund spending, and include any agreed upon recommendations in subsequent concurrent resolutions on the budget. 

SEC. 3105. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 

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

of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairman 

of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, 

any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office under 

title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661 

et seq.) of the cost of a measure shall include, when practicable, 

an additional estimate of the cost, measured on a fair-value basis— 

(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion; 

and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon. 

(b) ESTIMATES FOR HOUSING AND STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS.— 

Any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office under 

title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661 

et seq.) of the cost of a provision in a measure relating to a 

housing, residential mortgage, or student loan program shall include 

an additional estimate of the cost, measured on a fair-value basis— 

(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion; 

and 
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(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon. 

(c) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—If the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate 

pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), the Chairman of the Committee 

on the Budget of the House of Representatives may use such estimate to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and other budgetary enforcement 

controls. 

SEC. 3106. SCORING RULE FOR CURRENCY MODERNIZATION. 

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for purposes 

of determining points of order under the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution 

on the budget, any provision contained in a measure relating to 

a transition from the $1 note to a $1 coin shall— 

(1) in the Senate, for each bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion— 

(A) record the changes in budget authority, outlays, 

and revenues of the provision in the first year in which 

the provision takes effect; 

(B) determine the changes in budget authority, outlays, 

and revenues of the provision based on a net present value 

estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and 

revenues of the provision over a 30-year period; and 

(C) incorporate the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision due to behavioral 

changes; and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for each bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon— 

(A) record the changes in budget authority, outlays, 

and revenues of the provision in the first year in which 

the provision takes effect; 

(B) determine the changes in budget authority, outlays, 

and revenues of the provision based on a net present value 

estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and 

revenues of the provision over a 30-year period; and 

(C) incorporate the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision due to behavioral 

changes. 

SEC. 3107. LONG-TERM SCORING OF CHANGES IN SPENDING LIMITS 

AND EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. 

(a) SCORING OF LEGISLATION INCREASING THE DISCRETIONARY

SPENDING LIMITS.—Any estimate provided by the Congressional 

Budget Office shall provide, in addition to such estimate, an estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues 

under the legislation over the period of fiscal year 2016 through 

fiscal year 2045— 

(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion 

that increases the discretionary spending limits under section 

251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)); and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that increases the discretionary spending limits under section 
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251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)). 

(b) SCORING OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST

FUND.—Any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office 

shall provide, in addition to such estimate, an estimate of the 

changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues under the legislation over the period of fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2045— 

(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion 

that transfers amounts from the general fund of the Treasury 

to the Highway Trust Fund; and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

that transfers amounts from the general fund of the Treasury 

to the Highway Trust Fund. 

SEC. 3108. REQUIRING CLEARER REPORTING OF PROJECTED FEDERAL 

SPENDING AND DEFICITS. 

When the Congressional Budget Office releases its annual 

update to the Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional 

Budget Office shall provide a projection of Federal revenues, outlays, and deficits for the 30-year period beginning with the budget 

year, expressed in terms of dollars and as a percent of gross 

domestic product, as part of its annual update required under 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.). 

SEC. 3109. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES OF MEASURES WITH SIGNIFICANT OUTLAY EFFECTS. 

The Congressional Budget Office shall prepare, to the extent 

practicable, an estimate of the outlay changes during the second 

and third decade of enactment for any spending legislative provision— 

(1) which proposes a change or changes to law that the 

Congressional Budget Office determines has an outlay impact 

in excess of 0.25 percent of the gross domestic product of 

the United States during the first decade or in the tenth year; 

or 

(2) with respect to which the Chairman of the Committee 

on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairman of the Committee 

on the Budget of the House of Representatives has requested 

such an estimate. 

SEC. 3110. PROHIBITING THE USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS AN OFFSET. 

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for purposes 

of determining points of order under the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution 

on the budget, any provision that increases, or extends the increase 

of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National Mortgage Association 

or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall not be 

counted in estimating the level of budget authority, outlays, or 

revenues— 

(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion; 

and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon. 
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SEC. 3111. INFORMATION FOR CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT 

PROJECTED FEDERAL OUTLAYS, REVENUES, AND DEFICITS. 

As part of the annual update to the Budget and Economic 

Outlook required under section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)), and at any other time the Congressional Budget Office releases projections of Federal deficits over 

any term of years, the Congressional Budget Office shall publish 

with its projection a 1-page statement— 

(1) summarizing and categorizing total outlays, receipts, 

surpluses, and deficits of the Federal Government on a unified 

basis for that same prospective time period; and 

(2) categorizing and subtotaling separately— 

(A) outlays for mandatory programs and for discretionary programs; 

(B) outlays, payroll tax revenue, and offsetting receipts 

for Social Security and for Medicare; 

(C) the surplus or deficit of revenues over outlays 

for Social Security and for Medicare; and 

(D) revenues. 

SEC. 3112. HONEST ACCOUNTING: COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO INCORPORATE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS. 

(a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 114th Congress, 

any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under 

section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

653) or by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the Congressional 

Budget Office under section 201(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 601(f)) 

for major legislation considered in the House of Representatives 

or the Senate shall, to the greatest extent practicable, incorporate 

the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, employment, 

capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from 

such major legislation. 

(b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in subsection (a) shall, 

to the extent practicable, include— 

(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects 

(including macroeconomic variables described in subsection (a)) 

of the major legislation in the 20-fiscal year period beginning 

after the last fiscal year of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget that sets forth budgetary levels 

required under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632); and 

(2) an identification of the critical assumptions and the 

source of data underlying that estimate. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) MAJOR LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major legislation’’ 

means— 

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

report, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 

treaty— 

(i) for which an estimate is required to be prepared 

pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross 

budgetary effect (before incorporating macroeconomic 

effects and not including timing shifts) in a fiscal year 

in the period of years of the most recently agreed 
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to concurrent resolution on the budget equal to or 

greater than— 

(I) 0.25 percent of the current projected gross 

domestic product of the United States for that 

fiscal year; or 

(II) for a treaty, equal to or greater than $15,000,000,000 for that fiscal year; or 

(ii) designated as such by— 

(I) the Chairman of the Committee on the 

Budget of the Senate for all direct spending and 

revenue legislation; or 

(II) the Senator who is Chairman or Vice 

Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation for 

revenue legislation; and 

(B) in the House of Representatives, a bill or joint 

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon— 

(i) for which an estimate is required to be prepared 

pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross 

budgetary effect (before incorporating macroeconomic 

effects and not including timing shifts) in a fiscal year 

in the period of years of the most recently agreed 

to concurrent resolution on the budget equal to or 

greater than 0.25 percent of the current projected gross 

domestic product of the United States for that fiscal 

year; or 

(ii) designated as such by— 

(I) the Chairman of the Committee on the 

Budget of the House of Representatives for all 

direct spending and revenue legislation; or 

(II) the Member who is Chairman or Vice 

Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation for 

revenue legislation. 

(2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budgetary effects’’ 

means changes in revenues, direct spending outlays, and deficits. 

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

(A) provisions that cause a delay of the date on which 

outlays flowing from direct spending would otherwise occur 

from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year; or 

(B) provisions that cause an acceleration of the date 

on which revenues would otherwise occur from one fiscal 

year to the prior fiscal year. 

Subtitle B—Budget Enforcement in the 

Senate 

SEC. 3201. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY POINTS OF 

ORDER IN THE SENATE. 

(a) EXTENSION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 POINTS

OF ORDER.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of section 904 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) shall remain in effect 
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for purposes of Senate enforcement through September 30, 

2025. 

(2) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 205 of S. Con. Res. 

21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 

for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply. 

(b) OTHER POINTS OF ORDER.— (1) PAY-AS-YOU-GO.—Section 201(d) of S. Con. Res. 21 

(110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

fiscal year 2008, is repealed. 

(2) SHORT-TERM DEFICITS.—Section 404(e) of S. Con. Res. 

13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 

for fiscal year 2010, is repealed. 

SEC. 3202. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 

THE SENATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

(b), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any 

bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between 

the Houses, or conference report that would provide an advance 

appropriation for a discretionary account. 

(2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided in a bill 

or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2016 

that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2016, 

or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 

making general appropriations or continuing appropriations for 

fiscal year 2017, that first becomes available for any fiscal 

year after 2017. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be provided— 

(1) for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for programs, projects, 

activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution 

under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 

in new budget authority in each fiscal year; 

(2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and 

(3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical 

Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration. 

(c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

of order raised under subsection (a). 

(d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 

313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

(e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is considering 

a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses 

in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order 

being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such 

point of order being sustained, such material contained in such 

conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the 
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Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist 

of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, 

as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the 

Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of 

order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this 

subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

SEC. 3203. SUPERMAJORITY ENFORCEMENT OF UNFUNDED MANDATES 

IN THE SENATE. 

Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 425(a) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658d(a)) shall be subject to the 

waiver and appeal requirements of subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3), 

respectively, of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note). 

SEC. 3204. REPEAL OF SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN 

RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION. 

Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent 

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply 

in the Senate. 

SEC. 3205. PROHIBITION ON AGREEING TO LEGISLATION WITHOUT 

A SCORE IN THE SENATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be in order to 

vote on passage of matter that requires an estimate under section 

402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653), unless 

such estimate was made publicly available on the website of the 

Congressional Budget Office not later than 28 hours before the 

time the vote commences. 

(b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

of order raised under subsection (a). 

SEC. 3206. PROTECTING THE SAVINGS IN REPORTED RECONCILIATION 

BILLS IN THE SENATE. 

In the Senate, section 310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(d)(1)) shall apply and may be waived 

in accordance with the procedures applicable to a point of order 

raised under section 310(d)(2) of such Act. 

SEC. 3207. SCORING RULE FOR CERTAIN ENERGY CONTRACTS IN THE 

SENATE. 

(a) ESTIMATES.—In the Senate, for purposes of determining 

points of order established under the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution on 

the budget, any estimate by the Congressional Budget Office of 

a provision in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, conference report, 
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or amendment between the Houses that directly or indirectly modifies the use of the authority to enter covered energy savings contracts shall— 

(1) record in the first year in which the provision would 

become effective, the changes in budget authority, outlays, and 

revenues (as estimated in accordance with paragraph (2)) of 

any modifications to the use of the authority to enter the 

covered energy savings contracts; 

(2) in estimating the changes in budget authority, outlays, 

and revenues of the legislation, calculate the costs and savings 

arising from covered energy savings contracts, including 

required payments under the covered energy savings contracts, 

anticipated savings from reductions in energy use, and other 

anticipated costs and reductions in spending associated with 

the covered energy savings contracts, on a net present value 

basis; and 

(3) classify the effects of the provision to be changes in 

spending subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall 

be construed to modify the methodology for estimating the changes 

in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of a provision that— 

(1) does not relate to covered energy savings contracts 

in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, conference report, or 

amendment between the Houses that contains a provision 

described in subsection (a); or 

(2) provides appropriations. 

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered energy 

savings contract’’ means— 

(1) an energy savings performance contract authorized 

under section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy 

Act (42 U.S.C. 8287); and 

(2) a utility energy service contract, as described in the 

Office of Management and Budget Memorandum on Federal 

use of energy savings performance contracting, dated July 25, 

1998 (M–98–13), and the Office of Management and Budget 

Memorandum on the Federal use of energy saving performance 

contracts and utility energy service contracts, dated September 

28, 2012 (M–12–21), or any successor to either memorandum. 

SEC. 3208. ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING IN 

THE SENATE. 

If a measure becomes law that amends the adjustments to 

discretionary spending limits established under section 251(b) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

(2 U.S.C. 901(b)) for wildfire suppression funding, which may 

include criteria for making such an adjustment, the Chairman 

of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust the 

allocation called for in section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate committee or 

committees of the Senate, and may adjust all other budgetary 

aggregates, allocations, levels, and limits contained in this concurrent resolution, as necessary, consistent with such measure. 
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Subtitle C—Budget Enforcement in the 

House of Representatives 

SEC. 3301. LIMITATION ON MEASURES AFFECTING SOCIAL SECURITY 

SOLVENCY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the enforcement of this 

concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of fiscal 

year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in the House of 

Representatives a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto 

or conference report thereon, that reduces the actuarial balance 

by at least 0.01 percent of the present value of future taxable 

payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

established under section 201(a) of the Social Security Act for 

the 75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of 

the Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of 

the Social Security Act. 

(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a measure 

that would improve the actuarial balance of the combined balance 

in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the 75-year period 

utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees 

provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act. 

SEC. 3302. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND 

OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND IN 

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 

et seq.), and the rules or orders of the House of Representatives, 

a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference 

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

Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund, amounts transferred shall 

be counted as new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount 

of the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 

SEC. 3303. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF BUDGETARY 

RESOURCES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT SPENDING

LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, if a committee (other 

than the Committee on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto is offered or any conference report 

thereon is submitted, providing for a decrease in direct spending 

(budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal 

year and also provides for an authorization of appropriations for 

the same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may decrease the allocation to such committee and increase 

the allocation of discretionary spending (budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appropriations for 

fiscal year 2016 by an amount equal to the new budget authority 

(and outlays flowing therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for the same purpose. 

(b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House of Representatives, for the 

purpose of enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and 

aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, 
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new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for 

fiscal year 2016 and the period of fiscal years 2016 through fiscal 

year 2025 shall be determined on the basis of estimates made 

by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House 

of Representatives and such Chairman may adjust applicable levels 

of this concurrent resolution. 

SEC. 3304. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOUSE 

OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

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

provided for in subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, making a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for advance 

appropriations. 

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

for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the report 

to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint explanatory 

statement of managers to accompany this concurrent resolution 

under the heading— 

(1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’. 

(2) VETERANS.—‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance 

Appropriations’’. 

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

shall not exceed— 

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

for all programs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(1). 

(2) VETERANS.—$63,271,000,000 in new budget authority 

for programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs identified 

pursuant to subsection (b)(2). 

(d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any 

new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

making general appropriations or continuing appropriations, for 

the fiscal year following fiscal year 2016. 

SEC. 3305. CERTAIN ENERGY CONTRACTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

The House of Representatives shall assess the implementation 

of section 3207 of this concurrent resolution through a collaborative 

assessment with the Senate and the Congressional Budget Office 

of the appropriate scorekeeping methodology for evaluating the 

budgetary effects of energy savings performance contracts authorized under section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy 

Act (42 U.S.C. 8287). 

Subtitle D—Other Provisions 

SEC. 3401. SUBMISSION OF FINDINGS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 

WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate and the House of Representatives, all committees are directed to review programs within their 

jurisdiction to identify waste, fraud, abuse, or duplication, and 

increase the use of performance data to inform committee work. 

(b) REVIEW.—Committees are also directed to review the 

applicable matters for congressional consideration identified in the 

Office of Inspector General semiannual reports and the Office of 
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Inspector General’s list of unimplemented recommendations and 

on the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk list and the 

annual report to reduce program duplication. 

(c) REPORT.—After completing the oversight and performance 

reviews of programs within their jurisdiction under subsections 

(a) and (b), the committees are directed to include recommendations 

for improved governmental performance in their annual views and 

estimates reports submitted by the committees to the Committees 

on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress under section 

301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)). 

SEC. 3402. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 

of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and 

section 2009a of title 39, United States Code, the report accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget or the joint 

explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any 

concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation 

under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 

the Committee on Appropriations of the applicable House of Congress amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the 

Social Security Administration and the United States Postal 

Service. 

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for purposes of enforcing sections 302(f) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of 

total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure 

shall include any discretionary amounts described in subsection 

(a). 

SEC. 3403. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 

AND AGGREGATES. 

(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates made pursuant to this concurrent resolution shall— 

(1) apply while that measure is under consideration; 

(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and 

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 

practicable. 

(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES.— Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as allocations and aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution. 

(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this 

concurrent resolution the levels of new budget authority, outlays, 

direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and 

surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 

Budget of the applicable House of Congress. 

(d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.—In the House 

of Representatives, for purposes of this concurrent resolution and 

budget enforcement, the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, 

or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, for which the 

Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives makes adjustments or revisions in the allocations, 

aggregates, and other budgetary levels of this concurrent resolution 

shall not be subject to the points of order set forth in clause 
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10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or 

section 3101 of this concurrent resolution. 

SEC. 3404. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND 

DEFINITIONS. 

Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing 

for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress may 

make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this concurrent 

resolution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). 

SEC. 3405. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 

they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House 

or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such 

rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

are inconsistent with such other rules; and 

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 

the Senate or the House of Representatives to change those 

rules (insofar as they relate to that House) at any time, in 

the same manner, and to the same extent as is the case of 

any other rule of the Senate or House of Representatives. 

TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 

Subtitle A—Reserve Funds in Both Houses 

SEC. 4101. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY 

AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY 

FOR STRUGGLING AMERICANS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

and the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House 

of Representatives may revise the allocations of a committee or 

committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution— 

(1) in the Senate, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, amendments between the Houses, conference 

reports, or motions relating to programs or policies designed 

to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility 

for struggling Americans on the road to personal and financial 

independence by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

those purposes, provided that such legislation would neither 

adversely impact job creation nor increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025; and 

(2) in the House of Representatives, for one or more bills, 

joint resolutions, amendments, or conference reports relating 

to programs or policies designed to reduce poverty and increase 

opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans on 

the road to personal and financial independence by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

such legislation would neither adversely impact job creation 

nor increase the deficit over either the period of the total 
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of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Funds in the Senate 

SEC. 4301. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE THE 

PACE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PRIVATE SECTOR JOB 

CREATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) growing the economy; 

(2) lowering the after-tax costs of investment, savings, and 

work; 

(3) reducing the costs to business and individuals from 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

(4) reducing the costs borne by economic activity in the 

United States stemming from Federal regulations, including 

the costs incurred by individuals in complying with Federal 

law when starting a business; 

(5) reducing the costs of frivolous lawsuits; 

(6) creating a more competitive financial sector to support 

economic growth and job creation while enhancing the credit 

worthiness of lending institutions; or 

(7) improving the ability of policy makers to estimate the 

economic effects of policy change through the enhanced use 

of economic models and data in scoring legislation; 

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA’S PRIORITIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to enhanced funding 

for national security or domestic discretionary programs by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT FLEXIBLE 

AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE CHOICES FOR ALL. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger that are deficit-neutral over 

11 years, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 

amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 

relating to— 
S. Con. Res. 11—41 

(1) full repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 119) and the health 

care related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 1029); 

or 

(2) replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 119) or the health care 

related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 1029); 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING ACCESS 

TO THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving access 

to affordable health care for low-income children, including the 

State Children’s Health Insurance Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 

total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR OTHER HEALTH 

REFORMS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) the requirement to individually purchase, or jointly 

provide, health insurance; 

(2) extending expiring health care provisions; 

(3) the September 11th terrorism attacks at the World 

Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville Crash site, 

which may include legislation that extends medical monitoring 

and treatment services and compensation for first responders, 

survivors, and their families; 

(4) improvements in medical research, innovation and 

safety; or 

(5) strengthening program integrity initiatives to reduce 

fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal health care programs; 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD WELFARE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 
S. Con. Res. 11—42 

(1) child nutrition programs; 

(2) replacing ineffective policies and programs with evidence-based alternative that improve the welfare of vulnerable 

children; or 

(3) policies that protect children from sexual predators 

in our schools or communities; 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VETERANS AND 

SERVICEMEMBERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the improvement 

of the delivery of benefits and services to veterans and 

servicemembers by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TAX REFORM AND 

ADMINISTRATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) reforming the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

(2) amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 

certain expiring tax relief provisions; 

(3) innovation and high quality manufacturing jobs, 

including the repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical 

device manufacturers; or 

(4) operations and administration of the Department of 

the Treasury; 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INVEST IN THE 

INFRASTRUCTURE IN AMERICA. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investment in the infrastructure of the United States, including programs 

that expedite the deployment of broadband to rural areas by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided 

that such legislation shall not include transfers from other trust 

funds but may include transfers from the general fund of the 

Treasury that are offset, provided further that such legislation 
S. Con. Res. 11—43 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal spending 

on civil air traffic control services, which may include air traffic 

management at airport towers across the United States or at facilities of the Federal Aviation Administration, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 

total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE JOBS IN 

THE UNITED STATES THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) suspending or reducing tariffs on miscellaneous imports; 

(2) reauthorization of trade related Federal agencies; 

(3) implementing international trade agreements; 

(4) reauthorizing or extending trade adjustment assistance 

programs; 

(5) reauthorizing preference programs; or 

(6) enhancing the protection of United States intellectual 

property rights at the border and abroad; 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED WORKERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the administration of disability benefits and the improved employment of disabled 

workers by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REFORM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 
S. Con. Res. 11—44 

Houses, motions, or conference reports that amend the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4314. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ENERGY LEGISLATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) reform of the management of civilian and defense 

nuclear waste; 

(2) reform and reauthorization of programs at the Department of Energy related to research and development of alternative or renewable forms of energy, fossil fuel exploration 

and use, clean coal technologies (including carbon capture and 

sequestration), nuclear energy, or the electricity grid; 

(3) expansion of North American energy production; or 

(4) reform of the permitting and siting processes for energy 

infrastructure; 

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reform of environmental statutes to promote job growth by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4316. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR WATER 

RESOURCES LEGISLATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving flood 

control, expanding opportunities for commercial navigation, and 

improving the environmental restoration of the nation’s waterways, 

assisting the States in carrying out drought prevention plans, 

strengthening waterborne commerce in the Nation’s ports and harbors, or relating to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior 

to designate funds for rural water projects and Indian irrigation 

and water settlement projects, without raising new revenue, by 
S. Con. Res. 11—45 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4317. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND ON MINERAL SECURITY AND MINERAL RIGHTS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) reducing reliance on mineral imports; or 

(2) the authority to deduct certain amounts from mineral 

revenues payable to States; 

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4318. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM THE 

ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et 

seq.) without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4319. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE FOREST 

HEALTH. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) increasing timber production from Federal lands and 

providing bridge funding to counties and other units of local 

government until timber production levels increase; 

(2) decreasing forest hazardous fuel loads; 

(3) improving stewardship contracting; or 

(4) reform of the process of budgeting for wildfire suppression operations; 

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—46 

SEC. 4320. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REAUTHORIZE 

FUNDING FOR PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES TO COUNTIES AND OTHER UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Payments In 

Lieu of Taxes (PILT), which may include funding the payments 

in lieu of taxes program at levels roughly equivalent to lost tax 

revenues due to the presence of Federal land without raising new 

revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4321. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FINANCIAL REGULATORY SYSTEM REFORM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to regulatory relief 

for small financial firms, improvements in the effectiveness of the 

financial regulatory framework, enhancements in oversight and 

accountability of the Federal Reserve System, and expansions in 

access to capital markets without raising new revenue, by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4322. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE FEDERAL 

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving the 

processing of earnings reports for the Supplemental Security Income 

and Social Security Disability Insurance programs by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4323. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPLEMENT 

AGREEMENTS WITH FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the implementation of agreements between the United States and nations with 

whom it maintains a Compact of Free Association without raising 

new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that 

purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
S. Con. Res. 11—47 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4324. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT PAYMENTS TO RURAL HOSPITALS AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE ACCESS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to protecting payments to rural hospitals and creating sustainable access for rural 

communities without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4325. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENCOURAGE STATE 

MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE 

INDEPENDENT LIVING AND INTEGRATED WORK FOR THE 

DISABLED. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging State 

Medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent living 

and integrated work for the disabled without raising new revenue, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4326. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW PHARMACISTS TO BE PAID FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES 

UNDER MEDICARE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to payments to 

pharmacists for the provision of services under Medicare without 

raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4327. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE OUR 

NATION’S COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to supporting and 

improving community health centers without raising new revenue, 
S. Con. Res. 11—48 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4328. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 

FUNDING OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, WHICH MAY 

INCLUDE SUBJECTING THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION BUREAU TO THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the funding of 

independent agencies, which may include subjecting the Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau to the regular appropriations process 

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4329. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM, IMPROVE, 

AND ENHANCE 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reforms, improvements, and enhancements of 529 college savings plans by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4330. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SECURING 

OVERSEAS DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES OF THE UNITED 

STATES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the security of 

the overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4331. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

EXPANDING, ENHANCING, OR OTHERWISE IMPROVING 

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 
S. Con. Res. 11—49 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to expanding, 

enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, 

and mathematics by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4332. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to investment in 

the manufacturing sector in the United States, which may include 

educational or research and development initiatives, public-private 

partnerships, or other programs, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4333. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT ALIENS 

WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 

QUALIFYING FOR A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to benefits for aliens 

without legal status in the United States, which may include prohibiting qualification for certain tax benefits without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4334. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR REPORT ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports that achieve savings through 

the elimination, modification, or the reduction in frequency of 

congressionally mandated reports from Federal agencies, and reduce 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. The Chairman may also make adjustments to the pay-asyou-go ledger over 6 and 11 years to ensure that the deficit reduction 

achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the amount of deficit reduction 

achieved. 
S. Con. Res. 11—50 

SEC. 4335. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS HEROIN, 

METHAMPHETAMINE, AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID 

ABUSE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to addressing efforts 

to combat heroin, methamphetamine, and prescription opioid abuse 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4336. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN OUR 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening 

our civilian workforce by the amounts provided in such legislation 

for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over the period of either the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4337. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEPARTMENT OF 

DEFENSE REFORM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving Department of Defense financial management, which may include 

achieving full auditability or eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4338. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE FEDERAL 

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JOB TRAINING, AND 

REEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reducing inefficient overlap, improving access, and enhancing outcomes with Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment programs by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—51 

SEC. 4339. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE ENERGY 

ASSISTANCE AND INVEST IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND 

CONSERVATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 

(1) energy efficiency, which may include weatherization 

and energy efficiency retrofit programs for low-income individuals; 

(2) the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 

which may include seasonal assistance and crisis fuel assistance 

to low-income individuals; 

(3) Federal programs for land and water conservation, 

including the Land and Water Conservation Fund; or 

(4) the reduction of duplicative Federal green building programs; 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4340. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END OPERATION 

CHOKE POINT AND PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Department 

of Justice, which may include ending the Operation Choke Point 

program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that 

purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4341. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT THE USE 

OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE BAILOUT OF IMPROVIDENT 

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to a prohibition, 

except in the case of Federal assistance provided in response to 

a natural disaster, on any entity of the Federal Government providing funds to State and local governments to prevent receivership 

or to facilitate exit from receivership or to prevent default on 

its obligations by a State government by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—52 

SEC. 4342. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE HEALTH 

OUTCOMES AND LOWER THE COSTS OF CARING FOR 

MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHILDREN IN MEDICAID. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving the 

health outcomes and lowering the costs of caring for medically 

complex children in Medicaid, which may include creating or 

expanding integrated delivery models or improving care coordination, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4343. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MAINTAIN AND 

ENHANCE ACCESS, CHOICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN 

VETERANS CARE THROUGH THE VETERANS CHOICE 

CARD PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to maintaining and 

enhancing access, choice, and accountability in veterans care 

through the Veterans Choice Card program by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4344. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING EQUAL PAY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to promoting equal 

pay, which may include preventing discrimination on the basis 

of sex and preventing retaliation against employees for seeking 

or discussing wage information, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4345. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LEGISLATION SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN 

SOCIAL SECURITY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the United States to protect 

current beneficiaries of the Social Security program and prevent 
S. Con. Res. 11—53 

the insolvency of the program by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for such purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4346. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A SIMPLIFIED INCOME-DRIVEN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT 

OPTION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to addressing student loan debt, which may include reducing overlapping student 

loan repayment programs and creating a simplified income-driven 

student loan repayment option, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4347. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

KEEPING THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 

ACT FOCUSED ON THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that 

Federal jurisdiction under the Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is focused on water quality, which 

may include limiting jurisdiction based on the movement of birds, 

mammals, or insects through the air or over the land, the movement 

of water through the ground, or the movement of rainwater or 

snowmelt over the land, or limiting jurisdiction over puddles, isolated ponds, roadside ditches, irrigation ditches, stormwater systems, wastewater systems, or water delivery, reuse, or reclamation 

systems, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4348. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING ISRAEL. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to United States 

policy toward Israel and the prevention of anti-Semitism in Europe, 

which may include preventing the United Nations and other international institutions, including human rights organizations, from 

taking unfair or discriminatory action against Israel, and supporting 

efforts to prevent anti-Semitism in Europe, by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 
S. Con. Res. 11—54 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4349. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FAMILY 

AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to efforts to improve 

workplace benefits and reduce health care costs, which may include 

tax credits for employers providing paid family and medical leave, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4350. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS WHO HAVE 

GEOGRAPHIC INACCESSIBILITY TO CARE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing health 

care to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance 

from the closest medical facility of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs that provides the care sought by the veteran by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4351. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR LOWINCOME AMERICANS THROUGH THE FEDERAL PELL 

GRANT PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increasing access 

to higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal 

Pell Grant program, which may include allowing for 1 or more 

additional payment periods during the same award year, by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH PREMIUM BILLING. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increased disclosure of any Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
S. Con. Res. 11—55 

Law 111–148) tax in health insurance monthly premium statements 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4353. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CARBON 

EMISSIONS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports related to carbon emissions, 

which may include prohibitions on Federal taxes or fees imposed 

on carbon emissions from any product or entity that is a direct 

or indirect source of emissions, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4354. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

REQUIRING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW 

STATES TO OPT OUT OF COMMON CORE WITHOUT PENALTY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to prohibiting the 

Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing 

States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other 

specific academic standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, or programs of instruction and allowing States to opt out 

of the Common Core State Standards without penalty by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4355. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 

DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to initiatives to 

sell or transfer to, or exchange with, a State or local government 

any Federal land that is not within the boundaries of a National 

Park, National Preserve, or National Monument by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—56 

SEC. 4356. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING FUNDING OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED 

NATIONS ARMS TRADE TREATY PRIOR TO SENATE 

RATIFICATION AND ADOPTION OF IMPLEMENTING 

LEGISLATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to funding, which 

may include prohibiting funding for the United Nations Arms Trade 

Treaty Secretariat or any international organizations created to 

support the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade 

Treaty prior to Senate ratification and adoption of implementing 

legislation, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4357. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

REIMPOSING WAIVED SANCTIONS AND IMPOSING NEW 

SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE 

JOINT PLAN OF ACTION OR A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR 

AGREEMENT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Iran, which may 

include efforts to immediately reimpose waived sanctions and 

impose new sanctions against the Government of Iran if the President cannot make a determination and certify that Iran is complying 

with the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive agreement on 

Iran’s nuclear program, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4358. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING UNITED STATES CITIZENS HELD HOSTAGE IN 

THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN TEHRAN, IRAN, 

BETWEEN NOVEMBER 3, 1979, AND JANUARY 20, 1981. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to supporting citizens of the United States held hostage in the United States embassy 

in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—57 

SEC. 4359. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PREGNANT WORKERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to efforts to increase 

employment opportunities and prevent employment discrimination, 

which may include measures to prevent employment discrimination 

against pregnant workers, to provide pregnant workers with a 

right to workplace accommodations, and to ensure that employers 

comply with requirements regarding such workplace accommodations for pregnant workers, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4360. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PERMANENTLY 

ELIMINATE THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to changes in the 

Federal income tax laws, which may include eliminating the Federal 

estate tax, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that 

purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4361. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REGULATION BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OF 

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the regulation 

by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions, which may include a prohibition on withholding highway 

funds from States that refuse to submit State Implementation Plans 

required under the Clean Power Plan of the Agency, by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4362. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING PRIVATELY HELD WATER RIGHTS AND PERMITS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to protecting 

communities, businesses, recreationists, farmers, ranchers, or other 

groups that rely on privately held water rights and permits from 
S. Con. Res. 11—58 

Federal takings by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4363. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING AWARDING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS BASED 

ON AWARDEES ENTERING OR NOT ENTERING INTO 

AGREEMENTS WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to a prohibition 

on the awarding of construction contracts on behalf of the Government based upon any solicitations, bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents that require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere 

to agreements with one or more labor organizations or discriminate 

against or give preference to such bidders, offerors, contractors, 

or subcontractors based on their entering or refusing to enter into 

such agreements by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new 

revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4364. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT AMERICAN 

JOBS FROM BEING MOVED OVERSEAS BY REDUCING THE 

CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preventing American jobs from being moved overseas, which may include a reduction 

in the corporate income tax rate, by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4365. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE WAGES 

FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reaffirming the 

ability of States to adopt minimum wages higher than the Federal 

minimum wage level commensurate with the cost of living in the 

State, which may include the adoption of pro-employment and wageincreasing policies by providing pro-growth tax relief and eliminating excessive government mandates, by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 
S. Con. Res. 11—59 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4366. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETERRING THE MIGRATION OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN 

FROM EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to deterring the 

attempted migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, 

Guatemala, and Honduras into the United States, which may 

include the expedited removal of unlawful entrants from noncontiguous countries, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4367. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

ENSURING PROPER ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION IN DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to critical habitat 

designations, which may include requirements that the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service examine the cumulative economic 

effects of the designation, such as on land or property uses or 

values, regional employment, or revenue impacts on States and 

units of local government, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4368. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END ‘‘TOO BIG TO 

FAIL’’ BAILOUTS FOR WALL STREET MEGA-BANKS (OVER 

$500 BILLION IN TOTAL ASSETS). 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to any bank holding 

companies with over $500,000,000,000 in total assets to better 

protect taxpayers, including such measures as capital or leverage 

requirements, restrictions on the growth, activities, or operations 

of a company, or divestiture of assets or operations of any company 

that is unable to present a credible plan to facilitate an orderly 

bankruptcy or resolution, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—60 

SEC. 4369. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING 

WASHINGTON’S ILLEGAL EXEMPTION FROM THE 

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to developing 

methods that ensure that all Members of Congress, the President, 

the Vice President, and all political appointees of the Administration 

procure their health insurance on the individual exchange in the 

same way as Americans at the same income level by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4370. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE 

UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV 

TO JERUSALEM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increasing 

funding for United States embassies, which may include the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to 

Jerusalem, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4371. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE RETURN OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN 

LEGALLY ADOPTED BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM 

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to promoting the 

return of children who have been legally adopted by United States 

citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4372. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW NUCLEAR-CAPABLE CRUISE MISSILE BY 

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE NATIONAL 

NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 
S. Con. Res. 11—61 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the development 

of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of 

Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4373. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE EQUITY 

IN THE TAX TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER 

DEATH BENEFITS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing tax 

equity for death benefits paid to the families of public safety officers 

who lose their lives in the line of duty by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4374. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATING THE BACKLOG OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE 

KITS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to eliminating the 

backlog of sexual assault evidence kits, which may include auditing 

the hidden backlog of untested sexual assault kits and ensuring 

that the collection and processing of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies from crimes is carried out in an appropriate and 

timely manner, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4375. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MIXED 

OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to mixed oxide 

fuel fabrication by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—62 

SEC. 4376. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

REFORMING OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL AND 

PREVENTING EXTENDED VACANCIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening 

and reforming Federal Offices of Inspectors General, reducing 

vacancies in such Offices, and providing for improvements in the 

overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Inspectors General 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4377. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

IMPROVING RETIREMENT SECURITY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving retirement security by making it easier for small businesses to provide 

retirement plans for their employees by easing the administrative 

burden and by encouraging individuals to increase their savings 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4378. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE 

COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving basic 

science research and development programs in the United States 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4379. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 

THAT THE CONSERVATION OF NORTHERN LONG-EARED 

BAT POPULATIONS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE COMPATIBLE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), which may include 

requirements that State conservation plans relating to the northern 

long-eared bat are given maximum flexibility to be successful so 

as to preserve and protect local and rural economies before any 

Federal listing decision is made with respect to the northern long- 
S. Con. Res. 11—63 

eared bat, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4380. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increased sharing 

of cybersecurity threat information while protecting individual privacy and civil liberties interests by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4381. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THE DRUG 

ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL 

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO ENTER INTO JOINT TASK 

FORCES WITH TRIBAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation entering 

into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement agencies 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4382. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING COST SAVINGS IN OFFICE SPACE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging cost 

savings in office space used by Federal agencies, which may include 

encouraging Federal agencies to utilize office space unused by the 

Federal Government before purchasing or renting additional space, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4383. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES 

AND ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 
S. Con. Res. 11—64 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs 

through small business development centers by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4384. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 

THAT MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

VETERANS AFFAIRS MEET THE NEEDS OF WOMEN VETERANS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that 

medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the 

needs of women veterans by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4385. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING EFFICIENT RESOURCING FOR THE ASIA REBALANCE POLICY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing funding 

related to supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance 

policy by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4386. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING ACCESS TO MARIJUANA EDIBLES BY CHILDREN 

IN STATES THAT HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preventing access 

to edible marijuana products by children in States that have 

decriminalized marijuana by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—65 

SEC. 4387. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING MORTGAGE LENDING TO RURAL AREAS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing mortgage lending to rural areas by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4388. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 

CONSTRUCTION OF ARCTIC POLAR ICEBREAKERS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the construction 

of Arctic polar icebreakers by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4389. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

RESEARCHING HEALTH CONDITIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES 

DURING SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to researching 

health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic 

substances during service in the Armed Forces by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4390. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RAISING 

THE FAMILY OF FUNDS LIMIT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS 

INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Small Business Investment Company Program of the Small Business Administration, which may include raising the Family of Funds limit of 

the Small Business Investment Company Program, by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—66 

SEC. 4391. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETECTION, INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION OF THE 

OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF WEBSITES WHO KNOWINGLY ALLOW SUCH WEBSITES TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE COMMERCIAL SEX WITH CHILDREN OVER THE 

INTERNET. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to online child sex 

trafficking, which may include the detection, investigation, and 

prosecution of the owners and operators of websites who knowingly 

allow such websites to be used to advertise commercial sex with 

children over the Internet, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4392. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRICITY GRID. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to prohibiting the 

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or issuing any regulation that would reduce the 

reliability of the electricity grid by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4393. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE OPEN INTERNET. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to protecting the 

open Internet and promoting further innovation and investment 

in Internet services, content, infrastructure, and technologies by 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4394. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

REFORMING THE FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to— 
S. Con. Res. 11—67 

(1) creating an effective mechanism for the review of the 

existing Federal regulatory burden to identify rules for repeal 

or modification that— 

(A) impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced 

substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory 

effectiveness; 

(B) impose disproportionately high costs on small 

businesses; 

(C) could be strengthened in their effectiveness while 

reducing regulatory costs; 

(D) have been rendered obsolete by technological or 

market changes; 

(E) have achieved their goals and can be repealed 

without target problems recurring; 

(F) impose the greatest opportunity costs in terms of 

economic growth; 

(G) are ineffective; 

(H) overlap, duplicate, or conflict with other Federal 

regulations or with State or local regulations; or 

(I) impose costs that are not justified by benefits produced for society within the United States; 

(2) reforming the process by which new regulations are 

made by Federal agencies, including independent agencies, for 

the purposes of— 

(A) prioritizing early public outreach in the rulemaking 

process; 

(B) ensuring the use of the best available scientific, 

economic, and technical data; 

(C) preventing the misuse of guidance documents to 

skirt public input; 

(D) ensuring the use of best practices for regulatory 

analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, into each step of 

the rulemaking process; 

(E) facilitating the adoption by Federal agencies of 

the least costly regulatory alternative that would achieve 

the goals of the statutory authorization; 

(F) ensuring more careful consideration of proposed 

high-cost rules; 

(G) ensuring effective oversight of the Federal regulatory program, including independent regulatory commissions, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; 

(H) improving the consideration of adverse impacts 

on small businesses; 

(I) providing greater transparency in the rulemaking 

process; and 

(J) improving compliance with section 515 of the 

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for 

Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2736A– 

153) (commonly known as the ‘‘Information Quality Act’’), 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

1501 et seq.), and chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code 

(commonly known as the ‘‘Regulatory Flexibility Act’’); 

(3) enhancing accountability by facilitating fair and effective judicial review of agency actions; and 

(4) ensuring that Congress can effectively exercise its 

appropriate role in the regulatory process through legislation 

and oversight; 
S. Con. Res. 11—68 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4395. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING COVERAGE OF VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPIES AS A 

COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TEST UNDER THE 

MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test 

under the Medicare program by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4396. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, 

AND COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNITED 

STATES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to modernizing the 

triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems, the nuclear command 

and control system, and the nuclear weapons stockpile, and supporting related infrastructure, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4397. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BARDA 

AND THE BIOSHIELD SPECIAL RESERVE FUND. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening 

our national security, which may include fully funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the 

BioShield Special Reserve Fund, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—69 

SEC. 4398. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

IMPROVING THE NUCLEAR FORCES AND MISSIONS OF 

THE AIR FORCE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the nuclear force 

improvement program of the Air Force by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4399. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION FOR 

SMALL BUSINESSES AND FULL FUNDING FOR AT-SEA 

AND DOCKSIDE MONITORING FOR CERTAIN FISHERIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to promoting economic growth and job creation by making it easier for small 

businesses to plan their capital investments and reducing the 

uncertainty of taxation, and supporting at-sea and dockside monitoring for fisheries that have received economic disaster assistance, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4400. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports related to the employer 

penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

(Public Law 111–148), which may include changes to the definition 

of ‘‘full time employee’’ under that Act, by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4401. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF 

THE FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving the 

effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process by 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
S. Con. Res. 11—70 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE AWARDS 

UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the processing 

of award submissions, which may include the Internal Revenue 

Service whistleblower program, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE INCREASED USE OF PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING IN FEDERAL FACILITIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging the 

increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities by 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

IMPROVING INFORMATION SHARING BY THE INSPECTOR 

GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

WITH RESPECT TO INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO SUBSTANDARD HEALTH CARE, DELAYED AND DENIED 

HEALTH CARE, PATIENT DEATHS, OTHER FINDINGS THAT 

DIRECTLY RELATE TO PATIENT CARE, AND OTHER 

MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF THE DEPARTMENT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving 

information sharing by the Inspector General of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health care, patient 

deaths, other findings that directly relate to patient care, and 

other management issues of the Department by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—71 

SEC. 4405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE REGULATORY BURDENS ON COMMUNITY BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to alleviating disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit 

unions by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Corporation 

for National and Community Service by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 

THAT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEYS COMPLY 

WITH DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS IN CRIMINAL 

PROSECUTIONS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that 

all Department of Justice attorneys comply with all legal and ethical 

obligations in criminal prosecutions, which may include legislation 

that ensures the disclosure to the defendant in a timely manner 

of all information known to the Government that tends to negate 

the guilt of the defendant, mitigate the offense charged or the 

sentence imposed, or impeach the Government’s witnesses or evidence, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investments in precision medicine and biomedical research, which may 

include increasing funding to account for inflation, to support 

finding ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or conditions 

like Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, and 
S. Con. Res. 11—72 

to provide long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, by 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4409. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to developing 

methods that ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have access to 

equipment like eye tracking accessories for speech generating 

devices and speech generating devices by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4410. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

PRIORITIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL 

SIGNIFICANCE AND PROJECTS IN HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the prioritization 

of the Federal investment in the infrastructure of the United States 

on projects that are of national and regional significance and 

projects in high priority corridors of the National Highway System 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4411. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES’ NATO ALLIES TO REVERSE 

DECLINES IN DEFENSE SPENDING AND BEAR A MORE 

PROPORTIONATE BURDEN FOR ENSURING THE SECURITY OF NATO. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging the 

United States’ NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spending 

and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the security 

of NATO by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
S. Con. Res. 11—73 

SEC. 4412. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 

INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY OF MISSING WEAPONS 

AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the investigation 

and to the extent practicable the recovery of missing weapons 

and military equipment provided to the Government of Yemen 

by the United States Government to ensure that such items are 

not in the possession of or used by radical extremist groups operating in the country by the amounts provided in such legislation 

for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4413. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

IMPROVING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA AND TRANSPARENCY. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving higher 

education data and transparency by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4414. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO NATIVE 

CHILDREN. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Native children 

or the construction of Bureau of Indian Education schools, which 

may include replacement school construction, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4415. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDE 

ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC 

COMMUNICATIONS. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to funding for international counter-propaganda communications in order to combat 

misinformation, undermine ideologies of violence and hatred, and 

ensure moderate voices are heard by the amounts provided in 
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such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4416. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ELEMENTARY AND 

SECONDARY EDUCATION. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reforming and 

strengthening elementary and secondary education by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4417. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT RESEARCH. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investments in scientific research and development, which may include 

supporting biomedical research to find ways to prevent, treat, and 

cure diseases or conditions like Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, providing long-term cost savings to the 

Federal Government, and supporting national security, basic energy 

research, innovative solutions, and American competitiveness, by 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4418. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORT 

FOR UKRAINE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing support 

to the Government of Ukraine, which may include the provision 

of lethal defensive articles, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4419. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE MINING SAFETY RESEARCH. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to underground 

and surface mining safety research by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 
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would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4420. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SAVING 

MEDICARE. 

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to extending the 

life of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which may 

include the creation of a point of order against legislation that 

accelerates the insolvency of such Trust Fund, by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

Subtitle C—Reserve Funds in the House of 

Representatives 

SEC. 4501. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT’S 

HEALTH CARE LAW. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 

or conference report thereon, that consists solely of the full repeal 

of the Affordable Care Act and the health care related provisions 

of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 

SEC. 4502. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROMOTING REAL 

HEALTH CARE REFORM. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 

or conference report thereon, that promotes real health care reform, 

if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of 

fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4503. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE 

LAW. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 

or conference report thereon, that repeals all or part of the decreases 

in Medicare spending included in the Affordable Care Act or the 

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such 

measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2025. 
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SEC. 4504. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill 

or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, if such measure extends the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, but only if such measure would not increase the 

deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4505. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill 

or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, if such measure reforms, expands access to, and improves, 

as determined by such Chairman, graduate medical education programs, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit 

over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4506. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee 

on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, that implements a trade agreement, but only if such 

measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal 

years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4507. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE 

TAX CODE. 

In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways 

and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, the Chairman of the Committee on the 

Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of 

any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

report thereon, if such measure would not increase the deficit 

for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4508. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee 

on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, that decreases revenue, but only if such measure would 

not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 

2025. 

SEC. 4509. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill 
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or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, if such measure maintains the solvency of the Highway 

Trust Fund, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit 

over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4510. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL RETIREMENT REFORM. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill 

or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, if such measure reforms, improves and updates the Federal 

retirement system, as determined by such Chairman, but only 

if such measure would not increase the deficit over the period 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

SEC. 4511. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR NATIONAL 

DEFENSE. 

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 

other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill 

or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, if such measure supports the following activities: Department of Defense training and maintenance associated with combat 

readiness, modernization of equipment, auditability of financial 

statements, or military compensation and benefit reforms, by the 

amount provided for these purposes, but only if such measure 

would not increase the deficit (without counting any net revenue 

increases in that measure) over the period of fiscal years 2016 

through 2025. 

TITLE V—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT 

SPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEC. 5001. DIRECT SPENDING. 

(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

(1) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives finds the following: 

(A) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate 

of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year 

period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 percent. 

(B) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated 

average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during 

the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 2016 is 4.6 

percent under current law. 

(2) PROPOSED REFORMS.—The following reforms are proposed under this concurrent resolution by the House of Representatives for means-tested direct spending: 

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

President reformed welfare by limiting the duration of 

benefits, giving States more control over the program, and 

helping recipients find work. In the 5 years following passage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare caseloads fell, and 
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workers’ wages increased. This budget assumes the enactment of proposals to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans on 

the road to personal and financial independence. Based 

on the successful welfare reforms of the 1990s, these proposals would improve work requirements and provide 

flexible funding for States to help those most in need 

find gainful employment, escape poverty, and move up 

the economic ladder. 

(B) For Medicaid, this budget is predicated on a framework proposed by the chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

to modernize and improve the program while increasing 

State flexibility and protecting the most vulnerable populations. This budget also assumes the repeal of the Medicaid expansions in the President’s health care law. 

(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— (1) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives finds the following: 

(A) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average 

rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 

10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 percent. 

(B) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the estimated 

average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during 

the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 2016 is 5.5 

percent under current law. 

(2) MEDICARE REFORMS.—For Medicare, this budget 

advances policies to put seniors, not the Federal Government, 

in control of their health care decisions. Putting seniors in 

charge of how their health care dollars are spent will encourage 

providers to compete against each other on price and quality. 

Improvements to Medicare are necessary to extend the life 

of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and protect the 

program for future generations. 

TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS 

Subtitle A—Policy Statements in Both 

Houses 

SEC. 6101. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. 

It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress 

should pass, and send to the States for their approval, a joint 

resolution amending the Constitution of the United States to require 

an annual balanced Federal budget. 

SEC. 6102. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the President 

and Congress should work together on a bipartisan basis to preserve 

Social Security for current and future generations. To achieve that 

goal— 

(1) Congress should enact legislation to prevent the nearterm insolvency of the Disability Insurance program, improve 

the administration and coordination of benefits, and increase 

employment opportunities for disabled workers; and 
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(2) the President should submit legislation to Congress 

addressing the long-term insolvency of both the Old-Age and 

Survivors Insurance program and the Disability Insurance program, and such legislation should achieve a sustainable annual 

cash-flow balance between taxes and benefits over the foreseeable future, rather than temporarily increasing and then 

depleting the balance of Government securities held by each 

program’s trust fund. 

Subtitle B—Policy Statement in the House 

of Representatives 

SEC. 6201. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS AND BASELINE 

REFORM. 

(a) FINDINGS.— (1) In 1974, after more than 50 years of executive dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to reassert its ‘‘power 

of the purse’’, and passed the Congressional Budget and 

Impoundment Control Act. 

(2) The measure explicitly sought to establish congressional 

control over the budget process, to provide for annual congressional determination of the appropriate level of taxes and 

spending, to set important national budget priorities, and to 

find ways in which Members of Congress could have access 

to the most accurate, objective, and highest quality information 

to assist them in discharging their duties. 

(3) Far from achieving its intended purpose, however, the 

process has instituted a bias toward higher spending and larger 

government. The behemoth of the Federal Government has 

largely been financed through either borrowing or taking ever 

greater amounts of the national income through high taxation. 

(4) The process does not treat programs and policies consistently and shows a bias toward higher spending and higher 

taxes. 

(5) It assumes extension of spending programs (of more than $50 million per year) scheduled to expire. 

(6) Yet it does not assume the extension of tax policies 

in the same way. consequently, extending existing tax policies 

that may be scheduled to expire is characterized as a new 

tax reduction, requiring offsets to ‘‘pay for’’ merely keeping 

tax policy the same even though estimating conventions would 

not require similar treatment of spending programs. 

(7) The original goals set for the congressional process 

are admirable in their intent, but because the essential mechanisms of the process have remained the same, and ‘‘reforms’’ 

enacted over the past 40 years have largely taken the form 

of layering greater levels of legal complexity without reforming 

or reassessing the very fundamental nature of the process. 

(b) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of this concurrent 

resolution on the budget that as the primary branch of Government, 

Congress must: 

(1) Restructure the fundamental procedures of budget decision making. 

(2) Reassert Congress’s ‘‘power of the purse’’, and reinforce 

the balance of powers between Congress and the President, 

as the 1974 Act intended. 
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(3) Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do budgeting 

as intended by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, especially 

adopting a budget resolution every year. 

(4) Encourage more effective control over spending, especially currently uncontrolled direct spending. 

(5) Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero based 

budgeting, which would require a department or agency to 

justify its budget as if it were a new expenditure; and direct 

spending caps to enhance oversight of automatic pilot spending 

that increases each year without congressional approval. 

(6) Promote efficient and timely budget actions, so that 

lawmakers complete their budget actions by the time the new 

fiscal year begins. 

(7) Provide access to the best analysis of economic conditions available and increase awareness of how fiscal policy 

directly impacts overall economic growth and job creation. 

(8) Remove layers of complexity that have complicated the 

procedures designed in 1974, and made budgeting more arcane 

and opaque. 

(9) Remove existing biases that favor higher spending. 

(10) Include procedures by which current tax laws may 

be extended and treated on a basis that is not different from 

the extension of entitlement programs. 

(c) BUDGET PROCESS REFORM.—Comprehensive budget process 

reform should also remove the bias in the baseline against the 

extension of current tax laws in the following ways: 

(1) Permanent extension of tax laws should not be used 

as a means to increase taxes on other taxpayers. 

(2) For those expiring tax provisions that are proposed 

to be permanently extended, Congress should use a more realistic baseline that does not require them to be offset. 

(3) Tax-reform legislation should not include tax increases 

just to offset the extension of current tax laws. 

(d) LEGISLATION.—The Committee on the Budget of the House 

of Representatives intends to draft legislation during the 114th 

Congress that will rewrite the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to fulfill the goals of making the congressional budget process more effective in ensuring taxpayers’ dollars 

are spent wisely and efficiently. 

SEC. 6202. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION. 

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

(1) Although the United States economy technically 

emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, the subsequent 

recovery has felt more like a malaise than a rebound. Real 

gross domestic product GDP growth over the past 5 years 

has averaged slightly more than 2 percent, well below the 

3.2 percent historical trend rate of growth in the United States. 

Although the economy has shown some welcome signs of 

improvement of late, the Nation remains in the midst of the 

weakest economic recovery of the modern era. 

(2) Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to grow by 

an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 10 years. That 

level of economic growth is simply unacceptable and insufficient 
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to expand opportunities and the incomes of millions of middleincome Americans. 

(3) Sluggish economic growth has also contributed to the 

country’s fiscal woes. Subpar growth means that revenue levels 

are lower than they would otherwise be while government 

spending (e.g. welfare and income-support programs) is higher. 

Clearly, there is a dire need for policies that will spark higher 

rates of economic growth and greater, higher-quality job 

opportunities. 

(4) Although job gains have been trending up of late, other 

aspects of the labor market remain weak. The labor force 

participation rate, for instance, is hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also remains a problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people 

who are currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more than 30 percent) have been unemployed for more than 6 months. Longterm unemployment erodes an individual’s job skills and 

detaches them from job opportunities. It also undermines the 

long-term productive capacity of the economy. 

(5) Perhaps most important, wage gains and income growth 

have been subpar for middle-class Americans. Average hourly 

earnings of private-sector workers have increased by just 1.6 

percent over the past year. Prior to the recession, average 

hourly earnings were tracking close to 4 percent. Likewise, 

average income levels have remained flat in recent years. Real 

median household income is just under $52,000, one of the 

lowest levels since 1995. 

(6) The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a shadow 

on the country’s economic outlook. investors and businesses 

make decisions on a forward-looking basis. they know that 

today’s large debt levels are simply tomorrow’s tax hikes, 

interest rate increases, or inflation and they act accordingly. 

This debt overhang, and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh 

on growth, investment, and job creation. 

(7) Nearly all economists, including those at the CBO, 

conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby bending the 

curve on debt levels is a net positive for economic growth 

over time. The logic is that deficit reduction creates long-term 

economic benefits because it increases the pool of national 

savings and boosts investment, thereby raising economic growth 

and job creation. 

(8) CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal year 2016 

budget resolution and found it would increase real output per 

capita (a proxy for a country’s standard of living) by about 

$1,000 in 2025 and roughly $5,000 by 2040 relative to the 

baseline path. That means more income and greater prosperity 

for all Americans. 

(9) In contrast, if the Government remains on the current 

fiscal path, future generations will face ever-higher debt service 

costs, a decline in national savings, and a ‘‘crowding out’’ of 

private investment. This dynamic will eventually lead to a 

decline in economic output and a diminution in our country’s 

standard of living. 

(10) The key economic challenge is determining how to 

expand the economic pie, not how best to divide up and redistribute a shrinking pie. 
S. Con. Res. 11—82 

(11) A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit levels 

and eventually balancing the budget. According to CBO, if 

annual real GDP growth is just 0.1 percentage point higher 

over the budget window, deficits would be reduced by $326 

billion. 

(12) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-growth 

policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that will help foster 

a stronger economy, greater opportunities and more job creation. 

(b) POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.—In the 

House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to promote faster economic growth and job creation. By putting 

the budget on a sustainable path, this concurrent resolution ends 

the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to 

the tax code will put American businesses and workers in a better 

position to compete and thrive in the 21st century global economy. 

This concurrent resolution targets the regulatory red tape and 

cronyism that stack the deck in favor of special interests. All of 

the reforms in this concurrent resolution serve as means to the 

larger end of helping the economy grow and expanding opportunity 

for all Americans. 

SEC. 6203. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. 

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

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

promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The United 

States tax code fails on all three counts: It is notoriously 

complex, patently unfair, and highly inefficient. The tax code’s 

complexity distorts decisions to work, save, and invest, which 

leads to slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job 

creation. 

(2) Over the past decade alone, there have been 4,107 

changes to the tax code, more than one per day. Many of 

the major changes over the years have involved carving out 

special preferences, exclusions, or deductions for various activities or groups. These loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion 

per year and make the code unfair, inefficient, and highly 

complex. 

(3) In addition, these tax preferences are disproportionately 

used by upper-income individuals. 

(4) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade the 

code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax base, in 

turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise a given amount 

of revenue. 

(5) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a year complying with the tax code waste of time and resources that 

could be used in more productive activities. 

(6) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal 

tax rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and invest, 

which reduces economic output and job creation. Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the intended revenue gain from 

higher marginal tax rates. 

(7) Roughly half of United States active business income 

and half of private sector employment are derived from business 

entities (such as partnerships, S corporations, and sole 
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proprietorships) that are taxed on a ‘‘pass-through’’ basis, 

meaning the income flows through to the tax returns of the 

individual owners and is taxed at the individual rate structure 

rather than at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular, tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, 

and the top Federal rate on such small business income can 

reach nearly 45 percent. For these reasons, sound economic 

policy requires lowering marginal rates on these pass-through 

entities. 

(8) The United States corporate income tax rate (including 

Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to slightly more than 

39 percent, the highest rate in the industrialized world. Tax 

rates this high suppress wages and discourage investment and 

job creation, distort business activity, and put American 

businesses at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors. 

(9) By deterring potential investment, the United States 

corporate tax restrains economic growth and job creation. The 

United States tax rate differential with other countries also 

fosters a variety of complicated multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the tax, which have the effect of moving 

the tax base offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing 

corporate revenue. 

(10) The ‘‘worldwide’’ structure of United States international taxation essentially taxes earnings of United States 

firms twice, putting them at a significant competitive disadvantage with competitors with more competitive international tax 

systems. 

(11) Reforming the United States tax code to a more 

competitive international system would boost the competitiveness of United States companies operating abroad and it would 

also greatly reduce tax avoidance. 

(12) The tax code imposes costs on American workers 

through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and on 

investors in diminished returns. 

(13) Revenues have averaged about 17.4 percent of the 

economy throughout modern American history. Revenues rise 

above this level under current law to 18.3 percent of the 

economy by the end of the 10-year budget window. 

(14) Attempting to raise revenue through new tax increases 

to meet out-of-control spending would sink the economy and 

Americans’ ability to save for their retirement and their children’s education. 

(15) This concurrent resolution also rejects the idea of 

instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which some 

have offered as a new source of revenue. Such a plan would 

damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise prices on American 

consumers. 

(16) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not constitute fundamental tax reform. 

(17) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or eliminate 

loopholes and use those savings to lower tax rates across the 

board not to fund more wasteful Government spending. Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. 

(18) Many economists believe that fundamental tax reform 

(i.e. a broader tax base and lower tax rates) would lead to 
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greater labor supply and increased investment, which, over 

time, would have a positive impact on total national output. 

(19) Heretofore, the congressional scorekeepers the 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee 

on Taxation (JCT). 

(20) Static scoring implicitly assumes that the size of the 

economy (and therefore key economic variables such as labor 

supply and investment) remains fixed throughout the considered budget horizon. This is an abstraction from reality. 

(21) A new House of Representatives rule was adopted 

at the beginning of the 114th Congress to help correct this 

problem. This rule requires CBO and JCT to incorporate the 

macroeconomic effects of major legislation into their official 

cost estimates. 

(22) This rule seeks to bridge the divide between static 

estimates and scoring that incorporates economic feedback 

effects by providing policymakers with a greater amount of 

information about the likely economic impact of policies under 

their consideration while at the same time preserving traditional scoring methods and reporting conventions. 

(b) POLICY ON TAX REFORM.—In the House of Representatives, 

it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should 

enact legislation that provides for a comprehensive reform of the 

United States tax code to promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages, and benefit American consumers, investors, and workers through fundamental tax reform that— 

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

families and businesses and reduces the amount of time and 

resources necessary to comply with tax laws; 

(2) substantially lowers tax rates for individuals and 

consolidates the current seven individual income tax brackets 

into fewer brackets; 

(3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax; 

(4) reduces the corporate tax rate; and 

(5) transitions the tax code to a more competitive system 

of international taxation. 

SEC. 6204. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE. 

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

(1) Opening foreign markets to American exports is vital 

to the United States economy and beneficial to American 

workers and consumers. The Commerce Department estimates 

that every $1 billion of United States exports supports more 

than 5,000 jobs here at home. 

(2) The United States can increase economic opportunities 

for American workers and businesses through the expansion 

of trade, adherence to trade agreement rules by the United 

States and its trading partners, and the elimination of foreign 

trade barriers to United States goods and services. 

(3) Trade Promotion Authority is a bipartisan and 

bicameral effort to strengthen the role of Congress in setting 

negotiating objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with Congress by the Administration, and to provide 

a clear framework for congressional consideration and 

implementation of trade agreements. 
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(4) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum game. 

The idea that global expansion tends to ‘‘hollow out’’ United 

States operations is incorrect. Foreign-affiliate activity tends 

to complement, not substitute for, key parent activities in the 

United States such as employment, worker compensation, and 

capital investment. When United States headquartered multinationals invest and expand operations abroad it often leads 

to more jobs and economic growth at home. 

(5) Trade agreements have saved the average American family of four more than $10,000 per year, as a result of 

lower duties. Trade agreements also lower the cost of manufacturing inputs by removing duties. 

(6) American businesses and workers have shown that, 

on a level playing field, they can excel and surpass the international competition. 

(7) When negotiating trade agreements, United States laws 

on Intellectual Property (IP) protection should be used as a 

benchmark for establishing global IP frameworks. Strong IP 

protections have contributed significantly to the United States 

status as a world leader in innovation across sectors, including 

in the development of life-saving biologic medicines. The data 

protections afforded to biologics in United States law, including 

12 years of data protection, allow continued development of 

pioneering medicines to benefit patients both in the United 

States and abroad. To maintain the cycle of innovation and 

achieve truly 21st century trade agreements, it is vital that 

our negotiators insist on the highest standards for IP protections. 

(8) The status quo of the current tax code also undermines 

the competitiveness of United States businesses and costs the 

United States economy investment and jobs. 

(9) The United States currently has an antiquated system 

of international taxation whereby United States multinationals 

operating abroad pay both the foreign-country tax and United 

States corporate taxes. They are essentially taxed twice. This 

puts them at an obvious competitive disadvantage. A modern 

and competitive international tax system would facilitate global 

commerce for United States multinational companies and would 

encourage foreign business investment and job creation in the 

United States. 

(10) The ability to defer United States taxes on their foreign 

operations, which some erroneously refer to as a ‘‘tax loophole,’’ 

cushions this disadvantage to a certain extent. Eliminating 

or restricting this provision (and others like it) would harm 

United States competitiveness. 

(11) This budget resolution advocates fundamental tax 

reform that would lower the United States corporate rate, now 

the highest in the industrialized world, and switch to a more 

competitive system of international taxation. This would make 

the United States a much more attractive place to invest and 

station business activity and would chip away at the incentives 

for United States companies to keep their profits overseas 

(because the United States corporate rate is so high). 

(b) POLICY ON TRADE.—In the House of Representatives, it 

is the policy of this concurrent resolution to pursue international 

trade, global commerce, and a modern and competitive United 

States international tax system to promote job creation in the 
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United States. The United States should continue to seek increased 

economic opportunities for American workers and businesses 

through the expansion of trade opportunities, adherence to trade 

agreements and rules by the United States and its trading partners, 

and the elimination of foreign trade barriers to United States goods 

and services by opening new markets and by enforcing United 

States rights. To that end, Congress should pass Trade Promotion 

Authority to strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating 

objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear framework 

for congressional consideration and implementation of trade agreements. 

SEC. 6205. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPEALING THE PRESIDENT’S 

HEALTH CARE LAW AND PROMOTING REAL HEALTH 

CARE REFORM. 

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

(1) The President’s health care law put Washington’s priorities first, and not patients’. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) 

has failed to reduce health care premiums as promised; instead, 

the law mandated benefits and coverage levels, denying patients 

the opportunity to choose the type of coverage that best suits 

their health needs and driving up health coverage costs. A 

typical family’s health care premiums were supposed to decline 

by $2,500 a year; instead, according to the 2014 Employer 

Health Benefits Survey, health care premiums have increased 

by 7 percent for individuals and families since 2012. 

(2) The President pledged, ‘‘If you like your health care 

plan, you can keep your health care plan.’’ Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates 9 million 

Americans with employment-based health coverage will lose 

those plans due to the President’s health care law, further 

limiting patient choice. 

(3) Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that the President’s health care law would create 4 million jobs over the 

life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs immediately. Instead, 

the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the reduction 

in hours worked due to Obamacare represents a decline of 

about 2.0 to 2.5 million full-time equivalent workers, compared 

with what would have occurred in the absence of the law. 

The full impact on labor represents a reduction in employment 

by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while additional studies show 

less modest results. A recent study by the Mercatus Center 

at George Mason University estimates that Obamacare will 

reduce employment by up to 3 percent, or about 4 million 

full-time equivalent workers. 

(4) The President has charged the Independent Payment 

Advisory Board, a panel of unelected bureaucrats, with cutting 

Medicare by an additional $20.9 billion over the next ten years, 

according to the President’s most recent budget. 

(5) Since ACA was signed into law, the administration 

has repeatedly failed to implement it as written. The President 

has unilaterally acted to make a total of 28 changes, delays, 

and exemptions. The President has signed into law another 

17 changes made by Congress. The Supreme Court struck down 
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the forced expansion of Medicaid; ruled the individual ‘‘mandate’’ could only be characterized as a tax to remain constitutional; and rejected the requirement that closely held companies 

provide health insurance to their employees if doing so violates 

these companies’ religious beliefs. Even now, almost five years 

after enactment, the Supreme Court continues to evaluate the 

legality of how the President’s administration has implemented 

the law. All of these changes prove the folly underlying the 

entire program—health care in the United States cannot be 

run from a centralized bureaucracy. 

(6) The President’s health care law is unaffordable, intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and unworkable. Its complex 

structure of subsidies, mandates, and penalties perversely 

impact individuals, married couples, and families. The law 

should be fully repealed, allowing for real, patient-centered 

health care reform: the development of real health care reforms 

that puts patients first, that make affordable, quality health 

care available to all Americans, and that build on the innovation 

and creativity of all the participants in the health care sector. 

(b) POLICY ON PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM.—In 

the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent 

resolution that the President’s health care law should be fully 

repealed and real health care reform promoted in accordance with 

the following principles: 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Health care reform should enhance 

affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation, choices and 

responsiveness in health care coverage for all Americans, putting patients, families, and doctors in charge, not Washington, 

DC. These reforms should encourage increased competition and 

transparency. Under the President’s health care law, government controls Americans’ health care choices. Under true, 

patient-centered reform, Americans would. 

(2) AFFORDABILITY.—Real reform should be centered on 

ensuring that all Americans, no matter their age, income, or 

health status, have the ability to afford health care coverage. 

The health care delivery structure should be improved, and 

individuals should not be priced out of the health insurance 

market due to pre-existing conditions, but nationalized health 

care is not only unnecessary to accomplish this, it undermines 

the goal. Individuals should be allowed to join together voluntarily to pool risk through mechanisms such as Individual 

Membership Associations and Small Employer Membership 

Associations. 

(3) ACCESSABILITY.—Instead of Washington outlining for 

Americans the ways they cannot use their health insurance, 

reforms should make health coverage more portable. Individuals should be able to own their insurance and have it follow 

them in and out of jobs throughout their career. Small business 

owners should be permitted to band together across State lines 

through their membership in bona fide trade or professional 

associations to purchase health coverage for their families and 

employees at a low cost. This will increase small businesses’ 

bargaining power, volume discounts, and administrative efficiencies while giving them freedom from State-mandated benefit packages. Also, insurers licensed to sell policies in one 

State should be permitted to offer them to residents in any 

other State, and consumers should be permitted to shop for 
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health insurance across State lines, as they are with other 

insurance products online, by mail, by phone, or in consultation 

with an insurance agent. 

(4) QUALITY.—Incentives for providers to deliver highquality, responsive, and coordinated care will promote patient 

outcomes and drive down health care costs. Likewise, reforms 

that work to restore the patient-physician relationship by 

reducing administrative burdens and allowing physicians to 

do what they do best—care for patients. 

(5) CHOICES.—Individuals and families should be free to 

secure the health care coverage that best meets their needs, 

rather than instituting one-size-fits-all directives from Federal 

bureaucracies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the 

Department of Health and Human Services, and the Independent Payment Advisory Board. 

(6) INNOVATION.—Instead of stifling innovation in health 

care technologies, treatments, medications, and therapies with 

Federal mandates, taxes, and price controls, a reformed health 

care system should encourage research, development and 

innovation. 

(7) RESPONSIVENESS.—Reform should return authority to 

States wherever possible to make the system more responsive 

to patients and their needs. Instead of tying States’ hands 

with Federal requirements for their Medicaid programs, the 

Federal Government should return control of this program to 

the States. Not only does the current Medicaid program drive 

up Federal debt and threaten to bankrupt State budgets, but 

States are better positioned to provide quality, affordable care 

to those who are eligible for the program and to track down 

and weed out waste, fraud and abuse. Beneficiary choices in 

the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and 

Medicaid should be improved. States should make available 

the purchase of private insurance as an option to their Medicaid 

and SCHIP populations (though they should not require enrollment). 

(8) REFORMS.—Reforms should be made to prevent lawsuit 

abuse and curb the practice of defensive medicine, which are 

significant drivers increasing health care costs. The burden 

of proof in medical malpractice cases should be based on compliance with best practice guidelines, and States should be free 

to implement those policies to best suit their needs. 

SEC. 6206. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

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

(1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare 

for their health security. 

(2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly recommended that Medicare’s long-term financial challenges be 

addressed soon. Each year without reform, the financial condition of Medicare becomes more precarious and the threat to 

those in or near retirement becomes more pronounced. 

According to the Medicare Trustees Report— 

(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be 

exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay scheduled benefits; 
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(B) Medicare enrollment is expected to increase by 

over 50 percent in the next two decades, as 10,000 baby 

boomers reach retirement age each day; 

(C) enrollees remain in Medicare three times longer 

than at the outset of the program; 

(D) current workers’ payroll contributions pay for current beneficiaries; 

(E) in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per beneficiary, 

but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and continues to decrease 

over time; 

(F) most Medicare beneficiaries receive about three 

dollars in Medicare benefits for every one dollar paid into 

the program; and 

(G) Medicare spending is growing faster than the 

economy and Medicare outlays are currently rising at a 

rate of 6.5 percent per year over the next 10 years. 

According to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2014 LongTerm Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is projected 

to reach 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 

2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by 2089. 

(3) Failing to address this problem will leave millions of 

American seniors without adequate health security and younger 

generations burdened with enormous debt to pay for spending 

levels that cannot be sustained. 

(b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to preserve 

the program for those in or near retirement and strengthen Medicare for future beneficiaries. 

(c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This concurrent resolution assumes reform 

of the Medicare program such that— 

(1) current Medicare benefits are preserved for those in 

or near retirement; 

(2) permanent reform of the sustainable growth rate is 

responsibly accounted for to ensure physicians continue to 

participate in the Medicare program and provide quality health 

care for beneficiaries; 

(3) when future generations reach eligibility, Medicare is 

reformed to provide a premium support payment and a selection 

of guaranteed health coverage options from which recipients 

can choose a plan that best suits their needs; 

(4) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-service as 

a plan option; 

(5) Medicare will provide additional assistance for lower 

income beneficiaries and those with greater health risks; and 

(6) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path and 

the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-term. 

SEC. 6207. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND INNOVATION. 

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

(1) For decades, the Nation’s commitment to the discovery, 

development, and delivery of new treatments and cures has 

made the United States the biomedical innovation capital of 

the world, bringing life-saving drugs and devices to patients 

and well over a million high-paying jobs to local communities. 
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(2) Thanks to the visionary and determined leadership 

of innovators throughout America, including industry, academic 

medical centers, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 

the United States has led the way in early discovery. The 

United States leadership role is being threatened, however, 

as other countries contribute more to basic research from both 

public and private sources. 

(3) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 

Development predicts that China, for example, will outspend 

the United States in total research and development by the 

end of the decade. 

(4) Federal policies should foster innovation in health care, 

not stifle it. America should maintain its world leadership 

in medical science by encouraging competitive forces to work 

through the marketplace in delivering cures and therapies to 

patients. 

(5) Too often the bureaucracy and red-tape in Washington 

hold back medical innovation and prevent new lifesaving treatments from reaching patients. This concurrent resolution recognizes the valuable role of the NIH and the indispensable contributions to medical research coming from outside Washington. 

(6) America is the greatest, most innovative Nation on 

Earth. Her people are innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries, 

and relentless builders of the future. Americans were responsible for the first telephone, the first airplane, the first computer, for putting the first man on the moon, for creating 

the first vaccine for polio and for legions of other scientific 

and medical breakthroughs that have improved and prolonged 

human health and life for countless people in America and 

around the world. 

(b) POLICY ON MEDICAL INNOVATION.— 

(1) In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of 

this concurrent resolution to support the important work of 

medical innovators throughout the country, including privatesector innovators, medical centers and the National Institutes 

of Health. 

(2) At the same time, the budget calls for continued strong 

funding for the agencies that engage in valuable research and 

development, while also urging Washington to get out of the 

way of researchers, discoverers and innovators all over the 

country. 

SEC. 6208. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM. 

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

(1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has hurt job 

creation and dampened the economy, slowing the Nation’s 

recovery from the economic recession. 

(2) Since President Obama’s inauguration in 2009, the 

administration has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations in the Federal Register including 70,066 pages in 2014. 

(3) The National Association of Manufacturers estimates 

the total cost of regulations is as high as $2.03 trillion per 

year. Since 2009, the White House has generated more than 

$494 billion in regulatory activity, with an additional $87.6 

billion in regulatory costs currently pending. 
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(4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation (Public 

Law 111–203) has resulted in more than $32 billion in compliance costs and saddled job creators with more than 63 million 

hours of compliance paperwork. 

(5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date has 

added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance paperwork, 

imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs on the private sector 

and an $8 billion cost burden on the States. 

(6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules issued 

by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); these regulations are primarily targeted at the coal industry. In June 2014, 

the EPA proposed a rule to cut carbon pollution from the 

Nation’s power plants. The proposed standards are 

unachievable with current commercially available technology, 

resulting in a de-facto ban on new coal-fired power plants. 

(7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly 40 percent of 

the United States electricity at a low cost. Unfairly targeting 

the coal industry with costly and unachievable regulations will 

increase energy prices, disproportionately disadvantaging 

energy-intensive industries like manufacturing and construction, and will make life more difficult for millions of lowincome and middle class families already struggling to pay 

their bills. 

(8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being retired 

or converted as a result of EPA regulations. Combined with 

the de-facto prohibition on new plants, these retirements and 

conversions may further increase the cost of electricity. 

(9) A recent study by the energy market analysis group 

Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. estimates the average energy 

bill in West Virginia will rise $750 per household by 2020, 

due in part to EPA regulations. West Virginia receives 95 

percent of its electricity from coal. 

(10) The Heritage Foundation found that a phase-out of 

coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, resulting 

in an aggregate gross domestic product decrease of $2.23 trillion 

over the entire period and reducing the income of a family 

of four by $1,200 per year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come 

from the manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, Ohio, 

Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, North 

Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the highest job losses. 

(b) POLICY ON FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM.—In the House 

of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution 

that Congress should, in consultation with the public burdened 

by excessive regulation, enact legislation that— 

(1) promotes economic growth and job creation by eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and simplifying 

Federal regulations; 

(2) requires the implementation of a regulatory budget 

to be allocated amongst Government agencies, which would 

require congressional approval and limit the maximum costs 

of regulations in a given year; 

(3) requires congressional approval of all new major regulations (those with an impact of $100 million or more) before 

enactment as opposed to current law in which Congress must 

expressly disapprove of regulation to prevent it from becoming 
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law, which would keep Congress engaged as to pending regulatory policy and prevent costly and unsound policies from 

being implemented and becoming effective; 

(4) requires a three year retrospective cost-benefit analysis 

of all new major regulations, to ensure that regulations operate 

as intended; 

(5) reinforces the requirement of regulatory impact analysis 

for regulations proposed by executive branch agencies but also 

expands the requirement to independent agencies so that by 

law they consider the costs and benefits of proposed regulations 

rather than merely being encouraged to do so as is current 

practice; and 

(6) requires a formal rulemaking process for all major 

regulations, which would increase transparency over the process 

and allow interested parties to communicate their views on 

proposed legislation to agency officials. 

SEC. 6209. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND 

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. 

(a) FINDINGS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—The House of Representatives finds the following: 

(1) A well-educated workforce is critical to economic, job, 

and wage growth. 

(2) Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in American 

colleges and universities. 

(3) Over the past decade, tuition and fees have been 

growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2004–2005 Academic Year and the 2014–2015 Academic Year— 

(A) published tuition and fees at public 4-year colleges 

and universities increased at an average rate of 3.5 percent 

per year above the rate of inflation; 

(B) published tuition and fees at public two-year colleges and universities increased at an average rate of 2.5 

percent per year above the rate of inflation; and 

(C) published tuition and fees at private nonprofit 4- 

year colleges and universities increased at an average rate 

of 2.2 percent per year above the rate of inflation. 

(4) Federal financial aid for higher education has also 

seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the Federal student 

aid portfolio composed of Direct Loans, Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans with outstanding balances 

grew by 119 percent between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 

2014. 

(5) This spending has failed to make college more affordable. 

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

Obama noted: ‘‘We can’t just keep subsidizing skyrocketing 

tuition; we’ll run out of money’’. 

(7) American students are chasing ever-increasing tuition 

with ever-increasing debt. According to the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York, student debt now stands at nearly $1.2 

trillion. This makes student loans the second largest balance 

of consumer debt, after mortgage debt. 

(8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too many 

fail to complete college or end up defaulting on these loans 

due to their debt burden and a weak economy and job market. 
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(9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget 

Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2017 and continuing in each subsequent 

year in the current budget window. 

(10) Failing to address these problems will jeopardize access 

and affordability to higher education for America’s young 

people. 

(b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY.—In the 

House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to address the root drivers of tuition inflation, by— 

(1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in need; 

(2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make them 

more effective; 

(3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at $5,775 in each year of the budget window; and 

(4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education that 

act to restrict flexibility and innovative teaching, particularly 

as it relates to non-traditional models such as online coursework 

and competency-based learning. 

(c) FINDINGS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The House of 

Representatives finds the following: 

(1) 8.7 million Americans are currently unemployed. 

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

for work are stymied by a broken workforce development system 

that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers 

with trained personnel. 

(3) The House Education and Workforce Committee 

successfully consolidated 15 job training programs in the 

recently enacted Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

(d) POLICY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—In the House of 

Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to 

address the failings in the current workforce development system, 

by— 

(1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal job 

training programs; and 

(2) empowering states with the flexibility to tailor funding 

and programs to the specific needs of their workforce, including 

the development of career scholarships. 

SEC. 6210. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS. 

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

(1) For years, there has been serious concern regarding 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to provide veterans timely 

access to health care and benefits. 

(2) In 2014, reports started breaking across the Nation 

that VA medical centers were manipulating wait-list documents 

to hide long delays veterans were facing to receive health 

care. The VA hospital scandal led to the immediate resignation 

of then-Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. 

(3) In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health care was 

added to the ‘‘high-risk’’ list of the Government Accountability 

Office (GAO), due to management and oversight failures that 

have directly resulted in risks to the timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and quality of health care. 
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(4) In response to the scandal, the House Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs held several oversight hearings and ultimately 

enacted the Veterans’ Access, Choice and Accountability Act 

of 2014 (VACAA) (Public Law 113–146) to address these problems. VACAA provided $15 billion in emergency resources to 

fund internal health care needs within the department and 

provided veterans enhanced access to private-sector health care 

under the new Veterans Choice Program. 

(b) POLICY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—This 

budget supports the continued oversight efforts by the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives to ensure 

the VA is not only transparent and accountable, but also successful 

in achieving its goals in providing timely health care and benefits 

to America’s veterans. The Committee on the Budget of the House 

of Representatives will continue to closely monitor the VA’s progress 

to ensure resources provided by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to provide needed benefits and services to veterans. 

SEC. 6211. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES. 

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

(1) Given the thousands of Federal programs and trillions 

of dollars the Federal Government spends each year, assessing 

and accounting for Federal fiscal activities and liabilities is 

a complex undertaking. 

(2) Current methods of accounting leave much to be desired 

in capturing the full scope of government and in presenting 

information in a clear and compelling way that illuminates 

the best options going forward. 

(3) Most fiscal analysis produced by the Congressional 

Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a relatively short time 

horizon: 10 or 25 years. While this time frame is useful for 

most purposes, it fails to consider the fiscal consequences over 

the longer term. 

(4) Additionally, current accounting methodology does not 

provide an analysis of how the Federal Government’s fiscal 

situation over the long run affects Americans of various age 

cohorts. 

(5) Another consideration is how Federal programs should 

be accounted for. The ‘‘accrual method’’ of accounting records 

revenue when it is earned and expenses when they are incurred, 

while the ‘‘cash method’’ records revenue and expenses when 

cash is actually paid or received. 

(6) The Federal budget accounts for most programs using 

cash accounting. Some programs, however, particularly loan 

and loan guarantee programs, are accounted for using accrual 

methods. 

(7) GAO has indicated that accrual accounting may provide 

a more accurate estimation of the Federal Government’s liabilities than cash accounting for some programs specifically those 

that provide some form of insurance. 

(8) Where accrual accounting is used, it is almost exclusively calculated by CBO according to the methodology outlined 

in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses 

fair value methodology instead of FCRA to measure the cost 

of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for example. 
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(9) FCRA methodology, however, understates the risk and 

thus the true cost of Federal programs. An alternative is fair 

value methodology, which uses discount rates that incorporate 

the risk inherent to the type of liability being estimated in 

addition to Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity 

length. 

(10) The Congressional Budget Office has concluded that 

‘‘adopting a fair-value approach would provide a more comprehensive way to measure the costs of Federal credit programs 

and would permit more level comparisons between those costs 

and the costs of other forms of federal assistance’’ than the 

current approach under FCRA. 

(b) POLICY ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES.—In the 

House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the Congressional 

Budget Office and the public affected by Federal budgetary choices, 

adopt Government-wide reforms of budget and accounting practices 

so the American people and their representatives can more readily 

understand the fiscal situation of the Government of the United 

States and the options best suited to improving it. Such reforms 

may include but should not be limited to the following: 

(1) Providing additional metrics to enhance our current 

analysis by considering our fiscal situation comprehensively, 

over an extended time horizon, and as it affects Americans 

of various age cohorts. 

(2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting where appropriate. 

(3) Accounting for certain Federal credit programs using 

fair value accounting as opposed to the current approach under 

the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 

SEC. 6212. POLICY STATEMENT ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, AND UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING. 

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

(1) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required 

by law to identify examples of waste, duplication, and overlap 

in Federal programs, and has so identified dozens of such 

examples. 

(2) In its report to Congress on Government Efficiency 

and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General has stated that 

addressing the identified waste, duplication, and overlap in 

Federal programs could ‘‘lead to tens of billions of dollars of 

additional savings.’’. 

(3) In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO issued reports 

showing excessive duplication and redundancy in Federal programs including— 

(A) two hundred nine Science, Technology, 

Engineering, and Mathematics education programs in 13 

different Federal agencies at a cost of $3 billion annually; 

(B) two hundred separate Department of Justice crime 

prevention and victim services grant programs with an 

annual cost of $3.9 billion in 2010; 

(C) twenty different Federal entities administer 160 

housing programs and other forms of Federal assistance 

for housing with a total cost of $170 billion in 2010; 
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(D) seventeen separate Homeland Security prepared- ness grant programs that spent $37 billion between fiscal 

years 2011 and 2012; 

(E) fourteen grant and loan programs, and three tax 

benefits to reduce diesel emissions; 

(F) ninety-four different initiatives run by 11 different 

agencies to encourage ‘‘green building’’ in the private sector; 

and 

(G) twenty-three agencies implemented approximately 

670 renewable energy initiatives in fiscal year 2010 at 

a cost of nearly $15 billion. 

(4) The Federal Government spends more than $80 billion 

each year for approximately 1,400 information technology 

investments. GAO has identified broad acquisition failures, 

waste, and unnecessary duplication in the Government’s 

information technology infrastructure. experts have estimated 

that eliminating these problems could save 25 percent or $20 

billion. 

(5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a potential 

source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO estimated that 

saving 10 percent of the total or all Federal procurement could 

generate more than $50 billion in savings annually. (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $106 billion 

in improper payments in fiscal year 2013. 

(7) Under clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, each standing committee must hold at least 

one hearing during each 120 day period following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government 

programs. 

(8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by fiscal 

year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly resulting in $693 billion 

in unauthorized appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of 

these laws would ensure assessments of program justification 

and effectiveness. 

(9) The findings resulting from congressional oversight of 

Federal Government programs should result in programmatic 

changes in both authorizing statutes and program funding 

levels. 

(b) POLICY ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, AND

UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.— 

(1) Each authorizing committee of the House of Representatives annually should include in its Views and Estimates letter 

required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the Budget 

of the House of Representatives of programs within the jurisdiction of such committee whose funding should be reduced or 

eliminated. 

(2) Committees of jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs funded through annual appropriations to determine if the programs are operating efficiently and effectively. 

(3) Committees should reauthorize those programs that 

in the committees’ judgment should continue to receive funding. 

(4) For those programs not reauthorized by committees, 

the House of Representatives should enforce the limitations 

on funding such unauthorized programs in the House rules. 

If the strictures of the rules are deemed to be too rapid in 

prohibiting spending on unauthorized programs, then milder 
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measures should be adopted and enforced until a return to 

the full prohibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules 

of the House. 

SEC. 6213. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH 

THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES. 

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

(1) According to the most recent estimate from the Office 

of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were expected 

to hold $844 billion in unobligated balances at the close of 

fiscal year 2015. 

(2) These funds represent direct and discretionary spending 

previously made available by Congress that remains available 

for expenditure. 

(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and it 

remains available for obligation indefinitely. 

(4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

Act of 1974 requires the Office of Management and Budget 

to make funds available to agencies for obligation and prohibits 

the Administration from withholding or cancelling unobligated 

funds unless approved by an Act of Congress. 

(5) Greater congressional oversight is required to review 

and identify potential savings from canceling unobligated balances of funds that are no longer needed. 

(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE CANCELLATION

OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—In the House of Representatives, 

committees should through their oversight activities identify and 

achieve savings through the cancellation or rescission of unobligated 

balances that neither abrogate contractual obligations of the 

Government nor reduce or disrupt Federal commitments under 

programs such as Social Security, veterans’ affairs, national security, and Treasury authority to finance the national debt. 

(c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—The House of Representatives, with 

the assistance of the Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and other appropriate agencies should continue to 

make it a high priority to review unobligated balances and identify 

savings for deficit reduction. 

SEC. 6214. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) A number of Federal agencies and organizations have 

permanent authority to collect fees and other offsetting collections and to spend these collected funds. 

(2) The total amount of offsetting fees and offsetting collections is estimated by the Office of Management and Budget 

to be $525 billion in fiscal year 2016. 

(3) Agency budget justifications are, in some cases, not 

fully transparent about the amount of program activity funded 

through offsetting collections or fees. This lack of transparency 

prevents effective and accountable government. 

(b) POLICY ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING.—In the House 

of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution 

that Congress must reassert its constitutional prerogative to control 

spending and conduct oversight. To do so, Congress should enact 

legislation requiring programs that are funded through fees, offsetting receipts, or offsetting collections to be allocated new budget 

authority annually. Such allocation may arise from— 
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(1) legislation originating from the authorizing committee 

of jurisdiction for the agency or program; or 

(2) fee and account specific allocations included in annual 

appropriation Acts. 

SEC. 6215. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF 

TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives finds the following: (1) The budget for the House of Representatives is $188 

million less than it was when Republicans became the majority 

in 2011. 

(2) The House of Representatives has achieved significant 

savings by consolidating operations and renegotiating contracts. 

(b) POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER DOL- LARS.—In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this 

concurrent resolution that: 

(1) The House of Representatives must be a model for 

the responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources and therefore 

must identify any savings that can be achieved through greater 

productivity and efficiency gains in the operation and maintenance of House services and resources like printing, conferences, utilities, telecommunications, furniture, grounds 

maintenance, postage, and rent. This should include a review 

of policies and procedures for acquisition of goods and services 

to eliminate any unnecessary spending. The Committee on 

House Administration should review the policies pertaining 

to the services provided to Members and committees of the 

House of Representatives, and should identify ways to reduce 

any subsidies paid for the operation of the House gym, barber 

shop, salon, and the House dining room. 

(2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase first class 

airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of Congress. 

(3) Retirement benefits for Members of Congress should 

not include free, taxpayer-funded health care for life. 

SEC. 6216. POLICY STATEMENT ON ‘‘NO BUDGET, NO PAY’’. 

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget every year pursuant to section 301 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974. If by April 15, the House of 

Representatives has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the 

budget, the payroll administrator of the House of Representatives 

should carry out this policy in the same manner as the provisions 

of Public Law 113–3, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and 

should place in an escrow account all compensation otherwise 

required to be made for Members of the House of Representatives. 

Withheld compensation should be released to Members of the House 

of Representatives the earlier of the day on which the House of 

Representatives agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget, 

pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

or the last day of that Congress. 

SEC. 6217. POLICY STATEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY FUNDING. 

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

(1) Russian aggression, the growing threats of the Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant in the Middle East, North Korean 
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and Iranian nuclear and missile programs, and continued Chinese investments in high-end military capabilities and cyber 

warfare shape the parameters of an increasingly complex and 

challenging security environment. 

(2) All four current service chiefs testified that the National 

Military Strategy could not be executed at sequestration levels. 

(3) The independent and bipartisan National Defense Panel 

conducted risk assessments of force structure changes triggered 

by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) and concluded that 

in addition to previous cuts to defense dating back to 2009, 

the sequestration of defense discretionary spending has ‘‘caused 

significant shortfalls in U.S. military readiness and both 

present and future capabilities’’. 

(4) The President’s fiscal year 2016 budget irresponsibly 

ignores current law and requests a defense budget $38 billion 

above the caps for rhetorical gain. By creating an expectation 

of spending without a plan to avoid the BCA’s guaranteed 

sequester upon breaching of its caps, the White House’s proposal compounds the fiscal uncertainty that has affected the 

military’s ability to adequately plan for future contingencies 

and make investments crucial for the Nation’s defense. 

(5) The President’s budget proposes $1.8 trillion in tax 

increases, in addition to the $1.7 trillion in tax hikes the 

Administration has already imposed. The President’s tax 

increases would further burden economic growth and is not 

a realistic source for offsets to fund defense sequester replacement. 

(b) POLICY ON FISCAL YEAR 2016 NATIONAL DEFENSE

FUNDING.—In fiscal year 2015, the House-passed budget resolution 

anticipated $566 billion for national defense in the discretionary 

base budget for fiscal year 2016. With no necessary statutory change 

yet provided by Congress, the BCA statute would require limiting 

national defense discretionary base funding to $523 billion in fiscal 

year 2016. However, in total with $90 billion, the House of Representatives Budget estimate for Overseas Contingency Operations 

funding for the Department of Defense, the fiscal year 2016 budget 

provides over $613 billion total for defense spending that is higher 

than the President’s budget request for the fiscal year. 

(c) DEFENSE READINESS AND MODERNIZATION FUND.—(1) The 

budget resolution recognizes the need to ensure robust funding 

for national defense while maintaining overall fiscal discipline. The 

budget resolution prioritizes our national defense and the needs 

of the warfighter by providing needed dollars through the creation 

of the ‘‘Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund’’. 

(2) The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund provides 

the mechanism for Congress to responsibly allocate in a deficitneutral way the resources the military needs to secure the safety 

and liberty of United States citizens from threats at home and 

abroad. The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund will provide the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

Representatives the ability to increase allocations to support legislation that would provide for the Department of Defense warfighting 

capabilities, modernization, training and maintenance associated 

with combat readiness, activities to reach full auditability of the 

Department of Defense’s financial statements, and implementation 

of military and compensation reforms. 
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(d) SEQUESTER REPLACEMENT FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.—This 

concurrent resolution encourages an immediate reevaluation of Federal Government priorities to maintain the strength of America’s 

national security posture. In identifying policies to restructure and 

stabilize the Government’s major entitlement programs which, along 

with net interest, will consume all Federal revenue in less than 

20 years, the budget also charts a course that can ensure the 

availability of needed national security resources. 

Attest: 

Secretary of the Senate. 

Attest: 

Clerk of the House of Representatives.