114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 11 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this reso6 lution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

7 year 2016 and that this resolution sets forth the appro8 priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. 

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

10 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Social Security. 

Sec. 103. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 104. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

Sec. 202. Limit on Senate consideration of reconciliation. 

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 301. Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase the pace of economic 

growth and private sector job creation in the United States. 

Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen America’s priorities. 
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Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and affordable 

healthcare choices for all. 

Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving access to the Children’s 

Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other health reforms. 

Sec. 306. Spending-neutral reserve fund for child welfare. 

Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers. 

Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform and administration. 

Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in the infrastructure in America. 

Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air transportation. 

Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote jobs in the United States 

through international trade. 

Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase employment opportunities for 

disabled workers. 

Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Higher Education Act reform. 

Sec. 314. Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy legislation. 

Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform environmental statutes. 

Sec. 316. Spending-neutral reserve fund for water resources legislation. 

Sec. 317. Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral security and mineral rights. 

Sec. 318. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the abandoned mine lands 

program. 

Sec. 319. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve forest health. 

Sec. 320. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reauthorize funding for payments in 

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

Sec. 321. Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial regulatory system reform. 

Sec. 322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal program administration. 

Sec. 323. Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement agreements with freely 

associated states. 

Sec. 324. Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect payments to rural hospitals 

and create sustainable access for rural communities. 

Sec. 325. Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage State medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent living and integrated work for the disabled. 

Sec. 326. Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow pharmacists to be paid for the 

provision of services under Medicare. 

Sec. 327. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve our Nation’s community 

health centers. 

Sec. 328. 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. 329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for export promotion. 

Sec. 330. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform, improve, and enhance 529 

college savings plans. 

Sec. 331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to securing overseas diplomatic 

facilities of the United States. 

Sec. 332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to achieve savings by helping struggling 

Americans on the road to personal and financial independence. 

Sec. 333. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to conserving Federal land, enhancing access to Federal land for recreational opportunities, 

and making investments in counties and schools. 

Sec. 334. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect taxpayers from identity fraud. 

Sec. 335. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to career and technical education. 
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Sec. 336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to FEMA preparedness. 

Sec. 337. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

Sec. 338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote the next generation of NIH 

researchers in the United States. 

Sec. 339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting manufacturing in 

the United States. 

Sec. 340. Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit aliens without legal status 

in the United States from qualifying for a refundable tax credit. 

Sec. 341. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report elimination or modification. 

Sec. 342. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address heroin and prescription opioid 

abuse. 

Sec. 343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen our Department of Defense 

civilian workforce. 

Sec. 344. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department of Defense reform. 

Sec. 345. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment programs. 

Sec. 346. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide energy assistance and invest 

in energy efficiency and conservation. 

Sec. 347. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to enable greater collaboration between 

the Department of Veterans Affairs and law school clinics serving veterans. 

Sec. 348. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for Department of 

Energy nuclear waste cleanup. 

Sec. 349. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Department of Defense initiatives to bolster resilience of mission-critical department infrastructure to impacts from climate change and associated 

events. 

Sec. 350. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end Operation Choke Point and protect the Second Amendment. 

Sec. 351. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the use of Federal funds for 

the bailout of improvident State and local governments. 

Sec. 352. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from 

benefit cuts. 

Sec. 353. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the 

costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid. 

Sec. 354. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs, hire more health care professionals 

for the Department, and ensure quality and timely access to 

health care for all veterans. 

Sec. 355. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access, choice, 

and accountability in veterans care through the Veterans 

Choice Card program. 

Sec. 356. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay. 

Sec. 357. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the United States to protect and 

strengthen Social Security. 

Sec. 358. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a simplified income-driven 

student loan repayment option. 

Sec. 359. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the protection of clean water 

using scientific standards while maintaining the traditional role 

of agriculture. 
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Sec. 360. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to keeping the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act focused on the protection of water quality. 

Sec. 361. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to saving Medicare. 

Sec. 362. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Israel. 

Sec. 363. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation to allow Americans to earn 

paid sick time. 

Sec. 364. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health care to veterans who have geographic inaccessibility to care. 

Sec. 365. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing access to higher 

education for low-income Americans through the Federal Pell 

Grant program. 

Sec. 366. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to consumer price transparency. 

Sec. 367. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency in health premium billing. 

Sec. 368. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to carbon emissions. 

Sec. 369. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Federal Government to allow states to opt out of Common Core without 

penalty. 

Sec. 370. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to small business tax relief. 

Sec. 371. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the disposal of certain Federal land. 

Sec. 372. 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. 373. 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. 374. 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. 375. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reasonable accommodations 

for pregnant workers. 

Sec. 376. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax. 

Sec. 377. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to addressing climate change. 

Sec. 378. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions. 

Sec. 379. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting privately held water 

rights and permits. 

Sec. 380. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting awarding of 

construction contracts based on awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor organizations. 

Sec. 381. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening the United 

States Postal Service. 

Sec. 382. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent American jobs from being 

moved overseas by reducing the corporate income tax rate. 

Sec. 383. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring equal treatment of 

married couples under the Social Security program and by the 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 384. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American workers. 

Sec. 385. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. 
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Sec. 386. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to middle class tax relief. 

Sec. 387. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring proper economic 

consideration in designation of critical habitat. 

Sec. 388. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen the national do-not-call 

registry. 

Sec. 389. Deficit–neutral reserve fund to end ‘‘too big to fail’’ bailouts for Wall 

Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets). 

Sec. 390. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington’s illegal 

exemption from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act. 

Sec. 391. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the 

relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel 

Aviv to Jerusalem. 

Sec. 392. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to revise or repeal sequestration. 

Sec. 393. 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. 394. 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. 395. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide equity in the tax treatment of 

public safety officer death benefits. 

Sec. 396. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits. 

Sec. 397. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mixed oxide fuel fabrication. 

Sec. 398. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming Offices of Inspectors General and preventing extended vacancies. 

Sec. 399. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving retirement security. 

Sec. 399a. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the competitiveness of the 

United States. 

Sec. 399b. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat populations and local economic 

development are compatible. 

Sec. 399c. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity. 

Sec. 399d. 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. 399e. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging cost savings in 

office space used by Federal agencies. 

Sec. 399f. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing technical assistance 

to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through small 

business development centers. 

Sec. 399g. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the needs of 

women veterans. 

Sec. 399h. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting efficient 

resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy. 

Sec. 399i. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in States that have decriminalized 

marijuana. 

Sec. 399j. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing mortgage lending 

to rural areas. 

Sec. 399k. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the construction of Arctic 

polar icebreakers. 
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Sec. 399l. 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. 399m. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to raising the Family of Funds 

limit of the Small Business Investment Company Program. 

Sec. 399n. 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. 399o. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support State drought prevention 

plans. 

Sec. 399p. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the reliability of 

the electricity grid. 

Sec. 399q. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and protect the open Internet. 

Sec. 399r. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming the Federal regulatory process. 

Sec. 399s. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing coverage of virtual 

colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test under the 

Medicare program. 

Sec. 399t. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening waterborne 

commerce in our ports and harbors. 

Sec. 399u. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the modernization of the nuclear command, control, and communications architecture of 

the United States. 

Sec. 399v. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to BARDA and the BioShield 

Special Reserve Fund. 

Sec. 399w. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the nuclear forces 

and missions of the Air Force. 

Sec. 399x. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting economic growth 

and job creation for small businesses. 

Sec. 399y. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the definition of full-time 

employee. 

Sec. 399z. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the effectiveness 

and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process. 

Sec. 399aa. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite awards under the Internal 

Revenue Service whistleblower program. 

Sec. 399bb. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the increased 

use of performance contracting in Federal facilities. 

Sec. 399cc. 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. 399dd. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit unions. 

Sec. 399ee. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the Corporation for National 

and Community Service. 

Sec. 399ff. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that Department of 

Justice attorneys comply with disclosure obligations in criminal 

prosecutions. 

Sec. 399gg. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote biomedical research. 

Sec. 399hh. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the heroin and methamphetamine abuse epidemic in the United States. 
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Sec. 399ii. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing access to necessary 

equipment for Medicare beneficiaries. 

Sec. 399jj. 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. 399kk. 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. 399ll. 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. 399mm. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving higher education data and transparency. 

Sec. 399nn. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting programs funded by the Older Americans Act of 1965. 

Sec. 399oo. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Native children. 

Sec. 399pp. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the personal information of consumers from data breaches. 

Sec. 399qq. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for Government reform and efficiency. 

Sec. 399rr. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to medical treatment and compensation for first responders, survivors, and their families injured and made ill by the 9/11 attacks. 

Sec. 399ss. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to construction of Native 

American schools. 

Sec. 399tt. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing the guarantee 

threshold for the Surety Bond Guarantee Program. 

Sec. 399uu. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Indo-Pacific partner capacity building and strategy. 

Sec. 399vv. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to addressing methamphetamine abuse in the United States. 

Sec. 399ww. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the National Guard State 

Partnership Program. 

Sec. 399xx. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the prevention 

and treatment of agricultural virus outbreaks. 

Sec. 399yy. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the importance of financial 

literacy education to allow individuals to make informed and 

effective decisions with their financial resources. 

Sec. 399zz. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to comprehensive mental 

health reform. 

Sec. 399aaa. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving oral health care 

for children and pregnant women under Medicaid. 

Sec. 399bbb. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the National Park Service 

Centennial. 

Sec. 399ccc. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing college completion. 

Sec. 399ddd. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging freight planning and investment that incorporates all modes of transportation, including rail, waterways, ports, and highways. 

Sec. 399eee. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to providing for full funding 

for at-sea and dockside monitoring for certain fisheries. 

Sec. 399fff. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to training and resources for 

first responders responding to hazardous materials incidents on 

railroads. 
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Sec. 399ggg. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to enhancing and improving 

the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to reduce the application backlog. 

Sec. 399hhh. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to provide additional funding 

for international strategic communications. 

Sec. 399iii. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for elementary and secondary education. 

Sec. 399jjj. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investing in rural and tribal 

water infrastructure. 

Sec. 399kkk. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to sexual assault at institutions of higher education. 

Sec. 399lll. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to simplifying and expanding 

tax incentives for higher education. 

Sec. 399mmm. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to authorizing children eligible for health care under laws administered by Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs to retain such eligibility until age 26. 

Sec. 399nnn. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting workforce development through apprenticeship programs. 

Sec. 399ooo. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the prioritization of broadbased criminal justice reform. 

Sec. 399ppp. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening the economy 

by accelerating the transfer of technologies from laboratories of 

the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense to 

the marketplace. 

Sec. 399qqq. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting trade and travel at ports of entry. 

Sec. 399rrr. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to imposing sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of 

internationally recognized human rights or significant acts of 

corruption. 

Sec. 399sss. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming student loan programs. 

Sec. 399ttt. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the 

TIGER discretionary grant program of the Department of 

Transportation. 

Sec. 399uuu. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the use of college savings accounts. 

Sec. 399vvv. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a new outcome-based process for authorizing innovative higher education 

providers. 

Sec. 399www. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving community relations with law enforcement officers. 

Sec. 399xxx. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support research. 

Sec. 399yyy. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to support for Ukraine, which 

should include the provision of lethal defensive articles. 

Sec. 399zzz. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing funding to combat anti-Semitism in Europe. 

Sec. 399aaaa. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide students and families with 

transparent, easily understood postsecondary education financial aid information. 

Sec. 399bbbb. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing adequate funding for the Contract Tower Program of the Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

Sec. 399cccc. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to underground and surface 

mining safety and health research. 
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Sec. 399dddd. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investing in advanced 

fossil energy technology research and development. 

Sec. 399eeee. Deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to foreign persons. 

Sec. 399ffff. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to special treatment of the income tax credit for research expenditures for startup companies. 

TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 401. Extension of enforcement of budgetary points of order in the Senate. 

Sec. 402. Senate point of order against legislation increasing long-term deficits. 

Sec. 403. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 404. Supermajority enforcement of unfunded mandates. 

Sec. 405. Repeal of Senate point of order against certain reconciliation legislation. 

Sec. 406. Point of order against changes in mandatory programs. 

Sec. 407. Prohibition on agreeing to legislation without a score. 

Sec. 408. Protecting the savings in reported reconciliation bills. 

Sec. 409. Point of order against exceeding funds designated for overseas contingency operations. 

Sec. 410. Senate point of order against provisions of appropriations legislation 

that constitute changes in mandatory programs affecting the 

Crime Victims Fund. 

Sec. 411. Accuracy in budget enforcement. 

Sec. 412. Fair value estimates. 

Sec. 413. Honest accounting estimates. 

Sec. 414. Currency modernization. 

Sec. 415. Certain energy contracts. 

Sec. 416. Long-term scoring. 

Sec. 417. Requiring clearer reporting of projected Federal spending and deficits. 

Sec. 418. Reporting on tax expenditures. 

Sec. 419. Congressional Budget Office estimates. 

Sec. 420. To require transparent reporting on the ongoing costs and savings to 

taxpayers of Obamacare. 

Sec. 421. Prohibiting the use of guarantee fees as an offset. 

Sec. 422. Adjustments for sequestration replacement. 

Sec. 423. To convey clear information to Congress and the public about projected Federal outlays, revenues, and deficits. 

Sec. 424. Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 431. Oversight of Government performance. 

Sec. 432. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 433. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 434. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 435. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
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1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2016 through 2025: 

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

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2016: $2,666,755,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2017: $2,763,328,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2018: $2,858,131,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: $2,974,147,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2020: $3,099,410,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,963,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: $3,388,688,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: $3,550,388,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2024: $3,722,144,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2025: $3,905,648,000,000. 

20 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

21 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

22 are as follows: 

23 Fiscal year 2016: $0. 

24 Fiscal year 2017: $0. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: $0. 
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1 Fiscal year 2019: $0. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: $0. 

3 Fiscal year 2021: $0. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: $0. 

5 Fiscal year 2023: $0. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: $0. 

7 Fiscal year 2025: $0. 

8 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

9 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

10 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

11 Fiscal year 2016: $3,003,274,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: $2,894,221,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: $2,958,672,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: $3,107,799,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2020: $3,228,534,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: $3,337,729,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: $3,455,558,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2023: $3,525,594,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2024: $3,624,025,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2025: $3,646,263,000,000. 

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

22 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

23 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2016: $3,037,267,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: $2,928,317,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2018: $2,945,067,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2019: $3,080,929,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2020: $3,185,512,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: $3,308,296,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: $3,449,532,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2023: $3,497,247,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2024: $3,576,890,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: $3,614,976,000,000. 

9 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce10 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

11 are as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2016: $370,512,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: $164,989,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2018: $86,936,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: $106,782,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: $86,102,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: $66,333,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: $60,844,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2023: –$53,141,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: –$145,254,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2025: –$290,672,000,000. 

22 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 

23 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

24 the appropriate levels of the public debt are as fol25 lows: 
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1 Fiscal year 2016: $19,009,000,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2017: $19,396,000,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2018: $19,718,000,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: $20,055,000,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: $20,375,000,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: $20,676,000,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2022: $21,008,000,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: $21,195,000,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2024: $21,254,000,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2025: $21,207,000,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2016: $13,799,000,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2017: $14,042,000,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2018: $14,222,000,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: $14,445,000,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: $14,674,000,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2021: $14,912,000,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2022: $15,230,000,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2023: $15,419,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2024: $15,500,000,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: $15,538,000,000,000. 

23 (7) FEDERAL TAX EXPENDITURES.—The levels 

24 of Federal tax expenditures are as follows: 

25 Fiscal year 2016: $1,481,800,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2017: $1,593,500,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2018: $1,670,800,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2019: $1,738,019,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: $1,810,158,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: $1,890,648,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2022: $1,973,922,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2023: $2,064,520,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: $2,160,235,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2025: $2,261,769,000,000. 

10 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

12 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of reve14 nues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

15 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

16 Fund are as follows: 

17 Fiscal year 2016: $792,776,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: $824,342,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $857,154,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $890,609,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $925,760,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: $962,188,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: $1,000,637,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: $1,040,394,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2024: $1,081,476,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2025: $1,123,748,000,000. 

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

3 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays 

5 of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

6 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 

7 are as follows: 

8 Fiscal year 2016: $778,032,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: $825,829,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2018: $882,521,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2019: $941,034,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: $1,005,632,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: $1,073,227,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: $1,145,188,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2023: $1,222,754,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2024: $1,305,622,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: $1,394,327,000,000. 

18 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX19 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au20 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

21 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis22 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

23 are as follows: 

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

2 $5,026,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $5,089,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $5,175,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $5,190,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $5,345,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $5,316,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $5,518,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $5,487,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $5,699,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $5,668,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $5,881,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $5,849,000,000. 

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

2 $6,072,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $6,039,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $6,266,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $6,232,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $6,462,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $6,428,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $6,665,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $6,630,000,000. 

16 SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRA17 TIVE EXPENSES. 

18 In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority 

19 and budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary 

20 administrative expenses are as follows: 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $267,000,000. 

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

24 Fiscal year 2017: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $277,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $277,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2018: 

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

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

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

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

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

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

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

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

11 Fiscal year 2021: 

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

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

14 Fiscal year 2022: 

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

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

17 Fiscal year 2023: 

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

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

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

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

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

23 Fiscal year 2025: 

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

25 (B) Outlays, $370,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

2 Congress determines and declares that the appro3 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

4 years 2016 through 2025 for each major functional cat5 egory are: 

6 (1) National Defense (050): 

7 Fiscal year 2016: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $620,263,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $605,189,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2017: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $544,506,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $576,934,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2018: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $557,744,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $558,049,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2019: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $571,019,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $564,685,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2020: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $585,310,000,000. 

26 (B) Outlays, $573,614,000,000. 
20 

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1 Fiscal year 2021: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $599,627,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $586,038,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $600,634,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $596,103,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2023: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $615,997,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $603,051,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $631,771,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $611,920,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $648,836,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $632,992,000,000. 

21 (2) International Affairs (150): 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $47,791,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $48,227,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $41,839,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $45,656,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $42,802,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $43,642,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $43,749,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $42,565,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $44,754,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $42,437,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $45,276,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $42,795,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $46,553,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $43,424,000,000. 

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

2 $47,593,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $44,153,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $48,681,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $45,023,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $49,786,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $45,943,000,000. 

12 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

13 (250): 

14 Fiscal year 2016: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $30,007,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $30,007,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $30,596,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $30,529,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2018: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $31,286,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $31,165,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2019: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $31,981,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $31,712,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $32,706,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $32,400,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $33,433,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $33,022,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $34,192,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $33,756,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $34,953,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $34,512,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2024: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $35,745,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $35,290,000,000. 

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

2 $36,545,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $36,084,000,000. 

4 (4) Energy (270): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 –$1,947,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $2,365,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $2,483,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $2,112,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $76,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, –$731,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2019: 

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

18 (B) Outlays, –$753,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $128,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, –$668,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $97,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, –$543,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $62,000,000. 

2 (B) Outlays, –$465,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: 

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

5 (B) Outlays, –$393,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2024: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $2,869,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $2,521,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2025: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $2,963,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $2,655,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2016: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $36,277,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $38,983,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2017: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $36,685,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $38,866,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2018: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $37,680,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $38,719,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2019: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $39,125,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $39,486,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2020: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $41,066,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $41,098,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2021: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $40,951,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $41,232,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2022: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $41,844,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $41,992,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2023: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $43,240,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $43,467,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2024: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $44,125,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $43,663,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2025: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $45,522,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $44,966,000,000. 

5 (6) Agriculture (350): 

6 Fiscal year 2016: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $20,628,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $20,585,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2017: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $24,247,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $23,696,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2018: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $23,204,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $22,471,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2019: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $22,083,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $21,401,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2020: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $20,974,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $20,498,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2021: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $21,078,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $20,613,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2022: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $20,914,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $20,476,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2023: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $21,506,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $21,051,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2024: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $21,620,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $21,125,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2025: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $21,834,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $21,416,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $2,260,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, –$11,365,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 –$3,959,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, –$18,302,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 –$1,264,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, –$16,095,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 –$1,316,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, –$21,170,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

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

15 (B) Outlays, –$20,567,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, –$75,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, –$15,388,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2022: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $1,341,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, –$15,789,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2023: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $2,452,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, –$15,942,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2024: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $3,648,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, –$16,051,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2025: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $4,520,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, –$16,011,000,000. 

10 (8) Transportation (400): 

11 Fiscal year 2016: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $71,528,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $88,436,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2017: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $72,392,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $83,756,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2018: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $73,286,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $80,329,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2019: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $74,077,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $79,437,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2020: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $74,826,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $78,935,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $75,549,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $78,708,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $76,221,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $78,973,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2023: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $76,840,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $79,228,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2024: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $77,506,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $79,123,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $78,208,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $79,426,000,000. 
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1 (9) Community and Regional Development 

2 (450): 

3 Fiscal year 2016: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $17,414,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $22,351,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2017: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $18,263,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $21,002,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2018: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $18,606,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $21,457,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $18,862,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $22,314,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $18,870,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $22,547,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2021: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $18,771,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $22,474,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2022: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $18,782,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $21,323,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2023: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $18,861,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $19,747,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2024: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $18,975,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $19,313,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2025: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $19,140,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $19,384,000,000. 

18 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

19 Social Services (500): 

20 Fiscal year 2016: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $86,251,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $95,717,000,000. 

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

2 $87,848,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $92,889,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $90,703,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $90,534,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $89,535,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $88,889,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $91,991,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $91,556,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $93,353,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $93,315,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $94,970,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $94,734,000,000. 

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

2 $96,575,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $96,383,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $98,439,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $98,178,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $100,362,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $100,129,000,000. 

12 (11) Health (550): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $414,351,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $424,736,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $385,565,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $389,710,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $388,629,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $390,503,000,000. 

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

2 $402,511,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $403,324,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $425,526,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $415,791,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $433,351,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $433,395,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $452,426,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $452,523,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $471,644,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $471,719,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $489,491,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $489,587,000,000. 

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

2 $512,965,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $513,163,000,000. 

4 (12) Medicare (570): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $567,213,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $567,122,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $562,941,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $562,881,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $562,143,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $562,102,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $619,228,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $619,148,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $657,658,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $657,564,000,000. 

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

2 $698,284,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $698,188,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $776,034,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $775,930,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $787,879,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $787,681,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $797,075,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $796,964,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $902,467,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $902,349,000,000. 

20 (13) Income Security (600): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $529,494,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $528,778,000,000. 

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

2 $458,455,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $455,293,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $466,015,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $458,848,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $460,943,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $457,388,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $471,826,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $467,468,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $481,804,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $477,132,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $493,877,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $493,223,000,000. 

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

2 $502,550,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $498,468,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $512,932,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $504,310,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $521,641,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $517,044,000,000. 

12 (14) Social Security (650): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $33,878,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $33,919,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $36,535,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $36,535,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $39,407,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $39,407,000,000. 

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

2 $42,634,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $46,104,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $49,712,000,000. 

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

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $53,547,000,000. 

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

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $57,455,000,000. 

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

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $61,546,000,000. 

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

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

2 $65,751,000,000. 

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

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

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $166,708,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $170,152,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $164,905,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $164,449,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $163,101,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $162,477,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $174,989,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $174,175,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $179,899,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $178,942,000,000. 

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

2 $184,172,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $183,222,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $196,530,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $195,502,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $193,156,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $192,124,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $189,999,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $188,884,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $203,895,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $202,761,000,000. 

20 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $52,543,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $56,757,000,000. 

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

2 $57,030,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $58,576,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $56,787,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $57,929,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $58,512,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $57,973,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $60,284,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $59,888,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $62,239,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $61,690,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $64,815,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $64,224,000,000. 

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

2 $66,745,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $66,238,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $68,717,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $68,091,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $70,550,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $69,922,000,000. 

12 (17) General Government (800): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $23,755,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $23,708,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $24,046,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $23,958,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $24,755,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $24,573,000,000. 

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

2 $25,485,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $25,089,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $26,202,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $25,782,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $26,958,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $26,551,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $27,766,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $27,375,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $28,493,000,000. 

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

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $29,022,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $28,671,000,000. 

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

2 $29,809,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $29,399,000,000. 

4 (18) Net Interest (900): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $366,579,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $366,579,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $415,132,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $415,132,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $478,693,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $478,693,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $532,670,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $532,670,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $580,522,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $580,522,000,000. 

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

2 $614,725,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $614,725,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $645,841,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $645,841,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $671,301,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $671,301,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $690,987,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $690,987,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $703,419,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $703,419,000,000. 

20 (19) Allowances (920): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 –$12,322,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, –$5,571,000,000. 

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

2 $12,975,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $2,923,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 –$10,750,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, –$14,755,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 –$15,199,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, –$16,838,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 –$46,590,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, –$44,799,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 –$54,803,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, –$51,787,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 –$98,454,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, –$80,798,000,000. 

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

2 –$112,036,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, –$101,438,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 –$90,119,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, –$83,225,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 –$250,580,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, –$234,419,000,000. 

12 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 –$69,397,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, –$69,408,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 –$78,263,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, –$78,278,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 –$84,231,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, –$84,250,000,000. 

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

2 –$83,179,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, –$83,200,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 –$83,577,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, –$83,600,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 –$86,773,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, –$86,798,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 –$92,337,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, –$92,362,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 –$99,646,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, –$99,672,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 –$109,004,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, –$109,030,000,000. 

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

2 –$121,370,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, –$121,397,000,000. 

4 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

5 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

6 (a) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Committee on 

7 Finance of the Senate shall report changes in laws within 

8 its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for 

9 the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

10 (b) COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR

11 AND PENSIONS.—The Committee on Health, Education, 

12 Labor and Pensions of the Senate shall report changes 

13 in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by 

14 $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 

15 through 2025. 

16 (c) SUBMISSIONS.—In the Senate, not later than July 

17 31, 2015, the Senate Committees named in subsections 

18 (a) and (b) shall submit their recommendations to the 

19 Committee on the Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving 

20 all such recommendations, the Committee on the Budget 

21 of the Senate shall report to the Senate a reconciliation 

22 bill carrying out all such recommendations without any 

23 substantive revision. 
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1 SEC. 202. LIMIT ON SENATE CONSIDERATION OF REC2 ONCILIATION. 

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

4 the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution reported 

5 pursuant to section 201, or an amendment to, conference 

6 report on, or amendment between the Houses in relation 

7 to such a bill or joint resolution, which would increase the 

8 public debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United 

9 States Code, during the period of fiscal years 2016 

10 through 2025. 

11 (b) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or sus12 pended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two13 thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

14 (c) APPEALS.—An affirmative vote of two-thirds of 

15 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

16 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

17 on the point of order raised under this section. 

18 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

19 SEC. 301. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IN20 CREASE THE PACE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 

21 AND PRIVATE SECTOR JOB CREATION IN THE 

22 UNITED STATES. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to— 

3 (1) growing the economy; 

4 (2) creating more private sector jobs and en5 hancing worker rights such as Davis-Bacon reform 

6 and card check; 

7 (3) lowering the after-tax costs of investment, 

8 savings, and work; 

9 (4) reducing the costs to business and individ10 uals from the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

11 (5) reducing the costs borne by economic activ12 ity in the United States stemming from Federal reg13 ulations, including the costs incurred by individuals 

14 in complying with Federal law when starting a busi15 ness; 

16 (6) reducing the costs of frivolous lawsuits; 

17 (7) creating a more competitive financial sector 

18 to support economic growth and job creation while 

19 enhancing the credit worthiness of lending institu20 tions; or 

21 (8) improving the ability of policy makers to es22 timate the economic effects of policy change through 

23 the enhanced use of economic models and data in 

24 scoring legislation; 
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1 without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

2 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg3 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe4 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

5 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTH7 EN AMERICA’S PRIORITIES. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to enhanced funding for na14 tional security or domestic discretionary programs by the 

15 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

16 provided that such legislation would not increase the def17 icit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

18 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

20 FLEXIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE 

21 CHOICES FOR ALL. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to— 

3 (1) the full repeal of the Patient Protection and 

4 Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 

5 Stat. 119) and the health care-related provisions of 

6 the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 

7 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 1029); or 

8 (2) the replacing or reforming the Patient Pro9 tection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 

10 148; 124 Stat. 119) or the health care-related provi11 sions of the Health Care and Education Reconcili12 ation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 

13 1029); 

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

16 the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

17 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROV19 ING ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN’S HEALTH IN20 SURANCE PROGRAM. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 
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1 or conference reports relating to improving access to af2 fordable health care for low-income children, including the 

3 Children’s Health Insurance Program, by the amounts 

4 provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

5 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

6 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

7 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

8 2025. 

9 SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR OTHER 

10 HEALTH REFORMS. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to— 

17 (1) the requirement to individually purchase, or 

18 jointly provide, health insurance; 

19 (2) increasing payments under, or permanently 

20 reforming or replacing, Medicare payments for pro21 viders; 

22 (3) extending expiring health care provisions; 

23 (4) the health care needs of first responders to 

24 domestic acts of terror; 
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1 (5) improvements in medical research, innova2 tion and safety; or 

3 (6) strengthening program integrity initiatives 

4 to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal health 

5 care programs; 

6 by the amounts provided in such legislation for that pur7 pose, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

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

9 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

10 years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 306. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD 

12 WELFARE. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to— 

19 (1) child nutrition programs; 

20 (2) replacing ineffective policies and programs 

21 with evidence-based alternative that improve the wel22 fare of vulnerable children; or 

23 (3) policies that protect children from sexual 

24 predators in our schools or communities; 
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1 without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

2 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg3 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe4 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

5 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VET7 ERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to the improvement of the 

14 delivery of benefits and services to veterans and 

15 servicemembers, including: 

16 (1) eligibility for both military retired pay and 

17 veterans’ disability compensation (concurrent re18 ceipt); 

19 (2) the reduction or elimination of the offset be20 tween Survivor Benefit Plan annuities and Veterans’ 

21 Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 

22 (3) the improvement of disability benefits or the 

23 process of evaluating and adjudicating benefit claims 

24 for members of the Armed Forces or veterans, in-
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1 cluding the growing backlog of appeals of decisions 

2 regarding claims for disability compensation; 

3 (4) the infrastructure needs of the Department 

4 of Veterans Affairs, including constructing or leasing 

5 space, to include leases of major medical facilities, 

6 and maintenance of Department facilities; 

7 (5) supporting the transition of servicemembers 

8 to the civilian workforce, including by expanding or 

9 improving education, job training, and workforce de10 velopment benefits, or other programs for 

11 servicemembers or veterans, which may include 

12 streamlining the process associated with Federal and 

13 State credentialing requirements; 

14 (6) vocational programs of the Department of 

15 Veterans Affairs, which may include legislation that 

16 improves vocational rehabilitation and counseling for 

17 veterans with service-connected disabilities and 

18 members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries 

19 or illness; 

20 (7) improving research at the Department of 

21 Veterans Affairs, which may include legislation that 

22 expands research on post-traumatic stress disorder, 

23 traumatic brain injury, or toxic exposures; 

24 (8) improving the delivery of health care and 

25 benefits to veterans or members of the Armed 
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1 Forces, which may include legislation that improves 

2 delivery of health care and benefits to victims of 

3 military sexual trauma; 

4 (9) improving the delivery of care and benefits 

5 to veterans, which may include legislation that en6 hances oversight and investigations by the Depart7 ment of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector Gen8 eral; 

9 (10) maintaining and enhancing access, choice, 

10 and accountability in veterans care through the Vet11 erans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 

12 2014 (Public Law 113–146); 

13 (11) improving access to and reducing wait 

14 times for Department of Veterans Affairs health 

15 care, including through hiring medical providers, 

16 and improving the quality of such care; 

17 (12) providing or improving specialty services, 

18 including mental health care, homeless services, gen19 der specific health care, fertility treatment, and sup20 port for caregivers; or 

21 (13) improving outreach, access, and services 

22 for rural veterans; 

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

25 deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 
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1 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

2 years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TAX RE4 FORM AND ADMINISTRATION. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to— 

11 (1) reforming the Internal Revenue Code of 

12 1986; 

13 (2) amending the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 to extend certain expiring tax relief provisions; 

15 (3) innovation and high quality manufacturing 

16 jobs, including the repeal of the 2.3 percent excise 

17 tax on medical device manufacturers; or 

18 (4) operations and administration of the De19 partment of the Treasury, 

20 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur21 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

23 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

24 years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INVEST IN 

2 THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN AMERICA. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports relating to Federal investment in the 

9 infrastructure of the United States, including programs 

10 that expedite the deployment of broadband to rural areas, 

11 by the amounts provided in such legislation for that pur12 pose, provided that such legislation shall not include trans13 fers from other trust funds but may include transfers from 

14 the general fund of the Treasury that are offset, provided 

15 further that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

16 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

17 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

18 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AIR 

20 TRANSPORTATION. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to Federal spending on civil 
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1 air traffic control services, which may include air traffic 

2 management at airport towers across the United States 

3 or at facilities of the Federal Aviation Administration, by 

4 the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, 

5 provided that such legislation would not increase the def6 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

7 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

8 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

10 JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH 

11 INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

16 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

17 or conference reports relating to— 

18 (1) suspending or reducing tariffs on miscella19 neous imports; 

20 (2) reauthorization of trade related Federal 

21 agencies; 

22 (3) implementing international trade agree23 ments; 

24 (4) reauthorizing or extending trade adjustment 

25 assistance programs; 
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1 (5) reauthorizing preference programs; or 

2 (6) enhancing the protection of United States 

3 intellectual property rights at the border and abroad; 

4 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur5 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

7 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

8 years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE 

10 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIS11 ABLED WORKERS. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

16 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

17 or conference reports relating to the administration of dis18 ability benefits and the improved employment of disabled 

19 workers by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

20 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

21 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

22 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

23 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER 

2 EDUCATION ACT REFORM. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports that amend the Higher Education 

9 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) by the amounts pro10 vided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

11 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

12 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

13 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

14 2025. 

15 SEC. 314. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EN16 ERGY LEGISLATION. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

21 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

22 or conference reports relating to— 

23 (1) reform of the management of civilian and 

24 defense nuclear waste; 

25 (2) reform and reauthorization of programs at 

26 the Department of Energy related to research and 
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1 development of alternative or renewable forms of en2 ergy, fossil fuel exploration and use, nuclear energy, 

3 or the electricity grid; 

4 (3) expansion of North American energy pro5 duction; or 

6 (4) reform of the permitting and siting proc7 esses for energy infrastructure; 

8 without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

9 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg10 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe11 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

12 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

13 SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM 

14 ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES. 

15 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

16 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

17 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

18 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

19 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

20 or conference reports relating to reform of environmental 

21 statutes to promote job growth by the amounts provided 

22 in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such 

23 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

24 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

25 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 316. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR WATER 

2 RESOURCES LEGISLATION. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports relating to improving flood control, 

9 expanding opportunities for commercial navigation, and 

10 improving the environmental restoration of the nation’s 

11 waterways without raising new revenue, by the amounts 

12 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

13 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

14 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

15 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

16 through 2025. 

17 SEC. 317. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND ON MIN18 ERAL SECURITY AND MINERAL RIGHTS. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to— 

25 (1) reducing reliance on mineral imports; or 
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1 (2) the authority to deduct certain amounts 

2 from mineral revenues payable to States; 

3 without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

4 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg5 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe6 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

7 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

8 SEC. 318. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM 

9 THE ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to the Surface Mining Con16 trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) 

17 without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

18 such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legis19 lation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

20 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe21 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

22 SEC. 319. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IM23 PROVE FOREST HEALTH. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to— 

5 (1) increasing timber production from Federal 

6 lands and providing bridge funding to counties and 

7 other units of local government until timber produc8 tion levels increase; 

9 (2) decreasing forest hazardous fuel loads; 

10 (3) improving stewardship contracting; or 

11 (4) reform of the process of budgeting for wild12 fire suppression operations; 

13 without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in 

14 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg15 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe16 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

17 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 320. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REAU19 THORIZE FUNDING FOR PAYMENTS IN LIEU 

20 OF TAXES TO COUNTIES AND OTHER UNITS 

21 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to Payments In Lieu of 

3 Taxes (PILT), which may include funding the payments 

4 in lieu of taxes program at levels roughly equivalent to 

5 lost tax revenues due to the presence of Federal land with6 out raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such 

7 legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

9 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

10 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 321. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FINAN12 CIAL REGULATORY SYSTEM REFORM. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to regulatory relief for small 

19 financial firms, improvements in the effectiveness of the 

20 financial regulatory framework, enhancements in oversight 

21 and accountability of the Federal Reserve System, and ex22 pansions in access to capital markets without raising new 

23 revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

24 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

25 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
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1 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

2 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 322. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

4 FEDERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to improving the processing 

11 of earnings reports for the Supplemental Security Income 

12 and Social Security Disability Insurance programs by the 

13 amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, pro14 vided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

15 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

16 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

17 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 323. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPLE19 MENT AGREEMENTS WITH FREELY ASSOCI20 ATED STATES. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 
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1 or conference reports relating to the implementation of 

2 agreements between the United States and nations with 

3 whom it maintains a Compact of Free Association without 

4 raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such leg5 islation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

7 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

8 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 324. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRO10 TECT PAYMENTS TO RURAL HOSPITALS AND 

11 CREATE SUSTAINABLE ACCESS FOR RURAL 

12 COMMUNITIES. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to protecting payments to 

19 rural hospitals and creating sustainable access for rural 

20 communities, without raising new revenue, by the amounts 

21 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

22 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

23 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

24 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

25 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 325. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENCOUR2 AGE STATE MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION PRO3 GRAMS TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT LIVING 

4 AND INTEGRATED WORK FOR THE DISABLED. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to encouraging State Med11 icaid demonstration programs to promote independent liv12 ing and integrated work for the disabled, without raising 

13 new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

14 for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not 

15 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

16 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

17 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 326. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW 

19 PHARMACISTS TO BE PAID FOR THE PROVI20 SION OF SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to payments to pharmacists 
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1 for the provision of services under Medicare, without rais2 ing new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legisla3 tion for that purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

5 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

6 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 327. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IM8 PROVE OUR NATION’S COMMUNITY HEALTH 

9 CENTERS. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to supporting and improving 

16 community health centers, without raising new revenue, 

17 by the amounts provided in such legislation for that pur18 pose, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

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

20 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

21 years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 328. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO THE FUNDING OF INDEPENDENT AGEN3 CIES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SUBJECTING THE 

4 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BU5 REAU TO THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS 

6 PROCESS. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to the funding of inde13 pendent agencies, which may include subjecting the Con14 sumer Financial Protection Bureau to the regular appro15 priations process without raising new revenue, by the 

16 amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, pro17 vided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

18 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

19 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

20 2016 through 2025. 

21 SEC. 329. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXPORT 

22 PROMOTION. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to promoting exports, by the 

3 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

4 provided that such legislation would not increase total 

5 deficits over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

6 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

7 years 2016 through 2025. 

8 SEC. 330. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM, 

9 IMPROVE, AND ENHANCE 529 COLLEGE SAV10 INGS PLANS. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to reforms, improvements, 

17 and enhancements of 529 college savings plans, without 

18 raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such leg19 islation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

21 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

22 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 331. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 SECURING OVERSEAS DIPLOMATIC FACILI3 TIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to the security of the over10 seas diplomatic facilities of the United States, by the 

11 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

12 provided that such legislation would not increase the def13 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

14 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

15 2016 through 2025. 

16 SEC. 332. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ACHIEVE 

17 SAVINGS BY HELPING STRUGGLING AMERI18 CANS ON THE ROAD TO PERSONAL AND FI19 NANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

21 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

22 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

23 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

24 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

25 or conference reports relating to welfare legislation to help 

26 struggling Americans on the road to personal and finan-
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1 cial independence, by the amounts provided in such legis2 lation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

4 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

5 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 333. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

7 CONSERVING FEDERAL LAND, ENHANCING 

8 ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND FOR REC9 REATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND MAKING 

10 INVESTMENTS IN COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to Federal programs for 

17 land and water conservation and acquisition or the preser18 vation, restoration, or protection of public land, oceans, 

19 coastal areas, or aquatic ecosystems, making changes to 

20 or providing for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural 

21 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 

22 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), making changes to or providing 

23 for the reauthorization of the payments in lieu of taxes 

24 program under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 

25 or making changes to or providing for the reauthorization 
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1 of both laws, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

2 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

4 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

5 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 334. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

7 TAXPAYERS FROM IDENTITY FRAUD. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports related to changes at the Internal 

14 Revenue Service, which may include establishing a process 

15 by which taxpayers may (1) receive notification of tax 

16 scams and (2) determine whether a return may have been 

17 filed using their personal information, by the amounts pro18 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

19 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

20 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 

21 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

22 2025. 
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1 SEC. 335. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports relating to career and technical edu9 cation, which may include work- or skills-based learning 

10 opportunities or which creates rigorous career and tech11 nical education curricula in schools, by the amounts pro12 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

13 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

14 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

15 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

16 2025. 

17 SEC. 336. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

18 FEMA PREPAREDNESS. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to enhancing the prepared25 ness of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 

26 respond to disasters, which may include those on land and 
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1 in the oceans caused or exacerbated by human-induced cli2 mate change, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

3 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

5 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

6 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 337. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

8 EXPANDING, ENHANCING, OR OTHERWISE IM9 PROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI10 NEERING, AND MATHEMATICS. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to expanding, enhancing, or 

17 otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, and 

18 mathematics by the amounts provided in such legislation 

19 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

21 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

22 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 338. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE 

2 THE NEXT GENERATION OF NIH RESEARCH3 ERS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to policies and programs 

10 that improve opportunities for new biomedical researchers 

11 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur12 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

14 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

15 years 2016 through 2025. 

16 SEC. 339. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

17 PROMOTING MANUFACTURING IN THE 

18 UNITED STATES. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to investment in the manu25 facturing sector in the United States, which may include 

26 educational or research and development initiatives, pub-
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1 lic-private partnerships, or other programs, by the 

2 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

3 provided that such legislation would not increase the def4 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

6 2016 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 340. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRO8 HIBIT ALIENS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS IN 

9 THE UNITED STATES FROM QUALIFYING FOR 

10 A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to benefits for aliens without 

17 legal status in the United States, which may include pro18 hibiting qualification for certain tax benefits without rais19 ing new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legisla20 tion for that purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

22 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

23 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 341. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR RE2 PORT ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATION. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports relating that achieve savings through 

9 the elimination, modification, or the reduction in fre10 quency of congressionally mandated reports from Federal 

11 agencies, and reduce the deficit over either the period of 

12 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 or the period 

13 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. The Chair14 man may also make adjustments to the Senate’s pay-as15 you-go ledger over 6 and 11 years to ensure that the def16 icit reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. 

17 The adjustments authorized under this section shall be of 

18 the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

19 SEC. 342. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS 

20 HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to addressing heroin and 
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1 prescription opioid abuse, by the amounts provided in such 

2 legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

4 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

5 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 343. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTH7 EN OUR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN 

8 WORKFORCE. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

10 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

11 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

12 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

13 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

14 or conference reports relating to strengthening our civilian 

15 workforce, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

16 that purpose, provided that such legislation would not in17 crease the deficit over the period of either the total of fis18 cal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

19 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 344. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEPART21 MENT OF DEFENSE REFORM. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to improving Department 

3 of Defense financial management, which may include 

4 achieving full auditability or eliminating waste, fraud, and 

5 abuse, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

6 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

7 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

8 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

9 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 345. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

11 FEDERAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JOB 

12 TRAINING, AND REEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to reducing inefficient over19 lap, improving access, and enhancing outcomes with Fed20 eral workforce development, job training, and reemploy21 ment programs, by the amounts provided in such legisla22 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

23 would not increase total deficits over either the period of 

24 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period 

25 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 346. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE 

2 ENERGY ASSISTANCE AND INVEST IN EN3 ERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to— 

10 (1) energy efficiency, which may include weath11 erization and energy efficiency retrofit programs for 

12 low-income individuals; 

13 (2) the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 

14 Program, which may include seasonal assistance, cri15 sis fuel assistance, or other assistance to low-income 

16 individuals; 

17 (3) Federal programs for land and water con18 servation, including the Land and Water Conserva19 tion Fund; or 

20 (4) the reduction of duplicative Federal green 

21 building programs; 

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

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

25 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

26 years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 347. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENABLE 

2 GREATER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE 

3 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 

4 LAW SCHOOL CLINICS SERVING VETERANS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to the Department of Vet11 erans Affairs collaboration with law school clinics serving 

12 veterans, which may include legislation that supports law 

13 school clinics that provide veterans with pro-bono legal 

14 support and assistance assembling benefits claims, by the 

15 amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, pro16 vided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

17 over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

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

19 2016 to 2025. 

20 SEC. 348. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE 

21 FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NU22 CLEAR WASTE CLEANUP. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

26 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu-
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1 tions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, mo2 tions, or conference reports related to Federal investments 

3 in the Office of Environmental Management, which may 

4 include measures to meet the Federal Government’s legacy 

5 responsibilities for cleanup of liquid radioactive waste, 

6 spent nuclear fuel, transuranic and mixed/low-level waste, 

7 or contaminated soil and water, and which may also in8 clude measures deactivating and decommissioning excess 

9 facilities at 16 nuclear waste sites created by the Manhat10 tan Project and Cold War programs, by the amounts pro11 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

12 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

13 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

14 or the period of the total fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

15 SEC. 349. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

16 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INITIATIVES TO 

17 BOLSTER RESILIENCE OF MISSION-CRITICAL 

18 DEPARTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO IM19 PACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND ASSOCI20 ATED EVENTS. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one of more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 
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1 or conference reports relating to Department of Defense 

2 initiatives to bolster resilience of mission-critical Depart3 ment infrastructure to impacts from climate change and 

4 associated events, including sea-level rise, flooding, and in5 creased storm surge, by the amounts provided in such leg6 islation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

8 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

9 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 350. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END OPER11 ATION CHOKE POINT AND PROTECT THE SEC12 OND AMENDMENT. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to the Department of Jus19 tice, which may include ending of the Operation Choke 

20 Point program, by the amounts provided in such legisla21 tion for that purpose, provided that such legislation would 

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

23 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

24 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 351. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT 

2 THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE BAIL3 OUT OF IMPROVIDENT STATE AND LOCAL 

4 GOVERNMENTS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to a prohibition, except in 

11 the case of Federal assistance provided in response to a 

12 natural disaster, on any entity of the Federal Government 

13 from providing funds to State and local governments to 

14 prevent receivership or to facilitate exit from receivership 

15 or to prevent default on its obligations by a State govern16 ment, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that 

17 purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

19 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

20 years 2016 through 2025. 

21 SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

22 MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES FROM BENEFIT 

23 CUTS. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

26 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
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1 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

2 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

3 or conference reports relating to Medicaid, which may in4 clude protecting children, pregnant women, individuals 

5 with disabilities, low-income adults, and Americans that 

6 need long-term services and supports, including nursing 

7 home care, who are guaranteed benefits under Medicaid, 

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

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

11 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

12 years 2016 through 2025. 

13 SEC. 353. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

14 HEALTH OUTCOMES AND LOWER THE COSTS 

15 OF CARING FOR MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHIL16 DREN IN MEDICAID. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

21 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

22 or conference reports relating to improving the health out23 comes and lowering the costs of caring for medically com24 plex children in Medicaid, which may include creating or 

25 expanding integrated delivery models or improving care 
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1 coordination, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

2 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

4 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

5 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 354. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

7 AND STRENGTHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF 

8 VETERANS AFFAIRS, HIRE MORE HEALTH 

9 CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THE DEPART10 MENT, AND ENSURE QUALITY AND TIMELY 

11 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR ALL VET12 ERANS. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to funding for the Depart19 ment of Veterans Affairs, which may include legislation 

20 that strengthens quality and timely access to health care 

21 by hiring more health care professionals at facilities of the 

22 Department and making necessary improvements to infra23 structure of the Department, by the amounts provided in 

24 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg25 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe-
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1 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

2 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 355. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MAINTAIN 

4 AND ENHANCE ACCESS, CHOICE, AND AC5 COUNTABILITY IN VETERANS CARE 

6 THROUGH THE VETERANS CHOICE CARD 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to maintaining and enhanc14 ing access, choice, and accountability in veterans care 

15 through the Veterans Choice Card program, by the 

16 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

17 provided that such legislation would not increase the def18 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

19 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

20 2016 through 2025. 

21 SEC. 356. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

22 PROMOTING EQUAL PAY. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
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1 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

2 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

3 or conference reports relating to promoting equal pay, 

4 which may include preventing discrimination on the basis 

5 of sex and preventing retaliation against employees for 

6 seeking or discussing wage information, by the amounts 

7 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

8 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

9 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

10 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

11 through 2025. 

12 SEC. 357. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

13 LEGISLATION SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY 

14 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO 

15 PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECU16 RITY. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

21 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

22 or conference reports relating to legislation submitted to 

23 Congress by the President of the United States to protect 

24 current beneficiaries of the Social Security program and 

25 prevent the insolvency of the program, by the amounts 
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1 provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided 

2 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

3 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

4 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 358. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

7 A SIMPLIFIED INCOME-DRIVEN STUDENT 

8 LOAN REPAYMENT OPTION. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

10 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

11 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

12 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

13 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

14 or conference reports relating to addressing student loan 

15 debt, which may include reducing overlapping student loan 

16 repayment programs and creating a simplified income17 driven student loan repayment option by the amounts pro18 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

19 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

20 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

21 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

22 2025. 
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1 SEC. 359. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 THE PROTECTION OF CLEAN WATER USING 

3 SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS WHILE MAINTAIN4 ING THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF AGRI5 CULTURE. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to protecting watersheds, in12 cluding the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, the Mississippi 

13 River system, the Colorado River system, or other sources 

14 of drinking water of the United States, which may include 

15 clarifying the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Con16 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) to provide certainty for 

17 landowners or rural communities, or preserving existing 

18 exemptions for agriculture, ranching, or forestry, or to rely 

19 on the scientific evidence of impacts on water quality of 

20 different types of water bodies by the amounts provided 

21 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

22 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

23 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

24 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 360. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO KEEPING THE FEDERAL WATER POLLU3 TION CONTROL ACT FOCUSED ON THE PRO4 TECTION OF WATER QUALITY. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to ensuring that Federal ju11 risdiction under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

12 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is focused on water quality, 

13 which may include limiting jurisdiction based on the move14 ment of birds, mammals, or insects through the air or over 

15 the land, the movement of water through the ground, or 

16 the movement of rainwater or snowmelt over the land, or 

17 limiting jurisdiction over puddles, isolated ponds, roadside 

18 ditches, irrigation ditches, stormwater systems, waste19 water systems, or water delivery, reuse, or reclamation 

20 systems, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

21 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

22 raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over 

23 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

24 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

25 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 361. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 SAVING MEDICARE. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports relating to extending the life of the 

9 Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which may in10 clude the creation of a point of order against legislation 

11 that accelerates the insolvency of such Trust Fund, by the 

12 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

13 provided that such legislation would not increase the def14 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

15 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

16 2016 through 2025. 

17 SEC. 362. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

18 SUPPORTING ISRAEL. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to United States policy to25 ward Israel, which may include preventing the United Na26 tions and other international institutions from taking un-
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1 fair or discriminatory action against Israel, by the 

2 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

3 provided that such legislation would not increase the def4 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

6 2016 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 363. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLA8 TION TO ALLOW AMERICANS TO EARN PAID 

9 SICK TIME. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to efforts to improve work16 place benefits and reduce health care costs, which may in17 clude measures to allow Americans to earn paid sick time 

18 to address their own health needs and the health needs 

19 of their families, and to promote equal employment oppor20 tunities, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

21 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

22 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

23 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

24 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 364. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS 

3 WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHIC INACCESSIBILITY 

4 TO CARE. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to providing health care to 

11 veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance 

12 from the closest medical facility of the Department of Vet13 erans Affairs that provides the care sought by the veteran, 

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

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

17 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

18 years 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 365. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

20 INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION 

21 FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS THROUGH 

22 THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM. 

23

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

25 of the Senate may revise the allocations of a com26 mittee or committees, aggregates, and other appro-
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1 priate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 

2 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 

3 the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating 

4 to increasing access to higher education for low-in5 come Americans through the Federal Pell Grant 

6 program, which may include allowing for 1 or more 

7 additional payment periods during the same award 

8 year, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

9 those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

10 not increase the deficit over either the period of the 

11 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period 

12 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

13 SEC. 366. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO CONSUMER 

14 PRICE TRANSPARENCY. 

15 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

16 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

17 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

18 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

19 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

20 or conference reports relating to increased disclosure of 

21 any Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

22 Law 111–148) taxes or other provisions in health insur23 ance monthly premium statements, including advance pre24 mium tax credits, cost sharing reductions, medical loss 

25 ratio rebates and savings, free preventive care, coverage 
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1 of preexisting conditions and prohibitions on premium rat2 ing because of gender, the cost of insurance company ad3 ministrative expenses, and taxes and fees, by the amounts 

4 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

5 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

6 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

7 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

8 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 367. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

10 TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH PREMIUM BILL11 ING. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

16 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

17 or conference reports relating to increased disclosure of 

18 any Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

19 Law 111–148) tax in health insurance monthly premium 

20 statements, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

21 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

23 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

24 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 368. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 CARBON EMISSIONS. 

3 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

4 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

5 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

6 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

7 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

8 or conference reports related to carbon emissions, which 

9 may include prohibitions on Federal taxes or fees imposed 

10 on carbon emissions from any product or entity that is 

11 a direct or indirect source of emissions, by the amounts 

12 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

13 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

14 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

15 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

16 through 2025. 

17 SEC. 369. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

18 TO REQUIRING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

19 TO ALLOW STATES TO OPT OUT OF COMMON 

20 CORE WITHOUT PENALTY. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to prohibiting the Federal 
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1 Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing 

2 States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any 

3 other specific academic standards, instructional content, 

4 curricula, assessments, or programs of instruction and al5 lowing States to opt out of the Common Core State Stand6 ards without penalty, by the amounts provided in such leg7 islation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

8 would not raise new revenue and would not increase the 

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

10 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

11 years 2016 through 2025. 

12 SEC. 370. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

13 SMALL BUSINESS TAX RELIEF. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to small business tax relief, 

20 which may include a permanent increase of the section 

21 179 small business expensing allowance to $1,000,000 or 

22 an increase in the investment limitation to $2,500,000, by 

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

25 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 
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1 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

2 years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 371. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

4 TO THE DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 

5 LAND. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to initiatives to sell or trans12 fer to, or exchange with, a State or local government any 

13 Federal land that is not within the boundaries of a Na14 tional Park, National Preserve, or National Monument, by 

15 the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur16 poses, provided that such legislation would not raise new 

17 revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the 

18 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

19 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 372. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO PROHIBITING FUNDING OF INTER3 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE IM4 PLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS 

5 ARMS TRADE TREATY PRIOR TO SENATE 

6 RATIFICATION AND ADOPTION OF IMPLE7 MENTING LEGISLATION. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to funding, which may in14 clude prohibiting funding for the United Nations Arms 

15 Trade Treaty Secretariat or any international organiza16 tions created to support the implementation of the United 

17 Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification 

18 and adoption of implementing legislation by the amounts 

19 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

20 that such legislation would not raise new revenue and 

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

22 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

23 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 373. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 REIMPOSING WAIVED SANCTIONS AND IM3 POSING NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN FOR 

4 VIOLATIONS OF THE JOINT PLAN OF ACTION 

5 OR A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR AGREE6 MENT. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to Iran, which may include 

13 efforts to immediately reimpose waived sanctions and im14 pose new sanctions against the Government of Iran if the 

15 President cannot make a determination and certify that 

16 Iran is complying with the Joint Plan of Action or a com17 prehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, by the 

18 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

19 provided that such legislation would not increase the def20 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

21 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

22 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 374. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 SUPPORTING UNITED STATES CITIZENS 

3 HELD HOSTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES EM4 BASSY IN TEHRAN, IRAN, BETWEEN NOVEM5 BER 3, 1979, AND JANUARY 20, 1981. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to supporting United States 

12 citizens held hostage in the United States embassy in 

13 Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 

14 20, 1981, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

15 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

16 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

17 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

18 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 375. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

20 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PREG21 NANT WORKERS. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

26 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 
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1 or conference reports relating to efforts to increase em2 ployment opportunities and prevent employment discrimi3 nation, which may include measures to prevent employ4 ment discrimination against pregnant workers, to provide 

5 pregnant workers with a right to workplace accommoda6 tions, and to ensure that employers comply with require7 ments regarding such workplace accommodations for preg8 nant workers, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

9 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

11 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

12 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

13 SEC. 376. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PERMA14 NENTLY ELIMINATE THE FEDERAL ESTATE 

15 TAX. 

16

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

18 of the Senate may revise the allocations of a com19 mittee or committees, aggregates, and other appro20 priate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 

21 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 

22 the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating 

23 to changes in the Federal income tax laws, which 

24 may include eliminating the Federal estate tax, by 

25 the amounts provided in such legislation for that 
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1 purpose, provided that such legislation would not in2 crease the deficit over either the period of the total 

3 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

4 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

5 SEC. 377. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

6 ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to promoting national secu13 rity, economic growth, and public health by addressing 

14 human-induced climate change through increased use of 

15 clean energy, energy efficiency, and reductions in carbon 

16 pollution by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

17 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

18 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

19 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

20 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 378. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 REGULATION BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRO3 TECTION AGENCY OF GREENHOUSE GAS 

4 EMISSIONS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to the regulation by the En11 vironmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emis12 sions, which may include a prohibition on withholding 

13 highway funds from States that refuse to submit State 

14 Implementation Plans required under the Clean Power 

15 Plan of the Agency, by the amounts provided in such legis16 lation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

18 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

19 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 379. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

21 PROTECTING PRIVATELY HELD WATER 

22 RIGHTS AND PERMITS. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to protecting communities, 

3 businesses, recreationists, farmers, ranchers, or other 

4 groups that rely on privately held water rights and permits 

5 from Federal takings by the amounts provided in such leg6 islation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

8 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

9 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 380. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

11 TO PROHIBITING AWARDING OF CONSTRUC12 TION CONTRACTS BASED ON AWARDEES EN13 TERING OR NOT ENTERING INTO AGREE14 MENTS WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. 

15 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

16 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

17 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

18 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

19 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

20 or conference reports relating to a prohibition on the 

21 awarding of construction contracts on behalf of the Gov22 ernment based upon any solicitations, bid specifications, 

23 project agreements, or other controlling documents, that 

24 require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or sub25 contractors to enter into or adhere to agreements with one 
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1 or more labor organizations or discriminate against or give 

2 preference to such bidders, offerors, contractors, or sub3 contractors based on their entering or refusing to enter 

4 into such agreements by the amounts provided in such leg5 islation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

6 would not raise new revenue and would not increase the 

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

8 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

9 years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 381. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

11 STRENGTHENING THE UNITED STATES POST12 AL SERVICE. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to strengthening the United 

19 States Postal Service, which may include imposing a mor20 atorium to prevent mail processing plants from closing, 

21 reestablishing overnight delivery standards, recognizing 

22 the importance of rural delivery, allowing the Postal Serv23 ice to innovate and adapt to compete in a digital age, or 

24 improving the financial condition of the Postal Service by 

25 the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur-
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1 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

3 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

4 years 2016 through 2025. 

5 SEC. 382. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT 

6 AMERICAN JOBS FROM BEING MOVED OVER7 SEAS BY REDUCING THE CORPORATE IN8 COME TAX RATE. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

10 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

11 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

12 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

13 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

14 or conference reports relating to preventing American jobs 

15 from being moved overseas, which may include a reduction 

16 in the corporate income tax rate, by the amounts provided 

17 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

18 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

19 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

20 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 383. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 ENSURING EQUAL TREATMENT OF MARRIED 

3 COUPLES UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY 

4 PROGRAM AND BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 

5 VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

6

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

8 of the Senate may revise the allocations of a com9 mittee or committees, aggregates, and other appro10 priate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 

11 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 

12 the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating 

13 to ensuring equal treatment of married couples, 

14 which may include ensuring that all legally married 

15 spouses have access to Social Security benefits after 

16 the death of their spouse and to benefits under laws 

17 administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 

18 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

19 purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

20 increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

21 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

22 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

23 SEC. 384. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE 

24 WAGES FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. 

25 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

26 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to reaffirming the ability of 

5 States to adopt minimum wages higher than the Federal 

6 minimum wage level commensurate with the cost of living 

7 in the State, which may include the adoption of pro-em8 ployment and wage-increasing policies by providing pro9 growth tax relief and eliminating excessive government 

10 mandates, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

11 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

12 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

13 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

14 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

15 SEC. 385. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

16 DETERRING THE MIGRATION OF UNACCOM17 PANIED CHILDREN FROM EL SALVADOR, 

18 GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to deterring the attempted 

25 migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, 
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1 Guatemala, and Honduras into the United States, which 

2 may include the expedited removal of unlawful entrants 

3 from noncontiguous countries, by the amounts provided 

4 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

5 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

6 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

7 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

8 SEC. 386. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

9 MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to extending and expanding 

16 refundable tax provisions that benefit working families, 

17 childless workers, and the middle class, by the amounts 

18 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

19 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

20 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

21 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

22 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 387. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO ENSURING PROPER ECONOMIC CONSID3 ERATION IN DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL 

4 HABITAT. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to critical habitat designa11 tions, which may include requirements that the United 

12 States Fish and Wildlife Service examine the cumulative 

13 economic effects of the designation, such as on land or 

14 property uses or values, regional employment, or revenue 

15 impacts on States and units of local government, by the 

16 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

17 provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue 

18 and would not increase the deficit over either the period 

19 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe20 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

21 SEC. 388. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTH22 EN THE NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to compliance with the na3 tional do-not-call registry, which may include adjusting or 

4 increasing fines, providing flexibility for the relevant regu5 latory agency, or modifying the conditions of the safe har6 bor provisions, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

7 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

9 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

10 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 389. DEFICIT–NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END ‘‘TOO 

12 BIG TO FAIL’’ BAILOUTS FOR WALL STREET 

13 MEGA-BANKS (OVER $500 BILLION IN TOTAL 

14 ASSETS). 

15 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

16 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

17 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

18 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

19 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

20 or conference reports relating to any bank holding compa21 nies with over $500,000,000,000 in total assets to better 

22 protect taxpayers, including such measures as capital or 

23 leverage requirements, restrictions on the growth, activi24 ties, or operations of a company, or divestiture of assets 

25 or operations of any company that is unable to present 
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1 a credible plan to facilitate an orderly bankruptcy or reso2 lution, without raising new revenue, by the amounts pro3 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

4 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

5 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

6 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

7 2025. 

8 SEC. 390. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

9 ENDING WASHINGTON’S ILLEGAL EXEMPTION 

10 FROM THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AF11 FORDABLE CARE ACT. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

16 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

17 or conference reports relating to developing methods that 

18 ensure that all Members of Congress, the President, the 

19 Vice President, and all political appointees of the Adminis20 tration procure their health insurance on the individual 

21 exchange in the same way as Americans at the same in22 come level, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

23 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

24 not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 
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1 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

2 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 391. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

4 TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE RELOCA5 TION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN 

6 ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to increasing funding for 

13 United States embassies, which may include the relocation 

14 of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to 

15 Jerusalem, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

16 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

17 raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over 

18 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

19 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

20 through 2025. 

21 SEC. 392. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

22 REVISE OR REPEAL SEQUESTRATION. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 
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1 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu2 tions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, mo3 tions, or conference reports that amend section 251(c) of 

4 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

5 of 1985 or the enforcement procedures under section 

6 251A of that Act to revise or repeal the discretionary 

7 spending limits and enforcement procedures established 

8 under those sections, relating to providing relief from se9 questration and the reduction in discretionary spending 

10 limits for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, split evenly between 

11 both the revised security category and the revised nonsecu12 rity category, and offsetting such relief through targeted 

13 changes in mandatory or discretionary spending programs 

14 (not pertaining to Social Security) and tax expenditures 

15 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur16 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

17 the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

18 through 2025. For purposes of determining deficit-neu19 trality under this section, the Chairman of the Committee 

20 on the Budget of the Senate may include the estimated 

21 effects of any amendment or amendments to the discre22 tionary spending limits. 
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1 SEC. 393. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 PROMOTING THE RETURN OF CHILDREN 

3 WHO HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ADOPTED BY 

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM THE DEMO5 CRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to promoting the return of 

12 children who have been legally adopted by United States 

13 citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by 

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

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

17 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

18 years 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 394. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

20 DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW NUCLEAR-CAPA21 BLE CRUISE MISSILE BY THE DEPARTMENT 

22 OF DEFENSE AND THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR 

23 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

26 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
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1 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

2 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

3 or conference reports relating to the development of a new 

4 nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of De5 fense and the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

6 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur7 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

9 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

10 years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 395. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE 

12 EQUITY IN THE TAX TREATMENT OF PUBLIC 

13 SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to providing tax equity for 

20 death benefits paid to the families of public safety officers 

21 who lose their lives in the line of duty, by the amounts 

22 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

23 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

24 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 
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1 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 396. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

4 ELIMINATING THE BACKLOG OF SEXUAL AS5 SAULT EVIDENCE KITS. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to eliminating the backlog 

12 of sexual assault evidence kits, which may include auditing 

13 the hidden backlog of untested sexual assault kits and en14 suring that the collection and processing of DNA evidence 

15 by law enforcement agencies from crimes is carried out 

16 in an appropriate and timely manner, by the amounts pro17 vided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

18 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

19 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

20 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

21 2025. 

22 SEC. 397. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

23 MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to mixed oxide fuel fabrica5 tion, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that 

6 purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

8 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

9 years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 398. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

11 REFORMING OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GEN12 ERAL AND PREVENTING EXTENDED VACAN13 CIES. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to strengthening and re20 forming Federal Offices of Inspectors General, reducing 

21 vacancies in such Offices, and providing for improvements 

22 in the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of In23 spectors General by the amounts provided in such legisla24 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

25 would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
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1 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

2 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

4 IMPROVING RETIREMENT SECURITY. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to improving retirement se11 curity by making it easier for small businesses to provide 

12 retirement plans for their employees by easing the admin13 istrative burden and by encouraging individuals to in14 crease their savings by the amounts provided in such legis15 lation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

17 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

18 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 399a. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

20 THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED 

21 STATES. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to improving basic science 

3 research and development programs in the United States 

4 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur5 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

7 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

8 years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 399b. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

10 ENSURING THAT THE CONSERVATION OF 

11 NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT POPULATIONS 

12 AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE 

13 COMPATIBLE. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to the Endangered Species 

20 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), which may include 

21 requirements that State conservation plans relating to the 

22 northern long-eared bat are given maximum flexibility to 

23 be successful so as to preserve and protect local and rural 

24 economies before any Federal listing decision is made with 

25 respect to the northern long-eared bat, by the amounts 
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1 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

2 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

3 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

4 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 399c. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE 

7 CYBERSECURITY. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to increased sharing of cy14 bersecurity threat information while protecting individual 

15 privacy and civil liberties interests, by the amounts pro16 vided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

17 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

18 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

19 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

20 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399d. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW 

2 THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 

3 AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

4 TO ENTER INTO JOINT TASK FORCES WITH 

5 TRIBAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

6 AGENCIES. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to the Drug Enforcement 

13 Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation en14 tering into joint task forces with tribal and local law en15 forcement agencies by the amounts provided in such legis16 lation for that purpose, provided that such legislation 

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

18 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

19 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 399e. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

21 ENCOURAGING COST SAVINGS IN OFFICE 

22 SPACE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to encouraging cost savings 

3 in office space used by Federal agencies, which may in4 clude encouraging Federal agencies to utilize office space 

5 unused by the Federal Government before purchasing or 

6 renting additional space, by the amounts provided in such 

7 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla8 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

9 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe10 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 399f. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

12 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 

13 SMALL BUSINESSES AND ASPIRING ENTRE14 PRENEURS THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS DE15 VELOPMENT CENTERS. 

16 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

17 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

18 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

19 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

20 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

21 or conference reports relating to providing technical assist22 ance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs 

23 through small business development centers by the 

24 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

25 provided that such legislation would not increase the def-
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1 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

3 2016 through 2025. 

4 SEC. 399g. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

5 ENSURING THAT MEDICAL FACILITIES OF 

6 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

7 MEET THE NEEDS OF WOMEN VETERANS. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to ensuring that medical fa14 cilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the 

15 needs of women veterans by the amounts provided in such 

16 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla17 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

18 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe19 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 399h. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

21 TO SUPPORTING EFFICIENT RESOURCING 

22 FOR THE ASIA REBALANCE POLICY. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
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1 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

2 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

3 or conference reports relating to providing funding related 

4 to supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance 

5 policy by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

6 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

7 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

8 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

9 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 399i. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

11 PREVENTING ACCESS TO MARIJUANA 

12 EDIBLES BY CHILDREN IN STATES THAT 

13 HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to preventing access to edi20 ble marijuana products by children in States that have de21 criminalized marijuana, by the amounts provided in such 

22 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla23 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

24 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe25 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399j. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 PROVIDING MORTGAGE LENDING TO RURAL 

3 AREAS. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to providing mortgage lend10 ing to rural areas by the amounts provided in such legisla11 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

13 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

14 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

15 SEC. 399k. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

16 THE CONSTRUCTION OF ARCTIC POLAR ICE17 BREAKERS. 

18 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

19 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

20 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

21 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

22 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

23 or conference reports relating to the construction of Arctic 

24 polar icebreakers, by the amounts provided in such legisla25 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

26 would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
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1 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

2 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399l. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

4 RESEARCHING HEALTH CONDITIONS OF THE 

5 DESCENDANTS OF VETERANS EXPOSED TO 

6 TOXIC SUBSTANCES DURING SERVICE IN THE 

7 ARMED FORCES. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to researching health condi14 tions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic sub15 stances during service in the Armed Forces by the 

16 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

17 provided that such legislation would not increase the def18 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

19 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

20 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399m. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO RAISING THE FAMILY OF FUNDS LIMIT OF 

3 THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COM4 PANY PROGRAM. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to the Small Business In11 vestment Company Program of the Small Business Ad12 ministration, which may include raising the Family of 

13 Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company 

14 Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

15 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

16 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

17 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

18 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399n. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO DETECTION, INVESTIGATION, AND PROS3 ECUTION OF THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS 

4 OF WEBSITES WHO KNOWINGLY ALLOW SUCH 

5 WEBSITES TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE COM6 MERCIAL SEX WITH CHILDREN OVER THE 

7 INTERNET. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to online child sex traf14 ficking, which may include the detection, investigation, 

15 and prosecution of the owners and operators of websites 

16 who knowingly allow such websites to be used to advertise 

17 commercial sex with children over the Internet, by the 

18 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

19 provided that such legislation would not increase the def20 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

21 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

22 2016 through 2025. 

23 SEC. 399o. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT 

24 STATE DROUGHT PREVENTION PLANS. 

25 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

26 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to assisting the States in 

5 carrying out drought prevention plans by the amounts pro6 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

7 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

8 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

9 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

10 2025. 

11 SEC. 399p. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

12 PROTECTING THE RELIABILITY OF THE 

13 ELECTRICITY GRID. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to prohibiting the Adminis20 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency from pro21 posing, finalizing, or issuing any regulation that would re22 duce the reliability of the electricity grid by the amounts 

23 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

24 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

25 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 
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1 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399q. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRE4 SERVE AND PROTECT THE OPEN INTERNET. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to protecting the open Inter11 net and promoting further innovation and investment in 

12 Internet services, content, infrastructure, and technologies 

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

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

16 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

17 years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 399r. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

19 TO REFORMING THE FEDERAL REGULATORY 

20 PROCESS. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to— 

3 (1) creating an effective mechanism for the re4 view of the existing Federal regulatory burden to 

5 identify rules for repeal or modification that— 

6 (A) impose paperwork burdens that could 

7 be reduced substantially without significantly 

8 diminishing regulatory effectiveness; 

9 (B) impose disproportionately high costs 

10 on small businesses; 

11 (C) could be strengthened in their effec12 tiveness while reducing regulatory costs; 

13 (D) have been rendered obsolete by techno14 logical or market changes; 

15 (E) have achieved their goals and can be 

16 repealed without target problems recurring; 

17 (F) impose the greatest opportunity costs 

18 in terms of economic growth; 

19 (G) are ineffective; 

20 (H) overlap, duplicate, or conflict with 

21 other Federal regulations or with State or local 

22 regulations; or 

23 (I) impose costs that are not justified by 

24 benefits produced for society within the United 

25 States; 
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1 (2) reforming the process by which new regula2 tions are made by Federal agencies, including inde3 pendent agencies, for the purposes of— 

4 (A) prioritizing early public outreach in the 

5 rulemaking process; 

6 (B) ensuring the use of the best available 

7 scientific, economic, and technical data; 

8 (C) preventing the misuse of guidance doc9 uments to skirt public input; 

10 (D) ensuring the use of best practices for 

11 regulatory analysis, including cost-benefit anal12 ysis, into each step of the rulemaking process; 

13 (E) facilitating the adoption by Federal 

14 agencies of the least costly regulatory alter15 native that would achieve the goals of the statu16 tory authorization; 

17 (F) ensuring more careful consideration of 

18 proposed high-cost rules; 

19 (G) ensuring effective oversight of the Fed20 eral regulatory program, including independent 

21 regulatory commissions, by the Office of Infor22 mation and Regulatory Affairs; 

23 (H) improving the consideration of adverse 

24 impacts on small businesses; 
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1 (I) providing greater transparency in the 

2 rulemaking process; and 

3 (J) improving compliance with section 515 

4 of the Treasury and General Government Ap5 propriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public 

6 Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2736A–153) (com7 monly known as the ‘‘Information Quality 

8 Act’’), the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

9 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), and chapter 6 of 

10 title 5, United States Code (commonly known 

11 as the ‘‘Regulatory Flexibility Act’’); 

12 (3) enhancing accountability by facilitating fair 

13 and effective judicial review of agency actions; and 

14 (4) ensuring that Congress can effectively exer15 cise its appropriate role in the regulatory process 

16 through legislation and oversight; 

17 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur18 poses, provided that such legislation would not raise new 

19 revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the 

20 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

21 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399s. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 PROVIDING COVERAGE OF VIRTUAL 

3 COLONOSCOPIES AS A COLORECTAL CANCER 

4 SCREENING TEST UNDER THE MEDICARE 

5 PROGRAM. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to providing coverage of vir12 tual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test 

13 under the Medicare program by the amounts provided in 

14 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg15 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe16 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

17 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 399t. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

19 STRENGTHENING WATERBORNE COMMERCE 

20 IN OUR PORTS AND HARBORS. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to strengthening waterborne 
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1 commerce in our ports and harbors, which may include 

2 increasing the amounts expended from the Harbor Main3 tenance Trust Fund that are dedicated to port infrastruc4 ture and maintenance in accordance with section 2101(b) 

5 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 

6 2014 (Public Law 113–121), by the amounts provided in 

7 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg8 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe9 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 and 

10 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 399u. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

12 TO THE MODERNIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR 

13 COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICA14 TIONS ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNITED 

15 STATES. 

16 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

17 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

18 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

19 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

20 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

21 or conference reports relating to modernizing the triad of 

22 strategic nuclear delivery systems, the nuclear command 

23 and control system, and the nuclear weapons stockpile, 

24 and supporting related infrastructure, by the amounts 

25 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
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1 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

2 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

3 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

4 through 2025. 

5 SEC. 399v. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

6 BARDA AND THE BIOSHIELD SPECIAL RE7 SERVE FUND. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to strengthening our na14 tional security, which may include fully funding the Bio15 medical Advanced Research and Development Authority 

16 and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund by the amounts 

17 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

18 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

19 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

20 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

21 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399w. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO IMPROVING THE NUCLEAR FORCES AND 

3 MISSIONS OF THE AIR FORCE. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to the nuclear force im10 provement program of the Air Force by the amounts pro11 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

12 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

13 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

14 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

15 2025. 

16 SEC. 399x. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

17 PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB 

18 CREATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to promoting economic 

25 growth and job creation by making it easier for small busi26 nesses to plan their capital investments and reducing the 
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1 uncertainty of taxation by the amounts provided in such 

2 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla3 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

4 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe5 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 399y. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

7 THE DEFINITION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports related to the employer penalties 

14 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

15 (Public Law 111–148), which may include changes to the 

16 definition of ‘‘full time employee’’ under that Act, by the 

17 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

18 provided that such legislation would not increase the def19 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

20 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

21 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399z. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 

2 IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFI3 CIENCY OF THE FEDERAL REGULATORY 

4 PROCESS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to improving the effective11 ness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process by 

12 the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur13 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

15 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

16 years 2016 through 2025. 

17 SEC. 399aa. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPE18 DITE AWARDS UNDER THE INTERNAL REV19 ENUE SERVICE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

21 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

22 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

23 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

24 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

25 or conference reports relating to the processing of award 

26 submissions, which may include the Internal Revenue 
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1 Service whistleblower program, by the amounts provided 

2 in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such 

3 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

4 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

5 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 399bb. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

7 TO ENCOURAGING THE INCREASED USE OF 

8 PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING IN FEDERAL 

9 FACILITIES. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to encouraging the in16 creased use of performance contracting in Federal facili17 ties by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

18 purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

20 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

21 years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399cc. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO IMPROVING INFORMATION SHARING BY 

3 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPART4 MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WITH RESPECT 

5 TO INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO SUB6 STANDARD HEALTH CARE, DELAYED AND DE7 NIED HEALTH CARE, PATIENT DEATHS, 

8 OTHER FINDINGS THAT DIRECTLY RELATE 

9 TO PATIENT CARE, AND OTHER MANAGE10 MENT ISSUES OF THE DEPARTMENT. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to improving information 

17 sharing by the Inspector General of the Department of 

18 Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to 

19 substandard health care, delayed and denied health care, 

20 patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to pa21 tient care, and other management issues of the Depart22 ment by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

23 purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

25 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

26 years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399dd. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO AD2 DRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE REGU3 LATORY BURDENS ON COMMUNITY BANKS 

4 AND CREDIT UNIONS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to alleviating dispropor11 tionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit 

12 unions, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

13 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

14 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

15 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

16 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

17 SEC. 399ee. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT 

18 THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

19 COMMUNITY SERVICE. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

21 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

22 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

23 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

24 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

25 or conference reports relating to the Corporation for Na26 tional and Community Service, by the amounts provided 
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1 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

2 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

3 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

4 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

5 SEC. 399ff. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

6 TO ENSURING THAT DEPARTMENT OF JUS7 TICE ATTORNEYS COMPLY WITH DISCLO8 SURE OBLIGATIONS IN CRIMINAL PROSECU9 TIONS. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to ensuring that all Depart16 ment of Justice attorneys comply with all legal and ethical 

17 obligations in criminal prosecutions, which may include 

18 legislation that ensures the disclosure to the defendant in 

19 a timely manner of all information known to the Govern20 ment that tends to negate the guilt of the defendant, miti21 gate the offense charged or the sentence imposed, or im22 peach the Government’s witnesses or evidence, by the 

23 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

24 provided that such legislation would not increase the def25 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 
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1 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399gg. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRO4 MOTE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to Federal investments in 

11 precision medicine and biomedical research, which may in12 clude increasing funding to account for inflation, to sup13 port finding ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or 

14 conditions like Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening or 

15 chronic illnesses, and to provide long-term cost savings to 

16 the Federal Government, by the amounts provided in such 

17 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla18 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

19 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe20 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399hh. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO AD2 DRESS THE HEROIN AND METHAMPHET3 AMINE ABUSE EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED 

4 STATES. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to expanding efforts to com11 bat heroin and methamphetamine abuse in the United 

12 States without raising new revenue, by the amounts pro13 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

14 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

15 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

16 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

17 2025. 

18 SEC. 399ii. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

19 TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO NECESSARY 

20 EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to developing methods that 
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1 ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have access to equip2 ment like eye tracking accessories for speech generating 

3 devices and speech generating devices by the amounts pro4 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

5 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

6 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

7 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

8 2025. 

9 SEC. 399jj. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

10 TO PRIORITIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF IN11 FRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE OF NA12 TIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND 

13 PROJECTS IN HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS. 

14 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

15 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

16 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

17 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

18 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

19 or conference reports relating to the prioritization of the 

20 Federal investment in the infrastructure of the United 

21 States on projects that are of national and regional signifi22 cance and projects in high priority corridors of the Na23 tional Highway System by the amounts provided in such 

24 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla25 tion would not raise new revenue and would not increase 
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1 the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

2 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

3 years 2016 through 2025. 

4 SEC. 399kk. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

5 TO ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES’ 

6 NATO ALLIES TO REVERSE DECLINES IN DE7 FENSE SPENDING AND BEAR A MORE PRO8 PORTIONATE BURDEN FOR ENSURING THE 

9 SECURITY OF NATO. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to encouraging the United 

16 States’ NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spend17 ing and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring 

18 the security of NATO by the amounts provided in such 

19 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla20 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

21 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe22 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399ll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO THE INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY OF 

3 MISSING WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIP4 MENT PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF 

5 YEMEN BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERN6 MENT. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to the investigation and to 

13 the extent practicable the recovery of missing weapons and 

14 military equipment provided to the Government of Yemen 

15 by the United States Government to ensure that such 

16 items are not in the possession of or used by radical ex17 tremist groups operating in the country by the amounts 

18 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

19 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

20 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

21 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

22 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399mm. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO IMPROVING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA 

3 AND TRANSPARENCY. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to improving higher edu10 cation data and transparency, by the amounts provided 

11 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

12 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

13 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

14 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

15 SEC. 399nn. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

16 TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE 

17 OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965. 

18 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

19 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

20 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

21 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

22 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

23 or conference reports relating to supporting programs 

24 under the Older Americans Act of 1965, which may in25 clude supporting congregate and home-delivered meals 

26 programs, or other programs of assistance to low-income 
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1 older individuals, by the amounts provided in such legisla2 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

4 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

5 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 399oo. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

7 TO NATIVE CHILDREN. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to Native children, which 

14 may include establishing a commission to examine existing 

15 Federal programs to improve the efficiency and effective16 ness of services delivered to Native children to improve 

17 outcomes, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

18 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

19 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

20 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

21 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399pp. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO PROTECTING THE PERSONAL INFORMA3 TION OF CONSUMERS FROM DATA 

4 BREACHES. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating protecting the personal in11 formation of consumers from data breaches, which may 

12 include providing notification to affected consumers or en13 hancing data security programs, by the amounts provided 

14 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

15 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

16 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

17 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 399qq. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR GOV19 ERNMENT REFORM AND EFFICIENCY. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

21 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

22 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

23 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

24 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

25 or conference reports relating to achieving savings through 

26 the use of performance data or scientifically rigorous eval-
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1 uation methodologies for the elimination, consolidation, or 

2 reform of Federal programs, agencies, offices, and initia3 tives, or the sale of Federal property, and reduce the def4 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

6 2016 through 2025. The Chairman may also make adjust7 ments to the Senate’s pay-as-you-go ledger over 6 and 11 

8 years to ensure that the deficit reduction achieved is used 

9 for deficit reduction only. The adjustments authorized 

10 under this section shall be of the amount of deficit reduc11 tion achieved. 

12 SEC. 399rr. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

13 TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND COMPENSA14 TION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS, 

15 AND THEIR FAMILIES INJURED AND MADE 

16 ILL BY THE 9/11 ATTACKS. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

21 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

22 or conference reports relating to the September 11th ter23 rorism attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, 

24 and the Shanksville Crash site, which may include legisla25 tion that extends medical monitoring and treatment serv-
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1 ices and compensation for first responders, survivors, and 

2 their families, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

3 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

5 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

6 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 399ss. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

8 TO CONSTRUCTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN 

9 SCHOOLS. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to construction of Native 

16 American schools, which may include replacement school 

17 construction that replaces the entirety or majority of a 

18 school campus or replacement facility construction that re19 places individual buildings that are beyond cost-effective 

20 repair measures, by the amounts provided in such legisla21 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

23 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

24 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399tt. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO INCREASING THE GUARANTEE THRESH3 OLD FOR THE SURETY BOND GUARANTEE 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to the Surety Bond Guar11 antee Program of the Small Business Administration, 

12 which may include exploring or raising the range for sur13 ety bonds, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

14 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

15 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

16 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

17 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 399uu. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

19 TO INDO-PACIFIC PARTNER CAPACITY BUILD20 ING AND STRATEGY. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to supporting a comprehen-
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1 sive multi-year partner capacity building and security co2 operation plan in the Indo-Pacific region, including for a 

3 regional maritime domain awareness architecture and for 

4 bilateral and multilateral exercises, port calls, and training 

5 activities of the United States Armed Forces and Coast 

6 Guard to further a comprehensive strategy to strengthen 

7 United States alliances and partnerships, freedom of navi8 gation, and the unimpeded access to the maritime com9 mons of the Asia-Pacific by the amounts provided in such 

10 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla11 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

12 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe13 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

14 SEC. 399vv. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

15 TO ADDRESSING METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE 

16 IN THE UNITED STATES. 

17 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

18 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

19 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

20 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

21 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

22 or conference reports relating to addressing methamphet23 amine abuse in the United States, by the amounts pro24 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

25 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
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1 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

2 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

3 2025. 

4 SEC. 399ww. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

5 TO THE NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNER6 SHIP PROGRAM. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to achieving theatre security 

13 cooperation goals, which may include funding for the Na14 tional Guard State Partnership Program, by the amounts 

15 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

16 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

17 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

18 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

19 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 399xx. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

21 TO IMPROVING THE PREVENTION AND 

22 TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL VIRUS OUT23 BREAKS. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to the improvement of pre5 vention and treatment measures to mitigate agricultural 

6 impacts from an agricultural virus outbreak, such as the 

7 impacts seen from the avian influenza outbreak, which 

8 may include investments in vaccine development or re9 search in pathway analysis, by the amounts provided in 

10 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg11 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe12 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

13 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

14 SEC. 399yy. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

15 TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LIT16 ERACY EDUCATION TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS 

17 TO MAKE INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE DECI18 SIONS WITH THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES. 

19 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

20 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

21 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

22 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

23 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

24 or conference reports relating to financial literacy edu25 cation, which may include improvements to financial lit-
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1 eracy education curricula in schools or which may improve 

2 the capacity of teachers to provide effective financial lit3 eracy education, by the amounts provided in such legisla4 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

6 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

7 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

8 SEC. 399zz. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

9 TO COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH RE10 FORM. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to comprehensive mental 

17 health reform, which may include legislation that provides 

18 increased access to individuals suffering from mental ill19 ness and greater workforce opportunities for mental health 

20 professionals, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

21 for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

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

23 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the 

24 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399aaa. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR 

3 CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER 

4 MEDICAID. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to initiatives that would im11 prove oral health care for children and pregnant women 

12 under the Medicaid program by the amounts provided in 

13 such legislation for such purpose, provided that such legis14 lation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

15 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe16 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

17 SEC. 399bbb. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

18 TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTEN19 NIAL. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

21 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

22 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

23 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

24 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

25 or conference reports relating to the protection, preserva26 tion, or restoration of the National Park System, which 
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1 may include a National Park Centennial Fund or other 

2 dedicated funding, for infrastructure or natural, cultural, 

3 or historic resource preservation and programs in units 

4 of the National Park System, by the amounts provided 

5 in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

6 legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 

7 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or 

8 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 399ccc. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

10 TO INCREASING COLLEGE COMPLETION. 

11 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

12 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

13 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

14 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

15 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

16 or conference reports relating to increasing college comple17 tion, which may include expanding Federal Pell Grant eli18 gibility by allowing college students to use Federal Pell 

19 Grants for more than 2 semesters in an academic year 

20 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur21 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

23 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

24 years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399ddd. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO ENCOURAGING FREIGHT PLANNING AND 

3 INVESTMENT THAT INCORPORATES ALL 

4 MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING 

5 RAIL, WATERWAYS, PORTS, AND HIGHWAYS. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports to encourage freight planning and 

12 investment that incorporates all modes of transportation 

13 including rail, waterways, ports and highways, by the 

14 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

15 provided that such legislation would not increase the def16 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

17 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

18 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 399eee. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED 

20 TO PROVIDING FOR FULL FUNDING FOR AT21 SEA AND DOCKSIDE MONITORING FOR CER22 TAIN FISHERIES. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports related to supporting at-sea and 

3 dockside monitoring for fisheries that have received eco4 nomic disaster assistance by the amounts provided in such 

5 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla6 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

7 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe8 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 399fff. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

10 TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR FIRST 

11 RESPONDERS RESPONDING TO HAZARDOUS 

12 MATERIALS INCIDENTS ON RAILROADS. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to the establishment of a 

19 public-private partnership tasked with reviewing training 

20 and funding allocations for first responders responding to 

21 hazardous materials incidents on railroads, by the 

22 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

23 provided that such legislation would not increase the def24 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 
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1 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399ggg. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

4 TO ENHANCING AND IMPROVING THE 

5 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK 

6 OFFICE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE APPLICA7 TION BACKLOG. 

8 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

10 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

11 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

12 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

13 or conference reports relating to enhancing and improving 

14 the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order 

15 to reduce the patent application backlog by the amounts 

16 provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

17 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

18 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

19 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

20 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399hhh. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 

3 INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC COMMUNICA4 TIONS. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to funding for international 

11 counter-propaganda communications in order to combat 

12 misinformation, undermine ideologies of violence and ha13 tred, and ensure moderate voices are heard, by the 

14 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

15 provided that such legislation would not increase the def16 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

17 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

18 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 399iii. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ELE20 MENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to reforming and strength-
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1 ening elementary and secondary education by the amounts 

2 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

3 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

4 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

5 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

6 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 399jjj. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

8 TO INVESTING IN RURAL AND TRIBAL WATER 

9 INFRASTRUCTURE. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

13 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

14 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

15 or conference reports relating to the authority of the Sec16 retary of the Interior to designate funds for water 

17 projects, which may include authorized rural water 

18 projects or tribal water rights settlements or irrigation 

19 projects, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

20 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

21 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

22 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

23 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399kkk. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED 

2 TO SEXUAL ASSAULT AT INSTITUTIONS OF 

3 HIGHER EDUCATION. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports related to sexual assault at institu10 tions of higher education, which may include the imple11 mentation of an independent and standardized online sur12 vey tool developed and administered by the Department 

13 of Education, in consultation with the Department of Jus14 tice, to measure the prevalence of sexual assault at institu15 tions of higher education, by the amounts provided in such 

16 legislation for those purposes, provided that such legisla17 tion would not increase the deficit over either the period 

18 of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the pe19 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 399lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

21 TO SIMPLIFYING AND EXPANDING TAX IN22 CENTIVES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 

23 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

25 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

26 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to simplifying and expand3 ing tax incentives for higher education to boost student 

4 attendance and completion at colleges and vocational 

5 schools, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

6 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

7 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

8 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

9 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

10 SEC. 399mmm. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELAT11 ING TO AUTHORIZING CHILDREN ELIGIBLE 

12 FOR HEALTH CARE UNDER LAWS ADMINIS13 TERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF14 FAIRS TO RETAIN SUCH ELIGIBILITY UNTIL 

15 AGE 26. 

16 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

17 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

18 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

19 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

20 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

21 or conference reports relating to supporting children who 

22 are eligible to receive health care furnished under the laws 

23 administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, includ24 ing by allowing such children to retain such eligibility until 

25 age 26, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
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1 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

2 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

3 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

4 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

5 SEC. 399nnn. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

6 TO SUPPORTING WORKFORCE DEVELOP7 MENT THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP PRO8 GRAMS. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

10 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

11 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

12 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

13 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

14 or conference reports relating to increasing funds for pro15 grams that support workforce development through ap16 prenticeships, and providing additional funds to the Office 

17 of Apprenticeship of the Department of Labor to expand 

18 apprenticeship programs nationally, by the amounts pro19 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

20 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

21 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

22 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

23 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399ooo. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO THE PRIORITIZATION OF BROAD-BASED 

3 CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to broad-based criminal jus10 tice reform by the amounts provided in such legislation 

11 for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not 

12 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

13 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

14 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

15 SEC. 399ppp. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

16 TO STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY BY AC17 CELERATING THE TRANSFER OF TECH18 NOLOGIES FROM LABORATORIES OF THE DE19 PARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPART20 MENT OF DEFENSE TO THE MARKETPLACE. 

21 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

22 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

23 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

24 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

25 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

26 or conference reports relating to strengthening the econ-
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1 omy by accelerating the transfer of technologies from lab2 oratories of the Department of Energy and the Depart3 ment of Defense to the marketplace by the amounts pro4 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

5 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

6 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

7 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

8 2025. 

9 SEC. 399qqq. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

10 TO SUPPORTING TRADE AND TRAVEL AT 

11 PORTS OF ENTRY. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

16 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

17 or conference reports relating to supporting trade and 

18 travel at ports of entry, which may include construction 

19 at ports of entry or increased staffing at ports of entry, 

20 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur21 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

22 the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

23 through 2020 and the period of the total of fiscal years 

24 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399rrr. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO IMPOSING SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

3 FOREIGN PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

4 GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY 

5 RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS OR SIGNIFI6 CANT ACTS OF CORRUPTION. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to imposing sanctions with 

13 respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations 

14 of internationally recognized human rights or significant 

15 acts of corruption by the amounts provided in such legisla16 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

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

18 total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of 

19 the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

20 SEC. 399sss. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

21 TO REFORMING STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

26 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 
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1 or conference reports relating to student loan reform, 

2 which may include establishing a policy of risk-sharing to 

3 require institutions of higher education to assume some 

4 of the risk for student loans by the amounts provided in 

5 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg6 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe7 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

8 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 399ttt. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

10 TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE TIGER 

11 DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM OF THE 

12 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

16 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

17 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

18 or conference reports relating to Federal investments in 

19 the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Re20 covery (‘‘TIGER’’) discretionary grant program by the 

21 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

22 provided that such legislation would not increase the def23 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

24 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

25 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399uuu. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO PROMOTING THE USE OF COLLEGE SAV3 INGS ACCOUNTS. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

7 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

8 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

9 or conference reports relating to promoting the use of col10 lege savings accounts while students are in elementary 

11 school and secondary school, by the amounts provided in 

12 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg13 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe14 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

15 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

16 SEC. 399vvv. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

17 TO ESTABLISHING A NEW OUTCOME-BASED 

18 PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZING INNOVATIVE 

19 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS. 

20 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

21 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

22 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

23 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

24 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

25 or conference reports relating to promoting innovation in 

26 higher education, which may include establishing a new 
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1 outcome-based process for authorizing innovative higher 

2 education providers to participate in programs under title 

3 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 

4 et seq.), by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

5 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

6 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

7 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

8 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

9 SEC. 399www. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELAT10 ING TO IMPROVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS 

11 WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 

12 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

14 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

15 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

16 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

17 or conference reports relating to community policing, 

18 which may include increasing the number of law enforce19 ment officers who walk patrols that enable them to inter20 act and build relationships with community members, in21 creasing and improving training for law enforcement offi22 cers, encouraging the responsible and carefully considered 

23 use of body cameras and their recordings by law enforce24 ment officers, encouraging law enforcement to de-escalate 

25 confrontations whenever feasible, and ensuring that pros-
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1 ecutions of law enforcement officers are fair and impartial, 

2 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur3 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

5 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

6 years 2016 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 399xxx. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUP8 PORT RESEARCH. 

9 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

10 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

11 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

12 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

13 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

14 or conference reports relating to Federal investments in 

15 scientific research and development, which may include 

16 supporting biomedical research to find ways to prevent, 

17 treat, and cure diseases or conditions like Alzheimer’s and 

18 other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, providing long19 term cost savings to the Federal Government, and sup20 porting national security, basic energy research, innovative 

21 solutions, and American competitiveness, by the amounts 

22 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

23 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

24 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 
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1 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399yyy. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

4 TO SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, WHICH SHOULD 

5 INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF LETHAL DEFEN6 SIVE ARTICLES. 

7 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

8 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

9 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

10 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

11 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

12 or conference reports relating to providing funding to sup13 port the Government of Ukraine in reestablishing its sov14 ereignty and territorial integrity, which should include the 

15 provision of lethal defensive articles, by the amounts pro16 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

17 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

18 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

19 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

20 2025. 

21 SEC. 399zzz. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

22 TO PROVIDING FUNDING TO COMBAT ANTI23 SEMITISM IN EUROPE. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to providing funding for 

5 programs to counter anti-Semitic activity in Europe, 

6 which may include efforts to empower civil society, includ7 ing diverse religious and ethnic groups, civil and human 

8 rights organizations, and the business community, to fight 

9 anti-Semitism and discrimination and convening regular 

10 consultations with Jewish community organizations and 

11 non-Jewish civil and human rights organizations to dem12 onstrate visible support, listen to concerns, and solicit rec13 ommendations on improving security and supporting vic14 tims, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

15 purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

17 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

18 years 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 399aaaa. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRO20 VIDE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITH TRANS21 PARENT, EASILY UNDERSTOOD POSTSEC22 ONDARY EDUCATION FINANCIAL AID INFOR23 MATION. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

25 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 
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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

2 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

3 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

4 or conference reports relating to providing students and 

5 families with transparent, easily understood information 

6 about postsecondary education financial aid by the 

7 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

8 provided that such legislation would not increase the def9 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

10 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

11 2016 through 2025. 

12 SEC. 399bbbb. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELAT13 ING TO PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR 

14 THE CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM OF THE 

15 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. 

16 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

17 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

18 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

19 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

20 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

21 or conference reports relating to providing full and dedi22 cated funding for the Contract Tower Program of the Fed23 eral Aviation Administration by the amounts provided in 

24 such legislation for those purposes, provided that such leg25 islation would not increase the deficit over either the pe-
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1 riod of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the 

2 period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 399cccc. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

4 TO UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE MINING 

5 SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH. 

6 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

8 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

9 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

10 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

11 or conference reports relating to underground and surface 

12 mining safety and health research by the amounts pro13 vided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that 

14 such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

15 the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 

16 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

17 2025. 

18 SEC. 399dddd. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELAT19 ING TO INVESTING IN ADVANCED FOSSIL EN20 ERGY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVEL21 OPMENT. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

25 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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1 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

2 or conference reports relating to investing in advanced fos3 sil energy technology research and development at the De4 partment of Energy, to reduce the impacts of climate 

5 change while ensuring the reliability of the electric grid, 

6 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur7 poses, provided that such legislation would not increase 

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

9 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal 

10 years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 399eeee. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUNDS RELAT12 ING TO FOREIGN PERSONS. 

13 (a) DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO

14 IMPOSING SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PER15 SONS RESPONSIBLE FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTER16 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS OR SIGNIFI17 CANT ACTS OF CORRUPTION.—The Chairman of the Com18 mittee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca19 tions of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other 

20 appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 

21 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the 

22 Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to impos23 ing sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible 

24 for gross violations of internationally recognized human 

25 rights or significant acts of corruption by the amounts 
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1 provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

2 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

3 either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 

4 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2025. 

6 (b) DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING

7 TO INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.—The Chairman of the 

8 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the 

9 allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and 

10 other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

11 bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 

12 the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 

13 interagency cooperation, which may include expedited 

14 interagency cooperation to identify foreign nationals sub15 ject to sanctions under title IV of the Russia and Moldova 

16 Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law 

17 Accountability Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–208), by the 

18 amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

19 provided that such legislation would not increase the def20 icit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 

21 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

22 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 399ffff. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING 

2 TO SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THE INCOME 

3 TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH EXPENDITURES 

4 FOR STARTUP COMPANIES. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 

8 this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

9 amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, 

10 or conference reports relating to special treatment of the 

11 income tax credit for research expenditures for startup 

12 companies by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

13 those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

14 increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 

15 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total 

16 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

17 TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS 

18 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

19 SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY 

20 POINTS OF ORDER IN THE SENATE. 

21 (a) EXTENSION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT

22 OF 1974 POINTS OF ORDER.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi24 sion of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

25 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of 

26 section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
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1 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) shall remain in effect for 

2 purposes of Senate enforcement through September 

3 30, 2025. 

4 (2) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 205 of S. 

5 Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent reso6 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no 

7 longer apply. 

8 (b) OTHER POINTS OF ORDER.— 

9 (1) PAY-AS-YOU-GO.—Section 201(d) of S. 

10 Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent reso11 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, is re12 pealed. 

13 (2) INCREASING SHORT-TERM DEFICIT.—Sec14 tion 404(e) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the 

15 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

16 2010, is repealed. 

17 SEC. 402. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION 

18 INCREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS. 

19 (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF

20 PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 

21 Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare for each bill 

22 and joint resolution reported from committee (except 

23 measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ap24 propriations), and amendments thereto, amendments be25 tween the Houses in relation thereto, and conference re-
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1 ports thereon, an estimate of whether the measure would 

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

3 deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 con4 secutive 10-year periods beginning with the first fiscal 

5 year that is 10 years after the budget year provided for 

6 in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 

7 budget. 

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

9 the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amend10 ment, motion, amendment between the Houses, or con11 ference report that would cause a net increase in on-budg12 et deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 

13 consecutive 10-year periods described in subsection (a). 

14 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE

15 SENATE.— 

16 (1) WAIVER.—Subsection (b) may be waived or 

17 suspended only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths 

18 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

19 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three20 fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

21 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 

22 Chair on a point of order raised under subsection 

23 (b). 

24 (d) LIMITATION.—The provisions of this section shall 

25 not apply to any bills, joint resolutions, amendments, mo-
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1 tions, amendment between the Houses, or conference re2 ports for which the chairman of the Committee on the 

3 Budget of the Senate has made adjustments to the alloca4 tions, levels, or limits contained in this resolution pursuant 

5 to section 303(1). 

6 (e) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 

7 purposes of this section, the levels of net deficit increases 

8 shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 

9 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

10 (f) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 311 of S. Con. 

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

12 the budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply. 

13 SEC. 403. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA14 TIONS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

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

18 to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend19 ment, amendment between the Houses, or con20 ference report that would provide an advance appro21 priation for a discretionary account. 

22 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

23 ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget au24 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making 

25 appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that first be-
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1 comes available for any fiscal year after 2016, or 

2 any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 

3 resolution making general appropriations or con4 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, that first 

5 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2017. 

6 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be 

7 provided— 

8 (1) for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for pro9 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in 

10 the joint explanatory statement of managers accom11 panying this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts 

12 Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggre13 gate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new 

14 budget authority in each year; 

15 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broad16 casting; and 

17 (3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

18 the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compli19 ance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet20 erans Health Administration. 

21 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

23 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative 

24 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 

25 sworn. 
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1 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three2 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

3 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 

4 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

5 subsection (a). 

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

7 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro8 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act 

9 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

10 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

11 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be12 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

13 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

14 to this section, and such point of order being sustained, 

15 such material contained in such conference report or 

16 House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

17 proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

18 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur19 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

20 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

21 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con22 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

23 not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be 

24 debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sus25 tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 
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1 derived from such conference report by operation of this 

2 subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

3 SEC. 404. SUPERMAJORITY ENFORCEMENT OF UNFUNDED 

4 MANDATES. 

5 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 425(a) of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658d(a)) shall 

7 be subject to the waiver and appeal requirements of sub8 sections (c)(2) and (d)(3), respectively, of section 904 of 

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 

10 note). 

11 SEC. 405. REPEAL OF SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST 

12 CERTAIN RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION. 

13 Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the 

14 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, 

15 shall no longer apply in the Senate. 

16 SEC. 406. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CHANGES IN MANDA17 TORY PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

19 ‘‘CHIMP’’ means a provision that— 

20 (1) would have been estimated as affecting di21 rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

23 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in effect prior to 

24 September 30, 2002) if the provision was included 
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1 in legislation other than an appropriations bill or 

2 joint resolution; and 

3 (2) does not result in a net decrease in outlays 

4 over the period of the total of the current year, the 

5 budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the 

6 most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 

7 budget. 

8 (b) POINT OF ORDER.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be 

10 in order to consider an appropriations bill or joint 

11 resolution, or an amendment to, conference report 

12 on, or amendment between the Houses in relation to 

13 such a bill or joint resolution, that contains a 

14 CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the total budg15 et authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation 

16 to a fiscal year to be more than the amount specified 

17 in paragraph (2). 

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

19 paragraph is— 

20 (A) for fiscal year 2016, $19,000,000,000; 

21 (B) for fiscal year 2017, $16,000,000,000; 

22 (C) for fiscal year 2018, $12,000,000,000; 

23 (D) for fiscal year 2019, $8,000,000,000; 

24 (E) for fiscal year 2020, $4,000,000,000; 

25 and 
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1 (F) for fiscal year 2021, and each fiscal 

2 year thereafter, $0. 

3 (c) DETERMINATION.—The determination of whether 

4 a provision is subject to a point of order under subsection 

5 (b) shall be made by the Chairman of the Committee on 

6 the Budget of the Senate. 

7 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Sub8 section (b) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 

9 by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

10 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

11 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

12 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

13 on a point of order raised under subsection (b). 

14 (e) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 314 of S. Con. 

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

16 the budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply. 

17 SEC. 407. PROHIBITION ON AGREEING TO LEGISLATION 

18 WITHOUT A SCORE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be in 

20 order to vote on passage of matter that requires an esti21 mate described in section 402 of the Congressional Budget 

22 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653), unless such estimate was 

23 made publicly available on the website of the Congres24 sional Budget Office not later than 28 hours before the 

25 time the vote commences. 
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1 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

3 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative 

4 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 

5 sworn. 

6 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three7 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

8 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 

9 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

10 subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 408. PROTECTING THE SAVINGS IN REPORTED REC12 ONCILIATION BILLS. 

13 In the Senate, section 310(d)(1) of the Congressional 

14 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(d)(1)) shall apply and 

15 may be waived in accordance with the procedures applica16 ble to a point of order raised under section 310(d)(2) of 

17 such Act. 

18 SEC. 409. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST EXCEEDING FUNDS 

19 DESIGNATED FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 

20 OPERATIONS. 

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

22 the Senate to consider a provision in any bill, joint resolu23 tion, amendment, motion, amendment between the 

24 Houses, or conference report that designates for overseas 

25 contingency operations, in accordance with section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), 

3 funds that would cause the total amount of funds des4 ignated for overseas contingency operations— 

5 (1) for fiscal year 2016, to be more than 

6 $57,997,000,000; or 

7 (2) for fiscal year 2017, to be more than 

8 $59,500,000,000. 

9 (b) DETERMINATION.—The determination of whether 

10 a provision is subject to a point of order under this section 

11 shall be made by the Chairman of the Committee on the 

12 Budget of the Senate. 

13 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This 

14 section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 

15 by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

16 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

17 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

18 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

19 on a point of order raised under this section. 

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

21 under this section may be raised by a Senator as provided 

22 in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

23 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

24 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

25 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be-
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1 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

2 upon a point of order being made by any Senator under 

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

4 material contained in such conference report or amend5 ment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to 

6 consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede 

7 from its amendment and concur with a further amend8 ment, or concur in the House amendment with a further 

9 amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment 

10 shall consist of only that portion of the conference report 

11 or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. 

12 Any such motion shall be debatable. In any case in which 

13 such point of order is sustained against a conference re14 port (or Senate amendment derived from such conference 

15 report by operation of this subsection), no further amend16 ment shall be in order. 

17 SEC. 410. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS 

18 OF APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION THAT 

19 CONSTITUTE CHANGES IN MANDATORY PRO20 GRAMS AFFECTING THE CRIME VICTIMS 

21 FUND. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be in 

23 order to consider any appropriations legislation, including 

24 any amendment thereto, motion in relation thereto, or 

25 conference report thereon, that includes any provision or 
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1 provisions affecting the Crime Victims Fund, as defined 

2 by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

3 U.S.C. 10601), which constitutes a change in a mandatory 

4 program that would have been estimated as affecting di5 rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the Bal6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

7 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) were they in8 cluded in legislation other than appropriations legislation. 

9 A point of order pursuant to this section shall be raised 

10 against such provision or provisions as described in sub11 sections (d) and (e). 

12 (b) DETERMINATION.—The determination of whether 

13 a provision is subject to a point of order pursuant to this 

14 section shall be made by the Committee on the Budget 

15 of the Senate. 

16 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This 

17 section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 

18 by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

19 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

20 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

21 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

22 on a point of order raised under this section. 

23 (d) GENERAL POINT OF ORDER.—It shall be in order 

24 for a Senator to raise a single point of order that several 

25 provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
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1 ference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer 

2 may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the 

3 provisions against which the Senator raised the point of 

4 order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of 

5 order as to some of the provisions (including provisions 

6 of an amendment, motion, or conference report) against 

7 which the Senator raised the point of order, then only 

8 those provisions (including provision of an amendment, 

9 motion, or conference report) against which the Presiding 

10 Officer sustains the point of order shall be deemed strick11 en pursuant to this section. Before the Presiding Officer 

12 rules on such a point of order, any Senator may move to 

13 waive such a point of order as it applies to some or all 

14 of the provisions against which the point of order was 

15 raised. Such a motion to waive is amendable in accordance 

16 with rules and precedents of the Senate. After the Pre17 siding Officer rules on such a point of order, any Senator 

18 may appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on such 

19 a point of order as it applies to some or all of the provi20 sions on which the Presiding Officer ruled. 

21 (e) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—When the 

22 Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amend23 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint res24 olution, upon a point of order being made by any Senator 

25 pursuant to this section, and such point of order being 
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1 sustained, such material contained in such conference re2 port or amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

3 proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

4 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur5 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

6 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

7 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con8 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

9 not so stricken. Any such motion shall be debatable. In 

10 any case in which such point of order is sustained against 

11 a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from 

12 such conference report by operation of this subsection), 

13 no further amendment shall be in order. 

14 SEC. 411. ACCURACY IN BUDGET ENFORCEMENT. 

15 (a) TIMING SHIFTS.— 

16 (1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

17 ‘‘timing shift’’ means— 

18 (A) a delay of the date on which outlays 

19 flowing from direct spending would otherwise 

20 occur from 1 fiscal year to the next fiscal year; 

21 or 

22 (B) an acceleration of the date on which 

23 revenues would otherwise occur from 1 fiscal 

24 year to the previous fiscal year. 
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1 (2) SCORING.—In the Senate, the Chairman of 

2 the Committee on the Budget shall not count timing 

3 shifts in estimating the budgetary effects of a bill, 

4 joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment be5 tween the Houses, or conference report for purposes 

6 of enforcing— 

7 (A) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

8 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.); 

9 (B) any allocation, aggregate, or level 

10 under a concurrent resolution on the budget; or 

11 (C) any written statement submitted for 

12 printing in the Congressional Record by the 

13 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate that establishes allocations, aggre15 gates, and levels for purposes of enforcing the 

16 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

17 (b) PROHIBITION OF RESCISSIONS THAT DON’T

18 SAVE MONEY.—In the Senate, the Chairman of the Com19 mittee on the Budget shall not count any rescission of 

20 budget authority or contract authority that does not have 

21 an effect on outlays in estimating the changes in budget 

22 authority, outlays, or revenues of a bill, joint resolution, 

23 motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 

24 conference report for purposes of enforcing— 
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1 (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.); 

3 (2) any allocation, aggregate, or level under a 

4 concurrent resolution on the budget; or 

5 (3) any written statement submitted for print6 ing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of 

7 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate that es8 tablishes allocations, aggregates, and levels for pur9 poses of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 

10 1974. 

11 SEC. 412. FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES. 

12 Any estimate prepared by the Director of the Con13 gressional Budget Office for a bill, joint, resolution, mo14 tion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or con15 ference report under the terms of title V of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), shall 

17 include, when practicable, an additional estimate of the 

18 cost, measured on a fair value basis, of changes that would 

19 affect the amount or terms of new Federal loans or loan 

20 guarantees or of modifications to existing Federal loans 

21 or loan guarantees arising from the bill, joint resolution, 

22 motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or 

23 conference report. 

24 SEC. 413. HONEST ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) BUDGET.—The term ‘‘budget’’ means— 

2 (A) a concurrent resolution on the budget; 

3 or 

4 (B) a written statement submitted for 

5 printing in the Congressional Record by the 

6 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

7 the Senate that establishes allocations, aggre8 gates, and levels for purposes of enforcing the 

9 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

10 (2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budg11 etary effects’’ means changes in budget authority, 

12 outlays, or revenues. 

13 (3) MAJOR LEGISLATION.— 

14 (A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘major legis15 lation’’ means any bill, resolution, conference 

16 report, or treaty— 

17 (i) for which an estimate is prepared 

18 under section 402 of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) that 

20 indicates that not less than 1 of the 

21 amounts described in subparagraph (B), 

22 before incorporating macroeconomic ef23 fects, is greater than $15,000,000,000 in 

24 any fiscal year of the estimate; or 
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1 (ii) designated as major legislation by 

2 the Chairman of the Committee on the 

3 Budget of the Senate or the Chairman of 

4 the Committee on the Budget of the House 

5 of Representatives. 

6 (B) AMOUNTS.—The amounts described in 

7 this subparagraph are— 

8 (i) the sum of the individual positive 

9 changes in budgetary effects, not including 

10 timing shifts, resulting from such measure; 

11 and 

12 (ii) the sum of the absolute value of 

13 the individual negative budgetary effects, 

14 not including timing shifts, resulting from 

15 such measure. 

16 (4) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 

17 means— 

18 (A) a delay of the date on which outlays 

19 flowing from direct spending would otherwise 

20 occur from one fiscal year to the next fiscal 

21 year; or 

22 (B) an acceleration of the date on which 

23 revenues would otherwise occur from one fiscal 

24 year to the next fiscal year. 
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1 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR CBO ESTIMATES.—An esti2 mate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under 

3 section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

4 U.S.C. 653) for any major legislation shall provide, in ad5 dition to the estimate of budgetary effects without macro6 economic effects, an estimate of the budgetary effects 

7 from changes in economic output, employment, interest 

8 rates, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables re9 sulting from the major legislation. The total budgetary ef10 fects shall delineate between revenue and outlay effects. 

11 (c) REQUIREMENT FOR JCT ESTIMATES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—An estimate provided by the 

13 Joint Committee on Taxation to the Director of the 

14 Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of 

15 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

16 601(f)) for any major legislation shall provide, in ad17 dition to the estimate of budgetary effects without 

18 macroeconomic effects, an estimate of the budgetary 

19 effects from changes in economic output, employ20 ment, capital stock, interest rates, and other macro21 economic variables resulting from the major legisla22 tion and an estimate of the distributional effects 

23 across income categories resulting from major legis24 lation. 
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1 (2) DELINEATION.—The total budgetary effects 

2 shall delineate between revenue and outlay effects. 

3 (d) CONTENTS OF ESTIMATES.—An estimate re4 quired to be provided under subsection (b) or (c) shall in5 clude— 

6 (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 

7 effects (including macroeconomic variables described 

8 in subsections (b) and (c)) of the major legislation 

9 in the 20-fiscal year period beginning after the last 

10 fiscal year of the most recently adopted budget that 

11 sets forth appropriate levels required under section 

12 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

13 U.S.C. 632); and 

14 (2) an identification of the assumptions and the 

15 source of data underlying the estimate. 

16 SEC. 414. CURRENCY MODERNIZATION. 

17 In the Senate, for purposes of enforcing the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), any 

19 allocation, aggregate, or level under a concurrent resolu20 tion on the budget, or any written statement submitted 

21 for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman 

22 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate that estab23 lishes allocations, aggregates, and levels for purposes of 

24 enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, any esti25 mate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and rev-
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1 enues of a provision in a bill, joint resolution, motion, 

2 amendment, amendment between the Houses, or con3 ference report relating to a transition from the $1 note 

4 to a $1 coin shall— 

5 (1) record the changes in budget authority, out6 lays, and revenues of the provision in the first year 

7 in which the provision takes effect; 

8 (2) determine the changes in budget authority, 

9 outlays, and revenues of the provision based on a net 

10 present value estimate of the changes in budget au11 thority, outlays, and revenues of the provision over 

12 a 30-year period; and 

13 (3) incorporate the changes in budget authority, 

14 outlays, and revenues of the provision due to behav15 ioral changes. 

16 SEC. 415. CERTAIN ENERGY CONTRACTS. 

17 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 

18 energy savings contract’’ means— 

19 (1) an energy savings performance contract au20 thorized under section 801 of the National Energy 

21 Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287); and 

22 (2) a utility energy service contract, as de23 scribed in the Office of Management and Budget 

24 Memorandum on Federal use of energy savings per25 formance contracting, dated July 25, 1998 (M–98– 
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1 13), and the Office of Management and Budget 

2 Memorandum on the Federal use of energy saving 

3 performance contracts and utility energy service con4 tracts, dated September 28, 2012 (M–12–21), or 

5 any successor to either memorandum. 

6 (b) ESTIMATES.—In the Senate, for purposes of en7 forcing any point of order established under the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any 

9 concurrent resolution on the budget, any estimate by the 

10 Congressional Budget Office of the changes in budget au11 thority, outlays, and revenues of a provision in a bill, joint 

12 resolution, amendment, conference report, or amendment 

13 between the Houses modifying the authority to enter, the 

14 scope or terms of, or the use of covered energy savings 

15 contracts shall— 

16 (1) record in the first year in which the author17 ity would become effective, the changes in budget 

18 authority, outlays, and revenues (as estimated in ac19 cordance with paragraph (2)) of any modifications to 

20 the authority to enter the covered energy savings 

21 contracts; 

22 (2) in estimating the changes in budget author23 ity, outlays, and revenues of the legislation, calculate 

24 the costs and savings arising from covered contracts 

25 on a net present value basis by adding market risk 
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1 over the useful life of the services or product to the 

2 discount rate in section 502(5)(E) of the Federal 

3 Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(E)); 

4 and 

5 (3) classify the effects of the provision to be 

6 changes in spending subject to the availability of ap7 propriations. 

8 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub9 section (b) shall be construed to modify the methodology 

10 for estimating the changes in budget authority, outlays, 

11 and revenues of a provision that does not relate to covered 

12 energy savings contracts in a bill, joint resolution, amend13 ment, conference report, or amendment between the 

14 Houses that contains a provision described in subsection 

15 (b). 

16 SEC. 416. LONG-TERM SCORING. 

17 (a) SCORING OF LEGISLATION INCREASING THE DIS18 CRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS.—An estimate provided by 

19 the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 

20 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) for any 

21 bill, resolution, amendment between the Houses, or con22 ference report that increases the discretionary spending 

23 limits under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) 

25 shall provide, in addition to the estimate under that sec-
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1 tion, an estimate of the changes in budget authority, out2 lays, or revenues under the legislation over the period of 

3 fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2045. 

4 (b) SCORING OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO THE

5 HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—An estimate provided by the 

6 Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 

7 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) for any 

8 bill, resolution, amendment between the Houses, or con9 ference report that transfers amounts from the General 

10 Fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall 

11 provide, in addition to the estimate under that section, an 

12 estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, or 

13 revenues under the legislation over the period of fiscal year 

14 2016 through fiscal year 2045. 

15 SEC. 417. REQUIRING CLEARER REPORTING OF PRO16 JECTED FEDERAL SPENDING AND DEFICITS. 

17 When the Congressional Budget Office releases its 

18 annual update to the Budget and Economic Outlook, the 

19 Congressional Budget Office shall provide a projection of 

20 Federal revenues, outlays, and deficits for the 30-year pe21 riod beginning with the budget year, expressed in terms 

22 of dollars and as a percent of gross domestic product, as 

23 part of its annual update required by Public Law 93–344. 
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1 SEC. 418. REPORTING ON TAX EXPENDITURES. 

2 The Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

3 shall include in the report submitted under section 

4 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 the 

5 following: 

6 (1) An estimate of the cost of tax expenditures 

7 as a share of gross domestic product for the budget 

8 year and the 9 years following the budget year. 

9 (2) Historical data on the cost of tax expendi10 tures as a share of gross domestic product for each 

11 fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1965 and end12 ing with the budget year. 

13 SEC. 419. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES. 

14 (a) REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATES.—In 

15 the case of any legislative provision to which this section 

16 applies, the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare, to 

17 the extent practicable, an estimate of the outlay changes 

18 during the second and third decade of enactment. 

19 (b) LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS TO WHICH THIS SEC20 TION APPLIES.—This section shall apply to any spending 

21 legislative provision— 

22 (1) which proposes a change or changes to law 

23 that the Congressional Budget Office determines has 

24 an outlay impact in excess of 0.25 percent of the 

25 gross domestic product of the United States during 

26 the first decade or in the tenth year; or 
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1 (2) with respect to which the Chairman of the 

2 Committee on the Budget of either the Senate or the 

3 House of Representatives has requested an estimate 

4 described in subsection (a). 

5 SEC. 420. TO REQUIRE TRANSPARENT REPORTING ON THE 

6 ONGOING COSTS AND SAVINGS TO TAX7 PAYERS OF OBAMACARE. 

8 When the Congressional Budget Office releases its 

9 annual update to the Budget and Economic Outlook, the 

10 Congressional Budget Office shall report changes in direct 

11 spending and revenue associated with the Patient Protec12 tion and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and 

13 the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 

14 (Public Law 111–152), including the net impact on defi15 cits, including both on-budget and off-budget effects, in 

16 its annual update required by Public Law 93–344. The 

17 information shall be presented in a format similar to that 

18 of table 2 of the Congressional Budget Office’s March 20, 

19 2010 estimate of the budgetary effects of the Health Care 

20 and Educational Reconciliation Act of 2010, in combina21 tion with the effects of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection 

22 and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as passed by the Sen23 ate. 
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1 SEC. 421. PROHIBITING THE USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS 

2 AN OFFSET. 

3 In the Senate, for purposes of determining budgetary 

4 impacts to evaluate points of order under the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974, this resolution, any previous 

6 budget resolution, and any subsequent budget resolution, 

7 provisions contained in any bill, resolution, amendment, 

8 motion, or conference report that increases or extends the 

9 increase of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National 

10 Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mort11 gage Corporation shall not be scored with respect to the 

12 level of budget authority, outlays, or revenues contained 

13 in such legislation. 

14 SEC. 422. ADJUSTMENTS FOR SEQUESTRATION REPLACE15 MENT. 

16 (a) MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTING INCREASE IN

17 DISCRETIONARY LIMITS.—If a measure becomes law that 

18 amends the discretionary spending limits established 

19 under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), the 

21 adjustments to discretionary spending limits under section 

22 251(b) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)), or the enforcement 

23 procedures established under section 251A of that Act (2 

24 U.S.C. 901a), the Chairman of the Committee on the 

25 Budget of the Senate shall adjust the allocation called for 

26 in section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
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1 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the Senate, and may adjust all other budgetary aggre3 gates, allocations, levels, and limits contained in this reso4 lution, as necessary, consistent with such measure, up to 

5 the amounts specified and reserved in subparagraph (b). 

6 (b) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED AND RESERVED.—The 

7 amounts specified (and to be reserved from the allocation 

8 called for in section 302(a) allocation of the Congressional 

9 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee 

10 on Appropriations of the Senate until such time as the 

11 conditions specified in subsection (a) are met are— 

12 (1) for fiscal year 2016— 

13 (A) for the revised security category, 

14 $37,000,000,000 in budget authority (and the 

15 outlays flowing therefrom); and 

16 (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 

17 $37,000,000,000 in budget authority (and the 

18 outlays flowing therefrom); and 

19 (2) for fiscal year 2017— 

20 (A) for the revised security category, 

21 $37,000,000,000 in budget authority (and the 

22 outlays flowing therefrom); and 

23 (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 

24 $37,000,000,000 in budget authority (and the 

25 outlays flowing therefrom). 
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1 SEC. 423. TO CONVEY CLEAR INFORMATION TO CONGRESS 

2 AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT PROJECTED FED3 ERAL OUTLAYS, REVENUES, AND DEFICITS. 

4 As part of the annual update to the Budget and Eco5 nomic Outlook required by section 202(e) of the Congres6 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)), and at any 

7 other time the Congressional Budget Office releases pro8 jections of Federal deficits over any term of years, the 

9 Congressional Budget Office shall publish with its projec10 tion a 1-page statement— 

11 (1) summarizing and categorizing total outlays, 

12 including tax expenditures, receipts, surpluses, and 

13 deficits of the Federal Government on a unified 

14 basis for that same prospective time period; 

15 (2) categorizing and subtotaling separately— 

16 (A) outlays for mandatory programs and 

17 for discretionary programs; 

18 (B) outlays, tax expenditures, payroll tax 

19 revenue, and offsetting receipts for Social Secu20 rity and for Medicare; 

21 (C) the surplus or deficit of revenues over 

22 outlays for Social Security and for Medicare; 

23 and 

24 (D) revenues. 
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1 SEC. 424. ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 

2 FUNDING. 

3 If a measure becomes law that amends the adjust4 ments to discretionary spending limits established under 

5 section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) for wildfire 

7 suppression funding, the Chairman of the Committee on 

8 the Budget of the Senate may adjust the allocation called 

9 for in section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

10 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate committee or 

11 committees of the Senate, and may adjust all other budg12 etary aggregates, allocations, levels, and limits contained 

13 in this resolution, as necessary, consistent with such meas14 ure. 

15 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

16 SEC. 431. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

17 In the Senate, all committees are directed to review 

18 programs and tax expenditures within their jurisdiction to 

19 identify waste, fraud, abuse or duplication, and increase 

20 the use of performance data to inform committee work. 

21 Committees are also directed to review the matters for 

22 congressional consideration identified in the Office of In23 spector General semiannual reports and the Office of In24 spector General’s list of unimplemented recommendations 

25 and on the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk 

26 list and the annual report to reduce program duplication. 
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1 Based on these oversight efforts and performance reviews 

2 of programs within their jurisdiction, committees are di3 rected to include recommendations for improved govern4 mental performance in their annual views and estimates 

5 reports required under section 301(d) of the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) to the Committees 

7 on the Budget. 

8 SEC. 432. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE9 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

10 In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of 

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

12 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act 

13 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 

14 39, United States Code, the joint explanatory statement 

15 accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 

16 resolution on the budget shall include in its allocations 

17 under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

18 1974 to the Committees on Appropriations amounts for 

19 the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Se20 curity Administration and of the Postal Service. 

21 SEC. 433. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO22 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

23 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

24 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 
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1 (1) apply while that measure is under consider2 ation; 

3 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

4 measure; and 

5 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

6 soon as practicable. 

7 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG8 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

9 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur10 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

11 621 et seq.) as allocations and aggregates contained in 

12 this resolution. 

13 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

14 purposes of this resolution the levels of new budget au15 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author16 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

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

18 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 

19 Senate. 

20 SEC. 434. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON21 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

22 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro23 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chair24 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

25 make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res-
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1 olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

2 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

3 U.S.C. 901(b)). 

4 SEC. 435. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

5 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

7 the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as 

8 part of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall 

9 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

10 are inconsistent with such other rules; and 

11 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

12 right of the Senate to change those rules at any 

13 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

14 as is the case of any other rule of the Senate. 

Passed the Senate March 27 (legislative day, March 

26), 2015. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 11 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the 

els for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levUnited States Government for fiscal year 2016