In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

April 14, 2015. 

Resolved, That the resolution from the Senate (S. Con. 

Res. 11) entitled ‘‘Concurrent resolution setting forth the 

congressional budget for the United States Government for 

fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary 

levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.’’, do pass with the 

following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 

3 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and de4 clares that this concurrent resolution establishes the budget 

5 for fiscal year 2016 and sets forth appropriate budgetary 

6 levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. 

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

8 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. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

Sec. 202. Reconciliation procedures. 
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Sec. 203. Additional guidance for reconciliation. 

TITLE III—SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, 

FRAUD, AND ABUSE 

Sec. 301. Submissions of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse. 

TITLE IV—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 401. Cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate macroeconomic effects. 

Sec. 402. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency. 

Sec. 403. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 

Sec. 404. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 

Highway Trust Fund. 

Sec. 405. Limitation on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 406. Fair value credit estimates. 

Sec. 407. Limitation on long-term spending. 

Sec. 408. Allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism. 

Sec. 409. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 

Sec. 410. Concepts, aggregates, allocations and application. 

Sec. 411. Rulemaking powers. 

TITLE V—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President’s health care law. 

Sec. 502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care reform. 

Sec. 503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the 

President’s health care law. 

Sec. 504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program. 

Sec. 505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education. 

Sec. 506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 

Sec. 507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 

Sec. 508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 

Sec. 509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase opportunity 

and upward mobility. 

Sec. 510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation. 

Sec. 511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform. 

Sec. 512. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for defense sequester replacement. 

TITLE VI—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 

Sec. 601. Direct spending. 

TITLE VII—RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS 

Sec. 701. Long-term budgeting. 

TITLE VIII—POLICY STATEMENTS 

Sec. 801. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment. 

Sec. 802. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform. 

Sec. 803. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation. 

Sec. 804. Policy statement on tax reform. 

Sec. 805. Policy statement on trade. 

Sec. 806. Policy statement on Social Security. 
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Sec. 807. Policy statement on repealing the President’s health care law and promoting real health care reform. 

Sec. 808. Policy statement on Medicare. 

Sec. 809. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery and innovation. 

Sec. 810. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform. 

Sec. 811. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity. 

Sec. 812. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 813. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies. 

Sec. 814. Policy statement on scorekeeping for outyear budgetary effects in appropriation Acts. 

Sec. 815. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and unauthorized 

spending. 

Sec. 816. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances. 

Sec. 817. Policy statement on agency fees and spending. 

Sec. 818. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 

Sec. 819. Policy statement on ‘‘No Budget, No Pay’’. 

Sec. 820. Policy statement on national security funding. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each 

5 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025: 

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

7 enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal reve9 nues 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. 
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1 Fiscal year 2023: $3,550,388,000,000. 

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

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

4 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

5 levels of Federal revenues should be changed are 

6 as follows: 

7 Fiscal year 2016: $0. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: $0. 

9 Fiscal year 2018: $0. 

10 Fiscal year 2019: $0. 

11 Fiscal year 2020: $0. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: $0. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: $0. 

14 Fiscal year 2023: $0. 

15 Fiscal year 2024: $0. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: $0. 

17 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of 

18 the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 

19 budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 

20 follows: 

21 Fiscal year 2016: $2,936,989,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: $2,874,003,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2018: $2,944,067,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: $3,091,104,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: $3,248,181,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2021: $3,328,045,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2022: $3,463,044,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: $3,529,161,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: $3,586,560,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2025: $3,715,369,000,000. 

6 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the en7 forcement of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary 

8 levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2016: $3,010,185,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2017: $2,894,439,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2018: $2,927,276,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: $3,062,270,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,614,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2021: $3,298,984,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2022: $3,452,546,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: $3,497,999,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: $3,538,491,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2025: $3,685,327,000,000. 

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

20 enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts 

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

22 Fiscal year 2016: -$343,430,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2017: -$131,111,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2018: -$69,145,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: -$88,123,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2020: -$106,204,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2021: -$57,021,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2022: -$63,858,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2023: $52,389,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2024: $183,653,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2025: $220,321,000,000. 

7 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The budgetary 

8 levels of the public debt are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2016: $19,048,915,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2017: $19,395,251,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2018: $19,643,341,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: $19,949,858,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: $20,263,382,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2021: $20,507,829,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2022: $20,908,840,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: $21,078,135,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2024: $20,918,559,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2025: $20,907,169,000,000. 

19 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The budgetary 

20 levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

21 Fiscal year 2016: $13,839,152,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: $14,041,709,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2018: $14,146,945,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: $14,340,084,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: $14,562,210,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2021: $14,744,287,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2022: $15,130,369,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2023: $15,302,457,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: $15,164,550,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2025: $15,237,647,000,000. 

6 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

7 The Congress determines and declares that the budg8 etary levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

9 years 2016 through 2025 for each major functional category 

10 are: 

11 (1) National Defense (050): 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority 

14 $531,334,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $564,027,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $582,506,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $572,025,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $607,744,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $586,422,000,000. 

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

2 $620,019,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $604,238,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $632,310,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $617,553,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $644,627,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $630,610,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $657,634,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $648,269,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $670,997,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $656,389,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $683,771,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $663,936,000,000. 

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

2 $698,836,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $683,350,000,000. 

4 (2) International Affairs (150): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $38,342,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $42,923,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $39,623,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $40,821,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $40,539,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $39,736,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $41,437,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $39,214,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $42,390,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $39,564,000,000. 

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

2 $42,861,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $40,108,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $44,081,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $40,868,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $45,070,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $41,633,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $46,098,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $42,470,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $47,148,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $43,349,000,000. 

20 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

21 (250): 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority 

24 $28,381,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $29,003,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $28,932,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $28,924,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $29,579,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $29,357,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $30,227,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $30,904,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $30,388,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $31,584,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $30,957,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $32,293,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000. 

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

2 $33,003,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $32,338,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $33,742,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $33,059,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $34,488,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $33,795,000,000. 

12 (4) Energy (270): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority 

15 -$3,581,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $654,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $1,410,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $649,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $1,189,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $234,000,000. 

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

2 $1,196,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $307,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $1,259,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $472,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $1,309,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $728,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $1,335,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $863,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $1,375,000,000. 

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

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $1,332,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $1,037,000,000. 

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

2 -$964,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$1,215,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $35,350,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $38,113,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $36,047,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $38,268,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $36,385,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $37,674,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $37,206,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $37,747,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $38,171,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $38,304,000,000. 

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

2 $38,367,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $38,685,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $39,221,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $39,361,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $40,108,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $40,319,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $40,962,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $40,486,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $39,095,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $38,471,000,000. 

20 (6) Agriculture (350): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority 

23 $20,109,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $21,164,000,000. 

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

2 $23,064,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $23,194,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $21,987,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $21,396,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $20,907,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $20,275,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $19,835,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $19,386,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $19,296,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $18,849,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $19,245,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $18,830,000,000. 

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

2 $19,821,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,391,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $20,020,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $19,553,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $20,256,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $19,851,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority 

15 -$3,269,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$16,617,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$12,373,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$26,620,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$10,252,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$24,998,000,000. 

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

2 -$8,801,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$28,587,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$6,903,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$27,479,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$6,522,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$21,769,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$5,742,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$22,819,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$4,965,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$23,306,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$3,991,000,000. 

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

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

2 -$3,370,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$23,845,000,000. 

4 (8) Transportation (400): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $36,743,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $79,181,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $69,381,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $69,500,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $70,298,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $73,623,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $76,397,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $76,051,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $77,763,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $76,767,000,000. 

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

2 $79,149,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $78,369,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $80,613,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $79,946,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $82,128,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $81,336,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $83,709,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $82,724,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $85,335,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $83,983,000,000. 

20 (9) Community and Regional Development 

21 (450): 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority 

24 $7,082,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $19,928,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2017: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $7,688,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $16,753,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $8,089,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $15,383,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2019: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $8,381,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $13,789,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2020: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $8,409,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $12,567,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $8,305,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $12,095,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $8,304,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $10,937,000,000. 

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

2 $8,359,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $9,345,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $8,447,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $8,890,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $8,579,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $8,930,000,000. 

12 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and So13 cial Services (500): 

14 Fiscal year 2016: 

15 (A) New budget authority 

16 $80,620,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $90,389,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $84,746,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $90,513,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2018: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $87,029,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $87,366,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2019: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $85,514,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $85,290,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $87,901,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $87,669,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $88,908,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $89,276,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $90,148,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $90,467,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2023: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $91,237,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $91,646,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2024: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $92,744,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $93,101,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2025: 
24 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $94,400,000,000. 

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

4 (11) Health (550): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $416,475,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $426,860,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $360,678,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $364,823,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $358,594,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $360,468,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $367,103,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $367,916,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $387,076,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $377,341,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
25 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $388,981,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $389,025,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $398,136,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $398,233,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $408,454,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $408,529,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $425,381,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $425,477,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $433,945,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $434,143,000,000. 

20 (12) Medicare (570): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority 

23 $577,726,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $577,635,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
26 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $580,837,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $580,777,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $580,782,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $580,741,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $639,293,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $639,213,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $680,575,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $680,481,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $726,644,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $726,548,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $808,204,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $808,100,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: 
27 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $825,577,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $825,379,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $834,148,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $834,037,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $927,410,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $927,292,000,000. 

12 (13) Income Security (600): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority 

15 $512,364,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $513,709,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $479,836,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $475,234,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $481,994,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $471,951,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
28 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $483,293,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $477,470,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $516,193,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $510,603,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $502,001,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $496,856,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $518,690,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $518,542,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $525,230,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $519,391,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $532,515,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $521,105,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: 
29 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $550,057,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $543,361,000,000. 

4 (14) Social Security (650): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $33,878,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $36,535,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $39,407,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $42,634,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $46,104,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
30 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $49,712,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $53,547,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $57,455,000,000. 

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

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $61,546,000,000. 

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

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $65,751,000,000. 

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

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

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority 

23 $166,677,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $170,121,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
31 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $164,843,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $164,387,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $163,009,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $162,385,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $174,862,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $174,048,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $179,735,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $178,778,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $183,969,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $183,019,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $196,283,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $195,255,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: 
32 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $192,866,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $191,834,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $189,668,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $188,553,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $203,517,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $202,383,000,000. 

12 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority 

15 $52,156,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $56,006,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $55,450,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $57,547,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $55,169,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $56,659,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
33 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $56,854,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $56,572,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $58,585,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $58,392,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $60,498,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $59,992,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $63,032,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $62,485,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $64,917,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $64,355,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $66,844,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $66,264,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: 
34 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $68,632,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $68,051,000,000. 

4 (17) General Government (800): 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $23,593,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $23,576,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $22,761,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $23,202,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $22,817,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $23,279,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $23,252,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $23,084,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $23,947,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $23,602,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
35 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $24,192,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $24,309,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $24,981,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $25,114,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $25,695,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $25,840,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $26,010,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $25,878,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $26,968,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $26,825,000,000. 

20 (18) Net Interest (900): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority 

23 $366,542,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $366,542,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
36 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $414,802,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $414,802,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $477,785,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $477,785,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $531,097,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $531,097,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $578,726,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $578,726,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $612,198,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $612,198,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $642,470,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $642,470,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: 
37 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $667,176,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $667,176,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $684,394,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $684,394,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $696,025,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $696,025,000,000. 

12 (19) Allowances (920): 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority 

15 -$33,462,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$17,275,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2017: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$29,863,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$24,277,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2018: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$32,175,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$28,249,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2019: 
38 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$34,261,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$31,078,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$39,009,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$35,136,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$42,221,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$38,438,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$46,013,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$42,205,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$49,123,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$45,430,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2024: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$50,652,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$47,736,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2025: 
39 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$48,913,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$48,058,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority 

7 $27,465,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $18,416,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2017: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$15,712,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, -$3,005,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2018: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$32,429,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, -$20,148,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$41,554,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, -$32,383,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$50,240,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$42,168,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2021: 
40 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$55,831,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$50,276,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2022: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$63,954,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$57,849,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2023: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$71,850,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$65,124,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2024: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$78,889,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$71,689,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2025: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$113,903,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$93,929,000,000. 

20 (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority 

23 -$73,514,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, -$73,514,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2017: 
41 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$83,832,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$83,832,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$90,115,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$90,115,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2019: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$90,594,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$90,594,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2020: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$92,193,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, -$92,193,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2021: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 -$96,623,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, -$96,623,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 -$99,437,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, -$99,437,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2023: 
42 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$104,343,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, -$104,343,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2024: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$111,213,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, -$111,213,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2025: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$117,896,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, -$117,896,000,000. 

12 (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

13 War on Terrorism (970): 

14 Fiscal year 2016: 

15 (A) New budget authority 

16 $96,000,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $45,442,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $26,666,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $34,238,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2018: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $26,666,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $26,940,000,000. 
43 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 Fiscal year 2019: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $26,666,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $26,191,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $26,666,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $25,916,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $26,666,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $24,776,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

15 (B) Outlays, $9,956,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2023: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

18 (B) Outlays, $2,869,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2024: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

21 (B) Outlays, $278,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2025: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

24 (B) Outlays, $0. 

25 (23) Across-the-Board Adjustment (990): 
44 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 Fiscal year 2016: 

2 (A) New budget authority 

3 -$21,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2017: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 -$22,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 -$23,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 -$23,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 -$24,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 -$24,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2022: 
45 

•SCON 11 EAH 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 -$25,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2023: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 -$26,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2024: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 -$26,000,000. 

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

12 Fiscal year 2025: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 -$27,000,000. 

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

16 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

17 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT18 ATIVES. 

19 (a) SUBMISSION PROVIDING FOR DEFICIT REDUC20 TION.—Not later than July 15, 2015, the committees named 

21 in subsection (b) shall submit their recommendations to the 

22 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 

23 to carry out this section. 

24 (b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 
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1 (1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com2 mittee on Agriculture shall submit changes in laws 

3 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

4 by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 

5 through 2025. 

6 (2) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.—The 

7 Committee on Armed Services shall submit changes in 

8 laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

9 deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

10 2016 through 2025. 

11 (3) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORK12 FORCE.—The Committee on Education and the Work13 force shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdic14 tion sufficient to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 

15 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

16 (4) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 

17 The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub18 mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 

19 to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period 

20 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

21 (5) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 

22 Committee on Financial Services shall submit 

23 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

24 reduce the deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of 

25 fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 
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1 (6) COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.—The 

2 Committee on Homeland Security shall submit 

3 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 

4 reduce the deficit by $15,000,000 for the period of fis5 cal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 (7) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The Com7 mittee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in laws 

8 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

9 by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 

10 through 2025. 

11 (8) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.—The 

12 Committee on Natural Resources shall submit changes 

13 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

14 deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

15 2016 through 2025. 

16 (9) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN17 MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 

18 Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 

19 within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 

20 by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 

21 through 2025. 

22 (10) COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECH23 NOLOGY.—The Committee on Science, Space, and 

24 Technology shall submit changes in laws within its 

25 jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
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1 $15,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2025. 

3 (11) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND IN4 FRASTRUCTURE.—The Committee on Transportation 

5 and Infrastructure shall submit changes in laws with6 in its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 

7 $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 

8 through 2025. 

9 (12) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The 

10 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall submit changes 

11 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

12 deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

13 2016 through 2025. 

14 (13) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 

15 Committee on Ways and Means shall submit changes 

16 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 

17 deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

18 2016 through 2025. 

19 SEC. 202. RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES. 

20 (a) ESTIMATING ASSUMPTIONS.— 

21 (1) ASSUMPTIONS.—In the House, for purposes 

22 of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act 

23 of 1974, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

24 shall use the baseline underlying the Congressional 

25 Budget Office’s Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 
49 

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1 to 2025 (January 2015) when making estimates of 

2 any bill or joint resolution, or any amendment there3 to or conference report thereon. If adjustments to the 

4 baseline are made subsequent to the adoption of this 

5 concurrent resolution, then such chair shall determine 

6 whether to use any of these adjustments when making 

7 such estimates. 

8 (2) INTENT.—The authority set forth in para9 graph (1) should only be exercised if the estimates 

10 used to determine the compliance of such measures 

11 with the budgetary requirements included in the con12 current resolution are inaccurate because adjustments 

13 made to the baseline are inconsistent with the as14 sumptions underlying the budgetary levels set forth in 

15 this concurrent resolution. Such inaccurate adjust16 ments made after the adoption of this concurrent reso17 lution may include selected adjustments for rule18 making, judicial actions, adjudication, and interpre19 tative rules that have major budgetary effects and are 

20 inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the 

21 budgetary levels set forth in this concurrent resolu22 tion. 

23 (3) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTI24 MATES.—Upon the request of the chair of the Com25 mittee on the Budget of the House for any measure, 
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1 the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare an esti2 mate based on the baseline determination made by 

3 such chair pursuant to paragraph (1). 

4 (b) REPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW

5 THROUGH RECONCILIATION.—In preparing their submis6 sions under section 201(a) to the Committee on the Budget, 

7 the committees named in section 201(b) shall— 

8 (1) note the policies described in the report ac9 companying this concurrent resolution on the budget 

10 that repeal the Affordable Care Act and the health 

11 care-related provisions of the Health Care and Edu12 cation Reconciliation Act of 2010; and 

13 (2) determine the most effective methods by 

14 which the health care laws referred to in paragraph 

15 (1) shall be repealed in their entirety. 

16 (c) REVISION OF BUDGETARY LEVELS.— 

17 (1) SUBMISSION.—Upon the submission to the 

18 Committee on the Budget of the House of a rec19 ommendation that has complied with its reconcili20 ation instructions solely by virtue of section 310(b) of 

21 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chair of the 

22 Committee on the Budget may file with the House ap23 propriately revised allocations under section 302(a) of 

24 such Act and revised functional levels and aggregates. 
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1 (2) CONFERENCE REPORT.—Upon the submis2 sion to the House of a conference report recom3 mending a reconciliation bill or resolution in which 

4 a committee has complied with its reconciliation in5 structions solely by virtue of this section, the chair of 

6 the Committee on the Budget of the House may file 

7 with the House appropriately revised allocations 

8 under section 302(a) of such Act and revised func9 tional levels and aggregates. 

10 (3) REVISION.—Allocations and aggregates re11 vised pursuant to this subsection shall be considered 

12 to be allocations and aggregates established by the 

13 concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to sec14 tion 301 of such Act. 

15 SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR RECONCILIATION. 

16 (a) GUIDANCE.—In the House, the chair of the Com17 mittee on the Budget may develop additional guidelines 

18 providing further information, budgetary levels and 

19 amounts, and other explanatory material to supplement the 

20 instructions included in this concurrent resolution pursu21 ant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

22 and set forth in section 201. 

23 (b) PUBLICATION.—In the House, the chair of the 

24 Committee on the Budget may cause the material prepared 

25 pursuant to subsection (a) to be printed in the Congres-
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1 sional Record on the appropriate date, but not later than 

2 the date set forth in this title on which committees must 

3 submit their recommendations to the Committee on the 

4 Budget in order to comply with the reconciliation instruc5 tions set forth in section 201. 

6 TITLE III—SUBMISSIONS FOR 

7 THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, 

8 FRAUD, AND ABUSE 

9 SEC. 301. SUBMISSIONS OF FINDINGS FOR THE ELIMI10 NATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 

11 (a) SUBMISSIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION

12 OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.—In the House, not later 

13 than October 1, 2015, the committees named in subsection 

14 (d) shall submit to the Committee on the Budget findings 

15 that identify changes in law within their jurisdictions that 

16 would achieve the specified level of savings through the 

17 elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse. 

18 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS SUBMITTED.—After receiving 

19 those recommendations— 

20 (1) the Committee on the Budget may use them 

21 in the development of future concurrent resolutions on 

22 the budget; and 

23 (2) the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 

24 the House shall make such recommendations publicly 

25 available in electronic form and cause them to be 
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1 placed in the Congressional Record not later than 30 

2 days after receipt. 

3 (c) SPECIFIED LEVELS OF SAVINGS.—For purposes of 

4 this section, a specified level of savings for each committee 

5 may be inserted in the Congressional Record by the chair 

6 of the Committee on the Budget. 

7 (d) HOUSE COMMITTEES.—The following committees 

8 shall submit findings to the Committee on the Budget of 

9 the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection (a): the 

10 Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Armed Serv11 ices, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the 

12 Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Fi13 nancial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

14 Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on House 

15 Administration, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com16 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Com17 mittee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Science, 

18 Space, and Technology, the Committee on Small Business, 

19 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the 

20 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Committee on 

21 Ways and Means. 

22 (e) REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY

23 OFFICE.—By August 1, 2015, the Comptroller General shall 

24 submit to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep25 resentatives a comprehensive report identifying instances in 
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1 which the committees referred to in subsection (d) may 

2 make legislative changes to improve the economy, efficiency, 

3 and effectiveness of programs within their jurisdiction. 

4 TITLE IV—BUDGET 

5 ENFORCEMENT 

6 SEC. 401. COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO 

7 INCORPORATE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS. 

8 (a) CBO ESTIMATES.—For purposes of the enforce9 ment of this concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until 

10 the end of fiscal year 2016, an estimate provided by the 

11 Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation con13 sidered in the House or the Senate during fiscal year 2016 

14 shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary 

15 effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital 

16 stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from 

17 such legislation. 

18 (b) JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION ESTIMATES.— 

19 For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolu20 tion, any estimate provided by the Joint Committee on Tax21 ation to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

22 under section 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent prac24 ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in eco-
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1 nomic output, employment, capital stock, and other macro2 economic variables resulting from such legislation. 

3 (c) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in this sec4 tion shall, to the extent practicable, include— 

5 (1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary ef6 fects (including macroeconomic variables described in 

7 subsections (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 20- 

8 fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year 

9 of this concurrent resolution sets forth budgetary lev10 els required by section 301 of the Congressional Budg11 et Act of 1974; and 

12 (2) an identification of the critical assumptions 

13 and the source of data underlying that estimate. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

15 (1) the term ‘‘major legislation’’ means any bill 

16 or joint resolution— 

17 (A) for which an estimate is required to be 

18 prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 and that causes a 

20 gross budgetary effect (before incorporating mac21 roeconomic effects) in any fiscal year over the 

22 years of the most recently agreed to concurrent 

23 resolution on the budget equal to or greater than 

24 0.25 percent of the current projected gross domes-
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1 tic product of the United States for that fiscal 

2 year; or 

3 (B) designated as such by the chair of the 

4 Committee on the Budget for all direct spending 

5 legislation other than revenue legislation or the 

6 Member who is chair or vice chair, as applicable, 

7 of the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue 

8 legislation; and 

9 (2) the term ‘‘budgetary effects’’ means changes 

10 in revenues, budget authority, outlays, and deficits. 

11 SEC. 402. LIMITATION ON MEASURES AFFECTING SOCIAL 

12 SECURITY SOLVENCY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

14 this concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end 

15 of fiscal year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in 

16 the House or the Senate a bill or joint resolution, or an 

17 amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that re18 duces the actuarial balance by at least .01 percent of the 

19 present value of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old20 Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund established under 

21 section 201(a) of the Social Security Act for the 75-year 

22 period utilized in the most recent annual report of the 

23 Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) 

24 of the Social Security Act. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a 

2 measure that would improve the actuarial balance of the 

3 combined balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In4 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

5 Trust Fund for the 75-year period utilized in the most re6 cent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursu7 ant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act. 

8 SEC. 403. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EX9 PENSES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) 

11 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of 

12 the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of 

13 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report 

14 accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget or 

15 the joint explanatory statement accompanying the con16 ference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget 

17 shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Ap19 propriations amounts for the discretionary administrative 

20 expenses of the Social Security Administration and the 

21 United States Postal Service. 

22 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of enforcing sec23 tions 302(f) and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

24 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority 
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1 and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 

2 discretionary amounts described in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 404. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL 

4 FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY 

5 TRUST FUND. 

6 For purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

7 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

8 of 1985, or the rules or orders of the House of Representa9 tives, a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto 

10 or conference report thereon, that transfers funds from the 

11 general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund 

12 shall be counted as new budget authority and outlays equal 

13 to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer 

14 occurs. 

15 SEC. 405. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

17 for in subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or amend18 ment thereto or conference report thereon, making a general 

19 appropriation or continuing appropriation may not pro20 vide for advance appropriations. 

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

22 provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts iden23 tified in the report to accompany this concurrent resolution 

24 or the joint explanatory statement of managers to accom25 pany this concurrent resolution under the heading— 
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1 (1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance 

2 Appropriations’’. 

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

4 for Advance Appropriations’’. 

5 (c) LIMITATIONS.—The aggregate level of advance ap6 propriations shall not exceed— 

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

8 authority for all programs identified pursuant to sub9 section (b)(1). 

10 (2) VETERANS.—$63,271,000,000 in new budget 

11 authority for programs in the Department of Veterans 

12 Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2). 

13 (d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ 

14 means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 

15 a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or con16 ference report thereon, making general appropriations or 

17 continuing appropriations, for the fiscal year following fis18 cal year 2016. 

19 SEC. 406. FAIR VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 

20 (a) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES.—Upon the request of the 

21 chair or ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, 

22 any estimate of the budgetary effects of a measure prepared 

23 by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under 

24 the terms of title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

25 ‘‘credit reform’’ shall, as a supplement to such estimate, and 
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1 to the extent practicable, also provide an estimate of the 

2 current actual or estimated market values representing the 

3 ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by such meas4 ure. 

5 (b) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES FOR HOUSING AND STU6 DENT LOAN PROGRAMS.—Whenever the Director of the Con7 gressional Budget Office prepares an estimate pursuant to 

8 section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 of the 

9 budgetary effects which would be incurred in carrying out 

10 any bill or joint resolution and if the Director determines 

11 that such bill or joint resolution has a budgetary effect re12 lated to a housing, residential mortgage or student loan pro13 gram under title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

14 then the Director shall also provide an estimate of the cur15 rent actual or estimated market values representing the 

16 ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by the provi17 sions of such bill or joint resolution that result in such ef18 fect. 

19 (c) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Director of the Congres20 sional Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to sub21 section (a) or (b), the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

22 may use such estimate to determine compliance with the 

23 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other budgetary en24 forcement controls. 
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1 SEC. 407. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. 

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

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

4 committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 

5 or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, 

6 if the provisions of such measure have the net effect of in7 creasing direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for any 

8 period described in subsection (b). 

9 (b) TIME PERIODS.—The applicable periods for pur10 poses of this section are any of the four consecutive ten fis11 cal-year periods beginning in the fiscal year following the 

12 last fiscal year of this concurrent resolution. 

13 SEC. 408. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP14 ERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 

15 (a) SEPARATE OCO/GWOT ALLOCATION.—In the 

16 House, there shall be a separate allocation of new budget 

17 authority and outlays provided to the Committee on Appro18 priations for the purposes of Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism. 

20 (b) APPLICATION.—For purposes of enforcing the sepa21 rate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 

22 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first 

23 fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be deemed 

24 to refer to fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such Act shall 

25 not apply to such separate allocation. 
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1 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or outlays 

2 counting toward the allocation established by subsection (a) 

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

4 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

5 of 1985. 

6 (d) ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a) for 

7 fiscal year 2016, no adjustment shall be made under section 

8 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any ad9 justment would be made under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

11 of 1985. 

12 SEC. 409. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF 

13 BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 

14 (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT

15 SPENDING LEVELS.—In the House, if a committee (other 

16 than the Committee on Appropriations) reports a bill or 

17 joint resolution, or offers any amendment thereto or submits 

18 a conference report thereon, providing for a decrease in di19 rect spending (budget authority and outlays flowing there20 from) for any fiscal year and also provides for an author21 ization of appropriations for the same purpose, upon the 

22 enactment of such measure, the chair of the Committee on 

23 the Budget may decrease the allocation to such committee 

24 and increase the allocation of discretionary spending (budg25 et authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Com-
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1 mittee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2016 by an 

2 amount equal to the new budget authority (and outlays 

3 flowing therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint resolution 

4 making appropriations for the same purpose. 

5 (b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House, for the purpose 

6 of enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and 

7 aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct 

8 spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and 

9 surpluses for fiscal year 2016 and the period of fiscal years 

10 2016 through fiscal year 2025 shall be determined on the 

11 basis of estimates made by the chair of the Committee on 

12 the Budget and such chair may adjust applicable levels of 

13 this concurrent resolution. 

14 SEC. 410. CONCEPTS, AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND AP15 PLICATION. 

16 (a) CONCEPTS, ALLOCATIONS, AND APPLICATION.—In 

17 the House— 

18 (1) upon a change in budgetary concepts or defi19 nitions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

20 may adjust any allocations, aggregates, and other 

21 budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution accord22 ingly; 

23 (2) any adjustments of the allocations, aggre24 gates, and other budgetary levels made pursuant to 

25 this concurrent resolution shall— 
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1 (A) apply while that measure is under con2 sideration; 

3 (B) take effect upon the enactment of that 

4 measure; and 

5 (C) be published in the Congressional 

6 Record as soon as practicable; 

7 (3) section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con8 gress) shall have no force or effect for any reconcili9 ation bill reported pursuant to instructions set forth 

10 in this concurrent resolution; 

11 (4) the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

12 may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other ap13 propriate budgetary levels to reflect changes resulting 

14 from the most recently published or adjusted baseline 

15 of the Congressional Budget Office; and 

16 (5) the term ‘‘budget year’’ means the most re17 cent fiscal year for which a concurrent resolution on 

18 the budget has been adopted. 

19 (b) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.— 

20 In the House, for purposes of this concurrent resolution and 

21 budget enforcement— 

22 (1) the consideration of any bill or joint resolu23 tion, or amendment thereto or conference report there24 on, for which the chair of the Committee on the Budg25 et makes adjustments or revisions in the allocations, 
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1 aggregates, and other budgetary levels of this concur2 rent resolution shall not be subject to the points of 

3 order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules 

4 of the House of Representatives or section 407 of this 

5 concurrent resolution; and 

6 (2) revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

7 from these adjustments shall be considered for the 

8 purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as 

9 allocations and aggregates included in this concurrent 

10 resolution. 

11 SEC. 411. RULEMAKING POWERS. 

12 The House adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

14 House of Representatives and as such they shall be 

15 considered as part of the rules of the House of Rep16 resentatives, and these rules shall supersede other 

17 rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with 

18 other such rules; and 

19 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

20 right of the House of Representatives to change those 

21 rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the 

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

23 House of Representatives. 
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1 TITLE V—RESERVE FUNDS 

2 SEC. 501. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE PRESI3 DENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW. 

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

5 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

6 levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 

7 of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con8 ference report thereon, that consists solely of the full repeal 

9 of the Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provi10 sions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 

11 of 2010 or measures that make modifications to such law. 

12 SEC. 502. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PRO13 MOTING REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM. 

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

15 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

16 levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 

17 of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con18 ference report thereon, that promotes real health care re19 form, if such measure would not increase the deficit for the 

20 period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

21 SEC. 503. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO 

22 THE MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF THE PRESI23 DENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW. 

24 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

25 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
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1 levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 

2 of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con3 ference report thereon, that repeals all or part of the de4 creases in Medicare spending included in the Affordable 

5 Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 

6 Act of 2010, if such measure would not increase the deficit 

7 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

8 SEC. 504. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

9 STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PRO10 GRAM. 

11 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

12 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

13 levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint reso14 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

15 if such measure extends the State Children’s Health Insur16 ance Program, but only if such measure would not increase 

17 the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

18 SEC. 505. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRAD19 UATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. 

20 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

21 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

22 levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint reso23 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

24 if such measure reforms, expands access to, and improves, 

25 as determined by such chair, graduate medical education 
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1 programs, but only if such measure would not increase the 

2 deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

3 SEC. 506. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE 

4 AGREEMENTS. 

5 In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 

6 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

7 levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 

8 of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee 

9 on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference 

10 report thereon, that implements a trade agreement, but only 

11 if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period 

12 of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

13 SEC. 507. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM14 ING THE TAX CODE. 

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

16 reports a bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal 

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

18 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

19 budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budg20 etary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amend21 ment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure 

22 would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 

23 2016 through 2025. 
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1 SEC. 508. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE 

2 MEASURES. 

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

4 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

5 levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 

6 of any bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee 

7 on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or conference 

8 report thereon, that decreases revenue, but only if such 

9 measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fis10 cal years 2016 through 2025. 

11 SEC. 509. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE 

12 POVERTY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY AND 

13 UPWARD MOBILITY. 

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

15 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

16 levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint reso17 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

18 if such measure reforms policies and programs to reduce 

19 poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility, but 

20 only if such measure would neither adversely impact job 

21 creation nor increase the deficit over the period of fiscal 

22 years 2016 through 2025. 

23 SEC. 510. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANS24 PORTATION. 

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

26 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
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1 levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint reso2 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

3 if such measure maintains the solvency of the Highway 

4 Trust Fund, but only if such measure would not increase 

5 the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

6 SEC. 511. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL 

7 RETIREMENT REFORM. 

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

9 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

10 levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint reso11 lution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 

12 if such measure reforms, improves and updates the Federal 

13 retirement system, as determined by such chair, but only 

14 if such measure would not increase the deficit over the pe15 riod of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

16 SEC. 512. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEFENSE 

17 SEQUESTER REPLACEMENT. 

18 The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise 

19 the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in 

20 this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, 

21 or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 

22 measure supports the following activities: Department of 

23 Defense training and maintenance associated with combat 

24 readiness, modernization of equipment, auditability of fi25 nancial statements, or military compensation and benefit 
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1 reforms, by the amount provided for these purposes, but 

2 only if such measure would not increase the deficit (without 

3 counting any net revenue increases in that measure) over 

4 the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. 

5 TITLE VI—ESTIMATES OF 

6 DIRECT SPENDING 

7 SEC. 601. DIRECT SPENDING. 

8 (a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

9 (1) For means-tested direct spending, the average 

10 rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 

11 10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 per12 cent. 

13 (2) For means-tested direct spending, the esti14 mated average rate of growth in the total level of out15 lays during the 10-year period beginning with fiscal 

16 year 2016 is 4.6 percent under current law. 

17 (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 

18 concurrent resolution for means-tested direct spend19 ing: 

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

21 Democratic president reformed welfare by lim22 iting the duration of benefits, giving States more 

23 control over the program, and helping recipients 

24 find work. In the five years following passage, 

25 child-poverty rates fell, welfare caseloads fell, and 
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1 workers’ wages increased. This budget applies the 

2 lessons of welfare reform to both the Supple3 mental Nutrition Assistance Program and Med4 icaid. 

5 (B) For Medicaid, this budget assumes the 

6 conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid 

7 spending into flexible State allotments, which 

8 States will be able to tailor to meet their unique 

9 needs. Such a reform would end the misguided 

10 one-size-fits-all approach that ties the hands of 

11 State governments and would provide States 

12 with the freedom and flexibility they have long 

13 requested in the Medicaid program. Moreover, 

14 this budget assumes the repeal of the Medicaid 

15 expansions in the President’s health care law, re16 lieving State governments of the crippling one17 size-fits-all enrollment mandates, as well as the 

18 overwhelming pressure the law’s Medicaid expan19 sion puts on an already-strained system. 

20 (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assist21 ance Program, this budget assumes the conver22 sion of the program into a flexible State allot23 ment tailored to meet each State’s needs. The al24 lotment would increase based on the Department 

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1 eficiary growth. Such a reform would provide in2 centives for States to ensure dollars will go to3 wards those who need them most. 

4 (b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 

5 (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the av6 erage rate of growth in the total level of outlays dur7 ing the 10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 

8 5.4 percent. 

9 (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the es10 timated average rate of growth in the total level of 

11 outlays during the 10-year period beginning with fis12 cal year 2016 is 5.5 percent under current law. 

13 (3) The following reforms are proposed in this 

14 concurrent resolution for nonmeans-tested direct 

15 spending: 

16 (A) For Medicare, this budget advances 

17 policies to put seniors, not the Federal Govern18 ment, in control of their health care decisions. 

19 Future retirees would be able to choose from a 

20 range of guaranteed coverage options, with pri21 vate plans competing alongside the traditional 

22 fee-for-service Medicare program. Medicare would 

23 provide a premium-support payment either to 

24 pay for or offset the premium of the plan chosen 

25 by the senior, depending on the plan’s cost. The 
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1 Medicare premium-support payment would be 

2 adjusted so that the sick would receive higher 

3 payments if their conditions worsened; lower-in4 come seniors would receive additional assistance 

5 to help cover out-of-pocket costs; and wealthier 

6 seniors would assume responsibility for a greater 

7 share of their premiums. Putting seniors in 

8 charge of how their health care dollars are spent 

9 will force providers to compete against each other 

10 on price and quality. This market competition 

11 will act as a real check on widespread waste and 

12 skyrocketing health care costs. As with previous 

13 budgets, this program will begin in 2024 and 

14 makes no changes to those in or near retirement. 

15 (B) In keeping with a recommendation 

16 from the National Commission on Fiscal Re17 sponsibility and Reform, this budget calls for 

18 Federal employees—including Members of Con19 gress and congressional staff—to make greater 

20 contributions toward their own retirement. 

21 TITLE VII—RECOMMENDED 

22 LONG-TERM LEVELS 

23 SEC. 701. LONG-TERM BUDGETING. 

24 The following are the recommended revenue, spending, 

25 and deficit levels for each of fiscal years 2030, 2035, and 
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1 2040 as a percent of the gross domestic product of the 

2 United States: 

3 (1) REVENUES.—The budgetary levels of Federal 

4 revenues are as follows: 

5 Fiscal year 2030: 18.7 percent. 

6 Fiscal year 2035: 19.0 percent. 

7 Fiscal year 2040: 19.0 percent. 

8 (2) OUTLAYS.—The budgetary levels of total 

9 budget outlays are not to exceed: 

10 Fiscal year 2030: 18.4 percent. 

11 Fiscal year 2035: 17.8 percent. 

12 Fiscal year 2040: 16.9 percent. 

13 (3) DEFICITS.—The budgetary levels of deficits 

14 are not to exceed: 

15 Fiscal year 2030: -0.3 percent. 

16 Fiscal year 2035: -1.2 percent. 

17 Fiscal year 2040: -2.1 percent. 

18 (4) DEBT.—The budgetary levels of debt held by 

19 the public are not to exceed: 

20 Fiscal year 2030: 44.0 percent. 

21 Fiscal year 2035: 32.0 percent. 

22 Fiscal year 2040: 18.0 percent. 
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1 TITLE VIII—POLICY 

2 STATEMENTS 

3 SEC. 801. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET 

4 AMENDMENT. 

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

6 (1) The Federal Government collects approxi7 mately $3 trillion annually in taxes, but spends more 

8 than $3.5 trillion to maintain the operations of gov9 ernment. The Federal Government must borrow 14 

10 cents of every Federal dollar spent. 

11 (2) At the end of the year 2014, the national debt 

12 of the United States was more than $18.1 trillion. 

13 (3) A majority of States have petitioned the Fed14 eral Government to hold a Constitutional Convention 

15 for the consideration of adopting a Balanced Budget 

16 Amendment to the United States Constitution. 

17 (4) Forty-nine States have fiscal limitations in 

18 their State Constitutions, including the requirement 

19 to annually balance the budget. 

20 (5) H.J. Res. 2, sponsored by Rep. Robert W. 

21 Goodlatte (R–VA), was considered by the House of 

22 Representatives on November 18, 2011, though it re23 ceived 262 aye votes, it did not receive the two-thirds 

24 required for passage. 
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1 (6) Numerous balanced budget amendment pro2 posals have been introduced on a bipartisan basis in 

3 the House. Twelve were introduced in the 113th Con4 gress alone, including H.J. Res. 4 by Democratic 

5 Representative John J. Barrow of Georgia, and H.J. 

6 Res. 38 by Republican Representative Jackie 

7 Walorski of Indiana. 

8 (7) The joint resolution providing for a balanced 

9 budget amendment to the United States Constitution 

10 referred to in paragraph (5) prohibited outlays for a 

11 fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt prin12 cipal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal 

13 year (except those derived from borrowing) unless 

14 Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each cham15 ber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over re16 ceipts. 

17 (8) In 1995, a balanced budget amendment to 

18 the United States Constitution passed the House with 

19 bipartisan support, but failed of passage by one vote 

20 in the United States Senate. 

21 (b) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of this reso22 lution that Congress should pass a joint resolution incor23 porating the provisions set forth in subsection (b), and send 

24 such joint resolution to the States for their approval, to 
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1 amend the Constitution of the United States to require an 

2 annual balanced budget. 

3 SEC. 802. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS AND 

4 BASELINE REFORM. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.— 

6 (1) In 1974, after more than 50 years of execu7 tive dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to 

8 reassert its ‘‘power of the purse’’, and passed the Con9 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. 

10 (2) The measure explicitly sought to establish 

11 congressional control over the budget process, to pro12 vide for annual congressional determination of the 

13 appropriate level of taxes and spending, to set impor14 tant national budget priorities, and to find ways in 

15 which Members of Congress could have access to the 

16 most accurate, objective, and highest quality informa17 tion to assist them in discharging their duties. 

18 (3) Far from achieving its intended purpose, 

19 however, the process has instituted a bias toward 

20 higher spending and larger government. The behemoth 

21 of the Federal Government has largely been financed 

22 through either borrowing or taking ever greater 

23 amounts of the national income through high tax24 ation. 
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1 (4) The process does not treat programs and 

2 policies consistently and shows a bias toward higher 

3 spending and higher taxes. 

4 (5) It assumes extension of spending programs 

5 (of more than $50 million per year) scheduled to ex6 pire. 

7 (6) Yet it does not assume the extension of tax 

8 policies in the same way. consequently, extending ex9 isting tax policies that may be scheduled to expire is 

10 characterized as a new tax reduction, requiring offsets 

11 to ‘‘pay for’’ merely keeping tax policy the same even 

12 though estimating conventions would not require 

13 similar treatment of spending programs. 

14 (7) The original goals set for the congressional 

15 process are admirable in their intent, but because the 

16 essential mechanisms of the process have remained the 

17 same, and ‘‘reforms’’ enacted over the past 40 years 

18 have largely taken the form of layering greater levels 

19 of legal complexity without reforming or reassessing 

20 the very fundamental nature of the process. 

21 (b) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of this con22 current resolution on the budget that as the primary branch 

23 of Government, Congress must: 

24 (1) Restructure the fundamental procedures of 

25 budget decision making. 
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1 (2) Reassert Congress’s ‘‘power of the purse’’, 

2 and reinforce the balance of powers between Congress 

3 and the President, as the 1974 Act intended. 

4 (3) Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do 

5 budgeting as intended by the Congressional Budget 

6 Act of 1974, especially adopting a budget resolution 

7 every year. 

8 (4) Encourage more effective control over spend9 ing, especially currently uncontrolled direct spending. 

10 (5) Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero 

11 based budgeting, which would require a department 

12 or agency to justify its budget as if it were a new ex13 penditure; and direct spending caps to enhance over14 sight of automatic pilot spending that increases each 

15 year without congressional approval. 

16 (6) Promote efficient and timely budget actions, 

17 so that lawmakers complete their budget actions by 

18 the time the new fiscal year begins. 

19 (7) Provide access to the best analysis of eco20 nomic conditions available and increase awareness of 

21 how fiscal policy directly impacts overall economic 

22 growth and job creation. 

23 (8) Remove layers of complexity that have com24 plicated the procedures designed in 1974, and made 

25 budgeting more arcane and opaque. 
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1 (9) Remove existing biases that favor higher 

2 spending. 

3 (10) Include procedures by which current tax 

4 laws may be extended and treated on a basis that is 

5 not different from the extension of entitlement pro6 grams. 

7 (c) BUDGET PROCESS REFORM.—Comprehensive 

8 budget process reform should also remove the bias in the 

9 baseline against the extension of current tax laws in the 

10 following ways: 

11 (1) Permanent extension of tax laws should not 

12 be used as a means to increase taxes on other tax13 payers. 

14 (2) For those expiring tax provisions that are 

15 proposed to be permanently extended, Congress should 

16 use a more realistic baseline that does not require 

17 them to be offset. 

18 (3) Tax-reform legislation should not include tax 

19 increases just to offset the extension of current tax 

20 laws. 

21 (d) LEGISLATION.—The Committee on the Budget in22 tends to draft legislation during the 114th Congress that 

23 will rewrite the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

24 Control Act of 1974 to fulfill the goals of making the con-
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1 gressional budget process more effective in ensuring tax2 payers’ dollars are spent wisely and efficiently. 

3 SEC. 803. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND 

4 JOB CREATION. 

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

6 (1) Although the United States economy tech7 nically emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, 

8 the subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise 

9 than a rebound. Real gross domestic product GDP 

10 growth over the past 5 years has averaged slightly 

11 more than 2 percent, well below the 3.2 percent histor12 ical trend rate of growth in the United States. Al13 though the economy has shown some welcome signs of 

14 improvement of late, the Nation remains in the midst 

15 of the weakest economic recovery of the modern era. 

16 (2) Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to 

17 grow by an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 

18 10 years. That level of economic growth is simply un19 acceptable and insufficient to expand opportunities 

20 and the incomes of millions of middle-income Ameri21 cans. 

22 (3) Sluggish economic growth has also contrib23 uted to the country’s fiscal woes. Subpar growth 

24 means that revenue levels are lower than they would 

25 otherwise be while government spending (e.g. welfare 
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1 and income-support programs) is higher. Clearly, 

2 there is a dire need for policies that will spark higher 

3 rates of economic growth and greater, higher-quality 

4 job opportunities. 

5 (4) Although job gains have been trending up of 

6 late, other aspects of the labor market remain weak. 

7 The labor force participation rate, for instance, is 

8 hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest 

9 level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also re10 mains a problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people 

11 who are currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more 

12 than 30 percent) have been unemployed for more than 

13 6 months. Long-term unemployment erodes an indi14 vidual’s job skills and detaches them from job oppor15 tunities. It also undermines the long-term productive 

16 capacity of the economy. 

17 (5) Perhaps most important, wage gains and in18 come growth have been subpar for middle-class Ameri19 cans. Average hourly earnings of private-sector work20 ers have increased by just 1.6 percent over the past 

21 year. Prior to the recession, average hourly earnings 

22 were tracking close to 4 percent. Likewise, average in23 come levels have remained flat in recent years. Real 

24 median household income is just under $52,000, one 

25 of the lowest levels since 1995. 
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1 (6) The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a 

2 shadow on the country’s economic outlook. investors 

3 and businesses make decisions on a forward-looking 

4 basis. they know that today’s large debt levels are 

5 simply tomorrow’s tax hikes, interest rate increases, 

6 or inflation and they act accordingly. This debt over7 hang, and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh on 

8 growth, investment, and job creation. 

9 (7) Nearly all economists, including those at the 

10 CBO, conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby 

11 bending the curve on debt levels is a net positive for 

12 economic growth over time. The logic is that deficit 

13 reduction creates long-term economic benefits because 

14 it increases the pool of national savings and boosts 

15 investment, thereby raising economic growth and job 

16 creation. 

17 (8) CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal 

18 year 2016 budget resolution and found it would in19 crease real output per capita (a proxy for a country’s 

20 standard of living) by about $1,000 in 2025 and 

21 roughly $5,000 by 2040 relative to the baseline path. 

22 That means more income and greater prosperity for 

23 all Americans. 

24 (9) In contrast, if the Government remains on 

25 the current fiscal path, future generations will face 
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1 ever-higher debt service costs, a decline in national 

2 savings, and a ‘‘crowding out’’ of private investment. 

3 This dynamic will eventually lead to a decline in eco4 nomic output and a diminution in our country’s 

5 standard of living. 

6 (10) The key economic challenge is determining 

7 how to expand the economic pie, not how best to di8 vide up and re-distribute a shrinking pie. 

9 (11) A stronger economy is vital to lowering def10 icit levels and eventually balancing the budget. Ac11 cording to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 

12 0.1 percentage point higher over the budget window, 

13 deficits would be reduced by $326 billion. 

14 (12) This budget resolution therefore embraces 

15 pro-growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, 

16 that will help foster a stronger economy, greater op17 portunities and more job creation. 

18 (b) POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CRE19 ATION.—It is the policy of this resolution to promote faster 

20 economic growth and job creation. By putting the budget 

21 on a sustainable path, this resolution ends the debt-fueled 

22 uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to the tax 

23 code will put American businesses and workers in a better 

24 position to compete and thrive in the 21st century global 

25 economy. This resolution targets the regulatory red tape 
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1 and cronyism that stack the deck in favor of special inter2 ests. All of the reforms in this resolution serve as means 

3 to the larger end of helping the economy grow and expand4 ing opportunity for all Americans. 

5 SEC. 804. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. 

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

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

8 fair, and promote (rather than impede) economic 

9 growth. The United States tax code fails on all three 

10 counts: It is notoriously complex, patently unfair, 

11 and highly inefficient. The tax code’s complexity dis12 torts decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads 

13 to slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job 

14 creation. 

15 (2) Over the past decade alone, there have been 

16 4,107 changes to the tax code, more than one per day. 

17 Many of the major changes over the years have in18 volved carving out special preferences, exclusions, or 

19 deductions for various activities or groups. These 

20 loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion per year 

21 and make the code unfair, inefficient, and highly 

22 complex. 

23 (3) In addition, these tax preferences are dis24 proportionately used by upper-income individuals. 
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1 (4) The large amount of tax preferences that per2 vade the code end up narrowing the tax base. A nar3 row tax base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates 

4 to raise a given amount of revenue. 

5 (5) It is estimated that American taxpayers end 

6 up spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours 

7 a year complying with the tax code waste of time and 

8 resources that could be used in more productive ac9 tivities. 

10 (6) Standard economic theory shows that high 

11 marginal tax rates dampen the incentives to work, 

12 save, and invest, which reduces economic output and 

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

14 the intended revenue gain from higher marginal tax 

15 rates. 

16 (7) Roughly half of United States active business 

17 income and half of private sector employment are de18 rived from business entities (such as partnerships, S 

19 corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed 

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

21 through to the tax returns of the individual owners 

22 and is taxed at the individual rate structure rather 

23 than at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in par24 ticular, tend to choose this form for Federal tax pur25 poses, and the top Federal rate on such small business 
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1 income can reach nearly 45 percent. For these rea2 sons, sound economic policy requires lowering mar3 ginal rates on these pass-through entities. 

4 (8) The United States corporate income tax rate 

5 (including Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to 

6 slightly more than 39 percent, the highest rate in the 

7 industrialized world. Tax rates this high suppress 

8 wages and discourage investment and job creation, 

9 distort business activity, and put American businesses 

10 at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competi11 tors. 

12 (9) By deterring potential investment, the 

13 United States corporate tax restrains economic 

14 growth and job creation. The United States tax rate 

15 differential with other countries also fosters a variety 

16 of complicated multinational corporate behaviors in17 tended to avoid the tax, which have the effect of mov18 ing the tax base offshore, destroying American jobs, 

19 and decreasing corporate revenue. 

20 (10) The ‘‘worldwide’’ structure of United States 

21 international taxation essentially taxes earnings of 

22 United States firms twice, putting them at a signifi23 cant competitive disadvantage with competitors with 

24 more competitive international tax systems. 
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1 (11) Reforming the United States tax code to a 

2 more competitive international system would boost 

3 the competitiveness of United States companies oper4 ating abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax 

5 avoidance. 

6 (12) The tax code imposes costs on American 

7 workers through lower wages, on consumers in higher 

8 prices, and on investors in diminished returns. 

9 (13) Revenues have averaged about 17.4 percent 

10 of the economy throughout modern American history. 

11 Revenues rise above this level under current law to 

12 18.3 percent of the economy by the end of the 10-year 

13 budget window. 

14 (14) Attempting to raise revenue through new 

15 tax increases to meet out-of-control spending would 

16 sink the economy and Americans’ ability to save for 

17 their retirement and their children’s education. 

18 (15) This resolution also rejects the idea of insti19 tuting a carbon tax in the United States, which some 

20 have offered as a new source of revenue. Such a plan 

21 would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise prices 

22 on American consumers. 

23 (16) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does 

24 not constitute fundamental tax reform. 
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1 (17) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or 

2 eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower tax 

3 rates across the board not to fund more wasteful Gov4 ernment spending. Washington has a spending prob5 lem, not a revenue problem. 

6 (18) Many economists believe that fundamental 

7 tax reform (i.e. a broader tax base and lower tax 

8 rates) would lead to greater labor supply and in9 creased investment, which, over time, would have a 

10 positive impact on total national output. 

11 (19) Heretofore, the congressional scorekeepers 

12 the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint 

13 Committee on Taxation (JCT). 

14 (20) Static scoring implicitly assumes that the 

15 size of the economy (and therefore key economic vari16 ables such as labor supply and investment) remains 

17 fixed throughout the considered budget horizon. This 

18 is an abstraction from reality. 

19 (21) A new House rule was adopted at the begin20 ning of the 114th Congress to help correct this prob21 lem. This rule requires CBO and JCT to incorporate 

22 the macroeconomic effects of major legislation into 

23 their official cost estimates. 

24 (22) This rule seeks to bridge the divide between 

25 static estimates and scoring that incorporates eco-
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1 nomic feedback effects by providing policymakers with 

2 a greater amount of information about the likely eco3 nomic impact of policies under their consideration 

4 while at the same time preserving traditional scoring 

5 methods and reporting conventions. 

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

7 resolution that Congress should enact legislation that pro8 vides for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax 

9 code to promote economic growth, create American jobs, in10 crease wages, and benefit American consumers, investors, 

11 and workers through fundamental tax reform that— 

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

13 American families and businesses and reduces the 

14 amount of time and resources necessary to comply 

15 with tax laws; 

16 (2) substantially lowers tax rates for individuals 

17 and consolidates the current seven individual income 

18 tax brackets into fewer brackets; 

19 (3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax; 

20 (4) reduces the corporate tax rate; and 

21 (5) transitions the tax code to a more competi22 tive system of international taxation in a manner 

23 that does not discriminate against any particular 

24 type of income or industry. 
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1 SEC. 805. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE. 

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

3 (1) Opening foreign markets to American exports 

4 is vital to the United States economy and beneficial 

5 to American workers and consumers. The Commerce 

6 Department estimates that every $1 billion of United 

7 States exports supports more than 5,000 jobs here at 

8 home. 

9 (2) The United States can increase economic op10 portunities for American workers and businesses 

11 through the expansion of trade, adherence to trade 

12 agreement rules by the United States and its trading 

13 partners, and the elimination of foreign trade bar14 riers to United States goods and services. 

15 (3) Trade Promotion Authority is a bipartisan 

16 and bicameral effort to strengthen the role of Congress 

17 in setting negotiating objectives for trade agreements, 

18 to improve consultation with Congress by the Admin19 istration, and to provide a clear framework for con20 gressional consideration and implementation of trade 

21 agreements. 

22 (4) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum 

23 game. The idea that global expansion tends to ‘‘hollow 

24 out’’ United States operations is incorrect. Foreign25 affiliate activity tends to complement, not substitute 

26 for, key parent activities in the United States such as 
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1 employment, worker compensation, and capital in2 vestment. When United States headquartered multi3 nationals invest and expand operations abroad it 

4 often leads to more jobs and economic growth at 

5 home. 

6 (5) Trade agreements have saved the average 

7 American family of four more than $10,000 per year, 

8 as a result of lower duties. Trade agreements also 

9 lower the cost of manufacturing inputs by removing 

10 duties. 

11 (6) American businesses and workers have shown 

12 that, on a level playing field, they can excel and sur13 pass the international competition. 

14 (7) When negotiating trade agreements, United 

15 States laws on Intellectual Property (IP) protection 

16 should be used as a benchmark for establishing global 

17 IP frameworks. Strong IP protections have contrib18 uted significantly to the United States status as a 

19 world leader in innovation across sectors, including 

20 in the development of life-saving biologic medicines. 

21 The data protections afforded to biologics in United 

22 States law, including 12 years of data protection, 

23 allow continued development of pioneering medicines 

24 to benefit patients both in the United States and 

25 abroad. To maintain the cycle of innovation and 
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1 achieve truly 21st century trade agreements, it is 

2 vital that our negotiators insist on the highest stand3 ards for IP protections. 

4 (8) The status quo of the current tax code also 

5 undermines the competitiveness of United States busi6 nesses and costs the United States economy invest7 ment and jobs. 

8 (9) The United States currently has an anti9 quated system of international taxation whereby 

10 United States multinationals operating abroad pay 

11 both the foreign-country tax and United States cor12 porate taxes. They are essentially taxed twice. This 

13 puts them at an obvious competitive disadvantage. A 

14 modern and competitive international tax system 

15 would facilitate global commerce for United States 

16 multinational companies and would encourage for17 eign business investment and job creation in the 

18 United States. 

19 (10) The ability to defer United States taxes on 

20 their foreign operations, which some erroneously refer 

21 to as a ‘‘tax loophole,’’ cushions this disadvantage to 

22 a certain extent. Eliminating or restricting this pro23 vision (and others like it) would harm United States 

24 competitiveness. 
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1 (11) This budget resolution advocates funda2 mental tax reform that would lower the United States 

3 corporate rate, now the highest in the industrialized 

4 world, and switch to a more competitive system of 

5 international taxation. This would make the United 

6 States a much more attractive place to invest and 

7 station business activity and would chip away at the 

8 incentives for United States companies to keep their 

9 profits overseas (because the United States corporate 

10 rate is so high). 

11 (b) POLICY ON TRADE.—It is the policy of this concur12 rent resolution to pursue international trade, global com13 merce, and a modern and competitive United States inter14 national tax system to promote job creation in the United 

15 States. The United States should continue to seek increased 

16 economic opportunities for American workers and busi17 nesses through the expansion of trade opportunities, adher18 ence to trade agreements and rules by the United States 

19 and its trading partners, and the elimination of foreign 

20 trade barriers to United States goods and services by open21 ing new markets and by enforcing United States rights. To 

22 that end, Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority 

23 to strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating ob24 jectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with 

25 Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear 
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1 framework for congressional consideration and implementa2 tion of trade agreements. 

3 SEC. 806. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

5 (1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals 

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

8 as a vital leg on the ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retirement 

9 security, which includes employer provided pensions 

10 as well as personal savings. 

11 (2) The Social Security Trustees Report has re12 peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long13 term financial challenges be addressed soon. Each 

14 year without reform, the financial condition of Social 

15 Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 

16 seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 

17 benefits becomes more pronounced: 

18 (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust 

19 Fund will be exhausted and program revenues 

20 will be unable to pay scheduled benefits. 

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

22 Survivors and Disability Trust Funds will be ex23 hausted, and program revenues will be unable to 

24 pay scheduled benefits. 
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1 (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds 

2 in 2033, benefits will be cut nearly 23 percent 

3 across the board, devastating those currently in 

4 or near retirement and those who rely on Social 

5 Security the most. 

6 (3) The recession and continued low economic 

7 growth have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis fac8 ing Social Security. The most recent Congressional 

9 Budget Office (CBO) projections find that Social Se10 curity will run cash deficits of more than $2 trillion 

11 over the next 10 years. 

12 (4) Lower income Americans rely on Social Se13 curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in14 come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider15 ation the need to protect lower income Americans’ re16 tirement security. 

17 (5) The Disability Insurance program provides 

18 an essential income safety net for those with disabil19 ities and their families. According to the CBO, be20 tween 1970 and 2012, the number of people receiving 

21 disability benefits (both disabled workers and their 

22 dependent family members) has increased by more 

23 than 300 percent from 2.7 million to over 10.9 mil24 lion. This increase is not due strictly to population 

25 growth or decreases in health. David Autor and Mark 
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1 Duggan have found that the increase in individuals 

2 on disability does not reflect a decrease in self-re3 ported health. CBO attributes program growth to 

4 changes in demographics, changes in the composition 

5 of the labor force and compensation, as well as Fed6 eral policies. 

7 (6) If this program is not reformed, families who 

8 rely on the lifeline that disability benefits provide will 

9 face benefit cuts of up to 20 percent in 2016, dev10 astating individuals who need assistance the most. 

11 (7) In the past, Social Security has been re12 formed on a bipartisan basis, most notably by the 

13 ‘‘Greenspan Commission’’ which helped to address So14 cial Security shortfalls for more than a generation. 

15 (8) Americans deserve action by the President, 

16 the House, and the Senate to preserve and strengthen 

17 Social Security. It is critical that bipartisan action 

18 be taken to address the looming insolvency of Social 

19 Security. In this spirit, this resolution creates a bi20 partisan opportunity to find solutions by requiring 

21 policymakers to ensure that Social Security remains 

22 a critical part of the safety net. 

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

24 this resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan 
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1 basis to make Social Security sustainably solvent. This res2 olution assumes reform of a current law trigger, such that: 

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

4 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 

5 and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund an6 nual Trustees Report determines that the 75-year ac7 tuarial balance of the Social Security Trust Funds is 

8 in deficit, and the annual balance of the Social Secu9 rity Trust Funds in the 75th year is in deficit, the 

10 Board of Trustees should, no later than September 30 

11 of the same calendar year, submit to the President 

12 recommendations for statutory reforms necessary to 

13 achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 

14 positive annual balance in the 75th year. Rec15 ommendations provided to the President must be 

16 agreed upon by both Public Trustees of the Board of 

17 Trustees. 

18 (2) Not later than 1 December of the same cal19 endar year in which the Board of Trustees submit 

20 their recommendations, the President should promptly 

21 submit implementing legislation to both Houses of 

22 Congress including his recommendations necessary to 

23 achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 

24 positive annual balance in the 75th year. The Major25 ity Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader of 
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1 the House should introduce the President’s legislation 

2 upon receipt. 

3 (3) Within 60 days of the President submitting 

4 legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which the 

5 legislation has been referred should report a bill, 

6 which should be considered by the full House or Sen7 ate under expedited procedures. 

8 (4) Legislation submitted by the President 

9 should— 

10 (A) protect those in or near retirement; 

11 (B) preserve the safety net for those who 

12 count on Social Security the most, including 

13 those with disabilities and survivors; 

14 (C) improve fairness for participants; 

15 (D) reduce the burden on, and provide cer16 tainty for, future generations; and 

17 (E) secure the future of the Disability In18 surance program while addressing the needs of 

19 those with disabilities today and improving the 

20 determination process. 

21 (c) POLICY ON DISABILITY INSURANCE.—It is the pol22 icy of this resolution that Congress and the President should 

23 enact legislation on a bipartisan basis to reform the Dis24 ability Insurance program prior to its insolvency in 2016 

25 and should not raid the Social Security retirement system 
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1 without reforms to the Disability Insurance system. This 

2 resolution assumes reform that— 

3 (1) ensure benefits continue to be paid to indi4 viduals with disabilities and their family members 

5 who rely on them; 

6 (2) prevents a 20 percent across-the-board benefit 

7 cut; 

8 (3) makes the Disability Insurance program 

9 work better; and 

10 (4) promotes opportunity for those trying to re11 turn to work. 

12 (d) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY.—Any 

13 legislation that Congress considers to improve the solvency 

14 of the Disability Insurance trust fund also must improve 

15 the long-term solvency of the combined Old Age and Sur16 vivors Disability Insurance (OASDI) trust fund. 

17 SEC. 807. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPEALING THE PRESI18 DENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW AND PROMOTING 

19 REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM. 

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

21 (1) The President’s health care law put Washing22 ton’s priorities first, and not patients’. The Affordable 

23 Care Act (ACA) has failed to reduce health care pre24 miums as promised; instead, the law mandated bene25 fits and coverage levels, denying patients the oppor-
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1 tunity to choose the type of coverage that best suits 

2 their health needs and driving up health coverage 

3 costs. A typical family’s health care premiums were 

4 supposed to decline by $2,500 a year; instead, accord5 ing to the 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 

6 health care premiums have increased by 7 percent for 

7 individuals and families since 2012. 

8 (2) The President pledged ‘‘If you like your 

9 health care plan, you can keep your health care 

10 plan.’’ Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget 

11 Office now estimates 9 million Americans with em12 ployment-based health coverage will lose those plans 

13 due to the President’s health care law, further lim14 iting patient choice. 

15 (3) Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that 

16 the President’s health care law would create 4 million 

17 jobs over the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs 

18 immediately. Instead, the Congressional Budget Office 

19 estimates that the reduction in hours worked due to 

20 Obamacare represents a decline of about 2.0 to 2.5 

21 million full-time equivalent workers, compared with 

22 what would have occurred in the absence of the law. 

23 The full impact on labor represents a reduction in 

24 employment by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while addi25 tional studies show less modest results. A recent study 
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1 by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University 

2 estimates that Obamacare will reduce employment by 

3 up to 3 percent, or about 4 million full-time equiva4 lent workers. 

5 (4) The President has charged the Independent 

6 Payment Advisory Board, a panel of unelected bu7 reaucrats, with cutting Medicare by an additional 

8 $20.9 billion over the next ten years, according to the 

9 President’s most recent budget. 

10 (5) Since ACA was signed into law, the adminis11 tration has repeatedly failed to implement it as writ12 ten. The President has unilaterally acted to make a 

13 total of 28 changes, delays, and exemptions. The 

14 President has signed into law another 17 changes 

15 made by Congress. The Supreme Court struck down 

16 the forced expansion of Medicaid; ruled the individual 

17 ‘‘mandate’’ could only be characterized as a tax to re18 main constitutional; and rejected the requirement that 

19 closely held companies provide health insurance to 

20 their employees if doing so violates these companies’ 

21 religious beliefs. Even now, almost five years after en22 actment, the Supreme Court continues to evaluate the 

23 legality of how the President’s administration has im24 plemented the law. All of these changes prove the folly 

25 underlying the entire program health care in the 
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1 United States cannot be run from a centralized bu2 reaucracy. 

3 (6) The President’s health care law is 

4 unaffordable, intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and 

5 unworkable. The law should be fully repealed, allow6 ing for real, patient-centered health care reform: the 

7 development of real health care reforms that puts pa8 tients first, that make affordable, quality health care 

9 available to all Americans, and that build on the in10 novation and creativity of all the participants in the 

11 health care sector. 

12 (b) POLICY ON PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE RE13 FORM.—It is the policy of this resolution that the Presi14 dent’s health care law should be fully repealed and real 

15 health care reform promoted in accordance with the fol16 lowing principles: 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Health care reform should en18 hance affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation, 

19 choices and responsiveness in health care coverage for 

20 all Americans, putting patients, families, and doctors 

21 in charge, not Washington, DC. These reforms should 

22 encourage increased competition and transparency. 

23 Under the President’s health care law, government 

24 controls Americans’ health care choices. Under true, 

25 patient-centered reform, Americans would. 
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1 (2) AFFORDABILITY.—Real reform should be cen2 tered on ensuring that all Americans, no matter their 

3 age, income, or health status, have the ability to af4 ford health care coverage. The health care delivery 

5 structure should be improved, and individuals should 

6 not be priced out of the health insurance market due 

7 to pre-existing conditions, but nationalized health 

8 care is not only unnecessary to accomplish this, it un9 dermines the goal. Individuals should be allowed to 

10 join together voluntarily to pool risk through mecha11 nisms such as Individual Membership Associations 

12 and Small Employer Membership Associations. 

13 (3) ACCESSABILITY.—Instead of Washington out14 lining for Americans the ways they cannot use their 

15 health insurance, reforms should make health coverage 

16 more portable. Individuals should be able to own their 

17 insurance and have it follow them in and out of jobs 

18 throughout their career. Small business owners should 

19 be permitted to band together across State lines 

20 through their membership in bona fide trade or pro21 fessional associations to purchase health coverage for 

22 their families and employees at a low cost. This will 

23 increase small businesses’ bargaining power, volume 

24 discounts, and administrative efficiencies while giving 

25 them freedom from State-mandated benefit packages. 
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1 Also, insurers licensed to sell policies in one State 

2 should be permitted to offer them to residents in any 

3 other State, and consumers should be permitted to 

4 shop for health insurance across State lines, as they 

5 are with other insurance products online, by mail, by 

6 phone, or in consultation with an insurance agent. 

7 (4) QUALITY.—Incentives for providers to deliver 

8 high-quality, responsive, and coordinated care will 

9 promote patient outcomes and drive down health care 

10 costs. likewise, reforms that work to restore the pa11 tient-physician relationship by reducing administra12 tive burdens and allowing physicians to do what they 

13 do best—care for patients. 

14 (5) CHOICES.—Individuals and families should 

15 be free to secure the health care coverage that best 

16 meets their needs, rather than instituting one-size-fits17 all directives from Federal bureaucracies such as the 

18 Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health 

19 and Human Services, and the Independent Payment 

20 Advisory Board. 

21 (6) INNOVATION.—Instead of stifling innovation 

22 in health care technologies, treatments, medications, 

23 and therapies with Federal mandates, taxes, and 

24 price controls, a reformed health care system should 

25 encourage research, development and innovation. 
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1 (7) RESPONSIVENESS.—Reform should return 

2 authority to States wherever possible to make the sys3 tem more responsive to patients and their needs. In4 stead of tying States’ hands with Federal require5 ments for their Medicaid programs, the Federal Gov6 ernment should return control of this program to the 

7 States. Not only does the current Medicaid program 

8 drive up Federal debt and threaten to bankrupt State 

9 budgets, but States are better positioned to provide 

10 quality, affordable care to those who are eligible for 

11 the program and to track down and weed out waste, 

12 fraud and abuse. Beneficiary choices in the State 

13 Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and 

14 Medicaid should be improved. States should make 

15 available the purchase of private insurance as an op16 tion to their Medicaid and SCHIP populations 

17 (though they should not require enrollment). 

18 (8) REFORMS.—Reforms should be made to pre19 vent lawsuit abuse and curb the practice of defensive 

20 medicine, which are significant drivers increasing 

21 health care costs. The burden of proof in medical mal22 practice cases should be based on compliance with best 

23 practice guidelines, and States should be free to im24 plement those policies to best suit their needs. 
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1 SEC. 808. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

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

3 (1) More than 50 million Americans depend on 

4 Medicare for their health security. 

5 (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly 

6 recommended that Medicare’s long-term financial 

7 challenges be addressed soon. Each year without re8 form, the financial condition of Medicare becomes 

9 more precarious and the threat to those in or near re10 tirement becomes more pronounced. According to the 

11 Medicare Trustees Report— 

12 (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will 

13 be exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay sched14 uled benefits; 

15 (B) Medicare enrollment is expected to in16 crease by over 50 percent in the next two dec17 ades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement 

18 age each day; 

19 (C) enrollees remain in Medicare three 

20 times longer than at the outset of the program; 

21 (D) current workers’ payroll contributions 

22 pay for current beneficiaries; 

23 (E) in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per 

24 beneficiary, but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and con25 tinues to decrease over time; 
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1 (F) most Medicare beneficiaries receive 

2 about three dollars in Medicare benefits for every 

3 one dollar paid into the program; and 

4 (G) Medicare spending is growing faster 

5 than the economy and Medicare outlays are cur6 rently rising at a rate of 6.5 percent per year 

7 over the next 10 years. According to the Congres8 sional Budget Office’s 2014 Long-Term Budget 

9 Outlook, spending on Medicare is projected to 

10 reach 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) 

11 by 2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by 2089. 

12 (3) Failing to address this problem will leave 

13 millions of American seniors without adequate health 

14 security and younger generations burdened with enor15 mous debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be 

16 sustained. 

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

18 of this resolution to preserve the program for those in or 

19 near retirement and strengthen Medicare for future bene20 ficiaries. 

21 (c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes reform of 

22 the Medicare program such that— 

23 (1) current Medicare benefits are preserved for 

24 those in or near retirement; 
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1 (2) permanent reform of the sustainable growth 

2 rate is responsibly accounted for to ensure physicians 

3 continue to participate in the Medicare program and 

4 provide quality health care for beneficiaries; 

5 (3) when future generations reach eligibility, 

6 Medicare is reformed to provide a premium support 

7 payment and a selection of guaranteed health cov8 erage options from which recipients can choose a plan 

9 that best suits their needs; 

10 (4) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for11 service as a plan option; 

12 (5) Medicare will provide additional assistance 

13 for lower income beneficiaries and those with greater 

14 health risks; and 

15 (6) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 

16 path and the Medicare program becomes solvent over 

17 the long-term. 

18 SEC. 809. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DE19 VELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND INNOVATION. 

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

21 (1) For decades, the Nation’s commitment to the 

22 discovery, development, and delivery of new treat23 ments and cures has made the United States the bio24 medical innovation capital of the world, bringing life- 
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1 saving drugs and devices to patients and well over a 

2 million high-paying jobs to local communities. 

3 (2) Thanks to the visionary and determined 

4 leadership of innovators throughout America, includ5 ing industry, academic medical centers, and the Na6 tional Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States 

7 has led the way in early discovery. The United States 

8 leadership role is being threatened, however, as other 

9 countries contribute more to basic research from both 

10 public and private sources. 

11 (3) The Organisation for Economic Development 

12 and Cooperation predicts that China, for example, 

13 will outspend the United States in total research and 

14 development by the end of the decade. 

15 (4) Federal policies should foster innovation in 

16 health care, not stifle it. America should maintain its 

17 world leadership in medical science by encouraging 

18 competitive forces to work through the marketplace in 

19 delivering cures and therapies to patients. 

20 (5) Too often the bureaucracy and red-tape in 

21 Washington hold back medical innovation and pre22 vent new lifesaving treatments from reaching pa23 tients. This resolution recognizes the valuable role of 

24 the NIH and the indispensable contributions to med25 ical research coming from outside Washington. 
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1 (6) America is the greatest, most innovative Na2 tion on Earth. Her people are innovators, entre3 preneurs, visionaries, and relentless builders of the fu4 ture. Americans were responsible for the first tele5 phone, the first airplane, the first computer, for put6 ting the first man on the moon, for creating the first 

7 vaccine for polio and for legions of other scientific 

8 and medical breakthroughs that have improved and 

9 prolonged human health and life for countless people 

10 in America and around the world. 

11 (b) POLICY ON MEDICAL INNOVATION.— 

12 (1) It is the policy of this resolution to support 

13 the important work of medical innovators throughout 

14 the country, including private-sector innovators, med15 ical centers and the National Institutes of Health. 

16 (2) At the same time, the budget calls for contin17 ued strong funding for the agencies that engage in 

18 valuable research and development, while also urging 

19 Washington to get out of the way of researchers, dis20 coverers and innovators all over the country. 

21 SEC. 810. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY 

22 REFORM. 

23 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
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1 (1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has 

2 hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing 

3 the Nation’s recovery from the economic recession. 

4 (2) Since President Obama’s inauguration in 

5 2009, the administration has issued more than 

6 468,500 pages of regulations in the Federal Register 

7 including 70,066 pages in 2014. 

8 (3) The National Association of Manufacturers 

9 estimates the total cost of regulations is as high as 

10 $2.03 trillion per year. Since 2009, the White House 

11 has generated more than $494 billion in regulatory 

12 activity, with an additional $87.6 billion in regu13 latory costs currently pending. 

14 (4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation 

15 (Public Law 111–203) has resulted in more than $32 

16 billion in compliance costs and saddled job creators 

17 with more than 63 million hours of compliance pa18 perwork. 

19 (5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to 

20 date has added 132.9 million annual hours of compli21 ance paperwork, imposing $24.3 billion of compliance 

22 costs on the private sector and an $8 billion cost bur23 den on the States. 

24 (6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules 

25 issued by the Environmental Protection Agency 
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1 (EPA); these regulations are primarily targeted at the 

2 coal industry. In June 2014, the EPA proposed a rule 

3 to cut carbon pollution from the Nation’s power 

4 plants. The proposed standards are unachievable with 

5 current commercially available technology, resulting 

6 in a de-facto ban on new coal-fired power plants. 

7 (7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly 40 

8 percent of the United States electricity at a low cost. 

9 Unfairly targeting the coal industry with costly and 

10 unachievable regulations will increase energy prices, 

11 disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive 

12 industries like manufacturing and construction, and 

13 will make life more difficult for millions of low-in14 come and middle class families already struggling to 

15 pay their bills. 

16 (8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are 

17 being retired or converted as a result of EPA regula18 tions. Combined with the de-facto prohibition on new 

19 plants, these retirements and conversions may further 

20 increase the cost of electricity. 

21 (9) A recent study by the energy market analysis 

22 group Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. estimates the 

23 average energy bill in West Virginia will rise $750 

24 per household by 2020, due in part to EPA regula-
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1 tions. West Virginia receives 95 percent of its elec2 tricity from coal. 

3 (10) The Heritage Foundation found that a 

4 phase-out of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end 

5 of 2023, resulting in an aggregate gross domestic 

6 product decrease of $2.23 trillion over the entire pe7 riod and reducing the income of a family of four by 

8 $1,200 per year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come from 

9 the manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, 

10 Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, 

11 Indiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia see12 ing the highest job losses. 

13 (b) POLICY ON FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM.—It 

14 is the policy of this resolution that Congress should, in con15 sultation with the public burdened by excessive regulation, 

16 enact legislation that— 

17 (1) promotes economic growth and job creation 

18 by eliminating unnecessary red tape and stream19 lining and simplifying Federal regulations; 

20 (2) requires the implementation of a regulatory 

21 budget to be allocated amongst Government agencies, 

22 which would require congressional approval and limit 

23 the maximum costs of regulations in a given year; 

24 (3) requires congressional approval of all new 

25 major regulations (those with an impact of $100 mil-
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1 lion or more) before enactment as opposed to current 

2 law in which Congress must expressly disapprove of 

3 regulation to prevent it from becoming law, which 

4 would keep Congress engaged as to pending regulatory 

5 policy and prevent costly and unsound policies from 

6 being implemented and becoming effective; 

7 (4) requires a three year retrospective cost-benefit 

8 analysis of all new major regulations, to ensure that 

9 regulations operate as intended; 

10 (5) reinforces the requirement of regulatory im11 pact analysis for regulations proposed by executive 

12 branch agencies but also expands the requirement to 

13 independent agencies so that by law they consider the 

14 costs and benefits of proposed regulations rather than 

15 merely being encouraged to do so as is current prac16 tice; and 

17 (6) requires a formal rulemaking process for all 

18 major regulations, which would increase transparency 

19 over the process and allow interested parties to com20 municate their views on proposed legislation to agen21 cy officials. 

22 SEC. 811. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND 

23 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. 

24 (a) FINDINGS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—The House 

25 finds the following: 
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1 (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to eco2 nomic, job, and wage growth. 

3 (2) Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in 

4 American colleges and universities. 

5 (3) Over the past decade, tuition and fees have 

6 been growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 

7 2004–2005 Academic Year and the 2014–2015 Aca8 demic Year— 

9 (A) published tuition and fees at public 4- 

10 year colleges and universities increased at an av11 erage rate of 3.5 percent per year above the rate 

12 of inflation; 

13 (B) published tuition and fees at public 

14 two-year colleges and universities increased at 

15 an average rate of 2.5 percent per year above the 

16 rate of inflation; and 

17 (C) published tuition and fees at private 

18 nonprofit 4-year colleges and universities in19 creased at an average rate of 2.2 percent per 

20 year above the rate of inflation. 

21 (4) Federal financial aid for higher education 

22 has also seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the 

23 Federal student aid portfolio composed of Direct 

24 Loans, Federal Family Education Loans, and Per-
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1 kins Loans with outstanding balances grew by 119 

2 percent between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2014. 

3 (5) This spending has failed to make college 

4 more affordable. 

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

6 President Obama noted: ‘‘We can’t just keep sub7 sidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money’’. 

8 (7) American students are chasing ever-increas9 ing tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to the 

10 Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student debt now 

11 stands at nearly $1.2 trillion. This makes student 

12 loans the second largest balance of consumer debt, 

13 after mortgage debt. 

14 (8) Students are carrying large debt loads and 

15 too many fail to complete college or end up defaulting 

16 on these loans due to their debt burden and a weak 

17 economy and job market. 

18 (9) Based on estimates from the Congressional 

19 Budget Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fis20 cal shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2017 and con21 tinuing in each subsequent year in the current budget 

22 window. 

23 (10) Failing to address these problems will jeop24 ardize access and affordability to higher education for 

25 America’s young people. 
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1 (b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORD2 ABILITY.—It is the policy of this resolution to address the 

3 root drivers of tuition inflation, by— 

4 (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most 

5 in need; 

6 (2) streamlining programs that provide aid to 

7 make them more effective; 

8 (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award 

9 level at $5,775 in each year of the budget window; 

10 and 

11 (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher edu12 cation that act to restrict flexibility and innovative 

13 teaching, particularly as it relates to non-traditional 

14 models such as online coursework and competency15 based learning. 

16 (c) FINDINGS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—The 

17 House finds the following: 

18 (1) 8.7 million Americans are currently unem19 ployed. 

20 (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those 

21 looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce 

22 development system that fails to connect workers with 

23 assistance and employers with trained personnel. 

24 (3) The House Education and Workforce Com25 mittee successfully consolidated 15 job training pro-
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1 grams in the recently enacted Workforce Innovation 

2 and Opportunity Act. 

3 (d) POLICY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.—It is the 

4 policy of this resolution to address the failings in the cur5 rent workforce development system, by— 

6 (1) further streamlining and consolidating Fed7 eral job training programs; and 

8 (2) empowering states with the flexibility to tai9 lor funding and programs to the specific needs of 

10 their workforce, including the development of career 

11 scholarships. 

12 SEC. 812. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF VET13 ERANS AFFAIRS. 

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

15 (1) For years, there has been serious concern re16 garding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) bu17 reaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to 

18 provide veterans timely access to health care and ben19 efits. 

20 (2) In 2014, reports started breaking across the 

21 Nation that VA medical centers were manipulating 

22 wait-list documents to hide long delays veterans were 

23 facing to receive health care. The VA hospital scandal 

24 led to the immediate resignation of then-Secretary of 

25 Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. 
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1 (3) In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health 

2 care was added to the ‘‘high-risk’’ list of the Govern3 ment Accountability Office (GAO), due to manage4 ment and oversight failures that have directly resulted 

5 in risks to the timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and qual6 ity of health care. 

7 (4) In response to the scandal, the House Com8 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs held several oversight 

9 hearings and ultimately enacted the Veterans’ Access, 

10 Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) 

11 (Public Law 113–146) to address these problems. 

12 VACAA provided $15 billion in emergency resources 

13 to fund internal health care needs within the depart14 ment and provided veterans enhanced access to pri15 vate-sector health care under the new Veterans Choice 

16 Program. 

17 (b) POLICY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF18 FAIRS.—This budget supports the continued oversight ef19 forts by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to ensure 

20 the VA is not only transparent and accountable, but also 

21 successful in achieving its goals in providing timely health 

22 care and benefits to America’s veterans. The Budget Com23 mittee will continue to closely monitor the VA’s progress 

24 to ensure resources provided by Congress are sufficient and 
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1 efficiently used to provide needed benefits and services to 

2 veterans. 

3 SEC. 813. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING 

4 METHODOLOGIES. 

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

6 (1) Given the thousands of Federal programs 

7 and trillions of dollars the Federal Government 

8 spends each year, assessing and accounting for Fed9 eral fiscal activities and liabilities is a complex un10 dertaking. 

11 (2) Current methods of accounting leave much to 

12 be desired in capturing the full scope of government 

13 and in presenting information in a clear and compel14 ling way that illuminates the best options going for15 ward. 

16 (3) Most fiscal analysis produced by the Congres17 sional Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a rel18 atively short time horizon: 10 or 25 years. While this 

19 time frame is useful for most purposes, it fails to con20 sider the fiscal consequences over the longer term. 

21 (4) Additionally, current accounting method22 ology does not provide an analysis of how the Federal 

23 Government’s fiscal situation over the long run affects 

24 Americans of various age cohorts. 
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1 (5) Another consideration is how Federal pro2 grams should be accounted for. The ‘‘accrual method’’ 

3 of accounting records revenue when it is earned and 

4 expenses when they are incurred, while the ‘‘cash 

5 method’’ records revenue and expenses when cash is 

6 actually paid or received. 

7 (6) The Federal budget accounts for most pro8 grams using cash accounting. Some programs, how9 ever, particularly loan and loan guarantee programs, 

10 are accounted for using accrual methods. 

11 (7) GAO has indicated that accrual accounting 

12 may provide a more accurate estimation of the Fed13 eral Government’s liabilities than cash accounting for 

14 some programs specifically those that provide some 

15 form of insurance. 

16 (8) Where accrual accounting is used, it is al17 most exclusively calculated by CBO according to the 

18 methodology outlined in the Federal Credit Reform 

19 Act of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses fair value method20 ology instead of FCRA to measure the cost of Fannie 

21 Mae and Freddie Mac, for example. 

22 (9) FCRA methodology, however, understates the 

23 risk and thus the true cost of Federal programs. An 

24 alternative is fair value methodology, which uses dis25 count rates that incorporate the risk inherent to the 
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1 type of liability being estimated in addition to Treas2 ury discount rates of the proper maturity length. 

3 (10) The Congressional Budget Office has con4 cluded that ‘‘adopting a fair-value approach would 

5 provide a more comprehensive way to measure the 

6 costs of Federal credit programs and would permit 

7 more level comparisons between those costs and the 

8 costs of other forms of federal assistance’’ than the 

9 current approach under FCRA. 

10 (b) POLICY ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLO11 GIES.—It is the policy of this resolution that Congress 

12 should, in consultation with the Congressional Budget Of13 fice and the public affected by Federal budgetary choices, 

14 adopt Government-wide reforms of budget and accounting 

15 practices so the American people and their representatives 

16 can more readily understand the fiscal situation of the Gov17 ernment of the United States and the options best suited 

18 to improving it. Such reforms may include but should not 

19 be limited to the following: 

20 (1) Providing additional metrics to enhance our 

21 current analysis by considering our fiscal situation 

22 comprehensively, over an extended time horizon, and 

23 as it affects Americans of various age cohorts. 

24 (2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting 

25 where appropriate. 
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1 (3) Accounting for certain Federal credit pro2 grams using fair value accounting as opposed to the 

3 current approach under the Federal Credit Reform 

4 Act of 1990. 

5 SEC. 814. POLICY STATEMENT ON SCOREKEEPING FOR OUT6 YEAR BUDGETARY EFFECTS IN APPROPRIA7 TION ACTS. 

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

9 (1) Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act 

10 of 1974 directs the Committee on the Budget to pro11 vide an allocation of budgetary resources to the Com12 mittee on Appropriations for the budget year covered 

13 by a concurrent resolution on the budget. 

14 (2) The allocation of budgetary resources pro15 vided by the Committee on the Budget to the Com16 mittee on Appropriations covers a period of one fiscal 

17 year only, which is effective for the budget year. 

18 (3) An appropriation Act, joint resolution, 

19 amendment thereto or conference report thereon may 

20 contain changes to programs that result in direct 

21 budgetary effects that occur beyond the budget year 

22 and beyond the period for which the allocation of 

23 budgetary resources provided by the Committee on the 

24 Budget is effective. 
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1 (4) The allocation of budgetary resources pro2 vided to the Committee on Appropriations does not 

3 currently anticipate or capture direct outyear budg4 etary effects to programs. 

5 (5) Budget enforcement could be improved by 

6 capturing the direct outyear budgetary effects caused 

7 by appropriation Acts and using this information to 

8 determine the appropriate allocations of budgetary re9 sources to the Committee on Appropriations when 

10 considering future concurrent resolutions on the budg11 et. 

12 (b) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the House 

13 of Representatives to more effectively allocate budgetary re14 sources and accurately enforce budget targets by agreeing 

15 to a procedure by which the Committee on the Budget 

16 should consider the direct outyear budgetary effects of 

17 changes to mandatory programs enacted in appropriations 

18 bills, joint resolutions, amendments thereto or conference re19 ports thereon when setting the allocation of budgetary re20 sources for the Committee on Appropriations in a concur21 rent resolution on the budget. The relevant committees of 

22 jurisdiction are directed to consult on a procedure during 

23 fiscal year 2016 and include recommendations for imple24 menting such procedure in the fiscal year 2017 concurrent 

25 resolution on the budget. 
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1 SEC. 815. POLICY STATEMENT ON REDUCING UNNECES2 SARY, WASTEFUL, AND UNAUTHORIZED 

3 SPENDING. 

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

5 (1) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) 

6 is required by law to identify examples of waste, du7 plication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has 

8 so identified dozens of such examples. 

9 (2) In its report to Congress on Government Ef10 ficiency and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General 

11 has stated that addressing the identified waste, dupli12 cation, and overlap in Federal programs could ‘‘lead 

13 to tens of billions of dollars of additional savings.’’. 

14 (3) In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO 

15 issued reports showing excessive duplication and re16 dundancy in Federal programs including— 

17 (A) two hundred nine Science, Technology, 

18 Engineering, and Mathematics education pro19 grams in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost 

20 of $3 billion annually; 

21 (B) two hundred separate Department of 

22 Justice crime prevention and victim services 

23 grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9 bil24 lion in 2010; 

25 (C) twenty different Federal entities admin26 ister 160 housing programs and other forms of 
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1 Federal assistance for housing with a total cost 

2 of $170 billion in 2010; 

3 (D) seventeen separate Homeland Security 

4 preparedness grant programs that spent $37 bil5 lion between fiscal years 2011 and 2012; 

6 (E) fourteen grant and loan programs, and 

7 three tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions; 

8 (F) ninety-four different initiatives run by 

9 11 different agencies to encourage ‘‘green build10 ing’’ in the private sector; and 

11 (G) twenty-three agencies implemented ap12 proximately 670 renewable energy initiatives in 

13 fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 billion. 

14 (4) The Federal Government spends more than 

15 $80 billion each year for approximately 1,400 infor16 mation technology investments. GAO has identified 

17 broad acquisition failures, waste, and unnecessary 

18 duplication in the Government’s information tech19 nology infrastructure. experts have estimated that 

20 eliminating these problems could save 25 percent or 

21 $20 billion. 

22 (5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a 

23 potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO 

24 estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all 
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1 Federal procurement could generate more than $50 

2 billion in savings annually. 

3 (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $106 

4 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2013. 

5 (7) Under clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the 

6 House of Representatives, each standing committee 

7 must hold at least one hearing during each 120 day 

8 period following its establishment on waste, fraud, 

9 abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs. 

10 (8) According to the Congressional Budget Office, 

11 by fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly re12 sulting in $693 billion in unauthorized appropria13 tions. Timely reauthorizations of these laws would en14 sure assessments of program justification and effec15 tiveness. 

16 (9) The findings resulting from congressional 

17 oversight of Federal Government programs should re18 sult in programmatic changes in both authorizing 

19 statutes and program funding levels. 

20 (b) POLICY ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, 

21 AND UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.— 

22 (1) Each authorizing committee annually should 

23 include in its Views and Estimates letter required 

24 under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act 

25 of 1974 recommendations to the Committee on the 
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1 Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such 

2 committee whose funding should be reduced or elimi3 nated. 

4 (2) Committees of jurisdiction should review all 

5 unauthorized programs funded through annual ap6 propriations to determine if the programs are oper7 ating efficiently and effectively. 

8 (3) Committees should reauthorize those pro9 grams that in the committees’ judgment should con10 tinue to receive funding. 

11 (4) For those programs not reauthorized by com12 mittees, the House of Representatives should enforce 

13 the limitations on funding such unauthorized pro14 grams in the House rules. If the strictures of the rules 

15 are deemed to be too rapid in prohibiting spending on 

16 unauthorized programs, then milder measures should 

17 be adopted and enforced until a return to the full pro18 hibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules of 

19 the House. 

20 SEC. 816. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 

21 THROUGH THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLI22 GATED BALANCES. 

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

24 (1) According to the most recent estimate from 

25 the Office of Management and Budget, Federal agen-
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1 cies were expected to hold $844 billion in unobligated 

2 balances at the close of fiscal year 2015. 

3 (2) These funds represent direct and discre4 tionary spending previously made available by Con5 gress that remains available for expenditure. 

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

7 and it remains available for obligation indefinitely. 

8 (4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

9 Control Act of 1974 requires the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget to make funds available to agencies 

11 for obligation and prohibits the Administration from 

12 withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless 

13 approved by an Act of Congress. 

14 (5) Greater congressional oversight is required to 

15 review and identify potential savings from canceling 

16 unobligated balances of funds that are no longer need17 ed. 

18 (b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE

19 CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Congres20 sional committees should through their oversight activities 

21 identify and achieve savings through the cancellation or re22 scission of unobligated balances that neither abrogate con23 tractual obligations of the Government nor reduce or dis24 rupt Federal commitments under programs such as Social 
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1 Security, veterans’ affairs, national security, and Treasury 

2 authority to finance the national debt. 

3 (c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Congress, with the assist4 ance of the Government Accountability Office, the Inspec5 tors General, and other appropriate agencies should con6 tinue to make it a high priority to review unobligated bal7 ances and identify savings for deficit reduction. 

8 SEC. 817. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGENCY FEES AND 

9 SPENDING. 

10 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

11 (1) A number of Federal agencies and organiza12 tions have permanent authority to collect fees and 

13 other offsetting collections and to spend these collected 

14 funds. 

15 (2) The total amount of offsetting fees and offset16 ting collections is estimated by the Office of Manage17 ment and Budget to be $525 billion in fiscal year 

18 2016. 

19 (3) Agency budget justifications are, in some 

20 cases, not fully transparent about the amount of pro21 gram activity funded through offsetting collections or 

22 fees. This lack of transparency prevents effective and 

23 accountable government. 

24 (b) POLICY ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING.—It is 

25 the policy of this resolution that Congress must reassert its 
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1 constitutional prerogative to control spending and conduct 

2 oversight. To do so, Congress should enact legislation requir3 ing programs that are funded through fees, offsetting re4 ceipts, or offsetting collections to be allocated new budget 

5 authority annually. Such allocation may arise from— 

6 (1) legislation originating from the authorizing 

7 committee of jurisdiction for the agency or program; 

8 or 

9 (2) fee and account specific allocations included 

10 in annual appropriation Acts. 

11 SEC. 818. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARD12 SHIP OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

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

14 (1) The budget for the House of Representatives 

15 is $188 million less than it was when Republicans be16 came the majority in 2011. 

17 (2) The House of Representatives has achieved 

18 significant savings by consolidating operations and 

19 renegotiating contracts. 

20 (b) POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAX21 PAYER DOLLARS.—It is the policy of this resolution that: 

22 (1) The House of Representatives must be a 

23 model for the responsible stewardship of taxpayer re24 sources and therefore must identify any savings that 

25 can be achieved through greater productivity and effi-
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1 ciency gains in the operation and maintenance of 

2 House services and resources like printing, con3 ferences, utilities, telecommunications, furniture, 

4 grounds maintenance, postage, and rent. This should 

5 include a review of policies and procedures for acqui6 sition of goods and services to eliminate any unneces7 sary spending. The Committee on House Administra8 tion should review the policies pertaining to the serv9 ices provided to Members and committees of the 

10 House, and should identify ways to reduce any sub11 sidies paid for the operation of the House gym, barber 

12 shop, salon, and the House dining room. 

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

14 first class airfare or to lease corporate jets for Mem15 bers of Congress. 

16 (3) Retirement benefits for Members of Congress 

17 should not include free, taxpayer-funded health care 

18 for life. 

19 SEC. 819. POLICY STATEMENT ON ‘‘NO BUDGET, NO PAY’’. 

20 It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should 

21 agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget every year 

22 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

23 of 1974. If by April 15, a House of Congress has not agreed 

24 to a concurrent resolution on the budget, the payroll admin25 istrator of that House should carry out this policy in the 
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1 same manner as the provisions of Public Law 113–3, the 

2 No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and should place in an 

3 escrow account all compensation otherwise required to be 

4 made for Members of that House of Congress. Withheld com5 pensation should be released to Members of that House of 

6 Congress the earlier of the day on which that House of Con7 gress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget, pursu8 ant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

9 or the last day of that Congress. 

10 SEC. 820. POLICY STATEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY 

11 FUNDING. 

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

13 (1) Russian aggression, the growing threats of 

14 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Mid15 dle East, North Korean and Iranian nuclear and 

16 missile programs, and continued Chinese investments 

17 in high-end military capabilities and cyber warfare 

18 shape the parameters of an increasingly complex and 

19 challenging security environment. 

20 (2) All four current service chiefs testified that 

21 the National Military Strategy could not be executed 

22 at sequestration levels. 

23 (3) The independent and bipartisan National 

24 Defense Panel conducted risk assessments of force 

25 structure changes triggered by the Budget Control Act 
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1 of 2011 (BCA) and concluded that in addition to pre2 vious cuts to defense dating back to 2009, the seques3 tration of defense discretionary spending has ‘‘caused 

4 significant shortfalls in U.S. military readiness and 

5 both present and future capabilities’’. 

6 (4) The President’s fiscal year 2016 budget irre7 sponsibly ignores current law and requests a defense 

8 budget $38 billion above the caps for rhetorical gain. 

9 By creating an expectation of spending without a 

10 plan to avoid the BCA’s guaranteed sequester upon 

11 breaching of its caps, the White House’s proposal 

12 compounds the fiscal uncertainty that has affected the 

13 military’s ability to adequately plan for future con14 tingencies and make investments crucial for the Na15 tion’s defense. 

16 (5) The President’s budget proposes $1.8 trillion 

17 in tax increases, in addition to the $1.7 trillion in 

18 tax hikes the Administration has already imposed. 

19 The President’s tax increases would further burden 

20 economic growth and is not a realistic source for off21 sets to fund defense sequester replacement. 

22 (b) POLICY ON FISCAL YEAR 2016 NATIONAL DEFENSE

23 FUNDING.—In fiscal year 2015, the House-passed budget 

24 resolution anticipated $566 billion for national defense in 

25 the discretionary base budget for fiscal year 2016. With no 
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1 necessary statutory change yet provided by Congress, the 

2 BCA statute would require limiting national defense discre3 tionary base funding to $523 billion in fiscal year 2016. 

4 However, in total with $90 billion, the House Budget esti5 mate for Overseas Contingency Operations funding for the 

6 Department of Defense, the fiscal year 2016 budget provides 

7 over $613 billion total for defense spending that is higher 

8 than the President’s budget request for the fiscal year. This 

9 concurrent resolution provides $22 billion above the Presi10 dent’s Five Year Defense Plan and $151 billion above the 

11 10-year totals. This would also be $387 billion above the 

12 10-year total for current levels. 

13 (c) DEFENSE READINESS AND MODERNIZATION

14 FUND.—(1) The budget resolution recognizes the need to en15 sure robust funding for national defense while maintaining 

16 overall fiscal discipline. The budget resolution prioritizes 

17 our national defense and the needs of the warfighter by pro18 viding needed dollars through the creation of the ‘‘Defense 

19 Readiness and Modernization Fund’’. 

20 (2) The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund 

21 provides the mechanism for Congress to responsibly allocate 

22 in a deficit-neutral way the resources the military needs 

23 to secure the safety and liberty of United States citizens 

24 from threats at home and abroad. The Defense Readiness 

25 and Modernization Fund will provide the chair of the Com-
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1 mittee on the Budget of the House the ability to increase 

2 allocations to support legislation that would provide for the 

3 Department of Defense warfighting capabilities, moderniza4 tion, a temporary increase in end strength, training and 

5 maintenance associated with combat readiness, activities to 

6 reach full auditability of the Department of Defense’s finan7 cial statements, and implementation of military and com8 pensation reforms. 

9 (d) SEQUESTER REPLACEMENT FOR NATIONAL DE10 FENSE.—This concurrent resolution encourages an imme11 diate reevaluation of Federal Government priorities to 

12 maintain the strength of America’s national security pos13 ture. In identifying policies to restructure and stabilize the 

14 Government’s major entitlement programs which, along 

15 with net interest, will consume all Federal revenue in less 

16 than 20 years. The budget also charts a course that can 

17 ensure the availability of needed national security re18 sources. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 11 

AMENDMENT