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(2) VETERANS.—$66,385,032,000 in new budg-
et authority for programs in the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs identified pursuant to subsection 
(b)(2). 
(d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropria-
tion’’ means any new discretionary budget authority pro-
vided in a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment there-
to or conference report thereon, making general appro-
priations or continuing appropriations, for the fiscal year 
following fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 311. SCORING RULE FOR ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORM-
ANCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall estimate provisions of any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon that affects the use of any covered energy savings 
contract on a net present value basis. 
(b) NPV CALCULATIONS.—The net present value of 
any covered energy savings contract shall be calculated as 
follows: 
(1) The discount rate shall reflect market risk. 
(2) The cash flows shall include, whether classi-
fied as mandatory or discretionary, payments to con-
tractors under the terms of their contracts, pay-
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ments to contractors for other services, and direct 
savings in energy and energy-related costs. 
(3) The stream of payments shall cover the pe-
riod covered by the contracts but not to exceed 25 
years. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘covered energy savings contract’’ means— 
(1) an energy savings performance contract au-
thorized under section 801 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act; or 
(2) a utility energy service contract, as de-
scribed in the Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum on Federal use of energy savings per-
formance contracting, dated July 25, 1998 (M–98– 
13), and the Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum on the Federal use of energy saving 
performance contracts and utility energy service con-
tracts, dated September 28, 2012 (M–12–21), or 
any successor to either memorandum. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—In the House of Representatives, if any present 
value calculated under subsection (b) results in a net sav-
ings, then such savings may not be used as an offset for 
purposes of budget enforcement. 
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(e) CLASSIFICATION OF SPENDING.—For purposes of 
budget enforcement, the estimated net present value of the 
budget authority provided by the measure, and outlays 
flowing therefrom, shall be classified as direct spending. 
(f) SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 
(1) the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office, should separately iden-
tify the cash flows under subsection (b)(2) and in-
clude such information in the President’s annual 
budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code; and 
(2) the scoring method used in this section 
should not be used to score any contracts other than 
covered energy savings contracts. 
SEC. 312. ESTIMATES OF LAND CONVEYANCES. 
In the House of Representatives, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office shall include in any estimate 
prepared under section 402 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 with respect to any measure that conveys 
Federal land to any non-Federal entity— 
(1) the methodology used to calculate such esti-
mate; 
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(2) a detailed justification of its estimate of any 
change in revenue, offsetting receipts, or offsetting 
collections resulting from such conveyance; 
(3) if requested by the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget, any information provided by the Bu-
reau of Land Management or other applicable Fed-
eral agency, including the source and date of such 
information, that supports the estimate of any 
change in revenue, offsetting receipts, or offsetting 
collections; 
(4) a description of any efforts to independently 
verify such agency estimate; and 
(5) a statement of the assumptions underlying 
the estimate of the budgetary effects that would be 
generated by such parcel in CBO’s baseline projec-
tions as of the most recent publication or update. 
SEC. 313. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL 
FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY 
TRUST FUND. 
In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the rules 
or orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint 
resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that transfers funds from the general fund of the 
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Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as 
new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of 
the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 
SEC. 314. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF GUARANTEE FEES 
AS AN OFFSET. 
In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, that increases, or extends the in-
crease of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National 
Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation shall not be counted for purposes of en-
forcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this con-
current resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 315. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE 
SURPLUSES AS AN OFFSET. 
In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, that transfers any portion of the 
net surplus of the Federal Reserve System to the general 
fund of the Treasury shall not be counted for purposes 
of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
concurrent resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. 
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