In the Senate of the United States,
May 23, 1997.
Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Rep-
resentatives (H. Con. Res. 84) entitled ‘‘Concurrent resolu-
tion establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth ap-
propriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001,
and 2002.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and de-
clares that this resolution is the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 1998 including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002
as required by section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this concurrent resolution is as follows:
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Social security.
Sec. 103. Major functional categories.
Sec. 104. Reconciliation.
TITLE II—BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS AND RULEMAKING
Sec. 201. Discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 202. Allowance in the Senate.
Sec. 203. Allowance in the Senate for section 8 housing assistance.
Sec. 204. Environmental reserve.
Sec. 205. Priority Federal land acquisitions and exchanges.
Sec. 206. Allowance in the Senate for arrearages.
Sec. 207. Intercity passenger rail reserve fund for fiscal years 1998–2002.
Sec. 208. Mass transit reserve fund for fiscal years 1998–2002.
Sec. 209. Highway reserve fund for fiscal years 1998–2002.
Sec. 210. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
TITLE III—SENSE OF THE SENATE
Sec. 301. Sense of the Senate on long term entitlement reforms, including accu-
racy in determining changes in the cost of living.
Sec. 302. Sense of the Senate on tactical fighter aircraft programs.
Sec. 303. Sense of the Senate regarding children’s health coverage.
Sec. 304. Sense of the Senate on a medicaid per capita cap.
Sec. 305. Sense of the Senate that added savings go to deficit reduction.
Sec. 306. Sense of the Senate on fairness in medicare.
Sec. 307. Sense of the Senate regarding assistance to Lithuania and Latvia.
Sec. 308. Sense of the Senate regarding a national commission on higher edu-
cation.
Sec. 309. Sense of the Senate on lockbox.
Sec. 310. Sense of the Senate on the earned income credit.
Sec. 311. Sense of the Senate on repayment of the Federal debt.
Sec. 312. Sense of the Senate supporting long-term entitlement reforms.
Sec. 313. Sense of the Senate on disaster assistance funding.
Sec. 314. Sense of the Senate on enforcement of bipartisan budget agreement.
Sec. 315. Sense of the Senate regarding the National Institutes of Health.
Sec. 316. Sense of the Senate regarding certain elderly legal aliens.
Sec. 317. Sense of the Senate regarding retroactive taxes.
Sec. 318. Sense of the Senate on social security and balancing the budget
Sec. 319. Sense of the Senate supporting sufficient funding for veterans programs
and benefits.
Sec. 320. Sense of Congress on family violence option clarifying amendment.
Sec. 321. Sense of the Senate on tax cuts.
Sec. 322. Sense of the Senate regarding assistance to Amtrak.
Sec. 323. Sense of the Senate regarding the protection of children’s health.
Sec. 324. Deposit of all Federal gasoline taxes into the Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 325. Sense of the Senate early childhood education.
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Sec. 326. Highway Trust Fund not taken into account for deficit purposes.
Sec. 327. Airport and Airway Trust Fund not taken into account for deficit pur-
poses.
Sec. 328. Military Retirement Trust Funds not taken into account for deficit pur-
poses.
Sec. 329. Civil Service Retirement Trust Funds not taken into account for deficit
purposes.
Sec. 330. Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund not taken into account for
deficit purposes.
Sec. 331. Sense of the Senate concerning Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 332. Sense of the Senate concerning tax incentives for the cost of post-second-
ary education.
Sec. 333. Sense of the Senate on additional tax cuts.
Sec. 334. Sense of the Senate regarding truth in budgeting and spectrum auctions
Sec. 335. Highway demonstration projects.
Sec. 336. Sense of the Senate regarding the use of budget savings.
Sec. 337. Sense of the Senate regarding the value of the social security system for
future retirees.
Sec. 338. Sense of the Senate on economic growth dividend protection.
Sec. 339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund in the Senate.
Sec. 340. Support for Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers.
Sec. 341. Sense of Congress regarding parental involvement in prevention of drug
use by children.
TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the
fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002:
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the enforce-
ment of this resolution—
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues
are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,199,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,241,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,285,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,343,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,407,600,000,000.
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(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $¥7,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $¥11,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $¥22,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $¥22,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $¥19,900,000,000.
(C) The amounts for Federal Insurance Con-
tributions Act revenues for hospital insurance within
the recommended levels of Federal revenues are as fol-
lows:
Fiscal year 1998: $113,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $119,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $125,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $130,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $136,800,000,000.
(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,386,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,440,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,488,939,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,520,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,551,600,000,000.
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(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the enforce-
ment of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget
outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,372,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,424,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,468,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,500,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,515,900,000,000.
(4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $¥173,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $¥182,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $¥183,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $¥157,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $¥108,300,000,000.
(5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of the pub-
lic debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $5,593,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $5,841,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $6,088,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $6,307,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $6,481,200,000,000.
(6) DIRECT LOAN OBLIGATIONS.—The appropriate lev-
els of total new direct loan obligations are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $34,000,000,000.
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Fiscal year 1999: $33,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $34,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $36,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $37,400,000,000.
(7) PRIMARY LOAN GUARANTEE COMMITMENTS.—The
appropriate levels of new primary loan guarantee commit-
ments are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $315,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $324,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $328,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $332,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $335,300,000,000.
SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of
Senate enforcement under sections 302, 602, and 311 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are
as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $402,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $422,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $442,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $461,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $482,800,000,000.
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(b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of
Senate enforcement under sections 302, 602, and 311 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are
as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $317,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $330,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $343,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $358,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $372,500,000,000.
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appro-
priate levels of new budget authority, budget outlays, new
direct loan obligations, and new primary loan guarantee
commitments for fiscal years 1998 through 2002 for each
major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$268,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $266,000,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $600,000,000.
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Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$270,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$274,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $268,400,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $1,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$281,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $270,100,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $1,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$289,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,600,000,000.
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(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $1,100,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $15,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,600,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $12,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,600,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $13,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,000,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $13,400,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $16,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,800,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $13,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $16,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,800,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $14,200,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $16,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $16,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $15,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,000,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,700,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $3,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,200,000,000.
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(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $3,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $3,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $2,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,000,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
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Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $2,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $23,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,000,000,000.
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(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $22,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $22,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$9,600,000,000.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $6,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $12,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$11,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $6,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$11,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $6,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $11,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,500,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$11,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $6,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $10,700,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$11,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $6,700,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $6,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$4,700,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $245,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $11,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,900,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $253,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,200,000,000.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $255,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $16,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,600,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $258,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $16,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,500,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,700,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $259,900,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $46,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
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(A) New budget authority, $46,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $47,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $48,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $49,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,200,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $8,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,900,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $2,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$2,900,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $2,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $7,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$3,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $2,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) New budget authority, $7,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$3,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $2,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $7,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$3,200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $2,500,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $60,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,100,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$12,300,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $20,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $60,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,300,000,000.
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(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$13,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $64,239,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,700,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$13,900,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $23,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $63,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$14,700,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $24,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $63,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$15,400,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $25,700,000,000.
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(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$137,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $137,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$145,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $144,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$154,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $153,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$163,400,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $163,100,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$172,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $171,700,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$201,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $201,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$212,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $211,500,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$225,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $225,500,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$239,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $238,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$251,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $250,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 1998:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$239,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $247,800,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$254,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $258,100,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$269,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $268,200,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$275,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,300,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$286,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $285,200,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $100,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $11,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,500,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
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(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $12,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $13,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,000,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $14,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $40,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,300,000,000.
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(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,000,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $27,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $41,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,700,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,100,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $26,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $41,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $26,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $42,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,200,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,200,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $25,600,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $42,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,400,000,000.
(C) 
New 
direct 
loan 
obligations,
$1,300,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $25,100,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $24,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $25,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,500,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $24,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $24,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $24,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $14,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,000,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $14,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $13,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,100,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$296,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,500,000,000.
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(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$304,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $304,600,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$304,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $304,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$303,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $303,700,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$303,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $303,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, ¥$0.
(B) Outlays, ¥$0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, ¥$0.
(B) Outlays, ¥$0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, ¥$0.
(B) Outlays, ¥$0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
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Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, ¥$0.
(B) Outlays, ¥$0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, ¥$0.
(B) Outlays, ¥$0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$41,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$41,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$36,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$36,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
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(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$36,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$36,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$39,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$39,200,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$51,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$51,100,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commit-
ments, $0.
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SEC. 104. RECONCILIATION.
(a) RECONCILIATION OF SPENDING REDUCTIONS.—
Not later than June 20, 1997, the committees named in this
subsection shall submit their recommendations to the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the Senate. After receiving those
recommendations, the Committee on the Budget shall report
to the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such rec-
ommendations without any substantive revision.
(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION,
AND
FORESTRY.—The Senate Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that increase outlays
by 
$300,000,000 
in 
fiscal 
year 
2002 
and
$1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(2) COMMITTEE
ON
BANKING, HOUSING, AND
URBAN AFFAIRS.—The Senate Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that reduce the deficit
$434,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $1,590,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(3) COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND
TRANSPORTATION.—The Senate Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that reduce the
deficit $14,849,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 and
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$26,496,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(4) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RE-
SOURCES.—The Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction that provide direct spending (as de-
fined in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) to reduce out-
lays $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $13,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(5) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Senate Com-
mittee on Finance shall report to the Senate changes
in laws within its jurisdiction—
(A) that provide direct spending (as defined
in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) to re-
duce outlays $40,911,000,000 in fiscal year 2002
and $100,646,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 1998 through 2002; and
(B) to increase the statutory limit on the
public debt to not more than $5,950,000,000,000.
(6) COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.—
The Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that re-
duce the deficit $1,769,000,000 in fiscal year 2002
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and $5,467,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(7) COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
AND
HUMAN
RE-
SOURCES.—The Senate Committee on Labor and
Human Resources shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction that provide direct spending (as de-
fined in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) to reduce out-
lays $1,057,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 and
$1,792,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(8) COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending (as defined in section 250(c)(8) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985) to reduce outlays $681,000,000 in fiscal year
2002 and $2,733,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
1998 through 2002.
(b) RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS.—Not
later than June 27, 1997, the Senate Committee on Finance
shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill proposing
changes in laws within its jurisdiction necessary to reduce
revenues by not more than $20,500,000,000 in fiscal year
2002 and $85,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
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1998 through 2002 and $250,000,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 1998 through 2007.
(c) TREATMENT
OF CONGRESSIONAL PAY-AS-YOU-
GO.—For purposes of section 202 of House Concurrent Res-
olution 67 (104th Congress), legislation which reduces reve-
nues pursuant to a reconciliation instruction contained in
subsection (b) shall be taken together with all other legisla-
tion enacted pursuant to the reconciliation instructions
contained in this resolution when determining the deficit
effect of such legislation.
(d) ADJUSTMENTS.—
(1) DEFICIT NEUTRAL ADJUSTMENTS.—Upon the
reporting of reconciliation legislation pursuant to
subsection (a), or upon the submission of a conference
report thereon, and if the Committee on Finance re-
duces the deficit by an amount equal to or greater
than the outlay reduction that would be achieved pur-
suant to subsection (a)(5)(A), the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget, with the concurrence and
agreement of the ranking minority member, may sub-
mit appropriately revised reconciliation instructions
to the Committee on Finance to reduce the deficit, al-
locations, limits, and aggregates if such revisions do
not cause an increase in the deficit for fiscal year
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1998 and for the period of fiscal years 1998 through
2002.
(2) FLEXIBILITY ON ADJUSTMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the adjustments au-
thorized by paragraph (1) involve a reduction in
the revenue aggregates set forth in this resolu-
tion, in lieu of revenue reductions, the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget may make up-
ward adjustments to the discretionary spending
limits in this resolution, or any combination
thereof.
(B) LIMIT.—The adjustments made pursu-
ant 
to 
this 
subsection 
shall 
not 
exceed
$2,300,000,000 
in 
fiscal 
year 
1998 
and
$16,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
1998 through 2002.
TITLE II—BUDGETARY
RESTRAINTS AND RULEMAKING
SEC. 201. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) DISCRETIONARY LIMITS.—In this section and for
the purposes of allocations made for the discretionary cat-
egory pursuant to section 302(a) or 602(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, the term ‘‘discretionary spending
limit’’ means—
(1) with respect to fiscal year 1998—
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(A) 
for 
the 
defense 
category
$269,000,000,000 in new budget authority and
$266,823,000,000 in outlays; and
(B) 
for 
the 
nondefense 
category
$257,857,000,000 in new budget authority and
$286,445,000,000 in outlays;
(2) with respect to fiscal year 1999—
(A) 
for 
the 
defense 
category
$271,500,000,000 in new budget authority and
$266,518,000,000 in outlays; and
(B) 
for 
the 
nondefense 
category
$261,499,000,000 in new budget authority and
$292,803,000,000 in outlays;
(3) with respect to fiscal year 2000, for the dis-
cretionary category $537,193,000,000 in new budget
authority and $564,265,000,000 in outlays;
(4) with respect to fiscal year 2001, for the dis-
cretionary category $542,032,000,000 in new budget
authority and $564,396,000,000 in outlays; and
(5) with respect to fiscal year 2002, for the dis-
cretionary category $551,074,000,000 in new budget
authority and $560,799,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted for changes in concepts and definitions and
emergency appropriations.
(b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider—
(A) a revision of this resolution or any con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal years
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 (or amendment, mo-
tion, or conference report on such a resolution)
that provides discretionary spending in excess of
the discretionary spending limit or limits for
such fiscal year; or
(B) any bill or resolution (or amendment,
motion, or conference report on such bill or reso-
lution) for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, or
2002 that would cause any of the limits in this
section (or suballocations of the discretionary
limits made pursuant to section 602(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) to be ex-
ceeded.
(2) EXCEPTION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—This section shall not
apply if a declaration of war by the Congress is
in effect or if a joint resolution pursuant to sec-
tion 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 has been enacted.
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(B) ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRETIONARY LIM-
ITS
IN
FY
1998.—Until the enactment of rec-
onciliation legislation pursuant to subsections
(a) and (b) of section 104 of this resolution—
(i) subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1)
shall not apply; and
(ii) subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(1) shall apply only with respect to fiscal
year 1998.
(c) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or sus-
pended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(d) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the deci-
sions of the Chair relating to any provision of this section
shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the
concurrent resolution, bill, or joint resolution, as the case
may be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in
the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair
on a point of order raised under this section.
(e) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the levels of new budget authority, out-
lays, new entitlement authority, revenues, and deficits for
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a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates
made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
SEC. 202. ALLOWANCE IN THE SENATE.
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.—In the Senate, for fiscal year
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002, upon the reporting of an
appropriations measure (or the submission of a conference
report thereon) that includes an appropriation with respect
to paragraph (1) or (2), the Chairman of the Committee
on the Budget shall increase the appropriate allocations,
budgetary aggregates, and discretionary limits by the
amount of budget authority in that measure that is the dol-
lar equivalent, in terms of Special Drawing Rights, of—
(1) an increase in the United States quota as
part of the International Monetary Fund Eleventh
General Review of Quotas (United States Quota); or
(2) any increase in the maximum amount avail-
able to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to sec-
tion 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act, as
amended from time to time (New Arrangements to
Borrow).
(b) COMMITTEE SUBALLOCATIONS.—The Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate may report appropriately
revised suballocations pursuant to sections 302(b)(1) and
602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 following
the adjustments made pursuant to subsection (a).
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SEC. 203. ALLOWANCE IN THE SENATE FOR SECTION 8
HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
(a) ADJUSTMENT FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—
In the Senate, for fiscal year 1998, upon the reporting of
an appropriations measure (or upon the submission of a
conference report thereon) that includes an appropriation
for Section 8 Housing Assistance which fully funds all con-
tract renewal obligations during that fiscal year, the Chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget may increase the ap-
propriate allocations in this resolution by an amount that
does not exceed $9,200,000,000 in budget authority and the
amount of outlays flowing from such budget authority.
(b) COMMITTEE SUBALLOCATIONS.—The Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate may report appropriately
revised suballocations pursuant to sections 302(b)(1) and
602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 following
the adjustments made pursuant to subsection (a).
SEC. 204. ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVE.
(a) ADJUSTMENTS FOR MANDATORY SPENDING.—
(1) ALLOCATIONS.—In the Senate, upon the re-
porting of legislation (or upon the submission of a
conference report thereon) pursuant to subsection (b),
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
increase the allocation pursuant to sections 302(a)
and 602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
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to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
by an amount that does not exceed—
(A) $200,000,000 in budget authority and
$200,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1998; and
(B) $1,000,000,000 in budget authority and
$1,000,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal
years 1998 through 2002.
(2) PRIOR SURPLUS.—For the purposes of sec-
tion 202 of House Concurrent Resolution 67 (104th
Congress), legislation reported (or the submission of a
conference report thereon) pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall be taken together with all other legislation en-
acted pursuant to section 104 of this resolution.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The adjustments made pursuant to
this section shall only be made for legislation that provides
funding to reform the Superfund program to facilitate the
cleanup of hazardous waste sites.
SEC. 205. PRIORITY FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITIONS AND
EXCHANGES.
(a) ADJUSTMENT FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—
In the Senate, for fiscal year 1998, upon the reporting of
an appropriations measure (or upon the submission of a
conference report thereon) that includes an appropriation
for the National Park Service’s Land Acquisition and State
Assistance account at the fiscal year 1998 request level (as
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(B) with respect to revenue increases, unless
revenues are at or above the revenue aggregates
in this resolution (not including the revenue in-
creases envisioned in subsection (c)).
(2) OUTLAYS.—The outlay adjustments made
pursuant to subsection (d) shall not exceed the
amounts specified in subsection (c)(2) for a fiscal
year.
SEC. 210. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
The Congress adopts the provisions of this title—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively,
and as such they shall be considered as part of the
rules of each House, or of that House to which they
specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede
other rules only to the extent that they are inconsist-
ent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change those rules (so far as
they relate to that House) at any time, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any
other rule of that House.
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TITLE III—SENSE OF THE
SENATE
SEC. 301. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON LONG TERM ENTITLE-
MENT REFORMS, INCLUDING ACCURACY IN
DETERMINING CHANGES IN THE COST OF
LIVING.
(a) FINDINGS.—
(1) ENTITLEMENT REFORMS.—The Senate finds
that with respect to long term entitlement reforms—
(A) entitlement spending continues to grow
dramatically as a percent of total Federal spend-
ing, rising from fifty-six percent of the budget in
1987 to an estimated seventy-three percent of the
budget in 2007;
(B) this growth in mandatory spending
poses a long-term threat to the United States
economy because it crowds out spending for in-
vestments in education, infrastructure, defense,
law enforcement and other programs that en-
hance economic growth;
(C) in 1994, the Bipartisan Commission on
Entitlement and Tax Reform concluded that if
no changes are made to current entitlement laws,
all Federal revenues will be spent on entitlement
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programs and interest on the debt by the year
2012;
(D) the Congressional Budget Office has
also recently issued a report that found that
pressure on the budget from demographics and
rising health care costs will increase dramati-
cally after 2002; and
(E) making significant entitlement changes
will significantly benefit the economy, and will
forestall the need for more drastic tax and spend-
ing decisions in future years.
(2) CPI.—The Senate finds that with respect to
accuracy in determining changes in the cost of liv-
ing—
(A) the Final Report of the Senate Finance
Committee’s Advisory Commission to study the
CPI has concluded that the Consumer Price
Index overstates the cost of living in the United
States by 1.1 percentage points;
(B) the overstatement of the cost of living by
the Consumer Price Index has been recognized by
economists since at least 1961, when a report
noting the existence of the overstatement was is-
sued by a National Bureau of Economic Re-
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search Committee, chaired by Professor George J.
Stigler;
(C) Congress and the President, through the
indexing of Federal tax brackets, social security
benefits, and other Federal program benefits,
have undertaken to protect taxpayers and bene-
ficiaries of such programs from the erosion of
purchasing power due to inflation; and
(D) the overstatement of the cost of living
increases the deficit and undermines the equi-
table administration of Federal benefits and tax
policies.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions in this resolution assume that—
(1) Congress and the President should continue
working to enact structural entitlement reforms in the
1997 budget agreement and in subsequent legislation;
(2) Congress and the President must find the
most accurate measure of the change in the cost of liv-
ing in the United States, and should work in a bipar-
tisan manner to implement any changes that are nec-
essary to achieve an accurate measure; and
(3) Congress and the President must work to en-
sure that the 1997 budget agreement not only keeps
the unified budget in balance after 2002, but that ad-
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ditional measures should be taken to begin to achieve
substantial surpluses which will improve the economy
and allow our nation to be ready for the retirement
of the baby boom generation in the year 2012.
SEC. 302. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TACTICAL FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT PROGRAMS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) the Department of Defense has proposed to
modernize the United States tactical fighter aircraft
force through three tactical fighter procurement pro-
grams, including the F/A–18 E/F aircraft program of
the Navy, the F–22 aircraft program of the Air Force,
and the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program for the
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps;
(2) the General Accounting Office, the Congres-
sional Budget Office, the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition and Technology, and several Members of
Congress have publicly stated that, given the current
Department of Defense budget for procurement, the
Department of Defense’s original plan to buy over
4,400 F/A–18 E/F aircraft, F–22 aircraft, and Joint
Strike Fighter aircraft at a total program cost in ex-
cess of $350,000,000,000 was not affordable;
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(3) the F/A–18 E/F, F–22, and the Joint Strike
Fighter tactical fighter programs will be competing
for a limited amount of procurement funding with
numerous other aircraft acquisition programs, includ-
ing the Comanche helicopter program, the V–22 Os-
prey aircraft program, and the C–17 aircraft pro-
gram, as well as for the necessary replacement of
other aging aircraft such as the KC–135, the C–5A,
the F–117, and the EA–6B aircraft; and
(4) the 1997 Department of Defense Quadrennial
Defense Review has recommended reducing the F/A–
18 E/F program buy from 1,000 aircraft to 548, and
reducing the F–22 program buy from 438 to 339.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that, within
30 days, the Department of Defense should transmit to Con-
gress detailed information pertaining to the implementa-
tion of this revised acquisition strategy so that the Congress
can adequately evaluate the extent to which the revised ac-
quisition strategy is tenable and affordable given the pro-
jected spending levels contained in this budget resolution.
SEC. 303. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CHILDREN’S
HEALTH COVERAGE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
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should be set aside for an immediate 100 percent deductibil-
ity of health insurance costs for the self-employed. Full-de-
ductibility of health expenses for the self-employed would
make health insurance more attractive and affordable, re-
sulting in more dependents being covered. The government
should not encourage parents to forgo private insurance for
a government-run program.
SEC. 304. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON A MEDICAID PER CAP-
ITA CAP.
It is the sense of the Senate that in order to meet deficit
reduction targets in this resolution with respect to medic-
aid—
(1) the per capita cap will not be used as a
method for meeting spending targets; and
(2) the per capita cap represents a significant
structural change that could jeopardize the quality of
care for children, the disabled, and senior citizens.
SEC. 305. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ADDED SAVINGS
GO TO DEFICIT REDUCTION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) balancing the budget will bring numerous
economic benefits for the United States economy and
American workers and families, including improved
economic growth and lower interest rates;
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(2) the fiscal year 1998 budget resolution crafted
pursuant to an agreement reached between the Con-
gress and the Administration purports to achieve bal-
ance in the year 2002;
(3) the deficit estimates contained in this resolu-
tion may not conform to the actual deficits in subse-
quent years, which make it imperative that any addi-
tional savings are realized be devoted to deficit reduc-
tion;
(4) the Senate’s ‘‘pay-as-you-go’’ point of order
prohibits crediting savings from updated economic or
technical data as an offset for legislation that in-
creases the deficit, and ensures these savings are de-
voted to deficit reduction; and
(5) Congress and the Administration must en-
sure that the deficit levels contained in this budget
are met and, if actual deficits prove to be lower than
projected, the additional savings are used to balance
the budget on or before the year 2002.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that—
(1) legislation enacted pursuant to this resolu-
tion must ensure that the goal of a balanced budget
is achieved on or before fiscal year 2002; and
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(2) if the actual deficit is lower than the pro-
jected deficit in any upcoming fiscal year, the added
savings should be devoted to further deficit reduction.
SEC. 306. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FAIRNESS IN MEDI-
CARE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds re-
cently announced that medicare’s Hospital Insurance
(HI) Trust Fund is headed for bankruptcy in 2001,
and in 1997, HI will run a deficit of $26,000,000,000
and add $56,000,000,000 annually to the Federal def-
icit by 2001;
(2) the Trustees also project that Supplementary
Medical Insurance (SMI), will grow twice as fast as
the economy and the taxpayers’ subsidy to keep the
SMI from bankruptcy will grow from $58,000,000,000
to $89,000,000,000 annually from 1997 through 2001;
(3) the Congressional Budget Office reports that
when the baby-boom generation begins to receive so-
cial security benefits and is eligible for medicare in
2008, the Federal budget will face intense pressure,
resulting in mounting deficits and erosion of future
economic growth;
(4) long-term solutions to address the financial
and demographic problems of medicare are urgently
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needed to preserve and protect the medicare trust
funds;
(5) these solutions to address the financial and
demographic problems of medicare are urgently need-
ed to preserve and protect the medicare trust funds;
(6) reform of the medicare program should en-
sure equity and fairness for all medicare beneficiaries,
and offer beneficiaries more choice of private health
plans, to promote efficiency and enhance the quality
of health care;
(7) all Americans pay the same payroll tax of
2.9 percent to the medicare trust funds, and they de-
serve the same choices and services regardless of where
they retire;
(8) however, under the currently adjusted-aver-
age-per-capita cost (AAPCC), some counties receive
2.5 times more in medicare reimbursements than oth-
ers;
(9) this inequity in medicare reimbursement
jeopardizes the quality of medicare services of rural
beneficiaries and penalizes the most efficient and ef-
fective medicare service providers;
(10) in some states, the result has been the ab-
sence of health care choices beyond traditional, fee-for-
service medicine for medicare beneficiaries, which in
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other counties and states plan providers may be sig-
nificantly over-compensated, adding to medicare’s fis-
cal instability; and
(11) ending the practice of basing payments to
risk contract plans on local fee-for-service medical
costs will help correct these inequities, mitigate un-
necessary cost in the program, and begin the serious,
long-term restructuring of medicare.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that the
Finance Committee should strongly consider the following
elements for medicare reform—
(1) any medicare reform package should include
measures to address the inequity in medicare reim-
bursement to risk contract plans;
(2) medicare should use a national update
framework rather than local fee-for-service spending
increases to determine the annual changes in risk
plan payment rates;
(3) an adequate minimum payment rate should
be provided for health plans participating in medi-
care risk contract programs;
(4) the geographic variation in medicare pay-
ment rates must be reduced over time to raise the
lower payment areas closer to the average while tak-
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ing into account actual differences in input costs that
exist from region to regional;
(5) medicare managers in consultation with plan
providers and patient advocates should pursue com-
petitive bidding programs in communities where data
indicate risk contract payments are substantially ex-
cessive and when plan choices would not diminish by
such a bidding process; and
(6) medicare should phase in the use of risk ad-
justers which take account of health status so as to
address overpayment to some plans.
SEC. 307. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ASSISTANCE
TO LITHUANIA AND LATVIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) Lithuania and Latvia reestablished democ-
racy and free market economies when they regained
their freedom from the Soviet Union;
(2) Lithuania and Latvia, which have made sig-
nificant progress since regaining their freedom, are
still struggling to recover from the devastation of 50
years of communist domination;
(3) the United States, which never recognized the
illegal incorporation of Lithuania and Latvia into
the Soviet Union, has provided assistance to strength-
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en democratic institutions and free market reforms in
Lithuania and Latvia since 1991;
(4) the people of the United States enjoy close
and friendly relations with the people of Lithuania
and Latvia;
(5) the success of democracy and free market re-
form in Lithuania and Latvia is important to the se-
curity and economic progress of the United States;
and
(6) the United States as well as Lithuania and
Latvia would benefit from the continuation of assist-
ance which helps Lithuania and Latvia to implement
commercial and trade law reform, sustain private sec-
tor development, and establish well-trained judi-
ciaries.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that—
(1) adequate assistance should be provided to
Lithuania and Latvia in fiscal year 1998 to continue
the progress they have made; and
(2) assistance to Lithuania and Latvia should be
continued beyond fiscal year 1998 as they continue to
build democratic and free market institutions.
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SEC. 308. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A NATIONAL
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION.
It is the sense of the Senate that the provisions of this
resolution assure that a national commission should be es-
tablished to study and make specific recommendations re-
garding the extent to which increases in student financial
aid, and the extent to which Federal, State, and local laws
and regulations, contribute to increases in college and uni-
versity tuition.
SEC. 309. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON LOCKBOX.
It is the Sense of the Senate that the provisions of this
resolution assume that to ensure all savings from medicare
reform are used to keep the medicare program solvent, the
Treasury Secretary should credit the Medicare Hospital In-
surance Trust Fund (Part A) with government securities
equal to any savings from Medicare Supplemental Medical
Insurance (Part B) reforms enacted pursuant to the rec-
onciliation instructions contained in this budget resolution.
SEC. 310. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE EARNED INCOME
CREDIT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) an April 1997 study by the Internal Revenue
Service of Earned Income Credit (EIC) filers for tax
year 1994 revealed that over $4,000,000,000 of the
$17,000,000,000 spent on the EIC for that year was
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erroneously claimed and paid by the IRS, resulting
in a fraud and error rate of 25.8 percent;
(2) the IRS study further concluded that EIC re-
forms enacted by the One Hundred Fourth Congress
will only lower the fraud error rate to 20.7 percent,
meaning over $23,000,000,000 will be wasted over the
next five years; and
(3) the President’s recent proposals to combat
EIC fraud and error contained within this budget
resolution are estimated to save $124,000,000 in
scoreable savings over the next five years and addi-
tional savings from deterrent effects.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that the
President should propose and Congress should enact addi-
tional programmatic changes sufficient to ensure that the
primary purpose of the EIC to encourage work over welfare
is achieved without wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on
fraud and error.
SEC. 311. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REPAYMENT OF THE
FEDERAL DEBT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) Congress and the President have a basic
moral and ethical responsibility to future generations
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to repay the Federal debt, including money borrowed
from the Social Security Trust Fund;
(2) the Congress and the President should enact
a law that creates a regimen for paying off the Fed-
eral debt within 30 years; and
(3) if spending growth were held to a level one
percentage point lower than projected growth in reve-
nues, then the Federal debt could be repaid within 30
years.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that—
(1) the President’s annual budget submission to
Congress should include a plan for repayment of the
Federal debt beyond the year 2002, including the
money borrowed from the Social Security Trust
Fund; and
(2) the plan should specifically explain how the
President would cap spending growth at a level one
percentage point lower than projected growth in reve-
nues.
SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING LONG-TERM
ENTITLEMENT REFORMS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that the resolution
assumes the following—
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(1) entitlement spending has risen dramatically
over the last thirty-five years;
(2) in 1963, mandatory spending (i.e., entitle-
ment spending and interest on the debt) made up 29.6
percent of the budget, this figure rose to 61.4 percent
by 1993 and is expected to reach 70 percent shortly
after the year 2000;
(3) this mandatory spending is crowding out
spending for the traditional ‘‘discretionary’’ functions
of Government like clean air and water, a strong na-
tional defense, parks and recreation, education, our
transportation system, law enforcement, research and
development and other infrastructure spending;
(4) taking significant steps sooner rather than
later to reform entitlement spending will not only
boost economic growth in this country, it will also
prevent the need for drastic tax and spending deci-
sions in the next century.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the Sense of the
Senate that the levels in this budget resolution assume that
Congress and the President should work to enact structural
reforms in entitlement spending in 1997 and beyond which
sufficiently restrain the growth of mandatory spending in
order to keep the budget in balance over the long term, ex-
tend the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare Trust
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Funds, avoid crowding out funding for basic Government
functions and that every effort should be made to hold man-
datory spending to no more than 70 percent of the budget.
SEC. 313. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON DISASTER ASSIST-
ANCE FUNDING.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) emergency spending adds to the deficit and
total spending;
(2) the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 exempts
emergency spending from the discretionary spending
caps and pay-go requirements;
(3) the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 expires
in 1998 and needs to be extended;
(4) since the enactment of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act, Congress and the President have approved
an average of $5,800,000,000 per year in emergency
spending;
(5) a natural disaster in any particular State is
unpredictable, by the United States is likely to experi-
ence a natural disaster almost every year.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the functional totals underlying this concurrent res-
olution on the budget assume that the Congress should con-
sider in the extension of the Budget Enforcement Act and
in appropriations Acts—
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(1) provisions that budget for emergencies or that
require emergency spending to be offset;
(2) provisions that provide flexibility to meet
emergency funding requirements associated with nat-
ural disasters;
(3) Congress and the President should consider
appropriating at least $5,000,000,000 every year
within discretionary limits to provide natural disas-
ter relief;
(4) Congress and the President should not des-
ignate any emergency spending for natural disaster
relief until such amounts provided in regular appro-
priations are exhausted.
SEC. 314. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ENFORCEMENT OF BI-
PARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) the bipartisan budget agreement is contin-
gent upon—
(A) favorable economic conditions for the
next 5 years; and
(B) accurate estimates of the fiscal impacts
of assumptions in this resolution; and
(C) enactment of legislation to reduce the
deficit;
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(2) if either of the conditions in paragraph (1)
are not met, our ability to achieve a balanced budget
by 2002 will be jeopardized.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the functional totals and limits in this resolution
assume that—
(1) reconciliation legislation should include legis-
lation to enforce the targets set forth in the budget
process description included in the agreement and to
ensure the balanced budget goal is met; and
(2) such legislation shall—
(A) establish procedures to ensure those tar-
gets are met every year;
(B) require that the President’s annual
budget and annual Congressional concurrent res-
olutions on the budget comply with those targets
every year;
(C) consider provisions which provide that
if the deficit is below or the surplus is above the
deficits projected in the agreement in any year,
such savings are locked in for deficit and debt re-
duction; and
(D) consider provisions which include a
provision to budget for and control emergency
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spending in order to prevent the use of emer-
gencies to evade the budget targets.
SEC. 315. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NA-
TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) heart disease was the leading cause of death
for both men and women in every year from 1970 to
1993;
(2) mortality rates for individuals suffering from
prostate cancer, skin cancer, and kidney cancer con-
tinue to rise;
(3) the mortality rate for African American
women suffering from diabetes is 134 percent higher
than the mortality rate of Caucasian women suffering
from diabetes;
(4) asthma rates for children increased 58 per-
cent from 1982 to 1992;
(5) nearly half of all American women between
the ages of 65 and 75 reported having arthritis;
(6) AIDS is the leading cause of death for Amer-
icans between the ages of 24 and 44;
(7) the Institute of Medicine has described Unit-
ed States clinical research to be ‘‘in a state of crisis’’
and the National Academy of Sciences concluded in
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1994 that ‘‘the present cohort of clinical investigators
is not adequate’’;
(8) biomedical research has been shown to be ef-
fective in saving lives and reducing health care ex-
penditures;
(9) research sponsored by the National Institutes
of Health has contributed significantly to the first
overall reduction in cancer death rates since record-
keeping was instituted;
(10) research sponsored by the National Insti-
tutes of Health has resulted in the identification of ge-
netic mutations for osteoporosis; Lou Gehrig’s Dis-
ease, cystic fibrosis, and Huntington’s Disease; breast,
skin and prostate cancer; and a variety of other ill-
nesses;
(11) research sponsored by the National Insti-
tutes of Health has been key to the development of
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) scanning technologies;
(12) research sponsored by the National Insti-
tutes of Health has developed effective treatments for
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Today, 80
percent 
of 
children 
diagnosed 
with 
Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia are alive and free of the dis-
ease after 5 years; and
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(13) research sponsored by the National Insti-
tutes of Health contributed to the development of a
new, cost-saving cure for peptic ulcers.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that this Resolution assumes that—
(1) appropriations for the National Institutes of
Health should be increased by 100 percent over the
next 5 fiscal years; and
(2) appropriations for the National Institutes of
Health should be increased by $2,000,000,000 in fis-
cal year 1998 over the amount appropriated in fiscal
year 1997.
SEC. 316. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CERTAIN EL-
DERLY LEGAL ALIENS.
It is the sense of the Senate that the provisions of this
resolution assume that—
(1) the Committee on Finance will include in its
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of
the Senate changes in laws within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Finance that allow certain elderly,
legal immigrants who will cease to receive benefits
under the supplemental security income program as
a result of the Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2105) to continue to receive bene-
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fits during a redetermination or reapplication period
to determine if such aliens would qualify for such
benefits on the basis of being disabled; and
(2) the Committee on Finance in developing
these recommendations should offset the additional
cost of this proposal out of other programs within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Finance.
SEC. 317. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING RETRO-
ACTIVE TAXES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) in general, the practice of increasing a tax
retroactively is fundamentally unfair to taxpayers;
and
(2) retroactive taxation is disruptive to families
and small business in their ability to plan and budg-
et.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the levels in this budget resolution assume that—
(1) except for closing tax loopholes, no revenues
should be generated from any retroactively increased
tax; and
(2) the Congress and the President should work
together to ensure that any revenue generating pro-
posal contained within reconciliation legislation pur-
suant to this concurrent resolution proposal, except
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those proposals closing tax loopholes, should take effect
prospectively.
SEC. 318. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON SOCIAL SECURITY
AND BALANCING THE BUDGET.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) this budget resolution is projected to balance
the unified budget of the United States in fiscal year
2002;
(2) section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act
of 1990 requires that the deficit be computed without
counting the annual surpluses of the Social Security
Trust Funds; and
(3) if the deficit were calculated according to the
requirements of section 13301, this budget resolution
would be projected to result in a deficit of
$108,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2002.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the assumptions underlying this budget resolution
assume that after balancing the unified Federal budget, the
Congress should continue efforts to reduce the on-budget def-
icit, so that the Federal budget will be balanced without
counting social security surpluses.
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SEC. 319. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING SUFFI-
CIENT FUNDING FOR VETERANS PROGRAMS
AND BENEFITS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) veterans and their families represent ap-
proximately 27 percent of the United States popu-
lation;
(2) more than 20 million of our 26 million liv-
ing veterans served during wartime, sacrificing their
freedom so that we may have ours; and
(3) veterans have earned the benefits promised to
them.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the assumptions underlying this Budget Res-
olution assume that the 602(b) allocation to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs will be sufficient in fis-
cal year 1998 to fully fund all discretionary veterans
programs, including medical care; and
(2) funds collected from legislation to improve
the Department of Veterans Affairs’ ability to collect
and retain reimbursement from third-party payers
ought to be used to supplement, not supplant, an ade-
quate appropriation for medical care.
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SEC. 320. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FAMILY VIOLENCE OP-
TION CLARIFYING AMENDMENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Domestic violence is the leading cause of
physical injury to women. The Department of Justice
estimates that over 1,000,000 violent crimes against
women are committed by intimate partners annually.
(2) Domestic violence dramatically affects the
victim’s ability to participate in the workforce. A
University of Minnesota survey reported that 1⁄4 of
battered women surveyed had lost a job partly because
of being abused and that over 1⁄2 of these women had
been harassed by their abuser at work.
(3) Domestic violence is often intensified as
women seek to gain economic independence through
attending school or training programs. Batterers have
been reported to prevent women from attending these
programs or sabotage their efforts at self-improve-
ment.
(4) Nationwide surveys of service providers pre-
pared by the Taylor Institute of Chicago, Illinois,
document, for the first time, the interrelationship be-
tween domestic violence and welfare by showing that
from 34 percent to 65 percent of AFDC recipients are
current or past victims of domestic violence.
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(5) Over 1⁄2 of the women surveyed stayed with
their batterers because they lacked the resources to
support themselves and their children. The surveys
also found that the availability of economic support
is a critical factor in poor women’s ability to leave
abusive situations that threaten them and their chil-
dren.
(6) The restructuring of the welfare programs
may impact the availability of the economic support
and the safety net necessary to enable poor women to
flee abuse without risking homelessness and starvation
for their families.
(7) In recognition of this finding, the Committee
on the Budget of the Senate in considering the 1997
Resolution on the budget of the United States unani-
mously adopted a sense of the Congress amendment
concerning domestic violence and Federal assistance.
Subsequently, Congress adopted the family violence
option amendment as part of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996.
(8) The family violence option gives States the
flexibility to grant temporary waivers from time lim-
its and work requirements for domestic violence vic-
tims who would suffer extreme hardship from the ap-
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plication of these provisions. These waivers were not
intended to be included as part of the permanent 20
percent hardship exemption.
(9) The Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices has been slow to issue regulations regarding this
provision. As a result, States are hesitant to fully im-
plement the family violence option fearing that it will
interfere with the 20 percent hardship exemption.
(10) Currently 15 States have opted to include
the family violence option in their welfare plans, and
13 other States have included some type of domestic
violence provisions in their plans.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the provisions of this Resolution assume that—
(1) States should not be subject to any numerical
limits in granting domestic violence good cause waiv-
ers under section 402(a)(7)(A)(iii) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(7)(A)(iii)) to individuals
receiving assistance, for all requirements where com-
pliance with such requirements would make it more
difficult for individuals receiving assistance to escape
domestic violence; and
(2) any individual who is granted a domestic vi-
olence good cause waiver by a State shall not be in-
cluded in the States’ 20 percent hardship exemption
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under section 408(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 608(a)(7)).
SEC. 321. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX CUTS.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget assumes that—
(1) a substantial majority of the tax cut benefits
provided in the tax reconciliation bill will go to mid-
dle class working families earning less than approxi-
mately $100,000 per year; and
(2) the tax cuts in the tax reconciliation bill will
not cause revenue losses to increase significantly in
years after 2007.
SEC. 322. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ASSISTANCE
TO AMTRAK.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) Amtrak is in a financial crisis, with growing
and 
substantial 
debt 
obligations 
approaching
$2,000,000,000;
(2) Amtrak has not been authorized since 1994;
(3) the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation favorably reported legislation to
reform Amtrak during the last two Congresses, but no
legislation was enacted;
(4) the Finance Committee favorably reported
legislation in the last Congress that created a dedi-
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cated trust fund for Amtrak, but no legislation was
enacted;
(5) in 1997 Amtrak testified before the Congress
that it cannot survive beyond 1998 without com-
prehensive legislative reforms and a dedicated source
of capital funding; and
(6) Congress is obligated to invest Federal tax
dollars responsibly and to reduce waste and ineffi-
ciency in Federal programs, including Amtrak.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that:
(1) Legislative reform is urgently needed to ad-
dress Amtrak’s financial and operational problems.
(2) It is fiscally irresponsible for Congress to al-
locate additional Federal dollars to Amtrak, and to
distribute money from a new trust fund, without pro-
viding reforms requested by Amtrak to address its
precarious financial situation.
(3) The distribution of money from any new
fund to finance an intercity rail passenger fund
should be implemented in conjunction with legislation
to reauthorize and reform the National Rail Pas-
senger Corporation.
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SEC. 323. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE PRO-
TECTION OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Today’s children and the next generation of
children are the prime beneficiaries of a balanced
Federal budget. Without a balanced budget, today’s
children will bear the increasing burden of the Fed-
eral debt. Continued deficit spending would doom fu-
ture generations to slower economic growth, higher
taxes, and lower living standards.
(2) The health of children is essential to the fu-
ture economic and social well-being of the Nation.
(3) The medicaid program provides health cov-
erage for over 17,000,000 children, or 1 out of every
4 children.
(4) While children represent 1⁄2 of all individuals
eligible for medicaid, children account for less than 25
percent of expenditures under the medicaid program.
(5) Disproportionate share hospital (DSH) fund-
ing under the medicaid program has allowed States
to provide health care services to thousands of unin-
sured pregnant women and children. DSH funding
under the medicaid program is critical for these pop-
ulations.
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(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that the
health care needs of low-income pregnant women and chil-
dren should be a top priority. Careful study must be made
of the impact of medicaid disproportionate share hospital
(DSH) reform proposals on children’s health and on vital
sources of care, including children’s hospitals. Any restric-
tions on DSH funding under the medicaid program should
not harm State medicaid coverage of children and pregnant
women.
SEC. 324. DEPOSIT OF ALL FEDERAL GASOLINE TAXES
INTO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Since 1956, Federal gasoline excise tax reve-
nues have generally been deposited in the Highway
Trust Fund and reserved for transportation uses.
(2) In 1993, Congress and the President enacted
the first permanent increase in the Federal gasoline
excise tax which was dedicated to general revenues,
not the Highway Trust Fund.
(3) Over the next five years, approximately
$7,000,000,000 per year in Federal gasoline excise tax
revenues will be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury, rather than the Highway Trust Fund.
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(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions in this resolution assume that Con-
gress should in the extension of the Budget Enforcement Act,
ISTEA reauthorization, appropriations Acts, and in any
revenue bills, that all revenues from Federal gasoline excise
taxes, including amounts dedicated to general revenues in
1993, should be dedicated to the Highway Trust Fund so
that such taxes may be used for the purpose to which they
have historically been dedicated, promoting transportation
infrastructure and building roads.
SEC. 325. SENSE OF THE SENATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDU-
CATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) Scientific research on the development of the
brain has confirmed that the early childhood years,
particularly from birth to the age of 3, are critical to
children’s development.
(2) Studies repeatedly have shown that good
quality child care helps children develop well, enter
school ready to succeed, improve their skills, cognitive
abilities and socioemotional development, improve
classroom learning behavior, and stay safe while their
parents work. Further, quality early childhood pro-
grams can positively affect children’s long-term suc-
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decrease reliance on public assistance and decrease in-
volvement with the criminal justice system.
(3) The first of the National Education Goals,
endorsed by the Nation’s governors, passed by Con-
gress and signed into law by President Bush, stated
that by the year 2000, every child should enter school
ready to learn and that access to a high quality early
childhood education program was integral to meeting
this goal.
(4) According to data compiled by the RAND
Corporation, while 90 percent of human brain growth
occurs by the age of 3, public spending on children in
that age range equals only 8 percent of spending on
all children. A vast majority of public spending on
children occurs after the brain has gone through its
most dramatic changes, often to correct problems that
should have been addressed during early childhood de-
velopment.
(5) According to the Department of Education,
of $29,400,000,000 in current estimated education ex-
penditures, only $1,500,000,000, or 5 percent, is spent
on children from birth to age 5. The vast majority is
spent on children over age 5.
(6) A new commitment to quality child care and
early childhood education is a necessary response to
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the fact that children from birth to the age of 3 are
spending more time in care away from their homes.
Almost 60 percent of women in the workforce have
children under the age of 3 requiring care.
(7) Many States and communities are currently
experimenting with innovative programs directed at
early childhood care and education in a variety of
care settings, including the home. States and local
communities are best able to deliver efficient, cost-ef-
fective services, but while such programs are long on
demand, they are short on resources. Additional Fed-
eral resources should not create new bureaucracy, but
build on successful locally driven efforts.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the budget totals and levels in this resolution as-
sume that funds ought to be directed toward increasing the
supply of quality child care, early childhood education, and
teacher and parent training for children from birth through
age 3.
SEC. 326. HIGHWAY TRUST FUND NOT TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT FOR DEFICIT PURPOSES.
It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions un-
derlying this budget resolution assume that the Congress
should consider legislation to exclude the receipts and dis-
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bursements of the Highway Trust Fund from the totals of
the Budget of the United States Government.
SEC. 327. AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND NOT TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT FOR DEFICIT PURPOSES.
It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions un-
derlying the budget resolution that the Congress should con-
sider legislation to exclude the receipts and disbursements
of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from the totals of
the Budget of the United States Government.
SEC. 328. MILITARY 
RETIREMENT 
TRUST 
FUNDS 
NOT
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR DEFICIT PUR-
POSES.
It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions un-
derlying this budget resolution assume that the Congress
should consider legislation to exclude the receipts and dis-
bursements of the retirement and disability trust funds for
members of the Armed Forces of the United States from the
totals of the Budget of the United States Government.
SEC. 329. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT TRUST FUNDS NOT
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR DEFICIT PUR-
POSES.
It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions un-
derlying this budget resolution assume that the Congress
should consider legislation to exclude the receipts and dis-
bursements of the retirement and disability trust funds for
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civilian employees of the United States from the totals of
the Budget of the United States Government.
SEC. 330. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUND
NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR DEFICIT
PURPOSES.
It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions un-
derlying this budget resolution assume that the Congress
should consider legislation to exclude the receipts and dis-
bursements of the Federal Unemployment Compensation
Trust Fund from the totals of the Budget of the United
States Government.
SEC. 331. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING HIGHWAY
TRUST FUND.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) there is no direct linkage between the fuel
taxes deposited in the Highway Trust Fund and the
transportation spending from the Highway Trust
Fund;
(2) the Federal budget process has severed this
linkage by dividing revenues and spending into sepa-
rate budget categories with—
(A) fuel taxes deposited in the Highway
Trust Fund as revenues; and
(B) most spending from the Highway Trust
Fund in the discretionary category;
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(3) each budget category referred to in para-
graph (2) has its own rules and procedures; and
(4) under budget rules in effect prior to the date
of adoption of this resolution, an increase in fuel
taxes permits increased spending to be included in the
budget, but not for increased Highway Trust Fund
spending.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) in this session of Congress, Congress should,
within a unified budget, change the Federal budget
process to establish a linkage between the fuel taxes
deposited in the Highway Trust Fund, including any
fuel tax increases that may be enacted into law after
the date of adoption of this resolution, and the spend-
ing from the Highway Trust Fund; and
(2) changes to the budgetary treatment of the
Highway Trust Fund should not result in total pro-
gram levels for highways or mass transit that is in-
consistent with those assumed under the resolution.
SEC. 332. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING TAX INCEN-
TIVES FOR THE COST OF POST–SECONDARY
EDUCATION.
It is the sense of the Senate that the provisions of this
resolution assume that any revenue reconciliation bill
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should include tax incentives for the cost of post-secondary
education, including expenses of workforce education and
training at vocational schools and community colleges.
SEC. 333. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ADDITIONAL TAX
CUTS.
It is the sense of the Senate that nothing in this resolu-
tion shall be construed as prohibiting Congress in future
years from providing additional tax relief if the cost of such
tax relief is offset by reductions in discretionary or manda-
tory spending, or increases in revenue from alternative
sources.
SEC. 334. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRUTH IN
BUDGETING AND SPECTRUM AUCTIONS.
(a) The Senate finds that—
(1) the electromagnetic spectrum is the property
of the American people and is managed on their be-
half by the Federal Government;
(2) the spectrum is a highly valuable and limited
natural resource;
(3) the auctioning of spectrum has raised billions
of dollars for the Treasury;
(4) the estimates made regarding the value of
spectrum in the past have proven unreliable, having
previously understated and now overstating its worth;
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(5) because estimates of spectrum value depend
on a number of technological, economic, market forces,
and other variables that cannot be predicted or com-
pletely controlled, it is not possible to reliably esti-
mate the value of a given segment of spectrum; there-
fore,
(b) It is the Sense of the Senate that as auctions occur
as assumed by this Resolution, the Congress shall take such
steps as necessary to reconcile the difference between actual
revenues raised and estimates made and shall reduce spend-
ing accordingly if such auctions raise less revenue than pro-
jected.
SEC. 335. HIGHWAY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) 
demonstration 
projects 
totaling
$362,000,000 were listed for special line-item funding
in the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982;
(2) 
152 
demonstration 
projects 
totaling
$1,400,000,000 were named in the Surface Transpor-
tation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of
1987;
(3) 64 percent of the funding for the 152 projects
had not been obligated after 5 years and State trans-
portation officials determined the projects added little,
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if any, to meeting their transportation infrastructure
priorities;
(4) 538 location specific projects totaling
$6,230,000,000 were included in the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991;
(5) more than $3,300,000,000 of the funds au-
thorized for the 538 location-specific projects re-
mained unobligated as of January 31, 1997;
(6) the General Accounting Office determined
that 31 States plus the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico would have received more funding if the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act lo-
cation-specific project funds were redistributed as
Federal-aid highway program apportionments;
(7) this type of project funding diverts Highway
Trust Fund money away from State transportation
priorities established under the formula allocation
process and under the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation and Efficiency Act of 1991;
(8) on June 20, 1995, by a vote of 75 yeas to
21 nays, the Senate voted to prohibit the use of Fed-
eral Highway Trust Fund money for future dem-
onstration projects;
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(9) the Intermodal Surface Transportation and
Efficiency Act of 1991 expires at the end of fiscal
year 1997; and
(10) hundreds of funding requests for specific
transportation projects in Congressional Districts
have been submitted in the House of Representatives.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) notwithstanding different views on existing
Highway Trust Fund distribution formulas, funding
for demonstration projects or other similarly titled
projects diverts Highway Trust Fund money away
from State priorities and deprives States of the abil-
ity to adequately address their transportation needs;
(2) States are best able to determine the prior-
ities for allocating Federal-Aid-To-Highway monies
within their jurisdiction;
(3) Congress should not divert limited Highway
Trust Fund resources away from State transportation
priorities by authorizing new highway projects; and
(4) Congress should not authorize any new dem-
onstration projects or other similarly-titled projects.
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SEC. 336. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE USE OF
BUDGET SAVINGS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Poverty rates among the elderly are at the
lowest level since our Nation began to keep poverty
statistics, due in large part to the social security sys-
tem and the medicare program.
(2) Twenty-two percent of every dollar spent by
the Federal Government goes to the social security
system.
(3) Eleven percent of every dollar spent by the
Federal Government goes to the medicare program.
(4) Currently, spending on the elderly accounts
for 1⁄3 of the Federal budget and more than 1⁄2 of all
domestic spending other than interest on the national
debt.
(5) Future generations of Americans must be
guaranteed the same value from the social security
system as past covered recipients.
(6) According to the 1997 report of the Manag-
ing Trustee for the social security trust funds, the ac-
cumulated balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survi-
vors Insurance Trust Fund is estimated to fall to zero
by 2029, and the estimated payroll tax at that time
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will be sufficient to cover only 75 percent of the bene-
fits owed to retirees at that time.
(7) The accumulated balance in the Federal Hos-
pital Insurance Trust Fund is estimated to fall to
zero by 2001.
(8) While the Federal budget deficit has shrunk
for the fourth straight year to $67,000,000,000 in
1997, measures need to be taken to ensure that that
trend continues.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that budget
savings in the mandatory spending area should be used—
(1) to protect and enhance the retirement secu-
rity of the American people by ensuring the long-term
future of the social security system;
(2) to protect and enhance the health care secu-
rity of senior citizens by ensuring the long-term fu-
ture of the medicare program under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); and
(3) to restore and maintain Federal budget dis-
cipline to ensure that the level of private investment
necessary for long-term economic growth and prosper-
ity is available.
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SEC. 337. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE VALUE
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM FOR FU-
TURE RETIREES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The social security system has allowed a gen-
eration of Americans to retire with dignity. Today,
13 percent of the population is 65 or older and by
2030, 20 percent of the population will be 65 or older.
More than 1⁄2 of the elderly do not receive private
pensions and more than 1⁄3 have no income from as-
sets.
(2) For 60 percent of all senior citizens, social
security benefits provide almost 80 percent of their re-
tirement income. For 80 percent of all senior citizens,
social security benefits provide over 50 percent of
their retirement income.
(3) Poverty rates among the elderly are at the
lowest level since the United States began to keep pov-
erty statistics, due in large part to the social security
system.
(4) Seventy-eight percent of Americans pay more
in payroll taxes than they do in income taxes.
(5) According to the 1997 report of the Manag-
ing Trustee for the social security trust funds, the ac-
cumulated balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survi-
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vors Insurance Trust Fund is estimated to fall to zero
by 2029, and the estimated payroll tax at that time
will be sufficient to cover only 75 percent of the bene-
fits owed to retirees at that time.
(6) The average American retiring in the year
2015 will pay $250,000 in payroll taxes over the
course of his or her working career.
(7) Future generations of Americans must be
guaranteed the same value from the social security
system as past covered recipients.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions of this resolution assume that no
change in the social security system should be made that
would reduce the value of the social security system for fu-
ture generations of retirees.
SEC. 338. SENSE OF SENATE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH DIVI-
DEND PROTECTION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that with respect to
the revenue levels established under this resolution:
(1) According to the President’s own economists,
the tax burden on Americans is the highest ever at
31.7 percent.
(2) According to the National Taxpayers Union,
the average American family now pays almost 40
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percent of their income in State, local, and Federal
taxes.
(3) Between 1978 and 1985, while the top mar-
ginal rate on capital gains was cut almost in half—
from 35 to 20 percent—total annual Federal receipts
from the tax almost tripled from $9,100,000,000 an-
nually to $26,500,000,000 annually.
(4) Conversely, when Congress raised the rate in
1986, revenues actually fell well below what was an-
ticipated.
(5) Economists across-the-board predict that cut-
ting the capital gains rate will result in a revenue
windfall for the Treasury.
(6) While a USA Today poll from this March
found 70 percent of the American people believe that
they need a tax cut, under this resolution Federal
spending will grow 17 percent over five years while
the net tax cuts are less than 1 percent of the total
tax burden.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that with respect to the revenue levels established under this
resolution, to the extent that actual revenues exceed the reve-
nues projected under this resolution due to higher than an-
ticipated economic growth, that revenue windfall should be
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reserved exclusively for additional tax cuts and/or deficit
reduction.
SEC. 339. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND IN THE SEN-
ATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, revenue and spend-
ing aggregates may be changed and allocations may be re-
vised for legislation that provides funding for early child-
hood development programs for children ages zero to six
provided that the legislation which changes revenues or
changes spending will not increase the deficit for—
(1) fiscal year 1998;
(2) the period of fiscal years 1998 through 2002;
or
(3) the period of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.
(b) REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—
(1) ADJUSTMENTS FOR LEGISLATION.—Upon the
consideration of legislation pursuant to subsection
(a), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of
the Senate may file with the Senate appropriately re-
vised allocations under sections 302(a) and 602(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and revised
functional levels and aggregates to carry out this sec-
tion. These revised allocations, functional levels, and
aggregates shall be considered for the purposes of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations,
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(1) Our Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment officers provide essential services that preserve
and protect our freedoms and security, and with the
support of Federal assistance, State and local law en-
forcement officers have succeeded in reducing the na-
tional scourge of violent crime, as illustrated by a
murder rate in 1996 that is projected to be the lowest
since 1971 and a violent crime total in 1996 that is
the lowest since 1990.
(2) Through a comprehensive effort to attack vio-
lence against women mounted by State and local law
enforcement, and dedicated volunteers and profes-
sionals who provide victim services, shelter, counsel-
ing, and advocacy to battered women and their chil-
dren, important strides have been made against the
national scourge of violence against women, illus-
trated by the decline in the murder rate for wives, ex-
wives, and girlfriends at the hands of their ‘‘inti-
mates’’ fell to a 19-year low in 1995.
(3) Federal, State, and local law enforcement ef-
forts need continued financial commitment from the
Federal Government for funding and financial assist-
ance to continue their efforts to combat violent crime
and violence against women.
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(4) Federal, State and local law enforcement also
face other challenges which require continued finan-
cial commitment from the Federal Government, in-
cluding regaining control over the Southwest Border,
where drug trafficking and illegal immigration con-
tinue to threaten public safety and menace residents
on the border and throughout the Nation.
(5) The Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund es-
tablished in section 310001 the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211)
fully funds the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994, including the Violence Against
Women Act, without adding to the Federal budget def-
icit.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the provisions and the functional totals underlying
this resolution assume that—
(1) the Federal Government’s commitment to
fund Federal law enforcement programs and pro-
grams to assist State and local efforts to combat vio-
lent crime, including violence against women, will be
maintained; and
(2) funding for the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund will continue in its current form at least
through fiscal year 2002.
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SEC. 341. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PARENTAL IN-
VOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION OF DRUG USE
BY CHILDREN.
It is the sense of the Congress that the provisions of
this resolution assume that, from resources available in this
budget resolution, a portion should be set aside for a na-
tional grassroots volunteer effort to encourage parental edu-
cation and involvement in youth drug prevention and to
create a drug-intolerant culture for our children.
Attest:
Secretary.
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