IV
Union Calendar No. 218
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 353
[Report No. 107–376]
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each
of fiscal years 2004 through 2007.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 15, 2002
Mr. NUSSLE, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2004
through 2007.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
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SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003.
The Congress declares that this is the concurrent res-
olution on the budget for fiscal year 2003 and that the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2004 through
2007 are hereby set forth.
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007:
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal 
year 
2003:
$1,531,893,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2004:
$1,626,605,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2005:
$1,747,988,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2006:
$1,837,957,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2007:
$1,927,213,000,000.
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(B) The amounts by which the aggregate
levels of Federal revenues should be reduced are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $4,431,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $6,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,994,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $5,555,000,000.
(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 2003: $1,784,032,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,839,183,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,928,997,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $2,019,464,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,113,668,000,000.
(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $1,756,223,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,813,604,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,897,834,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,977,123,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,057,436,000,000.
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(4) ON-BUDGET
DEFICITS.—For purposes of
the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of
the on-budget deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $224,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $186,999,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $149,846,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $139,166,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $130,223,000,000.
(5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $6,414,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $6,760,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $7,069,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $7,366,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $7,655,000,000,000.
(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $3,495,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $3,503,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $3,445,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $3,365,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $3,264,000,000,000.
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SEC. 102. HOMELAND SECURITY.
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for
fiscal year 2003 for Homeland Security are as follows:
(1) New budget authority, $37,702,000,000.
(2) Outlays, $21,860,000,000.
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for
fiscal years 2003 through 2007 for each major functional
category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$393,831,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $375,261,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$401,640,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $390,579,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$422,740,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $409,696,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$444,243,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $425,090,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$466,458,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $439,181,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,752,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,343,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,683,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,675,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,481,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,165,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,137,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,769,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$27,043,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,467,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology
(250):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,743,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,095,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,398,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,798,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,917,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,577,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,476,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,055,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,667,000,000.
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(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$316,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$157,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$687,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $644,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$526,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $467,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$532,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $454,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$29,215,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $29,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$30,546,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,356,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$31,449,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,937,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$30,851,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,686,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$31,474,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,038,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,054,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,779,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $22,669,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$21,098,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$20,231,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,247,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$20,088,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,116,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,985,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,274,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,798,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $3,128,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,015,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,405,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,361,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$63,447,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,646,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$66,950,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$67,561,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,967,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$68,221,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $61,282,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$68,897,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,266,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development
(450):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,668,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,352,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,315,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,961,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,461,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,895,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,705,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$16,295,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,548,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and
Social Services (500):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$81,087,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,104,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$83,291,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $81,783,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$86,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,065,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$89,513,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$92,784,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,309,000,000.
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projections for that fiscal year and what actually
happens;
(2) an identification of the technical factors
that contributed to the forecasting inaccuracies for
that fiscal year;
(3) a variance analysis between forecasted and
actual budget results for that fiscal year; and
(4) recommendations on how to improve fore-
casting accuracies.
TITLE IV—SENSE OF CONGRESS
AND SENSE OF HOUSE PROVI-
SIONS
SEC. 401. COMBATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the United States has historically taken an
unparalleled leadership role in providing humani-
tarian assistance and relief to the world’s poorest
people;
(2) that role has included initiatives to expand
trade, relieve debt of countries pursuing structural
economic reforms, and provide medical technology to
improve health and life expectancy around the globe;
and
(3) good governance and continued economic re-
forms are essential to eliminating poverty, encour-