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(6) Preventing the spread of disease to Ameri-
cans requires halting threats before they breach the 
U.S. border. 
(7) The United States is a leader in global pub-
lic health assistance and orchestrates international 
responses to health crises. 
(b) POLICY ON PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS.— 
It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that— 
(1) the House should continue to fund activities 
of the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and 
the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority to develop and stockpile medical counter-
measures to infectious diseases and chemical, bio-
logical, radiological, and nuclear agents; 
(2) the House should, within available budg-
etary resources, provide continued support for re-
search, prevention, and public health preparedness 
programs; 
(3) the Federal Government should encourage 
private-sector development of critical vaccines and 
other medical countermeasures to emerging public 
health threats; and 
(4) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
State should collaborate on global health prepared-
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ness initiatives to prevent overlap and promote re-
sponsible stewardship of taxpayer resources. 
SEC. 516. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) More than 60 million retirees, individuals 
with disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Se-
curity. Since enactment, Social Security has served 
as a vital leg of the ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retire-
ment security, which includes employer provided 
pensions as well as personal savings. 
(2) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Se-
curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in-
come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider-
ation the need to protect lower income Americans’ 
retirement security. 
(3) The Social Security Trustees Report has re-
peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long- 
term financial challenges be addressed soon. The fi-
nancial condition of Social Security and the threat 
to seniors and those receiving Social Security dis-
ability benefits becomes more pronounced each year 
without reform. For example— 
(A) in 2028, the Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund will be exhausted and program rev-
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enues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits; 
and 
(B) with the exhaustion of both the Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund and the Old-Age 
and Survivors and Disability Trust Fund in 
2035, benefits will be cut by as much as 25 
percent across the board, devastating those cur-
rently in or near retirement and those who rely 
on Social Security the most. 
(4) The recession and continued low economic 
growth have exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis 
facing Social Security. The most recent Congres-
sional Budget Office (CBO) projections find that So-
cial Security will run cash deficits of more than $1.3 
trillion over the next 10 years. 
(5) The Disability Insurance program provides 
an essential income safety net for those with disabil-
ities and their families. According to CBO, between 
1970 and 2015 the number of disabled workers and 
their dependent family members receiving disability 
benefits has increased by more than 300 percent 
from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This increase 
is not due strictly to population growth or decreases 
in health. CBO also attributes program growth to 
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changes in demographics and the composition of the 
labor force as well as Federal policies. 
(6) In the past, Social Security has been re-
formed on a bipartisan basis, most notably by the 
‘‘Greenspan Commission’’, which helped address So-
cial Security shortfalls for more than a generation. 
(7) Americans deserve action by the President 
and Congress to preserve and strengthen Social Se-
curity to ensure that Social Security remains a crit-
ical part of the safety net. 
(b) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It is the policy 
of this concurrent resolution that the House should work 
in a bipartisan manner to make Social Security solvent 
on a sustainable basis. This concurrent resolution as-
sumes, under a reform trigger, that— 
(1) if in any year the Board of Trustees of the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund annual Trustees Report determines that the 
75-year actuarial balance of the Social Security 
Trust Funds is in deficit, and the annual balance of 
the Social Security Trust Funds in the 75th year is 
in deficit, the Board of Trustees should, no later 
than September 30 of the same calendar year, sub-
mit to the President recommendations for statutory 
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reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year actu-
arial balance and a positive annual balance in the 
75th year, and any recommendations provided to the 
President must be agreed upon by both Public 
Trustees of the Board of Trustees; 
(2) not later than December 1 of the same cal-
endar year in which the Board of Trustees submit 
its recommendations, the President should promptly 
submit implementing legislation to both Houses of 
Congress including recommendations necessary to 
achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a 
positive annual balance in the 75th year, and the 
majority leader of the Senate and the majority lead-
er of the House should introduce the President’s leg-
islation upon receipt; 
(3) within 60 days of the President submitting 
legislation, the committees of jurisdiction should re-
port a bill, which the House or Senate should con-
sider under expedited procedures; and 
(4) legislation submitted by the President 
should— 
(A) protect those in or near retirement; 
(B) preserve the safety net for those who 
count on Social Security the most, including 
those with disabilities and survivors; 
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