IV 
Union Calendar No. 172 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 71 
[Report No. 115–240] 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2019 through 2027. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2017 
Mrs. BLACK, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following con-
current resolution; which was committed 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 2018 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 
through 2027. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
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SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 
declares that prior concurrent resolutions on the budget 
are replaced as of fiscal year 2018 and that this concur-
rent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 2018 
and sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2019 through 2027. 
(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 2018. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 
Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND RELATED MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 
TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 
Sec. 301. Point of order against increasing long-term direct spending. 
Sec. 302. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 303. Limitation on changes in certain mandatory programs. 
Sec. 304. Limitation on advance appropriations. 
Sec. 305. Estimates of debt service costs. 
Sec. 306. Fair-value credit estimates. 
Sec. 307. Estimates of macroeconomic effects of major legislation. 
Sec. 308. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 
Sec. 309. Scoring rule for Energy Savings Performance Contracts. 
Sec. 310. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 311. Prohibition on use of Federal Reserve surpluses as an offset. 
Sec. 312. Prohibition on use of guarantee fees as an offset. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
Sec. 321. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 
Sec. 322. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 
Sec. 323. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 
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Sec. 324. Adjustment for changes in the baseline. 
Sec. 325. Application of rule regarding limits on discretionary spending. 
Sec. 326. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 401. Reserve fund for commercialization of air traffic control. 
Sec. 402. Reserve fund for investments in national infrastructure. 
Sec. 403. Reserve fund for comprehensive tax reform. 
Sec. 404. Reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 
Sec. 405. Reserve fund for the repeal or replacement of President Obama’s 
health care laws. 
TITLE V—POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 501. Policy statement on a balanced budget amendment. 
Sec. 502. Policy statement on budget process reform. 
Sec. 503. Policy statement on Federal regulatory budgeting and reform. 
Sec. 504. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations. 
Sec. 505. Policy statement on Federal accounting. 
Sec. 506. Policy statement on Commission on Budget Concepts. 
Sec. 507. Policy statement on budget enforcement. 
Sec. 508. Policy statement on improper payments. 
Sec. 509. Policy statement on expenditures from agency fees and spending. 
Sec. 510. Policy statement on promoting real health care reform. 
Sec. 511. Policy statement on Medicare. 
Sec. 512. Policy statement on combating the opioid epidemic. 
Sec. 513. Policy statement on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 
Sec. 514. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery, and in-
novation. 
Sec. 515. Policy statement on public health preparedness. 
Sec. 516. Policy statement on Social Security. 
Sec. 517. Policy statement on Medicaid work requirements. 
Sec. 518. Policy statement on welfare reform and Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program work requirements. 
Sec. 519. Policy Statement on State flexibility in Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program. 
Sec. 520. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development op-
portunity. 
Sec. 521. Policy statement on supplemental wildfire suppression funding. 
Sec. 522. Policy statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 523. Policy statement on moving the United States Postal Service on 
budget. 
Sec. 524. Policy statement on the Judgment Fund. 
Sec. 525. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 
Sec. 526. Policy statement on tax reform. 
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TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027: 
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,670,356,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $2,767,357,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $2,870,414,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $2,963,953,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,077,586,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,195,139,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,325,690,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,475,784,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: $3,642,629,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: $3,811,687,000,000. 
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 
levels of Federal revenues should be changed 
are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2018: -$63,213,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: -$66,151,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: -$80,162,000,000. 
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fiscal years 2018 through 2027 for each major functional 
category are: 
(1) National Defense (050): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$629,595,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $607,810,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$660,832,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $636,795,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$693,646,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $666,519,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$728,125,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $698,761,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$731,818,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $717,568,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$735,468,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $720,401,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$739,157,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $720,755,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$742,886,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $729,581,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$747,414,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $734,037,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$751,098,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $737,798,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$41,521,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,643,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,210,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,207,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,428,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,965,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,654,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,585,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$37,623,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,021,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,445,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $37,795,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,285,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,102,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,174,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,643,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$41,121,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,365,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,025,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,175,000,000. 
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 
(250): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$28,524,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,072,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,107,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,365,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,702,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,360,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$30,346,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,718,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,018,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,259,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,694,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,797,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,378,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,325,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,112,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,928,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,854,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,550,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,602,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000. 
(4) Energy (270): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$3,088,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $2,559,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,704,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,714,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,179,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$11,813,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,871,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $786,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,705,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $445,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$754,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$491,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$437,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$727,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$4,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$1,052,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,233,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,207,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,324,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,370,000,000. 
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,720,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,641,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,856,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,751,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,255,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,581,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,704,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,652,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,295,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,909,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,684,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,186,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,598,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,081,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,520,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,921,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,186,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,526,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,742,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $36,078,000,000. 
(6) Agriculture (350): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$24,223,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $22,913,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,091,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,200,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,786,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,293,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,217,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $17,660,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$17,835,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $17,339,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,153,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $17,713,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,880,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,331,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,863,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,225,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,214,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,593,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,422,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,817,000,000. 
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$7,287,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$19,601,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$7,517,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$15,753,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$10,358,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$18,126,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$13,446,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,106,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$12,880,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,470,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$12,330,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,598,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$10,989,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,362,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$10,255,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,849,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,141,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$23,569,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,933,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$24,521,000,000. 
(8) Transportation (400): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$88,095,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $91,796,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$88,892,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,602,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$82,748,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,508,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$37,190,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $77,995,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$66,950,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $65,076,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$66,895,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $68,694,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$67,483,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $69,617,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$68,481,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $69,074,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$69,714,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $69,044,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$70,948,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $69,741,000,000. 
(9) Community and Regional Development 
(450): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,365,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,626,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,170,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $16,983,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,240,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $11,842,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,353,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $9,558,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,487,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $6,386,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,556,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $5,090,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,673,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $4,745,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,857,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $4,767,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$5,077,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $4,805,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,953,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $4,809,000,000. 
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and 
Social Services (500): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$69,920,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,295,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$79,090,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $81,404,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$80,305,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $81,129,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$81,922,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $82,479,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$82,350,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $83,539,000,000. 
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•HCON 71 RH 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$86,279,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $85,843,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$86,641,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $87,897,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$86,977,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $88,522,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$87,459,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,186,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$88,216,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,080,000,000. 
(11) Health (550): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$579,328,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $551,277,000,000. 
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•HCON 71 RH 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$564,387,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $570,419,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$552,405,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $541,949,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$512,289,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $518,445,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$528,560,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $533,688,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$547,998,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $549,687,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$571,335,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $569,207,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$594,923,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $591,171,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$618,119,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $613,682,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$623,810,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $626,774,000,000. 
(12) Medicare (570): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$593,830,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $593,567,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$652,984,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $652,740,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$692,126,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $691,917,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$739,367,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $739,161,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$826,276,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $826,057,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$845,800,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $845,593,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$850,393,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $850,177,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$916,244,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $916,009,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$988,183,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $987,942,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,053,671,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,053,435,000,000. 
(13) Income Security (600): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$491,789,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $477,428,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$464,425,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $454,786,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$475,015,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $464,925,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$484,414,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $475,140,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$492,453,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $489,299,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$475,767,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $468,217,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$484,425,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $471,370,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$493,048,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $480,920,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$502,057,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $496,505,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$511,675,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $505,382,000,000. 
(14) Social Security (650): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,475,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,475,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,016,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,016,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,287,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,287,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$49,748,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $49,748,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$53,392,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $53,392,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$57,378,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $57,378,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$61,764,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $61,764,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$66,388,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $66,388,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$70,871,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $70,871,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$75,473,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $75,473,000,000. 
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$176,704,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $178,038,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$191,507,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $190,235,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$194,930,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $193,931,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$199,751,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $197,856,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$215,442,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $213,337,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$212,567,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $210,444,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$209,943,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $207,908,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$227,991,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $225,820,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$234,947,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $232,660,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$243,718,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $241,501,000,000. 
(16) Administration of Justice (750): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$51,367,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $61,079,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$58,245,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $58,867,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$59,720,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $60,036,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$61,054,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $60,946,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$62,092,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $61,925,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$63,671,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $63,462,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$65,285,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $65,043,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$66,947,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $66,498,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$69,907,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $70,200,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$70,270,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $69,722,000,000. 
(17) General Government (800): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,564,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,091,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,948,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,314,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,557,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,303,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,386,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,190,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,127,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,013,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,420,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $26,057,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,351,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $26,168,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,246,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $26,060,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,083,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,917,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$25,855,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,722,000,000. 
(18) Net Interest (900): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$376,842,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $376,842,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$409,185,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $409,185,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$450,859,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $450,859,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$493,778,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $493,778,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$531,929,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $531,929,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$565,282,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $565,282,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$589,292,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $589,292,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$607,012,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $607,012,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$620,536,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $620,536,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$623,786,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $623,911,000,000. 
(19) Allowances (920): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$44,505,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$23,272,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$42,219,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$34,499,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$45,246,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$40,640,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$48,056,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$44,164,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$50,544,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$47,877,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$52,326,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$49,819,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$53,659,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$51,411,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$55,439,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$53,060,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$51,908,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$52,127,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$55,254,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$53,919,000,000. 
(20) Government-wide savings and adjustments 
(930): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,145,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $2,778,000,000. 
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•HCON 71 RH 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,555,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$2,528,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$67,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$47,665,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$120,155,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$97,069,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$153,376,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$137,459,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$174,438,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$159,489,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$194,373,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$179,541,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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•HCON 71 RH 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$193,336,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$187,355,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$246,573,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$223,016,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$258,801,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$240,977,000,000. 
(21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$83,212,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$83,212,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$86,409,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$86,409,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$86,316,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$86,316,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$90,347,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$90,347,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$93,573,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$93,573,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$100,001,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$100,001,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$105,371,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$105,371,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$115,139,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$115,139,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$117,033,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$117,033,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$127,808,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$127,808,000,000. 
(22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism (970): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$86,591,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $45,781,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$60,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $50,748,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,076,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,635,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$12,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,768,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$12,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $13,799,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$12,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $11,957,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $4,171,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $1,160,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $165,000,000. 
(23) Across-the-Board Adjustment (990): 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$909,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$740,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$931,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, -$837,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$956,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$895,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$979,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$944,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,004,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$968,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,030,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$993,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,056,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$1,018,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,083,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$1,045,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,112,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$1,070,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2027: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$1,140,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$1,099,000,000. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES. 
(a) SUBMISSIONS
PROVIDING
FOR
RECONCILI-
ATION.—Not later than October 6, 2017, the committees 
named in subsection (b) shall submit their recommenda-
tions on changes in laws within their jurisdictions to the 
Committee on the Budget that would achieve the specified 
reduction in the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2018 
through 2027. 
(b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 
(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com-
mittee on Agriculture shall submit changes in laws 
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 
by $10,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2018 through 2027. 
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(2) COMMITTEE
ON
ARMED
SERVICES.—The 
Committee on Armed Services shall submit changes 
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2027. 
(3) COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
AND
THE 
WORKFORCE.—The Committee on Education and 
the Workforce shall submit changes in laws within 
its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
$20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 
through 2027. 
(4) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub-
mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 
to reduce the deficit by $20,000,000,000 for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
(5) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 
Committee on Financial Services shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $14,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
(6) COMMITTEE
ON
HOMELAND
SECURITY.— 
The Committee on Homeland Security shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
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reduce the deficit by $3,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
(7) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
JUDICIARY.—The 
Committee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in 
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
deficit by $45,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2027. 
(8) COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES.— 
The Committee on Natural Resources shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $5,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
(9) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN-
MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 
by $32,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2018 through 2027. 
(10) COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.— 
The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
(11) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 
Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 
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changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $52,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
TITLE 
III—BUDGET 
ENFORCE-
MENT IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES 
Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 
SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG- 
TERM DIRECT SPENDING. 
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 
the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that would cause a net increase in direct spending 
in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 
10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (b). 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF 
PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate 
of whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a com-
mittee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would 
cause, relative to current law, a net increase in direct 
spending in the House of Representatives, in excess of 
$2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year 
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periods beginning after the last fiscal year of this concur-
rent resolution. 
(c) LIMITATION.—In the House of Representatives, 
the provisions of this section shall not apply to any bills 
or joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference 
reports thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget has made adjustments to the allocations, ag-
gregates, or other budgetary levels in this concurrent reso-
lution. 
(d) DETERMINATIONS
OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 
purposes of this section, the levels of net increases in di-
rect spending shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
provided by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives. 
(e) SUNSET.—This section shall have no force or ef-
fect after September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 302. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP-
ERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 
(a) SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In 
the House of Representatives, there shall be a separate 
allocation of new budget authority and outlays provided 
to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism, which shall be deemed to be an allocation under 
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section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to such sepa-
rate allocation. 
(b) SECTION 302 ALLOCATIONS.—The separate allo-
cation referred to in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive 
allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism under section 302(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. The Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives may provide sub-
allocations of such separate allocation under such section 
302(b). 
(c) APPLICATION.—For purposes of enforcing the 
separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under sec-
tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be 
deemed to refer to fiscal year 2018. Section 302(c) of such 
Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. 
(d) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or out-
lays shall only be counted toward the allocation referred 
to in subsection (a) if designated pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(e) ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a) 
for fiscal year 2018, no adjustment shall be made under 
section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
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if any adjustment would be made under section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 303. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDA-
TORY PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘change 
in mandatory programs’’ means a provision that— 
(1) would have been estimated as affecting di-
rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 
2002) if the provision were included in legislation 
other than appropriation Acts; and 
(2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 
in the budget year, but does not result in a net de-
crease in outlays over the total of the current year, 
the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
the budget. 
(b) POINT
OF ORDER
IN
THE HOUSE
OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A provision in a bill or joint 
resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal 
year that proposes a change in mandatory programs 
that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of 
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the total budget authority of all such changes in 
mandatory programs enacted in relation to a full fis-
cal year to be more than the amount specified in 
paragraph (3), shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) AMENDMENTS
AND
CONFERENCE
RE-
PORTS.—It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives to consider an amendment to, or a 
conference report on, a bill or joint resolution mak-
ing appropriations for a full fiscal year if such 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon 
proposes a change in mandatory programs that, if 
enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total 
budget authority of all such changes in mandatory 
programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to 
be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3). 
(3) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 
paragraph is— 
(A) for fiscal year 2018, $19,100,000,000; 
(B) for fiscal year 2019, $17,000,000,000; 
and 
(C) for fiscal year 2020, $15,000,000,000. 
(c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 
budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti-
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mates provided by the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
except as provided for in subsection (b), any general ap-
propriation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appro-
priations, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, may not provide advance appropriations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 
provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts 
identified in the report or the joint explanatory statement 
of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 
resolution under the heading— 
(1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Ad-
vance Appropriations’’. 
(2) VETERANS.—‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified 
for Advance Appropriations’’. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The aggregate level of advance 
appropriations shall not exceed— 
(1) GENERAL.—$28,852,000,000 in new budget 
authority for all programs identified pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1). 
(2) VETERANS.—$70,699,313,000 in new budg-
et authority for programs in the Department of Vet-
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erans Affairs identified pursuant to subsection 
(b)(2). 
(d) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropria-
tion’’ means any new discretionary budget authority pro-
vided in a general appropriation bill or joint resolution 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first 
becomes available for the first fiscal year following fiscal 
year 2018. 
SEC. 305. ESTIMATES OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may direct the Congressional 
Budget Office to include, in any estimate prepared under 
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to any bill or joint resolution, an estimate of any 
change in debt service costs resulting from carrying out 
such bill or resolution. Any estimate of debt service costs 
provided under this section shall be advisory and shall not 
be used for purposes of enforcement of such Act, the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, or this concurrent resolu-
tion. This section shall not apply to authorizations of pro-
grams funded by discretionary spending or to appropria-
tion bills or joint resolutions, but shall apply to changes 
in the authorization level of appropriated entitlements. 
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SEC. 306. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 
(a) ALL CREDIT PROGRAMS.—Whenever the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate 
of any measure that establishes or modifies any program 
providing loans or loan guarantees, the Director shall also, 
to the extent practicable, provide a fair-value estimate of 
such loan or loan guarantee program if requested by the 
chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING 
PROGRAMS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall provide, to the extent practicable, a fair-value 
estimate as part of any estimate for any measure that es-
tablishes or modifies a loan or loan guarantee program 
for student financial assistance or housing (including resi-
dential mortgage). 
(c) 
BASELINE
ESTIMATES.—The 
Congressional 
Budget Office shall include estimates, on a fair-value and 
credit reform basis, of loan and loan guarantee programs 
for student financial assistance, housing (including resi-
dential mortgage), and such other major loan and loan 
guarantee programs, as practicable, in its The Budget and 
Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2027. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—If the Director of the Congressional Budget Of-
fice provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), 
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the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives may use such estimate to determine 
compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
and other budget enforcement requirements. 
SEC. 307. ESTIMATES OF MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF 
MAJOR LEGISLATION. 
(a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 115th 
Congress, any estimate of major legislation considered in 
the House of Representatives or the Senate provided by 
the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or by the Joint Com-
mittee on Taxation to the Congressional Budget Office 
under section 201(f) of such Act shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such major legis-
lation. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in sub-
section (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include— 
(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 
effects (including macroeconomic variables described 
in subsection (a)) of major legislation in the 20-fis-
cal year period beginning after the last fiscal year of 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
the budget that sets forth budgetary levels required 
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under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974; and 
(2) an identification of the critical assumptions 
and the source of data underlying that estimate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAJOR
LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major 
legislation’’ means— 
(A) in the Senate, a bill, joint resolution, 
conference report, amendment, amendment be-
tween the Houses, or treaty— 
(i) for which an estimate is required 
to be prepared pursuant to section 402 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budg-
etary effect (before incorporating macro-
economic effects and not including timing 
shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of 
years of the most recently agreed to con-
current resolution on the budget equal to 
or greater than— 
(I) 0.25 percent of the current 
projected gross domestic product of 
the United States for that fiscal year; 
or 
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(II) for a treaty, equal to or 
greater than $15,000,000,000 for that 
fiscal year; or 
(ii) designated as such by— 
(I) the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget of the Senate for all direct 
spending legislation; or 
(II) the Senator who is Chairman 
or Vice Chairman of the Joint Com-
mittee on Taxation for revenue legis-
lation; and 
(B) in the House of Representatives, a bill 
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon— 
(i) for which an estimate is required 
to be prepared pursuant to section 402 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budg-
etary effect (before incorporating macro-
economic effects and not including timing 
shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of 
years of the most recently agreed to con-
current resolution on the budget equal to 
or greater than 0.25 percent of the current 
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projected gross domestic product of the 
United States for that fiscal year; or 
(ii) designated as such by— 
(I) the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives for all direct spending 
legislation; or 
(II) the Member who is Chair-
man or Vice Chairman of the Joint 
Committee on Taxation for revenue 
legislation. 
(2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budg-
etary effects’’ means changes in revenues, direct 
spending outlays, and deficits. 
(3) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 
means— 
(A) provisions that cause a delay of the 
date on which outlays flowing from direct 
spending would otherwise occur from one fiscal 
year to the next fiscal year; or 
(B) provisions that cause an acceleration 
of the date on which revenues would otherwise 
occur from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal 
year. 
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SEC. 308. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF 
BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT 
SPENDING LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, if 
a committee (other than the Committee on Appropria-
tions) reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto is offered or conference report thereon is sub-
mitted, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal 
year and also provides for an authorization of appropria-
tions for the same purpose, upon the enactment of such 
measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
decrease the allocation to the applicable authorizing com-
mittee that reports such measure and increase the alloca-
tion of discretionary spending (budget authority and out-
lays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2018 by an amount equal to the new 
budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided 
for in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for 
the same purpose. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House of Representa-
tives, for purposes of enforcing this concurrent resolution, 
the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget author-
ity, outlays, direct spending, revenues, deficits, and sur-
pluses for fiscal year 2018 and the total of fiscal years 
2018 through 2027 shall be determined on the basis of 
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estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget and such chair may adjust the applicable levels 
in this concurrent resolution. 
SEC. 309. SCORING RULE FOR ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORM-
ANCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall estimate provisions of any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that provides the authority to enter into or mod-
ify any covered energy savings contract on a net present 
value basis (NPV). 
(b) NPV CALCULATIONS.—The net present value of 
any covered energy savings contract shall be calculated as 
follows: 
(1) The discount rate shall reflect market risk. 
(2) The cash flows shall include, whether classi-
fied as mandatory or discretionary, payments to con-
tractors under the terms of their contracts, pay-
ments to contractors for other services, and direct 
savings in energy and energy-related costs. 
(3) The stream of payments shall cover the pe-
riod covered by the contracts but not to exceed 25 
years. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘covered energy savings contract’’ means— 
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(1) an energy savings performance contract au-
thorized under section 801 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act; or 
(2) a utility energy service contract, as de-
scribed in the Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum on Federal Use of Energy Savings 
Performance Contracting, dated July 25, 1998 (M– 
98–13), and the Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum on the Federal Use of Energy Saving 
Performance Contracts and Utility Energy Service 
Contracts, dated September 28, 2015 (M–12–21), or 
any successor to either memorandum. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—In the House of Representatives, if any net 
present value of any covered energy savings contract cal-
culated under subsection (b) results in a net savings, then 
the budgetary effects of such contract shall not be counted 
for purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, this concurrent resolution, or clause 
10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(e) CLASSIFICATION OF SPENDING.—For purposes of 
budget enforcement, the estimated net present value of the 
budget authority provided by the measure, and outlays 
flowing therefrom, shall be classified as direct spending. 
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(f) SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 
(1) the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office, should separately iden-
tify the cash flows under subsection (b)(2) and in-
clude such information in the President’s annual 
budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code; and 
(2) the scoring method used in this section 
should not be used to score any contracts other than 
covered energy savings contracts. 
SEC. 310. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL 
FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY 
TRUST FUND. 
In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the rules 
or orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint 
resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that transfers funds from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as 
new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of 
the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 
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SEC. 311. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE 
SURPLUSES AS AN OFFSET. 
In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, that transfers any portion of the 
net surplus of the Federal Reserve System to the general 
fund of the Treasury shall not be counted for purposes 
of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
concurrent resolution, or clause 10 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 312. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS 
AN OFFSET. 
In the House of Representatives, any provision of a 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, that increases, or extends the in-
crease of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National 
Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) shall not be 
counted for purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, this concurrent resolution, or clause 10 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
SEC. 321. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 
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Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 
States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement, 
as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution 
shall include in its allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary administra-
tive expenses of the Social Security Administration and 
the United States Postal Service. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Representa-
tives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the levels of 
total new budget authority and total outlays provided by 
a measure shall include any discretionary amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 322. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—In the House of Representatives, 
any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, and other 
budgetary levels made pursuant to this concurrent resolu-
tion shall— 
(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation; 
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that 
measure; and 
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(3) be published in the Congressional Record as 
soon as practicable. 
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG-
GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 
from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as the allo-
cations and aggregates contained in this concurrent reso-
lution. 
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 
purposes of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary lev-
els for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be deter-
mined on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS
AND
APPLICA-
TION.—In the House of Representatives, for purposes of 
this concurrent resolution and budget enforcement, the 
consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, for which the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or 
revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budg-
etary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be sub-
ject to the points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or sec-
tion 301 of this concurrent resolution. 
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(e) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may 
adjust other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolu-
tion depending on congressional action on pending rec-
onciliation legislation. 
SEC. 323. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate ag-
gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any change in budgetary con-
cepts and definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag-
gregates, reconciliation targets, and other appropriate 
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution to reflect 
changes resulting from the Congressional Budget Office’s 
update to its baseline for fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
SEC. 325. APPLICATION OF RULE REGARDING LIMITS ON 
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. 
Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 shall not apply in the House of Representatives to 
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