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retirement becomes more pronounced. According to 
the Congressional Budget Office— 
(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
will be exhausted in 2022 and unable to pay 
scheduled benefits; and 
(B) Medicare spending is growing faster 
than the economy and Medicare outlays are 
currently rising at a rate of 6.3 percent per 
year, and under the Congressional Budget Of-
fice’s alternative fiscal scenario, direct spending 
on Medicare is projected to reach 7 percent of 
GDP by 2035 and 14 percent of GDP by 2085. 
(3) Failing to address this problem will leave 
millions of American seniors without adequate health 
security and younger generations burdened with 
enormous debt to pay for spending levels that cannot 
be sustained. 
(b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—It is the policy 
of this resolution to protect those in and near retirement 
from any disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer 
future beneficiaries the same health care options available 
to Members of Congress. 
(c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes reform 
of the Medicare program such that: 
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(1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for 
those in and near retirement, without changes. 
(2) For future generations, when they reach eli-
gibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium 
support payment and a selection of guaranteed 
health coverage options from which recipients can 
choose a plan that best suits their needs. 
(3) Medicare will provide additional assistance 
for lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 
health risks. 
(4) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 
path and the Medicare program becomes solvent 
over the long-term. 
SEC. 602. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals 
with disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Se-
curity. Since enactment, Social Security has served 
as a vital leg on the ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retire-
ment security, which includes employer provided 
pensions as well as personal savings. 
(2) The Social Security Trustees report has re-
peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long- 
term financial challenges be addressed soon. Each 
year without reform, the financial condition of Social 
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Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 
seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 
benefits becomes more pronounced: 
(A) In 2016, according to the Congres-
sional Budget Office, the Federal Disability In-
surance Trust Fund will be exhausted and will 
be unable to pay scheduled benefits. 
(B) In 2036, according to the Social Secu-
rity Trustees Report the combined Federal Old- 
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund will 
be exhausted, and will be unable to pay sched-
uled benefits. 
(C) With the exhaustion of the trust funds 
in 2036, benefits will be cut 23 percent across 
the board, devastating those currently in or 
near retirement and those who rely on Social 
Security the most. 
(3) The current recession has exacerbated the 
crisis to Social Security. The Congressional Budget 
Office continues to project permanent cash deficits. 
(4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Se-
curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in-
come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider-
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ation the need to protect lower-income Americans’ 
retirement security. 
(5) Americans deserve action by their elected 
officials on Social Security reform. It is critical that 
the Congress and the administration work together 
in a bipartisan fashion to address the looming insol-
vency of Social Security. In this spirit, this resolu-
tion creates a bipartisan opportunity to find solu-
tions by requiring policymakers to ensure that Social 
Security remains a critical part fo the safety net. 
(b) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It is the policy 
of this resolution that Congress should work on a bipar-
tisan basis to make Social Security permanently solvent. 
This resolution assumes reform of a current law trigger, 
such that— 
(1)(A) 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 in its 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, not 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 
(B) such recommendations provided to the 
President should be agreed upon by both Public 
Trustees of the Board of Trustees; 
(2)(A) not later than December 1 of the same 
calendar year in which the Board of Trustees sub-
mits its recommendations, the President shall 
promptly submit implementing legislation to both 
Houses of Congress, including recommendations nec-
essary to achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance 
and a positive annual balance in the 75th year; and 
(B) the Majority Leader of the Senate and the 
Majority Leader of the House should introduce such 
legislation upon receipt; 
(3) within 60 days of the President submitting 
legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which 
the legislation has been referred should report such 
legislation, which should be considered by the full 
House or Senate under expedited procedures; and 
(4) legislation submitted by the President 
should— 
(A) protect those in and near retirement; 
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(B) preserve the safety net for those who 
rely on Social Security, including survivors and 
those with disabilities; 
(C) improve fairness for participants; and 
(D) reduce the burden on, and provide cer-
tainty for, future generations. 
SEC. 603. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 
THROUGH THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLI-
GATED BALANCES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) According to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Federal agencies will hold $698 billion in 
unobligated balances at the close of fiscal year 2013. 
(2) These funds represent direct and discre-
tionary spending made available by Congress that 
remain available for expenditure beyond the fiscal 
year for which they are provided. 
(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding 
and it remains available for obligation indefinitely. 
(4) The Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 requires the Office of 
Management and Budget to make funds available to 
agencies for obligation and prohibits the Administra-
tion from withholding or cancelling unobligated 
funds unless approved by an act of Congress. 
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(5) Greater congressional oversight is required 
to review and identify potential savings from 
unneeded balances of funds. 
(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Congres-
sional committees shall through their oversight activities 
identify and achieve savings through the cancellation or 
rescission of unobligated balances that neither abrogate 
contractual obligations of the Federal Government nor re-
duce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs 
such as Social Security, veterans’ affairs, national secu-
rity, and Treasury authority to finance the national debt. 
(c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Congress, with the assist-
ance of the Government Accountability Office, the Inspec-
tors General, and other appropriate agencies should make 
it a high priority to review unobligated balances and iden-
tify savings for deficit reduction. 
SEC. 604. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN FEDERAL PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The Government Accountability Office is re-
quired by law to identify examples of waste, duplica-
tion, and overlap in Federal programs, and has so 
identified dozens of such examples. 
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(2) In testimony before the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, the Comptroller Gen-
eral has stated that addressing the identified waste, 
duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could 
potentially save tens of billions of dollars’’. 
(3) The Rules of the House of Representatives 
require each standing committee to hold at least one 
hearing every four months on waste, fraud, abuse, or 
mismanagement in Government programs. 
(4) The findings resulting from congressional 
oversight of Federal Government programs should 
result in programmatic changes in both authorizing 
statutes and program funding levels. 
(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPEND-
ING.—Each authorizing committee annually shall include 
in its Views and Estimates letter required under section 
301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 rec-
ommendations to the Committee on the Budget of pro-
grams within the jurisdiction of such committee whose 
funding should be reduced or eliminated. Such rec-
ommendations shall be made publicly available. 
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TITLE VII—SENSE OF THE 
HOUSE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 
It is the sense of the House that— 
(1) additional legislative action is needed to en-
sure that States have the necessary resources to col-
lect all child support that is owed to families and to 
allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 
families without financial penalty; and 
(2) when 100 percent of child support payments 
are passed to the child, rather than administrative 
expenses, program integrity is improved and child 
support participation increases. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 29, 
2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 354 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 112 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Establishing the budget for the United States Gov-
ernment for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 
through 2022. 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Committee discharged pursuant to Section 300 of the 
Congressional Budget Act; placed on the calendar 
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