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SEC. 206. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REPORTS ON LIABIL-
ITIES AND FUTURE COSTS.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Congressional
Budget Office shall consult with the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate in order to prepare a report
containing—
(1) an estimate of the unfunded liabilities of the
Federal Government;
(2) an estimate of the contingent liabilities of
Federal programs; and
(3) an accrual-based estimate of the current and
future costs of Federal programs.
Subtitle B—Reserve Funds and
Other Adjustments
SEC. 211. ADJUSTMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, if the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports a bill or
joint resolution, and such measure is enacted in 2003 that
reauthorizes grants to States under part B of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and reforms
IDEA so as to provide an allowance of uniform discipline
policies for all students; provide local fiscal relief; and min-
imize the over-identification of students with disabilities,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make
the revisions set out in subsection (b).
(b) REVISIONS.—
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(1) FISCAL YEAR 2004.—If the Committee on Ap-
propriations reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted, that provides in excess of
$4,803,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal
year 2004 for grants to States authorized under part
B of IDEA as described in subsection (a), the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget may revise the
appropriate allocations for such committee and other
appropriate levels in this resolution by that excess
amount provided by that measure for that purpose,
but not to exceed $205,000,000 in new budget author-
ity for fiscal year 2004 and outlays flowing there-
from.
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—If the Committee on Ap-
propriations reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted, that when combined with any
advance appropriation provided for 2005 for part B
of IDEA in a bill or joint resolution making appro-
priations for fiscal year 2004, provides in excess of
$11,038,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal
year 2005 for grants to States authorized under part
B of IDEA as described in subsection (a), the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget may revise the
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appropriate allocations for such committee and other
appropriate levels in this resolution by that excess
amount provided by that measure for that purpose,
but not to exceed $209,000,000 in new budget author-
ity for fiscal year 2005 and outlays flowing there-
from.
SEC. 212. ADJUSTMENT FOR HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY
SAFETY AND TRANSIT.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, or the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs, or the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation reports a bill or joint resolution, or if
an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted, that reauthorizes the programs set out
in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and
that legislation provides new governmental receipts reported
from the Committee on Finance, the chairman of the Com-
mittee on the Budget, may revise committee allocations for
the appropriate committees and the transportation limits
in section 202 by an amount consistent with the level of
new receipts.
SEC. 213. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto,
or a conference report thereon is submitted, which strength-
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ens and enhances the Medicare Program under title XVIII
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) and im-
proves the access of beneficiaries under that program to pre-
scription drugs or promotes geographic equity payments,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget, may revise
committee allocations for that committee and other appro-
priate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget
authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) in this reso-
lution by the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose, but not to exceed $400,000,000,000 for the period
of fiscal years 2004 through 2013.
SEC. 214. RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR
THE UNINSURED.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered,
or a conference report thereon is submitted, that provides
health insurance for the uninsured (including a measure
providing for tax deductions for the purchase of health in-
surance for, among others, moderate income individuals not
receiving health insurance from their employers), the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget may revise committee
allocations for that committee and other appropriate budg-
etary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority
(and the outlays resulting therefrom) and may revise the
revenue aggregates and other appropriate budgetary aggre-
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gates and allocations in this resolution by the amount pro-
vided by that measure for that purpose, but not to exceed
$88,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2004 through
2013.
SEC. 215. RESERVE FUND FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a
bill or joint resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered
or a conference report thereon is submitted, that provides
States with the option to expand Medicaid coverage for chil-
dren with special needs, allowing families of disabled chil-
dren to purchase coverage under the Medicaid Program for
such children, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise committee allocations for that committee and
other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of
new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom)
in this resolution by the amount provided by that measure
for that purpose, but not to exceed $43,000,000 in new budg-
et authority and $42,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2004, and $7,462,000,000 in new budget authority and
$7,262,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2004
through 2013.
SEC. 216. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID REFORM.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a
bill or joint resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered
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or a conference report thereon is submitted, that provides
significant reform of the Medicaid Program, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget may revise committee allo-
cations for that committee and other appropriate budgetary
aggregates and allocations of new budget authority (and the
outlays resulting therefrom) in this resolution by the
amount provided by that measure for that purpose, but not
to exceed $3,258,000,000 in new budget authority and out-
lays for fiscal year 2004, and $8,944,000,000 in new budget
authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2004
through 2008, and not more than $12,782,000,000 in budget
authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2004
through 2010 provided further that the legislation would not
increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2004
through 2013.
SEC. 217. RESERVE FUND FOR PROJECT BIOSHIELD.
If the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or
if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted, that will facilitate procurement for in-
clusion by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in
the Strategic National Stockpile of countermeasures nec-
essary to protect the public health from current and emerg-
ing threats of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear
agents, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
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revise committee allocations for that committee and other
appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new
budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) in
this resolution by the amount provided by that measure for
that purpose, but not to exceed $890,000,000 in new budget
authority and $575,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2004,
and $5,593,000,000 in new budget authority and
$5,593,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2004
through 2013.
SEC. 218. RESERVE FUND FOR STATESIDE GRANT PRO-
GRAM.
(a) CONDITION.—If the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate reports a bill or joint reso-
lution that permits exploration and production of oil in
the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and
such measure is enacted, the chairman of the Committee
on the Budget of the Senate may make the adjustments de-
scribed in subsection (b).
(b) ADJUSTMENT FOR THE LAND AND WATER CON-
SERVATION FUND STATE GRANT PROGRAM.—If the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate re-
ports a bill or joint resolution, or if an amendment thereto
is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted that
makes available a portion of the receipts resulting from en-
actment of the legislation described in subsection (a) for the
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National Park Service Stateside Grant Program which is
currently funded as a part of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may revise committee allocations for that committee
and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations
of new budget authority (and the outlays resulting there-
from) in this resolution by the amount provided by that
measure for that purpose, but not to exceed $750,000,000
in new budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom)
for the period of fiscal years 2004 through 2008 and
$2,000,000,000 in new budget authority (and the outlays
flowing therefrom) for the period of fiscal years 2004
through 2013, provided further that no funds become avail-
able prior to fiscal year 2006 and the amount of funds made
available in any single fiscal year does not exceed
$250,000,000 per year.
SEC. 219. RESERVE FUND FOR STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a
bill or joint resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered
or a conference report thereon is submitted, that extends the
availability of fiscal year 1998 and 1999 expired State
Children’s Health Insurance Program allotments and the
expiring fiscal year 2000 allotments, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise committee allocations
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for that committee and other appropriate budgetary aggre-
gates and allocations of new budget authority (and the out-
lays resulting therefrom) in this resolution by the amount
provided by that measure for that purpose, but not to exceed
$1,260,000,000 in new budget authority and $85,000,000
in outlays for fiscal year 2003, $1,330,000,000 in new budg-
et authority and $85,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2004, $1,950,000,000 in new budget authority and
$845,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2003
through 2008, and $1,825,000,000 in new budget authority
and $975,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years
2003 through 2013.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Provisions
SEC. 221. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
In the Senate, upon the enactment of a bill or joint
resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions,
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make
adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution
in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect
prior to September 30, 2002).
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SEC. 222. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations
and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—
(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that meas-
ure; and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as
soon as practicable.
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE-
GATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from
these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggre-
gates contained in this resolution.
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For pur-
poses of this resolution—
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti-
mates made by the Committees on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and the Senate; and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any
other necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out
this resolution.
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SEC. 223. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
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 incon-
sistent 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.
TITLE III—SENSE OF THE
SENATE
SEC. 301. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEE
PAY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) Members of the uniformed services and civil-
ian employees of the United States make significant
contributions to the general welfare of the Nation.
(2) Increases in the pay of members of the uni-
formed services and of civilian employees of the
United States have not kept pace with increases in
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the overall pay levels of workers in the private sector,
so that there now exists—
(A) a 32 percent gap between compensation
levels of Federal civilian employees and com-
pensation levels of private sector workers; and
(B) an estimated 10 percent gap between
compensation levels of members of the uniformed
services and compensation levels of private sector
workers.
(3) The President’s budget proposal for fiscal
year 2004 includes an average 4.1 percent pay raise
for military personnel.
(4) The Office of Management and Budget has
requested that Federal agencies plan their fiscal year
2004 budgets with a 2 percent pay raise for civilian
Federal employees.
(5) In almost every year during the past two
decades, there have been equal adjustments in the
compensation of members of the uniformed services
and the compensation of civilian employees of the
United States.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that rates of compensation for civilian employees of the
United States should be adjusted at the same time, and in
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the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for mem-
bers of the uniformed services.
SEC. 302. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TRIBAL COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) More than 30,000 full- and part-time Native
American students from 250 federally recognized
tribes nationwide attend tribal colleges and Univer-
sities, a majority of whom are first-generation college
students.
(2) The colleges and universities are located in
rural and isolated areas and are often the only ac-
credited institutions of higher education in their serv-
ice area. While the Tribal College Act provides fund-
ing solely for Indian students, the colleges serve stu-
dents of all ages, about 20 percent of whom are non-
Indian. With rare exception, tribal colleges and uni-
versities do not receive operating funds from the
States for these non-Indian State resident students.
Yet, if these same students attended any other public
institution in their States, the State would provide
basic operating funds to that institution.
(3) While Congress has been increasing the an-
nual appropriations for tribal colleges in recent years,
the President’s fiscal year 2004 budget recommends a
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$4,000,000 decrease in institutional operating funds.
The combination of annual increases in enrollments,
reduced Federal funding, and the addition of two new
tribal colleges would result in a devastating decrease
in funding of $540 per student below the fiscal year
2003 estimate.
(4) Despite a $2,000,000 increase in fiscal year
2003 for basic institutional operating budgets of the
reservation-based tribal colleges, the per Indian stu-
dent count (ISC) is only $30 more than in fiscal year
2002, or $3,946, still less than 2⁄3 of the $6,000 au-
thorized.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) this resolution recognizes the funding chal-
lenges faced by tribal colleges and assumes that pri-
ority consideration will be provided to them through
funding through the Tribally Controlled College or
University Assistance Act, the Equity in Educational
Land Grant Status Act, title III of the Higher Edu-
cation Act, and the National Science Foundation
Tribal College Program; and
(2) such priority consideration reflects Congress’
intent to continue to work toward statutory Federal
funding goals for the tribal colleges and universities.
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SEC. 303. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE 504
SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT PROGRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) Small businesses play a critical role in our
Nation and our economy and the Federal Government
assists that role by providing small businesses with
loans and loan guarantees.
(2) Since the enactment of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990, the Small Business Administra-
tion and the Office of Management and Budget have
repeatedly overestimated the subsidy cost of the Small
Business Administration’s 7(a) and 504 credit pro-
grams. Those overestimates have resulted in borrowers
and lenders having to pay higher than necessary fees
to participate in those programs.
(3) Last year, in response to bipartisan pressure
from the Senate Budget and Small Business Commit-
tees, the administration developed a new econometric
model to improve the accuracy of its estimates of the
cost of the 7(a) program. Consistent with claims by
the Senate Budget and Small Business Committees,
that effort resulted in the administration lowering the
estimated subsidy cost of the 7(a) program by an as-
tounding 40 percent in 2003, allowing the Federal
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an 
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$3,300,000,000 in small business loans this year
alone.
(4) Notwithstanding past assurances, the admin-
istration, however, has failed to begin work on an
econometric model for the 504 small business credit
program, despite similar, chronic problems with esti-
mates of that program’s costs.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the performance of the SBA and OMB in ad-
ministering the Federal Credit Reform Act for the 504
small business credit program remains unsatisfactory;
(2) the administration should develop an econo-
metric model for the 504 program for use in the fiscal
year 2004 appropriations cycle; and
(3) the Office of Management and Budget should
report to the Budget and Small Business Committees
on the progress of this work by no later than June
2003.
SEC. 304. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PELL
GRANTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) Public investment in higher education yields
a return of several dollars for each dollar invested.
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(2) Higher education promotes economic oppor-
tunity.
(3) For a generation, the Federal Pell Grant has
served as an effective means of providing access to
higher education.
(4) Over the past decade, the Pell Grant has
failed to keep pace with inflation, and over the past
25 years, the value of the average Pell Grant has de-
creased substantially.
(5) Grant aid as a portion of student aid has
fallen significantly over the past 5 years.
(6) The percentage of freshmen attending public
and private 4-year institutions from families whose
income is below the national median has fallen since
1981.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the levels in this resolution assume that—
(1) within the discretionary allocation provided
to the Committee on Appropriations, the maximum
Pell Grant award should be raised to the maximum
extent practicable, and funding for the Pell Grant
program should be higher than the level requested by
the President; and
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(2) to the maximum extent practicable, Congress
should seek to increase the maximum individual Fed-
eral Pell Grant award to $9,000 by fiscal year 2010.
SEC. 305. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NA-
TIONAL GUARD.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) The Army National Guard relies heavily
upon thousands of full-time employees, Active Guard/
Reserves and Military Technicians, to ensure unit
readiness throughout the Army National Guard.
(2) These employees perform vital day-to-day
functions, ranging from equipment maintenance to
leadership and staff roles, that allow the National
Guard to dedicate drill weekends and annual active
duty training of part-time personnel to preparation
for the National Guard’s war fighting and peacetime
missions.
(3) The role of full-time National Guard per-
sonnel is especially important as tens of thousands of
our National Guard and Reserve forces are being mo-
bilized for the ongoing fight against terrorism and in
preparation for a possible war with Iraq.
(4) When the ability to provide sufficient Active
Guard/Reserves 
and 
Military 
Technicians 
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strength is reduced, unit readiness, as well as quality
of life for soldiers and families, is degraded.
(5) The Army National Guard, with agreement
from the Department of Defense, requires a minimum
essential requirement of 25,286 Active Guard/Reserves
and 26,189 Military Technicians.
(6) The fiscal year 2004 budget request for the
Army National Guard includes the minimum re-
quired end strengths, but provides resources sufficient
for only approximately 24,562 Active Guard/Reserves
and 25,702 Military Technicians, funding shortfalls
of $51,200,000 and $29,300,000, respectively.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the Sense of the
Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume
that the Department of Defense will give priority to fully
funding the Active Guard/Reserves and Military Techni-
cians at least at the minimum required levels.
SEC. 306. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) The emerging chemical, biological, and other
threats of the 21st century present new challenges to
our military and to local first responders.
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(2) Local first responders are on the front lines
of combating terrorism and responding to other large-
scale incidents.
(3) The National Guard’s Weapons of Mass De-
struction Civil Support Teams (WMD–CSTs) play a
vital role in assisting local first responders in inves-
tigating and combating these new threats.
(4) The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
emphasize the need to have full-time WMD–CSTs in
each State.
(5) There are currently 32 full-time and 23 part-
time WMD–CSTs.
(6) Section 1403 of Public Law 107–314, the
Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003, requires the Secretary of Defense to
establish an additional 23 WMD–CSTs and that at
least one team be located in each State and territory
of the United States.
(7) The President’s fiscal year 2004 budget re-
quest includes no funding for these additional WMD–
CSTs.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the functional totals in this resolution as-
sume that the Department of Defense should give pri-
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ority to fully implementing section 1403 of Public
Law 107–314, the Bob Stump National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003; and
(2) the Department should increase its full-time
manning requirements to include the 506 additional
full-time National Guard personnel that will be need-
ed to man the 23 additional WMD–CSTs.
SEC. 307. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON EMERGENCY AND DIS-
ASTER ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK AND AG-
RICULTURE PRODUCERS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:
(1) Significant portions of the United States suf-
fered through severe drought conditions in 2000 and
2001.
(2) The economic effects of drought are long-term
and widespread.
(3) Current drought indices predict that the
drought will continue through 2003.
(4) Congress has a history of providing financial
assistance to agricultural and livestock producers for
losses incurred due to drought.
(5) Emphasis must be placed on planning efforts
that will mitigate the negative effects of drought.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the Senate—
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(1) develop a long-term drought plan that effec-
tively recognizes the reoccurring nature of drought cy-
cles and adequately support emergency and disaster
assistance to livestock and agricultural producers hurt
by drought; and
(2) establish an agricultural reserve to fund the
activities in paragraph (1).
SEC. 308. SOCIAL SECURITY RESTRUCTURING.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) Social Security is the foundation of retire-
ment income for most Americans;
(2) preserving and strengthening the long term
viability of Social Security is a vital national pri-
ority and is essential for the retirement security of to-
day’s working Americans, current and future retirees,
and their families;
(3) Social Security faces significant fiscal and
demographic pressures;
(4) the nonpartisan Office of the Chief Actuary
at the Social Security Administration reports that—
(A) the number of workers paying taxes to
support each Social Security beneficiary has
dropped from 16.5 in 1950 to 3.3 in 2002;
(B) within a generation there will be only
2 workers to support each retiree, which will sub-
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stantially increase the financial burden on
American workers;
(C) without structural reform, the Social
Security system, beginning in 2018, will pay out
more in benefits than it will collect in taxes;
(D) without structural reform, the Social
Security trust fund will be exhausted in 2042,
and Social Security tax revenue in 2042 will
only cover 73 percent of promised benefits, and
will decrease to 65 percent by 2077;
(E) without structural reform, future Con-
gresses may have to raise payroll taxes 50 per-
cent over the next 75 years to pay full benefits
on time, resulting in payroll tax rates of as
much as 16.9 percent by 2042 and 18.9 percent
by 2077;
(F) without structural reform, Social Secu-
rity’s total cash shortfall over the next 75 years
is estimated to be more than $25,000,000,000,000
in constant 2003 dollars or $3,500,000,000,000
measured in present value terms;
(G) absent structural reforms, spending on
Social Security will increase from 4.4 percent of
gross domestic product in 2003 to 7.0 percent in
2077; and
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(5) the Congressional Budget Office, the General
Accounting Office, the Congressional Research Serv-
ice, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and
the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Se-
curity have all warned that failure to enact fiscally
responsible Social Security reform quickly will result
in 1 or more of the following:
(A) Higher tax rates.
(B) Lower Social Security benefit levels.
(C) Increased Federal debt or less spending
on other Federal programs.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the President, the Congress and the American
people (including seniors, workers, women, minorities,
and disabled persons) should work together at the ear-
liest opportunity to enact legislation to achieve a sol-
vent and permanently sustainable Social Security
system; and
(2) Social Security reform—
(A) must protect current and near retirees
from any changes to Social Security benefits;
(B) must reduce the pressure on future tax-
payers and on other budgetary priorities;