IV 
Union Calendar No. 297 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 96 
[Report No. 113–403] 
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2016 through 2024. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2014 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the fol-
lowing concurrent 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 budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budg-
etary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 
declares that this concurrent resolution establishes the 
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budget for fiscal year 2015 and sets forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. 
(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 2015. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 
Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 
TITLE II—RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS 
Sec. 201. Long-term budgeting. 
TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 
Sec. 301. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws. 
Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reform of the 2010 health care 
laws. 
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the 
2010 health care laws. 
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate of the 
Medicare program. 
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 
Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 
Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools. 
Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation. 
Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase oppor-
tunity and upward mobility. 
TITLE IV—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 
Sec. 401. Direct spending. 
TITLE V—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 501. Limitation on advance appropriations. 
Sec. 502. Concepts and definitions. 
Sec. 503. Adjustments of aggregates, allocations, and appropriate budgetary 
levels. 
Sec. 504. Limitation on long-term spending. 
Sec. 505. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions. 
Sec. 506. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 
Sec. 507. Congressional Budget Office estimates. 
Sec. 508. Transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway 
Trust Fund that increase public indebtedness. 
Sec. 509. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on 
terrorism. 
Sec. 510. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS 
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Sec. 601. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation. 
Sec. 602. Policy statement on tax reform. 
Sec. 603. Policy statement on replacing the President’s health care law. 
Sec. 604. Policy statement on Medicare. 
Sec. 605. Policy statement on Social Security. 
Sec. 606. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development op-
portunity. 
Sec. 607. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of un-
obligated balances. 
Sec. 608. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 
Sec. 609. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction of unnec-
essary and wasteful spending. 
Sec. 610. Policy statement on unauthorized spending. 
Sec. 611. Policy statement on Federal regulatory policy. 
Sec. 612. Policy statement on trade. 
Sec. 613. No budget, no pay. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2015 through 2024: 
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: $2,533,841,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: $2,676,038,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,789,423,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,890,308,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,014,685,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,148,637,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,294,650,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,456,346,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,626,518,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2024: $3,807,452,000,000. 
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 
levels of Federal revenues should be changed 
are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: $0. 
Fiscal year 2016: $0. 
Fiscal year 2017: $0. 
Fiscal year 2018: $0. 
Fiscal year 2019: $0. 
Fiscal year 2020: $0. 
Fiscal year 2021: $0. 
Fiscal year 2022: $0. 
Fiscal year 2023: $0. 
Fiscal year 2024: $0. 
(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 
of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
appropriate levels of total new budget authority are 
as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: $2,842,226,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: $2,858,059,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,957,321,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $3,059,410,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,210,987,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,360,435,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,460,524,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: $3,587,380,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,660,151,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,706,695,000,000. 
(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appro-
priate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: $2,920,026,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: $2,889,484,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,949,261,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $3,034,773,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,185,472,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,320,927,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,433,392,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,577,963,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,632,642,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,676,374,000,000. 
(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 
the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: -$386,186,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: -$213,446,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: -$159,838,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: -$144,466,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: -$170,787,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: -$172,290,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2021: -$138,741,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: -$121,617,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: -$6,124,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $131,078,000,000. 
(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate 
levels of the public debt are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: $18,304,357,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: $18,627,533,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $19,172,590,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $19,411,553,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $19,773,917,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $20,227,349,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $20,449,374,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $20,822,448,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $20,981,807,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $21,089,365,000,000. 
(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2015: $13,213,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: $13,419,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $13,800,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $13,860,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $14,080,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $14,427,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $14,579,000,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: $14,940,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $15,080,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $15,176,000,000,000. 
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 
fiscal years 2015 through 2024 for each major functional 
category are: 
(1) National Defense (050): 
Fiscal year 2015: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$528,927,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $566,503,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$573,792,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $573,064,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$597,895,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $584,252,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$611,146,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $593,795,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$624,416,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $611,902,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$638,697,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $626,175,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$653,001,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $640,499,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$669,967,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $661,181,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$687,393,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $672,922,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$706,218,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $685,796,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
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Fiscal year 2015: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,695,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,029,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,734,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $37,976,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,642,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,229,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$41,589,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,822,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,513,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,553,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,497,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,114,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$44,004,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,701,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,271,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,749,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,287,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $42,667,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$47,349,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,624,000,000. 
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 
(250): 
Fiscal year 2015: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$27,941,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $27,927,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$28,493,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $28,240,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,113,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $28,750,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,764,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,350,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$30,413,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,938,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,096,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,589,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,782,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,174,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,493,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,870,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANS-
PORTATION. 
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, if such measure maintains the solvency of the 
Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure would not 
increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2015 
through 2024. 
SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE 
POVERTY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY AND 
UPWARD MOBILITY. 
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, if such measure reforms policies and programs 
to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward 
mobility, but only if such measure would neither adversely 
impact job creation nor increase the deficit over the period 
of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 
TITLE IV—ESTIMATES OF 
DIRECT SPENDING 
SEC. 401. DIRECT SPENDING. 
(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 
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