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Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
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Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$290,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $290,700,000,000.
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Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$296,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$297,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $297,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$296,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$296,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$298,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,500,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$14,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$14,000,000,000.
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Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$2,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$3,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$2,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$3,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$3,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$3,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$3,200,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$36,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$36,700,000,000.
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Fiscal year 1999:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$36,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$36,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$36,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$36,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$38,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$38,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$45,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$45,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$35,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$35,900,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) SUBMISSIONS.—Not later than June 26, 1998,
the House committees named in subsection (b) shall sub-
mit their recommendations to the House Committee on
the Budget. After receiving those recommendations, the
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House Committee on the Budget shall report to the House
a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations
without any substantive revision.
(b) INSTRUCTIONS TO HOUSE COMMITTEES.—
(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The House
Committee on Agriculture shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spend-
ing such that the total level of direct spending for
that committee does not exceed: $30,400,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 1999 and $157,400,000,000
in outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(2) COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES.—The House Committee on Banking and
Financial Services shall report changes in laws with-
in its jurisdiction that provide direct spending such
that the total level of direct spending for that com-
mittee does not exceed: ¥$8,200,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 1999 and ¥$35,100,000,000 in out-
lays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(3) COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE.—The House
Committee on Commerce shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spend-
ing such that the total level of direct spending for
that committee does not exceed: $417,900,000,000
in 
outlays 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1999 
and
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$2,437,900,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999
through 2003.
(4) COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
AND
THE
WORKFORCE.—The House Committee on Education
and the Workforce shall report changes in laws with-
in its jurisdiction that provide direct spending such
that the total level of direct spending for that com-
mittee does not exceed: $18,700,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 1999 and $100,400,000,000 in out-
lays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(5) COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND
OVERSIGHT.—The House Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending
such that the total level of direct spending for that
committee does not exceed: $71,600,000,000 in out-
lays for fiscal year 1999 and $384,000,000,000 in
outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(6) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
JUDICIARY.—The
House Committee on the Judiciary shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending such that the total level of direct
spending for that committee does not exceed:
$5,200,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and
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$26,500,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999
through 2003.
(7) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE.—The House Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spend-
ing such that the total level of direct spending for
that committee does not exceed: $16,200,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 1999 and $78,900,000,000 in
outlays in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
(8) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending such that the total level of direct
spending for that committee does not exceed:
$23,800,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1999 and
$125,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1999
through 2003.
(9) COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS.—(A)
The House Committee on Ways and Means shall re-
port changes in laws within its jurisdiction such that
the total level of direct spending for that committee
does not exceed: $411,100,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1999 and $2,374,800,000,000 in outlays
in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
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(B) The House Committee on Ways and Means
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
such that the total level of revenues for that commit-
tee is not less than: $1,278,500,000,000 in revenues
for fiscal year 1999 and $6,637,700,000,000 in rev-
enues in fiscal years 1999 through 2003.
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF COMPENSATION AND
PAY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
In the House, for purposes of enforcing the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, any bill or joint resolution,
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, estab-
lishing on a prospective basis compensation or pay for any
office or position in the Government at a specified level,
the appropriation for which is provided through annual
discretionary appropriations, shall not be considered as
providing new entitlement authority or new budget author-
ity.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the trustees of the So-
cial Security trust funds, should consider issuing market-
able interest-bearing securities to the trust funds for fiscal
years beginning after September 30, 1998.
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SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE ASSETS FOR
INDEPENDENCE ACT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) 33 percent of all American households have
no or negative financial assets and 60 percent of Af-
rican-American households have no or negative fi-
nancial assets;
(2) 47 percent of all children in America live in
households with no financial assets, including 40
percent of Caucasian children and 75 percent of Af-
rican-American children;
(3) in order to provide low-income families with
more tools for empowerment in lieu of traditional in-
come support and to assist them in becoming more
involved in planning their future, new public-private
relationships that encourage asset-building should be
undertaken;
(4) individual development account programs
are successfully demonstrating the ability to assist
low-income 
families 
in 
building 
assets 
while
partnering with community organizations and States
in more than 40 public and private experiments na-
tionwide; and
(5) Federal support for a trial demonstration
program would greatly assist the creative efforts of
existing individual development account experiments.
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(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that legislation should be considered to en-
courage low-income individuals and families to accumulate
assets through contributions to individual development ac-
counts as a means of achieving economic self-sufficiency.
SEC. 8. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON A DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT ON CLINICAL CANCER TRIALS.
It is the sense of the Congress that legislation should
be considered that provides Medicare coverage for bene-
ficiaries’ participation in clinical cancer trials.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE INTERIM PAY-
MENT SYSTEM FOR HOME HEALTH BENEFITS
UNDER MEDICARE.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) there is concern that the interim payment
system for home health service has adversely af-
fected some home health care agencies;
(2) the Administration should ensure that the
implementation of the interim payment system does
not adversely affect the availability of home health
services for Medicare beneficiaries;
(3) Congress should carefully examine the
Adminstration’s implementation of the home health
payment system and make any necessary changes to
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ensure that the needs of Medicare beneficiaries are
being met; and
(4) the Health Care Financing Administration
should quickly implement the prospective payment
system that was enacted into law last year.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SPECIAL EDU-
CATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) Federal courts have found that children
with disabilities are guaranteed an equal opportunity
to an education under the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution;
(2) Congress responded to these court decisions
by enacting the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (IDEA) to ensure free and appropriate
public education for children with disabilities;
(3) IDEA authorizes the Federal Government
to provide 40 percent of the average per pupil ex-
penditure for children with disabilities;
(4) the Federal Government has not fully fund-
ed IDEA at its authorized levels; and
(5) if the Federal Government fully funds
IDEA, then local school districts will have the flexi-
bility to invest in new technology, hire additional
teachers, and purchase books and supplies.
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(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the Federal Government should fully
fund programs authorized under IDEA and that such
funding is of the highest priority among Federal education
programs.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON BUDGETARY RULES
AND TAX CUTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) in 1990, pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) require-
ments were enacted to prevent Congress and the
President from increasing the deficit;
(2) under PAYGO requirements, tax legislation
must be offset by legislation increasing revenues or
reducing entitlement spending;
(3) these requirements prevent Congress from
offsetting tax cuts with discretionary savings or
budget surpluses;
(4) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 will
produce the first surplus in the unified budget in 29
years;
(5) under current trends, the Federal Govern-
ment could run an on-budget surplus (which ex-
cludes Social Security and the postal service) as
early as fiscal year 1999; and
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(6) while these requirements were useful during
a period of chronic deficit spending, they now limit
the ability of Congress to allow taxpayers to retain
more of their own money.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the reconciliation bill to be considered
pursuant to the reconciliation instructions in section 4—
(1) should permit discretionary savings to be
used to offset tax cuts; and
(2) may make on-budget surpluses available to
offset tax cuts.
SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON TAX RELIEF.
It is the sense of the Congress that the revenue levels
set forth in this resolution are predicated on—
(1) eliminating the marriage penalty over an
appropriate period of time; and
(2) providing tax relief targeted at relieving the
tax burden on families, estates, and wages, as well
as incentives to stimulate job creation and economic
growth.
Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 1998.
Attest:
Clerk.