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Budget of the House may increase the levels by which
Federal revenues should be reduced by the amount exceed-
ing such level resulting from such measure for each appli-
cable year or period (or for fiscal year 2000 may increase
the level of the surplus and make all other appropriate
conforming adjustments, including reconciliation instruc-
tions set forth in section 4(a)), but not to exceed the in-
crease in the surplus for such year or period in the report
referred to in subsection (a).
(c) CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET
OFFICE
UPDATED
BUDGET FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.—The report
referred to in subsection (a) is the Congressional Budget
Office updated budget forecast for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.
Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or
Committee on Commerce of the House reports a bill or
joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered (in
the House), or a conference report thereon is submitted
that reforms the Medicare Program and provides coverage
for prescription drugs, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may increase the aggregates and allocations
of new budget authority (and outlays resulting therefrom)
by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose,
but not to exceed $2,000,000,000 in new budget authority
and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $40,000,000,000 in
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new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal
years 2001 through 2005 (and make all other appropriate
conforming adjustments).
SEC. 11. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL
YEAR 2000.
Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of the House
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto
is offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon
is submitted that provides income support to owners and
producers of farms, the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may increase the allocation of new budget author-
ity and outlays to that committee for fiscal year 2000 by
the amount of new budget authority (and the outlays re-
sulting therefrom) provided by that measure for that pur-
pose not to exceed $6,000,000,000 in new budget author-
ity and outlays for fiscal year 2000, $0 in new budget au-
thority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2004, and $6,000,000,000 in new budget author-
ity and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2000 through
2004 (and make all other appropriate conforming adjust-
ments).
SEC. 12. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE IN FISCAL
YEAR 2001.
Whenever the Committee on Agriculture of the House
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto
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is offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon
is submitted that provides risk management or income as-
sistance for agricultural producers, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may increase the allocation of
new budget authority and outlays to that committee by
the amount of new budget authority (and the outlays re-
sulting therefrom) if such legislation does not exceed
$1,355,000,000 
in 
new 
budget 
authority 
and
$595,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2001 and
$8,359,000,000 
in 
new 
budget 
authority 
and
$7,223,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years
2001 through 2005 (and make all other appropriate con-
forming adjustments).
SEC. 13. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations
and aggregates made pursuant to section 7(b), 8(a) or (c),
9, 10, 11, or 12 for any measure shall—
(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that
measure; and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as
soon as practicable.
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(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 alloca-
tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For
purposes 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 Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as applica-
ble; and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make
any other necessary adjustments to such levels to
carry out this resolution.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON WASTE, FRAUD, AND
ABUSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—
(1) while the budget may be in balance, it con-
tinues to be ridden with waste, fraud, and abuse;
(2) just last month, auditors documented more
than $19,000,000,000 in improper payments each
year by such agencies as the Agency of International
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Development, the Internal Revenue Service, the So-
cial Security Administration, and the Department of
Defense;
(3) the General Accounting Office (GAO) re-
cently reported that the financial management prac-
tices of some Federal agencies are so poor that it is
unable to determine the full extent of improper Gov-
ernment payments; and
(4) the GAO now lists a record number of 25
Federal programs that are at ‘‘high risk’’ of waste,
fraud, and abuse.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the
House that the Committee on the Budget has created task
forces to address this issue and that the President should
take immediate steps to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse
within the Federal Government and report on such actions
to the Congress and that the resolution should include rec-
onciliation directives to the appropriate committees of ju-
risdiction to dedicate the resulting savings to debt reduc-
tion and tax relief.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDI-
TIONAL DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) strengthening America’s public schools
while respecting State and local control is critically
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important to the future of our children and our Na-
tion;
(2) education is a local responsibility, a State
priority, and a national concern;
(3) a partnership with the Nation’s governors,
parents, teachers, and principals must take place in
order to strengthen public schools and foster edu-
cational excellence;
(4) the consolidation of various Federal edu-
cation programs will benefit our Nation’s children,
parents, and teachers by sending more dollars di-
rectly to the classroom; and
(5) our Nation’s children deserve an educational
system that will provide opportunities to excel.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that—
(1) Congress should enact legislation that would
consolidate 31 Federal K–12 education programs;
and
(2) the Department of Education, the States,
and local educational agencies should work together
to ensure that not less than 95 percent of all funds
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out elemen-
tary and secondary education programs administered