graphs (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and
(H), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (D)
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E)(i) The Commissioner of Social Security shall es-
tablish and maintain an advanced, proven technology sys-
tem sufficient to meet the increasing future demands of
the programs administered by the Social Security Admin-
istration. The Commissioner shall establish in the Admin-
istration a technical panel of leading information tech-
nology experts to assist the Commissioner in establishing
such system.
‘‘(ii)(I) Not later than the latest date for submission
of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2002, and such
date biennially thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Se-
curity shall submit a comprehensive information tech-
nology investment plan to the Committee on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. Such plan
shall include a description of progress made by the Social
Security Administration as of the date of the submission
of the report in carrying out the requirements of clause
(i). Such plan may be prepared as a portion of the pro-
gram performance report submitted by the Commissioner
of Social Security pursuant to section 1116 of title 31,
United States Code.
‘‘(II) Each plan prepared pursuant to subclause (I)
shall set forth specific performance goals and, in relation
to such goals, information regarding project costs, bene-
fits, risks, and returns. Such plan shall also set forth a
defined process for measuring performance in achieving
such goals.
‘‘(iii) Not later than 90 days after the date of the
submission by the Commissioner of each plan as required
by clause (i), the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Finance of the Senate detailing the
Comptroller General’s assessment of the plan, together
with such recommendations as the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 201(g)(1)
of such Act is amended further—
(1) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by
the preceding provisions of this section), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph
(F)’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (H) (as redesignated by
the preceding provisions of this section), by striking
‘‘subparagraph (B)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph
(F)(i)’’.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TIVE EXPENSES.
(a) ADJUSTMENT
TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
LIMITS.—Section 251(b)(2)(C) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) SOCIAL
SECURITY
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—(i) If a bill or joint resolution
making appropriations for a fiscal year is en-
acted that specifies an amount for administra-
tive expenses of the Social Security Administra-
tion, the adjustments for that fiscal year shall
be the new budget authority provided in that
Act for such purpose for that fiscal year and
the outlays flowing from such amounts, but
shall not exceed—
‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2001,
$7,500,000,000 in new budget authority
and $7,407,000,000 in outlays; and
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2002,
$8,450,000,000 in new budget authority
and $8,352,000,000 in outlays.
‘‘(ii) As used in this subparagraph, the
term ‘administrative expenses of the Social Se-
curity Administration’ refers to the following
budget accounts:
‘‘(I) 20–8007–0–7–651 (Limitations
on Administrative Expenses), including ex-
penses for information technology acquisi-
tion for the Social Security Administration,
and
‘‘(II) 28–0400–0–1–651 (Office of In-
spector General).’’.
(b) BUDGET ALLOCATION ADJUSTMENT BY BUDGET
COMMITTEES.—Section 314(b)(2) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 645(b)(2)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(2) an amount provided for administrative ex-
penses of the Social Security Administration subject
to the limitations in section 251(b)(2)(C) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.’’.
(c) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF
THE
SOCIAL
SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION.—Section
314(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
645(e)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—As used in
subsection (b)(2), the term ‘administrative expenses of the
Social Security Administration’ shall have the same mean-
ing as provided in section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.’’.
SEC. 4. OFF-BUDGET STATUS OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Section 704(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
904(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Effective October 1, 2002, and notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the administrative expenses of
the Social Security Administration referred to in the
fourth sentence of section 201(g)(1)(A) shall not be count-
ed as new budget authority, outlays, or deficit or surplus
for purposes of—
(A) the budget of the United States Govern-
ment as submitted by the President,
(B) the congressional budget, or
(C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985.’’.
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