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(D) New primary loan guarantee com-
mitments $0.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) SUBMISSIONS.—
(1) WELFARE
AND
MEDICAID
REFORM.—Not
later than May 24, 1996, the House committees
named in subsection (b) shall submit their rec-
ommendations to provide direct spending for welfare
and medicaid reform to the House Committee on the
Budget. After receiving those recommendations, the
House Committee on the Budget shall report to the
House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such rec-
ommendations without any substantive revision.
(2) MEDICARE PRESERVATION.—Not later than
June 14, 1996, the House committees named in sub-
section (c) shall submit their recommendations to
provide direct spending for medicare preservation to
the House Committee on the Budget. After receiving
those recommendations, the House Committee on
the Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation
bill carrying out all such recommendations without
any substantive revision.
(3) TAX RELIEF AND MISCELLANEOUS DIRECT
SPENDING
REFORMS.—Not later than July 12,
1996, the House committees named in subsection
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(d) shall submit their recommendations to provide
direct spending, deficit reduction, and revenues to
the House Committee on the Budget. After receiving
those recommendations, the House Committee on
the Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation
bill carrying out all such recommendations without
any substantive revision.
(4) CONTINGENT INSTRUCTION.—In addition to
any bill described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), if
the chairman of the House Committee on the Budg-
et submits a letter to the Speaker which sets forth
an additional submission date for an omnibus rec-
onciliation bill carrying out all instructions under
subsections (b), (c), and (d) and that letter is print-
ed in the Congressional Record, then the House
committees named in those subsections shall
promptly submit (or resubmit) recommendations to
carry out those subsections to the House Committee
on the Budget. After receiving those recommenda-
tions, the House Committee on the Budget shall re-
port to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out
all such recommendations without any substantive
revision.
(b) INSTRUCTIONS FOR WELFARE AND MEDICAID
REFORM.—
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(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The House
Committee on Agriculture shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spend-
ing for welfare reform such that the total level of di-
rect spending for that committee does not exceed:
$35,604,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$36,597,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$216,199,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
(2) COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE.—The House
Committee on Commerce shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spend-
ing for medicaid reform such that the total level of
direct spending for that committee does not exceed:
$324,314,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$476,428,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002,
and $2,392,181,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years
1997 through 2002.
(3) COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
AND
EDU-
CATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.—The House Committee
on Economic and Educational Opportunities shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that
provide direct spending for welfare reform such that
the total level of direct spending for that committee
does not exceed: $15,812,000,000 in outlays for fis-
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cal year 1997, $19,677,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 2002, and $105,343,000,000 in outlays in fis-
cal years 1997 through 2002.
(4) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending for welfare reform such that the
total level of direct spending for that committee does
not exceed: $382,631,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 1997, $563,077,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 2002, and $2,810,370,000,000 in outlays in fis-
cal years 1997 through 2002.
(c) INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
MEDICARE
PRESERVA-
TION.—
(1) COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE.—The House
Committee on Commerce shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spend-
ing for medicare preservation such that the total
level of direct spending for that committee does not
exceed: $317,514,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
1997, $425,828,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2002, and $2,234,080,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1997 through 2002.
(2) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
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changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending for medicare preservation such that
the total level of direct spending for that committee
does not exceed: $375,831,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1997, $512,477,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 2002, and $2,652,269,000,000 in outlays
in fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
(d) INSTRUCTIONS
FOR TAX RELIEF
AND MIS-
CELLANEOUS DIRECT SPENDING REFORMS.—
(1) COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES.—(A) The House Committee on Banking
and Financial Services 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: -$12,249,000,000 in out-
lays for fiscal year 1997, -$6,116,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 2002, and -$42,310,000,000 in out-
lays in fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
(B) The House Committee on Banking and Fi-
nancial Services shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction that would reduce the deficit by: $0
in fiscal year 1997, $115,000,000 for fiscal year
2002, and $305,000,000 in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
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(2) 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: $316,013,000,000
in outlays for fiscal year 1997, $419,609,000,000 in
outlays 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2002, 
and
$2,213,093,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
(3) COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
AND
EDU-
CATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.—The House Committee
on Economic and Educational Opportunities 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:
$14,968,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$18,818,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$101,044,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
(4) COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND
OVERSIGHT.—(A) The House Committee on Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight 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: $65,130,000,000 in
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outlays for fiscal year 1997, $82,548,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 2002, and $442,000,000,000
in outlays in fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
(B) The House Committee on Government Re-
form and Oversight shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction that would reduce the deficit
by: $255,000,000 in fiscal year 1997, $575,000,000
for fiscal years 2002, and $2,886,000,000 in fiscal
years 1997 through 2002.
(5) COMMITTEE
ON
INTERNATIONAL
RELA-
TIONS.—The House Committee on International Re-
lations shall report changes in laws within its juris-
diction that provide direct spending such that the
total level of direct spending for that committee does
not exceed: $13,025,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 1997, $10,311,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 2002, and $67,953,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1997 through 2002.
(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:
$2,784,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$4,586,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
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$24,982,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
(7) COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY.—The
House Committee on National Security 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:
$39,787,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$49,551,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$270,749,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
(8) COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES.—The House
Committee on Resources 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: $2,132,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 1997, $2,057,000,000 in out-
lays for fiscal year 2002, and $11,739,000,000 in
outlays in fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
(9) COMMITTEE
ON
SCIENCE.—The House
Committee on Science 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: $40,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 1997, $46,000,000 in outlays for fis-
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cal year 2002, and $242,000,000 in outlays in fiscal
years 1997 through 2002.
(10) 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: $18,254,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 1997, $17,890,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 2002, and $106,903,000,000
in outlays in fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
(11) COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall re-
port changes in laws within its jurisdiction that pro-
vide direct spending such that the total level of di-
rect spending for that committee does not exceed:
$21,375,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$22,217,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$130,468,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1997
through 2002.
(12) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—(A)
The House Committee on Ways and Means shall re-
port changes in laws within its jurisdiction that pro-
vide direct spending such that the total level of di-
rect spending for that committee does not exceed:
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$373,764,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1997,
$509,912,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002,
and $2,638,286,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years
1997 through 2002.
(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: $1,050,476,000,000 in revenues
for fiscal year 1997, $1,319,852,000,000 in revenues
for fiscal year 2002, and $7,047,865,000,000 in rev-
enues in fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘direct spending’’ has the meaning given to such
term in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 5. SALE OF GOVERNMENT ASSETS.
(a) BUDGETARY TREATMENT.—For purposes of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, amounts realized from
sales of assets shall be scored with respect to the level
of budget authority, outlays, or revenues.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘sale of an asset’’ shall have the same meaning as
under section 250(c)(21) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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(c) TREATMENT OF LOAN ASSETS.—For purposes of
this section, the sale of loan assets or the prepayment of
a loan shall be governed by the terms of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 6. CREDIT REFORM AND DIRECT STUDENT LOANS.
For the purposes of any concurrent resolution on the
budget and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
cost of a direct loan under the Federal direct student loan
program shall be the net present value, at the time when
the direct loan is disbursed, of the following cash flows
for the estimated life of the loan—
(1) loan disbursements;
(2) repayments of principal;
(3) payments of interest and other payments by
or to the Government over the life of the loan after
adjusting for estimated defaults, prepayments, fees,
penalties, and other recoveries; and
(4) direct expenses, including—
(A) activities related to credit extension,
loan origination, loan servicing, management of
contractors, and payments to contractors, other
government entities, and program participants;
(B) collection of delinquent loans; and
(C) writeoff and closeout of loans.
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SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BASELINES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that:
(1) Baselines are projections of future spending
if existing policies remain unchanged.
(2) Under baseline assumptions, spending auto-
matically rises with inflation even if such increases
are not mandated under existing law.
(3) Baseline budgeting is inherently biased
against policies that would reduce the projected
growth in spending because such policies are de-
picted as spending reductions from an increasing
baseline.
(4) The baseline concept has encouraged Con-
gress to abdicate its constitutional obligation to con-
trol the public purse for those programs which are
automatically funded.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that baseline budgeting should be replaced with a
budgetary model that requires justification of aggregate
funding levels and maximizes congressional accountability
for Federal spending.
SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EMERGENCIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that:
(1) The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 ex-
empted from the discretionary spending limits and
the Pay-As-You-Go requirements for entitlement and
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tax legislation funding requirements that are des-
ignated by Congress and the President as an emer-
gency.
(2) Congress and the President have increas-
ingly misused the emergency designation by—
(A) designating as emergencies funding re-
quirements that are predictable and do not pose
a threat to life, property, or national security,
(B) designating emergencies with the sole
purpose of circumventing statutory and con-
gressional spending limitations, and
(C) adding to emergency legislation con-
troversial items that would not otherwise with-
stand public scrutiny.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that in order to balance the Federal budget Congress
should consider alternative approaches to budgeting for
emergencies, including codifying the definition of an emer-
gency, establishing contingency funds to pay for emer-
gencies, and fully offsetting the costs of emergencies with
rescissions of spending authority that would have been ob-
ligated but for the rescission.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LOAN SALES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that:
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(1) The House and Senate Appropriations Sub-
committees on Treasury, Postal Service, and General
Government have stated that ‘‘more consideration
should be given to the sale of nonperforming loans
held not only by HUD, but by all Federal agencies
that provide credit programs’’ and directed the Of-
fice of Management and Budget to direct Federal
agencies to evaluate the value of their credit pro-
grams and develop a plan for the privatization of
such credit programs.
(2) The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Re-
lated Agencies has directed that the Small Business
Administration should study and report to Congress
on the feasibility of private servicing of SBA loan
activities.
(3) The House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies previously di-
rected the Farmers Home Administration to ‘‘ex-
plore the potential savings that might occur from
contract centralized servicing.’’
(4) The Committee on Agriculture of the House
has consistently urged the Secretary of Agriculture
to explore contracting out loan servicing operations.
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(5) The General Accounting Office has found
that ‘‘Allowing the public and private sectors to
compete for the centralized servicing (of loans) could
mean reaping the benefits of the competitive market-
place - greater efficiency, increased focus on cus-
tomer needs, increased innovation, and improved
morale.’’
(6) The House Committee on Small Business
has recommended ‘‘that 40 percent of the loan serv-
icing portfolio (for Disaster Loans) be privatized.’’
(7) The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year
1997 proposes to review options for improving the
quality of loan portfolio management including con-
tracting to the private sector.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the appropriate committees of the House and
the Senate should report legislation authorizing the sale
of such loan assets as they deem appropriate in order to
contribute to Government downsizing, administrative cost
savings, and improved services to borrowers.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHANGES IN MEDICAID.
It is the sense of Congress that any legislation chang-
ing the medicaid program pursuant to this resolution
should—
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(1) guarantee coverage for low-income children,
pregnant women, the elderly, and the disabled as de-
scribed in the National Governors’ Association Feb-
ruary 6, 1996, policy on reforming medicaid, which
was 
endorsed 
unanimously 
by 
our 
Nation’s
governors;
(2) maintain the medicaid program as a match-
ing program while providing a fairer and more equi-
table formula for calculating the matching rate;
(3) reject any illusory financing schemes;
(4) continue Federal minimum standards for
nursing homes;
(5) continue Federal rules that prevent wives or
husbands from being required to impoverish them-
selves in order to obtain and keep medicaid benefits
for their spouse requiring nursing home care; and
(6) provide coverage of medicare premiums and
cost-sharing payments for low-income seniors con-
sistent with the unanimous National Governors’
Association medicaid policy.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) domestic violence is the leading cause of
physical injury to women; the Department of Justice
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estimates that over one million violent crimes
against women are committed by intimate partners
annually;
(2) domestic violence dramatically affects the
victim’s ability to participate in the workforce; a
University of Minnesota survey reported that one-
quarter of battered women surveyed had lost a job
partly because of being abused and that over half of
these women had been harassed by their abuser at
work;
(3) domestic violence is often intensified as
women seek to gain economic independence through
attending school or training programs; batterers
have been reported to prevent women from attending
these programs or sabotage their efforts at self-im-
provement;
(4) nationwide surveys of service providers pre-
pared by the Taylor Institute of Chicago, document,
for the first time, the interrelationship between do-
mestic violence and welfare by showing that between
50 percent and 80 percent of AFDC recipients are
current or past victims of domestic violence;
(5) over half of the women surveyed stayed with
their batterers because they lacked the resources to
support themselves and their children; the surveys
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also found that the availability of economic support
is a critical factor in poor women’s ability to leave
abusive situations that threaten them and their chil-
dren; and
(6) proposals to restructure the welfare pro-
grams may impact the availability of the economic
support and the safety net necessary to enable poor
women to flee abuse without risking homelessness
and starvation for their families.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) no welfare reform provision shall be enacted
by Congress unless and until Congress considers
whether such welfare reform provisions will exacer-
bate violence against women and their children, fur-
ther endanger women’s lives, make it more difficult
for women to escape domestic violence, or further
punish women victimized by violence; and
(2) any welfare reform measure enacted by
Congress shall require that any welfare-to-work,
education, or job placement programs implemented
by the States will address the impact of domestic vi-
olence on welfare recipients.
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SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPACT OF LEGISLATION
ON CHILDREN.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress should not adopt or enact any legisla-
tion that will increase the number of children who are
hungry, homeless, poor, or medically uninsured.
(b) LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IMPACT ON
CHILDREN.—In the event legislation enacted to comply
with this resolution results in an increase in the number
of hungry, homeless, poor, or medically uninsured by the
end of fiscal year 1997, Congress shall revisit the provi-
sions of such legislation which caused such increase and
shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, adopt legislation
which would halt any continuation of such increase.
SEC. 13. SENSE OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON DEBT
REPAYMENT.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that—
(1) Congress has a basic moral and ethical re-
sponsibility to future generations to repay the Fed-
eral debt;
(2) Congress should enact a plan that balances
the budget, and then also develops a regimen for
paying off the Federal debt;
(3) after the budget is balanced, a surplus
should be created which can be used to begin paying
off the debt; and
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(4) such a plan should be formulated and im-
plemented so that this generation can save future
generations from the crushing burdens of the Fed-
eral debt.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMMITMENT TO A BAL-
ANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 2002.
It is the sense of Congress that the President and
Congress should continue to adhere to the statutory com-
mitment made by both parties on November 20, 1995, to
enact legislation to achieve a balanced budget not later
than fiscal year 2002 as estimated by the Congressional
Budget Office.
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.