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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$139,823,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$147,373,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2028: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$145,467,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$151,314,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2029: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$149,872,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$151,964,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2030: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$155,250,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$155,641,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2031: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$160,678,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$160,869,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2032: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$171,368,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$171,359,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2033: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$177,274,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$177,365,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2034: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$184,073,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$183,664,000,000. 
TITLE 
II—BUDGET 
ENFORCE-
MENT IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES 
SEC. 201. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG- 
TERM DIRECT SPENDING. 
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 
the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint 
resolution reported by a committee, or amendment thereto 
or conference report thereon, that would cause a net in-
crease in direct spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in 
any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described 
in subsection (b). 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF 
PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate 
of whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a com-
mittee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would 
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cause, relative to current law, a net increase in direct 
spending in the House of Representatives, in excess of 
$2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year 
periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal 
years after the current fiscal year. 
(c) LIMITATION.—In the House of Representatives, 
the provisions of this section shall not apply to any bills 
or joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference 
reports thereon, for which the chair of the Committee on 
the Budget has made adjustments to the allocations, ag-
gregates, or other budgetary levels in this concurrent reso-
lution. 
(d) DETERMINATIONS
OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 
purposes of this section, the levels of net increases in di-
rect spending shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
provided by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDA-
TORY PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘change 
in mandatory programs’’ means a provision that— 
(1) would have been estimated as affecting di-
rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 
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2002) if the provision were included in legislation 
other than appropriation Acts; and 
(2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 
in the budget year, but does not result in a net de-
crease in outlays over the total of the current year, 
the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
the budget. 
(b) POINT
OF ORDER
IN
THE HOUSE
OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representa-
tives, it shall not be in order to consider a bill or 
joint resolution making appropriations for a full fis-
cal year that includes a provision that proposes a 
change in mandatory programs, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that, if en-
acted, would cause the absolute value of the total 
budget authority of all such changes in mandatory 
programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to 
be more than the amount specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 
paragraph is, for fiscal year 2025, $15,000,000,000. 
(c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 
budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti-
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mates provided by the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
except as provided for in subsection (b), it shall not be 
in order to consider any general appropriation bill or bill 
or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, that provides 
advance appropriations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 
provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts 
identified in the report or the joint explanatory statement 
of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 
resolution under the following headings: 
(1) GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2026, under the 
heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appro-
priations’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority. 
(2) VETERANS.—For fiscal year 2026, under 
the heading ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Ad-
vance Appropriations’’. 
(3) INDIAN
HEALTH
ACCOUNTS.—For fiscal 
year 2026, under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Ac-
counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 
aggregate amount not to exceed the total budget au-
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SEC. 207. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL 
FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY 
TRUST FUND. 
In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the rules 
or orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint 
resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that transfers funds from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as 
new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of 
the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs. 
SEC. 208. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 
States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement, 
as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution 
shall include in its allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary administra-
tive expenses of the Social Security Administration and 
the United States Postal Service. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Representa-
tives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the levels of 
total new budget authority and total outlays provided by 
a measure shall include any discretionary amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 209. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—In the House of Representatives, 
any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates, and other 
budgetary levels made pursuant to this concurrent resolu-
tion 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. 
(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 the allo-
cations and aggregates contained in this concurrent reso-
lution. 
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(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 
purposes of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary lev-
els for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be deter-
mined on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS
AND
APPLICA-
TION.—In the House of Representatives, for purposes of 
this concurrent resolution and budget enforcement, the 
consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, for which the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or 
revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budg-
etary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be sub-
ject to the point of order set forth in clause 10 of rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 210. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate ag-
gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any change in budgetary con-
cepts and definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
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SEC. 211. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution to reflect changes resulting from the 
Congressional Budget Office’s update to its baseline for 
fiscal years 2025 through 2034. 
SEC. 212. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
The House of Representatives adopts the provisions 
of this title— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 
be considered as part of the rules of the House of 
Representatives, and such rules shall supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they are incon-
sistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the House of Representatives to change 
those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to 
the same extent as is the case of any other rule of 
the House of Representatives. 
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TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS IN 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES 
SEC. 301. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVEST-
MENTS IN NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent 
resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that invests in na-
tional infrastructure if such measure would not increase 
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 
2034. 
SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR PRO-GROWTH TAX POLICIES. 
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 
on Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that 
amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to advance 
pro-growth tax reforms and simplify the tax code, the 
chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allo-
cations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary lev-
els in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
or conference report thereon. 
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SEC. 303. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAL 
INNOVATION. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent 
resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, related to promoting 
American medical innovation if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2025 
through 2034. 
SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS. 
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 
on Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that 
modifies tariffs on imports or implements trade agree-
ments, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may ad-
just the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budg-
etary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon. 
TITLE IV—POLICY STATEMENTS 
IN 
THE 
HOUSE 
OF 
REP-
RESENTATIVES 
SEC. 401. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The rate of economic growth has a signifi-
cant impact on budget deficits. When the rate of 
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of appropriations measures that provide appropria-
tions for unauthorized programs. 
(4) According to the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, $510 billion in appropriations was attributed to 
428 expired authorizations for fiscal year 2023. 
(5) Agencies such as the Department of State 
have not been authorized for nearly two decades. 
(b) POLICY ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.— 
In the House, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution 
that legislation should be enacted that— 
(1) establishes a schedule for reauthorizing all 
Federal programs on a staggered basis together with 
declining spending limits for each year a program is 
not reauthorized according to such schedule; and 
(2) prohibits the consideration of appropriations 
measures in the House that provide appropriations 
in excess of spending limits specified for such meas-
ures and ensures that such rule should be strictly 
enforced. 
SEC. 403. POLICY STATEMENT ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The Government Accountability Office de-
fines improper payments as any reported payment 
that should not have been made or was made in an 
incorrect amount. 
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(2) Since 2003, improper payments have to-
taled $2.7 trillion with a reported Federal Govern-
ment-wide error rate of 5.42 percent in fiscal year 
2023. 
(3) Improper payments between 2021-2023 
have exceeded $750 billion and totaled more than 
the budget of the U.S. Army in 2023. 
(4) The Earned Income Tax Credit, Unemploy-
ment Insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare, account 
for 72.8 percent of total improper payments, with 
error rates of 33.5 percent, 32.3 percent, 8.6 per-
cent, and 7.6 percent, respectively. 
(5) At least five agencies did not report pay-
ment estimates for Federal programs that are 
deemed susceptible to significant improper pay-
ments. 
(6) The American public deserves to have con-
fidence that Federal programs are administered in a 
cost-effective, transparent, and responsible manner. 
(b) POLICY ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS.—It is the pol-
icy of this concurrent resolution to lower improper pay-
ment rates by $1 trillion over the next decade by working 
closely with authorizing committees throughout the budget 
process to— 
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(1) require all Federal programs to annually re-
port improper payment rates; 
(2) streamline the processes and mechanisms 
through which information is shared between Fed-
eral agencies; 
(3) task Federal agencies to implement tech-
nologies to identify patterns indicative of fraudulent 
activities or errors, and to enhance eligibility 
verification processes to ensure that only qualified 
recipients are receiving benefits; 
(4) incentivize States and Federal agencies to 
comply with anti-fraud rules; and 
(5) hold programs and agencies accountable for 
continued or prolonged failure to prevent and miti-
gate improper payments. 
SEC. 404. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET GIMMICK RE-
FORM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The complexity and lack of transparency in 
discretionary spending has facilitated an increase in 
Federal spending, exacerbating the looming debt and 
deficit. 
(2) There is a critical need to explore and im-
plement mechanisms that ensure the appropriations 
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process is accountable, transparent, understandable, 
and adheres to principles of fiscal discipline. 
(b) POLICY ON BUDGET GIMMICK REFORM.—It is 
the policy of this concurrent resolution that— 
(1) the House should pursue reforms to the 
budget and appropriations process that eliminate the 
use of budget gimmicks to ensure greater trans-
parency, accountability, and fiscal discipline; 
(2) specific mechanisms should be implemented 
to correct the current fiscal path and safeguard the 
Nation’s economic future, such as the use of budg-
etary caps, stricter criteria for emergency spending, 
the prohibition of ‘‘bad CHIMPs’’, and the require-
ment to direct savings towards deficit reduction; 
(3) the House supports efforts to engage in dis-
cussions that refine and enact these reforms to re-
store fiscal responsibility; and 
(4) by pursuing reform, the House reaffirms its 
commitment to fiscal responsibility and the elimi-
nation of practices that obscure the Federal budget’s 
true condition. 
SEC. 405. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND 
THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE. 
(a) FINDINGS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—The House 
finds the following: 
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(1) A well-educated, high-skilled workforce is 
critical to economic, job, and wage growth. 
(2) Average published tuition and fees have in-
creased consistently above the rate of inflation 
across all types of colleges and universities. 
(3) With an outstanding student loan portfolio 
of $1.6 trillion, the Federal Government is the larg-
est education lender to undergraduate and graduate 
students, parents, and other guarantors. 
(4) Students who do not complete their college 
degree are at a greater risk of defaulting on their 
loans than those who complete their degree. 
(5) Because Federal income-driven repayment 
plans offer loan balance forgiveness after a repay-
ment period, increased use of these plans portends 
higher projected costs to taxpayers. 
(b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—It is the policy 
of this concurrent resolution to promote college afford-
ability, access, and success by— 
(1) reserving Federal financial aid for those 
most in need and streamlining grant and loan aid 
programs to help students and families more easily 
assess their options for financing post-secondary 
education; 
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