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Fiscal year 2009: $26,200,000,000.
(5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2000: $5,627,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $5,707,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $5,791,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,875,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,954,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $6,019,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $6,075,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $6,128,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $6,168,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $6,198,100,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and budget out-
lays for fiscal years 2000 through 2009 for each major
functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$288,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $276,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$303,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $285,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$308,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $291,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$318,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $303,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$327,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$328,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $316,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$329,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $315,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$330,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$332,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $317,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$333,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $318,000,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$11,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,000,000,000
(B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology
(250):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, ¥$700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$1,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$1,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$1,100,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,700,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$11,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,800,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$51,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$51,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$50,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$52,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,100,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development
(450):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$7,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,500,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$5,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,300,000,000.
(10) Elementary and Secondary Education, and
Vocational Education (501):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,000,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $20,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,800,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
(11) Higher Education, Training, Employment,
and Social Services (500, except for 501):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$43,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$41,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$41,200,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $40,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$42,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$43,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$43,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$44,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$45,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$46,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$46,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,500,000,000.
(12) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$156,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $153,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$164,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $162,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$173,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $173,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$184,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $185,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$197,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $198,500,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$212,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $212,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$228,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $228,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$246,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $245,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$265,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$285,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $284,900,000,000.
(13) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$208,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $208,700,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$222,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $222,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$230,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $230,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$250,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $250,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$268,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $268,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$295,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $295,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$306,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $306,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$337,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $337,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$365,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $365,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$394,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $394,200,000,000.
(14) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$244,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$250,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$262,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$277,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $276,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$286,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $286,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$298,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$304,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$310,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $311,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$323,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $325,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$334,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $335,700,000,000.
(15) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$19,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,200,000,000.
(16) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$44,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$44,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$44,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$45,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$46,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$48,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$47,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$47,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$48,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$49,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,700,000,000.
(17) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
(18) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$11,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$12,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,900,000,000.
(19) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$275,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$271,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $271,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$267,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$265,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$263,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $263,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$261,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $261,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$258,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $258,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$257,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$254,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $254,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$252,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $252,700,000,000.
(20) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$8,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$10,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$8,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$12,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$6,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$20,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$4,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$4,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$4,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$4,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$4,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$5,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$5,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,900,000,000.
(21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$34,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$34,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$36,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$36,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$43,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$43,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$37,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$37,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$37,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$37,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$38,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$38,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$38,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$38,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$40,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$40,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$40,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$40,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$41,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$41,800,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
Not later than September 30, 1999, the House Com-
mittee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill that consists of changes in laws within
its jurisdiction such that the total level of revenues is not
less than: $1,408,500,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year
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2000, $7,416,800,000,000 in revenues for fiscal years
2000 through 2004, and $16,155,700,000,000 in revenues
for fiscal years 2000 through 2009.
SEC. 5. SAFE DEPOSIT BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SUR-
PLUSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990,
the social security trust funds are off-budget for
purposes of the President’s budget submission and
the concurrent resolution on the budget;
(2) the social security trust funds have been
running surpluses for 17 years;
(3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly
finance the general operations of the Federal Gov-
ernment;
(4) in fiscal year 2000, the social security sur-
plus will exceed $137 billion;
(5) for the first time, a concurrent resolution on
the budget balances the Federal budget without
counting social security surpluses; and
(6) the only way to ensure that social security
surpluses are not diverted for other purposes is to
balance the budget exclusive of such surpluses.
(b) POINT OF ORDER.—(1) It shall not be in order
in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider
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any concurrent resolution on the budget, or any amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, that sets forth
a deficit for any fiscal year. For purposes of this sub-
section, a deficit shall be the level (if any) set forth in
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section 301(a)(3)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In setting forth
the deficit level pursuant to such section, that level shall
not include any adjustments in aggregates that would be
made pursuant to any reserve fund that provides for ad-
justments in allocations and aggregates for legislation that
enhances retirement security or extends the solvency of
the Medicare trust funds or makes such changes in the
Medicare payment or benefit structure as are necessary.
(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived in the Senate only
by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members vot-
ing.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that—
(1) beginning with fiscal year 2000, legislation
should be enacted to require any official statement
issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the
Congressional Budget Office, or any other agency or
instrumentality of the Government of surplus or def-
icit totals of the budget of the Government as sub-
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mitted by the President or of the surplus or deficit
totals of the congressional budget, and any descrip-
tion of, or reference to, such totals in any official
publication or material issued by either of such of-
fices or any other such agency or instrumentality,
should exclude the outlays and receipts of the old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance program
under title II of the Social Security Act (including
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust
Fund) and the related provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986; and
(2) legislation should be considered to augment
subsection (b) by—
(A) taking such steps as may be required
to safeguard the social security surpluses, such
as statutory changes equivalent to the reserve
fund for retirement security and Medicare set
forth in section 6; or
(B) otherwise establishing a statutory limit
on debt held by the public and reducing such
limit by the amounts of the social security sur-
pluses.
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SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR RETIREMENT SECURITY AND,
AS NEEDED, MEDICARE.
(a) RETIREMENT SECURITY.—Whenever the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House reports a bill,
or an amendment thereto is offered, or a conference report
thereon is submitted that enhances retirement security,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may—
(1) increase the appropriate allocations for each
of fiscal years 2000 through 2004 and aggregates
for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2009 of new
budget authority and outlays by the amount of new
budget authority provided by such measure (and
outlays flowing therefrom) for such fiscal year for
that purpose; and
(2) reduce the revenue aggregates for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2009 by the amount of
the revenue loss resulting from that measure for
such fiscal year for that purpose.
(b) MEDICARE PROGRAM.—Whenever the Committee
on Ways and Means or the Committee on Commerce of
the House reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is of-
fered, or a conference report thereon is submitted that ex-
tends the solvency or reforms the benefit or payment
structure of the Medicare Program, including any measure
in response to the National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare, the chairman of the Committee on
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the Budget may increase the appropriate allocations and
aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the
amounts provided in that bill for that purpose.
(c) LIMITATION.—(1) The chairman of the Com-
mittee on the Budget may only make adjustments under
subsection (a) or (b) if the net outlay increase plus rev-
enue reduction resulting from any measure referred to in
those subsections (including any prior adjustments made
for any other such measure) for fiscal year 2000, the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2000 through 2004, or the period of
fiscal years 2000 through 2009 is not greater than an
amount equal to the projected social security surplus for
such period, as set forth in the joint explanatory statement
of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution or,
if published, the midsession review for fiscal year 2000
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, revenue reductions
shall be treated as a positive number.
(2) In the midsession review for fiscal year 2000, the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in consulta-
tion with the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund, shall make an up-to-date
estimate of the projected surpluses in the social security
trust funds for fiscal year 2000, for the period of fiscal
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years 2000 through 2004, and for the period of fiscal
years 2000 through 2009.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘social secu-
rity trust funds’’ means the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund.
SEC. 7. RESERVE FUND FOR PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED
UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES EDUCATION ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, when the Com-
mittee on Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution,
or an amendment thereto is offered, or a conference report
thereon is submitted that provides new budget authority
for fiscal year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 2004 for pro-
grams authorized under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), the chairman of the Committee
on the Budget may increase the appropriate allocations
and aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by
an amount not to exceed the amount of new budget au-
thority provided by that measure (and outlays flowing
therefrom) for that purpose up to the maximum amount
consistent with section 611(a) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(a)(2)).
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments in outlays
(and the corresponding amount of new budget authority)
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made under subsection (a) for any fiscal year may not ex-
ceed the amount by which an up-to-date projection of the
on-budget surplus made by the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office for that fiscal year exceeds the on-
budget surplus for that fiscal year set forth in section 2(4)
of this resolution.
(c) CBO PROJECTIONS.—Upon the request of the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House,
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
make an up-to-date estimate of the projected on-budget
surplus for the applicable fiscal year.
SEC. 8. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations
and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution 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.
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG-
GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting
from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
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poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca-
tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.
SEC. 9. UPDATED CBO PROJECTIONS.
Each calendar quarter the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall make an up-to-date estimate of
receipts, outlays and surplus (on-budget and off-budget)
for the current fiscal year.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE COMMISSION
ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) persecution of individuals on the sole
ground of their religious beliefs and practices occurs
in countries around the world and affects millions of
lives;
(2) such persecution violates international
norms of human rights, including those established
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
the Helsinki Accords, and the Declaration on the
Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and Dis-
crimination Based on Religion or Belief;
(3) such persecution is abhorrent to all Ameri-
cans, and our very Nation was founded on the prin-
ciple of the freedom to worship according to the dic-
tates of our conscience; and
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(4) in 1998 Congress unanimously passed, and
President Clinton signed into law, the International
Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which established
the United States Commission on International Reli-
gious Freedom to monitor facts and circumstances
of violations of religious freedom and authorized
$3,000,000 to carry out the functions of the Com-
mission for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that—
(1) this resolution assumes that $3,000,000 will
be appropriated within function 150 for fiscal year
2000 for the United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom to carry out its duties;
and
(2) the House Committee on Appropriations is
strongly urged to appropriate such amount for the
Commission.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM.
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—
(1) strengthening America’s public schools
while respecting State and local control is critically
important to the future of our children and our Na-
tion;
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(2) education is a local responsibility, a State
priority, and a national concern;
(3) working with the Nation’s governors, par-
ents, 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 HOUSE.—It is the sense of the
House that—
(1) the House should enact legislation that
would consolidate thirty-one 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
by the Department of Education is spent for our
children in their classrooms.
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SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ASSET-BUILDING
FOR THE WORKING POOR.
(a) FINDINGS.—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) 46.9 percent of all children in America live
in households with no financial assets, including 40
percent of caucasian children and 75 percent of Afri-
can-American children;
(3) in order to provide low-income families with
more tools for empowerment, incentives which en-
courage asset-building should be established;
(4) across the Nation numerous small public,
private, and public-private asset-building initiatives
(including individual development account programs)
are demonstrating success at empowering low-in-
come workers;
(5) the Government currently provides middle
and upper income Americans with hundreds of bil-
lions of dollars in tax incentives for building assets;
and
(6) the Government should utilize tax laws or
other measures to provide low-income Americans
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with incentives to work and build assets in order to
escape poverty permanently.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that any changes in tax law should include
provisions which encourage low-income workers and their
families to save for buying their first home, starting a
business, obtaining an education, or taking other measures
to prepare for the future.
SEC. 13. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH
INSURANCE 
AND 
PRESERVING 
HOME
HEALTH 
SERVICES 
FOR 
ALL 
MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) 43.4 million Americans are currently
without health insurance, and that this number
is expected to rise to nearly 60 million people
in the next 10 years;
(B) the cost of health insurance continues
to rise, a key factor in increasing the number
of uninsured; and
(C) there is a consensus that working
Americans and their families and children will
suffer from reduced access to health insurance.
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(2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON IMPROVING
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE.—It is the
sense of the Congress that access to affordable
health care coverage for all Americans is a priority
of the 106th Congress.
(b) PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICE FOR ALL
MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 re-
formed Medicare home health care spending by
instructing the Health Care Financing Adminis-
tration to implement a prospective payment sys-
tem and instituted an interim payment system
to achieve savings;
(B) the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999,
reformed the interim payment system to in-
crease reimbursements to low-cost providers,
added $900 million in funding, and delayed the
automatic 15 percent payment reduction for
one year, to October 1, 2000; and
(C) patients whose care is more extensive
and expensive than the typical Medicare patient
do not receive supplemental payments in the in-
terim payment system but will receive special
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protection in the home health care prospective
payment system.
(2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO
HOME HEALTH CARE.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(A) Congress recognizes the importance of
home health care for seniors and disabled citi-
zens;
(B) Congress and the Administration
should work together to maintain quality care
for patients whose care is more extensive and
expensive than the typical Medicare patient, in-
cluding the sickest and frailest Medicare bene-
ficiaries, while home health care agencies oper-
ate in the interim payment system; and
(C) Congress and the Administration
should work together to avoid the implementa-
tion of the 15 percent reduction in the interim
payment system and ensure timely implementa-
tion of the prospective payment system.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON MEDICARE PAYMENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds that—
(1) a goal of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
was to expand options for Medicare beneficiaries
under the new Medicare+Choice program;
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(2) Medicare+Choice was intended to make
these choices available to all Medicare beneficiaries;
and unfortunately, during the first two years of the
Medicare+Choice program the blended payment was
not implemented, stifling health care options and
continuing regional disparity among many counties
across the United States; and
(3) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 also es-
tablished the National Bipartisan Commission on
the Future of Medicare to develop legislative rec-
ommendations to address the long-term funding
challenges facing Medicare.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the
House that this resolution assumes that funding of the
Medicare+Choice program is a priority for the House
Committee on the Budget before financing new programs
and benefits that may potentially add to the imbalance
of payments and benefits in Fee-for-Service Medicare and
Medicare+Choice.
SEC. 15. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSESSMENT OF WEL-
FARE-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of the House that,
recognizing the need to maximize the benefit of the Wel-
fare-to-Work Program, the Secretary of Labor should pre-
pare a report on Welfare-to-Work Programs pursuant to
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section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act. This report
should include information on the following—
(1) the extent to which the funds available
under such section have been used (including the
number of States that have not used any of such
funds), the types of programs that have received
such funds, the number of and characteristics of the
recipients of assistance under such programs, the
goals of such programs, the duration of such pro-
grams, the costs of such programs, any evidence of
the effects of such programs on such recipients, and
accounting of the total amount expended by the
States from such funds, and the rate at which the
Secretary expects such funds to be expended for
each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002;
(2) with regard to the unused funds allocated
for Welfare-to-Work for each of fiscal years 1998
and 1999, identify areas of the Nation that have
unmet needs for Welfare-to-Work initiatives; and
(3) identify possible Congressional action that
may be taken to reprogram Welfare-to-Work funds
from States that have not utilized previously allo-
cated funds to places of unmet need, including those
States that have rejected or otherwise not utilized
prior funding.
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(b) REPORT.—It is the sense of the House that, not
later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary of Labor should
submit to the Committee on the Budget and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate, in writing, the report
described in subsection (a).
SEC. 16. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PROVIDING HONOR
GUARD SERVICES FOR VETERANS’ FUNER-
ALS.
It is the sense of the Congress that all relevant con-
gressional committees should make every effort to provide
sufficient resources so that an Honor Guard, if requested,
is available for veterans’ funerals.
SEC. 17. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON CHILD NUTRITION.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) both Republicans and Democrats under-
stand that an adequate diet and proper nutrition are
essential to a child’s general well-being;
(2) the lack of an adequate diet and proper nu-
trition may adversely affect a child’s ability to per-
form up to his or her ability in school;
(3) the Government currently plays a role in
funding school nutrition programs; and
(4) there is a bipartisan commitment to helping
children learn.
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(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the Committee on Education and the
Workforce and the Committee on Agriculture should ex-
amine our Nation’s nutrition programs to determine if
they can be improved, particularly with respect to services
to low-income children.
Passed the House of Representatives March 25,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.