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(xi) The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs:
$19,041,000,000 
in 
outlays 
in 
fiscal 
year 
1996,
$106,163,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1996 through
2000, and $154,864,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1996
through 2002.
(xii)(I) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending such that the total level of direct spending
for that committee for—
(aa) fiscal year 1996,
(bb) the 5-year period beginning with fiscal year
1996 and ending with fiscal year 2000, and
(cc) the 7-year period beginning with fiscal year
1996 and ending with fiscal year 2002,
does not exceed the following level in that period:
$349,172,000,000 
in 
outlays 
in 
fiscal 
year 
1996,
$2,010,751,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1996 through
2000, and $3,002,706,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years
1996 through 2002.
(II) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction such that
the total level of revenues for that committee for fiscal
year 2000 is not less than $1,304,215,000,000 and for fiscal
years 
1996 
through 
2002 
is 
not 
less 
than
$17,938,254,000,000.
(III) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall
report changes in laws to increase the statutory limit on
the public debt to not more than $5,500,000,000,000.
(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this paragraph, the
term ‘‘direct spending’’ has the meaning given to such
term in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(b) RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS IN THE SENATE.—
(1) CERTIFICATION.—In the Senate, upon the certification
pursuant to section 205(a) of this resolution, the Senate
Committee on Finance shall submit its recommendations pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) to the Senate Committee on the Budget.
After receiving those recommendations, the Committee on the
Budget shall add these recommendations to the recommenda-
tions submitted pursuant to subsection (a) and report a rec-
onciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without
any substantive revision.
(2) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—Not later than five days after
the certification made pursuant to section 205(a), the Senate
Committee on Finance shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction necessary to reduce revenues by not more than
$50,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $245,000,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 1996 through 2002.
TITLE II—BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS
AND RULEMAKING
SEC. 201. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section and for the purposes
of allocations made pursuant to section 302(a) or 602(a) of the
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Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for the discretionary category,
the term ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’ means—
(1) with respect to fiscal year 1996—
(A) for the defense category $265,406,000,000 in new
budget authority and $264,043,000,000 in outlays; and
(B) for the nondefense category $219,668,000,000 in
new budget authority and $267,725,000,000 in outlays;
(2) with respect to fiscal year 1997—
(A) for the defense category $267,962,000,000 in new
budget authority and $265,734,000,000 in outlays; and
(B) for the nondefense category $214,468,000,000 in
new budget authority and $254,561,000,000 in outlays;
(3) with respect to fiscal year 1998—
(A) for the defense category $269,731,000,000 in new
budget authority and $264,531,000,000 in outlays; and
(B) for the nondefense category $220,961,000,000 in
new budget authority and $248,101,000,000 in outlays;
(4) with respect to fiscal year 1999, for the discretionary
category $482,207,000,000 in new budget authority and
$510,482,000,000 in outlays;
(5) with respect to fiscal year 2000, for the discretionary
category $489,379,000,000 in new budget authority and
$514,234,000,000 in outlays;
(6) with respect to fiscal year 2001, for the discretionary
category $496,601,000,000 in new budget authority and
$516,403,000,000 in outlays; and
(7) with respect to fiscal year 2002, for the discretionary
category $498,837,000,000 in new budget authority and
$515,075,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted for changes in concepts and definitions and emergency
appropriations.
(b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), it
shall not be in order in the Senate to consider—
(A) any concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 1996, 1997, or 1998 (or amendment, motion, or con-
ference report on such a resolution) that provides discre-
tionary spending in excess of the sum of the defense and
nondefense discretionary spending limits for such fiscal
year;
(B) any concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
years 1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002 (or amendment, motion,
or conference report on such a resolution) that provides
discretionary spending in excess of the discretionary spend-
ing limit for such fiscal year; or
(C) any appropriations bill or resolution (or amend-
ment, motion, or conference report on such appropriations
bill or resolution) for fiscal year 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002 that would exceed any of the
discretionary 
spending 
limits 
in 
this 
section 
or
suballocations of those limits made pursuant to section
602(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) EXCEPTION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—This section shall not apply if a
declaration of war by the Congress is in effect or if a
joint resolution pursuant to section 258 of the Balanced
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Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 has
been enacted.
(B) ENFORCEMENT
OF
DISCRETIONARY
LIMITS.—Para-
graph (1)(A) and the application of paragraph (1)(B) to
fiscal years 1997 through 2002 shall not take effect until
the enactment of a reconciliation bill pursuant to section
105 of this resolution.
(c) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn.
(d) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the
Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be limited
to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
appellant and the manager of the concurrent resolution, bill, or
joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(e) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this
section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, new entitlement
authority, and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on
the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget
of the Senate.
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER.
(a) PURPOSE.—The Senate declares that it is essential to—
(1) ensure continued compliance with the balanced budget
plan set forth in this resolution; and
(2) continue the pay-as-you-go enforcement system.
(b) POINT OF ORDER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that
would increase the deficit for any one of the three applicable
time periods as measured in paragraphs (5) and (6).
(2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes of this sub-
section the term ‘‘applicable time period’’ means any one of
the three following periods:
(A) The first year covered by the most recently adopted
concurrent resolution on the budget.
(B) The period of the first five fiscal years covered
by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the
budget.
(C) The period of the five fiscal years following the
first five fiscal years covered in the most recently adopted
concurrent resolution on the budget.
(3) DIRECT-SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For purposes of this
subsection and except as provided in paragraph (4), the term
‘‘direct-spending legislation’’ means any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that affects direct
spending as that term is defined by and interpreted for purposes
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
(4) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this subsection, the terms
‘‘direct-spending legislation’’ and ‘‘revenue legislation’’ do not
include—
(A) any concurrent resolution on the budget; or
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(B) any provision of legislation that affects the full
funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance
guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment
of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
(5) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant to this section
shall—
(A) use the baseline used for the most recently adopted
concurrent resolution on the budget; and
(B) be calculated under the requirements of subsections
(b) through (d) of section 257 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal years
beyond those covered by that concurrent resolution on the
budget.
(6) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or revenue legisla-
tion increases the deficit when taken individually, then it must
also increase the deficit when taken together with all direct
spending and revenue legislation enacted since the beginning
of the calendar year not accounted for in the baseline under
paragraph (5)(A), except that the direct spending or revenue
effects resulting from legislation enacted pursuant to the rec-
onciliation instructions included in that concurrent resolution
on the budget shall not be available.
(c) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn.
(d) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the
Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be limited
to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
appellant and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the
case may be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point
of order raised under this section.
(e) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this
section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and revenues
for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates
made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 23 of House Concurrent
Resolution 218 (103d Congress) is repealed.
(g) SUNSET.—Subsections (a) through (e) of this section shall
expire September 30, 2002.
SEC. 203. TAX RESERVE FUND IN THE SENATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, on or after October 1, 1995,
revenue and spending aggregates shall be reduced and allocations
may be revised for legislation that reduces revenues within a
committee’s jurisdiction if such a committee or the committee of
conference on such legislation reports such legislation, if, to the
extent that the costs of such legislation are not included in this
concurrent resolution on the budget, the enactment of such legisla-
tion will not increase the deficit in this resolution for—
(1) fiscal year 1996;
(2) the period of fiscal years 1996 through 2000; or
(3) the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
(b) REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—Upon the reporting of legislation
pursuant to subsection (a), and again upon the submission of a
conference report on such legislation (if a conference report is
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submitted), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate may file with the Senate appropriately revised allocations
under sections 302(a) and 602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 and revised functional levels and aggregates to carry out
this section. These revised allocations, functional levels, and aggre-
gates shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations, functional levels, and aggregates
contained in this concurrent resolution on the budget.
(c) 
REPORTING
REVISED
ALLOCATIONS.—The 
appropriate
committee shall report appropriately revised allocations pursuant
to sections 302(b) and 602(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to carry out this section.
SEC. 204. WELFARE REFORM RESERVE FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) DIRECT SPENDING.—In the Senate and the House of
Representatives, budget authority and outlays, and (in the
House) entitlement authority, allocated to a committee may
be revised, pursuant to subsection (b)(1), for legislation in that
committee’s jurisdiction that has the effect of reducing direct
spending for a welfare program and authorizes an increase
in discretionary spending for that welfare program, if that
committee reports such legislation.
(2) DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING.—In the Senate and the
House of Representatives, budget authority and outlays allo-
cated to the Committee on Appropriations, and (in the Senate)
the discretionary spending limits in section 201 of this resolu-
tion, may be increased, pursuant to subsection (b)(2), for an
appropriation measure that provides new discretionary budget
authority for a welfare program pursuant to authority provided
in legislation described in paragraph (1), if the Committee
on Appropriations reports such an appropriation measure.
(b) REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—
(1) DIRECT SPENDING.—Upon reporting of legislation pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1) and again upon submission of a con-
ference report on such legislation, the chairman of the Commit-
tee on the Budget of the House or Senate (whichever is appro-
priate) may submit to that House revised allocations under
sections 302(a) and 602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 to carry out this section. Such revised allocations shall
be considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 to be the allocations under this concurrent budget
resolution. In the Senate, the revision shall reflect that amount
of the direct spending savings estimated to result from such
legislation to the extent they exceed the savings assumed in
this concurrent resolution on the budget.
(2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—Upon reporting of legisla-
tion pursuant to subsection (a)(2) and again upon the submis-
sion of a conference report on such legislation, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate (which-
ever is appropriate) may submit to that House revised alloca-
tions under sections 302(a) and 602(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 and revised discretionary spending limits.
The revision shall reflect that amount of the new discretionary
budget authority provided for the welfare program up to the
level authorized in the legislation reported pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1), except that the budget authority and outlay revi-
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sions shall not exceed the adjustments made pursuant to para-
graph (1) for that welfare program. Such revised allocations
and discretionary spending limits shall be considered, for the
purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to be the
allocations and spending limits under this concurrent resolution
on the budget.
(c) COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committees on
Appropriations may report appropriately revised suballocations
pursuant to sections 302(b)(1) and 602(b)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 following the revision of the allocations pursuant
to subsection (b)(2), to carry out this section.
SEC. 205. BUDGET SURPLUS ALLOWANCE.
(a) CBO CERTIFICATION OF LEGISLATIVE SUBMISSIONS.—
(1) SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATION.—Upon the submission of
legislative recommendations pursuant to section 105(a) and
prior to the submission of a conference report on legislation
reported pursuant to section 105, the chairman of the Commit-
tee on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives (as the case may be) shall submit such recommendations
to the Congressional Budget Office.
(2) BASIS OF ESTIMATES.—For the purposes of preparing
an estimate pursuant to this subsection, the Congressional
Budget Office shall include the budgetary impact of all legisla-
tion enacted to date, use the economic and technical assump-
tions underlying this resolution, and assume compliance with
the total discretionary spending levels assumed in this resolu-
tion unless superseded by law.
(3) ESTIMATE OF LEGISLATION.—The Congressional Budget
Office shall provide an estimate to the Chairman of the Budget
Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives
(as the case may be) and certify whether the legislative rec-
ommendations would balance the total budget by fiscal year
2002.
(4) CERTIFICATION.—If the Congressional Budget Office cer-
tifies that such legislative recommendations would balance the
total budget by fiscal year 2002, the Chairman shall submit
such certification in his respective House.
(b) PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.—
(1) ADJUSTMENTS.—For the purposes of points of order
under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and this concurrent
resolution on the budget, the appropriate budgetary allocations
and aggregates shall be revised to be consistent with the
instructions set forth in section 105(b) for legislation that
reduces revenues by providing family tax relief and incentives
to stimulate savings, investment, job creation, and economic
growth.
(2) REVISED AGGREGATES.—Upon the reporting of legisla-
tion pursuant to section 105(b) and again upon the submission
of a conference report on such legislation, the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall submit appro-
priately revised budgetary allocations and aggregates.
(3) EFFECT OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES.—
Revised allocations and aggregates submitted under paragraph
(2) shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained
in this resolution.
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(c) CONTINGENCIES.—This section shall not apply unless the
reconciliation legislation—
(1) complies with the sum of the reconciliation directives
for the period of fiscal years 1996 through 2002 provided in
section 105(a); and
(2) would balance the total budget for fiscal year 2002
and the period of fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘balance the total budget’’ means total outlays are less than or
equal to total revenues for a fiscal year or a period of fiscal years.
SEC. 206. SALE OF GOVERNMENT ASSETS.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress
that—
(1) the prohibition on scoring asset sales has discouraged
the sale of assets that can be better managed by the private
sector and generate receipts to reduce the Federal budget defi-
cit;
(2) the President’s fiscal year 1996 budget included
$8,000,000,000 in receipts from asset sales and proposed a
change in the asset sale scoring rule to allow the proceeds
from these sales to be scored;
(3) assets should not be sold if such sale would increase
the budget deficit over the long run; and
(4) the asset sale scoring prohibition should be repealed
and consideration should be given to replacing it with a meth-
odology that takes into account the long-term budgetary impact
of asset sales.
(b) BUDGETARY TREATMENT.—For purposes of any concurrent
resolution on the budget and the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the amounts realized from sales of assets shall be scored
with respect to the level of budget authority, outlays, or revenues.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—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.
(d) TREATMENT OF LOAN ASSETS.—For the 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. 207. 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.
(4) Direct expenses, including—
(A) activities related to credit extension, loan origina-
tion, loan servicing, management of contractors, and pay-
ments to contractors, other government entities, and pro-
gram participants;
(B) collection of delinquent loans; and
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(C) writeoff and closeout of loans.
SEC. 208. EXTENSION OF BUDGET ACT 60-VOTE ENFORCEMENT
THROUGH 2002.
Notwithstanding section 275(b) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as amended by sections
13112(b) and 13208(b)(3) of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990),
the second sentence of section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (except insofar as it relates to section 313 of that
Act) and the final sentence of section 904(d) of that Act (except
insofar as it relates to section 313 of that Act) shall continue
to have effect as rules of the Senate through (but no later than)
September 30, 2002.
SEC. 209. REPEAL OF IRS ALLOWANCE.
Section 25 of House Concurrent Resolution 218 (103d Congress,
2d Session) is repealed.
SEC. 210. TAX REDUCTION CONTINGENT ON BALANCED BUDGET IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(a) ESTIMATES AND CERTIFICATION.—
(1) ESTIMATES.—Upon reporting a reconciliation bill to
carry out this resolution, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the House shall submit such legislation to the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Director’’). The Director shall provide
an estimate of whether the enactment of the bill, as reported,
would result in a balanced total budget by fiscal year 2002.
(2) CERTIFICATION.—(A) If the enactment of the bill as
estimated by the Director would so balance the budget, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget is authorized to
so certify.
(B) If the enactment of the bill as estimated by the Director
would not so balance the budget, the chairman of the Commit-
tee on the Budget shall notify the chairman of the Committee
on Rules. The Committee on Rules may recommend to the
House a resolution providing for the consideration of an amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of
the reconciliation bill reported by the Committee on the Budget,
modified by amendments to achieve a balanced budget by fiscal
year 2002 and amendments described in section 310(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as an original bill for pur-
poses of amendment.
(C) If the Committee on Rules so recommends, the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget shall submit the sub-
stitute text to the Director, who shall provide an estimate
of whether the substitute text would balance the total budget
by fiscal year 2002. If the enactment of the bill as estimated
by the Director would so balance the budget, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget is authorized to so certify.
(3) BASIS OF ESTIMATE.—In preparing any estimate under
this section, the Director shall include the budgetary impact
of all legislation enacted through the date of submission of
that estimate and of all legislation incorporated by reference
in the reconciliation bill, use the economic and technical
assumptions underlying this resolution, assume compliance
with the total discretionary levels assumed in this resolution
unless superseded by law, and include changes in outlays and
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revenues estimated to result from the economic impact of bal-
ancing the budget by fiscal year 2002 as estimated by the
Congressional Budget Office in Table B–4 in Appendix B of
its Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal
Year 1996.
(b) PROCEDURE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—
(1) ADJUSTMENTS.—Upon certification by the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House under subsection
(a), the chairman shall submit a report to the House that
revises the appropriate budgetary allocations, aggregates, and
totals to be consistent with the instructions set forth in section
105(a)(2)(B)(xii)(II).
(2) EFFECT
OF
REVISED
ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND
TOTALS.—In the House of Representatives, revised allocations,
aggregates, and totals submitted under paragraph (1) shall
be deemed as the allocations, aggregates, and totals contained
in this resolution for all purposes under the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
(3) STATEMENT REGARDING POINT OF ORDER.—If the chair-
man of the House Committee on the Budget does not certify
a balanced budget by 2002, then the reconciliation bill to carry
out this resolution would be subject to a point of order under
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
SEC. 211. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
The Congress adopts the provisions of this title—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such
they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House,
or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such
rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they
are inconsistent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either
House to change those rules (so far as they relate to that
House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same
extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
TITLE III—SENSE OF THE CONGRESS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND
SENATE
SEC. 301. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE ELIMINATION OF FRAUD,
WASTE, AND ABUSE IN THE MEDICARE SYSTEM.
It is the sense of the Congress that, in order to meet the
aggregate levels in this budget resolution—
(1) the committees of jurisdiction should give high priority
to proposals that identify, eliminate, and recover funds
expended from the medicare trust funds due to fraud and
abuse in the medicare program in order to address the long-
term solvency of medicare; and
(2) any funds recovered from enhanced antifraud and abuse
efforts should be used to enhance the solvency of medicare.
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SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIVATIZATION OF THE
STUDENT LOAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION (SALLIE MAE).
It is the sense of the Congress that the Student Loan Marketing
Association should be restructured as a private corporation.
SEC. 303. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE DEBT LIMIT.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the reconciliation legislation under section 105 of this
budget resolution should be enacted prior to passage of legisla-
tion that will extend the public debt limit; and
(2) the extension of the public debt should be set at levels
and for durations that ensure a balanced budget by fiscal
year 2002, consistent with this budget resolution.
SEC. 304. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ASSUMPTIONS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the aggregates and func-
tional levels included in this budget resolution assume that—
(1) Federal programs should be restructured to meet identi-
fied priorities in the most effective and efficient manner, to
eliminate obsolete programs, and to reduce duplication;
(2) Federal programs should be reviewed to determine
whether they are more appropriately the responsibility of the
States and, for programs that should be under State responsibil-
ity, that—
(A) Federal funding of these programs should be pro-
vided in a manner that rewards work, promotes families,
and provides a helping hand during times of crisis;
(B) the programs should be returned in the form of
block grants that provide maximum flexibility to the States
and localities to ensure the maximum benefit at the least
cost to the American taxpayer;
(C) Federal funds should not supplant existing expendi-
tures by other sources, both public and private; and
(D) the Federal interest in the program should be
protected with adequate safeguards, such as auditing or
maintenance of effort provisions, and that Federal goals
and principles may be appropriate;
(3) Congress should examine Federal functions to deter-
mine those that could be more conveniently, efficiently, and
effectively performed by the private sector and, in order to
facilitate the privatization of these functions—
(A) provisions of law that prohibit or ‘‘lockout’’ the
private sector from competing for the provision of certain
services should be eliminated;
(B) section 257(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 should be repealed or
modified to permit the sale of assets when appropriate
to privatization goals;
(C) each Federal agency and department should be
encouraged to develop and evaluate privatization initia-
tives; and
(D) the ‘‘Common Rule’’, modified by Executive Order
12803, should be modified to delete grant repayment provi-
sions which restrict local governments and prevent private
sector investments in Federal-aid facilities;
(4) Congress, in fulfilling its responsibility to future genera-
tions, should—
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(A) enact a plan that balances the budget by 2002
and develop a regimen for paying off the Federal debt;
and
(B) once the budget is in balance, use the surpluses
to implement that regimen;
(5) in considering child nutrition programs—
(A) reductions in nutrition program spending should
be achieved without compromising the nutritional well-
being of program recipients;
(B) school lunches should continue to meet minimal
nutrition requirements and should not have to compete
with alternative foods of minimal nutritional value during
lunch hours; and
(C) the content of the Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) food package should continue to be based on scientific
evidence; and
(6) science and technology development are critical to
sustainable long-term economic growth and priority should be
given to Federal funding for science and basic and applied
research.
SEC. 305. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT TAX REDUCTIONS SHOULD
BENEFIT WORKING FAMILIES.
It is the sense of the Senate that this concurrent resolution
on the budget assumes any reductions in taxes should be structured
to benefit working families by providing family tax relief and incen-
tives to stimulate savings, investment, job creation, and economic
growth.
SEC. 306. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AGRI-
CULTURE SAVINGS.
It is the sense of the Senate that, in response to the reconcili-
ation instructions in section 105 of this resolution, the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry should provide
that no more than 20 percent of the savings be achieved in commod-
ity programs.
SEC. 307. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEDI-
CARE SOLVENCY COMMISSION.
It is the sense of the Senate that, in order to meet the aggre-
gates and levels in this budget resolution—
(1) a special bipartisan commission should be established
immediately to make recommendations on the most appropriate
response to the short-term solvency crisis facing medicare;
(2) the commission should report its recommendations
under paragraph (1) at the earliest possible date, in order
that the committees of jurisdiction may give due consideration
to those recommendations in fashioning their response pursuant
to section 105 of this resolution; and
(3) the commission should study, evaluate, and make rec-
ommendations to sustain the long-term viability of the medicare
system and should report those recommendations to Congress
by February 1, 1996.
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SEC. 308. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PROTECTION OF CHIL-
DREN’S HEALTH.
It is the sense of the Senate that, in meeting the aggregates
and levels in this resolution, the committees of jurisdiction of the
Senate—
(1) should give careful consideration to the impact of medic-
aid reform legislation on children’s health; and
(2) should encourage States to place a priority on funding
for low-income pregnant women and children within any medic-
aid reform legislation that allows greater flexibility to the
States in the delivery of care and in controlling the rate of
growth in costs under the program.
SEC. 309. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE ASSUMPTIONS.
It is the sense of the Senate that the aggregates and functional
levels included in this budget resolution assume that—
(1) beginning with fiscal year 1997, the Federal government
should establish, implement, and maintain a uniform account-
ing system and provide financial statements in accordance with
accepted accounting principles under standards and interpreta-
tions recommended by the Federal Accounting Standards
Advisory Board;
(2) Congress should revise the Internal Revenue Code to
ensure that very wealthy individuals are not able to reduce
or avoid United States income, estate or gift tax liability by
relinquishing their U.S. citizenship and, that, any savings
resulting from this revision should be used to reduce the deficit;
(3) in furtherance of the goals of the Decade of the Brain,
full funding should be provided for research on brain diseases
and disorders;
(4) the essential air service program should receive suffi-
cient funding to continue to provide air service to small rural
communities;
(5) funds will be made available to reimburse States for
the costs of implementing the National Voter Registration Act
of 1993; and
(6) a temporary nonpartisan commission should be estab-
lished to make recommendations concerning the appropriate-
ness and accuracy of the methodology and calculations that
determine the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and those rec-
ommendations should be submitted to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics at the earliest possible date.
SEC. 310. HOUSE STATEMENT ON AGRICULTURE SAVINGS.
The House of Representatives shall re-examine budget reduc-
tions for agricultural programs in the United States Department
of Agriculture for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 unless the following
conditions are met:
(1) Land values on agricultural land on January 1, 1998,
are at least 95 percent of the same values on the date of
adoption of this resolution.
(2) There is enacted into law regulatory relief for the agri-
cultural sector in the areas of wetlands regulation, the Endan-
gered Species Act, private property rights and cost-benefit
analyses of proposed regulations.
(3) There is tax relief for producers in the form of capital
gains tax reduction, increased estate tax exemptions and
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mechanisms to average tax loads over strong and weak income
years.
(4) There is no government interference in the international
market in the form of agricultural trade embargoes in effect
and there is successful implementation and enforcement of
trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT) and the North American Free Trade Agree-
ment (NAFTA) to lower export subsidies and reduce import
barriers to trade imposed by foreign governments.
SEC. 311. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON BASELINES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives finds that—
(1) baselines are projections of future spending if existing
policies remain unchanged;
(2) under baseline assumptions, spending automatically
rises with inflation even if such increases are not provided
under current law;
(3) baseline budgeting is inherently biased against policies
that would reduce the projected growth in spending because
such policies are scored as a reduction from a rising baseline;
and
(4) the baseline concept has encouraged Congress to
abdicate its constitutional responsibility to control the public
purse for programs which are automatically funded under exist-
ing law.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House of
Representatives that baseline budgeting should be replaced with
a form of budgeting that requires full justification and analysis
of budget proposals and maximizes congressional accountability
for public spending.
SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING A COMMISSION ON THE
SOLVENCY OF THE FEDERAL MILITARY AND CIVIL SERV-
ICE RETIREMENT FUNDS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives finds that the
Federal retirement system, for both military and civil service retir-
ees, currently has liabilities of $1,100,000,000,000, while holding
assets worth $340,000,000,000 and anticipating employee contribu-
tions of $220,000,000,000, which leaves an unfunded liability of
$540,000,000,000.
(b) SENSE OF HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that a high-level commission should be convened to study
the problems associated with the Federal retirement system and
make recommendations that will ensure the long-term solvency
of the military and civil service retirement funds.
SEC. 313. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE REPEAL OF HOUSE
RULE XLIX.
It is the sense of the House that rule XLIX of the Rules
of the House of Representatives (popularly known as the Gephardt
rule) should be repealed.
SEC. 314. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON EMERGENCIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The House of Representative finds that—
(1) The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 exempted from
the discretionary spending limits and the Pay-As-You-Go
requirements for entitlement and tax legislation funding
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requirements that are designated by Congress and the Presi-
dent as an emergency.
(2) Congress and the President have increasingly misused
the emergency designation by—
(A) designating funding as an emergency that is nei-
ther unforeseen nor a genuine emergency; and
(B) circumventing spending limits or passing controver-
sial items that would not pass scrutiny in a free-standing
bill.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the House that
Congress should study alternative approaches to budgeting for
emergencies, including codifying the definition of an emergency
and establishing contingency funds to pay for emergencies.
Attest:
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.