IV 
Union Calendar No. 356 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 125 
[Report No. 114–470] 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2018 through 2026. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the 
following concurrent resolution; which was committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 
through 2026. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
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SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 
declares that this concurrent resolution establishes the 
budget for fiscal year 2017 and sets forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this concurrent resolution is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 
Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND RELATED MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Fiscal year 2017 budgetary agenda. 
Sec. 202. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 203. Policy statement on mandatory savings outside of the reconciliation 
process. 
Sec. 204. Policy statement on new mandatory spending controls. 
Sec. 205. Policy statement on other budget process reforms. 
TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 
Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement in the House of Representatives 
Sec. 301. Point of order against increasing long-term direct spending. 
Sec. 302. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 303. Limitation on changes in certain mandatory programs. 
Sec. 304. GAO report. 
Sec. 305. Estimates of debt service costs. 
Sec. 306. Fair-value credit estimates. 
Sec. 307. Estimates of major direct spending legislation. 
Sec. 308. Estimates of macroeconomic effects of major legislation. 
Sec. 309. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 
Sec. 310. Limitation on advance appropriations. 
Sec. 311. Scoring rule for Energy Savings Performance Contracts. 
Sec. 312. Estimates of land conveyances. 
Sec. 313. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 314. Prohibition on the use of guarantee fees as an offset. 
Sec. 315. Prohibition on use of Federal Reserve surpluses as an offset. 
Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
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Sec. 321. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 
Sec. 322. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 
Sec. 323. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 
Sec. 324. Adjustments to reflect updated budgetary estimates. 
Sec. 325. Adjustment for certain emergency designations. 
Sec. 326. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 401. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase oppor-
tunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans. 
Sec. 402. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President’s health care law. 
Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting health care reform. 
Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education. 
Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 
Sec. 406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 
Sec. 407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 
Sec. 408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform. 
Sec. 409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for coal miner pension and health care 
funds. 
Sec. 410. Reserve fund for commercialization of Air Traffic Control. 
TITLE V—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 501. Direct spending. 
TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
Sec. 601. Policy statement on developing a bold agenda. 
Sec. 602. Policy statement on a balanced budget amendment. 
Sec. 603. Policy statement on reforming the congressional budget process. 
Sec. 604. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation. 
Sec. 605. Policy statement on Federal regulatory budgeting and reform. 
Sec. 606. Policy statement on tax reform. 
Sec. 607. Policy statement on trade. 
Sec. 608. Policy statement on Social Security. 
Sec. 609. Policy statement on repealing the President’s health care law and 
promoting real health care reform. 
Sec. 610. Policy statement on Medicare. 
Sec. 611. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery, and in-
novation. 
Sec. 612. Policy statement on public health preparedness. 
Sec. 613. Policy statement on addressing the opioid abuse epidemic. 
Sec. 614. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development op-
portunity. 
Sec. 615. Policy statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 616. Policy statement on Federal accounting. 
Sec. 617. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary and wasteful spending. 
Sec. 618. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of un-
obligated balances. 
Sec. 619. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 
Sec. 620. Policy statement on expenditures from agency fees and spending. 
Sec. 621. Policy statement on border security. 
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Sec. 622. Policy statement on preventing the closure of the Guantanamo Bay 
detention facility. 
Sec. 623. Policy statement on refugees from conflict zones. 
Sec. 624. Policy statement on moving the United States Postal Service on 
budget. 
Sec. 625. Policy statement on budget enforcement. 
Sec. 626. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2017 through 2026: 
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,692,937,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,799,875,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $2,902,418,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,040,763,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,168,226,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,301,656,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,443,940,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,595,338,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,762,041,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: $3,936,429,000,000. 
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 
levels of Federal revenues should be changed 
are as follows: 
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Fiscal year 2017: $10,700,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $26,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $43,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $41,400,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $42,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $41,900,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $43,400,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $43,400,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $42,200,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: $41,000,000,000. 
(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 
of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
appropriate levels of total new budget authority are 
as follows: 
Fiscal year 2017: $3,086,332,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,984,016,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,084,551,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,192,964,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,254,411,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,319,284,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,443,779,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,551,204,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,624,651,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: $3,704,462,000,000. 
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(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appro-
priate levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2017: $3,072,428,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,990,509,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,071,424,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,182,999,000,000 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,252,237,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,321,899,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,420,907,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,509,889,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,578,931,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: $3,675,084,000,000. 
(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 
the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2017: -$379,491,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: -$190,634,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: -$169,006,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: -$142,236,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: -$84,011,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: -$20,243,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $23,033,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $85,449,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $183,110,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$644,193,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $634,044,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$657,101,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $641,635,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$670,425,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $649,501,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$683,163,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $667,016,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$698,114,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $681,216,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,780,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,705,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,778,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,260,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,777,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,273,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,852,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,830,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,726,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,404,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,784,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,893,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,805,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,506,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$41,694,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,102,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,622,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,735,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,596,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,473,000,000. 
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 
(250): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$30,215,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,451,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$30,855,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,654,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,500,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,174,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,174,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,732,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,879,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,297,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,585,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,957,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,326,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,678,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,070,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,390,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,845,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,148,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,658,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,933,000,000. 
(4) Energy (270): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$2,914,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,442,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,601,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,119,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,675,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,239,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,683,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,155,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,747,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,164,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,816,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,186,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,888,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,218,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,959,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,243,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,029,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,263,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$189,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$927,000,000. 
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,641,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,170,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,185,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,109,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,720,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,846,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,862,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $42,022,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,712,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,151,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$41,518,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,802,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,878,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,057,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,874,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,489,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$44,845,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $44,369,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$44,026,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,059,000,000. 
(6) Agriculture (350): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,809,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $24,912,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,344,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $22,883,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,067,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,267,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,012,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,399,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,674,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,097,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,600,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,021,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,934,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,502,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,961,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,463,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,283,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,760,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,724,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,195,000,000. 
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$3,096,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$17,777,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$4,977,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,531,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$7,162,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$21,735,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$9,990,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$23,337,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,207,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$25,448,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,154,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$26,187,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,122,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$28,281,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,361,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$29,993,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$10,905,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$30,126,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$11,363,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$30,184,000,000. 
(8) Transportation (400): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$87,879,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,628,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$89,099,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,793,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$90,727,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $91,114,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$84,831,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $92,137,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$64,777,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $86,962,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$65,727,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $77,691,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$66,762,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $73,991,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$67,794,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $73,041,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$68,887,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $72,534,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$70,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $72,380,000,000. 
(9) Community and Regional Development 
(450): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$7,561,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,693,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$6,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $17,774,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$5,721,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $15,678,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$5,749,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $13,538,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$5,815,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $11,435,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$6,021,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $8,929,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$6,250,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $8,113,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$6,683,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $6,908,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,183,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $8,278,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,374,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $8,442,000,000. 
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and 
Social Services (500): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$78,795,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $91,997,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$84,083,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $85,833,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$85,451,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $86,078,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$86,862,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $87,440,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$88,102,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $88,757,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$88,818,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,802,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$93,490,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $92,500,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$94,414,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $95,172,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$95,476,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $96,493,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$96,049,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $97,506,000,000. 
(11) Health (550): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$465,184,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $458,633,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$366,670,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $375,603,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$369,978,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $370,695,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$381,404,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $380,274,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$390,584,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $388,437,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$398,225,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $395,694,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$407,107,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $404,121,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$416,534,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $413,211,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$426,598,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $422,901,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$454,051,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $449,930,000,000. 
(12) Medicare (570): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$590,086,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $590,068,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$583,750,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $583,690,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$643,371,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $643,267,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$684,911,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $684,816,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$731,321,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $731,237,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$817,737,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $817,648,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$834,731,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $834,638,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$839,165,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $839,021,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$914,301,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $914,164,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$973,544,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $973,401,000,000. 
(13) Income Security (600): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$497,523,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $491,960,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$471,709,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $461,357,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$480,783,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $473,392,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$491,841,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $483,961,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$479,718,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $472,117,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$488,273,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $486,470,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$497,873,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $491,557,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$507,892,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $495,442,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$518,397,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $507,575,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$529,675,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $525,323,000,000. 
(14) Social Security (650): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$37,199,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $37,227,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
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SEC. 302. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP-
ERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 
(a) SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In 
the House of Representatives, there shall be a separate 
allocation of new budget authority and outlays provided 
to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism, which shall be deemed to be an allocation under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to such sepa-
rate allocation. 
(b) 302 ALLOCATIONS.—The separate allocation re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive allocation 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. The Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives may provide suballocations of 
such separate allocation under such section 302(b). 
(c) APPLICATION.—For purposes of enforcing the 
separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under sec-
tion 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be 
deemed to refer to fiscal year 2017. Section 302(c) of such 
Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. 
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SEC. 405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE 
AGREEMENTS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill 
or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ways 
and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that such chair determines are necessary to im-
plement a trade agreement, and the budgetary levels for 
any companion measure that offsets such trade measure, 
if the combined cost of each measure would not increase 
the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2017 through 
2026. 
SEC. 406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM-
ING THE TAX CODE. 
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee 
on Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that 
reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the chair of 
the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, if such measure would not increase 
the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2017 through 
2026. 
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SEC. 407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE 
MEASURES. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill 
or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ways 
and Means, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that decreases revenue if such measure would not 
increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2017 
through 2026. 
SEC. 408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL 
RETIREMENT REFORM. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, improves, and updates the Federal re-
tirement system and would not increase the deficit over 
the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
SEC. 409. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COAL 
MINER PENSION AND HEALTH CARE FUNDS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
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(3) A majority of States have petitioned the 
Government to hold a constitutional convention to 
adopt a balanced budget amendment to the Con-
stitution. 
(4) Forty nine States have fiscal limitations in 
their State constitutions, including the requirement 
to annually balance the budget. 
(5) Numerous balanced budget amendment pro-
posals have been introduced on a bipartisan basis in 
the House. Currently in the 114th Congress, 17 
joint resolutions proposing a balanced budget 
amendment have been introduced, including a reso-
lution offered by Representative Dave Brat of Vir-
ginia and a resolution offered by Representative 
Tom McClintock of California. 
(6) In the 111th Congress, the House consid-
ered H. J. Res. 2, sponsored by Representative Rob-
ert W. Goodlatte of Virginia, although it received 
262 aye votes, it did not receive the two-thirds re-
quired for passage. 
(7) In 1995, a balanced budget amendment to 
the Constitution passed the House with bipartisan 
support, but failed to pass by one vote in the United 
States Senate. 
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