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‘‘(B) information on the individual’s wages (or other income)
from, and benefits of, employment (including rights to or enroll-
ment in group health care coverage); and
‘‘(C) information on the type, status, location, and amount
of any assets of, or debts owed by or to, any such individual.
‘‘(3) For the purpose of enforcing any Federal or State law
with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child, or
making or enforcing a child custody or visitation determination,
as defined in section 463(d)(1), the Federal Parent Locator Service
shall be used to obtain and transmit the information specified
in section 463(c) to the authorized persons specified in section
463(d)(2).’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b)(1) Upon request, filed in accordance with subsection (d),
of any authorized person, as defined in subsection (c) for the
information described in subsection (a)(2), or of any authorized
person, as defined in section 463(d)(2) for the information described
in section 463(c), the Secretary shall, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, provide through the Federal Parent Locator Service
such information to such person, if such information—
‘‘(A) is contained in any files or records maintained by
the Secretary or by the Department of Health and Human
Services; or
‘‘(B) is not contained in such files or records, but can
be obtained by the Secretary, under the authority conferred
by subsection (e), from any other department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States or of any State,
and is not prohibited from disclosure under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) No information shall be disclosed to any person if the
disclosure of such information would contravene the national policy
or security interests of the United States or the confidentiality
of census data. The Secretary shall give priority to requests made
by any authorized person described in subsection (c)(1). No informa-
tion shall be disclosed to any person if the State has notified
the Secretary that the State has reasonable evidence of domestic
violence or child abuse and the disclosure of such information
could be harmful to the custodial parent or the child of such
parent, provided that—
‘‘(A) in response to a request from an authorized person
(as defined in subsection (c) of this section and section
463(d)(2)), the Secretary shall advise the authorized person
that the Secretary has been notified that there is reasonable
evidence of domestic violence or child abuse and that informa-
tion can only be disclosed to a court or an agent of a court
pursuant to subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(B) information may be disclosed to a court or an agent
of a court described in subsection (c)(2) of this section or section
463(d)(2)(B), if—
‘‘(i) upon receipt of information from the Secretary,
the court determines whether disclosure to any other per-
son of that information could be harmful to the parent
or the child; and
‘‘(ii) if the court determines that disclosure of such
information to any other person could be harmful, the
court and its agents shall not make any such disclosure.
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‘‘(3) Information received or transmitted pursuant to this section
shall be subject to the safeguard provisions contained in section
454(26).’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or to seek to enforce
orders providing child custody or visitation rights’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or to serve as the initiating court
in an action to seek an order’’ after ‘‘issue an order’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or to issue an order against a
resident parent for child custody or visitation rights’’.
(b) USE OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.—Section
463 (42 U.S.C. 663) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘any State which is able and willing
to do so,’’ and inserting ‘‘every State’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘such State’’ and inserting ‘‘each
State’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or visitation’’ after
‘‘custody’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘or visitation’’ after
‘‘custody’’;
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or visitation’’ after
‘‘custody’’; and
(B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2),
by inserting ‘‘or visitation’’ after ‘‘custody’’ each place it
appears;
(4) in subsection (f)(2), by inserting ‘‘or visitation’’ after
‘‘custody’’; and
(5) by striking ‘‘noncustodial’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 5535. ACCESS TO REGISTRY DATA FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453(j)(5) (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(5)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘data in each component of the Federal
Parent Locator Service maintained under this section and to’’ before
‘‘information’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (j)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘registries’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘components’’; and
(2) in subsection (k)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection (j)(3)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 453A(g)(2)’’.
SEC. 5536. COLLECTION AND USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS FOR
USE IN CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.
Section 466(a)(13) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(13)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘commercial’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘recreational license,’’ after ‘‘occupa-
tional license,’’; and
(2) in the matter following subparagraph (C), by inserting
‘‘to be used on the face of the document while the social security
number is kept on file at the agency’’ after ‘‘other than the
social security number’’.
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SEC. 5537. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
Section 466(f) (42 U.S.C. 666(f)) is amended by striking
‘‘together’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘and as in effect
on August 22, 1996, including any amendments officially adopted
as of such date by the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws.’’.
SEC. 5538. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.
Section 466(c) (42 U.S.C. 666(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘, part E,’’ after
‘‘part A’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ‘‘any current
support obligation and’’ after ‘‘to satisfy’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the tribunal and’’; and
(B) in clause (ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘tribunal may’’ and inserting ‘‘court
or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction
shall’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘filed with the tribunal’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘filed with the State case registry’’.
SEC. 5539. VOLUNTARY PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Section 466(a)(5)(C)(i) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(5)(C)(i)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘, or through the use of video or audio equipment,’’
after ‘‘orally’’.
SEC. 5540. CALCULATION OF PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT PERCENT-
AGE.
Section 452(g)(2) (42 U.S.C. 652(g)(2)) is amended, in the matter
following subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’.
SEC. 5541. MEANS AVAILABLE FOR PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE AND OPERATION OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR
SERVICE.
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 452(j) (42 U.S.C. 652(j))
is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘to cover costs incurred by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘which
shall be available for use by the Secretary, either directly or through
grants, contracts, or interagency agreements,’’.
(b) OPERATION OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.—
(1) MEANS AVAILABLE.—Section 453(o) (42 U.S.C. 653(o))
is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘RECOVERY OF COSTS’’
and inserting ‘‘USE OF SET-ASIDE FUNDS’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to cover costs incurred by the Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be available for use
by the Secretary, either directly or through grants, con-
tracts, or interagency agreements,’’.
(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Section 453(o) (42 U.S.C.
653(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Amounts appropriated under this subsection for each of fiscal
years 1997 through 2001 shall remain available until
expended.’’.
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SEC. 5542. AUTHORITY TO COLLECT SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.
(a) RESPONSE TO NOTICE OR PROCESS.—Section 459(c)(2)(C) (42
U.S.C. 659(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘respond to the order,
process, or interrogatory’’ and inserting ‘‘withhold available sums
in response to the order or process, or answer the interrogatory’’.
(b) MONEYS SUBJECT TO PROCESS.—Section 459(h)(1) (42 U.S.C.
659(h)(1)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and in
subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘paid or’’ each place it appears;
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (ii)(V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in clause (iii)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or payable’’ after ‘‘paid’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘but’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting after clause (iii), the following:
‘‘(iv) benefits paid or payable under the Railroad
Retirement System, but’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting
‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) of periodic benefits under title 38, United
States Code, except as provided in subparagraph
(A)(ii)(V).’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 454(19)(B)(ii) (42 U.S.C.
654(19)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 462(e)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 459(i)(5)’’.
SEC. 5543. DEFINITION OF SUPPORT ORDER.
Section 453(p) (42 U.S.C. 653(p)), is amended by striking ‘‘a
child and’’ and inserting ‘‘of’’.
SEC. 5544. STATE LAW AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF LICENSES.
Section 466(a)(16) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(16)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and sporting’’ after ‘‘recreational’’.
SEC. 5545. INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.
Section 454(32)(A) (42 U.S.C. 654(32)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘section 459A(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 459A(d)’’.
SEC. 5546. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BY INDIAN TRIBES AND STATES
FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.—Section 454(33) (42 U.S.C.
654(33)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and enforce support orders, and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘or enforce support orders, or’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘guidelines established by such tribe or
organization’’ and inserting ‘‘guidelines established or adopted
by such tribe or organization’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘funding collected’’ and inserting ‘‘collec-
tions’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘such funding’’ and inserting ‘‘such collec-
tions’’.
(b) CORRECTION OF SUBSECTION DESIGNATION.—Section 455 (42
U.S.C. 655) is amended by redesignating subsection (b), as added
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by section 375(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat.
2256), as subsection (f).
(c) DIRECT GRANTS TO TRIBES.—Section 455(f) (42 U.S.C. 655(f)),
as so redesignated by subsection (b) of this section, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(f) The Secretary may make direct payments under this part
to an Indian tribe or tribal organization that demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Secretary that it has the capacity to operate
a child support enforcement program meeting the objectives of
this part, including establishment of paternity, establishment, modi-
fication, and enforcement of support orders, and location of absent
parents. The Secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing
the requirements which must be met by an Indian tribe or tribal
organization to be eligible for a grant under this subsection.’’.
SEC. 5547. CONTINUATION OF RULES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT
IN THE CASE OF A TITLE IV–E CHILD.
Section 457 (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (e)
and (f)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section,
amounts collected by a State as child support for months in any
period on behalf of a child for whom a public agency is making
foster care maintenance payments under part E—
‘‘(1) shall be retained by the State to the extent necessary
to reimburse it for the foster care maintenance payments made
with respect to the child during such period (with appropriate
reimbursement of the Federal Government to the extent of
its participation in the financing);
‘‘(2) shall be paid to the public agency responsible for
supervising the placement of the child to the extent that the
amounts collected exceed the foster care maintenance payments
made with respect to the child during such period but not
the amounts required by a court or administrative order to
be paid as support on behalf of the child during such period;
and the responsible agency may use the payments in the man-
ner it determines will serve the best interests of the child,
including setting such payments aside for the child’s future
needs or making all or a part thereof available to the person
responsible for meeting the child’s day-to-day needs; and
‘‘(3) shall be retained by the State, if any portion of the
amounts collected remains after making the payments required
under paragraphs (1) and (2), to the extent that such portion
is necessary to reimburse the State (with appropriate
reimbursement to the Federal Government to the extent of
its participation in the financing) for any past foster care
maintenance payments (or payments of assistance under the
State program funded under part A) which were made with
respect to the child (and with respect to which past collections
have not previously been retained);
and any balance shall be paid to the State agency responsible
for supervising the placement of the child, for use by such agency
in accordance with paragraph (2).’’.
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‘‘(14) HIGH-VOLUME, AUTOMATED ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCE-
MENT IN INTERSTATE CASES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Procedures under which—
‘‘(i) the State shall use high-volume automated
administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used
for intrastate cases, in response to a request made
by another State to enforce support orders, and shall
promptly report the results of such enforcement proce-
dure to the requesting State;
‘‘(ii) the State may, by electronic or other means,
transmit to another State a request for assistance in
enforcing support orders through high-volume, auto-
mated administrative enforcement, which request—
‘‘(I) shall include such information as will
enable the State to which the request is transmit-
ted to compare the information about the cases
to the information in the data bases of the State;
and
‘‘(II) shall constitute a certification by the
requesting State—
‘‘(aa) of the amount of support under an
order the payment of which is in arrears; and
‘‘(bb) that the requesting State has com-
plied with all procedural due process require-
ments applicable to each case;
‘‘(iii) if the State provides assistance to another
State pursuant to this paragraph with respect to a
case, neither State shall consider the case to be trans-
ferred to the caseload of such other State; and
‘‘(iv) the State shall maintain records of—
‘‘(I) the number of such requests for assistance
received by the State;
‘‘(II) the number of cases for which the State
collected support in response to such a request;
and
‘‘(III) the amount of such collected support.
‘‘(B) 
HIGH-VOLUME
AUTOMATED
ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT.—In this part, the term ‘high-volume auto-
mated administrative enforcement’ means the use of auto-
matic data processing to search various State data bases,
including license records, employment service data, and
State new hire registries, to determine whether information
is available regarding a parent who owes a child support
obligation.’’.
(b) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 458(d) (42 U.S.C. 658(d))
is amended by inserting ‘‘, including amounts collected under section
466(a)(14),’’ after ‘‘another State’’.
SEC. 5551. WORK ORDERS FOR ARREARAGES.
Section 466(a)(15) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(15)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(15) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS OWING OVER-
DUE SUPPORT WORK OR HAVE A PLAN FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH
SUPPORT.—Procedures under which the State has the authority,
in any case in which an individual owes overdue support with
respect to a child receiving assistance under a State program
funded under part A, to issue an order or to request that
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a court or an administrative process established pursuant to
State law issue an order that requires the individual to—
‘‘(A) pay such support in accordance with a plan
approved by the court, or, at the option of the State, a
plan approved by the State agency administering the State
program under this part; or
‘‘(B) if the individual is subject to such a plan and
is not incapacitated, participate in such work activities
(as defined in section 407(d)) as the court, or, at the option
of the State, the State agency administering the State
program under this part, deems appropriate.’’.
SEC. 5552. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘noncustodial’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, for the purpose of establishing
parentage, establishing, setting the amount of, modify-
ing, or enforcing child support obligations, or making
or enforcing a child custody or visitation determination,
as defined in section 463(d)(1)’’ after ‘‘provide that’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma and
inserting a semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon
and inserting a comma; and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following
flush language:
‘‘and shall, subject to the privacy safeguards required under
paragraph (26), disclose only the information described in sec-
tions 453 and 463 to the authorized persons specified in such
sections for the purposes specified in such sections;’’;
(2) in paragraph (17)—
(A) by striking ‘‘in the case of a State which has’’
and inserting ‘‘provide that the State will have’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘section 453,’’; and
(3) in paragraph (26)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘will’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, modify,’’ after ‘‘establish’’, the
second place it appears; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or to make or enforce a child
custody determination’’ after ‘‘support’’;
(C) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the child’’ after ‘‘1 party’’;
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the child’’ after ‘‘former party’’;
and
(iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(D) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the child’’ after ‘‘1 party’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘another party’’ and inserting
‘‘another person’’;
(iii) by inserting ‘‘to that person’’ after ‘‘release
of the information’’; and
(iv) by striking ‘‘former party’’ and inserting ‘‘party
or the child’’; and
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(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) in cases in which the prohibitions under subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) apply, the requirement to notify the
Secretary, for purposes of section 453(b)(2), that the State
has reasonable evidence of domestic violence or child abuse
against a party or the child and that the disclosure of
such information could be harmful to the party or the
child; and
‘‘(E) procedures providing that when the Secretary dis-
closes information about a parent or child to a State court
or an agent of a State court described in section 453(c)(2)
or 463(d)(2)(B), and advises that court or agent that the
Secretary has been notified that there is reasonable evi-
dence of domestic violence or child abuse pursuant to sec-
tion 453(b)(2), the court shall determine whether disclosure
to any other person of information received from the Sec-
retary could be harmful to the parent or child and, if
the court determines that disclosure to any other person
could be harmful, the court and its agents shall not make
any such disclosure;’’.
SEC. 5553. FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 453(h) (42 U.S.C. 653(h)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and order’’ after ‘‘with
respect to each case’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND ORDER’’ after
‘‘CASE’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘or an order’’ after ‘‘with respect to
a case’’ and
(C) by inserting ‘‘or order’’ after ‘‘and the State or
States which have the case’’.
SEC. 5554. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 1738B(f) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a court may’’ and all
that follows and inserting ‘‘a court having jurisdiction over
the parties shall issue a child support order, which must be
recognized.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘under subsection (d)’’
after ‘‘jurisdiction’’.
SEC. 5555. DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS.
(a) DEFINITION
OF STATE.—Section 455(a)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C.
655(a)(3)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or system described in clause (iii)’’
after ‘‘each State’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or system’’ after ‘‘the State’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) For purposes of clause (i), a system described in this
clause is a system that has been approved by the Secretary to
receive enhanced funding pursuant to the Family Support Act of
1988 (Public Law 100–485; 102 Stat. 2343) for the purpose of
developing a system that meets the requirements of sections 454(16)
(as in effect on and after September 30, 1995) and 454A, including
systems that have received funding for such purpose pursuant
to a waiver under section 1115(a).’’.
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(b) TEMPORARY LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.—Section 344(b)(2)
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 655 note) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or a system described in subparagraph
(C)’’ after ‘‘to a State’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or system’’ after ‘‘for the State’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Act,’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘Act, and among systems that have been
approved by the Secretary to receive enhanced funding pursu-
ant to the Family Support Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–485;
102 Stat. 2343) for the purpose of developing a system that
meets the requirements of sections 454(16) (as in effect on
and after September 30, 1995) and 454A, including systems
that have received funding for such purpose pursuant to a
waiver under section 1115(a), which shall take into account—
‘‘(i) the relative size of such State and system
caseloads under part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act; and
‘‘(ii) the level of automation needed to meet the
automated data processing requirements of such part.’’.
SEC. 5556. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) ELIMINATION
OF
SURPLUSAGE.—Section 466(c)(1)(F) (42
U.S.C. 666(c)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ‘‘of section 466’’.
(b) 
CORRECTION
OF
AMBIGUOUS
AMENDMENT.—Section
344(a)(1)(F) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2234)
is amended by inserting ‘‘the first place such term appears’’ before
‘‘and all that follows’’.
(c) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUSLY DRAFTED PROVISION.—Section
215 of the Department of Health and Human Services Appropria-
tions Act, 1997, (as contained in section 101(e) of the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 215. Sections 452(j) and 453(o) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j) and 653(o)), as amended by section 345 of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2237) are each amended
by striking ‘section 457(a)’ and inserting ‘a plan approved under
this part’. Amounts available under such sections 452(j) and 453(o)
shall be calculated as though the amendments made by this section
were effective October 1, 1995.’’.
(d) ELIMINATION
OF SURPLUSAGE.—Section 456(a)(2)(B) (42
U.S.C. 656(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting
a period.
(e) CORRECTION
OF DATE.—Section 466(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 1996’’ and inserting
‘‘January 1, 1994’’.
SEC. 5557. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the
amendments made by this chapter shall take effect as if included
in the enactment of title III of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193; 110 Stat. 2105).
(b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by section 5532(b)(2)
of this Act shall take effect as if the amendments had been included
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in the enactment of section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193; 110 Stat. 2112).
CHAPTER 4—RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC
BENEFITS FOR ALIENS
Subchapter A—Eligibility for Federal Benefits
SEC. 5561. ALIEN ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS: LIMITED
APPLICATION TO MEDICARE AND BENEFITS UNDER THE
RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT.
(a) LIMITED APPLICATION TO MEDICARE.—Section 401(b) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(3) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any benefit payable
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (relating to the
medicare program) to an alien who is lawfully present in the
United States as determined by the Attorney General and,
with respect to benefits payable under part A of such title,
who was authorized to be employed with respect to any wages
attributable to employment which are counted for purposes
of eligibility for such benefits.’’.
(b) LIMITED APPLICATION TO BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD
RETIREMENT ACT.—Section 401(b) of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(b))
(as amended by subsection (a)) is amended by inserting at the
end the following:
‘‘(4) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any benefit payable
under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 or the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act to an alien who is lawfully
present in the United States as determined by the Attorney
General or to an alien residing outside the United States.’’.
SEC. 5562. EXCEPTIONS TO BENEFIT LIMITATIONS: CORRECTIONS TO
REFERENCE CONCERNING ALIENS WHOSE DEPORTA-
TION IS WITHHELD.
Sections 402(a)(2)(A), 402(b)(2)(A), 403(b)(1)(C), 412(b)(1)(C),
and 431(b)(5) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A), 1612(b)(2)(A),
1613(b)(1)(C), 1622(b)(1)(C), and 1641(b)(5)) as amended by this
Act are each amended by striking ‘‘section 243(h) of such Act’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 243(h) of such Act
(as in effect immediately before the effective date of section 307
of division C of Public Law 104–208) or section 241(b)(3) of such
Act (as amended by section 305(a) of division C of Public Law
104–208)’’.
SEC. 5563. VETERANS EXCEPTION: APPLICATION OF MINIMUM ACTIVE
DUTY 
SERVICE 
REQUIREMENT; 
EXTENSION 
TO
UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE; EXPANDED DEFINI-
TION OF VETERAN.
(a) APPLICATION OF MINIMUM ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE REQUIRE-
MENT.—Sections 402(a)(2)(C)(i), 402(b)(2)(C)(i), 403(b)(2)(A), and
412(b)(3)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(i), 1612(b)(2)(C)(i),
1613(b)(2)(A), and 1622(b)(3)(A)) are each amended by inserting
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‘‘and who fulfills the minimum active-duty service requirements
of section 5303A(d) of title 38, United States Code’’ after ‘‘alienage’’.
(b) EXCEPTION
APPLICABLE
TO
UNREMARRIED
SURVIVING
SPOUSE.—Sections 402(a)(2)(C)(iii), 402(b)(2)(C)(iii), 403(b)(2)(C),
and 412(b)(3)(C) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(iii),
1612(b)(2)(C)(iii), 1613(b)(2)(C), and 1622(b)(3)(C)) are each amend-
ed by inserting before the period ‘‘or the unremarried surviving
spouse of an individual described in clause (i) or (ii) who is deceased
if the marriage fulfills the requirements of section 1304 of title
38, United States Code’’.
(c) 
EXPANDED
DEFINITION
OF
VETERAN.—Sections
402(a)(2)(C)(i), 402(b)(2)(C)(i), 403(b)(2)(A), and 412(b)(3)(A) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(i), 1612(b)(2)(C)(i), 1613(b)(2)(A),
and 1622(b)(3)(A)) are each amended by inserting ‘‘, 1101, or 1301,
or as described in section 107’’ after ‘‘section 101’’.
SEC. 5564. NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY
PRESENT: CORRECTION OF TERMINOLOGY.
Section 1631(e)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1383(e)(9)) and section 27 of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as added by section 404 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, are each amended
by striking ‘‘unlawfully in the United States’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘not lawfully present in the United States’’.
SEC. 5565. FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES: CONTRACTS AND LICENSES.
Sections 401(c)(2)(A) and 411(c)(2)(A) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1611(c)(2)(A) and 1621(c)(2)(A)) are each amended by inserting
before the semicolon at the end ‘‘, or to a citizen of a freely associated
state, if section 141 of the applicable compact of free association
approved in Public Law 99–239 or 99–658 (or a successor provision)
is in effect’’.
SEC. 5566. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING BENEFITS FOR
HMONG AND OTHER HIGHLAND LAO VETERANS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal peoples were
recruited, armed, trained, and funded for military operations
by the United States Department of Defense, Central Intel-
ligence Agency, Department of State, and Agency for Inter-
national Development to further United States national security
interests during the Vietnam conflict.
(2) Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal forces sacrificed
their own lives and saved the lives of American military person-
nel by rescuing downed American pilots and aircrews and by
engaging and successfully fighting North Vietnamese troops.
(3) Thousands of Hmong and other Highland Lao veterans
who fought in special guerilla units on behalf of the United
States during the Vietnam conflict, along with their families,
have been lawfully admitted to the United States in recent
years.
(4) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193), the new national
welfare reform law, restricts certain welfare benefits for nonciti-
zens of the United States and the exceptions for noncitizen
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veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States do not
extend to Hmong veterans of the Vietnam conflict era, making
Hmong veterans and their families receiving certain welfare
benefits subject to restrictions despite their military service
on behalf of the United States.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—It is the sense of the Congress
that Hmong and other Highland Lao veterans who fought on behalf
of the Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam
conflict and have lawfully been admitted to the United States
for permanent residence should be considered veterans for purposes
of continuing certain welfare benefits consistent with the exceptions
provided other noncitizen veterans under the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Subchapter B—General Provisions
SEC. 5571. DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT OF BATTERED ALIENS
AS QUALIFIED ALIENS; INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF
BATTERED PARENT AS QUALIFIED ALIEN.
(a) DETERMINATION OF STATUS BY AGENCY PROVIDING BENE-
FITS.—Section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641) is amended in
subsections (c)(1)(A) and (c)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General,
which opinion is not subject to review by any court)’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘agency providing such benefits)’’.
(b) GUIDANCE ISSUED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Section 431(c)
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new undesignated paragraph:
‘‘After consultation with the Secretaries of Health and Human
Services, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development, the
Commissioner of Social Security, and with the heads of such Federal
agencies administering benefits as the Attorney General considers
appropriate, the Attorney General shall issue guidance (in the Attor-
ney General’s sole and unreviewable discretion) for purposes of
this subsection and section 421(f), concerning the meaning of the
terms ‘battery’ and ‘extreme cruelty’, and the standards and meth-
ods to be used for determining whether a substantial connection
exists between battery or cruelty suffered and an individual’s need
for benefits under a specific Federal, State, or local program.’’.
(c) INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PARENT AS QUALI-
FIED ALIEN.—Section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amend-
ed—
(1) at the end of paragraph (1)(B)(iv) by striking ‘‘or’’;
(2) at the end of paragraph (2)(B) by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(B) and before the last
sentence of such subsection the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) an alien child who—
‘‘(A) resides in the same household as a parent who
has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the
United States by that parent’s spouse or by a member
of the spouse’s family residing in the same household as
the parent and the spouse consented or acquiesced to such
battery or cruelty, but only if (in the opinion of the agency
providing such benefits) there is a substantial connection
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between such battery or cruelty and the need for the bene-
fits to be provided; and
‘‘(B) who meets the requirement of subparagraph (B)
of paragraph (1).’’.
(d) INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PARENT UNDER
SPECIAL RULE FOR ATTRIBUTION OF INCOME.—Section 421(f)(1)(A)
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1631(f)(1)(A)) is amended—
(1) at the end of clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and the battery or cruelty described in
clause (i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (iii) the alien is a child
whose parent (who resides in the same household as the alien
child) has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in
the United States by that parent’s spouse, or by a member
of the spouse’s family residing in the same household as the
parent and the spouse consented to, or acquiesced in, such
battery or cruelty, and the battery or cruelty described in
clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’.
SEC. 5572. VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.
(a) REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—Section 432(a) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1642(a)) is amended—
(1) by inserting at the end of paragraph (1) the following:
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Attorney General of
the United States, after consultation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, shall issue interim verification
guidance.’’; and
(2) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Attorney General shall
promulgate regulations which set forth the procedures by which
a State or local government can verify whether an alien applying
for a State or local public benefit is a qualified alien, a non-
immigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or an alien
paroled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act for less than 1 year, for purposes
of determining whether the alien is ineligible for benefits under
section 411 of this Act.’’.
(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION.—Section
384(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208) is amended
by adding after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) The Attorney General is authorized to disclose informa-
tion, to Federal, State, and local public and private agencies
providing benefits, to be used solely in making determinations
of eligibility for benefits pursuant to section 431(c) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996.’’.
SEC. 5573. QUALIFYING QUARTERS: DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF
COVERAGE INFORMATION; CORRECTION TO ASSURE
THAT CREDITING APPLIES TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED
BY PARENTS BEFORE CHILD IS 18.
(a) DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE INFORMATION.—
Section 435 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
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Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 6103 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Commissioner of Social Security
is authorized to disclose quarters of coverage information concerning
an alien and an alien’s spouse or parents to a government agency
for the purposes of this title.’’.
(b) CORRECTION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING APPLIES TO ALL
QUARTERS EARNED
BY PARENTS BEFORE CHILD
IS 18.—Section
435(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1645(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘while the alien was under age 18,’’ and inserting ‘‘before the
date on which the alien attains age 18,’’.
SEC. 5574. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION: BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY LIMITA-
TIONS APPLICABLE ONLY WITH RESPECT TO ALIENS
PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
Section 433 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1643) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d); and
(2) by adding after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE ONLY WITH
RESPECT TO ALIENS PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title, the limitations on eligi-
bility for benefits under this title shall not apply to eligibility
for benefits of aliens who are not residing, or present, in the
United States with respect to—
‘‘(1) wages, pensions, annuities, and other earned payments
to which an alien is entitled resulting from employment by,
or on behalf of, a Federal, State, or local government agency
which was not prohibited during the period of such employment
or service under section 274A or other applicable provision
of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or
‘‘(2) benefits under laws administered by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs.’’.
Subchapter C—Miscellaneous Clerical and Technical
Amendments; Effective Date
SEC. 5581. CORRECTING MISCELLANEOUS CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL
ERRORS.
(a) INFORMATION REPORTING UNDER TITLE IV OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT.—Effective July 1, 1997, section 408 (42 U.S.C. 608),
as amended by sections 5001(h)(1) and 5505(e) of this Act, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) STATE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION.—
Each State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall,
at least 4 times annually and upon request of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, furnish the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service with the name and address of, and other identify-
ing information on, any individual who the State knows is not
lawfully present in the United States.’’.
(b) MISCELLANEOUS CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) Section 411(c)(3) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
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1621(c)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘4001(c)’’ and inserting
‘‘401(c)’’.
(2) Section 422(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1632(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘benefits (as defined in section 412(c)),’’
and inserting ‘‘benefits,’’.
(3) Section 412(b)(1)(C) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1622(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘with-holding’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘withholding’’.
(4) The subtitle heading for subtitle D of title IV of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle D—General Provisions’’.
(5) The subtitle heading for subtitle F of title IV of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle F—Earned Income Credit Denied
to Unauthorized Employees’’.
(6) Section 431(c)(2)(B) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1641(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘clause (ii) of subpara-
graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1)’’.
(7) Section 431(c)(1)(B) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1641(c)(1)(B)) is amended—
(A) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘, or’’ and inserting ‘‘(as
in effect prior to April 1, 1997),’’; and
(B) by adding after clause (iv) the following new clause:
‘‘(v) cancellation of removal pursuant to section
240A(b)(2) of such Act;’’.
SEC. 5582. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this
chapter shall be effective as if included in the enactment of title
IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996.
CHAPTER 5—CHILD PROTECTION
SEC. 5591. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING
TO CHILD PROTECTION.
(a) METHODS PERMITTED FOR CONDUCT OF STUDY OF CHILD
WELFARE.—Section 429A(a) (42 U.S.C. 628b(a)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(directly, or by grant, contract, or interagency agree-
ment)’’ after ‘‘conduct’’.
(b) REDESIGNATION OF PARAGRAPH.—Section 471(a) (42 U.S.C.
671(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (17);
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(iii) by striking ‘‘section—’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘subsections (g) and (i) of section 402
(as in effect before October 1, 1995); or’’;
(C) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
sections’’; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the end and insert-
ing a period; and
(D) in the matter following subparagraph (B), by strik-
ing ‘‘whichever is greater.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—The total amount avail-
able for payments to States under this paragraph, as deter-
mined under subparagraph (A), shall be allotted among
the States based on the formula used for determining the
amount of Federal payments to each State under section
403(n) (as in effect before October 1, 1995).’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(C) FEDERAL
MATCHING
OF
STATE
EXPENDITURES
EXCEEDING
HISTORICAL
EXPENDITURES.—The 
Secretary
shall pay to each eligible State for a fiscal year an amount
equal to the lesser of the State’s allotment under subpara-
graph (B) or the Federal medical assistance percentage
for the State for the fiscal year (as defined in section
1905(b), as such section was in effect on September 30,
1995) of so much of the State’s expenditures for child
care in that fiscal year as exceed the total amount of
expenditures by the State (including expenditures from
amounts made available from Federal funds) in fiscal year
1994 or 1995 (whichever is greater) for the programs
described in paragraph (1)(A).’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (D)(i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘amounts under any grant awarded’’
and inserting ‘‘any amounts allotted’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘the grant is made’’ and inserting
‘‘such amounts are allotted’’.
(b) DATA USED TO DETERMINE HISTORIC STATE EXPENDI-
TURES.—Section 418(a) (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(5) DATA USED TO DETERMINE STATE AND FEDERAL SHARES
OF EXPENDITURES.—In making the determinations concerning
expenditures required under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C), the
Secretary shall use information that was reported by the State
on ACF Form 231 and available as of the applicable dates
specified in clauses (i)(I), (ii), and (iii)(III) of section
403(a)(1)(D).’’.
(c) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 418(d) (42 U.S.C. 618(d))
is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’.
SEC. 5602. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 658E(c)(2)(E)(ii), by striking ‘‘tribal organiza-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘tribal organizations’’;
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(2) in section 658K(a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(iv) whether the head of the family unit is a
single parent;’’;
(II) in clause (v)—
(aa) in the matter preceding subclause (I),
by striking ‘‘including the amount obtained
from (and separately identified)—’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘including—’’; and
(bb) by striking subclause (II) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(II) cash or other assistance under—
‘‘(aa) the temporary assistance for needy
families program under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
and
‘‘(bb) a State program for which State
spending is counted toward the maintenance
of effort requirement under section 409(a)(7)
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
609(a)(7));’’; and
(III) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘week’’ and
inserting ‘‘month’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(D) USE OF SAMPLES.—
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY.—A State may comply with the
requirement to collect the information described in
subparagraph (B) through the use of disaggregated
case record information on a sample of families selected
through the use of scientifically acceptable sampling
methods approved by the Secretary.
‘‘(ii) SAMPLING
AND
OTHER
METHODS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide the States with such case sampling
plans and data collection procedures as the Secretary
deems necessary to produce statistically valid samples
of the information described in subparagraph (B). The
Secretary may develop and implement procedures for
verifying the quality of data submitted by the States.’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BIANNUAL’’ and
inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’;
(3) in section 658L, by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’;
(4) in section 658O(c)(6)(C), by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting
‘‘(B)’’; and
(5) in section 658P(13), by striking ‘‘or’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’.
SEC. 5603. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this
chapter and the amendments made by this chapter shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of title VI of the Personal
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Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2278).
(b) 
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
amendment 
made 
by 
section
5601(a)(2)(B) shall take effect on October 1, 1997.
CHAPTER 7—ERISA AMENDMENTS RELATING TO
MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS
SEC. 5611. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 303 OF THE PER-
SONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY REC-
ONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) PRIVACY
SAFEGUARDS
FOR
MEDICAL
CHILD
SUPPORT
ORDERS.—Section 609(a)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)(A)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ‘‘except that, to the extent provided in
the order, the name and mailing address of an official of a State
or a political subdivision thereof may be substituted for the mailing
address of any such alternate recipient,’’.
(b) PAYMENT
TO STATE OFFICIAL TREATED
AS SATISFACTION
OF PLAN’S OBLIGATION.—Section 609(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
1169(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(9) PAYMENT TO STATE OFFICIAL TREATED AS SATISFACTION
OF PLAN’S OBLIGATION TO MAKE PAYMENT TO ALTERNATE RECIPI-
ENT.—Payment of benefits by a group health plan to an official
of a State or a political subdivision thereof whose name and
address have been substituted for the name and address of
an alternate recipient in a qualified medical child support order,
pursuant to paragraph (3)(A), shall be treated, for purposes
of this title, as payment of benefits to the alternate recipient.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to medical child support orders issued
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5612. AMENDMENT RELATING TO SECTION 381 OF THE PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILI-
ATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICES.—
Section 609(a)(2)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this subpara-
graph, an administrative notice which is issued pursuant to an
administrative process referred to in subclause (II) of the preceding
sentence and which has the effect of an order described in clause
(i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be treated as such an
order.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section
shall be effective as if included in the enactment of section 381
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2257).
SEC. 5613. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 382 OF THE PER-
SONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY REC-
ONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.
(a) ELIMINATION
OF
REQUIREMENT
THAT
ORDERS
SPECIFY
AFFECTED PLANS.—Section 609(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘by the plan’’;
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(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B);
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting
a period; and
(4) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF
APPLICABILITY
OF
ORDERS.—Section
609(a)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(1)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘A qualified medical child
support order with respect to any participant or beneficiary shall
be deemed to apply to each group health plan which has received
such order, from which the participant or beneficiary is eligible
to receive benefits, and with respect to which the requirements
of paragraph (4) are met.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to medical child support orders issued
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous
SEC. 5701. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking the dollar amount contained therein and
inserting ‘‘$5,950,000,000,000’’.
SEC. 5702. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT
INITIATIVES RELATED TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX
CREDIT.
In addition to any other funds available therefor, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury,
for improved application of the earned income credit under section
32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, not more than—
(1) $138,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(2) $143,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(3) $144,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(4) $145,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(5) $146,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
TITLE VI—EDUCATION AND RELATED
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Higher Education
SEC. 6101. MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY OF RESERVES.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 422 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1072) is amended by adding after subsection
(g) the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) RECALL OF RESERVES; LIMITATIONS ON USE OF RESERVE
FUNDS AND ASSETS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, recall $1,000,000,000 from the reserve funds held
by guaranty agencies on September 1, 2002.
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT.—Funds recalled by the Secretary under this
subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury.
‘‘(3) REQUIRED SHARE.—The Secretary shall require each
guaranty agency to return reserve funds under paragraph (1)
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based on the agency’s required share of recalled reserve funds
held by guaranty agencies as of September 30, 1996. For pur-
poses of this paragraph, a guaranty agency’s required share
of recalled reserve funds shall be determined as follows:
‘‘(A) The Secretary shall compute each guaranty agen-
cy’s reserve ratio by dividing (i) the amount held in the
agency’s reserve funds as of September 30, 1996 (but
reflecting 
later 
accounting 
or 
auditing 
adjustments
approved by the Secretary), by (ii) the original principal
amount of all loans for which the agency has an outstand-
ing insurance obligation as of such date, including amounts
of outstanding loans transferred to the agency from another
guaranty agency.
‘‘(B) If the reserve ratio of any guaranty agency as
computed under subparagraph (A) exceeds 2.0 percent, the
agency’s required share shall include so much of the
amounts held in the agency’s reserve funds as exceed a
reserve ratio of 2.0 percent.
‘‘(C) If any additional amount is required to be recalled
under paragraph (1) (after deducting the total of the
required shares calculated under subparagraph (B)), such
additional amount shall be obtained by imposing on each
guaranty agency an equal percentage reduction in the
amount of the agency’s reserve funds remaining after
deduction of the amount recalled under subparagraph (B),
except that such percentage reduction under this subpara-
graph shall not result in the agency’s reserve ratio being
reduced below 0.58 percent. The equal percentage reduction
shall be the percentage obtained by dividing—
‘‘(i) the additional amount required to be recalled
(after deducting the total of the required shares cal-
culated under subparagraph (B)), by
‘‘(ii) the total amount of all such agencies’ reserve
funds remaining (after deduction of the required shares
calculated under such subparagraph).
‘‘(D) If any additional amount is required to be recalled
under paragraph (1) (after deducting the total of the
required shares calculated under subparagraphs (B) and
(C)), such additional amount shall be obtained by imposing
on each guaranty agency with a reserve ratio (after deduct-
ing the required shares calculated under such subpara-
graphs) in excess of 0.58 percent an equal percentage reduc-
tion in the amount of the agency’s reserve funds remaining
(after such deduction) that exceed a reserve ratio of 0.58
percent. The equal percentage reduction shall be the
percentage obtained by dividing—
‘‘(i) the additional amount to be recalled under
paragraph (1) (after deducting the amount recalled
under subparagraphs (B) and (C)), by
‘‘(ii) the total amount of all such agencies’ reserve
funds remaining (after deduction of the required shares
calculated under such subparagraphs) that exceed a
reserve ratio of 0.58 percent.
‘‘(4) RESTRICTED ACCOUNTS REQUIRED.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the beginning
of each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002, each guaranty
agency shall transfer a portion of the agency’s required
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share determined under paragraph (3) to a restricted
account established by the agency that is of a type selected
by the agency with the approval of the Secretary. Funds
transferred to such restricted accounts shall be invested
in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States
or in other similarly low-risk securities.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—A guaranty agency shall not use
the funds in such a restricted account for any purpose
without the express written permission of the Secretary,
except that a guaranty agency may use the earnings from
such restricted account for default reduction activities.
‘‘(C) INSTALLMENTS.—In each of fiscal years 1998
through 2002, each guaranty agency shall transfer the
agency’s required share to such restricted account in 5
equal annual installments, except that—
‘‘(i) a guaranty agency that has a reserve ratio
(as computed under subparagraph (3)(A)) equal to or
less than 1.10 percent may transfer the agency’s
required share to such account in 4 equal installments
beginning in fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(ii) a guaranty agency may transfer such required
share to such account in accordance with such other
payment schedules as are approved by the Secretary.
‘‘(5) SHORTAGE.—If, on September 1, 2002, the total amount
in the restricted accounts described in paragraph (4) is less
than the amount the Secretary is required to recall under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require the return of the
amount of the shortage from other reserve funds held by guar-
anty agencies under procedures established by the Secretary.
The Secretary shall first attempt to obtain the amount of such
shortage from each guaranty agency that failed to transfer
the agency’s required share to the agency’s restricted account
in accordance with paragraph (4).
‘‘(6) ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may take such
reasonable measures, and require such information, as may
be necessary to ensure that guaranty agencies comply with
the requirements of this subsection.
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—If the Secretary determines that
a guaranty agency has failed to transfer to a restricted
account any portion of the agency’s required share under
this subsection, the agency may not receive any other funds
under this part until the Secretary determines that the
agency has so transferred the agency’s required share.
‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require-
ments of subparagraph (B) for a guaranty agency described
in such subparagraph if the Secretary determines that
there are extenuating circumstances beyond the control
of the agency that justify such waiver.
‘‘(7) LIMITATION.—
‘‘(A) RESTRICTION
ON
OTHER
AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary shall not have any authority to direct a guaranty
agency to return reserve funds under subsection (g)(1)(A)
during the period from the date of enactment of the Bal-
anced Budget Act of 1997 through September 30, 2002.
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‘‘(B) USE OF TERMINATION COLLECTIONS.—Any reserve
funds directed by the Secretary to be returned to the Sec-
retary under subsection (g)(1)(B) during such period that
do not exceed a guaranty agency’s required share of recalled
reserve funds under paragraph (3)—
‘‘(i) shall be used to satisfy the agency’s required
share of recalled reserve funds; and
‘‘(ii) shall be deposited in the restricted account
established by the agency under paragraph (4), without
regard to whether such funds exceed the next install-
ment required under such paragraph.
‘‘(C) USE
OF
SANCTIONS
COLLECTIONS.—Any reserve
funds directed by the Secretary to be returned to the Sec-
retary under subsection (g)(1)(C) during such period that
do not exceed a guaranty agency’s next installment under
paragraph (4)—
‘‘(i) shall be used to satisfy the agency’s next
installment; and
‘‘(ii) shall be deposited in the restricted account
established by the agency under paragraph (4).
‘‘(D) BALANCE AVAILABLE TO SECRETARY.—Any reserve
funds directed by the Secretary to be returned to the Sec-
retary under subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (g)(1)
that remain after satisfaction of the requirements of sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph shall be deposited
in the Treasury.
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this subsection:
‘‘(A) 
DEFAULT
REDUCTION
ACTIVITIES.—The 
term
‘default reduction activities’ means activities to reduce stu-
dent loan defaults that improve, strengthen, and expand
default prevention activities, such as—
‘‘(i) establishing a program of partial loan cancella-
tion to reward disadvantaged borrowers for good repay-
ment histories with their lenders;
‘‘(ii) establishing a financial and debt management
counseling program for high-risk borrowers that pro-
vides long-term training (beginning prior to the first
disbursement of the borrower’s first student loan and
continuing through the completion of the borrower’s
program of education or training) in budgeting and
other aspects of financial management, including debt
management;
‘‘(iii) establishing a program of placement counsel-
ing to assist high-risk borrowers in identifying employ-
ment or additional training opportunities; and
‘‘(iv) developing public service announcements that
would detail consequences of student loan default and
provide information regarding a toll-free telephone
number established by the guaranty agency for use
by borrowers seeking assistance in avoiding default.
‘‘(B) RESERVE FUNDS.—The term ‘reserve funds’ when
used with respect to a guaranty agency—
‘‘(i) includes any reserve funds in cash or liquid
assets held by the guaranty agency, or held by, or
under the control of, any other entity; and
‘‘(ii) does not include buildings, equipment, or other
nonliquid assets.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 428(c)(9)(A) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(c)(9)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘for the fiscal year
of the agency that begins in 1993’’; and
(2) by striking the third sentence.
SEC. 6102. REPEAL OF DIRECT LOAN ORIGINATION FEES TO INSTITU-
TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Section 452 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087b) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
(b) and (c), respectively.
SEC. 6103. FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Subsection (a) of section 458 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, there shall be available
to the Secretary from funds not otherwise appropriated, funds
to be obligated for—
‘‘(A) administrative costs under this part and part B,
including the costs of the direct student loan programs
under this part, and
‘‘(B) administrative cost allowances payable to guar-
anty agencies under part B and calculated in accordance
with paragraph (2),
not to exceed (from such funds not otherwise appropriated)
$532,000,000 in fiscal year 1998, $610,000,000 in fiscal year
1999, $705,000,000 in fiscal year 2000, $750,000,000 in fiscal
year 2001, and $750,000,000 in fiscal year 2002. Administrative
cost allowances under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall
be paid quarterly and used in accordance with section 428(f).
The Secretary may carry over funds available under this section
to a subsequent fiscal year.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION BASIS.—Administrative cost allowances
payable to guaranty agencies under paragraph (1)(B) shall be
calculated on the basis of 0.85 percent of the total principal
amount of loans upon which insurance was issued in excess
of $8,200,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 and upon which insurance
is issued on or after October 1, 1997, except that such allow-
ances shall not exceed—
‘‘(A) $170,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998
and 1999; or
‘‘(B) $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000,
2001, and 2002.’’.
SEC. 6104. EXTENSION OF STUDENT AID PROGRAMS.
Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070
et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 424(a), by striking ‘‘1998.’’ and ‘‘2002.’’ and
inserting ‘‘2002.’’ and ‘‘2006.’’, respectively;
(2) in section 428(a)(5), by striking ‘‘1998,’’ and ‘‘2002.’’
and inserting ‘‘2002,’’ and ‘‘2006.’’, respectively; and
(3) in section 428C(e), by striking ‘‘1998.’’ and inserting
‘‘2002.’’.
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Subtitle B—Repeal of Smith-Hughes
Vocational Education Act
SEC. 6201. REPEAL OF SMITH-HUGHES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT.
The Act of February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929, chapter 114; 20
U.S.C. 11 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Smith-Hughes Voca-
tional Education Act’’), is repealed.
TITLE 
VII—CIVIL 
SERVICE 
RETIRE-
MENT AND RELATED PROVISIONS
SEC. 7001. INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CIVILIAN
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding section 8334 (a)(1)
or (k)(1) of title 5, United States Code, during the period
beginning on October 1, 1997, through September 30, 2002,
each employing agency (other than the United States Postal
Service or the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority)
shall contribute—
(i) 8.51 percent of the basic pay of an employee;
(ii) 9.01 percent of the basic pay of a congressional
employee, a law enforcement officer, a member of the
Capitol police, or a firefighter; and
(iii) 9.51 percent of the basic pay of a Member
of Congress, a Court of Federal Claims judge, a United
States magistrate, a judge of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or a bankruptcy
judge;
in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under
section 8334(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
(B) APPLICATION.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)
and notwithstanding the amendments made by paragraph
(3), during the period beginning on January 1, 1999 through
December 31, 2002, with respect to the United States Postal
Service and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Author-
ity, the agency contribution shall be determined as though
those amendments had not been made.
(2) NO
REDUCTION
IN
AGENCY
CONTRIBUTIONS
BY
THE
POSTAL SERVICE.—Contributions by the Treasury of the United
States or the United States Postal Service under section 8348
(g), (h), or (m) of title 5, United States Code—
(A) shall not be reduced as a result of the amendments
made under paragraph (3) of this subsection; and
(B) shall be computed as though such amendments
had not been enacted.
(3) 
INDIVIDUAL
DEDUCTIONS, 
WITHHOLDINGS, 
AND
DEPOSITS.—
(A) 
DEDUCTIONS.—The 
first 
sentence 
of 
section
8334(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows: ‘‘The employing agency shall deduct and
withhold from the basic pay of an employee, Member,
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Congressional employee, law enforcement officer, fire-
fighter, bankruptcy judge, judge of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Armed Forces, United States magistrate,
Court of Federal Claims judge, or member of the Capitol
Police, as the case may be, the percentage of basic pay
applicable under subsection (c).’’.
(B) DEPOSITS.—The table under section 8334(c) of title
5, United States Code, is amended—
(i) in the matter relating to an employee by strik-
ing:
‘‘7 ...........
After December 31, 1969.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘7 ...........
January 1, 1970, to December 31,
1998.
7.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
7.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
7.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7 ..........
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(ii) in the matter relating to a Member or employee
for congressional employee service by striking:
‘‘71⁄2 .......
After December 31, 1969.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘7.5 ........
January 1, 1970, to December 31,
1998.
7.75 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
7.9 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
8 ..........
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7.5 .......
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(iii) in the matter relating to a Member for Member
service by striking:
‘‘8 ...........
After December 31, 1969.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘8 ...........
January 1, 1970, to December 31,
1998.
8.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
8.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
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8.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8 ..........
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(iv) in the matter relating to a law enforcement
officer for law enforcement service and firefighter for
firefighter service by striking:
‘‘71⁄2 .......
After December 31, 1974.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘7.5 ........
January 1, 1975, to December 31,
1998.
7.75 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
7.9 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
8 ..........
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7.5 .......
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(v) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge
by striking:
‘‘8 ...........
After December 31, 1983.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘8 ...........
January 1, 1984, to December 31,
1998.
8.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
8.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
8.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8 ..........
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(vi) in the matter relating to a judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for serv-
ice as a judge of that court by striking:
‘‘8 ...........
On and after the date of the enact-
ment of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1984.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘8 ...........
The date of enactment of the Depart-
ment of Defense Authorization Act,
1984, to December 31, 1998.
8.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
8.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
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8.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8 ..........
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(vii) in the matter relating to a United States
magistrate by striking:
‘‘8 ...........
After September 30, 1987.’’;
and inserting the following:
‘‘8 ...........
October 1, 1987, to December 31,
1998.
8.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
8.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
8.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8 ..........
After December 31, 2002.’’;
(viii) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal
Claims judge by striking:
‘‘8 ...........
After September 30, 1988.’’;
and insert the following:
‘‘8 ...........
October 1, 1988, to December 31,
1998.
8.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
8.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
8.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8 ..........
After December 31, 2002.’’;
and
(ix) by inserting after the matter relating to a
Court of Federal Claims judge the following:
‘‘Member of the Capitol Police .....................
2.5 .........
August 1, 1920, to June
30, 1926.
3.5 .........
July 1, 1926, to June 30,
1942.
5 ............
July 1, 1942, to June 30,
1948.
6 ............
July 1, 1948, to October
31, 1956.
6.5 .........
November 1, 1956, to De-
cember 31, 1969.
7.5 .........
January 1, 1970, to De-
cember 31, 1998.
7.75 .......
January 1, 1999, to De-
cember 31, 1999.
7.9 .........
January 1, 2000, to De-
cember 31, 2000.
8 ............
January 1, 2001, to De-
cember 31, 2002.
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7.5 .........
After December 31, 2002.’’.
(4) OTHER SERVICE.—
(A) MILITARY
SERVICE.—Section 8334(j) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘and subject
to paragraph (5),’’ after ‘‘Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B),’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5) Effective with respect to any period of military service
after December 31, 1998, the percentage of basic pay under section
204 of title 37 payable under paragraph (1) shall be equal to
the same percentage as would be applicable under subsection (c)
of this section for that same period for service as an employee,
subject to paragraph (1)(B).’’.
(B) VOLUNTEER
SERVICE.—Section 8334(l) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘This paragraph shall be subject to para-
graph (4).’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) Effective with respect to any period of service after Decem-
ber 31, 1998, the percentage of the readjustment allowance or
stipend (as the case may be) payable under paragraph (1) shall
be equal to the same percentage as would be applicable under
subsection (c) of this section for the same period for service as
an employee.’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) INDIVIDUAL DEDUCTIONS AND WITHHOLDINGS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 8422(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(2) The percentage to be deducted and withheld from basic
pay for any pay period shall be equal to—
‘‘(A) the applicable percentage under paragraph (3), minus
‘‘(B) the percentage then in effect under section 3101(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate of tax
for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance).
‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian
service shall be as follows:
‘‘Employee ......................................................
7 ............
January 1, 1987, to De-
cember 31, 1998.
7.25 .......
January 1, 1999, to De-
cember 31, 1999.
7.4 .........
January 1, 2000, to De-
cember 31, 2000.
7.5 .........
January 1, 2001, to De-
cember 31, 2002.
7 ............
After December 31, 2002.
Congressional employee ...............................
7.5 .........
January 1, 1987, to De-
cember 31, 1998.
7.75 .......
January 1, 1999, to De-
cember 31, 1999.
7.9 .........
January 1, 2000, to De-
cember 31, 2000.
8 ............
January 1, 2001, to De-
cember 31, 2002.
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7.5 .........
After December 31, 2002.
Member ..........................................................
7.5 .........
January 1, 1987, to De-
cember 31, 1998.
7.75 .......
January 1, 1999, to De-
cember 31, 1999.
7.9 .........
January 1, 2000, to De-
cember 31, 2000.
8 ............
January 1, 2001, to De-
cember 31, 2002.
7.5 .........
After December 31, 2002.
Law enforcement officer, firefighter, mem-
ber of the Capitol Police, or air traffic
controller.
7.5 .........
January 1, 1987, to De-
cember 31, 1998.
7.75 .......
January 1, 1999, to De-
cember 31, 1999.
7.9 .........
January 1, 2000, to De-
cember 31, 2000.
8 ............
January 1, 2001, to De-
cember 31, 2002.
7.5 .........
After December 31, 2002.’’.
(B) MILITARY
SERVICE.—Section 8422(e) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘and subject
to paragraph (6),’’ after ‘‘Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B),’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) The percentage of basic pay under section 204 of title
37 payable under paragraph (1), with respect to any period of
military service performed during—
‘‘(A) January 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999, shall
be 3.25 percent;
‘‘(B) January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000, shall
be 3.4 percent; and
‘‘(C) January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, shall
be 3.5 percent.’’.
(C) VOLUNTEER
SERVICE.—Section 8422(f) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘This paragraph shall be subject to para-
graph (4).’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The percentage of the readjustment allowance or stipend
(as the case may be) payable under paragraph (1), with respect
to any period of volunteer service performed during—
‘‘(A) January 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999, shall
be 3.25 percent;
‘‘(B) January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000, shall
be 3.4 percent; and
‘‘(C) January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, shall
be 3.5 percent.’’.
(2) NO REDUCTION IN AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—Contribu-
tions under section 8423 (a) and (b) of title 5, United States
Code, shall not be reduced as a result of the amendments
made under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABIL-
ITY SYSTEM.—
(1) 
AGENCY
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
section
211(a)(2) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act
(50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), during the period beginning on October
1, 1997, through September 30, 2002, the Central Intelligence
Agency shall contribute 8.51 percent of the basic pay of an
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January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclu-
sive.
7.5
After December 31, 2002 .............................................
7’’.
(D) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 805(e) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(e)) is amended—
(i) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ‘‘Each’’ and
inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (5), each’’; and
(ii) by adding after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Effective with respect to any period of military or naval
service after December 31, 1998, the percentage of basic pay under
section 204 of title 37, United States Code, payable under paragraph
(1) shall be equal to the same percentage as would be applicable
under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, for that same
period for service as an employee.’’.
(e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—
(1) INDIVIDUAL
DEDUCTIONS
AND
WITHHOLDINGS
FROM
PAY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a) of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a)(1) The employing agency shall deduct and withhold from
the basic pay of each participant the applicable percentage of basic
pay specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection minus the percent-
age then in effect under section 3101(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3101(a)) (relating to the rate of tax for
old age, survivors, and disability insurance).
‘‘(2) The applicable percentage under this subsection shall be
as follows:
‘‘7.5 ........
Before January 1, 1999.
7.75 .....
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
7.9 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
8 ..........
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7.5 .......
After December 31, 2002.’’.
(B) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Subsection 854(c) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071c(c)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) Credit shall be given under this System to a participant
for a period of prior satisfactory service as—
‘‘(A) a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Peace Corps
Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.),
‘‘(B) a volunteer under part A of title VIII of the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964, or
‘‘(C) a full-time volunteer for a period of service of at
least 1 year’s duration under part A, B, or C of title I of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951
et seq.),
if the participant makes a payment to the Fund equal to 3 percent
of pay received for the volunteer service; except, the amount to
be paid for volunteer service beginning on January 1, 1999, through
December 31, 2002, shall be as follows:
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‘‘3.25 ......
January 1, 1999, to December 31,
1999.
3.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to December 31,
2000.
3.5 .......
January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
‘‘(2) The amount of such payments shall be determined in
accordance with regulations of the Secretary of State consistent
with regulations for making corresponding determinations under
chapter 83, title 5, United States Code, together with interest
determined under regulations issued by the Secretary of State.’’.
(2) NO REDUCTION IN AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—Agency con-
tributions under section 857 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071f) shall not be reduced as a result of
the amendments made under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take effect on—
(A) October 1, 1997; or
(B) if later, the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—If the date of enactment of this Act
is later than October 1, 1997, then any reference to October
1, 1997, in subsection (a)(1), (c)(1), or (d)(1) shall be treated
as a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 7002. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8906 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (a) and all that follows through
the end of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(a)(1) Not later than October 1 of each year, the Office of
Personnel Management shall determine the weighted average of
the subscription charges that will be in effect during the following
contract year with respect to—
‘‘(A) enrollments under this chapter for self alone; and
‘‘(B) enrollments under this chapter for self and family.
‘‘(2) In determining each weighted average under paragraph
(1), the weight to be given to a particular subscription charge
shall, with respect to each plan (and option) to which it is to
apply, be commensurate with the number of enrollees enrolled
in such plan (and option) as of March 31 of the year in which
the determination is being made.
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (2), the term ‘enrollee’ means
any individual who, during the contract year for which the weighted
average is to be used under this section, will be eligible for a
Government contribution for health benefits.
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the
biweekly Government contribution for health benefits for an
employee or annuitant enrolled in a health benefits plan under
this chapter is adjusted to an amount equal to 72 percent of the
weighted average under subsection (a)(1) (A) or (B), as applicable.
For an employee, the adjustment begins on the first day of the
employee’s first pay period of each year. For an annuitant, the
adjustment begins on the first day of the first period of each
year for which an annuity payment is made.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on the
first day of the contract year that begins in 1999. Nothing in
this subsection shall prevent the Office of Personnel Management
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from taking any action, before such first day, which it considers
necessary in order to ensure the timely implementation of this
section.
SEC. 7003. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSITIONAL APPRO-
PRIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
(a) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2004 of title 39, United States
Code, is repealed.
(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) The table of sections for chapter 20 of such title
is amended by repealing the item relating to section 2004.
(B) Section 2003(e)(2) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘sections 2401 and 2004’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘section 2401’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION THAT LIABILITIES FORMERLY PAID PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2004 REMAIN LIABILITIES PAYABLE
BY
THE POSTAL
SERVICE.—Section 2003 of title 39, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) Liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the
Employees’ Compensation Fund (appropriations for which were
authorized by former section 2004, as in effect before the effective
date of this subsection) shall be liabilities of the Postal Service
payable out of the Fund.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act or October 1, 1997, whichever is later.
(2) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR
1998.—
(A) AMOUNTS NOT YET PAID.—No payment may be made
to the Postal Service Fund, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, pursuant to any appropriation for
fiscal year 1998 authorized by section 2004 of title 39,
United States Code (as in effect before the effective date
of this section).
(B) AMOUNTS PAID.—If any payment to the Postal Serv-
ice Fund is or has been made pursuant to an appropriation
for fiscal year 1998 authorized by such section 2004, then,
an amount equal to the amount of such payment shall
be paid from such Fund into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts before October 1, 1998.
TITLE VIII—VETERANS AND RELATED
MATTERS
SEC. 8001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans
Reconciliation Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this title
is as follows:
Sec. 8001. Short title; table of contents.
Subtitle A—Extension of Temporary Authorities
Sec. 8011. Enhanced loan asset sale authority.
Sec. 8012. Home loan fees.
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Sec. 8013. Procedures applicable to liquidation sales on defaulted home loans guar-
anteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 8014. Income verification authority.
Sec. 8015. Limitation on pension for certain recipients of medicaid-covered nursing
home care.
Subtitle B—Copayments and Medical Care Cost Recovery
Sec. 8021. Authority to require that certain veterans make copayments in exchange
for receiving health care benefits.
Sec. 8022. Medical care cost recovery authority.
Sec. 8023. Department of Veterans Affairs medical-care receipts.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 8031. Rounding down of cost-of-living adjustments in compensation and DIC
rates for fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
Sec. 8032. Increase in amount of home loan fees for the purchase of repossessed
homes from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 8033. Withholding of payments and benefits.
Subtitle A—Extension of Temporary
Authorities
SEC. 8011. ENHANCED LOAN ASSET SALE AUTHORITY.
Section 3720(h)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘December 31, 1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
SEC. 8012. HOME LOAN FEES.
Section 3729(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1998’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2002’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1998’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 8013. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO LIQUIDATION SALES ON
DEFAULTED 
HOME 
LOANS 
GUARANTEED 
BY 
THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
Section 3732(c)(11) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘October 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 8014. INCOME VERIFICATION AUTHORITY.
Section 5317(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
SEC. 8015. LIMITATION ON PENSION FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF
MEDICAID-COVERED NURSING HOME CARE.
Section 5503(f)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
Subtitle B—Copayments and Medical Care
Cost Recovery
SEC. 8021. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN VETERANS MAKE
COPAYMENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR RECEIVING HEALTH
CARE BENEFITS.
(a) HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE.—
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(1) EXTENSION.—Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘before September 30,
2002,’’ after ‘‘(B)’’.
(2) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Section 8013(e) of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (38 U.S.C.
1710 note) is repealed.
(b) OUTPATIENT MEDICATIONS.—Section 1722A(c) of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30,
1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
SEC. 8022. MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY AUTHORITY.
Section 1729(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking out ‘‘October 1, 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘October 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 8023. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL-CARE
RECEIPTS.
(a) ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS.—(1) Chapter 17 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1729 the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 1729A. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care
Collections Fund
‘‘(a) There is in the Treasury a fund to be known as the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.
‘‘(b) Amounts recovered or collected after June 30, 1997, under
any of the following provisions of law shall be deposited in the
fund:
‘‘(1) Section 1710(f) of this title.
‘‘(2) Section 1710(g) of this title.
‘‘(3) Section 1711 of this title.
‘‘(4) Section 1722A of this title.
‘‘(5) Section 1729 of this title.
‘‘(6) Public Law 87–693, popularly known as the ‘Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act’ (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), to the
extent that a recovery or collection under that law is based
on medical care or services furnished under this chapter.
‘‘(c)(1) Subject to the provisions of appropriations Acts, amounts
in the fund shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, to
the Secretary for the following purposes:
‘‘(A) Furnishing medical care and services under this chap-
ter, to be available during any fiscal year for the same purposes
and subject to the same limitations (other than with respect
to the period of availability for obligation) as apply to amounts
appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury for that
fiscal year for medical care.
‘‘(B) Expenses of the Department for the identification,
billing, auditing, and collection of amounts owed the United
States by reason of medical care and services furnished under
this chapter.
‘‘(2) Amounts available under paragraph (1) may not be used
for any purpose other than a purpose set forth in subparagraph
(A) or (B) of that paragraph.
‘‘(3)(A) If for fiscal year 1998 the Secretary determines that
the total amount to be recovered under the provisions of law speci-
fied in subsection (b) will be less than the amount contained in
the latest Congressional Budget Office baseline estimate (computed
under section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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Control Act of 1985) for the amount of such recoveries for fiscal
year 1998 by at least $25,000,000, the Secretary shall promptly
certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of the shortfall
(as estimated by the Secretary) that is in excess of $25,000,000.
Upon receipt of such a certification, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall, not later than 30 days after receiving the certification, deposit
in the fund, from any unobligated amounts in the Treasury, an
amount equal to the amount certified by the Secretary.
‘‘(B) If for fiscal year 1998 a deposit is made under subpara-
graph (A) and the Secretary subsequently determines that the
actual amount recovered for that fiscal year under the provisions
of law specified in subsection (b) is greater than the amount esti-
mated by the Secretary that was used for purposes of the certifi-
cation by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the Secretary
shall pay into the general fund of the Treasury, from amounts
available for medical care, an amount equal to the difference
between the amount actually recovered and the amount so esti-
mated (but not in excess of the amount of the deposit under subpara-
graph (A) pursuant to such certification).
‘‘(C) If for fiscal year 1998 a deposit is made under subpara-
graph (A) and the Secretary subsequently determines that the
actual amount recovered for that fiscal year under the provisions
of law specified in subsection (b) is less than the amount estimated
by the Secretary that was used for purposes of the certification
by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
promptly certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of
the shortfall. Upon receipt of such a certification, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall, not later than 30 days after receiving the
certification, deposit in the fund, from any unobligated amounts
in the Treasury, an amount equal to the amount certified by the
Secretary.
‘‘(d)(1) Of the total amount recovered or collected by the Depart-
ment during a fiscal year under the provisions of law referred
to in subsection (b) and made available from the fund, the Secretary
shall make available to each designated health care region of the
Department an amount that bears the same ratio to the total
amount so made available as the amount recovered or collected
by such region during that fiscal year under such provisions of
law bears to such total amount recovered or collected during that
fiscal year. The Secretary shall make available to each region
the entirety of the amount specified to be made available to such
region by the preceding sentence.
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘designated health care regions
of the Department’ means the geographic areas designated by the
Secretary for purposes of the management of, and allocation of
resources for, health care services provided by the Department.
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veter-
ans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives quarterly
reports on the operation of this section for fiscal years 1998, 1999,
and 2000 and for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001. Each such
report shall specify the amount collected under each of the provi-
sions specified in subsection (b) during the preceding quarter and
the amount originally estimated to be collected under each such
provision during such quarter.
‘‘(2) A report under paragraph (1) for a quarter shall be submit-
ted not later than 45 days after the end of that quarter.
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‘‘(f) Amounts recovered or collected under the provisions of
law referred to in subsection (b) shall be treated for the purposes
of sections 251 and 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901, 902) as offsets to discre-
tionary appropriations (rather than as offsets to direct spending)
to the extent that such amounts are made available for expenditure
in appropriations Acts for the purposes specified in subsection (c).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1729
the following new item:
‘‘1729A. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 17 of such title is
amended as follows:
(1) Section 1710(f) is amended by striking out paragraph
(4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).
(2) Section 1710(g) is amended by striking out paragraph
(4).
(3) Section 1722A(b) is amended by striking out ‘‘Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Care Collections Fund’’.
(4) Section 1729 is amended by striking out subsection
(g).
(c) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS IN MEDICAL-CARE COST RECOVERY
FUND.—The amount of the unobligated balance remaining in the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund
(established pursuant to section 1729(g)(1) of title 38, United States
Code) at the close of June 30, 1997, shall be deposited, not later
than December 31, 1997, in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts,
and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery
Fund shall be terminated when the deposit is made.
(d) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO RECOVERY.—Sec-
tion 1729 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ‘‘the reasonable
cost of’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘reasonable charges for’’;
and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘the reasonable cost of’’ in the
first sentence of subparagraph (A) and in subparagraph
(B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘reasonable charges for’’;
and
(B) by striking out ‘‘cost’’ in the second sentence of
subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘charges’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of section 712(b)
of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out subparagraph (B); and
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph
(B).
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than January 1, 1999, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veter-
ans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
on the implementation of this section. The report shall describe
the collections under each of the provisions specified in section
1729A(b) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a). Information on such collections shall be shown for each of
the health service networks (known as Veterans Integrated Service
Networks) and, to the extent practicable for each facility within
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each such network. The Secretary shall include in the report an
analysis of differences among the networks with respect to (A)
the market in which the networks operates, (B) the effort expended
to achieve collections, (C) the efficiency of such effort, and (D)
any other relevant information.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2),
this section and the amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1997.
(2) The amendments made by subsection (d) shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 8031. ROUNDING DOWN OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN
COMPENSATION AND DIC RATES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998
THROUGH 2002.
(a) COMPENSATION COLAS.—(1) Chapter 11 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1102 the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 1103. Cost-of-living adjustments
‘‘(a) In the computation of cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal
years 1998 through 2002 in the rates of, and dollar limitations
applicable to, compensation payable under this chapter, such adjust-
ments shall be made by a uniform percentage that is no more
than the percentage equal to the social security increase for that
fiscal year, with all increased monthly rates and limitations (other
than increased rates or limitations equal to a whole dollar amount)
rounded down to the next lower whole dollar amount.
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘social security
increase’ means the percentage by which benefit amounts payable
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.)
are increased for any fiscal year as a result of a determination
under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1102
the following new item:
‘‘1103. Cost-of-living adjustments.’’.
(b) DIC COLAS.—(1) Chapter 13 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 1302 the following
new section:
‘‘§ 1303. Cost-of-living adjustments
‘‘(a) In the computation of cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal
years 1998 through 2002 in the rates of dependency and indemnity
compensation payable under this chapter, such adjustments (except
as provided in subsection (b)) shall be made by a uniform percentage
that is no more than the percentage equal to the social security
increase for that fiscal year, with all increased monthly rates (other
than increased rates equal to a whole dollar amount) rounded
down to the next lower whole dollar amount.
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘social security
increase’ means the percentage by which benefit amounts payable
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.)
are increased for any fiscal year as a result of a determination
under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).’’.
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(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1302
the following new item:
‘‘1303. Cost-of-living adjustments.’’.
SEC. 8032. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF HOME LOAN FEES FOR THE PUR-
CHASE OF REPOSSESSED HOMES FROM THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
Section 3729(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘or 3733(a)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking out the period
at the end and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) in the case of a loan made under section 3733(a)
of this title, the amount of such fee shall be 2.25 percent
of the total loan amount.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4), as amended by section 8012(1) of
this Act, by striking out ‘‘or (E)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘(E), or (F)’’.
SEC. 8033. WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS.
(a) NOTICE REQUIRED IN LIEU OF CONSENT OR COURT ORDER.—
Section 3726 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘No officer’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘unless’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘unless the Secretary provides
such veteran or surviving spouse with notice by certified mail
with return receipt requested of the authority of the Secretary
to waive the payment of indebtedness under section 5302(b)
of this title.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(b) If the Secretary does not waive the entire amount of the
liability, the Secretary shall then determine whether the veteran
or surviving spouse should be released from liability under section
3713(b) of this title.
‘‘(c) If the Secretary determines that the veteran or surviving
spouse should not be released from liability, the Secretary shall
notify the veteran or surviving spouse of that determination and
provide a notice of the procedure for appealing that determination,
unless the Secretary has previously made such determination and
notified the veteran or surviving spouse of the procedure for appeal-
ing the determination.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5302(b) of such title
is amended by inserting ‘‘with return receipt requested’’ after ‘‘cer-
tified mail’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to any indebtedness to the United States
arising pursuant to chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code,
before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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TITLE IX—ASSET SALES, USER FEES,
AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 9000. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this title is as follows:
TITLE IX—ASSET SALES, USER FEES, AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 9000. Table of contents.
Subtitle A—Asset Sales
Sec. 9101. Sale of Governors Island, New York.
Sec. 9102. Sale of air rights.
Subtitle B—User Fees
Sec. 9201. Extension of higher vessel tonnage duties.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 9301. Temporary Federal share formula adjustment.
Sec. 9302. Increase in excise taxes on tobacco products.
Sec. 9303. Lease of excess strategic petroleum reserve capacity.
Sec. 9304. Identification of limited tax benefits subject to line item veto.
Sec. 9305. Payment of benefits in appropriate fiscal year.
Subtitle A— Asset Sales
SEC. 9101. SALE OF GOVERNORS ISLAND, NEW YORK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Administrator of General Services shall, no earlier than fiscal
year 2002, dispose of by sale at fair market value all rights, title,
and interests of the United States in and to the land of, and
improvements to, Governors Island, New York.
(b) RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER.—Before a sale is made under sub-
section (a) to any other parties, the State of New York and the
city of New York shall be given the right of first offer to purchase
all or part of Governors Island at fair market value as determined
by the Administrator of General Services. Not later than 90 days
after notification by the Administrator of General Services, such
right may be exercised by either the State of New York or the
city of New York or by both parties acting jointly.
(c) PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from the disposal of Governors Island
under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the general fund of
the Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts.
SEC. 9102. SALE OF AIR RIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Administrator of General Services shall sell, at fair market
value and in a manner to be determined by the Administrator,
the air rights adjacent to Washington Union Station described
in subsection (b), including air rights conveyed to the Administrator
under subsection (d). The Administrator shall complete the sale
by such date as is necessary to ensure that the proceeds from
the sale will be deposited in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) DESCRIPTION.—The air rights referred to in subsection (a)
total approximately 16.5 acres and are depicted on the plat map
of the District of Columbia as follows:
(1) Part of lot 172, square 720.
(2) Part of lots 172 and 823, square 720.
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(3) Part of lot 811, square 717.
(c) PROCEEDS.—Before September 30, 2002, proceeds from the
sale of air rights under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts.
(d) CONVEYANCE OF AMTRAK AIR RIGHTS.—
(1) GENERAL RULE.—As a condition of future Federal finan-
cial assistance, Amtrak shall convey to the Administrator of
General Services on or before December 31, 1997, at no charge,
all of the air rights of Amtrak described in subsection (b).
(2) FAILURE
TO
COMPLY.—If Amtrak does not meet the
condition established by paragraph (1), Amtrak shall be prohib-
ited from obligating Federal funds after March 1, 1998.
Subtitle B—User Fees
SEC. 9201. EXTENSION OF HIGHER VESSEL TONNAGE DUTIES.
(a) EXTENSION OF DUTIES.—Section 36 of the Act of August
5, 1909 (36 Stat. 111; 46 U.S.C. App. 121) is amended by striking
‘‘for fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 1991 through
2002,’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act
concerning tonnage duties on vessels entering otherwise than by
sea’’, approved March 8, 1910 (36 Stat. 234; 46 U.S.C. App. 132)
is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 1991, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 1991
through 2002,’’.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
SEC. 9301. TEMPORARY FEDERAL SHARE FORMULA ADJUSTMENT.
The Federal share of the cost of assistance provided under
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) for damages suffered in Kittson, Mar-
shall, Polk, Norman, Clay, and Wilkin Counties, Minnesota, as
a result of the 1997 floods in the Red River Valley in Minnesota
and North Dakota shall be at least 90 percent.
SEC. 9302. INCREASE IN EXCISE TAXES ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
(a) CIGARETTES.—Subsection (b) of section 5701 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$12 per thousand ($10 per thousand on
cigarettes removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ in paragraph (1)
and inserting ‘‘$19.50 per thousand ($17 per thousand on ciga-
rettes removed during 2000 or 2001)’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘$25.20 per thousand ($21 per thousand
on cigarettes removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ in paragraph
(2) and inserting ‘‘$40.95 per thousand ($35.70 per thousand
on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 2001)’’.
(b) CIGARS.—Subsection (a) of section 5701 of such Code is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$1.125 cents per thousand (93.75 cents
per thousand on cigars removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ in para-
graph (1) and inserting ‘‘$1.828 cents per thousand ($1.594
cents per thousand on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)’’,
and
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‘‘SEC. 
5754. 
RESTRICTION 
ON 
IMPORTATION 
OF 
PREVIOUSLY
EXPORTED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Tobacco products and cigarette papers and
tubes previously exported from the United States may be imported
or brought into the United States only as provided in section
5704(d). For purposes of this section, section 5704(d), section 5761,
and such other provisions as the Secretary may specify by regula-
tions, references to exportation shall be treated as including a
reference to shipment to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
‘‘(b) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘For penalty for the sale of tobacco products and cigarette papers
and tubes in the United States which are labeled for export, see sec-
tion 5761(c).’’.
(ii) The table of sections for subpart F of chapter 52
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘Sec. 5754. Restriction on importation of previously exported tobacco prod-
ucts.’’.
(2) IMPORTERS REQUIRED TO BE QUALIFIED.—
(A) Sections 5712, 5713(a), 5721, 5722, 5762(a)(1), and
5763 (b) and (c) of such Code are each amended by inserting
‘‘or importer’’ after ‘‘manufacturer’’.
(B) The heading of subsection (b) of section 5763 of
such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED IMPORTERS,’’
after ‘‘MANUFACTURERS,’’.
(C) The heading for subchapter B of chapter 52 of
such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘and Importers’’ after
‘‘Manufacturers’’.
(D) The item relating to subchapter B in the table
of subchapters for chapter 52 of such Code is amended
by inserting ‘‘and importers’’ after ‘‘manufacturers’’.
(3) BOOKS
OF
OR
FEWER
CIGARETTE
PAPERS
SUBJECT
TO TAX.—Subsection (c) of section 5701 of such Code is amended
by striking ‘‘On each book or set of cigarette papers containing
more than 25 papers,’’ and inserting ‘‘On cigarette papers,’’.
(4) STORAGE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—Subsection (k) of sec-
tion 5702 of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘under section
5704’’ after ‘‘internal revenue bond’’.
(5) AUTHORITY
TO
PRESCRIBE
MINIMUM
MANUFACTURING
ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 5712 of such Code is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (1), by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and by inserting after para-
graph (1) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) the activity proposed to be carried out at such premises
does not meet such minimum capacity or activity requirements
as the Secretary may prescribe, or’’.
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply to articles removed (as defined in section 5702(k)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this
section) after December 31, 1999.
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Any person who—
(A) on the date of the enactment of this Act is engaged
in business as a manufacturer of roll-your-own tobacco
or as an importer of tobacco products or cigarette papers
and tubes, and
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(B) before January 1, 2000, submits an application
under subchapter B of chapter 52 of such Code to engage
in such business,
may, notwithstanding such subchapter B, continue to engage
in such business pending final action on such application. Pend-
ing such final action, all provisions of such chapter 52 shall
apply to such applicant in the same manner and to the same
extent as if such applicant were a holder of a permit under
such chapter 52 to engage in such business.
(j) FLOOR STOCKS TAXES.—
(1) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—On tobacco products and cigarette
papers and tubes manufactured in or imported into the United
States which are removed before any tax increase date, and
held on such date for sale by any person, there is hereby
imposed a tax in an amount equal to the excess of—
(A) the tax which would be imposed under section
5701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the article
if the article had been removed on such date, over
(B) the prior tax (if any) imposed under section 5701
of such Code on such article.
(2) AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT CIGARETTES HELD IN VENDING
MACHINES.—To the extent provided in regulations prescribed
by the Secretary, no tax shall be imposed by paragraph (1)
on cigarettes held for retail sale on any tax increase date,
by any person in any vending machine. If the Secretary provides
such a benefit with respect to any person, the Secretary may
reduce the $500 amount in paragraph (3) with respect to such
person.
(3) CREDIT AGAINST TAX.—Each person shall be allowed
as a credit against the taxes imposed by paragraph (1) an
amount equal to $500. Such credit shall not exceed the amount
of taxes imposed by paragraph (1) on any tax increase date,
for which such person is liable.
(4) LIABILITY FOR TAX AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.—
(A) LIABILITY FOR TAX.—A person holding cigarettes
on any tax increase date, to which any tax imposed by
paragraph (1) applies shall be liable for such tax.
(B) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—The tax imposed by para-
graph (1) shall be paid in such manner as the Secretary
shall prescribe by regulations.
(C) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The tax imposed by para-
graph (1) shall be paid on or before April 1 following
any tax increase date.
(5) ARTICLES IN FOREIGN TRADE ZONES.—Notwithstanding
the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 998, 19 U.S.C. 81a) and
any other provision of law, any article which is located in
a foreign trade zone on any tax increase date, shall be subject
to the tax imposed by paragraph (1) if—
(A) internal revenue taxes have been determined, or
customs duties liquidated, with respect to such article
before such date pursuant to a request made under the
1st proviso of section 3(a) of such Act, or
(B) such article is held on such date under the super-
vision of a customs officer pursuant to the 2d proviso
of such section 3(a).
(6) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Terms used in this subsection which
are also used in section 5702 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall have the respective meanings such
terms have in such section, as amended by this Act.
(B) TAX INCREASE DATE.—The term ‘‘tax increase date’’
means January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2002.
(C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate.
(7) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—Rules similar to the rules of
section 5061(e)(3) of such Code shall apply for purposes of
this subsection.
(8) OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE.—All provisions of law, includ-
ing penalties, applicable with respect to the taxes imposed
by section 5701 of such Code shall, insofar as applicable and
not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection, apply
to the floor stocks taxes imposed by paragraph (1), to the
same extent as if such taxes were imposed by such section
5701. The Secretary may treat any person who bore the ulti-
mate burden of the tax imposed by paragraph (1) as the person
to whom a credit or refund under such provisions may be
allowed or made.
SEC. 9303. LEASE OF EXCESS STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
CAPACITY.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Part B of title I of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘USE OF UNDERUTILIZED FACILITIES
‘‘SEC. 168. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this title, the Secretary, by lease or otherwise, for any
term and under such other conditions as the Secretary considers
necessary or appropriate, may store in underutilized Strategic
Petroleum Reserve facilities petroleum product owned by a foreign
government or its representative. Petroleum products stored under
this section are not part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and
may be exported without license from the United States.
‘‘(b) PROTECTION OF FACILITIES.—All agreements entered into
pursuant to subsection (a) shall contain provisions providing for
fees to fully compensate the United States for all related costs
of storage and removals of petroleum products (including the propor-
tionate cost of replacement facilities necessitated as a result of
any withdrawals) incurred by the United States on behalf of the
foreign government or its representative.
‘‘(c) ACCESS TO STORED OIL.—The Secretary shall ensure that
agreements to store petroleum products for foreign governments
or their representatives do not impair the ability of the United
States to withdraw, distribute, or sell petroleum products from
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to an energy emergency
or to the obligations of the United States under the Agreement
on an International Energy Program.
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds collected through the leas-
ing of Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities authorized by sub-
section (a) after September 30, 2007, shall be used by the Secretary
of Energy without further appropriation for the purchase of petro-
leum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.’’.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Sec. 168. Use of underutilized facilities.’’.
SEC. 9304. IDENTIFICATION OF LIMITED TAX BENEFITS SUBJECT TO
LINE ITEM VETO.
Section 1021(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
shall only apply to 3306(c)(21) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (as added by section 5406 of this Act).
SEC. 9305. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS IN APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR.
Section 5120(e) of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply
to benefit payments otherwise payable on October 1, 2000.
TITLE X—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND
PROCESS PROVISIONS
SEC. 10001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Budget
Enforcement Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this title
is as follows:
Sec. 10001. Short title; table of contents.
Subtitle A—Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974
Sec. 10101. Amendment to section 3.
Sec. 10102. Amendments to section 201.
Sec. 10103. Amendments to section 202.
Sec. 10104. Amendment to section 300.
Sec. 10105. Amendments to section 301.
Sec. 10106. Amendments to section 302.
Sec. 10107. Amendments to section 303.
Sec. 10108. Amendment to section 304.
Sec. 10109. Amendment to section 305.
Sec. 10110. Amendments to section 308.
Sec. 10111. Amendments to section 310.
Sec. 10112. Amendments to section 311.
Sec. 10113. Amendment to section 312.
Sec. 10114. Adjustments.
Sec. 10115. Effect of adoption of a special order of business in the House of Rep-
resentatives.
Sec. 10116. Amendment to section 401 and repeal of section 402.
Sec. 10117. Amendments to title V.
Sec. 10118. Repeal of title VI.
Sec. 10119. Amendments to section 904.
Sec. 10120. Repeal of sections 905 and 906.
Sec. 10121. Amendments to sections 1022 and 1024.
Sec. 10122. Amendment to section 1026.
Sec. 10123. Senate task force on consideration of budget measures.
Subtitle B—Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985
Sec. 10201. Purpose.
Sec. 10202. General statement and definitions.
Sec. 10203. Enforcing discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 10204. Violent crime reduction spending.
Sec. 10205. Enforcing pay-as-you-go.
Sec. 10206. Reports and orders.
Sec. 10207. Exempt programs and activities.
Sec. 10208. General and special sequestration rules.
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Sec. 10209. The baseline.
Sec. 10210. Technical correction.
Sec. 10211. Judicial review.
Sec. 10212. Effective date.
Sec. 10213. Reduction of preexisting balances and exclusion of effects of this Act
from paygo scorecard.
Subtitle A—Amendments to the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974
SEC. 10101. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.
Section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(9) The term ‘entitlement authority’ means—
‘‘(A) the authority to make payments (including loans
and grants), the budget authority for which is not provided
for in advance by appropriation Acts, to any person or
government if, under the provisions of the law containing
that authority, the United States is obligated to make
such payments to persons or governments who meet the
requirements established by that law; and
‘‘(B) the food stamp program.’’.
SEC. 10102. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 201.
(a) TERM OF OFFICE.—The first sentence of section 201(a)(3)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows: ‘‘The term of office of the Director shall be 4 years and
shall expire on January 3 of the year preceding each Presidential
election.’’.
(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 201(e) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘the
Library’’, by striking ‘‘and the Office of Technology Assessment,’’,
by inserting ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘the Librarian’’, and by striking ‘‘, and
the Technology Assessment Board’’.
(c) REDESIGNATION OF EXECUTED PROVISION.—Section 201 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating
subsection (g) (relating to revenue estimates) as subsection (f).
SEC. 10103. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 202.
(a) ASSISTANCE TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.—The first sentence
of section 202(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended
by inserting ‘‘primary’’ before ‘‘duty’’.
(b) ELIMINATION OF EXECUTED PROVISION.—Section 202 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subsection
(e) and by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections
(e), (f), and (g), respectively.
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The first sentence of section
202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as redesignated)
is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(B)’’; and
(2) inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and (C)
a statement of the levels of budget authority and outlays for
each program assumed to be extended in the baseline, as pro-
vided in section 257(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to
be extended under section 257(b)(2)(C) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985’’.
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SEC. 10104. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 300.
(a) TIMETABLE.—The item relating to February 25 in the time-
table set forth in section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘February 25’’ and inserting ‘‘Not
later than 6 weeks after President submits budget’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Clause 4(g) of rule X of
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘on or before February 25 of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘not later
than 6 weeks after the President submits his budget’’.
(2) Clause 3(c) of rule XLVIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘On or before March 15
of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘Within 6 weeks after the President
submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code’’ and by striking ‘‘section 301(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 301(d)’’.
SEC. 10105. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 301.
(a) TERMS
OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 301(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘, and
planning levels for each of the two ensuing fiscal years,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years’’.
(b) CONTENTS OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Paragraphs (1) and
(4) of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are
amended by striking ‘‘, budget outlays, direct loan obligations, and
primary loan guarantee commitments’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘and outlays’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—
(1) striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
‘‘(7) set forth procedures in the Senate whereby committee
allocations, aggregates, and other levels can be revised for
legislation if that legislation would not increase the deficit,
or would not increase the deficit when taken with other legisla-
tion enacted after the adoption of the resolution, for the first
fiscal year or the total period of fiscal years covered by the
resolution;’’;
(2) in paragraph 8, striking the period and inserting ‘‘;
and’’; and
(3) adding the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) set forth direct loan obligation and primary loan
guarantee commitment levels.’’.
(d) VIEWS AND ESTIMATES.—The first sentence of section 301(d)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
‘‘or at such time as may be requested by the Committee on the
Budget,’’ after ‘‘Code,’’.
(e) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In developing’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing’’; and
(2) by striking the sentence beginning with ‘‘The report
accompanying’’ and all that follows through the end of the
subsection and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report accom-
panying the resolution shall include—
‘‘(A) a comparison of the levels of total new budget
authority, total outlays, total revenues, and the surplus
or deficit for each fiscal year set forth in the resolution
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with those requested in the budget submitted by the Presi-
dent;
‘‘(B) with respect to each major functional category,
an estimate of total new budget authority and total outlays,
with the estimates divided between discretionary and
mandatory amounts;
‘‘(C) the economic assumptions that underlie each of
the matters set forth in the resolution and any alternative
economic assumptions and objectives the committee consid-
ered;
‘‘(D) information, data, and comparisons indicating the
manner in which, and the basis on which, the committee
determined each of the matters set forth in the resolution;
‘‘(E) the estimated levels of tax expenditures (the tax
expenditures budget) by major items and functional cat-
egories for the President’s budget and in the resolution;
and
‘‘(F) allocations described in section 302(a).
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report accom-
panying the resolution may include—
‘‘(A) a statement of any significant changes in the
proposed levels of Federal assistance to State and local
governments;
‘‘(B) an allocation of the level of Federal revenues rec-
ommended in the resolution among the major sources of
such revenues;
‘‘(C) information, data, and comparisons on the share
of total Federal budget outlays and of gross domestic prod-
uct devoted to investment in the budget submitted by the
President and in the resolution;
‘‘(D) the assumed levels of budget authority and outlays
for public buildings, with a division between amounts for
construction and repair and for rental payments; and
‘‘(E) other matters, relating to the budget and to fiscal
policy, that the committee deems appropriate.’’.
(f) SOCIAL SECURITY CORRECTIONS.—(1) Section 301(i) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—
(A) inserting ‘‘SOCIAL SECURITY POINT OF ORDER.—’’ after
‘‘(i)’’; and
(B) striking ‘‘as reported to the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘(or
amendment, motion, or conference report on the resolution)’’;
and
(2) Section 22 of House Concurrent Resolution 218 (103d Con-
gress) is repealed.
SEC. 10106. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 302.
(a) ALLOCATIONS
AND SUBALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking sub-
sections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) COMMITTEE SPENDING ALLOCATIONS.—
‘‘(1) ALLOCATION AMONG COMMITTEES.—The joint explana-
tory statement accompanying a conference report on a concur-
rent resolution on the budget shall include an allocation,
consistent with the resolution recommended in the conference
report, of the levels for the first fiscal year of the resolution,
for at least each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years, and a total
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for that period of fiscal years (except in the case of the Commit-
tee on Appropriations only for the fiscal year of that resolution)
of—
‘‘(A) total new budget authority; and
‘‘(B) total outlays;
among each committee of the House of Representatives or the
Senate that has jurisdiction over legislation providing or creat-
ing such amounts.
‘‘(2) NO DOUBLE COUNTING.—In the House of Representa-
tives, any item allocated to one committee may not be allocated
to another committee.
‘‘(3) FURTHER DIVISION OF AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(A) IN THE SENATE.—In the Senate, the amount allo-
cated to the Committee on Appropriations shall be further
divided among the categories specified in section 250(c)(4)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 and shall not exceed the limits for each category
set forth in section 251(c) of that Act.
‘‘(B) IN THE HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives,
the amounts allocated to each committee for each fiscal
year, other than the Committee on Appropriations, shall
be further divided between amounts provided or required
by law on the date of filing of that conference report and
amounts not so provided or required. The amounts allocated
to the Committee on Appropriations shall be further
divided—
‘‘(i) between discretionary and mandatory amounts
or programs, as appropriate; and
‘‘(ii) consistent with the categories specified in sec-
tion 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
‘‘(4) AMOUNTS NOT ALLOCATED.—In the House of Represent-
atives or the Senate, if a committee receives no allocation
of new budget authority or outlays, that committee shall be
deemed to have received an allocation equal to zero for new
budget authority or outlays.
‘‘(5) ADJUSTING ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(A) If a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget is not adopted by April 15, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
shall submit to the House, as soon as practicable, an allocation
under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Appropriations
consistent with the discretionary spending levels in the most
recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the
appropriate fiscal year covered by that resolution.
‘‘(B) As soon as practicable after an allocation under para-
graph (1) is submitted under this section, the Committee on
Appropriations shall make suballocations and report those sub-
allocations to the House of Representatives.
‘‘(b) SUBALLOCATIONS
BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES.—As
soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on the budget
is agreed to, the Committee on Appropriations of each House (after
consulting with the Committee on Appropriations of the other
House) shall suballocate each amount allocated to it for the budget
year under subsection (a) among its subcommittees. Each Commit-
tee on Appropriations shall promptly report to its House suballoca-
tions made or revised under this subsection. The Committee on
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall further divide
among its subcommittees the divisions made under subsection
(a)(3)(B) and promptly report those divisions to the House.’’.
(b) POINT
OF ORDER.—Section 302(c) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) POINT OF ORDER.—After the Committee on Appropriations
has received an allocation pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal
year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives
or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment,
motion, or conference report within the jurisdiction of that commit-
tee providing new budget authority for that fiscal year, until that
committee makes the suballocations required by subsection (b).’’.
(c) ENFORCEMENT OF POINT OF ORDER.—
(1) IN THE HOUSE.—Section 302(f)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—
(A) striking ‘‘providing new budget authority for such
fiscal year or new entitlement authority effective during
such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘providing new budget
authority for any fiscal year’’; and
(B) striking ‘‘appropriate allocation made pursuant to
subsection (b)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘exceeded.’’
and inserting ‘‘applicable allocation of new budget authority
made under subsection (a) or (b) for the first fiscal year
or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded.’’.
(2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 302(f)(2) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) IN THE SENATE.—After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that would cause—
‘‘(A) in the case of any committee except the Committee
on Appropriations, the applicable allocation of new budget
authority or outlays under subsection (a) for the first fiscal
year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded; or
‘‘(B) in the case of the Committee on Appropriations,
the applicable suballocation of new budget authority or
outlays under subsection (b) to be exceeded.’’.
(d) PAY-AS-YOU-GO EXCEPTION IN THE HOUSE.—Section 302(g)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(g) PAY-AS-YOU-GO EXCEPTION IN THE HOUSE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—(A) Subsection (f)(1) and, after April
15, section 303(a) shall not apply to any bill or joint resolution,
as reported, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon
if, for each fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed
to concurrent resolution on the budget—
‘‘(i) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
‘‘(ii) the adoption and enactment of that amendment;
or
‘‘(iii) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the
form recommended in that conference report,
would not increase the deficit, and, if the sum of any revenue
increases provided in legislation already enacted during the
current session (when added to revenue increases, if any, in
excess of any outlay increase provided by the legislation pro-
posed for consideration) is at least as great as the sum of
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal
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revenues should be increased as set forth in that concurrent
resolution and the amount, if any, by which revenues are
to be increased pursuant to pay-as-you-go procedures under
section 301(b)(8), if included in that concurrent resolution.
‘‘(B) Section 311(a), as that section applies to revenues,
shall not apply to any bill, joint resolution, amendment thereto,
or conference report thereon if, for each fiscal year covered
by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget—
‘‘(i) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
‘‘(ii) the adoption and enactment of that amendment;
or
‘‘(iii) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the
form recommended in that conference report,
would not increase the deficit, and, if the sum of any outlay
reductions provided in legislation already enacted during the
current session (when added to outlay reductions, if any, in
excess of any revenue reduction provided by the legislation
proposed for consideration) is at least as great as the sum
of the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal
outlays should be reduced as required by that concurrent resolu-
tion and the amount, if any, by which outlays are to be reduced
pursuant to pay-as-you-go procedures under section 301(b)(8),
if included in that concurrent resolution.
‘‘(2) REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—(A) As soon as practicable after
Congress agrees to a bill or joint resolution that would have
been subject to a point of order under subsection (f)(1) but
for the exception provided in paragraph (1)(A) or would have
been subject to a point of order under section 311(a) but for
the exception provided in paragraph (1)(B), the chairman of
the committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
shall file with the House appropriately revised allocations under
section 302(a) and revised functional levels and budget aggre-
gates to reflect that bill.
‘‘(B) Such revised allocations, functional levels, and budget
aggregates shall be considered for the purposes of this Act
as allocations, functional levels, and budget aggregates con-
tained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution
on the budget.’’.
SEC. 10107. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 303.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET MUST BE ADOPTED
BEFORE BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION IS CONSIDERED
‘‘SEC. 303. (a) IN GENERAL.—Until the concurrent resolution
on the budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to, it shall not
be in order in the House of Representatives, with respect to the
first fiscal year covered by that resolution, or the Senate, with
respect to any fiscal year covered by that resolution, to consider
any bill or joint resolution, amendment or motion thereto, or con-
ference report thereon that—
‘‘(1) first provides new budget authority for that fiscal
year;
‘‘(2) first provides an increase or decrease in revenues dur-
ing that fiscal year;
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‘‘(3) provides an increase or decrease in the public debt
limit to become effective during that fiscal year;
‘‘(4) in the Senate only, first provides new entitlement
authority for that fiscal year; or
‘‘(5) in the Senate only, first provides for an increase or
decrease in outlays for that fiscal year.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.— In the House of Representa-
tives, subsection (a) does not apply—
‘‘(1)(A) to any bill or joint resolution, as reported, providing
advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes
available for the first or second fiscal year after the budget
year; or
‘‘(B) to any bill or joint resolution, as reported, first increas-
ing or decreasing revenues in a fiscal year following the fiscal
year to which the concurrent resolution applies;
‘‘(2) after May 15, to any general appropriation bill or
amendment thereto; or
‘‘(3) to any bill or joint resolution unless it is reported
by a committee.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATION MEASURES IN THE SEN-
ATE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Until the concurrent resolution on the
budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to and an allocation
has been made to the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate under section 302(a) for that year, it shall not be in
order in the Senate to consider any appropriation bill or joint
resolution, amendment or motion thereto, or conference report
thereon for that year or any subsequent year.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to appro-
priations legislation making advance appropriations for the
first or second fiscal year after the year the allocation referred
to in that paragraph is made.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section
303 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 303. Concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before budget-relat-
ed legislation is considered.’’.
SEC. 10108. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 304.
Section 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended
by—
(1) striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and
(2) striking subsection (b).
SEC. 10109. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 305.
(a) BUDGET ACT.—Section 305(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) When a concurrent resolution on the budget has been
reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and has been referred to the appropriate cal-
endar of the House, it shall be in order on any day thereafter,
subject to clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, to move to proceed to the consideration
of the concurrent resolution. The motion is highly privileged
and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is not
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in order and it is not in order to move to reconsider the
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT IN THE HOUSE.—The first sen-
tence of clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘, or as provided by section
305(a)(1)’’ and all that follows thereafter through ‘‘under that sec-
tion)’’.
SEC. 10110. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 308.
Section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend-
ed—
(1)(A) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, NEW
SPENDING AUTHORITY, OR NEW CREDIT AUTHORITY,’’;
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (B) and
by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs
(B) and (C), respectively;
(C) in subsection (a)(1)(B) (as redesignated), by striking
‘‘spending authority’’ through ‘‘commitments’’ and inserting
‘‘revenues, or tax expenditures’’; and
(D) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), by striking
‘‘, new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2), or
new credit authority,’’ each place it appears;
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘, new spending author-
ity described in section 401(c)(2), or new credit authority,’’;
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon
at the end of paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end
of paragraph (4) and inserting a period; and by striking para-
graph (5); and
(4) by inserting ‘‘joint’’ before ‘‘resolution’’ each place it
appears except when ‘‘concurrent’’, ‘‘such’’, or ‘‘reconciliation’’
precedes ‘‘resolution’’ and, in subsection (b)(1), by inserting
‘‘joint’’ before ‘‘resolutions’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 10111. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 310.
Section 310(c)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ the first place it appears and
all that follows thereafter through ‘‘, and’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(I) in the Senate, 20 percent of the total of the
amounts of the changes such committee was directed
to make under paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sub-
section; or
‘‘(II) in the House of Representatives, 20 percent
of the sum of the absolute value of the changes the
committee was directed to make under paragraph (1)
and the absolute value of the changes the committee
was directed to make under paragraph (2); and’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ the second place it appears
and all that follows thereafter through ‘‘; and’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(I) in the Senate, 20 percent of the total of the
amounts of the changes such committee was directed
to make under paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sub-
section; or
‘‘(II) in the House of Representatives, 20 percent
of the sum of the absolute value of the changes the
committee was directed to make under paragraph (1)
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and the absolute value of the changes the committee
was directed to make under paragraph (2); and’’.
SEC. 10112. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 311.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION MUST BE WITHIN APPROPRIATE
LEVELS
‘‘SEC. 311. (a) ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET AGGREGATES.—
‘‘(1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Except as pro-
vided by subsection (c), after the Congress has completed action
on a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year,
it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report providing new budget authority or reducing reve-
nues, if—
‘‘(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
‘‘(B) the adoption and enactment of that amendment;
or
‘‘(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the
form recommended in that conference report;
would cause the level of total new budget authority or total
outlays set forth in the applicable concurrent resolution on
the budget for the first fiscal year to be exceeded, or would
cause revenues to be less than the level of total revenues
set forth in that concurrent resolution for the first fiscal year
or for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal
years for which allocations are provided under section 302(a),
except when a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect.
‘‘(2) IN THE SENATE.—After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that—
‘‘(A) would cause the level of total new budget authority
or total outlays set forth for the first fiscal year in the
applicable resolution to be exceeded; or
‘‘(B) would cause revenues to be less than the level
of total revenues set forth for that first fiscal year or
for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal
years in the applicable resolution for which allocations
are provided under section 302(a).
‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS IN THE SEN-
ATE.—After a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed
to, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report
that would cause a decrease in social security surpluses or
an increase in social security deficits relative to the levels
set forth in the applicable resolution for the first fiscal year
or for the total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years
for which allocations are provided under section 302(a).
‘‘(b) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a)(3), social
security surpluses equal the excess of social security revenues
over social security outlays in a fiscal year or years with such
an excess and social security deficits equal the excess of social
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security outlays over social security revenues in a fiscal year
or years with such an excess.
‘‘(2) TAX TREATMENT.—For purposes of subsection (a)(3),
no provision of any legislation involving a change in chapter
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as
affecting the amount of social security revenues or outlays
unless that provision changes the income tax treatment of
social security benefits.
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION
IN
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Sub-
section (a)(1) shall not apply in the House of Representatives to
any bill, joint resolution, or amendment that provides new budget
authority for a fiscal year or to any conference report on any
such bill or resolution, if—
‘‘(1) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
‘‘(2) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or
‘‘(3) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form
recommended in that conference report;
would not cause the appropriate allocation of new budget authority
made pursuant to section 302(a) for that fiscal year to be exceeded.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section
311 and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 311. Budget-related legislation must be within appropriate levels.’’.
SEC. 10113. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 312.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘DETERMINATIONS AND POINTS OF ORDER
‘‘SEC. 312. (a) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For pur-
poses of this title and title IV, the levels of new budget authority,
outlays, direct spending, 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 House of Representa-
tives or the Senate, as applicable.
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN-
ATE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider
any bill or resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference
report on that bill or resolution) that would exceed any of
the discretionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection shall not apply if a dec-
laration of war by the Congress is in effect or if a joint resolution
pursuant to section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 has been enacted.
‘‘(c) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN-
ATE.—It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any concur-
rent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, or to consider
any amendment to that concurrent resolution, or to consider a
conference report on that concurrent resolution, if—
‘‘(1) the level of total outlays for the first fiscal year set
forth in that concurrent resolution or conference report exceeds;
or
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‘‘(2) the adoption of that amendment would result in a
level of total outlays for that fiscal year that exceeds;
the recommended level of Federal revenues for that fiscal year,
by an amount that is greater than the maximum deficit amount,
if any, specified in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 for that fiscal year.
‘‘(d) TIMING OF POINTS OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—A point
of order under this Act may not be raised against a bill, resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report while an amendment or
motion, the adoption of which would remedy the violation of this
Act, is pending before the Senate.
‘‘(e) POINTS OF ORDER IN THE SENATE AGAINST AMENDMENTS
BETWEEN THE HOUSES.—Each provision of this Act that establishes
a point of order against an amendment also establishes a point
of order in the Senate against an amendment between the Houses.
If a point of order under this Act is raised in the Senate against
an amendment between the Houses and the point of order is sus-
tained, the effect shall be the same as if the Senate had disagreed
to the amendment.
‘‘(f) EFFECT OF A POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—In the
Senate, if a point of order under this Act against a bill or resolution
is sustained, the Presiding Officer shall then recommit the bill
or resolution to the committee of appropriate jurisdiction for further
consideration.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 313 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c) When’’ and inserting ‘‘(d) CON-
FERENCE REPORTS.—When’’; and
(B) by striking subsection (e) and redesignating sub-
section (d) as subsection (e).
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to section 312
in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Effect of points’’ and inserting ‘‘Determinations
and points’’.
SEC. 10114. ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘ADJUSTMENTS
‘‘SEC. 314. (a) ADJUSTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the reporting of a bill or joint
resolution, the offering of an amendment thereto, or the submis-
sion of a conference report thereon, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
or the Senate shall make the adjustments set forth in para-
graph (2) for the amount of new budget authority in that
measure (if that measure meets the requirements set forth
in subsection (b)) and the outlays flowing from that budget
authority.
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjustments referred
to in paragraph (1) are to be made to—
‘‘(A) the discretionary spending limits, if any, set forth
in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget;
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‘‘(B) the allocations made pursuant to the appropriate
concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section
302(a); and
‘‘(C) the budgetary aggregates as set forth in the appro-
priate concurrent resolution on the budget.
‘‘(b) AMOUNTS OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustment referred to
in subsection (a) shall be—
‘‘(1) an amount provided and designated as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;
‘‘(2) an amount provided for continuing disability reviews
subject to the limitations in section 251(b)(2)(C) of that Act;
‘‘(3) for any fiscal year through 2002, an amount provided
that is the dollar equivalent of the Special Drawing Rights
with respect to—
‘‘(A) an increase in the United States quota as part
of the International Monetary Fund Eleventh General
Review of Quotas (United States Quota); or
‘‘(B) any increase in the maximum amount available
to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 17
of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as amended from
time to time (New Arrangements to Borrow);
‘‘(4) an amount provided not to exceed $1,884,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 1998 through 2000 for arrearages
for international organizations, international peacekeeping, and
multilateral development banks; or
‘‘(5) an amount provided for an earned income tax credit
compliance initiative but not to exceed—
‘‘(A) with respect to fiscal year 1998, $138,000,000 in
new budget authority;
‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal year 1999, $143,000,000 in
new budget authority;
‘‘(C) with respect to fiscal year 2000, $144,000,000 in
new budget authority;
‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 2001, $145,000,000
in new budget authority; and
‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 2002, $146,000,000 in
new budget authority.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION
OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments made
pursuant to subsection (a) for legislation shall—
‘‘(1) apply while that legislation is under consideration;
‘‘(2) take effect upon the enactment of that legislation;
and
‘‘(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable.
‘‘(d) REPORTING
REVISED
SUBALLOCATIONS.—Following any
adjustment made under subsection (a), the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives may
report appropriately revised suballocations under section 302(b)
to carry out this section.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS FOR CDRS.—As used in subsection (b)(2)—
‘‘(1) the term ‘continuing disability reviews’ shall have the
same meaning as provided in section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;
and
‘‘(2) the term ‘new budget authority’ shall have the same
meaning as the term ‘additional new budget authority’ and
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the term ‘outlays’ shall have the same meaning as ‘additional
outlays’ in that section.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to section
313 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 314. Adjustments.’’.
SEC. 10115. EFFECT OF ADOPTION OF A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) EFFECT OF POINTS OF ORDER.—Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 314 the
following new section:
‘‘EFFECT OF ADOPTION OF A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘‘SEC. 315. For purposes of a reported bill or joint resolution
considered in the House of Representatives pursuant to a special
order of business, the term ‘as reported’ in this title or title IV
shall be considered to refer to the text made in order as an original
bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the
text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage,
as the case may be.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents set forth
in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating
to section 314 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 315. Effect of adoption of a special order of business in the House of Represent-
atives.’’.
SEC. 10116. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 401 AND REPEAL OF SECTION
402.
(a) SECTION 401.—
(1) CONTROLS.—Section 401 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended by—
(A) striking the heading and inserting the following:
‘‘BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS’’;
and
(B) striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) CONTROLS ON CERTAIN BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION NOT
SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—It shall not be in order in either
the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill
or joint resolution (in the House of Representatives only, as
reported), amendment, motion, or conference report that provides—
‘‘(1) new authority to enter into contracts under which
the United States is obligated to make outlays;
‘‘(2) new authority to incur indebtedness (other than indebt-
edness incurred under chapter 31 of title 31 of the United
States Code) for the repayment of which the United States
is liable; or
‘‘(3) new credit authority;
unless that bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference
report also provides that the new authority is to be effective for
any fiscal year only to the extent or in the amounts provided
in advance in appropriation Acts.’’.
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(2) POINT OF ORDER.—Section 401(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘new’’ before ‘‘entitlement’’ in the head-
ing;
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(1) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in either
the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
bill or joint resolution (in the House of Representatives only,
as reported), amendment, motion, or conference report that
provides new entitlement authority that is to become effective
during the current fiscal year.’’; and
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘new spending authority described
in subsection (c)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘new entitlement
authority’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘of that House’’ and inserting ‘‘of
the Senate or may then be referred to the Committee
on Appropriations of the House, as the case may be,’’.
(3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 401 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended by striking subsection (c).
(4) EXCEPTIONS.—Section 401(d) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘new spending author-
ity if the budget authority for outlays which result from
such new spending authority is derived’’ and inserting ‘‘new
authority described in those subsections if outlays from
that new authority will flow’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating para-
graph (3) as paragraph (2); and
(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by striking ‘‘new
spending authority’’ and inserting ‘‘new authority described
in those subsections’’.
(5) REDESIGNATION.—Subsection (d) of section 401 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is redesignated as subsection
(c).
(6) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Clause 1(b)(4) of rule
X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(4) The amount of new authority to enter into contracts
under which the United States is obligated to make outlays,
the budget authority for which is not provided in advance
by appropriation Acts; new authority to incur indebtedness
(other than indebtedness in incurred under chapter 31 of title
31 of the United States Code) for the repayment of which
the United States is liable, the budget authority for which
is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts; new entitle-
ment authority as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, including bills and resolutions (reported
by other committees) which provide new entitlement authority
as defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 and are referred to the committee under clause 4(a);
authority to forego the collection by the United States of propri-
etary offsetting receipts, the budget authority for which is
not provided in advance by appropriation Acts to offset such
foregone receipts; and authority to make payments by the
United States (including loans, grants, and payments from
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revolving funds) other than those covered by this subparagraph,
the budget authority for which is not provided in advance
by appropriation Acts.’’.
(B) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘new spending
authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘new
entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9)’’ and by striking
‘‘total amount of new spending authority’’ and inserting ‘‘total
amount of new entitlement authority’’.
(C) Clause 2(l)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘new spending
authority as described in section 401(c)(2)’’ and by inserting
‘‘new entitlement authority as defined in section 3(9)’’.
(b) REPEALER OF SECTION 402.—Section 402 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—Sections 403 through 407 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are redesignated as sections
402 through 406, respectively.
(2) GAO ANALYSIS.—Section 404 (as redesignated) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking
‘‘spending authority as described by section 401(c)(2) and which
provide permanent appropriations,’’ and inserting ‘‘mandatory
spending’’.
(3) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set forth
in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended by—
(A) striking the item for section 401 and inserting
the following:
‘‘Sec. 401. Budget-related legislation not subject to appropriations.’’; and
(B) striking the item relating to section 402 and
redesignating the items relating to sections 403 through
407 as the items relating to sections 402 through 406,
respectively.
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Clause 2(l)(3) of rule
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended
by striking ‘‘section 403’’ and inserting ‘‘section 402’’.
(B) Clause 7(d) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘section 403’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 402’’.
SEC. 10117. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE V.
(a) SECTION 502.—Section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990 is amended as follows:
(1) In the second sentence of paragraph (1), insert ‘‘and
financing arrangements that defer payment for more than 90
days, including the sale of a government asset on credit terms’’
before the period.
(2) In paragraph (5)(A), insert ‘‘or modification thereof’’
before the first comma.
(3) In paragraph (5), strike subparagraphs (B) and (C)
and insert the following:
‘‘(B) The cost of a direct loan shall be the net present
value, at the time when the direct loan is disbursed, of the
following estimated cash flows:
‘‘(i) loan disbursements;
‘‘(ii) repayments of principal; and
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‘‘(iii) 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;
including the effects of changes in loan terms resulting from
the exercise by the borrower of an option included in the
loan contract.
‘‘(C) The cost of a loan guarantee shall be the net present
value, at the time when the guaranteed loan is disbursed,
of the following estimated cash flows:
‘‘(i) payments by the Government to cover defaults
and delinquencies, interest subsidies, or other payments;
and
‘‘(ii) payments to the Government including origination
and other fees, penalties and recoveries;
including the effects of changes in loan terms resulting from
the exercise by the guaranteed lender of an option included
in the loan guarantee contract, or by the borrower of an option
included in the guaranteed loan contract.’’.
(4) In paragraph (5), amend subparagraph (D) to read
as follows:
‘‘(D) The cost of a modification is the difference between
the current estimate of the net present value of the remaining
cash flows under the terms of a direct loan or loan guarantee
contract, and the current estimate of the net present value
of the remaining cash flows under the terms of the contract,
as modified.’’.
(5) In paragraph (5)(E), insert ‘‘the cash flows of’’ after
‘‘to’’.
(6) In paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) When funds are obligated for a direct loan or loan
guarantee, the estimated cost shall be based on the current
assumptions, adjusted to incorporate the terms of the loan
contract, for the fiscal year in which the funds are obligated.’’.
(7) Redesignate paragraph (9) as paragraph (11) and after
paragraph (8) add the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(9) The term ‘modification’ means any Government action
that alters the estimated cost of an outstanding direct loan
(or direct loan obligation) or an outstanding loan guarantee
(or loan guarantee commitment) from the current estimate
of cash flows. This includes the sale of loan assets, with or
without recourse, and the purchase of guaranteed loans. This
also includes any action resulting from new legislation, or from
the exercise of administrative discretion under existing law,
that directly or indirectly alters the estimated cost of outstand-
ing direct loans (or direct loan obligations) or loan guarantees
(or loan guarantee commitments) such as a change in collection
procedures.
‘‘(10) The term ‘current’ has the same meaning as in section
250(c)(9) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.’’.
(b) SECTION 504.—Section 504 of the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990 is amended as follows:
(1) Amend subsection (b)(1) to read as follows:
‘‘(1) new budget authority to cover their costs is provided
in advance in an appropriations Act;’’.
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(2) In subsection (b)(2), strike ‘‘is enacted’’ and insert ‘‘has
been provided in advance in an appropriations Act’’.
(3) In subsection (c), strike ‘‘Subsection (b)’’ and insert
‘‘Subsections (b) and (e)’’.
(4) In subsection (d)(1), strike ‘‘directly or indirectly alter
the costs of outstanding direct loans and loan guarantees’’
and insert ‘‘modify outstanding direct loans (or direct loan
obligations) or loan guarantees (or loan guarantee commit-
ments)’’.
(5) Amend subsection (e) to read as follows:
‘‘(e) MODIFICATIONS.—An outstanding direct loan (or direct loan
obligation) or loan guarantee (or loan guarantee commitment) shall
not be modified in a manner that increases its costs unless budget
authority for the additional cost has been provided in advance
in an appropriations Act.’’.
(c) SECTION 505.—Section 505 of the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990 is amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (c), by inserting before the period at
the end of the second sentence the following: ‘‘, except that
the rate of interest charged by the Secretary on lending to
financing accounts (including amounts treated as lending to
financing accounts by the Federal Financing Bank (hereinafter
in this subsection referred to as the ‘Bank’) pursuant to section
406(b)) and the rate of interest paid to financing accounts
on uninvested balances in financing accounts shall be the same
as the rate determined pursuant to section 502(5)(E). For
guaranteed loans financed by the Bank and treated as direct
loans by a Federal agency pursuant to section 406(b), any
fee or interest surcharge (the amount by which the interest
rate charged exceeds the rate determined pursuant to section
502(5)(E)) that the Bank charges to a private borrower pursuant
to section 6(c) of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973
shall be considered a cash flow to the Government for the
purposes of determining the cost of the direct loan pursuant
to section 502(5). All such amounts shall be credited to the
appropriate financing account. The Bank is authorized to
require reimbursement from a Federal agency to cover the
administrative expenses of the Bank that are attributable to
the direct loans financed for that agency. All such payments
by an agency shall be considered administrative expenses sub-
ject to section 504(g). This subsection shall apply to transactions
related to direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commit-
ments made on or after October 1, 1991’’.
(2) In subsection (c), by striking ‘‘supercede’’ and inserting
‘‘supersede’’.
(3) By amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION FOR LIQUIDATING ACCOUNTS.—(1) Amounts
in liquidating accounts shall be available only for payments result-
ing from direct loan obligations or loan guarantee commitments
made prior to October 1, 1991, for—
‘‘(A) interest payments and principal repayments to the
Treasury or the Federal Financing Bank for amounts borrowed;
‘‘(B) disbursements of loans;
‘‘(C) default and other guarantee claim payments;
‘‘(D) interest supplement payments;
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‘‘(E) payments for the costs of foreclosing, managing, and
selling collateral that are capitalized or routinely deducted
from the proceeds of sales;
‘‘(F) payments to financing accounts when required for
modifications;
‘‘(G) administrative expenses, if—
‘‘(i) amounts credited to the liquidating account would
have been available for administrative expenses under a
provision of law in effect prior to October 1, 1991; and
‘‘(ii) no direct loan obligation or loan guarantee commit-
ment has been made, or any modification of a direct loan
or loan guarantee has been made, since September 30,
1991; or
‘‘(H) such other payments as are necessary for the liquida-
tion of such direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commit-
ments.
‘‘(2) Amounts credited to liquidating accounts in any year shall
be available only for payments required in that year. Any unobli-
gated balances in liquidating accounts at the end of a fiscal year
shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts as soon as practicable
after the end of the fiscal year.
‘‘(3) If funds in liquidating accounts are insufficient to satisfy
obligations and commitments of such accounts, there is hereby
provided permanent, indefinite authority to make any payments
required to be made on such obligations and commitments.’’.
(d) SECTION 506.—Section 506 of the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘(2) The’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) STUDY.—The’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(c) ACCESS TO DATA.—’’; and
(5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated) by striking ‘‘para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’.
SEC. 10118. REPEAL OF TITLE VI.
(a) REPEALER.—Title VI of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The items relating to title
VI of the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are repealed.
(2) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by striking ‘‘section 302 or section 602 (in the
case of fiscal years 1991 through 1995)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
302’’.
SEC. 10119. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 904.
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 904(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘(except section
905)’’ and by striking ‘‘V, and VI (except section 601(a))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and V’’.
(b) WAIVERS.—Section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) WAIVERS.—
‘‘(1) 
PERMANENT.—Sections 
305(b)(2), 
305(c)(4), 
306,
310(d)(2), 313, 904(c), and 904(d) of this Act may be waived
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or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY.—Sections 301(i), 302(c), 302(f), 310(g),
311(a), 312(b), and 312(c) of this Act and sections 258(a)(4)(C),
258A(b)(3)(C)(I), 258B(f)(1), 258B(h)(1), 258(h)(3), 258C(a)(5),
and 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 may be waived or suspended in the Senate
only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn.’’.
(c) APPEALS.—Section 904(d) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) APPEALS.—
‘‘(1) PROCEDURE.—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions
of the Chair relating to any provision of title III or IV or
section 1017 shall, except as otherwise provided therein, be
limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, concurrent
resolution, reconciliation bill, or rescission bill, as the case
may be.
‘‘(2) PERMANENT.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, 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 sections 305(b)(2), 305(c)(4), 306,
310(d)(2), 313, 904(c), and 904(d) of this Act.
‘‘(3) TEMPORARY.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, 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 sections 301(i), 302(c), 302(f),
310(g), 311(a), 312(b), and 312(c) of this Act and sections
258(a)(4)(C), 258A(b)(3)(C)(I), 258B(f)(1), 258B(h)(1), 258(h)(3),
258C(a)(5), and 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.’’.
(d) EXPIRATION OF SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENTS.—
Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) shall expire on September
30, 2002.’’.
SEC. 10120. REPEAL OF SECTIONS 905 AND 906.
(a) REPEALER.—Sections 905 and 906 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 are repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents set forth
in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended by striking the items relating to
sections 905 and 906.
SEC. 10121. AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 1022 AND 1024.
(a) SECTION 1022.—Section 1022(b)(1)(F) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 601’’ and inserting ‘‘section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985’’.
(b) SECTION 1024.—Section 1024(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 601(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985’’.
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SEC. 10122. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1026.
Section 1026(7)(A)(iv) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting ‘‘; or’’.
SEC. 10123. SENATE TASK FORCE ON CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET
MEASURES.
(a) APPOINTMENT
OF MEMBERS.—The Majority Leader and
Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint 3 Senators to
serve on a bipartisan task force to study the floor procedures
for the consideration of budget resolutions and reconciliation bills
in the Senate as provided in sections 305(b) and 310(e) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(b) REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE.—The task force shall submit
its report to the Senate not later than October 8, 1997.
Subtitle B—Amendments to the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985
SEC. 10201. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to extend discretionary spending
limits and pay-as-you-go requirements.
SEC. 10202. GENERAL STATEMENT AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) GENERAL STATEMENT.—Section 250(b) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended
by striking the first 2 sentences and inserting the following: ‘‘This
part provides for budget enforcement as called for in House Concur-
rent Resolution 84 (105th Congress, 1st session).’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(but including’’ through ‘‘amount’ ’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 601 of that Act as adjusted
under sections 251 and 253’’ and inserting ‘‘section 251’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) The term ‘category’ means the subsets of discretionary
appropriations in section 251(c). Discretionary appropriations
in each of the categories shall be those designated in the
joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report
on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. New accounts or activities
shall be categorized only after consultation with the committees
on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and that consultation shall, to the extent
practicable, include written communication to such committees
that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before
official action is taken with respect to new accounts or activi-
ties.’’;
(3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
‘‘(6) The term ‘budgetary resources’ means new budget
authority, unobligated balances, direct spending authority, and
obligation limitations.’’;
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(4) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘submission of the fiscal
year 1992 budget that are not included with a budget submis-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘that budget submission that are not
included with it’’;
(5) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘first 4’’ before ‘‘fiscal
years’’ and by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 1995’’;
(6) by striking paragraphs (17) and (20) and by redesignat-
ing paragraphs (18), (19), and (21) as paragraphs (17), (18),
and (19), respectively;
(7) in paragraph (17) (as redesignated), by striking ‘‘Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990’’ and inserting ‘‘Balanced
Budget Act of 1997’’;
(8) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated), by striking all
after ‘‘expenses’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal deposit insurance
agencies, and other Federal agencies supervising insured
depository institutions, resulting from full funding of, and
continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment
in effect under current estimates.’’; and
(9) by striking paragraph (19) (as redesignated) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(19) The term ‘asset sale’ means the sale to the public
of any asset (except for those assets covered by title V of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), whether physical or
financial, owned in whole or in part by the United States.’’.
SEC. 10203. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) EXTENSION THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2002.—Section 251 of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
is amended—
(1) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Fiscal
Years 1991–1998’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘(h)’’ both places it
appears and inserting ‘‘(f)’’;
(3) by striking subsection (a)(7) and inserting the following:
‘‘(7) ESTIMATES.—
‘‘(A) CBO ESTIMATES.—As soon as practicable after
Congress completes action on any discretionary appropria-
tion, CBO, after consultation with the Committees on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
shall provide OMB with an estimate of the amount of
discretionary new budget authority and outlays for the
current year (if any) and the budget year provided by
that legislation.
‘‘(B) OMB 
ESTIMATES
AND
EXPLANATION
OF
DIF-
FERENCES.—Not later than 7 calendar days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the date
of enactment of any discretionary appropriation, OMB shall
transmit a report to the House of Representatives and
to the Senate containing the CBO estimate of that legisla-
tion, an OMB estimate of the amount of discretionary new
budget authority and outlays for the current year (if any)
and the budget year provided by that legislation, and an
explanation of any difference between the 2 estimates.
If during the preparation of the report OMB determines
that there is a significant difference between OMB and
CBO, OMB shall consult with the Committees on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate
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regarding that difference and that consultation shall
include, to extent practicable, written communication to
those committees that affords such committees the oppor-
tunity to comment before the issuance of the report.
‘‘(C) ASSUMPTIONS AND GUIDELINES.—OMB estimates
under this paragraph shall be made using current economic
and technical assumptions. OMB shall use the OMB esti-
mates transmitted to the Congress under this paragraph.
OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates under this para-
graph in conformance with scorekeeping guidelines deter-
mined after consultation among the House and Senate
Committees on the Budget, CBO, and OMB.
‘‘(D) ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For purposes of this
paragraph, amounts provided by annual appropriations
shall include any new budget authority and outlays for
the current year (if any) and the budget year in accounts
for which funding is provided in that legislation that result
from previously enacted legislation.’’;
(4) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—
‘‘(1) PREVIEW REPORT.—When the President submits the
budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
OMB shall calculate and the budget shall include adjustments
to discretionary spending limits (and those limits as cumula-
tively adjusted) for the budget year and each outyear to reflect
changes in concepts and definitions. Such changes shall equal
the baseline levels of new budget authority and outlays using
up-to-date concepts and definitions minus those levels using
the concepts and definitions in effect before such changes. Such
changes may only be made after consultation with the commit-
tees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate and that consultation shall include
written communication to such committees that affords such
committees the opportunity to comment before official action
is taken with respect to such changes.
‘‘(2) SEQUESTRATION
REPORTS.—When OMB submits a
sequestration report under section 254(e), (f), or (g) for a fiscal
year, OMB shall calculate, and the sequestration report and
subsequent budgets submitted by the President under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, shall include adjust-
ments to discretionary spending limits (and those limits as
adjusted) for the fiscal year and each succeeding year through
2002, as follows:
‘‘(A) EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATIONS.—If, for any fiscal
year, appropriations for discretionary accounts are enacted
that the President designates as emergency requirements
and that the Congress so designates in statute, the adjust-
ment shall be the total of such appropriations in discre-
tionary accounts designated as emergency requirements
and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from such appro-
priations. This subparagraph shall not apply to appropria-
tions to cover agricultural crop disaster assistance.
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
OUTLAY
ALLOWANCE.—If, in any fiscal
year, outlays for a category exceed the discretionary spend-
ing limit for that category but new budget authority does
not exceed its limit for that category (after application
of the first step of a sequestration described in subsection
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(a)(2), if necessary), the adjustment in outlays for a fiscal
year is the amount of the excess but not to exceed 0.5
percent of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending
limits on outlays for that fiscal year.
‘‘(C) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS.—(i) If a bill or
joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year
is enacted that specifies an amount for continuing disability
reviews under the heading ‘Limitation on Administrative
Expenses’ for the Social Security Administration, the
adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the additional
new budget authority provided in that Act for such reviews
for that fiscal year and the additional outlays flowing from
such amounts, but shall not exceed—
‘‘(I) for fiscal year 1998, $290,000,000 in additional
new budget authority and $338,000,000 in additional
outlays;
‘‘(II) for fiscal year 1999, $520,000,000 in additional
new budget authority and $520,000,000 in additional
outlays;
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2000, $520,000,000 in addi-
tional new budget authority and $520,000,000 in addi-
tional outlays;
‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2001, $520,000,000 in addi-
tional new budget authority and $520,000,000 in addi-
tional outlays; and
‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2002, $520,000,000 in additional
new budget authority and $520,000,000 in additional
outlays.
‘‘(ii) As used in this subparagraph—
‘‘(I) the term ‘continuing disability reviews’ means
reviews or redeterminations as defined under section
201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act and reviews
and redeterminations authorized under section 211 of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996;
‘‘(II) the term ‘additional new budget authority’
means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess
of $200,000,000, in an appropriations Act and specified
to pay for the costs of continuing disability reviews
under the heading ‘Limitation on Administrative
Expenses’ for the Social Security Administration; and
‘‘(III) the term ‘additional outlays’ means outlays,
in excess of $200,000,000 in a fiscal year, flowing from
the amounts specified for continuing disability reviews
under the heading ‘Limitation on Administrative
Expenses’ for the Social Security Administration,
including outlays in that fiscal year flowing from
amounts specified in Acts enacted for prior fiscal years
(but not before 1996).
‘‘(D) ALLOWANCE FOR IMF.—If an appropriation bill or
joint resolution is enacted for a fiscal year through 2002
that includes an appropriation with respect to clause (i)
or (ii), the adjustment shall be the amount of budget
authority in the measure that is the dollar equivalent
of the Special Drawing Rights with respect to—
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‘‘(i) an increase in the United States quota as
part of the International Monetary Fund Eleventh Gen-
eral Review of Quotas (United States Quota); or
‘‘(ii) any increase in the maximum amount avail-
able to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to sec-
tion 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as
amended from time to time (New Arrangements to
Borrow).
‘‘(E) ALLOWANCE
FOR
INTERNATIONAL
ARREARAGES.—
‘‘(i) ADJUSTMENTS.—If an appropriation bill or joint
resolution is enacted for fiscal year 1998, 1999, or
2000 that includes an appropriation for arrearages for
international organizations, international peacekeep-
ing, and multilateral development banks for that fiscal
year, the adjustment shall be the amount of budget
authority in that measure and the outlays flowing
in all fiscal years from that budget authority.
‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—The total amount of adjust-
ments made pursuant to this subparagraph for the
period of fiscal years 1998 through 2000 shall not
exceed $1,884,000,000 in budget authority.
‘‘(F) EITC COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE.—If an appropriation
bill or joint resolution is enacted for a fiscal year that
includes an appropriation for an earned income tax credit
compliance initiative, the adjustment shall be the amount
of budget authority in that measure for that initiative
and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from that budget
authority, but not to exceed—
‘‘(i) with respect to fiscal year 1998, $138,000,000
in new budget authority and $131,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(ii) with respect to fiscal year 1999, $143,000,000
in new budget authority and $143,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(iii) with respect to fiscal year 2000, $144,000,000
in new budget authority and $144,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(iv) with respect to fiscal year 2001, $145,000,000
in new budget authority and $145,000,000 in outlays;
and
‘‘(v) with respect to fiscal year 2002, $146,000,000
in new budget authority and $146,000,000 in outlays.’’.
(b) SHIFTING OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS INTO THE
BALANCED BUDGET
AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT
OF
1985.—Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.—As used in this part,
the term ‘discretionary spending limit’ means—
‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 1997, for the discretionary
category, the current adjusted limits of new budget authority
and outlays;
‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 1998—
‘‘(A) for the defense category: $269,000,000,000 in new
budget authority and $266,823,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(B) for the nondefense category: $252,357,000,000 in
new budget authority and $282,853,000,000 in outlays; and
‘‘(C) 
for 
the 
violent 
crime 
reduction 
category:
$5,500,000,000 in new budget authority and $3,592,000,000
in outlays;
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‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 1999—
‘‘(A) for the defense category: $271,500,000,000 in new
budget authority and $266,518,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(B) for the nondefense category: $255,699,000,000 in
new budget authority and $287,850,000,000 in outlays; and
‘‘(C) 
for 
the 
violent 
crime 
reduction 
category:
$5,800,000,000 in new budget authority and $4,953,000,000
in outlays;
‘‘(4) with respect to fiscal year 2000—
‘‘(A) for the discretionary category: $532,693,000,000
in new budget authority and $558,711,000,000 in outlays;
and
‘‘(B) 
for 
the 
violent 
crime 
reduction 
category:
$4,500,000,000 in new budget authority and $5,554,000,000
in outlays;
‘‘(5) with respect to fiscal year 2001, for the discretionary
category: $542,032,000,000 in new budget authority and
$564,396,000,000 in outlays; and
‘‘(6) with respect to fiscal year 2002, for the discretionary
category: $551,074,000,000 in new budget authority and
$560,799,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b).’’.
(c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS.—Sections 201, 202,
204(b), 206, and 211 of House Concurrent Resolution 84 (105th
Congress) are repealed.
SEC. 10204. VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION SPENDING.
(a) SEQUESTRATION REGARDING VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION
SPENDING.—
(1) REPEAL.—Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to section 251A
in the table contents set forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 310002 of Public Law
103–322 (42 U.S.C. 14212) is repealed.
SEC. 10205. ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO.
Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to assure that
any legislation enacted before October 1, 2002, affecting direct
spending or receipts that increases the deficit will trigger an offset-
ting sequestration.
‘‘(b) SEQUESTRATION.—
‘‘(1) TIMING.—Not later than 15 calendar days after the
date Congress adjourns to end a session and on the same
day as a sequestration (if any) under section 251 or 253, there
shall be a sequestration to offset the amount of any net deficit
increase caused by all direct spending and receipts legislation
enacted before October 1, 2002, as calculated under paragraph
(2).
‘‘(2) CALCULATION OF DEFICIT INCREASE.—OMB shall cal-
culate the amount of deficit increase or decrease by adding—
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‘‘(A) all OMB estimates for the budget year of direct
spending and receipts legislation transmitted under sub-
section (d);
‘‘(B) the estimated amount of savings in direct spending
programs applicable to budget year resulting from the prior
year’s sequestration under this section or section 253, if
any, as published in OMB’s final sequestration report for
that prior year; and
‘‘(C) any net deficit increase or decrease in the current
year resulting from all OMB estimates for the current
year of direct spending and receipts legislation transmitted
under subsection (d) that were not reflected in the final
OMB sequestration report for the current year.’’;
(2) by amending subsection (c)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘and
direct’’ after ‘‘guaranteed’’;
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
‘‘(d) ESTIMATES.—
‘‘(1) CBO ESTIMATES.—As soon as practicable after Congress
completes action on any direct spending or receipts legislation,
CBO shall provide an estimate to OMB of that legislation.
‘‘(2) OMB ESTIMATES.—Not later than 7 calendar days
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the
date of enactment of any direct spending or receipts legislation,
OMB shall transmit a report to the House of Representatives
and to the Senate containing—
‘‘(A) the CBO estimate of that legislation;
‘‘(B) an OMB estimate of that legislation using current
economic and technical assumptions; and
‘‘(C) an explanation of any difference between the 2
estimates.
‘‘(3) SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.—If during the preparation
of the report under paragraph (2) OMB determines that there
is a significant difference between the OMB and CBO estimates,
OMB shall consult with the Committees on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding that
difference and that consultation, to the extent practicable, shall
include written communication to such committees that affords
such committees the opportunity to comment before the issu-
ance of that report.
‘‘(4) SCOPE OF ESTIMATES.—The estimates under this section
shall include the amount of change in outlays or receipts for
the current year (if applicable), the budget year, and each
outyear excluding any amounts resulting from—
‘‘(A) full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit
insurance guarantee commitment in effect under current
estimates; and
‘‘(B) emergency provisions as designated under sub-
section (e).
‘‘(5) SCOREKEEPING GUIDELINES.—OMB and CBO, after con-
sultation with each other and the Committees on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall—
‘‘(A) determine common scorekeeping guidelines; and
‘‘(B) in conformance with such guidelines, prepare esti-
mates under this section.’’; and
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘, for any fiscal year
from 1991 through 1998,’’ and by striking ‘‘through 1995’’.
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, with respect to any
military personnel account, exempt that account from seques-
tration or provide for a lower uniform percentage reduction
than would otherwise apply.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The President may not use the authority
provided by paragraph (1) unless the President notifies the
Congress of the manner in which such authority will be exer-
cised on or before the date specified in section 254(a) for the
budget year.’’.
(c) OTHER PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—(1) Section 255(g)(1)(A)
of the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
is amended as follows:
(A) After the first item, insert the following new item:
‘‘Activities financed by voluntary payments to the
Government for goods or services to be provided for such
payments;’’.
(B) Strike ‘‘Thrift Savings Fund (26–8141–0–7–602);’’.
(C) In the first item relating to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, insert ‘‘Indian land and water claims settlements and’’
after the comma.
(D) In the second item relating to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, strike ‘‘miscellaneous’’ and insert ‘‘Miscellaneous’’ and
strike ‘‘, tribal trust funds’’.
(E) Strike ‘‘Claims, defense (97–0102–0–1–051);’’.
(F) In the item relating to Claims, judgments, and relief
acts, strike ‘‘806’’ and insert ‘‘808’’.
(G) Strike ‘‘Coinage profit fund (20–5811–0–2–803);’’.
(H) Insert ‘‘Compact of Free Association (14–0415–0–1–
808);’’ after the item relating to the Claims, judgments, and
relief acts.
(I) Insert ‘‘Conservation Reserve Program (12–2319–0–1–
302);’’ after the item relating to the Compensation of the Presi-
dent.
(J) In the item relating to the Customs Service, strike
‘‘852’’ and insert ‘‘806’’.
(K) In the item relating to the Comptroller of the Currency,
insert ‘‘, Assessment funds (20–8413–0–8–373)’’ before the semi-
colon.
(L) Strike ‘‘Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision;’’.
(M) Strike ‘‘Eastern Indian land claims settlement fund
(14–2202–0–1–806);’’.
(N) After the item relating to the Exchange stabilization
fund, insert the following new items:
‘‘Farm Credit Administration, Limitation on Adminis-
trative Expenses (78–4131–0–3–351);
‘‘Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corpora-
tion, interest payment (20–1850–0–1–908);’’.
(O) Strike ‘‘Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;’’.
(P) In the first item relating to the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation, insert ‘‘(51–4064–0–3–373)’’ before the semi-
colon.
(Q) In the second item relating to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, insert ‘‘(51–4065–0–3–373)’’ before the
semicolon.
(R) In the third item relating to the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation, insert ‘‘(51–4066–0–3–373)’’ before the semi-
colon.
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(S) In the item relating to the Federal Housing Finance
Board, insert ‘‘(95–4039–0–3–371)’’ before the semicolon.
(T) In the item relating to the Federal payment to the
railroad retirement account, strike ‘‘account’’ and insert
‘‘accounts’’.
(U) In the item relating to the health professions graduate
student loan insurance fund, insert ‘‘program account’’ after
‘‘fund’’ and strike ‘‘(Health Education Assistance Loan Program)
(75–4305–0–3–553)’’ and insert ‘‘(75–0340–0–1–552)’’.
(V) In the item relating to Higher education facilities, strike
‘‘and insurance’’.
(W) In the item relating to Internal revenue collections
for Puerto Rico, strike ‘‘852’’ and insert ‘‘806’’.
(X) Amend the item relating to the Panama Canal Commis-
sion to read as follows:
‘‘Panama Canal Commission, Panama Canal Revolving
Fund (95–4061–0–3–403);’’.
(Y) In the item relating to the Medical facilities guarantee
and loan fund, strike ‘‘(75–4430–0–3–551)’’ and insert ‘‘(75–
9931–0–3–550)’’.
(Z) In the first item relating to the National Credit Union
Administration, insert ‘‘operating fund (25–4056–0–3–373)’’
before the semicolon.
(AA) In the second item relating to the National Credit
Union Administration, strike ‘‘central’’ and insert ‘‘Central’’ and
insert ‘‘(25–4470–0–3–373)’’ before the semicolon.
(BB) In the third item relating to the National Credit
Union Administration, strike ‘‘credit’’ and insert ‘‘Credit’’ and
insert ‘‘(25–4468–0–3–373)’’ before the semicolon.
(CC) After the third item relating to the National Credit
Union Administration, insert the following new item:
‘‘Office of Thrift Supervision (20–4108–0–3–373);’’.
(DD) In the item relating to Payments to health care trust
funds, strike ‘‘572’’ and insert ‘‘571’’.
(EE) Strike ‘‘Compact of Free Association, economic assist-
ance pursuant to Public Law 99–658 (14–0415–0–1–806);’’.
(FF) In the item relating to Payments to social security
trust funds, strike ‘‘571’’ and insert ‘‘651’’.
(GG) Strike ‘‘Payments to state and local government fiscal
assistance trust fund (20–2111–0–1–851);’’.
(HH) In the item relating to Payments to the United States
territories, strike ‘‘852’’ and insert ‘‘806’’.
(II) Strike ‘‘Resolution Funding Corporation;’’.
(JJ) In the item relating to the Resolution Trust Corpora-
tion, insert ‘‘Revolving Fund (22–4055–0–3–373)’’ before the
semicolon.
(KK) After the item relating to the Tennessee Valley
Authority funds, insert the following new items:
‘‘Thrift Savings Fund;
‘‘United States Enrichment Corporation (95–4054–0–
3–271);
‘‘Vaccine Injury Compensation (75–0320–0–1–551);
‘‘Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund
(20–8175–0–7–551);’’.
(2) Section 255(g)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:
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(A) Strike ‘‘The following budget’’ and insert ‘‘The following
Federal retirement and disability’’.
(B) In the item relating to Black lung benefits, strike
‘‘lung benefits’’ and insert ‘‘Lung Disability Trust Fund’’.
(C) In the item relating to the Court of Federal Claims
Court Judges’ Retirement Fund, strike ‘‘Court of Federal’’.
(D) In the item relating to Longshoremen’s compensation
benefits, insert ‘‘Special workers compensation expenses,’’ before
‘‘Longshoremen’s’’.
(E) In the item relating to Railroad retirement tier II,
strike ‘‘retirement tier II’’ and insert ‘‘Industry Pension Fund’’.
(3) Section 255(g)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:
(A) Strike the following items:
‘‘Agency for International Development, Housing, and
other credit guarantee programs (72–4340–0–3–151);
‘‘Agricultural credit insurance fund (12–4140–0–1–
351);’’.
(B) In the item relating to Check forgery, strike ‘‘Check’’
and insert ‘‘United States Treasury check’’.
(C) Strike ‘‘Community development grant loan guarantees
(86–0162–0–1–451);’’.
(D) After the item relating to the United States Treasury
Check forgery insurance fund, insert the following new item:
‘‘Credit liquidating accounts;’’.
(E) Strike the following items:
‘‘Credit union share insurance fund (25–4468–0–3–
371);’’.
‘‘Economic development revolving fund (13–4406–0–3–
452);’’.
‘‘Export-Import Bank of the United States, Limitation
of program activity (83–4027–0–3–155);’’.
‘‘Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (51–8419–0–
8–371);’’.
‘‘Federal Housing Administration fund (86–4070–0–3–
371);’’.
‘‘Federal ship financing fund (69–4301–0–3–403);’’.
‘‘Federal ship financing fund, fishing vessels (13–4417–
0–3–376);’’.
‘‘Government National Mortgage Association, Guaran-
tees of mortgage-backed securities (86–4238–0–3–371);’’.
‘‘Health education loans (75–4307–0–3–553);’’.
‘‘Indian loan guarantee and insurance fund (14–4410–
0–3–452);’’.
‘‘Railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing
fund (69–4411–0–3–401);’’.
‘‘Rural development insurance fund (12–4155–0–3–
452);’’.
‘‘Rural electric and telephone revolving fund (12–4230–
8–3–271);’’.
‘‘Rural housing insurance fund (12–4141–0–3–371);’’.
‘‘Small Business Administration, Business loan and
investment fund (73–4154–0–3–376);’’.
‘‘Small Business Administration, Lease guarantees
revolving fund (73–4157–0–3–376);’’.