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Subtitle B—Other Provisions 
SEC. 321. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 
States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement, 
as applicable, accompanying this concurrent resolution 
shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 
Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administra-
tive expenses of the Social Security Administration and 
the United States Postal Service. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House of Representa-
tives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level of 
total new budget authority and total outlays provided by 
a measure shall include any discretionary amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 322. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—In the House of Representatives, 
any adjustments of allocations and aggregates made pur-
suant to this concurrent resolution shall— 
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(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation; 
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that 
measure; and 
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as 
soon as practicable. 
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG-
GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 
from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as the allo-
cations and aggregates contained in this concurrent reso-
lution. 
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 
purposes of this concurrent resolution, the budgetary lev-
els for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be deter-
mined on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS
AND
APPLICA-
TION.—In the House of Representatives, for purposes of 
this concurrent resolution and budget enforcement, the 
consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, for which the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or 
revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budg-
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etary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be sub-
ject to the points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or sec-
tion 301 of this concurrent resolution. 
SEC. 323. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate ag-
gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any change in budgetary con-
cepts and definitions in accordance with section 251(b)(1) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT UPDATED BUDG-
ETARY ESTIMATES. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the appropriate ag-
gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution to reflect any adjustments to the 
baseline made by the Congressional Budget Office in 
March 2016. 
SEC. 325. ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY DES-
IGNATIONS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the appropriate ag-
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gregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels for any 
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, that designates an emergency 
under section 4(g)(2) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 
of 2010. 
SEC. 326. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
The House of Representatives adopts the provisions 
of this title and title II— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 
be considered as part of the rules of the House of 
Representatives, and such rules shall supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they are incon-
sistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the House of Representatives to change 
those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to 
the same extent as is the case of any other rule of 
the House of Representatives. 
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TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS IN 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES 
SEC. 401. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE 
POVERTY AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY AND 
UPWARD MOBILITY FOR STRUGGLING AMERI-
CANS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that re-
duces poverty and increases opportunity and upward mo-
bility for struggling Americans on the road to personal 
and financial independence by the amounts provided in 
such legislation for those purposes, if such legislation 
would neither adversely impact job creation nor increase 
the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2017 through 
2026. 
SEC. 402. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE PRESI-
DENT’S HEALTH CARE LAW. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill 
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or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that repeals the Affordable Care Act and 
the health care related provisions of the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 
SEC. 403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PRO-
MOTING HEALTH CARE REFORM. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill 
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that promotes health care reform if such 
measure would not increase the deficit over the period of 
fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRAD-
UATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag-
gregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this 
concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
measure reforms, expands access to, and improves grad-
uate medical education programs if such measure would 
not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2017 
through 2026. 
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concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, to ad-
dress the immediate funding shortfall in coal miner pen-
sion and health care funds if such measure would not in-
crease the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2017 
through 2026. 
SEC. 410. RESERVE FUND FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF 
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
the chair of the Committee on the Budget may make the 
adjustments under subsection (b) for a bill or joint resolu-
tion, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 
that commercializes the operations of the air traffic con-
trol system if such measure reduces the discretionary 
spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 by the amount 
that was appropriated to the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion for air traffic control. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—For the measure described in 
subsection (a), the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
may adjust the section 302(a) allocations of the appro-
priate committees of jurisdiction by the amount of new 
budget authority provided by such measure and outlays 
flowing therefrom, make corresponding changes to the ag-
gregate levels of new budget authority and outlays in this 
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concurrent resolution, and reduce the revenue aggregate 
in such resolution by the amount of the reduction in rev-
enue resulting from such measure. 
TITLE V—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT 
SPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 501. DIRECT SPENDING. 
(a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives 
finds the following: 
(A) For means-tested direct spending, the 
average rate of growth in the total level of out-
lays during the 10-year period preceding fiscal 
year 2017 is 7.3 percent. 
(B) For means-tested direct spending, the 
estimated average rate of growth in the total 
level of outlays during the 10-year period begin-
ning with fiscal year 2017 is 4.3 percent under 
current law. 
(2) PROPOSED
REFORMS.—The following re-
forms are proposed under this concurrent resolution 
by the House of Representatives for means-tested di-
rect spending: 
(A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a 
Democratic President reformed welfare by lim-
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iting the duration of benefits, giving States 
more control over the program, and helping re-
cipients find work. In the 5 years following pas-
sage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare caseloads 
fell, and workers’ wages increased. This concur-
rent resolution assumes the enactment of pro-
posals to reduce poverty and increase oppor-
tunity and upward mobility for struggling 
Americans on the road to personal and financial 
independence. Based on the successful welfare 
reforms of the 1990s, these proposals would im-
prove work requirements and provide flexible 
funding for States to help those most in need 
find gainful employment, escape poverty, and 
move up the economic ladder. 
(B) For Medicaid, this concurrent resolu-
tion is predicated on a framework proposed by 
the chairs of the committees of jurisdiction of 
the House of Representatives, to modernize and 
improve the program while increasing State 
flexibility and protecting the most vulnerable 
populations. This concurrent resolution also as-
sumes the repeal of the Medicaid expansions in 
the President’s health care law. 
(b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 
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(1) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives 
finds the following: 
(A) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, 
the average rate of growth in the total level of 
outlays during the 10-year period preceding fis-
cal year 2017 is 5.1 percent. 
(B) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, 
the estimated average rate of growth in the 
total level of outlays during the 10-year period 
beginning with fiscal year 2017 is 5.5 percent 
under current law. 
(2) PROPOSED REFORMS.—For Medicare, this 
concurrent resolution advances policies to put sen-
iors, not the Federal Government, in control of their 
health care decisions. Putting seniors in charge of 
how their health care dollars are spent will encour-
age providers to compete against each other on price 
and quality. Improvements to Medicare are nec-
essary to extend the life of the Federal Hospital In-
surance Trust Fund and protect the program for fu-
ture generations. 
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TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS 
IN 
THE 
HOUSE 
OF 
REP-
RESENTATIVES 
SEC. 601. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEVELOPING A BOLD 
AGENDA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has 
called for a bold, pro-growth agenda to reestablish a 
confident America. 
(2) Today’s challenges require solutions based 
on the principles that have served as the cornerstone 
of American strength, free enterprise, compassion, 
and exceptionalism. 
(3) On February 4, 2016, the Speaker an-
nounced the formation of 6 task forces. Each task 
force will submit recommendations in the following 
areas: 
(A) NATIONAL SECURITY.—This task force 
is responsible for developing an overarching 
strategy and the required military capabilities 
to confront 21st century national security 
threats. 
(B) TAX
REFORM.—This task force will 
seek to create jobs, grow the economy, and 
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