IV 
Union Calendar No. 30 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 27 
[Report No. 114–47] 
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2017 through 2025. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2015 
Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the 
following concurrent resolution; which was committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Establishing the budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budg-
etary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 
declares that this concurrent resolution establishes the 
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budget for fiscal year 2016 and sets forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this concurrent resolution is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 
Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 202. Reconciliation procedures. 
Sec. 203. Additional guidance for reconciliation. 
TITLE III—SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, 
FRAUD, AND ABUSE 
Sec. 301. Submissions of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, and 
abuse. 
TITLE IV—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 401. Cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate macroeconomic ef-
fects. 
Sec. 402. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency. 
Sec. 403. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses. 
Sec. 404. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 405. Limitation on advance appropriations. 
Sec. 406. Fair value credit estimates. 
Sec. 407. Limitation on long-term spending. 
Sec. 408. Allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 409. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources. 
Sec. 410. Concepts, aggregates, allocations and application. 
Sec. 411. Rulemaking powers. 
TITLE V—RESERVE FUNDS 
Sec. 501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President’s health care law. 
Sec. 502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care reform. 
Sec. 503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the 
President’s health care law. 
Sec. 504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program. 
Sec. 505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education. 
Sec. 506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements. 
Sec. 507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code. 
Sec. 508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures. 
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Sec. 509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase oppor-
tunity and upward mobility. 
Sec. 510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation. 
Sec. 511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform. 
Sec. 512. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for defense sequester replacement. 
Sec. 513. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for overseas contingency operations/glob-
al war on terrorism. 
TITLE VI—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING 
Sec. 601. Direct spending. 
TITLE VII—RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM LEVELS 
Sec. 701. Long-term budgeting. 
TITLE VIII—POLICY STATEMENTS 
Sec. 801. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment. 
Sec. 802. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform. 
Sec. 803. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation. 
Sec. 804. Policy statement on tax reform. 
Sec. 805. Policy statement on trade. 
Sec. 806. Policy statement on Social Security. 
Sec. 807. Policy statement on repealing the President’s health care law and 
promoting real health care reform. 
Sec. 808. Policy statement on Medicare. 
Sec. 809. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery and in-
novation. 
Sec. 810. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform. 
Sec. 811. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development op-
portunity. 
Sec. 812. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 813. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies. 
Sec. 814. Policy statement on scorekeeping for outyear budgetary effects in ap-
propriation Acts. 
Sec. 815. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and unauthor-
ized spending. 
Sec. 816. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of un-
obligated balances. 
Sec. 817. Policy statement on agency fees and spending. 
Sec. 818. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 
Sec. 819. Policy statement on ‘‘No Budget, No Pay’’. 
Sec. 820. Policy statement on national security funding. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2016 through 2025: 
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(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: $2,666,755,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,763,328,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,858,131,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $2,974,147,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,099,410,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,241,963,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,388,688,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,550,388,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,722,144,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,905,648,000,000. 
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 
levels of Federal revenues should be changed 
are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: $0. 
Fiscal year 2017: $0. 
Fiscal year 2018: $0. 
Fiscal year 2019: $0. 
Fiscal year 2020: $0. 
Fiscal year 2021: $0. 
Fiscal year 2022: $0. 
Fiscal year 2023: $0. 
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Fiscal year 2024: $0. 
Fiscal year 2025: $0. 
(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 
of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
budgetary levels of total new budget authority are as 
follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: $2,934,975,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,873,969,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,944,013,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,091,040,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,248,109,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,327,968,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $3,462,962,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,529,073,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,586,467,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,715,272,000,000. 
(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the budg-
etary levels of total budget outlays are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: $3,009,033,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $2,893,883,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,927,040,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $3,062,131,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,489,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $3,298,907,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: $3,452,463,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $3,497,911,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $3,538,398,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $3,685,320,000,000. 
(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 
the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the 
amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: -$342,278,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: -$130,555,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: -$68,909,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: -$87,984,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: -$106,079,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: -$56,944,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: -$63,775,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $52,477,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $183,746,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $220,418,000,000. 
(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The budgetary 
levels of the public debt are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: $19,047,763,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $19,393,542,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $19,641,396,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $19,947,774,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $20,261,172,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $20,505,542,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: $20,906,471,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $21,075,678,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $20,916,009,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $20,904,522,000,000. 
(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The budg-
etary levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2016: $13,838,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: $14,040,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: $14,145,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $14,338,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: $14,560,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: $14,742,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: $15,128,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: $15,300,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: $15,162,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: $15,235,000,000,000. 
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 
The Congress determines and declares that the budg-
etary levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025 for each major functional cat-
egory are: 
(1) National Defense (050): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$531,334,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $564,027,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$582,506,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $572,025,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$607,744,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $586,422,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$620,019,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $604,238,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$632,310,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $617,553,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$644,627,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $630,610,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$657,634,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $648,269,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$670,997,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $656,389,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$683,771,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $663,936,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$698,836,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $683,350,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$38,342,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $42,923,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,623,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,821,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,539,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,736,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$41,437,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,214,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,390,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,564,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,861,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,108,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$44,081,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,868,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,070,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $41,633,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,098,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $42,470,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$47,148,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,349,000,000. 
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 
(250): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$28,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,003,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$28,932,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $28,924,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,579,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,357,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$30,227,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,798,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$30,904,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,388,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,584,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,957,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,293,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,003,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,338,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,742,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,059,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,488,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,795,000,000. 
(4) Energy (270): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
-$3,581,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $654,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,410,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $649,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,189,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $234,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,196,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $307,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,259,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $472,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,309,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $728,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,335,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $863,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,375,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$1,332,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,037,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$964,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$1,215,000,000. 
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$35,350,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,113,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,047,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,268,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,385,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $37,674,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$37,206,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $37,747,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,171,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,304,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,367,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,685,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,221,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,361,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,108,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,319,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,962,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $40,486,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,095,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,471,000,000. 
(6) Agriculture (350): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$20,109,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $21,164,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,064,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,194,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,987,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $21,396,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,907,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,275,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,835,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,386,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,296,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,849,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,245,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,830,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,821,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,391,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,020,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,553,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,256,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,851,000,000. 
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
-$3,269,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$16,617,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$12,373,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$26,620,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$10,252,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$24,998,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$8,801,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$28,587,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$6,903,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$27,479,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$6,522,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$21,769,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$5,742,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$22,819,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$4,965,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$23,306,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$3,991,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$23,635,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$3,370,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$23,845,000,000. 
(8) Transportation (400): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$36,743,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $79,181,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$69,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $69,500,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$70,298,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $73,623,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$76,397,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $76,051,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$77,763,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $76,767,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$79,149,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $78,369,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$80,613,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $79,946,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$82,128,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $81,336,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$83,709,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $82,724,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$85,335,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $83,983,000,000. 
(9) Community and Regional Development 
(450): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$7,082,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,928,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$7,688,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $16,753,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,089,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $15,383,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $13,789,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,409,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $12,567,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,305,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $12,095,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,304,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $10,937,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,359,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $9,345,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,447,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $8,890,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,579,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $8,930,000,000. 
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and 
Social Services (500): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$80,620,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $90,389,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$84,746,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,513,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$87,029,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $87,366,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$85,514,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $85,290,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$87,901,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $87,669,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$88,908,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,276,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$90,148,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,467,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$91,237,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $91,646,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$92,744,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $93,101,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$94,400,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $94,734,000,000. 
(11) Health (550): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$416,475,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $426,860,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$360,678,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $364,823,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$358,594,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $360,468,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$367,103,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $367,916,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$387,076,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $377,341,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$388,981,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $389,025,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$398,136,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $398,233,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$408,454,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $408,529,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$425,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $425,477,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$433,945,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $434,143,000,000. 
(12) Medicare (570): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$577,726,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $577,635,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$580,837,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $580,777,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$580,782,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $580,741,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$639,293,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $639,213,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$680,575,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $680,481,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$726,644,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $726,548,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$808,204,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $808,100,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$825,577,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $825,379,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$834,148,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $834,037,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$927,410,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $927,292,000,000. 
(13) Income Security (600): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$512,364,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $513,709,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$479,836,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $475,234,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$481,994,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $471,951,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$483,293,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $477,470,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$516,193,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $510,603,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$502,001,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $496,856,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$518,690,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $518,542,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$525,230,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $519,391,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$532,515,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $521,105,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$550,057,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $543,361,000,000. 
(14) Social Security (650): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$33,878,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,919,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,535,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $36,535,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,407,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $39,407,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,634,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,104,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$49,712,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$53,547,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$57,455,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$61,546,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$65,751,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000. 
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$166,677,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $170,121,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$164,843,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $164,387,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$163,009,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $162,385,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$174,862,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $174,048,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$179,735,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $178,778,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$183,969,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $183,019,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$196,283,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $195,255,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$192,866,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $191,834,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$189,668,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $188,553,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$203,517,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $202,383,000,000. 
(16) Administration of Justice (750): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$52,156,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $56,006,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$55,450,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $57,547,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$55,169,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $56,659,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$56,854,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $56,572,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$58,585,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $58,392,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$60,498,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $59,992,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$63,032,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $62,485,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$64,917,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $64,355,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$66,844,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $66,264,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$68,632,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $68,051,000,000. 
(17) General Government (800): 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority 
$23,593,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,576,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$22,761,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,202,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$22,817,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,279,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,252,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,084,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,947,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,602,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$24,192,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $24,309,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$24,981,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,114,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$25,695,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,840,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,010,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,878,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
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budgetary effects of changes in economic output, employ-
ment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables re-
sulting from such legislation. 
(b) JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION ESTIMATES.— 
For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolu-
tion, any estimate provided by the Joint Committee on 
Taxation to the Director of the Congressional Budget Of-
fice under section 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such legislation. 
(c) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in this sec-
tion shall, to the extent practicable, include— 
(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 
effects (including macroeconomic variables described 
in subsections (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 
20-fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal 
year of this concurrent resolution sets forth budg-
etary levels required by section 301 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974; and 
(2) an identification of the critical assumptions 
and the source of data underlying that estimate. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
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(3) DEFICITS.—The budgetary levels of deficits 
are not to exceed: 
Fiscal year 2030: -0.3 percent. 
Fiscal year 2035: -1.2 percent. 
Fiscal year 2040: -2.1 percent. 
(4) DEBT.—The budgetary levels of debt held 
by the public are not to exceed: 
Fiscal year 2030: 44.0 percent. 
Fiscal year 2035: 32.0 percent. 
Fiscal year 2040: 18.0 percent. 
TITLE VIII—POLICY 
STATEMENTS 
SEC. 801. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET 
AMENDMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The Federal Government collects approxi-
mately $3 trillion annually in taxes, but spends more 
than $3.5 trillion to maintain the operations of gov-
ernment. The Federal Government must borrow 14 
cents of every Federal dollar spent. 
(2) At the end of the year 2014, the national 
debt of the United States was more than $18.1 tril-
lion. 
(3) A majority of States have petitioned the 
Federal Government to hold a Constitutional Con-
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Committee on Appropriations for the budget year 
covered by a concurrent resolution on the budget. 
(2) The allocation of budgetary resources pro-
vided by the Committee on the Budget to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations covers a period of one fis-
cal year only, which is effective for the budget year. 
(3) An appropriation Act, joint resolution, 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon 
may contain changes to programs that result in di-
rect budgetary effects that occur beyond the budget 
year and beyond the period for which the allocation 
of budgetary resources provided by the Committee 
on the Budget is effective. 
(4) The allocation of budgetary resources pro-
vided to the Committee on Appropriations does not 
currently anticipate or capture direct outyear budg-
etary effects to programs. 
(5) Budget enforcement could be improved by 
capturing the direct outyear budgetary effects 
caused by appropriation Acts and using this infor-
mation to determine the appropriate allocations of 
budgetary resources to the Committee on Appropria-
tions when considering future concurrent resolutions 
on the budget. 
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