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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
-$123,243,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, -$123,243,000,000. 
(22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism (970): 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$73,693,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,485,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,666,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $27,762,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,666,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,573,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,666,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,592,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2021: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$26,666,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $25,598,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2022: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $8,884,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2023: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $3,240,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2024: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $776,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2025: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $0. 
Fiscal year 2026: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $0. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
SEC. 201. FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGETARY AGENDA. 
It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that dur-
ing the second session of the 114th Congress, the appro-
priate committees of jurisdiction and the House of Rep-
resentatives will consider the following: 
(1) 
RECONCILIATION
SAVINGS.—Legislation 
considered pursuant to section 202 to achieve sig-
nificant mandatory savings as a down payment on 
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the deficit reduction necessary to achieve a balanced 
budget by fiscal year 2026. 
(2) MANDATORY
SAVINGS
OUTSIDE
OF
REC-
ONCILIATION.—Legislation pursuant to section 203, 
that achieves mandatory savings of not less than 
$30 billion outside of the reconciliation process. 
(3) CONTROLS
ON
NEW
MANDATORY
SPEND-
ING.—A measure to control new mandatory spend-
ing, as described in section 204. 
(4) REFORM OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROC-
ESS.—Each measure to reform the Federal budget 
process listed under paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
section 205. 
SEC. 202. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES. 
(a) SUBMISSION PROVIDING FOR DEFICIT REDUC-
TION.—In order to carry out section 201(1), not later than 
90 days after the adoption of this resolution, the commit-
tees named in subsection (b) shall submit their rec-
ommendations on changes in laws within their jurisdic-
tions to the Committee on the Budget that would achieve 
the specified reduction in the deficit for the period of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2026. 
(b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 
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(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com-
mittee on Agriculture shall submit changes in laws 
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 
by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2017 through 2026. 
(2) COMMITTEE
ON
ARMED
SERVICES.—The 
Committee on Armed Services shall submit changes 
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2017 through 2026. 
(3) COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
AND
THE 
WORKFORCE.—The Committee on Education and 
the Workforce shall submit changes in laws within 
its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017 
through 2026. 
(4) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub-
mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 
to reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
(5) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 
Committee on Financial Services shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
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reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
(6) COMMITTEE
ON
HOMELAND
SECURITY.— 
The Committee on Homeland Security shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $15,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
(7) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
JUDICIARY.—The 
Committee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in 
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2026. 
(8) COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES.— 
The Committee on Natural Resources shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
(9) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN-
MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 
by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2017 through 2026. 
(10) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE.—The Committee on Transportation 
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and Infrastructure shall submit changes in laws 
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 
by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017 
through 2026. 
(11) COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.— 
The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
(12) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 
Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. 
(c) REVISION OF BUDGETARY LEVELS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representa-
tives, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
file appropriately revised allocations, aggregates, and 
functional levels upon the consideration of a rec-
onciliation measure under section 310 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 or amendment there-
to, or the submission of a conference report to the 
House of Representatives pursuant to this section, if 
it is in compliance with the reconciliation directives 
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by virtue of section 310(c) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
(2) REVISION.—Allocations and aggregates re-
vised pursuant to this subsection shall be considered 
to be the allocations and aggregates established by 
this concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
SEC. 203. POLICY STATEMENT ON MANDATORY SAVINGS 
OUTSIDE OF THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS. 
(a) POLICY STATEMENT.—In order to carry out sec-
tion 201(2), it is the policy of this concurrent resolution 
that early in the second session of the 114th Congress the 
House will consider legislation that achieves mandatory 
savings of not less than $30,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2017 and 2018 and not less than 
$140,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017 
through 2026 outside of the reconciliation process. 
(b) SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED BY AUTHORIZING 
COMMITTEES.—The following committees will consider 
legislation to achieve the savings set forth in subsection 
(a): 
(1) The Committee on Agriculture. 
(2) The Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
(3) The Committee on Financial Services. 
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(4) The Committee on the Judiciary. 
(5) The Committee on Ways and Means. 
(c) MAJOR REFORMS.—The major reforms to imple-
ment this section may include, but are not limited to, the 
following policies: 
(1) Recovering improper Obamacare subsidy 
payments. 
(2) Eliminating enhanced Medicaid payments 
for prisoners. 
(3) Ending Medicaid payments for lottery win-
ners. 
(d) PROCEDURES.—Consideration in the House of 
Representatives of a measure described in subsection (a) 
will be pursuant to such procedures as the House may pre-
scribe, including— 
(1) as a stand-alone measure; and 
(2) in conjunction with another measure or 
measures with a fiscal impact. 
(e) SCORING.—In the House of Representatives, for 
purposes of budget enforcement of legislation introduced 
under this section, any changes in direct spending and 
outlays resulting from the measure shall be counted 
against the appropriate authorizing committee’s allocation 
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
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SEC. 204. POLICY STATEMENT ON NEW MANDATORY 
SPENDING CONTROLS. 
In order to carry out section 201(3), it is the policy 
of this concurrent resolution that during the 114th Con-
gress the appropriate committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives will consider a measure to control new manda-
tory spending. The measure may include the following: 
(1) Limitations on the authorization of new 
mandatory spending programs, except for programs 
authorized to replace or restructure existing pro-
grams as part of welfare reform and health care re-
form and other structural reforms of existing pro-
grams. 
(2) A requirement that mandatory spending 
programs are periodically reviewed or reauthorized. 
(3) Focusing statutory pay-as-you-go proce-
dures on legislation increasing mandatory spending. 
(4) Permitting reconciliation bills to include 
provisions to control mandatory spending. 
(5) Strict limitations on the ability to reclassify 
historically discretionary spending programs into 
mandatory spending programs as a means of cir-
cumventing discretionary spending limits. 
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SEC. 205. POLICY STATEMENT ON OTHER BUDGET PROC-
ESS REFORMS. 
In order to carry out section 201(4), it is the policy 
of this concurrent resolution that during the 114th Con-
gress, the appropriate committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives will consider the following Federal budget 
process reforms: 
(1) An amendment to the Constitution pro-
viding for a balanced budget. 
(2) A baseline budgeting measure. 
(3) Requirements relating to unauthorized pro-
grams. 
(4) Such other proposals and reforms address-
ing budget process reform as may be recommended 
by the appropriate committees of jurisdiction. 
TITLE III—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement in 
the House of Representatives 
SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG- 
TERM DIRECT SPENDING. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF 
PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate 
of whether a measure would cause a net increase in direct 
spending in the House of Representatives, in excess of 
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(d) DESIGNATIONS.—New budget authority or out-
lays shall only be counted toward the allocation referred 
to in subsection (a) if designated pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(e) ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a) 
for fiscal year 2017, no adjustment shall be made under 
section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
if any adjustment would be made under section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(f) ADJUSTMENTS
TO FUND OVERSEAS CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—In 
the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
other appropriate budgetary levels related to Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or the 
allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations 
set forth in the report or joint explanatory statement of 
managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 
resolution to account for new information. 
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SEC. 303. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDA-
TORY PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘change 
in mandatory programs’’ means a provision that— 
(1) would have been estimated as affecting di-
rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 
2002) if the provision was included in legislation 
other than appropriation Acts; and 
(2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 
in the budget year, but does not result in a net de-
crease in outlays over the period of the total of the 
current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years 
covered under the most recently agreed to concur-
rent resolution on the budget. 
(b) POINT
OF ORDER
IN
THE HOUSE
OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A provision in a bill or joint 
resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal 
year that proposes a change in mandatory programs 
that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of 
the total budget authority of all such change in man-
datory programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal 
year to be more than the amount specified in para-
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graph (3), shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) AMENDMENTS
AND
CONFERENCE
RE-
PORTS.—It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives to consider an amendment to, or a 
conference report on, a bill or joint resolution mak-
ing appropriations for a full fiscal year if such 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon 
proposes a change in mandatory programs that, if 
enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total 
budget authority of all such change in mandatory 
programs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to 
be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3). 
(3) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 
paragraph is— 
(A) for fiscal year 2017, $19,100,000,000; 
(B) for fiscal year 2018, $17,000,000,000; 
and 
(C) for fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000,000. 
(c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 
budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti-
mates provided by the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget. 
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SEC. 304. GAO REPORT. 
(a) GAO SUBMISSION.—At a date specified by the 
chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives, the Comptroller General, in consultation 
with the chair, the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office, and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall submit to the chair a comprehensive list of 
all current direct spending programs of the Government. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—The chair of the Committee on 
the Budget shall cause to be printed in the Congressional 
Record the list submitted under subsection (a). The chair 
shall publish such list on the Committee’s public Web site. 
Such publication shall be searchable, sortable, and 
downloadable. 
SEC. 305. ESTIMATES OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may direct the Congressional 
Budget Office to include in any estimate prepared under 
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to any bill or joint resolution, or an estimate of 
an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, an 
estimate of any change in debt service costs (if any) result-
ing from carrying out such bill or resolution. Any estimate 
of debt servicing costs provided under this section shall 
be advisory and shall not be used for purposes of enforce-
ment of such Act, the Rules of the House of Representa-
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tives, or this concurrent resolution. This section shall not 
apply to authorizations of discretionary programs or to ap-
propriation measures, but shall apply to changes in the 
authorization level of appropriated entitlements. 
SEC. 306. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES. 
(a) ALL CREDIT PROGRAMS.—Whenever the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate 
of any measure that establishes or modifies any program 
providing loans or loan guarantees, the Director shall, to 
the extent practicable, provide a supplemental fair-value 
estimate of any loan or loan guarantee program if re-
quested by the chair of the Committee on the Budget. 
(b) STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING 
PROGRAMS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall provide a supplemental fair-value estimate as 
part of any estimate for any measure establishing or modi-
fying a program providing loans or loan guarantees for 
student financial assistance or housing (including residen-
tial mortgage). 
(c) 
BASELINE
ESTIMATES.—The 
Congressional 
Budget Office shall include estimates, on a fair-value and 
credit reform basis, of loan and loan guarantee programs 
for student financial assistance, housing (including resi-
dential mortgage), and such other major loan and loan 
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guarantee programs, as practicable, in its Budget and Eco-
nomic Outlook: 2018 to 2027. 
SEC. 307. ESTIMATES OF MAJOR DIRECT SPENDING LEGIS-
LATION. 
The Congressional Budget Office shall prepare, to the 
extent practicable, an estimate of the outlay changes dur-
ing the second and third decade of enactment for any di-
rect spending legislative provision— 
(1) that proposes a change or changes to law 
that the Congressional Budget Office determines has 
an outlay impact in excess of 0.25 percent of the 
gross domestic product of the United States during 
the first decade or in the tenth year; or 
(2) for which the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives requests 
such an estimate. 
SEC. 308. ESTIMATES OF MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF 
MAJOR LEGISLATION. 
(a) CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES.—During the 114th 
and 115th Congresses, any estimate provided by the Con-
gressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 or by the Joint Committee 
on Taxation to the Congressional Budget Office under sec-
tion 201(f) of such Act for major legislation considered 
in the House of Representatives shall, to the extent prac-
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ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such major legis-
lation. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Any estimate referred to in sub-
section (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include— 
(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 
effects (including macroeconomic variables described 
in subsection (a)) of major legislation in the 20-fis-
cal year period beginning after the last fiscal year of 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
the budget that sets forth budgetary levels required 
under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974; and 
(2) an identification of the critical assumptions 
and the source of data underlying that estimate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAJOR
LEGISLATION.—The term ‘‘major 
legislation’’ means a bill or joint resolution, or 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon— 
(A) for which an estimate is required to be 
prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 and that causes 
a gross budgetary effect (before incorporating 
macroeconomic effects and not including timing 
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shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of years of 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget equal to or greater than 
0.25 percent of the current projected gross do-
mestic product of the United States for that fis-
cal year; or 
(B) designated as such by— 
(i) the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives 
for all direct spending and revenue legisla-
tion; or 
(ii) the Member who is Chairman or 
Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation for revenue legislation. 
(2) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The term ‘‘budg-
etary effects’’ means changes in revenues, direct 
spending outlays, and deficits. 
(3) TIMING SHIFTS.—The term ‘‘timing shifts’’ 
means— 
(A) provisions that cause a delay of the 
date on which outlays flowing from direct 
spending would otherwise occur from one fiscal 
year to the next fiscal year; or 
(B) provisions that cause an acceleration 
of the date on which revenues would otherwise 
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occur from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 309. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF 
BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT 
SPENDING LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, if 
a committee (other than the Committee on Appropria-
tions) reports a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment 
thereto is offered or any conference report thereon is sub-
mitted, providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget 
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal 
year and also provides for an authorization of appropria-
tions for the same purpose, upon the enactment of such 
measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
decrease the allocation to such committee and increase the 
allocation of discretionary spending (budget authority and 
outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appro-
priations for fiscal year 2017 by an amount equal to the 
new budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) pro-
vided for in a bill or joint resolution making appropria-
tions for the same purpose. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS.—In the House of Representa-
tives, for purposes of enforcing this concurrent resolution, 
the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget author-
ity, outlays, direct spending, revenues, deficits, and sur-
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pluses for fiscal year 2017 and the period of fiscal years 
2017 through 2026 shall be determined on the basis of 
estimates made by the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget and such chair may adjust the applicable levels 
in this concurrent resolution. 
SEC. 310. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 
except as provided for in subsection (b), any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, making a general appropriation or continuing ap-
propriation may not provide advance appropriations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 
provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts 
identified in the report or the joint explanatory statement 
of managers, as applicable, accompanying this concurrent 
resolution under the heading— 
(1) GENERAL.—‘‘Accounts Identified for Ad-
vance Appropriations’’. 
(2) VETERANS.—‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified 
for Advance Appropriations’’. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The aggregate level of advance 
appropriations shall not exceed— 
(1) GENERAL.—$28,852,000,000 in new budget 
authority for all programs identified pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1). 
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power ceded to the executive branch by reform-
ing the rulemaking process, checking agency 
authority, exercising the power of the purse, 
and enhancing congressional oversight. 
(4) This concurrent resolution promotes and 
advances an agenda to address the Nation’s chal-
lenges. 
(b) POLICY ON DEVELOPING A BOLD AGENDA.—It 
is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the appro-
priate committees of jurisdiction in the House should con-
sider in the 115th Congress recommendations developed 
by the Speaker’s task forces on health care reform; reduc-
ing regulatory burdens; poverty, opportunity, and upward 
mobility; national security; tax reform; and restoring con-
stitutional authority. 
SEC. 602. POLICY STATEMENT ON A BALANCED BUDGET 
AMENDMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The Government will collect approximately 
$3.4 trillion in taxes, but spend more than $3.9 tril-
lion to maintain its operations, borrowing 14 cents 
of every Federal dollar spent. 
(2) At the end of 2015, the national debt of the 
United States was more than $18.9 trillion. 
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