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[H. Con. Res. 117 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 469
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 117
[Report No. 118-568]
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 2024
Mr. Arrington from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following
concurrent resolution; which was committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______________________________________________________________________
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
(a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that prior
concurrent resolutions on the budget are replaced as of fiscal year
2025 and that this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for
fiscal year 2025 and sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
(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 2025.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 201. Point of order against increasing long-term direct spending.
Sec. 202. Limitation on changes in certain mandatory programs.
Sec. 203. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 204. Estimates of debt service costs.
Sec. 205. Fair-value credit estimates.
Sec. 206. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources.
Sec. 207. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury
to the Highway Trust Fund.
Sec. 208. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 209. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 210. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 211. Adjustment for changes in the baseline.
Sec. 212. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 301. Deficit neutral reserve fund for investments in national
infrastructure.
Sec. 302. Reserve fund for pro-growth tax policies.
Sec. 303. Deficit neutral reserve fund for medical innovation.
Sec. 304. Reserve fund for trade agreements.
TITLE IV--POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 401. Policy statement on economic growth.
Sec. 402. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations.
Sec. 403. Policy statement on improper payments.
Sec. 404. Policy statement on budget gimmick reform.
Sec. 405. Policy statement on higher education and the American
workforce.
Sec. 406. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 407. Policy statement on promoting patient-centered health care
reform.
Sec. 408. Policy statement on medical innovation.
Sec. 409. Policy statement on Medicaid work requirements.
Sec. 410. Policy statement on combating the opioid epidemic.
Sec. 411. Policy statement on border security.
Sec. 412. Policy statement on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program.
Sec. 413. Policy statement on agriculture.
Sec. 414. Policy statement on bipartisan fiscal commission.
Sec. 415. Policy statement on government deregulation.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal
years 2025 through 2034:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this concurrent resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: $3,711,238,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $4,013,146,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $4,295,087,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $4,429,736,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $4,650,450,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $4,859,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $5,040,628,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032: $5,212,522,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033: $5,428,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034: $5,671,517,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: $0.
Fiscal year 2026: $0.
Fiscal year 2027: $0.
Fiscal year 2028: $0.
Fiscal year 2029: $0.
Fiscal year 2030: $0.
Fiscal year 2031: $0.
Fiscal year 2032: $0.
Fiscal year 2033: $0.
Fiscal year 2034: $0.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total
new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: $4,986,064,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $5,059,066,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $4,976,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $5,025,086,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $5,193,282,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $5,282,574,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $5,402,963,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032: $5,555,314,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033: $5,665,969,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034: $5,868,865,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: $5,112,497,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $5,092,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $5,054,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $5,050,416,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $5,171,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $5,266,020,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $5,375,556,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032: $5,493,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033: $5,644,312,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034: $5,805,139,000,000.
(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 2025: $1,401,259,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $1,079,555,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $759,213,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $620,680,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $520,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $406,229,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $334,928,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032: $281,179,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033: $215,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034: $133,622,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of debt
subject to limit are as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: $36,578,874,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $37,947,874,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $38,794,984,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $39,451,216,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $39,982,390,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $40,237,559,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $40,315,462,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032: $40,253,143,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033: $40,262,778,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034: $40,307,468,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2025: $29,475,133,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $30,762,031,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027: $31,708,264,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028: $32,494,197,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029: $33,120,708,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030: $33,570,152,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031: $33,890,747,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032: $34,124,543,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033: $34,210,285,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034: $34,148,229,000,000.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2025 through 2034 for
each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $921,721,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $884,364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $932,396,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $910,761,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $940,663,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $921,707,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $961,573,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $943,589,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $983,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $951,460,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,006,040,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $976,545,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,029,362,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $997,102,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,054,875,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,019,083,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,079,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,052,673,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,104,032,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,070,524,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $68,208,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,005,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $66,682,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,577,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $68,136,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,371,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $69,496,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,768,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $71,023,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,975,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $72,524,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,091,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $74,102,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,256,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $75,684,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,549,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $77,311,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,925,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $78,943,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,282,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $43,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,115,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $44,128,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $45,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,101,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $45,940,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,793,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $46,908,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,616,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $47,884,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,447,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $48,902,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $49,934,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,419,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $50,994,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $52,077,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,494,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $35,389,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,523,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $34,674,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,653,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $36,933,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,157,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $38,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,228,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $41,251,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,567,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $39,167,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,677,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $38,187,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,829,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $40,455,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,870,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $34,197,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,942,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $28,817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,627,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $77,574,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $75,528,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $78,928,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $83,476,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $72,892,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,681,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $74,504,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,547,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $76,163,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $77,669,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,987,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $79,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,179,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $81,511,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,837,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $83,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,572,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $85,124,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $81,614,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $26,808,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,376,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $29,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,145,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $30,603,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,660,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $31,783,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,256,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $32,839,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,136,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $31,053,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,186,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $30,061,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,158,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $30,501,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,236,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $30,740,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,468,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $31,012,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,072,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $20,380,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$8,395,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $21,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$775,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $17,703,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,833,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $16,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$40,398,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $5,587,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$4,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $14,223,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $13,939,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$7,311,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $13,062,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$12,314,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $16,371,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$12,511,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $7,180,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$23,482,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $166,053,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $138,488,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $169,058,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $147,698,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $135,073,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $148,502,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $136,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $142,404,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $137,929,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $140,597,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $133,622,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $136,092,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $134,357,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $135,658,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $142,608,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $140,975,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $143,927,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $141,238,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $146,505,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $142,503,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $58,613,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,931,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $59,691,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,342,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $60,896,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,057,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $61,914,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,273,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $63,176,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,046,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $64,449,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,344,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $65,638,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $66,874,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $68,096,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,121,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $69,477,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,091,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $107,932,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $137,483,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $124,883,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $136,134,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $124,064,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $123,578,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $126,949,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $125,533,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $128,547,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $127,556,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $130,445,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $129,535,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $132,538,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $131,488,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $135,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $133,831,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $136,986,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $135,933,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $139,741,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $138,281,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $776,720,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $774,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $759,173,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $756,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $716,149,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $708,883,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $723,160,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $713,466,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $752,616,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $734,415,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $769,569,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $751,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $778,478,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $769,501,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $799,992,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $790,580,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $833,092,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $818,550,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $866,907,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $850,546,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $943,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $943,410,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $975,943,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $977,283,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,044,829,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,045,317,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,190,996,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,191,472,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,112,283,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,112,568,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,269,580,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,269,902,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,354,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,354,396,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,446,338,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,446,523,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,662,881,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,663,926,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,690,081,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,690,281,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $672,512,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $664,263,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $641,676,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $639,660,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $630,747,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $625,530,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $642,438,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $643,243,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $636,985,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $622,787,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $649,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $640,106,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $655,236,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $645,096,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $664,455,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $653,363,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $678,472,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $674,272,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $678,902,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $667,745,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $61,928,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,928,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $72,896,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,896,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $78,768,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,768,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $82,852,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,852,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $87,480,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $87,480,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $92,440,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $92,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $97,117,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $97,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $102,107,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $102,107,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $107,855,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $107,855,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $113,513,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $113,513,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $379,832,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $373,983,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $403,405,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $410,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $426,824,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $427,082,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $449,638,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $467,209,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $469,386,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $445,293,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $490,327,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $486,112,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $510,661,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $506,335,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $531,528,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $527,745,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $553,427,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $573,551,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $575,637,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $575,445,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $82,693,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $83,635,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $84,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $86,985,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,591,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $89,174,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,628,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $91,531,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,588,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $93,928,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,972,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $96,449,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,586,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $99,289,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,885,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $101,225,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,341,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $104,043,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,063,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -$50,120,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,676,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $26,116,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,621,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, $31,913,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,889,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, $33,081,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,264,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, $33,975,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,163,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, $34,568,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,705,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, $35,318,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, $36,441,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,511,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, $37,148,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,556,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, $38,334,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,730,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $988,406,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $988,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,008,814,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,008,814,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,008,279,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,008,279,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,007,445,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,007,445,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,011,962,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,011,962,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,009,960,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,009,960,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,015,815,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,015,815,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,023,756,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,023,756,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,022,459,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,022,459,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,025,284,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,025,284,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -
$100,210,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$66,930,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, -
$102,657,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$87,299,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, -
$104,968,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$96,062,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, -
$106,901,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,845,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, -
$109,473,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$104,487,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, -
$112,072,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$107,514,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, -
$114,754,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$110,277,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, -
$117,411,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$112,952,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, -
$120,213,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$115,721,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, -
$123,105,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$118,546,000,000.
(20) Government-wide savings and adjustments (930):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -
$164,297,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$63,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, -
$237,885,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$177,191,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, -
$335,075,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$251,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, -
$504,717,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$427,996,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, -
$330,655,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$257,471,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, -
$477,197,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$413,266,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, -
$511,280,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$449,447,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, -
$550,326,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$489,112,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, -
$754,126,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$697,913,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, -
$659,566,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$605,264,000,000.
(21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -
$130,498,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$133,998,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, -
$134,436,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$140,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2027:
(A) New budget authority, -
$139,823,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$147,373,000,000.
Fiscal year 2028:
(A) New budget authority, -
$145,467,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$151,314,000,000.
Fiscal year 2029:
(A) New budget authority, -
$149,872,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$151,964,000,000.
Fiscal year 2030:
(A) New budget authority, -
$155,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$155,641,000,000.
Fiscal year 2031:
(A) New budget authority, -
$160,678,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$160,869,000,000.
Fiscal year 2032:
(A) New budget authority, -
$171,368,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$171,359,000,000.
Fiscal year 2033:
(A) New budget authority, -
$177,274,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$177,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2034:
(A) New budget authority, -
$184,073,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$183,664,000,000.
TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEC. 201. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG-TERM DIRECT SPENDING.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution reported by a
committee, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of
$2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods
described in subsection (b).
(b) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent
practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint resolution
reported by a committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations),
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would cause,
relative to current law, a net increase in direct spending in the House
of Representatives, in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4
consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal year
that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year.
(c) Limitation.--In the House of Representatives, the provisions of
this section shall not apply to any bills or joint resolutions, or
amendments thereto or conference reports thereon, for which the chair
of the Committee on the Budget has made adjustments to the allocations,
aggregates, or other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution.
(d) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this section,
the levels of net increases in direct spending shall be determined on
the basis of estimates provided by the chair of the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN CERTAIN MANDATORY PROGRAMS.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``change in mandatory
programs'' means a provision that--
(1) would have been estimated as affecting direct 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 were 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 decrease in outlays
over the total of the current year, the budget year, and all
fiscal years covered under the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget.
(b) Point of Order in the House of Representatives.--
(1) In general.--In the House of Representatives, it shall
not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution making
appropriations for a full fiscal year that includes a provision
that proposes a change in mandatory programs, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that, if enacted, would
cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all
such changes in mandatory programs enacted in relation to a
full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in
paragraph (2).
(2) Amount.--The amount specified in this paragraph is, for
fiscal year 2025, $15,000,000,000.
(c) Determination.--For purposes of this section, budgetary levels
shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the chair of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--In the House of Representatives, except as
provided for in subsection (b), it shall not be in order to consider
any general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing
appropriations, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
provides 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 following headings:
(1) General.--For fiscal year 2026, under the heading
``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget
authority.
(2) Veterans.--For fiscal year 2026, under the heading
``Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations''.
(3) Indian health accounts.--For fiscal year 2026, under
the heading ``Indian Health Accounts Identified for Advance
Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to exceed the total
budget authority provided for such accounts for fiscal year
2025 in bills or joint resolutions making appropriations for
fiscal year 2025.
(c) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means any new
discretionary budget authority provided in a general appropriation bill
or bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year
2025, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first
becomes available following fiscal year 2025.
SEC. 204. 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 of a bill or joint resolution prepared under section 402 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, an estimate of any change in debt
service costs resulting from carrying out such bill or resolution. Any
estimate of debt service costs provided under this section shall be
advisory and shall not be used for purposes of enforcement of such Act,
the rules of the House of Representatives, or this concurrent
resolution. This section shall not apply to authorizations of programs
funded by discretionary spending or to appropriation bills or joint
resolutions, but shall apply to changes in the authorization level of
appropriated entitlements.
SEC. 205. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES.
(a) Fair-value Estimates.--Upon the request of chair of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, any estimate
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for a
measure that establishes or modifies any program providing loans or
loan guarantees shall, as a supplement to such estimate and to the
extent practicable, provide a fair-value estimate of such loan or loan
guarantee program.
(b) Baseline Estimates.--The Congressional Budget Office shall
include estimates of loan and loan guarantee programs, on a fair-value
and credit reform basis, as practicable, in its The Budget and Economic
Outlook.
(c) Enforcement in the House of Representatives.--If the Director
of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to
subsection (a), the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives may use such estimate to determine compliance with
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other budget enforcement
requirements.
SEC. 206. 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 Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment
thereto is offered or conference report thereon is submitted, providing
for a decrease in direct spending (budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom) for any fiscal year and also provides for an authorization
of appropriations for the same purpose, upon the enactment of such
measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the
allocation to the applicable authorizing committee that reports such
measure and increase the allocation of discretionary spending (budget
authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee on
Appropriations for fiscal year 2025 by an amount equal to the new
budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided for in a bill
or joint resolution making appropriations for the same purpose.
(b) Determinations.--In the House of Representatives, for purposes
of enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and aggregate
levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2025 and the total of fiscal
years 2025 through 2034 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. 207. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY
TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, and the rules or orders of the House of Representatives, a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, that transfers funds from the general fund of the Treasury to
the Highway Trust Fund shall be counted as new budget authority and
outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal year the
transfer occurs.
SEC. 208. 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 Enforcement 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 to the Committee on Appropriations under section 302(a)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 amounts for the discretionary
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration and the
United States Postal Service.
(b) Special Rule.--In the House of Representatives, for purposes of
enforcing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
estimates of the levels of total new budget authority and total outlays
provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts described
in subsection (a).
SEC. 209. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--In the House of Representatives, any adjustments
of the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels made
pursuant to this concurrent resolution shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(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 Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be
considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as
the allocations and aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels for a fiscal year or period
of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by
the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives.
(d) Aggregates, Allocations and Application.--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 budgetary levels of this concurrent
resolution shall not be subject to the point of order set forth in
clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 210. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the
Budget may adjust the appropriate aggregates, allocations, and other
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any change in
budgetary concepts and definitions consistent with section 251(b)(1) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 211. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE.
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution to reflect changes
resulting from the Congressional Budget Office's update to its baseline
for fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
SEC. 212. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
The House of Representatives adopts the provisions of this title--
(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
inconsistent 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.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEC. 301. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution,
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that invests in
national infrastructure if such measure would not increase the deficit
for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR PRO-GROWTH TAX POLICIES.
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways and Means
reports a bill or joint resolution that amends the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to advance pro-growth tax reforms and simplify the tax
code, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the
allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any such bill or
joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon.
SEC. 303. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAL INNOVATION.
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution,
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, related to promoting
American medical innovation if such measure would not increase the
deficit for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways and Means
reports a bill or joint resolution that modifies tariffs on imports or
implements trade agreements, the chair of the Committee on the Budget
may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary
levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any
such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon.
TITLE IV--POLICY STATEMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEC. 401. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The rate of economic growth has a significant impact on
budget deficits. When the rate of gross domestic product (GDP)
growth is higher, projected revenue grows and deficits decline.
Conversely, lower rates of GDP growth can cause opposite
outcomes: slower revenue growth and larger deficits.
(2) Federal policies affect the economy's potential to grow
and impact economic performance, influencing budgetary
outcomes. Consequently, fiscally responsible policies that
improve the economy's long-term growth prospects can help
reduce the size of budget deficits over a given period.
(3) The free market, where individuals pursue their own
self-interests, has been responsible for greater advancements
in quality of life and generation of wealth than any other form
of economic system. Federal policies geared towards growing the
economy should thus allow market forces to operate unhindered
rather than pick ``winners'' and ``losers''.
(b) Policy on Economic Growth.--It is the policy of this concurrent
resolution to pursue policies that embrace the free market and promote
economic growth through--
(1) reducing Federal spending and deficits, which otherwise
crowd-out market investments;
(2) expanding American energy production by eliminating
excessive burdens and barriers placed on energy producers;
(3) lowering taxes that discourage work, savings, and
investment;
(4) deregulating the economy and enacting reforms to
restrict future bureaucratic red tape;
(5) eliminating barriers to work that keep Americans on the
sidelines;
(6) expanding free and fair trade; and
(7) restructuring health care to be focused on patients and
cures rather than administrative control.
SEC. 402. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Article I of the Constitution vests all legislative
power in Congress.
(2) Central to Congress's legislative powers is the
authorization of appropriations necessary to execute the laws
that establish Federal agencies and programs and impose
obligations.
(3) Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives prohibits the consideration of appropriations
measures that provide appropriations for unauthorized programs.
(4) According to the Congressional Budget Office, $510
billion in appropriations was attributed to 428 expired
authorizations for fiscal year 2023.
(5) Agencies such as the Department of State have not been
authorized for nearly two decades.
(b) Policy on Unauthorized Appropriations.--In the House, it is the
policy of this concurrent resolution that legislation should be enacted
that--
(1) establishes a schedule for reauthorizing all Federal
programs on a staggered basis together with declining spending
limits for each year a program is not reauthorized according to
such schedule; and
(2) prohibits the consideration of appropriations measures
in the House that provide appropriations in excess of spending
limits specified for such measures and ensures that such rule
should be strictly enforced.
SEC. 403. POLICY STATEMENT ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Government Accountability Office defines improper
payments as any reported payment that should not have been made
or was made in an incorrect amount.
(2) Since 2003, improper payments have totaled $2.7
trillion with a reported Federal Government-wide error rate of
5.42 percent in fiscal year 2023.
(3) Improper payments between 2021-2023 have exceeded $750
billion and totaled more than the budget of the U.S. Army in
2023.
(4) The Earned Income Tax Credit, Unemployment Insurance,
Medicaid, and Medicare, account for 72.8 percent of total
improper payments, with error rates of 33.5 percent, 32.3
percent, 8.6 percent, and 7.6 percent, respectively.
(5) At least five agencies did not report payment estimates
for Federal programs that are deemed susceptible to significant
improper payments.
(6) The American public deserves to have confidence that
Federal programs are administered in a cost-effective,
transparent, and responsible manner.
(b) Policy on Improper Payments.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution to lower improper payment rates by $1 trillion
over the next decade by working closely with authorizing committees
throughout the budget process to--
(1) require all Federal programs to annually report
improper payment rates;
(2) streamline the processes and mechanisms through which
information is shared between Federal agencies;
(3) task Federal agencies to implement technologies to
identify patterns indicative of fraudulent activities or
errors, and to enhance eligibility verification processes to
ensure that only qualified recipients are receiving benefits;
(4) incentivize States and Federal agencies to comply with
anti-fraud rules; and
(5) hold programs and agencies accountable for continued or
prolonged failure to prevent and mitigate improper payments.
SEC. 404. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET GIMMICK REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The complexity and lack of transparency in
discretionary spending has facilitated an increase in Federal
spending, exacerbating the looming debt and deficit.
(2) There is a critical need to explore and implement
mechanisms that ensure the appropriations process is
accountable, transparent, understandable, and adheres to
principles of fiscal discipline.
(b) Policy on Budget Gimmick Reform.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution that--
(1) the House should pursue reforms to the budget and
appropriations process that eliminate the use of budget
gimmicks to ensure greater transparency, accountability, and
fiscal discipline;
(2) specific mechanisms should be implemented to correct
the current fiscal path and safeguard the Nation's economic
future, such as the use of budgetary caps, stricter criteria
for emergency spending, the prohibition of ``bad CHIMPs'', and
the requirement to direct savings towards deficit reduction;
(3) the House supports efforts to engage in discussions
that refine and enact these reforms to restore fiscal
responsibility; and
(4) by pursuing reform, the House reaffirms its commitment
to fiscal responsibility and the elimination of practices that
obscure the Federal budget's true condition.
SEC. 405. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE AMERICAN
WORKFORCE.
(a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House finds the following:
(1) A well-educated, high-skilled workforce is critical to
economic, job, and wage growth.
(2) Average published tuition and fees have increased
consistently above the rate of inflation across all types of
colleges and universities.
(3) With an outstanding student loan portfolio of $1.6
trillion, the Federal Government is the largest education
lender to undergraduate and graduate students, parents, and
other guarantors.
(4) Students who do not complete their college degree are
at a greater risk of defaulting on their loans than those who
complete their degree.
(5) Because Federal income-driven repayment plans offer
loan balance forgiveness after a repayment period, increased
use of these plans portends higher projected costs to
taxpayers.
(b) Policy on Higher Education.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution to promote college affordability, access, and
success by--
(1) reserving Federal financial aid for those most in need
and streamlining grant and loan aid programs to help students
and families more easily assess their options for financing
post-secondary education;
(2) removing regulatory barriers to reduce costs, increase
access, and allow for innovative teaching models;
(3) increasing accountability for colleges and universities
and ensuring students and taxpayers receive a return on
investment; and
(4) championing policies that achieve these goals,
including H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act.
(c) Findings on the American Workforce.--The House finds the
following:
(1) 6.1 million Americans are currently unemployed.
(2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, those looking
for work are stymied by a broken workforce development system
that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers
with skilled personnel.
(3) American workers and families are facing high
inflation, supply chain disruptions, and regulatory barriers
that suppress economic growth.
(d) Policy on the American Workforce.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution to promote and advocate policies that benefit all
American workers and businesses by--
(1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal
workforce development programs;
(2) empowering States with the flexibility to tailor
funding and programs to the specific needs of their workforce
and employers; and
(3) protecting employee freedom, promoting union
accountability, supporting independent contractors, updating
the Fair Labor Standards Act, and strengthening retirement
security for workers and families.
SEC. 406. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) More than 65,000,000 Americans depend on Medicare for
their health care needs.
(2) Congress must protect Medicare for current and future
generations by strengthening the program to prevent reductions
to benefits beneficiaries depend on.
(3) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly recommended
that Congress address Medicare's long-term financial
challenges. Each year without reform, the financial condition
of Medicare becomes more precarious and the threat to those in
or near retirement more pronounced. The current challenges that
Congress will need to address include--
(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be
exhausted in 2031 and unable to pay the full scheduled
benefits;
(B) Medicare enrollment is expected to increase
significantly, as 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement
age each day;
(C) due to extended life spans, enrollees remain in
Medicare three times longer than at the outset of the
program nearly six decades ago;
(D) notwithstanding the program's trust fund
arrangement, current workers' payroll tax contributions
pay for current Medicare beneficiaries instead of being
set aside for their own future use;
(E) the number of workers supporting each
beneficiary continues to fall; in 1965, the ratio was
4.5 workers per beneficiary, and by 2030, the ratio
will be only 2.5 workers per beneficiary;
(F) the average Medicare beneficiary receives about
three dollars in Medicare benefits for every dollar
paid into the program;
(G) Medicare is growing faster than the economy,
with an average projected growth rate of 7.5 percent
per year over the next 10 years; and
(H) by 2034, Medicare spending will reach more than
$2.2 trillion, more than double the 2023 spending level
of $1 trillion.
(4) Over the next 75 years, the Medicare program faces more
than $53 trillion in unfunded liabilities, representing the
shortfall of what it will take in today's dollars to fund
promised benefits to beneficiaries. Failing to address the
fiscal challenges in the Medicare program will continue to
contribute to Federal deficits and debt, while placing
increasing pressure on the Federal budget over the long term.
(b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this concurrent
resolution to support bipartisan solutions to save Medicare for those
in or near retirement and to strengthen the program's solvency for
future beneficiaries.
SEC. 407. POLICY STATEMENT ON PROMOTING PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH CARE
REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Patient-centered health care increases access to
quality care for all Americans, regardless of age, income, or
health status.
(2) Consolidated health care markets that lack free and
fair competition have resulted in higher prices and decreased
quality of care for patients.
(3) States are best equipped to respond to the needs of
their unique communities.
(4) The current legal framework encourages frivolous
medical malpractice lawsuits that increase health care costs.
(b) Policy on Health Care Reform.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution that--
(1) Americans deserve affordable, accessible, and
personalized health care coverage that best fits their needs;
(2) Congress should enact policies that increase
competition and transparency in health care markets by
targeting the incentives that drive consolidation, including
bipartisan legislation to equalize payments between hospital
outpatient departments and independent physician offices;
(3) the American health care system should encourage
research, development, and innovation in the medical sector,
rather than stymie growth through overregulation;
(4) States should determine the parameters of acceptable
private insurance plans based on the needs of their populations
and retain control over other health care coverage standards;
(5) reforms should protect patients with pre-existing
conditions and create greater parity between benefits offered
through employers and those offered independently;
(6) States should have greater flexibility in designing
their Medicaid programs and State Children's Health Insurance
Programs; and
(7) States should have the flexibility to implement medical
liability policies to best suit their needs.
SEC. 408. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL INNOVATION.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Nation's commitment to the discovery, development,
and delivery of new treatments and cures has made the United
States the biomedical innovation capital of the world.
(2) The Nation's preeminent position in biomedical
innovation has brought life-saving drugs to patients, provided
millions of jobs in local communities across the country, and
furthered the United States' economic prosperity.
(3) American companies and scientists have been responsible
for the first of many scientific discoveries that have improved
and prolonged human health and life for countless people in
America and around the world.
(4) The United States has led the way in early discovery
because of visionary and determined innovators throughout the
private and public sectors, including industry, academic
medical centers, and Federally-funded activities.
(5) The United States has led the way in the
commercialization and delivery of cures and therapies to
patients because of the Nation's commitment to the power of
market forces.
(6) Federal policies should foster investment in health
care innovation. America should maintain its world leadership
in medical science by encouraging free market competition in
the development and delivery of cures and therapies to
patients.
(7) The Nation's leadership in medical innovation is
critical to maintaining our national security.
(b) Policy on Medical Innovation.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution that Congress should--
(1) foster investment in health care innovation and
maintain the Nation's world leadership status in medical
science by encouraging competition;
(2) continue to support the critical work of medical
innovators throughout the country through preserving free
market incentives to conduct life-saving research and
development; and
(3) unleash the power of private-sector medical innovation
by removing regulatory obstacles and rejecting centralized
government price controls for innovative cures and therapies
that impede the development and adoption of new medical
technology and pharmaceuticals and increase costs for patients.
SEC. 409. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Medicaid is a Federal-State program that provides
health care coverage for impoverished Americans.
(2) Medicaid serves four major population categories: the
elderly, the blind and disabled, children, and adults.
(3) The percentage of the United States population enrolled
in Medicaid has grown from 9.3 percent in 1975 to 24.3 percent
in 2022.
(4) The Congressional Budget Office projected the average
monthly enrollment in Medicaid for fiscal year 2023 would be 94
million people.
(5) The Congressional Budget Office projected at least 19
million able-bodied adults without dependents would be enrolled
in Medicaid in 2023.
(6) Medicaid continues to grow at an unsustainable rate;
within the decade, the program stands to cost over one trillion
dollars per year, between Federal and State spending.
(7) According to data provided to the Office of Management
and Budget, the Federal Government made over $50 billion in
improper payments through the Medicaid program in 2023.
(8) Work requirements are strongly supported by the
American people. In April 2022, 79.5 percent of Wisconsin
voters supported work requirements for welfare programs in a
statewide referendum. Likewise, nationwide polls consistently
demonstrate 70 to 75 percent support for work requirement
policies.
(9) Congress has a responsibility to preserve limited
Medicaid resources and taxpayers' dollars for America's most
vulnerable, including those who cannot provide for themselves.
(10) Work is a valuable source of human dignity, and work
requirements help lift Americans out of poverty by
incentivizing self-reliance.
(b) Policy on Medicaid Work Requirements.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution that--
(1) Congress should enact legislation, similar to the
provisions in the House-passed Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
(H.R. 2811), that encourages able-bodied adults without
dependents to work, actively seek work, participate in a job-
training program, or do community service in order to receive
Medicaid benefits;
(2) legislation implementing work requirements into the
Medicaid program could require able-bodied adults without
dependents to work, engage in community service, or participate
in a work training program for at least 80 hours per month to
remain eligible for Medicaid;
(3) States should be given flexibility to determine the
specific parameters of qualifying program participation and
work-equivalent experience;
(4) States should perform regular case checks to ensure
taxpayer dollars are appropriately spent; and
(5) the Government Accountability Office or the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General
should conduct annual audits of State Medicaid programs to
ensure proper reporting and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
SEC. 410. POLICY STATEMENT ON COMBATING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), more than 564,000 died as a result of opioid
overdoses between 1999 and 2020.
(2) Drug overdose deaths involving opioids spiked over the
course of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing from approximately
50,000 in 2019 to 68,630 in 2020 and 80,411 in 2021.
(3) In 2021, opioids were involved in over 75 percent of
all drug overdose deaths. Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl
and fentanyl analogues accounted for over 88 percent of all
opioid-related deaths in 2021.
(4) In fiscal year 2023 alone, United States Customs and
Border Protection, including Air and Marine Operations, seized
27,000 pounds of fentanyl, coming across the Southwest Border -
enough to kill over 6.1 billion people.
(5) According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, China
is the primary source of all fentanyl-related substances
trafficked into the United States.
(6) The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act was signed
into law in the 115th Congress in an overwhelmingly bipartisan
display of congressional and executive branch support to fight
against the opioid epidemic.
(7) The Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee
on Ways and Means are working to advance policies that
reauthorize and build upon laws passed in previous Congresses.
(8) Bipartisan efforts to reduce the supply of opioids in
the United States, eliminate opioid abuse, and provide relief
from addiction for all Americans should continue.
(b) Policy on Opioid Abuse.--It is the policy of this concurrent
resolution that--
(1) combating opioid abuse using available budgetary
resources remains a high priority;
(2) the House, in a bipartisan manner, should continue to
examine the Federal response to the opioid abuse epidemic and
support essential activities to reduce and prevent substance
abuse;
(3) the Federal Government should secure the United States
southern border to reduce the flow of fentanyl and other
opioids into the Nation;
(4) the House should examine the specific threat posed by
fentanyl and fentanyl analogues and support initiatives to
reduce the supply of fentanyl in the United States and mitigate
its deadly impact on American lives;
(5) the House should engage in oversight efforts to ensure
that taxpayer dollars intended to combat opioid abuse are spent
appropriately and efficiently; and
(6) the House should collaborate with State, local, and
tribal entities to develop a comprehensive strategy for
addressing the opioid addiction crisis.
SEC. 411. POLICY STATEMENT ON BORDER SECURITY.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The United States is facing the largest influx of
illegal migrants in modern history. Since President Biden took
office, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has
encountered over 8.7 million illegal migrants at U.S. Borders.
At the Southwest Border alone, there have been over 7.2 million
encounters.
(2) Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
confirmed on January 8, 2024, that the current release rate for
migrants illegally crossing the border is approximately 85
percent. This means that of the 7.2 million illegal migrants
encountered at the Southwest border, over 6.1 million of these
illegal migrants have been released into the United States. In
addition, it is estimated that at least 1.7 million illegal
migrants have effectively evaded U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
and entered the country illegally. These aliens are referred to
as known ``gotaways''.
(3) President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas's catch and
release policy is costing the American taxpayer tens of
billions of dollars a year. Unfortunately, the cost to the
taxpayer is much higher once all illegal immigrants are
included. In total, the Federation for American Immigration
Reform (FAIR) estimates the cost of all illegal immigrants to
the taxpayer to be over $150.7 billion per year.
(4) Article I, section 8, clause 1 of the Constitution
places the mandate on the Legislative Branch of the Federal
Government to ``provide for the common Defence and general
Welfare of the United States''. Both the Legislature and the
Executive have failed to provide a proper defense of the border
and failed to uphold the common welfare of the people, as is
evident by the situation in cities across the country.
(5) Article IV, section 4 of the Constitution provides that
the Federal Government ``shall guarantee to every State in this
Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each
of them against Invasion''. The Federal Government of the
United States has failed to provide its citizens with a defense
at our borders and has failed to protect the States from
invasion, as at least 7.8 million illegal migrants have now
entered the country through the Southwest border.
(b) Policy on Border Security.--It is the policy of this concurrent
resolution to implement the policies set forth in H.R. 2, the Secure
the Border Act of 2023. It is imperative that Congress dedicate
appropriate resources to DHS to deter and prevent illegal immigration,
secure the border, and effectively control the entry and exit of all
people. Enforcing our borders and the rule of law should be a top
priority for Congress.
SEC. 412. POLICY STATEMENT ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) While the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
will remain a means-tested entitlement, certain policies
steeped in Executive overreach have expanded the size and scope
of the program with continued disregard to transparency of
process, basic tenets of integrity, and accountability to the
taxpayer.
(2) President Biden's 2021 revision to the Thrifty Food
Plan was careless, ill-conceived, and poorly executed,
resulting in a cost estimate of $425.5 billion over the 10-year
period. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked by
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate to review the update, and in December 2022, GAO
issued a suite of recommendations to promote a transparent and
scientifically rigorous process for future updates.
(3) Other statutes and subsequent regulations continue to
promote dependence rather than upward mobility, namely States'
use and abuse of able-bodied adults without dependents time
limit waivers, broad-based categorical eligibility, and
lackluster implementation of program integrity standards.
(4) While it is critical families have access to food, it
is equally critical work capable households are encouraged to
make more responsible choices. Not to mention, when States and
Washington elites propose eliminating work, eligibility, and
integrity standards, they are further distancing eligible
households from the tools and supports to advance their
financial position.
(b) Policy on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.--It is
the policy of this concurrent resolution that the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives look for opportunities to
strengthen measures related to employment, integrity, and health.
Benefit recipients and the American taxpayer deserve a program that
provides for those in need while emphasizing pathways out of poverty.
SEC. 413. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGRICULTURE.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Farm Safety Net is made up of various Federal
agricultural support programs that provide farmers, ranchers,
and producers with income assistance.
(2) Ad hoc disaster spending allocated for the agriculture
sector comes from supplemental funding appropriated by Congress
and funds directly allocated from the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) at the discretion of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(3) While there have been unanticipated challenges over the
last several years from trade disruptions with China, a global
pandemic, and extreme weather events that necessitated
assistance for the agriculture sector, the level of emergency
ad hoc assistance has grown considerably, representing more
than 70 percent of Federal agriculture spending since 2018.
This level of unbudgeted assistance is an indication of the
inadequacies within the current Farm Safety Net, which fails to
provide certainty for the agriculture sector, and leaves
taxpayers footing the bill for the additional cost.
(4) Furthermore, in 2018, Congress restored the Department
of Agriculture's (USDA) authority to spend additional amounts
of funds through section 5 of the CCC Charter Act, which was
utilized by the Trump Administration to rapidly respond to
unprecedented trade barriers and the COVID-19 pandemic. While
these funds provided USDA with immense flexibility to quickly
support producers, the Biden Administration has abused this
authority to fund questionable, nonemergency initiatives in a
clear effort to circumvent the role of Congress.
(5) According to recent improper payment data from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for fiscal year 2023,
USDA's Emergency Conservation Program - Disasters and the Farm
Service Agency (FSA) Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program
Plus had projected improper payment rates of over 40 and 8.3
percent, respectively, which further highlights the
inefficiencies of ad hoc spending. CCC funded Agriculture Risk
Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs were estimated to be
over 8.5 percent, and FSA Livestock Forage Disaster Program and
FSA Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program were estimated
to be 13.6 and 10.4 percent, respectively. OMB's data shows
that enhanced program integrity measures at USDA are needed to
ensure taxpayer dollars are not wasted or abused.
(b) Policy on Agriculture.--It is the policy of this concurrent
resolution that the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives improve and strengthen the Farm Safety Net to provide
stability to the agriculture sector and certainty to farmers, ranchers,
and producers, by reducing unbudgeted and untimely ad hoc disaster
spending, ceasing the USDA's discretionary use of the section 5 CCC
Charter Act authority, and enhancing program compliance and integrity
enforcement at USDA. Any yielded savings from these examinations should
be reinvested into Farm Safety Net programs in the most fiscally
responsible manner. The security of the food and agriculture systems of
the United States is a cornerstone of national security, and this
concurrent resolution supports the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives in their endeavors to address these issues.
SEC. 414. POLICY STATEMENT ON BIPARTISAN FISCAL COMMISSION.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The United States faces a significant debt crisis, with
the national debt currently exceeding $34 trillion.
(2) This debt poses a significant risk to the country's
long-term fiscal sustainability, with implications for future
generations.
(3) The drivers of U.S. debt include entitlement spending
such as Social Security and Medicare and discretionary
government spending.
(4) To address these challenges, a comprehensive review of
the United States' current debt situation is necessary to
ensure that the country's financial future is secure.
(5) On January 18, 2024, the Committee on the Budget
ordered reported H.R. 5779, the Fiscal Commission Act of 2024,
on a bipartisan vote.
(b) Policy on Bipartisan Debt Commission.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution that the House of Representatives recommends the
creation of a bipartisan fiscal commission, consistent with H.R. 5779,
the Fiscal Commission Act of 2024, ordered reported by the Committee on
the Budget.
SEC. 415. POLICY STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT DEREGULATION.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Regulations throughout the Federal Government have been
a major issue for decades, continuously growing while
negatively impacting the nation's economic and fiscal standing.
Overregulation has consistently hurt small businesses,
strangled domestic energy production, negatively impacted labor
market conditions, and expanded government overreach and costs
to taxpayers. To combat the consolidation of power, our
Constitution requires elected representatives to authorize
spending and the collection of taxes. The executive branch has
become a sprawling bureaucracy of more than 400 agencies and
sub-agencies staffed by unelected bureaucrats who create new
regulations for the American people to follow. These
regulations impose significant costs on individuals and
businesses and increase spending for existing programs without
the authorization of Congress or the approval of the American
people.
(2) Real (inflation-adjusted) spending on regulatory
agencies has increased from $4 billion in 1960 to almost $70
billion in 2021 - 17 times the 1960 funding level. The total
number of regulators has grown from 57,109 to 288,409 over the
same period. Additionally, the total number of pages in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) has increased from 22,877
pages in 1960 to 188,321 pages in 2021. Going back further, the
CFR contained only 9,745 pages in 1950 - making the size of the
CFR in 1950 only about 5 percent of its current size. Since
1970, the total number of regulatory restrictions has grown by
over 2.5 times, from 440,000 restrictions to over 1.3 million
restrictions in 2021.
(3) Moreover, this problem has only gotten worse under
President Biden, who has spent over $1.5 trillion through
various unilateral and even unconstitutional executive actions
since taking office in January 2021. On his first day in
office, President Biden revoked executive orders on regulatory
oversight, thereby eliminating regulatory budgets for agencies
and transparency requirements for guidance documents. During
his first year, President Biden pushed through more
economically significant regulations than any other president's
first year in office. Moreover, President Biden has vetoed more
resolutions of disapproval (to overturn rules issued by
agencies) than all other presidents combined.
(4) This concurrent resolution encourages repealing all new
regulations created under President Biden, permanently
eliminating regulations that were temporarily waived during the
COVID-19 pandemic, exempting small businesses from National
Labor Relations Board regulations, addressing the burdens of
occupational licensing requirements, and repealing Corporate
Average Fuel Economy standards, among other policies.
(5) Additionally, this concurrent resolution proposes
enacting legislation into law that restores congressional
Article I powers, scales back Federal regulations, limits
future bureaucratic red tape, and unleashes economic growth,
including but not limited to the--
(A) Regulations from the Executive in Need of
Scrutiny (REINS) Act, as passed the House on June 14,
2023;
(B) Article I Regulatory Budget Act;
(C) All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act;
(D) Guidance Out of Darkness Act;
(E) Regulatory Accountability Act;
(F) Require Evaluation before Implementing
Executive Wishlists Act;
(G) Separation of Powers Restoration Act;
(H) Paperwork Burden Reduction Act;
(I) Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care
Act;
(J) Lower Energy Costs Act;
(K) Mission not Emissions Act;
(L) Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act;
(M) Endangered Species Transparency and
Reasonableness Act;
(N) Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking
Act;
(O) Determination of NEPA Adequacy Streamlining
Act; and
(P) Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act.
(b) Policy on Government Regulation.--It is the policy of this
concurrent resolution--
(1) that Congress continues to examine ways to relieve the
burdens of overregulation throughout the Federal Government;
(2) that House Republicans remain at the ready to promote
initiatives that will reduce government bureaucracy, restore
Article I congressional power, enhance federalism, and increase
economic prosperity through deregulation;
(3) to ensure that once harmful and costly regulations are
repealed, they cannot be reimposed through executive fiat, as
the Biden Administration has done on issues such as student
loan forgiveness and expansion of the Thrifty Food Plan;
(4) to develop policies with the authorizing committees
that will demonstrate the contributions to economic growth and
reducing government spending embodied in legislation like the
REINS Act; and
(5) to not only reduce burdensome, costly regulations but
to reestablish and strengthen the role of Congress in checking
executive branch overreach in the future.
Union Calendar No. 469
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 117
[Report No. 118-568]
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
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June 27, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed