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114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 114-96
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016
_______
April 29, 2015.--Ordered to be printed
_______
Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, from the committee of conference, submitted
the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany S. Con. Res. 11]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the House to the concurrent
resolution (S. Con. Res. 11), setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2017 through 2025, having met, after full and free
conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their
respective Houses as follows:
That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment
as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House
amendment, insert the following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.
(a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this concurrent
resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2016 and that this concurrent resolution sets forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through
2025.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this
concurrent resolution is as follows:
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses
Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 1102. Major functional categories.
Subtitle B--Levels and Amounts in the Senate
Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.
Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the
Senate.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate.
Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement in Both Houses
Sec. 3101. Point of order against increasing long-term deficits or
direct spending.
Sec. 3102. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism.
Sec. 3103. Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs.
Sec. 3104. Point of order against provisions that constitute changes in
mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund.
Sec. 3105. Fair-value credit estimates.
Sec. 3106. Scoring rule for currency modernization.
Sec. 3107. Long-term scoring of changes in spending limits and extension
of highway programs.
Sec. 3108. Requiring clearer reporting of projected Federal spending and
deficits.
Sec. 3109. Congressional Budget Office estimates of measures with
significant outlay effects.
Sec. 3110. Prohibiting the use of guarantee fees as an offset.
Sec. 3111. Information for Congress and the public about projected
Federal outlays, revenues, and deficits.
Sec. 3112. Honest accounting: cost estimates for major legislation to
incorporate macroeconomic effects.
Subtitle B--Budget Enforcement in the Senate
Sec. 3201. Extension of enforcement of budgetary points of order in the
Senate.
Sec. 3202. Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate.
Sec. 3203. Supermajority enforcement of unfunded mandates in the Senate.
Sec. 3204. Repeal of Senate point of order against certain
reconciliation legislation.
Sec. 3205. Prohibition on agreeing to legislation without a score in the
Senate.
Sec. 3206. Protecting the savings in reported reconciliation bills in
the Senate.
Sec. 3207. Scoring rule for certain energy contracts in the Senate.
Sec. 3208. Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding in the Senate.
Subtitle C--Budget Enforcement in the House of Representatives
Sec. 3301. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency in
the House of Representatives.
Sec. 3302. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury
to the Highway Trust Fund in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 3303. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources in
the House of Representatives.
Sec. 3304. Limitation on advance appropriations in the House of
Representatives.
Sec. 3305. Certain energy contracts in the House of Representatives.
Subtitle D--Other Provisions
Sec. 3401. Submission of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud,
and abuse.
Sec. 3402. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 3403. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 3404. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 3405. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS
Subtitle A--Reserve Funds in Both Houses
Sec. 4101. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase
opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans.
Subtitle B--Reserve Funds in the Senate
Sec. 4301. Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase the pace of
economic growth and private sector job creation in the United
States.
Sec. 4302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen America's
priorities.
Sec. 4303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and
affordable health care choices for all.
Sec. 4304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving access to the
State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sec. 4305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other health reforms.
Sec. 4306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child welfare.
Sec. 4307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers.
Sec. 4308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform and
administration.
Sec. 4309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in the infrastructure
in America.
Sec. 4310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air transportation.
Sec. 4311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote jobs in the United
States through international trade.
Sec. 4312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase employment
opportunities for disabled workers.
Sec. 4313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Higher Education Act reform.
Sec. 4314. Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy legislation.
Sec. 4315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform environmental
statutes.
Sec. 4316. Spending-neutral reserve fund for water resources
legislation.
Sec. 4317. Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral security and mineral
rights.
Sec. 4318. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the abandoned mine
lands program.
Sec. 4319. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve forest health.
Sec. 4320. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reauthorize funding for
payments in lieu of taxes to counties and other units of local
government.
Sec. 4321. Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial regulatory system
reform.
Sec. 4322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal program
administration.
Sec. 4323. Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement agreements with
freely associated states.
Sec. 4324. Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect payments to rural
hospitals and create sustainable access for rural communities.
Sec. 4325. Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage State medicaid
demonstration programs to promote independent living and
integrated work for the disabled.
Sec. 4326. Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow pharmacists to be paid
for the provision of services under Medicare.
Sec. 4327. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve our Nation's
community health centers.
Sec. 4328. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the funding of
independent agencies, which may include subjecting the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the regular
appropriations process.
Sec. 4329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform, improve, and enhance
529 college savings plans.
Sec. 4330. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to securing overseas
diplomatic facilities of the United States.
Sec. 4331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding,
enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics.
Sec. 4332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting
manufacturing in the United States.
Sec. 4333. Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit aliens without
legal status in the United States from qualifying for a
refundable tax credit.
Sec. 4334. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report elimination or
modification.
Sec. 4335. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address heroin,
methamphetamine, and prescription opioid abuse.
Sec. 4336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen our Department of
Defense civilian workforce.
Sec. 4337. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department of Defense
reform.
Sec. 4338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal workforce
development, job training, and reemployment programs.
Sec. 4339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide energy assistance and
invest in energy efficiency and conservation.
Sec. 4340. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end Operation Choke Point and
protect the Second Amendment.
Sec. 4341. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the use of Federal
funds for the bailout of improvident State and local
governments.
Sec. 4342. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and
lower the costs of caring for medically complex children in
Medicaid.
Sec. 4343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access,
choice, and accountability in veterans care through the
Veterans Choice Card program.
Sec. 4344. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay.
Sec. 4345. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to legislation
submitted to Congress by the President of the United States to
protect and strengthen Social Security.
Sec. 4346. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a simplified income-
driven student loan repayment option.
Sec. 4347. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to keeping the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act focused on the protection of water
quality.
Sec. 4348. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Israel.
Sec. 4349. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to family and medical
leave.
Sec. 4350. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health
care to veterans who have geographic inaccessibility to care.
Sec. 4351. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing access to
higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal
Pell Grant program.
Sec. 4352. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency in
health premium billing.
Sec. 4353. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to carbon emissions.
Sec. 4354. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the
Federal Government to allow states to opt out of Common Core
without penalty.
Sec. 4355. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the disposal of
certain Federal land.
Sec. 4356. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting funding
of international organizations during the implementation of
the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate
ratification and adoption of implementing legislation.
Sec. 4357. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reimposing waived
sanctions and imposing new sanctions against Iran for
violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive
nuclear agreement.
Sec. 4358. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting United
States citizens held hostage in the United States embassy in
Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981.
Sec. 4359. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reasonable
accommodations for pregnant workers.
Sec. 4360. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the
Federal estate tax.
Sec. 4361. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to regulation by the
Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions.
Sec. 4362. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting privately
held water rights and permits.
Sec. 4363. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting
awarding of construction contracts based on awardees entering
or not entering into agreements with labor organizations.
Sec. 4364. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent American jobs from
being moved overseas by reducing the corporate income tax
rate.
Sec. 4365. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American
workers.
Sec. 4366. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to deterring the
migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador,
Guatemala, and Honduras.
Sec. 4367. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring proper
economic consideration in designation of critical habitat.
Sec. 4368. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ``too big to fail''
bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in
total assets).
Sec. 4369. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington's
illegal exemption from the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act.
Sec. 4370. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding
for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Sec. 4371. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the return
of children who have been legally adopted by United States
citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sec. 4372. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to development of a new
nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of Defense
and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 4373. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide equity in the tax
treatment of public safety officer death benefits.
Sec. 4374. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating the
backlog of sexual assault evidence kits.
Sec. 4375. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mixed oxide fuel
fabrication.
Sec. 4376. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming Offices of
Inspectors General and preventing extended vacancies.
Sec. 4377. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving retirement
security.
Sec. 4378. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the competitiveness
of the United States.
Sec. 4379. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the
conservation of northern long-eared bat populations and local
economic development are compatible.
Sec. 4380. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity.
Sec. 4381. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the Drug Enforcement
Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter
into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement
agencies.
Sec. 4382. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging cost
savings in office space used by Federal agencies.
Sec. 4383. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing technical
assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs
through small business development centers.
Sec. 4384. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that
medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet
the needs of women veterans.
Sec. 4385. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting efficient
resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy.
Sec. 4386. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing access to
marijuana edibles by children in States that have
decriminalized marijuana.
Sec. 4387. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing mortgage
lending to rural areas.
Sec. 4388. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the construction of
Arctic polar icebreakers.
Sec. 4389. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to researching health
conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic
substances during service in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 4390. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to raising the Family
of Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company
Program.
Sec. 4391. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to detection,
investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators of
websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to
advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet.
Sec. 4392. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the
reliability of the electricity grid.
Sec. 4393. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and protect the open
Internet.
Sec. 4394. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming the
Federal regulatory process.
Sec. 4395. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing coverage
of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test
under the Medicare program.
Sec. 4396. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the modernization of
the nuclear command, control, and communications architecture
of the United States.
Sec. 4397. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to BARDA and the
BioShield Special Reserve Fund.
Sec. 4398. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the
nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force.
Sec. 4399. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting economic
growth and job creation for small businesses and full funding
for at-sea and dockside monitoring for certain fisheries.
Sec. 4400. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the definition of
full-time employee.
Sec. 4401. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the
effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory
process.
Sec. 4402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite awards under the
Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program.
Sec. 4403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the
increased use of performance contracting in Federal
facilities.
Sec. 4404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving
information sharing by the Inspector General of the Department
of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to
substandard health care, delayed and denied health care,
patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to patient
care, and other management issues of the Department.
Sec. 4405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate
regulatory burdens on community banks and credit unions.
Sec. 4406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the Corporation for
National and Community Service.
Sec. 4407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that
Department of Justice attorneys comply with disclosure
obligations in criminal prosecutions.
Sec. 4408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote biomedical research.
Sec. 4409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing access to
necessary equipment for Medicare beneficiaries.
Sec. 4410. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prioritizing the
construction of infrastructure projects that are of national
and regional significance and projects in high priority
corridors.
Sec. 4411. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the
United States' NATO allies to reverse declines in defense
spending and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the
security of NATO.
Sec. 4412. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the investigation
and recovery of missing weapons and military equipment
provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States
Government.
Sec. 4413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving higher
education data and transparency.
Sec. 4414. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Native children.
Sec. 4415. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to provide additional
funding for international strategic communications.
Sec. 4416. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for elementary and secondary
education.
Sec. 4417. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support research.
Sec. 4418. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to support for Ukraine.
Sec. 4419. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to underground and
surface mining safety research.
Sec. 4420. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to saving Medicare.
Subtitle C--Reserve Funds in the House of Representatives
Sec. 4501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President's health care
law.
Sec. 4502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care
reform.
Sec. 4503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare
provisions of the President's health care law.
Sec. 4504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children's Health
Insurance Program.
Sec. 4505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education.
Sec. 4506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 4507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 4508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 4509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation.
Sec. 4510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform.
Sec. 4511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for national defense.
TITLE V--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 5001. Direct spending.
TITLE VI--POLICY STATEMENTS
Subtitle A--Policy Statements in Both Houses
Sec. 6101. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment.
Sec. 6102. Policy statement on Social Security.
Subtitle B--Policy Statement in the House of Representatives
Sec. 6201. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform.
Sec. 6202. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation.
Sec. 6203. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 6204. Policy statement on trade.
Sec. 6205. Policy statement on repealing the President's health care law
and promoting real health care reform.
Sec. 6206. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 6207. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery
and innovation.
Sec. 6208. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform.
Sec. 6209. Policy statement on higher education and workforce
development opportunity.
Sec. 6210. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 6211. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies.
Sec. 6212. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and
unauthorized spending.
Sec. 6213. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the
cancellation of unobligated balances.
Sec. 6214. Policy statement on agency fees and spending.
Sec. 6215. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer
dollars.
Sec. 6216. Policy statement on ``No Budget, No Pay''.
Sec. 6217. Policy statement on national security funding.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses
SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $2,676,733,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,776,156,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,870,206,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $2,982,310,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,107,111,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,247,391,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,392,968,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,554,412,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,723,973,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $3,906,111,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate
levels of Federal revenues should be changed
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $0.
Fiscal year 2017: $0.
Fiscal year 2018: $0.
Fiscal year 2019: $0.
Fiscal year 2020: $0.
Fiscal year 2021: $0.
Fiscal year 2022: $0.
Fiscal year 2023: $0.
Fiscal year 2024: $0.
Fiscal year 2025: $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 2016: $3,039,215,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,956,581,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,970,682,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,107,123,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,234,011,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,313,719,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,420,057,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,484,446,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,504,239,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $3,634,452,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the
appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $3,091,442,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,982,215,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,963,926,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,086,454,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,304,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,291,249,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,434,709,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,470,642,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,466,541,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $3,610,342,000,000.
(4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $414,709,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $206,059,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $93,720,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $104,144,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $98,193,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $43,858,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $41,741,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: -$83,770,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: -$257,432,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: -$295,769,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate
levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $19,059,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $19,490,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $19,826,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $20,164,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $20,494,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $20,773,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $21,033,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $21,188,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $21,194,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $21,149,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate
levels of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $13,842,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,124,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $14,307,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $14,523,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $14,757,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $14,965,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $15,204,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $15,354,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $15,374,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $15,405,000,000,000.
SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2016 through 2025 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $531,306,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $564,325,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $544,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $549,357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $557,764,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $548,021,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $571,039,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $560,439,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $585,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $572,493,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $599,646,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $585,628,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $632,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $615,907,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $646,039,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $628,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $659,310,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $638,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $673,490,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $658,011,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $40,202,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,028,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $40,246,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,086,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $41,176,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,818,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $42,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,391,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $43,092,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $44,085,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,005,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $45,333,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $46,348,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,510,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $47,408,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,367,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $48,485,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,266,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $29,187,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,555,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $29,771,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,707,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $30,432,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,162,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $31,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,647,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $31,805,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,283,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $32,508,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,875,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $33,242,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,579,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $33,978,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,306,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $34,743,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,053,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $35,517,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,815,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$3,201,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,412,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $1,962,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,095,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$746,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,111,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$856,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,936,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$884,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,811,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$948,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,657,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,030,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,651,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,098,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,643,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,144,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,614,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,153,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,589,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $36,374,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,499,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $37,654,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,016,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $38,325,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,595,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $38,923,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,465,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $40,388,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,563,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $41,191,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,461,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $41,650,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,770,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $42,496,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,726,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $43,935,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,453,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $45,039,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,409,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $19,098,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,572,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $22,846,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,376,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $21,964,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $20,652,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,875,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $19,681,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,132,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $19,545,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,025,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $19,509,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,979,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $20,119,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,590,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $20,253,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,699,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $20,540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,028,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$997,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$10,566,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$8,697,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$21,748,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$8,277,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$25,173,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$7,401,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$26,866,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$5,156,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$22,499,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$4,806,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$19,423,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$4,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$20,716,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$3,613,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$21,520,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,754,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$21,962,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,278,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$22,335,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $72,055,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $87,153,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $72,715,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,838,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $73,262,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,648,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $73,696,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,845,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $74,070,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $78,268,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $74,409,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,871,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $55,154,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $56,254,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,074,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $56,798,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,874,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $57,190,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,710,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $15,486,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,692,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $16,344,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,144,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $16,737,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,692,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $16,973,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,450,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $16,984,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,702,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $16,903,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,682,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $9,965,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,034,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $9,947,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,892,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $9,993,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $10,077,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,515,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $83,315,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,293,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $89,084,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $92,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $91,432,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,193,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $90,189,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,369,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $92,597,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,891,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $93,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $95,502,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,022,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $96,984,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $96,608,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $98,820,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,336,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $100,785,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $100,297,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $433,064,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $430,917,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $397,209,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $394,211,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $387,638,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $397,302,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $398,203,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $399,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $420,326,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $411,116,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $426,184,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $426,218,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $442,681,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $442,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $461,378,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $461,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $476,599,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $476,631,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $493,913,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $494,059,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $579,430,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $579,361,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $571,876,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $571,830,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $566,754,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $566,656,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $628,736,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $628,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $667,036,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $666,951,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $711,198,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $711,111,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $800,458,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $800,363,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $812,590,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $812,496,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $815,240,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $815,139,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $923,187,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $923,082,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $523,086,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $523,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $496,233,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $492,511,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $485,055,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $476,530,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $476,663,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $471,357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $484,015,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $478,199,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $489,999,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $484,318,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $498,503,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $497,869,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $503,364,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $499,521,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $510,872,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $501,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $517,417,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $511,441,000,000.
(14) Social Security Retirement and Disability
(650):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $33,885,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,928,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $36,535,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,563,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $39,407,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,424,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $42,634,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,634,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $46,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,104,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $49,712,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,712,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $53,547,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,547,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $57,455,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $61,546,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,546,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $65,751,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,751,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $166,261,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $171,862,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $164,546,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $168,559,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $162,740,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $162,753,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $174,599,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $173,869,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $179,485,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $178,581,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $183,721,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $182,821,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $196,041,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $195,056,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $192,637,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $191,640,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $189,442,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $188,356,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $203,290,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $202,189,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $50,976,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $57,639,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,693,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $55,885,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $57,582,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,699,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $59,324,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $61,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,635,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $63,791,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,748,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $65,688,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,589,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $67,626,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,266,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $69,425,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,892,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $23,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,981,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $23,194,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,289,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $23,426,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,371,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $24,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,685,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $24,703,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,290,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $25,202,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $25,962,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $26,698,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,272,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $27,130,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,766,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $27,881,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,435,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $367,542,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $367,542,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $416,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $416,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $479,446,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $479,446,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $533,121,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $533,121,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $579,344,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $579,344,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $611,558,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $611,558,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $642,888,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $642,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $669,066,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $669,066,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $687,195,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $687,195,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $694,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $694,215,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $25,256,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,538,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$21,661,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$50,890,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$40,133,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$60,624,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,987,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$72,620,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$65,480,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
-$104,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$98,128,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
-$119,157,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$111,033,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
-$131,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$122,924,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
-$168,306,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$160,427,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority,
-$204,728,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$186,150,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$82,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$82,548,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$96,446,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$96,446,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority,
-$103,441,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$103,441,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority,
-$101,796,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$101,796,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority,
-$101,191,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$101,191,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority,
-$105,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$105,094,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority,
-$112,536,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$112,536,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority,
-$120,466,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$120,466,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority,
-$130,467,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$130,467,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority,
-$143,591,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$143,591,000,000.
(21) Overseas Contingency Operations (970):
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $96,287,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,798,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $64,598,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,684,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $62,593,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,758,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $57,586,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,653,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $49,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,095,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $47,569,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,191,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $19,493,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $7,554,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $2,683,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $892,000,000.
Subtitle B--Levels and Amounts in the Senate
SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE.
(a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate
enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $793,987,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $826,098,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $858,899,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $892,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $927,413,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $963,896,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $1,002,225,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $1,041,673,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $1,082,208,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $1,124,298,000,000.
(b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate
enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016: $777,085,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $822,772,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $878,895,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $937,383,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $1,002,161,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $1,070,556,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $1,143,375,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $1,221,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $1,305,195,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $1,393,212,000,000.
(c) Social Security Administrative Expenses.--In the
Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative
expenses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $5,146,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,205,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $5,296,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,296,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $5,469,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $5,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,614,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $5,827,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $6,012,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,980,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $6,205,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,172,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $6,399,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $6,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,565,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $6,805,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,769,000,000.
SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN THE
SENATE.
In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and
budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary
administrative expenses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $266,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $265,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $277,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $288,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $288,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $299,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $298,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $310,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $310,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $321,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $320,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $334,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $333,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $346,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $345,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $358,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $371,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,000,000.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Committee on finance.--The Committee on Finance
of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
(2) Committee on health, education, labor, and
pensions.--The Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not
less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
(3) Submissions.--In the Senate, not later than
July 24, 2015, the Senate Committees named in
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall submit their
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate. Upon receiving all such recommendations, the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall report to
the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.
(b) Limit on Senate Consideration of Reconciliation.--
(1) Point of order.--It shall not be in order in
the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution
reported pursuant to subsection (a), or an amendment
to, conference report on, or amendment between the
Houses in relation to such a bill or joint resolution,
which would increase the public debt limit under
section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, during
the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
(2) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(3) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of two-thirds of
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the
Chair on the point of order raised under this
subsection.
SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Committee on education and the workforce.--The
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House
of Representatives shall submit changes in laws within
its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
(2) Committee on energy and commerce.--The
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives shall submit changes in laws within its
jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
(3) Committee on ways and means.--The Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall
submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to
reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
(4) Submission providing for deficit reduction.--In
the House of Representatives, not later than July 24,
2015, the committees named in paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) shall submit their recommendations to the Committee
on the Budget of the House of Representatives to carry
out this section.
(b) Reconciliation Procedures.--
(1) Estimating assumptions.--
(A) Assumptions.--In the House of
Representatives, for purposes of titles III and
IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 631 et seq. and 651 et seq.), the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives shall use the baseline
underlying the Congressional Budget Office's
March 2015 update to the Budget and Economic
Outlook: 2015 to 2025 (January 2015) when
making estimates of any bill or joint
resolution, or any amendment thereto, amendment
between the Houses in relation thereto, or
conference report thereon. If adjustments to
the baseline are made subsequent to the
adoption of this concurrent resolution, then
such Chairman shall determine whether to use
any of these adjustments when making such
estimates.
(B) Intent.--The authority set forth in
subparagraph (A) should only be exercised if
the estimates used to determine the compliance
of such measures with the budgetary
requirements included in this concurrent
resolution are inaccurate because adjustments
made to the baseline are inconsistent with the
assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set
forth in this concurrent resolution. Such
inaccurate adjustments made after the adoption
of this concurrent resolution may include
selected adjustments for rulemaking, judicial
actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules
that have major budgetary effects and are
inconsistent with the assumptions underlying
the budgetary levels set forth in this
concurrent resolution.
(C) Congressional budget office
estimates.--Upon the request of the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, the Congressional Budget
Office shall prepare for any measure an
estimate based on the baseline determination
made by such Chairman pursuant to subparagraph
(A).
(2) Repeal of the president's health care law
through reconciliation.--In the House of
Representatives, in preparing their submissions under
subsection (a) to the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives, the committees named in
subsection (a) shall--
(A) note the policies discussed in title VI
that repeal the Affordable Care Act and the
health care related provisions of the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010;
and
(B) determine the most effective methods by
which the health care laws referred to in
subparagraph (A) shall be repealed in their
entirety.
(3) Revision of budgetary levels.--
(A) In general.--Upon the submission of a
reconciliation recommendation to the House of
Representatives or the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives or the
submission of a conference report to the House
of Representatives pursuant to this section, in
which a committee is deemed to have complied
with its directive by virtue of section 310(c)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 641(c)), the Chairman of the Committee
on the Budget of the House of Representatives
may file with the House of Representatives
appropriately revised allocations, aggregates,
and functional levels.
(B) Revision.--Allocations and aggregates
revised pursuant to this paragraph shall be
considered to be allocations and aggregates
established by this concurrent resolution on
the budget pursuant to section 301 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
632).
TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement in Both Houses
SEC. 3101. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS OR
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, relative to current law, a net increase in on-
budget deficits in the Senate, and a net increase in direct
spending in the House, in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of
the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the
first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the budget year
provided for in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution
on the budget--
(1) in the Senate, for each bill and joint
resolution reported by a committee, other than the
Committee on Appropriations, and amendments thereto,
amendments between the Houses in relation thereto,
conference reports thereon, and motions thereon; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for each bill
and joint resolution reported by a committee, other
than the Committee on Appropriations, and amendments
thereto and conference reports thereon.
(b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order--
(1) in the Senate to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses,
conference report, or motion that would cause a net
increase in on-budget deficits in excess of
$5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal
year periods described in subsection (a); and
(2) in the House of Representatives to consider any
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that would cause a net
increase in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000
in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods
described in subsection (a).
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
(1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (b) may be
waived or suspended only by the affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--In the Senate, an affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn,
shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection
(b).
(d) Limitation.--The provisions of this section shall not
apply to--
(1) in the Senate, any bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, amendments between the Houses, conference
reports, or motions for which the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate has made
adjustments to the allocations, levels, or limits
contained in this concurrent resolution pursuant to
section 4303(1); and
(2) in the House of Representatives, any bills or
joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference
reports thereon, for which the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of House of Representatives has
made adjustments to the allocations, levels, or limits
contained in this concurrent resolution pursuant to
section 4501, 4502, or 4503.
(e) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this
section--
(1) the levels of net increases in deficits shall
be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate; and
(2) the levels of net increases in direct spending
shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided
by the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives.
(f) Repeal in the Senate.--In the Senate, section 311 of S.
Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply.
(g) Sunset in the House of Representatives.--In the House
of Representatives, this section shall remain in effect through
September 30, 2017.
SEC. 3102. ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON
TERRORISM.
(a) Separate Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism Allocation.--In the Senate and the House of
Representatives, there shall be a separate allocation of new
budget authority and outlays provided to the Committee on
Appropriations for the purposes of Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism, which shall be deemed an
allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)). Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall
not apply to such separate allocation.
(b) 302 Allocations.--The separate allocation referred to
in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive allocation for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under
section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 633(b)). The Committee on Appropriations of the
applicable House of Congress may provide suballocations of such
separate allocation under such section 302(b).
(c) Application.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of enforcing the
separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
(2 U.S.C. 633(f)), the ``first fiscal year'' and the
``total of fiscal years'' shall be deemed to refer to
fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
633(c)) shall not apply to such separate allocation.
(2) Additional senate enforcement.--In the Senate,
section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)(2)(A)) shall apply with respect
to the separate allocation to the Committee on
Appropriations referred to in subsection (a).
(d) Designations.--New budget authority or outlays shall
only be counted toward the allocation referred to in subsection
(a) if they are designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(B)(A)(ii)).
(e) Adjustments.--For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal
year 2016, 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 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(B)(A)(ii)).
(f) Adjustments To Fund Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism.--The Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the applicable House of Congress 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 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the
Committee on Appropriations set forth in the joint statement of
managers accompanying this concurrent resolution to account for
new information.
SEC. 3103. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES IN MANDATORY
PROGRAMS.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``CHIMP'' 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 (2
U.S.C. 902) (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
decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the
current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years
covered under the most recently adopted concurrent
resolution on the budget.
(b) Points of Order.--
(1) In the senate.--It shall not be in order in the
Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution making
appropriations for a full fiscal year, or an amendment
thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation
thereto, conference report thereon, or motion thereon,
that includes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the
absolute value of the total budget authority of all
such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year
to be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3).
(2) In the house of representatives.--
(A) In general.--A provision in a bill or
joint resolution making appropriations for a
full fiscal year that proposes a CHIMP that, if
enacted, would cause the absolute value of the
total budget authority of all such CHIMPs
enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be
more than the amount specified in paragraph
(3), shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives.
(B) Amendments and conference reports.--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 making appropriations for a full
fiscal year if such amendment thereto or
conference report thereon proposes a CHIMP
that, if enacted, would cause the absolute
value of the total budget authority of all such
CHIMPs 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 2016, $19,100,000,000;
(B) for fiscal year 2017, $19,100,000,000;
(C) for fiscal year 2018, $17,000,000,000;
and
(D) for fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000,000.
(c) Determination.--For purposes of this section, budgetary
levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
applicable House of Congress.
(d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--In the
Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or suspended only by an
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to
sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of
order raised under subsection (b).
(e) Repeal.--In the Senate, section 314 of S. Con. Res. 70
(110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply.
SEC. 3104. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS THAT CONSTITUTE CHANGES IN
MANDATORY PROGRAMS AFFECTING THE CRIME VICTIMS
FUND.
(a) Definition.--In this section--
(1) the term ``CHIMP'' has the meaning given such
term in section 3103(a); and
(2) the term ``Crime Victims Fund'' means the Crime
Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the
Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).
(b) Point of Order in the Senate.--
(1) In general.--When the Senate is considering a
bill or joint resolution making full-year
appropriations for fiscal year 2016, or an amendment
thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation
thereto, conference report thereon, or motion thereon,
if a point of order is made by a Senator against a
provision containing a CHIMP affecting the Crime
Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the absolute
value of the total budget authority of all CHIMPs
affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal
year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000, and the
point of order is sustained by the Chair, that
provision shall be stricken from the measure and may
not be offered as an amendment from the floor.
(2) Form of the point of order.--A point of order
under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as
provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)).
(3) Conference reports.--When the Senate is
considering a conference report on, or an amendment
between the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint
resolution, upon a point of order being made by any
Senator pursuant to paragraph (1), and such point of
order being sustained, such material contained in such
conference report or House amendment shall be stricken,
and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question
of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment
and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the
House amendment with a further amendment, as the case
may be, which further amendment shall consist of only
that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any
such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any
case in which such point of order is sustained against
a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from
such conference report by operation of this
subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
(4) Supermajority waiver and appeal.--In the
Senate, this subsection may be waived or suspended only
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,
duly chose and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-
fifths of Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn
shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this
subsection.
(5) Determination.--For purposes of this
subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on the
basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
(c) Points of Order in the House.--
(1) In general.--A provision in a bill or joint
resolution making full-year appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 that proposes a CHIMP affecting the Crime
Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the absolute
value of the total budget authority of all CHIMPs
affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal
year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000, shall not be
in order in the House of Representatives.
(2) Amendments and conference reports.--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 making full-year
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 if such amendment
thereto or conference report thereon proposes a CHIMP
affecting the Crime Victims Fund that, if enacted,
would cause the absolute value of the total budget
authority of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims
Fund in relation to fiscal year 2016 to be more than
$10,800,000,000.
(3) Determination.--For purposes of this
subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on the
basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives.
(d) Review of Procedures Regarding CHIMPs.--The Committee
on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
and the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall review
existing budget enforcement procedures regarding CHIMPs
included in appropriations legislation. These committees of
jurisdiction should consult with other relevant committees of
jurisdiction and other interested parties to review such
procedures, including for Crime Victims Fund spending, and
include any agreed upon recommendations in subsequent
concurrent resolutions on the budget.
SEC. 3105. FAIR-VALUE CREDIT ESTIMATES.
(a) Fair-value Estimates.--Upon the request of the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives,
any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office under
title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661
et seq.) of the cost of a measure shall include, when
practicable, an additional estimate of the cost, measured on a
fair-value basis--
(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference
report, or motion; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon.
(b) Estimates for Housing and Student Loan Programs.--Any
estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office under
title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661
et seq.) of the cost of a provision in a measure relating to a
housing, residential mortgage, or student loan program shall
include an additional estimate of the cost, measured on a fair-
value basis--
(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference
report, or motion; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon.
(c) Enforcement in the House of Representatives.--If the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office provides an
estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), the Chairman 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 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and other budgetary
enforcement controls.
SEC. 3106. SCORING RULE FOR CURRENCY MODERNIZATION.
In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for
purposes of determining points of order under the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent
resolution on the budget, any provision contained in a measure
relating to a transition from the $1 note to a $1 coin shall--
(1) in the Senate, for each bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference
report, or motion--
(A) record the changes in budget authority,
outlays, and revenues of the provision in the
first year in which the provision takes effect;
(B) determine the changes in budget
authority, outlays, and revenues of the
provision based on a net present value estimate
of the changes in budget authority, outlays,
and revenues of the provision over a 30-year
period; and
(C) incorporate the changes in budget
authority, outlays, and revenues of the
provision due to behavioral changes; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for each bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon--
(A) record the changes in budget authority,
outlays, and revenues of the provision in the
first year in which the provision takes effect;
(B) determine the changes in budget
authority, outlays, and revenues of the
provision based on a net present value estimate
of the changes in budget authority, outlays,
and revenues of the provision over a 30-year
period; and
(C) incorporate the changes in budget
authority, outlays, and revenues of the
provision due to behavioral changes.
SEC. 3107. LONG-TERM SCORING OF CHANGES IN SPENDING LIMITS AND
EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.
(a) Scoring of Legislation Increasing the Discretionary
Spending Limits.--Any estimate provided by the Congressional
Budget Office shall provide, in addition to such estimate, an
estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and
revenues under the legislation over the period of fiscal year
2016 through fiscal year 2045--
(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference
report, or motion that increases the discretionary
spending limits under section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(c)); and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that increases the discretionary
spending limits under section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(c)).
(b) Scoring of Legislation Relating to the Highway Trust
Fund.--Any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office
shall provide, in addition to such estimate, an estimate of the
changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues under the
legislation over the period of fiscal year 2016 through fiscal
year 2045--
(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference
report, or motion that transfers amounts from the
general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund;
and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that transfers amounts from the general
fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund.
SEC. 3108. REQUIRING CLEARER REPORTING OF PROJECTED FEDERAL SPENDING
AND DEFICITS.
When the Congressional Budget Office releases its annual
update to the Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional
Budget Office shall provide a projection of Federal revenues,
outlays, and deficits for the 30-year period beginning with the
budget year, expressed in terms of dollars and as a percent of
gross domestic product, as part of its annual update required
under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et
seq.).
SEC. 3109. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES OF MEASURES WITH
SIGNIFICANT OUTLAY EFFECTS.
The Congressional Budget Office shall prepare, to the
extent practicable, an estimate of the outlay changes during
the second and third decade of enactment for any spending
legislative provision--
(1) which 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) with respect to which the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives has requested such an estimate.
SEC. 3110. PROHIBITING THE USE OF GUARANTEE FEES AS AN OFFSET.
In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for
purposes of determining points of order under the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent
resolution on the budget, any provision that increases, or
extends the increase of, any guarantee fees of the Federal
National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation shall not be counted in estimating the level of
budget authority, outlays, or revenues--
(1) in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference
report, or motion; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for any bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon.
SEC. 3111. INFORMATION FOR CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT PROJECTED
FEDERAL OUTLAYS, REVENUES, AND DEFICITS.
As part of the annual update to the Budget and Economic
Outlook required under section 202(e) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)), and at any other time the
Congressional Budget Office releases projections of Federal
deficits over any term of years, the Congressional Budget
Office shall publish with its projection a 1-page statement--
(1) summarizing and categorizing total outlays,
receipts, surpluses, and deficits of the Federal
Government on a unified basis for that same prospective
time period; and
(2) categorizing and subtotaling separately--
(A) outlays for mandatory programs and for
discretionary programs;
(B) outlays, payroll tax revenue, and
offsetting receipts for Social Security and for
Medicare;
(C) the surplus or deficit of revenues over
outlays for Social Security and for Medicare;
and
(D) revenues.
SEC. 3112. HONEST ACCOUNTING: COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR LEGISLATION TO
INCORPORATE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS.
(a) CBO and JCT Estimates.--During the 114th Congress, any
estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
653) or by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the Congressional
Budget Office under section 201(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
601(f)) for major legislation considered in the House of
Representatives or the Senate shall, to the greatest extent
practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other
macroeconomic variables resulting from such major legislation.
(b) Contents.--Any estimate referred to in subsection (a)
shall, to the extent practicable, include--
(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary
effects (including macroeconomic variables described in
subsection (a)) of the major legislation in the 20-
fiscal 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 (2 U.S.C. 632); 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) in the Senate, a bill, joint
resolution, conference report, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or treaty--
(i) for which an estimate is
required to be prepared pursuant to
section 402 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that
causes a gross budgetary effect (before
incorporating macroeconomic effects and
not including timing shifts) in a
fiscal year in the period of years of
the most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget equal to or
greater than--
(I) 0.25 percent of the
current projected gross
domestic product of the United
States for that fiscal year; or
(II) for a treaty, equal to
or greater than $15,000,000,000
for that fiscal year; or
(ii) designated as such by--
(I) the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the
Senate for all direct spending
and revenue legislation; or
(II) the Senator who is
Chairman or Vice Chairman of
the Joint Committee on Taxation
for revenue legislation; and
(B) in the House of Representatives, a bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon--
(i) for which an estimate is
required to be prepared pursuant to
section 402 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that
causes a gross budgetary effect (before
incorporating macroeconomic effects and
not including timing shifts) in a
fiscal year in the period of years of
the most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget equal to or
greater than 0.25 percent of the
current projected gross domestic
product of the United States for that
fiscal year; or
(ii) designated as such by--
(I) the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives for
all direct spending and revenue
legislation; or
(II) the Member who is
Chairman or Vice Chairman of
the Joint Committee on Taxation
for revenue legislation.
(2) Budgetary effects.--The term ``budgetary
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
occur from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal
year.
Subtitle B--Budget Enforcement in the Senate
SEC. 3201. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY POINTS OF ORDER IN THE
SENATE.
(a) Extension of Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Points of
Order.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et
seq.), subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of section 904 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621
note) shall remain in effect for purposes of Senate
enforcement through September 30, 2025.
(2) Repeal.--In the Senate, section 205 of S. Con.
Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply.
(b) Other Points of Order.--
(1) Pay-As-You-Go.--Section 201(d) of S. Con. Res.
21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2008, is repealed.
(2) Short-term deficits.--Section 404(e) of S. Con.
Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2010, is repealed.
SEC. 3202. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Point of order.--Except as provided in
subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference
report that would provide an advance appropriation for
a discretionary account.
(2) Definition.--In this section, the term
``advance appropriation'' means any new budget
authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2016, or any new
budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution
making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2017, that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2017.
(b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
(1) for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for programs,
projects, activities, or accounts identified in the
joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying
this concurrent resolution under the heading ``Accounts
Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget
authority in each fiscal year;
(2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
and
(3) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the
Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and
Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health
Administration.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be
waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the
Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a).
(d) Form of Point of Order.--A point of order under
subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in
section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 644(e)).
(e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order
being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such
point of order being sustained, such material contained in such
conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the
Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the
Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a
further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a
further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment
shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or
House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which
such point of order is sustained against a conference report
(or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by
operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be in
order.
SEC. 3203. SUPERMAJORITY ENFORCEMENT OF UNFUNDED MANDATES IN THE
SENATE.
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 425(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658d(a)) shall be
subject to the waiver and appeal requirements of subsections
(c)(2) and (d)(3), respectively, of section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note).
SEC. 3204. REPEAL OF SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN
RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION.
Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall
no longer apply in the Senate.
SEC. 3205. PROHIBITION ON AGREEING TO LEGISLATION WITHOUT A SCORE IN
THE SENATE.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to
vote on passage of matter that requires an estimate under
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
653), unless such estimate was made publicly available on the
website of the Congressional Budget Office not later than 28
hours before the time the vote commences.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be
waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the
Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a).
SEC. 3206. PROTECTING THE SAVINGS IN REPORTED RECONCILIATION BILLS IN
THE SENATE.
In the Senate, section 310(d)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(d)(1)) shall apply and may be
waived in accordance with the procedures applicable to a point
of order raised under section 310(d)(2) of such Act.
SEC. 3207. SCORING RULE FOR CERTAIN ENERGY CONTRACTS IN THE SENATE.
(a) Estimates.--In the Senate, for purposes of determining
points of order established under the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution on
the budget, any estimate by the Congressional Budget Office of
a provision in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, conference
report, or amendment between the Houses that directly or
indirectly modifies the use of the authority to enter covered
energy savings contracts shall--
(1) record in the first year in which the provision
would become effective, the changes in budget
authority, outlays, and revenues (as estimated in
accordance with paragraph (2)) of any modifications to
the use of the authority to enter the covered energy
savings contracts;
(2) in estimating the changes in budget authority,
outlays, and revenues of the legislation, calculate the
costs and savings arising from covered energy savings
contracts, including required payments under the
covered energy savings contracts, anticipated savings
from reductions in energy use, and other anticipated
costs and reductions in spending associated with the
covered energy savings contracts, on a net present
value basis; and
(3) classify the effects of the provision to be
changes in spending subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall
be construed to modify the methodology for estimating the
changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of a
provision that--
(1) does not relate to covered energy savings
contracts in a bill, joint resolution, amendment,
conference report, or amendment between the Houses that
contains a provision described in subsection (a); or
(2) provides appropriations.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered energy
savings contract'' means--
(1) an energy savings performance contract
authorized under section 801 of the National Energy
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287); and
(2) a utility energy service contract, as described
in the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum on
Federal use of energy savings performance contracting,
dated July 25, 1998 (M-98-13), and the Office of
Management and Budget Memorandum on the Federal use of
energy saving performance contracts and utility energy
service contracts, dated September 28, 2012 (M-12-21),
or any successor to either memorandum.
SEC. 3208. ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING IN THE SENATE.
If a measure becomes law that amends the adjustments to
discretionary spending limits established under section 251(b)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) for wildfire suppression funding, which
may include criteria for making such an adjustment, the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may
adjust the allocation called for in section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the
appropriate committee or committees of the Senate, and may
adjust all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, and
limits contained in this concurrent resolution, as necessary,
consistent with such measure.
Subtitle C--Budget Enforcement in the House of Representatives
SEC. 3301. LIMITATION ON MEASURES AFFECTING SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) In General.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of
fiscal year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in the
House of Representatives a bill or joint resolution, or an
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that reduces
the actuarial balance by at least 0.01 percent of the present
value of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201(a)
of the Social Security Act for the 75-year period utilized in
the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided
pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a measure
that would improve the actuarial balance of the combined
balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the
75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the
Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the
Social Security Act.
SEC. 3302. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE
TREASURY TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900 et seq.), 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,
amounts transferred shall be counted as new budget authority
and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal
year the transfer occurs.
SEC. 3303. ADJUSTMENTS FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(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 any amendment thereto is offered or any
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 Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives may decrease the
allocation to such committee and increase the allocation of
discretionary spending (budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom) to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year
2016 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
the purpose of enforcing this concurrent resolution, the
allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority,
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2016 and the period of
fiscal years 2016 through fiscal year 2025 shall be determined
on the basis of estimates made by the Chairman of the Committee
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and such Chairman
may adjust applicable levels of this concurrent resolution.
SEC. 3304. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(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 appropriation may not
provide for advance appropriations.
(b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided
for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in
the report to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this concurrent
resolution under the heading--
(1) General.--``Accounts Identified for Advance
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).
(2) Veterans.--$63,271,000,000 in new budget
authority for programs in the Department of Veterans
Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
(d) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means
any new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or
joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations, for the fiscal year following fiscal year 2016.
SEC. 3305. CERTAIN ENERGY CONTRACTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House of Representatives shall assess the
implementation of section 3207 of this concurrent resolution
through a collaborative assessment with the Senate and the
Congressional Budget Office of the appropriate scorekeeping
methodology for evaluating the budgetary effects of energy
savings performance contracts authorized under section 801 of
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287).
Subtitle D--Other Provisions
SEC. 3401. SUBMISSION OF FINDINGS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD,
AND ABUSE.
(a) In General.--In the Senate and the House of
Representatives, all committees are directed to review programs
within their jurisdiction to identify waste, fraud, abuse, or
duplication, and increase the use of performance data to inform
committee work.
(b) Review.--Committees are also directed to review the
applicable matters for congressional consideration identified
in the Office of Inspector General semiannual reports and the
Office of Inspector General's list of unimplemented
recommendations and on the Government Accountability Office's
High Risk list and the annual report to reduce program
duplication.
(c) Report.--After completing the oversight and performance
reviews of programs within their jurisdiction under subsections
(a) and (b), the committees are directed to include
recommendations for improved governmental performance in their
annual views and estimates reports submitted by the committees
to the Committees on the Budget of the applicable House of
Congress under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)).
SEC. 3402. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632
note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States Code, the
report accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget or
the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference
report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall include
in its allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations of the
applicable House of Congress amounts for the discretionary
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration
and the United States Postal Service.
(b) Special Rule.--In the Senate and the House of
Representatives, for purposes of enforcing sections 302(f) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)),
estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total
outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary
amounts described in subsection (a).
SEC. 3403. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates 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 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as allocations and
aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
concurrent resolution the levels of new budget authority,
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal
years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the
Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress.
(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 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives makes adjustments or revisions in the
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels of this
concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the points of
order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives or section 3101 of this concurrent
resolution.
SEC. 3404. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing
for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress may
make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this
concurrent resolution in accordance with section 251(b) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(b)).
SEC. 3405. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively,
and as such they shall be considered as part of the
rules of each House or of that House to which they
specifically apply, 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 either the Senate or the House of
Representatives to change those rules (insofar as they
relate to that House) at any time, in the same manner,
and to the same extent as is the case of any other rule
of the Senate or House of Representatives.
TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS
Subtitle A--Reserve Funds in Both Houses
SEC. 4101. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INCREASE
OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY FOR STRUGGLING
AMERICANS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
and the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives may revise the allocations of a committee or
committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution--
(1) in the Senate, for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses,
conference reports, or motions relating to programs or
policies designed to reduce poverty and increase
opportunity and upward mobility for struggling
Americans on the road to personal and financial
independence by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would neither adversely impact job creation
nor increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period
of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, or
conference reports relating to programs or policies
designed to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and
upward mobility for struggling Americans on the road to
personal and financial independence by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would neither adversely
impact job creation nor increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
Subtitle B--Reserve Funds in the Senate
SEC. 4301. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE THE PACE OF
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PRIVATE SECTOR JOB CREATION IN
THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) growing the economy;
(2) lowering the after-tax costs of investment,
savings, and work;
(3) reducing the costs to business and individuals
from the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
(4) reducing the costs borne by economic activity
in the United States stemming from Federal regulations,
including the costs incurred by individuals in
complying with Federal law when starting a business;
(5) reducing the costs of frivolous lawsuits;
(6) creating a more competitive financial sector to
support economic growth and job creation while
enhancing the credit worthiness of lending
institutions; or
(7) improving the ability of policy makers to
estimate the economic effects of policy change through
the enhanced use of economic models and data in scoring
legislation;
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S
PRIORITIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
enhanced funding for national security or domestic
discretionary programs by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT FLEXIBLE AND
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE CHOICES FOR ALL.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger that are
deficit-neutral over 11 years, for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses,
motions, or conference reports relating to--
(1) full repeal of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119)
and the health care related provisions of the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public
Law 111-152; 124 Stat. 1029); or
(2) replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119) or the
health care related provisions of the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-
152; 124 Stat. 1029);
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE
STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving access to affordable health care for low-income
children, including the State Children's Health Insurance
Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that
purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR OTHER HEALTH REFORMS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) the requirement to individually purchase, or
jointly provide, health insurance;
(2) extending expiring health care provisions;
(3) the September 11th terrorism attacks at the
World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville
Crash site, which may include legislation that extends
medical monitoring and treatment services and
compensation for first responders, survivors, and their
families;
(4) improvements in medical research, innovation
and safety; or
(5) strengthening program integrity initiatives to
reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal health care
programs;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD WELFARE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) child nutrition programs;
(2) replacing ineffective policies and programs
with evidence-based alternative that improve the
welfare of vulnerable children; or
(3) policies that protect children from sexual
predators in our schools or communities;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VETERANS AND
SERVICEMEMBERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the improvement of the delivery of benefits and services to
veterans and servicemembers by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TAX REFORM AND
ADMINISTRATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) reforming the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
(2) amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
extend certain expiring tax relief provisions;
(3) innovation and high quality manufacturing jobs,
including the repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax on
medical device manufacturers; or
(4) operations and administration of the Department
of the Treasury;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE
IN AMERICA.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Federal investment in the infrastructure of the United States,
including programs that expedite the deployment of broadband to
rural areas by the amounts provided in such legislation for
that purpose, provided that such legislation shall not include
transfers from other trust funds but may include transfers from
the general fund of the Treasury that are offset, provided
further that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Federal spending on civil air traffic control services, which
may include air traffic management at airport towers across the
United States or at facilities of the Federal Aviation
Administration, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE JOBS IN THE UNITED
STATES THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) suspending or reducing tariffs on miscellaneous
imports;
(2) reauthorization of trade related Federal
agencies;
(3) implementing international trade agreements;
(4) reauthorizing or extending trade adjustment
assistance programs;
(5) reauthorizing preference programs; or
(6) enhancing the protection of United States
intellectual property rights at the border and abroad;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED WORKERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the administration of disability benefits and the improved
employment of disabled workers by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
REFORM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that amend
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) by
the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4314. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ENERGY LEGISLATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) reform of the management of civilian and
defense nuclear waste;
(2) reform and reauthorization of programs at the
Department of Energy related to research and
development of alternative or renewable forms of
energy, fossil fuel exploration and use, clean coal
technologies (including carbon capture and
sequestration), nuclear energy, or the electricity
grid;
(3) expansion of North American energy production;
or
(4) reform of the permitting and siting processes
for energy infrastructure;
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM ENVIRONMENTAL
STATUTES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
reform of environmental statutes to promote job growth by the
amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2025.
SEC. 4316. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR WATER RESOURCES
LEGISLATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving flood control, expanding opportunities for commercial
navigation, and improving the environmental restoration of the
nation's waterways, assisting the States in carrying out
drought prevention plans, strengthening waterborne commerce in
the Nation's ports and harbors, or relating to the authority of
the Secretary of the Interior to designate funds for rural
water projects and Indian irrigation and water settlement
projects, without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4317. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND ON MINERAL SECURITY AND
MINERAL RIGHTS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) reducing reliance on mineral imports; or
(2) the authority to deduct certain amounts from
mineral revenues payable to States;
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4318. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM THE ABANDONED MINE
LANDS PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) without raising new revenue, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2025.
SEC. 4319. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) increasing timber production from Federal lands
and providing bridge funding to counties and other
units of local government until timber production
levels increase;
(2) decreasing forest hazardous fuel loads;
(3) improving stewardship contracting; or
(4) reform of the process of budgeting for wildfire
suppression operations;
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4320. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REAUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES TO COUNTIES AND OTHER
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT), which may include funding the
payments in lieu of taxes program at levels roughly equivalent
to lost tax revenues due to the presence of Federal land
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4321. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FINANCIAL REGULATORY
SYSTEM REFORM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
regulatory relief for small financial firms, improvements in
the effectiveness of the financial regulatory framework,
enhancements in oversight and accountability of the Federal
Reserve System, and expansions in access to capital markets
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4322. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE FEDERAL PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving the processing of earnings reports for the
Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability
Insurance programs by the amounts provided in such legislation
for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4323. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH
FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the implementation of agreements between the United States and
nations with whom it maintains a Compact of Free Association
without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4324. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT PAYMENTS TO RURAL
HOSPITALS AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE ACCESS FOR RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
protecting payments to rural hospitals and creating sustainable
access for rural communities without raising new revenue, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4325. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENCOURAGE STATE MEDICAID
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT
LIVING AND INTEGRATED WORK FOR THE DISABLED.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
encouraging State Medicaid demonstration programs to promote
independent living and integrated work for the disabled without
raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4326. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW PHARMACISTS TO BE
PAID FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
payments to pharmacists for the provision of services under
Medicare without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided
in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4327. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE OUR NATION'S
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
supporting and improving community health centers without
raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4328. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SUBJECTING
THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU TO THE
REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the funding of independent agencies, which may include
subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the
regular appropriations process without raising new revenue, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4329. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM, IMPROVE, AND ENHANCE
529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
reforms, improvements, and enhancements of 529 college savings
plans by the amounts provided in such legislation for that
purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4330. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SECURING OVERSEAS
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the security of the overseas diplomatic facilities of the
United States by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4331. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING,
ENHANCING, OR OTHERWISE IMPROVING SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4332. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING
MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
investment in the manufacturing sector in the United States,
which may include educational or research and development
initiatives, public-private partnerships, or other programs, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4333. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT ALIENS WITHOUT
LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM QUALIFYING
FOR A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
benefits for aliens without legal status in the United States,
which may include prohibiting qualification for certain tax
benefits without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided
in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4334. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR REPORT ELIMINATION OR
MODIFICATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that achieve
savings through the elimination, modification, or the reduction
in frequency of congressionally mandated reports from Federal
agencies, and reduce the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. The Chairman may also
make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger over 6 and 11
years to ensure that the deficit reduction achieved is used for
deficit reduction only. The adjustments authorized under this
section shall be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved.
SEC. 4335. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS HEROIN,
METHAMPHETAMINE, AND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
addressing efforts to combat heroin, methamphetamine, and
prescription opioid abuse by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4336. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN OUR DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
strengthening our civilian workforce by the amounts provided in
such legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of
either the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4337. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
REFORM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving Department of Defense financial management, which may
include achieving full auditability or eliminating waste,
fraud, and abuse, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4338. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, JOB TRAINING, AND REEMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
reducing inefficient overlap, improving access, and enhancing
outcomes with Federal workforce development, job training, and
reemployment programs by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4339. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE ENERGY ASSISTANCE
AND INVEST IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) energy efficiency, which may include
weatherization and energy efficiency retrofit programs
for low-income individuals;
(2) the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program,
which may include seasonal assistance and crisis fuel
assistance to low-income individuals;
(3) Federal programs for land and water
conservation, including the Land and Water Conservation
Fund; or
(4) the reduction of duplicative Federal green
building programs;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4340. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END OPERATION CHOKE POINT
AND PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the Department of Justice, which may include ending the
Operation Choke Point program, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4341. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT THE USE OF FEDERAL
FUNDS FOR THE BAILOUT OF IMPROVIDENT STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
a prohibition, except in the case of Federal assistance
provided in response to a natural disaster, on any entity of
the Federal Government providing funds to State and local
governments to prevent receivership or to facilitate exit from
receivership or to prevent default on its obligations by a
State government by the amounts provided in such legislation
for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4342. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND
LOWER THE COSTS OF CARING FOR MEDICALLY COMPLEX
CHILDREN IN MEDICAID.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving the health outcomes and lowering the costs of caring
for medically complex children in Medicaid, which may include
creating or expanding integrated delivery models or improving
care coordination, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4343. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ACCESS,
CHOICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN VETERANS CARE THROUGH
THE VETERANS CHOICE CARD PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
maintaining and enhancing access, choice, and accountability in
veterans care through the Veterans Choice Card program by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4344. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING EQUAL
PAY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
promoting equal pay, which may include preventing
discrimination on the basis of sex and preventing retaliation
against employees for seeking or discussing wage information,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4345. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LEGISLATION
SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL
SECURITY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the
United States to protect current beneficiaries of the Social
Security program and prevent the insolvency of the program by
the amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4346. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A SIMPLIFIED
INCOME-DRIVEN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT OPTION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
addressing student loan debt, which may include reducing
overlapping student loan repayment programs and creating a
simplified income-driven student loan repayment option, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4347. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO KEEPING THE
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT FOCUSED ON THE
PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
ensuring that Federal jurisdiction under the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is focused on
water quality, which may include limiting jurisdiction based on
the movement of birds, mammals, or insects through the air or
over the land, the movement of water through the ground, or the
movement of rainwater or snowmelt over the land, or limiting
jurisdiction over puddles, isolated ponds, roadside ditches,
irrigation ditches, stormwater systems, wastewater systems, or
water delivery, reuse, or reclamation systems, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4348. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING ISRAEL.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
United States policy toward Israel and the prevention of anti-
Semitism in Europe, which may include preventing the United
Nations and other international institutions, including human
rights organizations, from taking unfair or discriminatory
action against Israel, and supporting efforts to prevent anti-
Semitism in Europe, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4349. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL
LEAVE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
efforts to improve workplace benefits and reduce health care
costs, which may include tax credits for employers providing
paid family and medical leave, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4350. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING HEALTH
CARE TO VETERANS WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHIC
INACCESSIBILITY TO CARE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing health care to veterans who reside more than 40 miles
driving distance from the closest medical facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs that provides the care sought by
the veteran by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4351. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING ACCESS
TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS
THROUGH THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans
through the Federal Pell Grant program, which may include
allowing for 1 or more additional payment periods during the
same award year, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY IN
HEALTH PREMIUM BILLING.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
increased disclosure of any Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148) tax in health insurance monthly
premium statements by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4353. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CARBON EMISSIONS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports related to
carbon emissions, which may include prohibitions on Federal
taxes or fees imposed on carbon emissions from any product or
entity that is a direct or indirect source of emissions, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4354. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW STATES TO OPT OUT OF
COMMON CORE WITHOUT PENALTY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
prohibiting the Federal Government from mandating,
incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common Core
State Standards or any other specific academic standards,
instructional content, curricula, assessments, or programs of
instruction and allowing States to opt out of the Common Core
State Standards without penalty by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4355. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF
CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
initiatives to sell or transfer to, or exchange with, a State
or local government any Federal land that is not within the
boundaries of a National Park, National Preserve, or National
Monument by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new
revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4356. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING
FUNDING OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ARMS TRADE
TREATY PRIOR TO SENATE RATIFICATION AND ADOPTION OF
IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
funding, which may include prohibiting funding for the United
Nations Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat or any international
organizations created to support the implementation of the
United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification
and adoption of implementing legislation, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4357. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REIMPOSING WAIVED
SANCTIONS AND IMPOSING NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE JOINT PLAN OF ACTION OR A
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Iran, which may include efforts to immediately reimpose waived
sanctions and impose new sanctions against the Government of
Iran if the President cannot make a determination and certify
that Iran is complying with the Joint Plan of Action or a
comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4358. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING UNITED
STATES CITIZENS HELD HOSTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
EMBASSY IN TEHRAN, IRAN, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 3, 1979,
AND JANUARY 20, 1981.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
supporting citizens of the United States held hostage in the
United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3,
1979, and January 20, 1981, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4359. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PREGNANT WORKERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
efforts to increase employment opportunities and prevent
employment discrimination, which may include measures to
prevent employment discrimination against pregnant workers, to
provide pregnant workers with a right to workplace
accommodations, and to ensure that employers comply with
requirements regarding such workplace accommodations for
pregnant workers, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4360. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PERMANENTLY ELIMINATE THE
FEDERAL ESTATE TAX.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
changes in the Federal income tax laws, which may include
eliminating the Federal estate tax, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4361. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REGULATION BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of
greenhouse gas emissions, which may include a prohibition on
withholding highway funds from States that refuse to submit
State Implementation Plans required under the Clean Power Plan
of the Agency, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4362. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING
PRIVATELY HELD WATER RIGHTS AND PERMITS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
protecting communities, businesses, recreationists, farmers,
ranchers, or other groups that rely on privately held water
rights and permits from Federal takings by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4363. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING
AWARDING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS BASED ON
AWARDEES ENTERING OR NOT ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS
WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
a prohibition on the awarding of construction contracts on
behalf of the Government based upon any solicitations, bid
specifications, project agreements, or other controlling
documents that require or prohibit bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to
agreements with one or more labor organizations or discriminate
against or give preference to such bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors based on their entering or
refusing to enter into such agreements by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4364. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT AMERICAN JOBS FROM
BEING MOVED OVERSEAS BY REDUCING THE CORPORATE
INCOME TAX RATE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
preventing American jobs from being moved overseas, which may
include a reduction in the corporate income tax rate, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4365. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE WAGES FOR AMERICAN
WORKERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
reaffirming the ability of States to adopt minimum wages higher
than the Federal minimum wage level commensurate with the cost
of living in the State, which may include the adoption of pro-
employment and wage-increasing policies by providing pro-growth
tax relief and eliminating excessive government mandates, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4366. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETERRING THE
MIGRATION OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FROM EL
SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
deterring the attempted migration of unaccompanied children
from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras into the United
States, which may include the expedited removal of unlawful
entrants from noncontiguous countries, by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4367. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING PROPER
ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION IN DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL
HABITAT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
critical habitat designations, which may include requirements
that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service examine the
cumulative economic effects of the designation, such as on land
or property uses or values, regional employment, or revenue
impacts on States and units of local government, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4368. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END ``TOO BIG TO FAIL''
BAILOUTS FOR WALL STREET MEGA-BANKS (OVER $500
BILLION IN TOTAL ASSETS).
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
any bank holding companies with over $500,000,000,000 in total
assets to better protect taxpayers, including such measures as
capital or leverage requirements, restrictions on the growth,
activities, or operations of a company, or divestiture of
assets or operations of any company that is unable to present a
credible plan to facilitate an orderly bankruptcy or
resolution, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4369. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING WASHINGTON'S
ILLEGAL EXEMPTION FROM THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
developing methods that ensure that all Members of Congress,
the President, the Vice President, and all political appointees
of the Administration procure their health insurance on the
individual exchange in the same way as Americans at the same
income level by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4370. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING FUNDING
FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN
ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
increasing funding for United States embassies, which may
include the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4371. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE
RETURN OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ADOPTED BY
UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted
by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of the
Congo by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4372. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF A
NEW NUCLEAR-CAPABLE CRUISE MISSILE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the
Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security
Administration by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4373. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE EQUITY IN THE TAX
TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing tax equity for death benefits paid to the families of
public safety officers who lose their lives in the line of duty
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4374. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATING THE
BACKLOG OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits, which
may include auditing the hidden backlog of untested sexual
assault kits and ensuring that the collection and processing of
DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies from crimes is carried
out in an appropriate and timely manner, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4375. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MIXED OXIDE FUEL
FABRICATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
mixed oxide fuel fabrication by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4376. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING OFFICES
OF INSPECTORS GENERAL AND PREVENTING EXTENDED
VACANCIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
strengthening and reforming Federal Offices of Inspectors
General, reducing vacancies in such Offices, and providing for
improvements in the overall economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness of Inspectors General by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4377. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
RETIREMENT SECURITY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving retirement security by making it easier for small
businesses to provide retirement plans for their employees by
easing the administrative burden and by encouraging individuals
to increase their savings by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4378. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving basic science research and development programs in
the United States by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4379. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT THE
CONSERVATION OF NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT POPULATIONS
AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE COMPATIBLE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
which may include requirements that State conservation plans
relating to the northern long-eared bat are given maximum
flexibility to be successful so as to preserve and protect
local and rural economies before any Federal listing decision
is made with respect to the northern long-eared bat, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4380. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
increased sharing of cybersecurity threat information while
protecting individual privacy and civil liberties interests by
the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4381. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
TO ENTER INTO JOINT TASK FORCES WITH TRIBAL AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of
Investigation entering into joint task forces with tribal and
local law enforcement agencies by the amounts provided in such
legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4382. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING COST
SAVINGS IN OFFICE SPACE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal
agencies, which may include encouraging Federal agencies to
utilize office space unused by the Federal Government before
purchasing or renting additional space, by the amounts provided
in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4383. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ASPIRING
ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring
entrepreneurs through small business development centers by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4384. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT
MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS MEET THE NEEDS OF WOMEN VETERANS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans
Affairs meet the needs of women veterans by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4385. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING
EFFICIENT RESOURCING FOR THE ASIA REBALANCE POLICY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing funding related to supporting efficient resourcing
for the Asia rebalance policy by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4386. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING ACCESS
TO MARIJUANA EDIBLES BY CHILDREN IN STATES THAT
HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
preventing access to edible marijuana products by children in
States that have decriminalized marijuana by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4387. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING MORTGAGE
LENDING TO RURAL AREAS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing mortgage lending to rural areas by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4388. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
ARCTIC POLAR ICEBREAKERS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4389. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RESEARCHING HEALTH
CONDITIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF VETERANS EXPOSED
TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES DURING SERVICE IN THE ARMED
FORCES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans
exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4390. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RAISING THE FAMILY
OF FUNDS LIMIT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT
COMPANY PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the Small Business Investment Company Program of the Small
Business Administration, which may include raising the Family
of Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company
Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4391. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETECTION,
INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION OF THE OWNERS AND
OPERATORS OF WEBSITES WHO KNOWINGLY ALLOW SUCH
WEBSITES TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE COMMERCIAL SEX
WITH CHILDREN OVER THE INTERNET.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
online child sex trafficking, which may include the detection,
investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators of
websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to
advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4392. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE
RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRICITY GRID.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency from proposing, finalizing, or issuing any regulation
that would reduce the reliability of the electricity grid by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4393. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE
OPEN INTERNET.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
protecting the open Internet and promoting further innovation
and investment in Internet services, content, infrastructure,
and technologies by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4394. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE
FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating
to--
(1) creating an effective mechanism for the review
of the existing Federal regulatory burden to identify
rules for repeal or modification that--
(A) impose paperwork burdens that could be
reduced substantially without significantly
diminishing regulatory effectiveness;
(B) impose disproportionately high costs on
small businesses;
(C) could be strengthened in their
effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs;
(D) have been rendered obsolete by
technological or market changes;
(E) have achieved their goals and can be
repealed without target problems recurring;
(F) impose the greatest opportunity costs
in terms of economic growth;
(G) are ineffective;
(H) overlap, duplicate, or conflict with
other Federal regulations or with State or
local regulations; or
(I) impose costs that are not justified by
benefits produced for society within the United
States;
(2) reforming the process by which new regulations
are made by Federal agencies, including independent
agencies, for the purposes of--
(A) prioritizing early public outreach in
the rulemaking process;
(B) ensuring the use of the best available
scientific, economic, and technical data;
(C) preventing the misuse of guidance
documents to skirt public input;
(D) ensuring the use of best practices for
regulatory analysis, including cost-benefit
analysis, into each step of the rulemaking
process;
(E) facilitating the adoption by Federal
agencies of the least costly regulatory
alternative that would achieve the goals of the
statutory authorization;
(F) ensuring more careful consideration of
proposed high-cost rules;
(G) ensuring effective oversight of the
Federal regulatory program, including
independent regulatory commissions, by the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs;
(H) improving the consideration of adverse
impacts on small businesses;
(I) providing greater transparency in the
rulemaking process; and
(J) improving compliance with section 515
of the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public
Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2736A-153) (commonly
known as the ``Information Quality Act''), the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.), and chapter 6 of title 5, United
States Code (commonly known as the ``Regulatory
Flexibility Act'');
(3) enhancing accountability by facilitating fair
and effective judicial review of agency actions; and
(4) ensuring that Congress can effectively exercise
its appropriate role in the regulatory process through
legislation and oversight;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4395. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING COVERAGE
OF VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPIES AS A COLORECTAL CANCER
SCREENING TEST UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal
cancer screening test under the Medicare program by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4396. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION
OF THE NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS
ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
modernizing the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems,
the nuclear command and control system, and the nuclear weapons
stockpile, and supporting related infrastructure, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4397. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BARDA AND THE
BIOSHIELD SPECIAL RESERVE FUND.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
strengthening our national security, which may include fully
funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development
Authority and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4398. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE
NUCLEAR FORCES AND MISSIONS OF THE AIR FORCE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the nuclear force improvement program of the Air Force by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4399. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND JOB CREATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND
FULL FUNDING FOR AT-SEA AND DOCKSIDE MONITORING FOR
CERTAIN FISHERIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
promoting economic growth and job creation by making it easier
for small businesses to plan their capital investments and
reducing the uncertainty of taxation, and supporting at-sea and
dockside monitoring for fisheries that have received economic
disaster assistance, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4400. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports related to
the employer penalties under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), which may include
changes to the definition of ``full time employee'' under that
Act, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4401. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE
EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FEDERAL
REGULATORY PROCESS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal
regulatory process by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE AWARDS UNDER THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the processing of award submissions, which may include the
Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE
INCREASED USE OF PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING IN FEDERAL
FACILITIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in
Federal facilities by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
INFORMATION SHARING BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WITH RESPECT TO
INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO SUBSTANDARD HEALTH CARE,
DELAYED AND DENIED HEALTH CARE, PATIENT DEATHS,
OTHER FINDINGS THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO PATIENT
CARE, AND OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations
relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health
care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to
patient care, and other management issues of the Department by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE
REGULATORY BURDENS ON COMMUNITY BANKS AND CREDIT
UNIONS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
alleviating disproportionate regulatory burdens on community
banks and credit unions by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE CORPORATION FOR
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the Corporation for National and Community Service by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEYS COMPLY WITH
DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
ensuring that all Department of Justice attorneys comply with
all legal and ethical obligations in criminal prosecutions,
which may include legislation that ensures the disclosure to
the defendant in a timely manner of all information known to
the Government that tends to negate the guilt of the defendant,
mitigate the offense charged or the sentence imposed, or
impeach the Government's witnesses or evidence, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Federal investments in precision medicine and biomedical
research, which may include increasing funding to account for
inflation, to support finding ways to prevent, treat, and cure
diseases or conditions like Alzheimer's and other life-
threatening or chronic illnesses, and to provide long-term cost
savings to the Federal Government, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4409. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
developing methods that ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have
access to equipment like eye tracking accessories for speech
generating devices and speech generating devices by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4410. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRIORITIZING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE OF
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND PROJECTS IN
HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the prioritization of the Federal investment in the
infrastructure of the United States on projects that are of
national and regional significance and projects in high
priority corridors of the National Highway System by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4411. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE
UNITED STATES' NATO ALLIES TO REVERSE DECLINES IN
DEFENSE SPENDING AND BEAR A MORE PROPORTIONATE
BURDEN FOR ENSURING THE SECURITY OF NATO.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines
in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for
ensuring the security of NATO by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4412. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE INVESTIGATION
AND RECOVERY OF MISSING WEAPONS AND MILITARY
EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN BY
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
the investigation and to the extent practicable the recovery of
missing weapons and military equipment provided to the
Government of Yemen by the United States Government to ensure
that such items are not in the possession of or used by radical
extremist groups operating in the country by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4413. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING HIGHER
EDUCATION DATA AND TRANSPARENCY.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving higher education data and transparency by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4414. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO NATIVE CHILDREN.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Native children or the construction of Bureau of Indian
Education schools, which may include replacement school
construction, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4415. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
funding for international counter-propaganda communications in
order to combat misinformation, undermine ideologies of
violence and hatred, and ensure moderate voices are heard by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4416. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
reforming and strengthening elementary and secondary education
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4417. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT RESEARCH.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
Federal investments in scientific research and development,
which may include supporting biomedical research to find ways
to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or conditions like
Alzheimer's and other life-threatening or chronic illnesses,
providing long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, and
supporting national security, basic energy research, innovative
solutions, and American competitiveness, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4418. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR
UKRAINE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
providing support to the Government of Ukraine, which may
include the provision of lethal defensive articles, by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
SEC. 4419. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UNDERGROUND AND
SURFACE MINING SAFETY RESEARCH.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
underground and surface mining safety research by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4420. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SAVING MEDICARE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
extending the life of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund, which may include the creation of a point of order
against legislation that accelerates the insolvency of such
Trust Fund, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
Subtitle C--Reserve Funds in the House of Representatives
SEC. 4501. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE
LAW.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that consists
solely of the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the
health care related provisions of the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010.
SEC. 4502. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE
REFORM.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that promotes
real health care reform, if such measure would not increase the
deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4503. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE
PROVISIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that repeals
all or part of the decreases in Medicare spending included in
the Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would not increase
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4504. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, if such measure extends the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, but only if such measure
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4505. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, if such measure reforms, expands
access to, and improves, as determined by such Chairman,
graduate medical education programs, but only if such measure
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4506. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution reported
by the Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that implements a trade agreement,
but only if such measure would not increase the deficit for the
period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4507. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX CODE.
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways
and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that reforms the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other
budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the
budgetary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure
would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4508. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution reported
by the Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that decreases revenue, but only if
such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4509. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, if such measure maintains the
solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure
would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4510. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FEDERAL RETIREMENT REFORM.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, if such measure reforms, improves
and updates the Federal retirement system, as determined by
such Chairman, but only if such measure would not increase the
deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
SEC. 4511. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for
any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, if such measure supports the
following activities: Department of Defense training and
maintenance associated with combat readiness, modernization of
equipment, auditability of financial statements, or military
compensation and benefit reforms, by the amount provided for
these purposes, but only if such measure would not increase the
deficit (without counting any net revenue increases in that
measure) over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
TITLE V--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEC. 5001. DIRECT SPENDING.
(a) Means-Tested Direct Spending.--
(1) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds
the following:
(A) For means-tested direct spending, the
average rate of growth in the total level of
outlays during the 10-year period preceding
fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 percent.
(B) For means-tested direct spending, the
estimated average rate of growth in the total
level of outlays during the 10-year period
beginning with fiscal year 2016 is 4.6 percent
under current law.
(2) Proposed reforms.--The following reforms are
proposed under this concurrent resolution by the House
of Representatives for means-tested direct spending:
(A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a
Democratic President reformed welfare by
limiting the duration of benefits, giving
States more control over the program, and
helping recipients find work. In the 5 years
following passage, child-poverty rates fell,
welfare caseloads fell, and workers' wages
increased. This budget assumes the enactment of
proposals to reduce poverty and increase
opportunity and upward mobility for struggling
Americans on the road to personal and financial
independence. Based on the successful welfare
reforms of the 1990s, these proposals would
improve work requirements and provide flexible
funding for States to help those most in need
find gainful employment, escape poverty, and
move up the economic ladder.
(B) For Medicaid, this budget is predicated
on a framework proposed by the chairmen of the
committees of jurisdiction of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, to modernize
and improve the program while increasing State
flexibility and protecting the most vulnerable
populations. This budget also assumes the
repeal of the Medicaid expansions in the
President's health care law.
(b) Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending.--
(1) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds
the following:
(A) For nonmeans-tested direct spending,
the average rate of growth in the total level
of outlays during the 10-year period preceding
fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 percent.
(B) For nonmeans-tested direct spending,
the estimated average rate of growth in the
total level of outlays during the 10-year
period beginning with fiscal year 2016 is 5.5
percent under current law.
(2) Medicare reforms.--For Medicare, this budget
advances policies to put seniors, not the Federal
Government, in control of their health care decisions.
Putting seniors in charge of how their health care
dollars are spent will encourage providers to compete
against each other on price and quality. Improvements
to Medicare are necessary to extend the life of the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and protect the
program for future generations.
TITLE VI--POLICY STATEMENTS
Subtitle A--Policy Statements in Both Houses
SEC. 6101. POLICY STATEMENT ON BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that
Congress should pass, and send to the States for their
approval, a joint resolution amending the Constitution of the
United States to require an annual balanced Federal budget.
SEC. 6102. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the
President and Congress should work together on a bipartisan
basis to preserve Social Security for current and future
generations. To achieve that goal--
(1) Congress should enact legislation to prevent
the near-term insolvency of the Disability Insurance
program, improve the administration and coordination of
benefits, and increase employment opportunities for
disabled workers; and
(2) the President should submit legislation to
Congress addressing the long-term insolvency of both
the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program and the
Disability Insurance program, and such legislation
should achieve a sustainable annual cash-flow balance
between taxes and benefits over the foreseeable future,
rather than temporarily increasing and then depleting
the balance of Government securities held by each
program's trust fund.
Subtitle B--Policy Statement in the House of Representatives
SEC. 6201. POLICY STATEMENT ON BUDGET PROCESS AND BASELINE REFORM.
(a) Findings.--
(1) In 1974, after more than 50 years of executive
dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to
reassert its ``power of the purse'', and passed the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.
(2) The measure explicitly sought to establish
congressional control over the budget process, to
provide for annual congressional determination of the
appropriate level of taxes and spending, to set
important national budget priorities, and to find ways
in which Members of Congress could have access to the
most accurate, objective, and highest quality
information to assist them in discharging their duties.
(3) Far from achieving its intended purpose,
however, the process has instituted a bias toward
higher spending and larger government. The behemoth of
the Federal Government has largely been financed
through either borrowing or taking ever greater amounts
of the national income through high taxation.
(4) The process does not treat programs and
policies consistently and shows a bias toward higher
spending and higher taxes.
(5) It assumes extension of spending programs (of
more than $50 million per year) scheduled to expire.
(6) Yet it does not assume the extension of tax
policies in the same way. consequently, extending
existing tax policies that may be scheduled to expire
is characterized as a new tax reduction, requiring
offsets to ``pay for'' merely keeping tax policy the
same even though estimating conventions would not
require similar treatment of spending programs.
(7) The original goals set for the congressional
process are admirable in their intent, but because the
essential mechanisms of the process have remained the
same, and ``reforms'' enacted over the past 40 years
have largely taken the form of layering greater levels
of legal complexity without reforming or reassessing
the very fundamental nature of the process.
(b) Policy Statement.--It is the policy of this concurrent
resolution on the budget that as the primary branch of
Government, Congress must:
(1) Restructure the fundamental procedures of
budget decision making.
(2) Reassert Congress's ``power of the purse'', and
reinforce the balance of powers between Congress and
the President, as the 1974 Act intended.
(3) Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do
budgeting as intended by the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, especially adopting a budget resolution every
year.
(4) Encourage more effective control over spending,
especially currently uncontrolled direct spending.
(5) Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero
based budgeting, which would require a department or
agency to justify its budget as if it were a new
expenditure; and direct spending caps to enhance
oversight of automatic pilot spending that increases
each year without congressional approval.
(6) Promote efficient and timely budget actions, so
that lawmakers complete their budget actions by the
time the new fiscal year begins.
(7) Provide access to the best analysis of economic
conditions available and increase awareness of how
fiscal policy directly impacts overall economic growth
and job creation.
(8) Remove layers of complexity that have
complicated the procedures designed in 1974, and made
budgeting more arcane and opaque.
(9) Remove existing biases that favor higher
spending.
(10) Include procedures by which current tax laws
may be extended and treated on a basis that is not
different from the extension of entitlement programs.
(c) Budget Process Reform.--Comprehensive budget process
reform should also remove the bias in the baseline against the
extension of current tax laws in the following ways:
(1) Permanent extension of tax laws should not be
used as a means to increase taxes on other taxpayers.
(2) For those expiring tax provisions that are
proposed to be permanently extended, Congress should
use a more realistic baseline that does not require
them to be offset.
(3) Tax-reform legislation should not include tax
increases just to offset the extension of current tax
laws.
(d) Legislation.--The Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives intends to draft legislation during the
114th Congress that will rewrite the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to fulfill the goals of making
the congressional budget process more effective in ensuring
taxpayers' dollars are spent wisely and efficiently.
SEC. 6202. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) Although the United States economy technically
emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, the
subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise than a
rebound. Real gross domestic product GDP growth over
the past 5 years has averaged slightly more than 2
percent, well below the 3.2 percent historical trend
rate of growth in the United States. Although the
economy has shown some welcome signs of improvement of
late, the Nation remains in the midst of the weakest
economic recovery of the modern era.
(2) Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to grow
by an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 10
years. That level of economic growth is simply
unacceptable and insufficient to expand opportunities
and the incomes of millions of middle-income Americans.
(3) Sluggish economic growth has also contributed
to the country's fiscal woes. Subpar growth means that
revenue levels are lower than they would otherwise be
while government spending (e.g. welfare and income-
support programs) is higher. Clearly, there is a dire
need for policies that will spark higher rates of
economic growth and greater, higher-quality job
opportunities.
(4) Although job gains have been trending up of
late, other aspects of the labor market remain weak.
The labor force participation rate, for instance, is
hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest
level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also remains a
problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people who are
currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more than 30
percent) have been unemployed for more than 6 months.
Long-term unemployment erodes an individual's job
skills and detaches them from job opportunities. It
also undermines the long-term productive capacity of
the economy.
(5) Perhaps most important, wage gains and income
growth have been subpar for middle-class Americans.
Average hourly earnings of private-sector workers have
increased by just 1.6 percent over the past year. Prior
to the recession, average hourly earnings were tracking
close to 4 percent. Likewise, average income levels
have remained flat in recent years. Real median
household income is just under $52,000, one of the
lowest levels since 1995.
(6) The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a
shadow on the country's economic outlook. investors and
businesses make decisions on a forward-looking basis.
they know that today's large debt levels are simply
tomorrow's tax hikes, interest rate increases, or
inflation and they act accordingly. This debt overhang,
and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh on growth,
investment, and job creation.
(7) Nearly all economists, including those at the
CBO, conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby
bending the curve on debt levels is a net positive for
economic growth over time. The logic is that deficit
reduction creates long-term economic benefits because
it increases the pool of national savings and boosts
investment, thereby raising economic growth and job
creation.
(8) CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal year
2016 budget resolution and found it would increase real
output per capita (a proxy for a country's standard of
living) by about $1,000 in 2025 and roughly $5,000 by
2040 relative to the baseline path. That means more
income and greater prosperity for all Americans.
(9) In contrast, if the Government remains on the
current fiscal path, future generations will face ever-
higher debt service costs, a decline in national
savings, and a ``crowding out'' of private investment.
This dynamic will eventually lead to a decline in
economic output and a diminution in our country's
standard of living.
(10) The key economic challenge is determining how
to expand the economic pie, not how best to divide up
and re-distribute a shrinking pie.
(11) A stronger economy is vital to lowering
deficit levels and eventually balancing the budget.
According to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 0.1
percentage point higher over the budget window,
deficits would be reduced by $326 billion.
(12) This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-
growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that
will help foster a stronger economy, greater
opportunities and more job creation.
(b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--In the
House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent
resolution to promote faster economic growth and job creation.
By putting the budget on a sustainable path, this concurrent
resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job
creators. Reforms to the tax code will put American businesses
and workers in a better position to compete and thrive in the
21st century global economy. This concurrent resolution targets
the regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack the deck in
favor of special interests. All of the reforms in this
concurrent resolution serve as means to the larger end of
helping the economy grow and expanding opportunity for all
Americans.
SEC. 6203. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) A world-class tax system should be simple,
fair, and promote (rather than impede) economic growth.
The United States tax code fails on all three counts:
It is notoriously complex, patently unfair, and highly
inefficient. The tax code's complexity distorts
decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to
slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job
creation.
(2) Over the past decade alone, there have been
4,107 changes to the tax code, more than one per day.
Many of the major changes over the years have involved
carving out special preferences, exclusions, or
deductions for various activities or groups. These
loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion per year and
make the code unfair, inefficient, and highly complex.
(3) In addition, these tax preferences are
disproportionately used by upper-income individuals.
(4) The large amount of tax preferences that
pervade the code end up narrowing the tax base. A
narrow tax base, in turn, requires much higher tax
rates to raise a given amount of revenue.
(5) It is estimated that American taxpayers end up
spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a
year complying with the tax code waste of time and
resources that could be used in more productive
activities.
(6) Standard economic theory shows that high
marginal tax rates dampen the incentives to work, save,
and invest, which reduces economic output and job
creation. Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the
intended revenue gain from higher marginal tax rates.
(7) Roughly half of United States active business
income and half of private sector employment are
derived from business entities (such as partnerships, S
corporations, and sole proprietorships) that are taxed
on a ``pass-through'' basis, meaning the income flows
through to the tax returns of the individual owners and
is taxed at the individual rate structure rather than
at the corporate rate. Small businesses, in particular,
tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes, and
the top Federal rate on such small business income can
reach nearly 45 percent. For these reasons, sound
economic policy requires lowering marginal rates on
these pass-through entities.
(8) The United States corporate income tax rate
(including Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to
slightly more than 39 percent, the highest rate in the
industrialized world. Tax rates this high suppress
wages and discourage investment and job creation,
distort business activity, and put American businesses
at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors.
(9) By deterring potential investment, the United
States corporate tax restrains economic growth and job
creation. The United States tax rate differential with
other countries also fosters a variety of complicated
multinational corporate behaviors intended to avoid the
tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base
offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing
corporate revenue.
(10) The ``worldwide'' structure of United States
international taxation essentially taxes earnings of
United States firms twice, putting them at a
significant competitive disadvantage with competitors
with more competitive international tax systems.
(11) Reforming the United States tax code to a more
competitive international system would boost the
competitiveness of United States companies operating
abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax avoidance.
(12) The tax code imposes costs on American workers
through lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and
on investors in diminished returns.
(13) Revenues have averaged about 17.4 percent of
the economy throughout modern American history.
Revenues rise above this level under current law to
18.3 percent of the economy by the end of the 10-year
budget window.
(14) Attempting to raise revenue through new tax
increases to meet out-of-control spending would sink
the economy and Americans' ability to save for their
retirement and their children's education.
(15) This concurrent resolution also rejects the
idea of instituting a carbon tax in the United States,
which some have offered as a new source of revenue.
Such a plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and
raise prices on American consumers.
(16) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does
not constitute fundamental tax reform.
(17) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or
eliminate loopholes and use those savings to lower tax
rates across the board not to fund more wasteful
Government spending. Washington has a spending problem,
not a revenue problem.
(18) Many economists believe that fundamental tax
reform (i.e. a broader tax base and lower tax rates)
would lead to greater labor supply and increased
investment, which, over time, would have a positive
impact on total national output.
(19) Heretofore, the congressional scorekeepers the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint
Committee on Taxation (JCT).
(20) Static scoring implicitly assumes that the
size of the economy (and therefore key economic
variables such as labor supply and investment) remains
fixed throughout the considered budget horizon. This is
an abstraction from reality.
(21) A new House of Representatives rule was
adopted at the beginning of the 114th Congress to help
correct this problem. This rule requires CBO and JCT to
incorporate the macroeconomic effects of major
legislation into their official cost estimates.
(22) This rule seeks to bridge the divide between
static estimates and scoring that incorporates economic
feedback effects by providing policymakers with a
greater amount of information about the likely economic
impact of policies under their consideration while at
the same time preserving traditional scoring methods
and reporting conventions.
(b) Policy on Tax Reform.--In the House of Representatives,
it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress
should enact legislation that provides for a comprehensive
reform of the United States tax code to promote economic
growth, create American jobs, increase wages, and benefit
American consumers, investors, and workers through fundamental
tax reform that--
(1) simplifies the tax code to make it fairer to
American families and businesses and reduces the amount
of time and resources necessary to comply with tax
laws;
(2) substantially lowers tax rates for individuals
and consolidates the current seven individual income
tax brackets into fewer brackets;
(3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax;
(4) reduces the corporate tax rate; and
(5) transitions the tax code to a more competitive
system of international taxation.
SEC. 6204. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) Opening foreign markets to American exports is
vital to the United States economy and beneficial to
American workers and consumers. The Commerce Department
estimates that every $1 billion of United States
exports supports more than 5,000 jobs here at home.
(2) The United States can increase economic
opportunities for American workers and businesses
through the expansion of trade, adherence to trade
agreement rules by the United States and its trading
partners, and the elimination of foreign trade barriers
to United States goods and services.
(3) Trade Promotion Authority is a bipartisan and
bicameral effort to strengthen the role of Congress in
setting negotiating objectives for trade agreements, to
improve consultation with Congress by the
Administration, and to provide a clear framework for
congressional consideration and implementation of trade
agreements.
(4) Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum
game. The idea that global expansion tends to ``hollow
out'' United States operations is incorrect. Foreign-
affiliate activity tends to complement, not substitute
for, key parent activities in the United States such as
employment, worker compensation, and capital
investment. When United States headquartered
multinationals invest and expand operations abroad it
often leads to more jobs and economic growth at home.
(5) Trade agreements have saved the average
American family of four more than $10,000 per year, as
a result of lower duties. Trade agreements also lower
the cost of manufacturing inputs by removing duties.
(6) American businesses and workers have shown
that, on a level playing field, they can excel and
surpass the international competition.
(7) When negotiating trade agreements, United
States laws on Intellectual Property (IP) protection
should be used as a benchmark for establishing global
IP frameworks. Strong IP protections have contributed
significantly to the United States status as a world
leader in innovation across sectors, including in the
development of life-saving biologic medicines. The data
protections afforded to biologics in United States law,
including 12 years of data protection, allow continued
development of pioneering medicines to benefit patients
both in the United States and abroad. To maintain the
cycle of innovation and achieve truly 21st century
trade agreements, it is vital that our negotiators
insist on the highest standards for IP protections.
(8) The status quo of the current tax code also
undermines the competitiveness of United States
businesses and costs the United States economy
investment and jobs.
(9) The United States currently has an antiquated
system of international taxation whereby United States
multinationals operating abroad pay both the foreign-
country tax and United States corporate taxes. They are
essentially taxed twice. This puts them at an obvious
competitive disadvantage. A modern and competitive
international tax system would facilitate global
commerce for United States multinational companies and
would encourage foreign business investment and job
creation in the United States.
(10) The ability to defer United States taxes on
their foreign operations, which some erroneously refer
to as a ``tax loophole,'' cushions this disadvantage to
a certain extent. Eliminating or restricting this
provision (and others like it) would harm United States
competitiveness.
(11) This budget resolution advocates fundamental
tax reform that would lower the United States corporate
rate, now the highest in the industrialized world, and
switch to a more competitive system of international
taxation. This would make the United States a much more
attractive place to invest and station business
activity and would chip away at the incentives for
United States companies to keep their profits overseas
(because the United States corporate rate is so high).
(b) Policy on Trade.--In the House of Representatives, it
is the policy of this concurrent resolution to pursue
international trade, global commerce, and a modern and
competitive United States international tax system to promote
job creation in the United States. The United States should
continue to seek increased economic opportunities for American
workers and businesses through the expansion of trade
opportunities, adherence to trade agreements and rules by the
United States and its trading partners, and the elimination of
foreign trade barriers to United States goods and services by
opening new markets and by enforcing United States rights. To
that end, Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority to
strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating
objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with
Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear
framework for congressional consideration and implementation of
trade agreements.
SEC. 6205. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPEALING THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE
LAW AND PROMOTING REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) The President's health care law put
Washington's priorities first, and not patients'. The
Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed to reduce health
care premiums as promised; instead, the law mandated
benefits and coverage levels, denying patients the
opportunity to choose the type of coverage that best
suits their health needs and driving up health coverage
costs. A typical family's health care premiums were
supposed to decline by $2,500 a year; instead,
according to the 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey,
health care premiums have increased by 7 percent for
individuals and families since 2012.
(2) The President pledged, ``If you like your
health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.''
Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office
now estimates 9 million Americans with employment-based
health coverage will lose those plans due to the
President's health care law, further limiting patient
choice.
(3) Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that
the President's health care law would create 4 million
jobs over the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs
immediately. Instead, the Congressional Budget Office
estimates that the reduction in hours worked due to
Obamacare represents a decline of about 2.0 to 2.5
million full-time equivalent workers, compared with
what would have occurred in the absence of the law. The
full impact on labor represents a reduction in
employment by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while
additional studies show less modest results. A recent
study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
estimates that Obamacare will reduce employment by up
to 3 percent, or about 4 million full-time equivalent
workers.
(4) The President has charged the Independent
Payment Advisory Board, a panel of unelected
bureaucrats, with cutting Medicare by an additional
$20.9 billion over the next ten years, according to the
President's most recent budget.
(5) Since ACA was signed into law, the
administration has repeatedly failed to implement it as
written. The President has unilaterally acted to make a
total of 28 changes, delays, and exemptions. The
President has signed into law another 17 changes made
by Congress. The Supreme Court struck down the forced
expansion of Medicaid; ruled the individual ``mandate''
could only be characterized as a tax to remain
constitutional; and rejected the requirement that
closely held companies provide health insurance to
their employees if doing so violates these companies'
religious beliefs. Even now, almost five years after
enactment, the Supreme Court continues to evaluate the
legality of how the President's administration has
implemented the law. All of these changes prove the
folly underlying the entire program--health care in the
United States cannot be run from a centralized
bureaucracy.
(6) The President's health care law is
unaffordable, intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and
unworkable. Its complex structure of subsidies,
mandates, and penalties perversely impact individuals,
married couples, and families. The law should be fully
repealed, allowing for real, patient-centered health
care reform: the development of real health care
reforms that puts patients first, that make affordable,
quality health care available to all Americans, and
that build on the innovation and creativity of all the
participants in the health care sector.
(b) Policy on Promoting Real Health Care Reform.--In the
House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent
resolution that the President's health care law should be fully
repealed and real health care reform promoted in accordance
with the following principles:
(1) In general.--Health care reform should enhance
affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation,
choices and responsiveness in health care coverage for
all Americans, putting patients, families, and doctors
in charge, not Washington, DC. These reforms should
encourage increased competition and transparency. Under
the President's health care law, government controls
Americans' health care choices. Under true, patient-
centered reform, Americans would.
(2) Affordability.--Real reform should be centered
on ensuring that all Americans, no matter their age,
income, or health status, have the ability to afford
health care coverage. The health care delivery
structure should be improved, and individuals should
not be priced out of the health insurance market due to
pre-existing conditions, but nationalized health care
is not only unnecessary to accomplish this, it
undermines the goal. Individuals should be allowed to
join together voluntarily to pool risk through
mechanisms such as Individual Membership Associations
and Small Employer Membership Associations.
(3) Accessability.--Instead of Washington outlining
for Americans the ways they cannot use their health
insurance, reforms should make health coverage more
portable. Individuals should be able to own their
insurance and have it follow them in and out of jobs
throughout their career. Small business owners should
be permitted to band together across State lines
through their membership in bona fide trade or
professional associations to purchase health coverage
for their families and employees at a low cost. This
will increase small businesses' bargaining power,
volume discounts, and administrative efficiencies while
giving them freedom from State-mandated benefit
packages. Also, insurers licensed to sell policies in
one State should be permitted to offer them to
residents in any other State, and consumers should be
permitted to shop for health insurance across State
lines, as they are with other insurance products
online, by mail, by phone, or in consultation with an
insurance agent.
(4) Quality.--Incentives for providers to deliver
high-quality, responsive, and coordinated care will
promote patient outcomes and drive down health care
costs. Likewise, reforms that work to restore the
patient-physician relationship by reducing
administrative burdens and allowing physicians to do
what they do best--care for patients.
(5) Choices.--Individuals and families should be
free to secure the health care coverage that best meets
their needs, rather than instituting one-size-fits-all
directives from Federal bureaucracies such as the
Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health and
Human Services, and the Independent Payment Advisory
Board.
(6) Innovation.--Instead of stifling innovation in
health care technologies, treatments, medications, and
therapies with Federal mandates, taxes, and price
controls, a reformed health care system should
encourage research, development and innovation.
(7) Responsiveness.--Reform should return authority
to States wherever possible to make the system more
responsive to patients and their needs. Instead of
tying States' hands with Federal requirements for their
Medicaid programs, the Federal Government should return
control of this program to the States. Not only does
the current Medicaid program drive up Federal debt and
threaten to bankrupt State budgets, but States are
better positioned to provide quality, affordable care
to those who are eligible for the program and to track
down and weed out waste, fraud and abuse. Beneficiary
choices in the State Children's Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid should be improved. States
should make available the purchase of private insurance
as an option to their Medicaid and SCHIP populations
(though they should not require enrollment).
(8) Reforms.--Reforms should be made to prevent
lawsuit abuse and curb the practice of defensive
medicine, which are significant drivers increasing
health care costs. The burden of proof in medical
malpractice cases should be based on compliance with
best practice guidelines, and States should be free to
implement those policies to best suit their needs.
SEC. 6206. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) More than 50 million Americans depend on
Medicare for their health security.
(2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly
recommended that Medicare's long-term financial
challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform,
the financial condition of Medicare becomes more
precarious and the threat to those in or near
retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the
Medicare Trustees Report--
(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will
be exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay
scheduled benefits;
(B) Medicare enrollment is expected to
increase by over 50 percent in the next two
decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach
retirement age each day;
(C) enrollees remain in Medicare three
times longer than at the outset of the program;
(D) current workers' payroll contributions
pay for current beneficiaries;
(E) in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per
beneficiary, but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and
continues to decrease over time;
(F) most Medicare beneficiaries receive
about three dollars in Medicare benefits for
every one dollar paid into the program; and
(G) Medicare spending is growing faster
than the economy and Medicare outlays are
currently rising at a rate of 6.5 percent per
year over the next 10 years. According to the
Congressional Budget Office's 2014 Long-Term
Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is
projected to reach 5 percent of gross domestic
product (GDP) by 2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by
2089.
(3) Failing to address this problem will leave
millions of American seniors without adequate health
security and younger generations burdened with enormous
debt to pay for spending levels that cannot be
sustained.
(b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--In the House of
Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution
to preserve the program for those in or near retirement and
strengthen Medicare for future beneficiaries.
(c) Assumptions.--This concurrent resolution assumes reform
of the Medicare program such that--
(1) current Medicare benefits are preserved for
those in or near retirement;
(2) permanent reform of the sustainable growth rate
is responsibly accounted for to ensure physicians
continue to participate in the Medicare program and
provide quality health care for beneficiaries;
(3) when future generations reach eligibility,
Medicare is reformed to provide a premium support
payment and a selection of guaranteed health coverage
options from which recipients can choose a plan that
best suits their needs;
(4) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-
service as a plan option;
(5) Medicare will provide additional assistance for
lower income beneficiaries and those with greater
health risks; and
(6) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path
and the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-
term.
SEC. 6207. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY
AND INNOVATION.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) For decades, 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, bringing life-saving
drugs and devices to patients and well over a million
high-paying jobs to local communities.
(2) Thanks to the visionary and determined
leadership of innovators throughout America, including
industry, academic medical centers, and the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States has led
the way in early discovery. The United States
leadership role is being threatened, however, as other
countries contribute more to basic research from both
public and private sources.
(3) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development predicts that China, for example, will
outspend the United States in total research and
development by the end of the decade.
(4) Federal policies should foster innovation in
health care, not stifle it. America should maintain its
world leadership in medical science by encouraging
competitive forces to work through the marketplace in
delivering cures and therapies to patients.
(5) Too often the bureaucracy and red-tape in
Washington hold back medical innovation and prevent new
lifesaving treatments from reaching patients. This
concurrent resolution recognizes the valuable role of
the NIH and the indispensable contributions to medical
research coming from outside Washington.
(6) America is the greatest, most innovative Nation
on Earth. Her people are innovators, entrepreneurs,
visionaries, and relentless builders of the future.
Americans were responsible for the first telephone, the
first airplane, the first computer, for putting the
first man on the moon, for creating the first vaccine
for polio and for legions of other scientific and
medical breakthroughs that have improved and prolonged
human health and life for countless people in America
and around the world.
(b) Policy on Medical Innovation.--
(1) In the House of Representatives, it is the
policy of this concurrent resolution to support the
important work of medical innovators throughout the
country, including private-sector innovators, medical
centers and the National Institutes of Health.
(2) At the same time, the budget calls for
continued strong funding for the agencies that engage
in valuable research and development, while also urging
Washington to get out of the way of researchers,
discoverers and innovators all over the country.
SEC. 6208. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) Excessive regulation at the Federal level has
hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing the
Nation's recovery from the economic recession.
(2) Since President Obama's inauguration in 2009,
the administration has issued more than 468,500 pages
of regulations in the Federal Register including 70,066
pages in 2014.
(3) The National Association of Manufacturers
estimates the total cost of regulations is as high as
$2.03 trillion per year. Since 2009, the White House
has generated more than $494 billion in regulatory
activity, with an additional $87.6 billion in
regulatory costs currently pending.
(4) The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation
(Public Law 111-203) has resulted in more than $32
billion in compliance costs and saddled job creators
with more than 63 million hours of compliance
paperwork.
(5) Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to
date has added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance
paperwork, imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs
on the private sector and an $8 billion cost burden on
the States.
(6) The highest regulatory costs come from rules
issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
these regulations are primarily targeted at the coal
industry. In June 2014, the EPA proposed a rule to cut
carbon pollution from the Nation's power plants. The
proposed standards are unachievable with current
commercially available technology, resulting in a de-
facto ban on new coal-fired power plants.
(7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly 40
percent of the United States electricity at a low cost.
Unfairly targeting the coal industry with costly and
unachievable regulations will increase energy prices,
disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive
industries like manufacturing and construction, and
will make life more difficult for millions of low-
income and middle class families already struggling to
pay their bills.
(8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are being
retired or converted as a result of EPA regulations.
Combined with the de-facto prohibition on new plants,
these retirements and conversions may further increase
the cost of electricity.
(9) A recent study by the energy market analysis
group Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. estimates the
average energy bill in West Virginia will rise $750 per
household by 2020, due in part to EPA regulations. West
Virginia receives 95 percent of its electricity from
coal.
(10) The Heritage Foundation found that a phase-out
of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023,
resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product
decrease of $2.23 trillion over the entire period and
reducing the income of a family of four by $1,200 per
year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come from the
manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, Ohio,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana,
North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the
highest job losses.
(b) Policy on Federal Regulatory Reform.--In the House of
Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution
that Congress should, in consultation with the public burdened
by excessive regulation, enact legislation that--
(1) promotes economic growth and job creation by
eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and
simplifying Federal regulations;
(2) requires the implementation of a regulatory
budget to be allocated amongst Government agencies,
which would require congressional approval and limit
the maximum costs of regulations in a given year;
(3) requires congressional approval of all new
major regulations (those with an impact of $100 million
or more) before enactment as opposed to current law in
which Congress must expressly disapprove of regulation
to prevent it from becoming law, which would keep
Congress engaged as to pending regulatory policy and
prevent costly and unsound policies from being
implemented and becoming effective;
(4) requires a three year retrospective cost-
benefit analysis of all new major regulations, to
ensure that regulations operate as intended;
(5) reinforces the requirement of regulatory impact
analysis for regulations proposed by executive branch
agencies but also expands the requirement to
independent agencies so that by law they consider the
costs and benefits of proposed regulations rather than
merely being encouraged to do so as is current
practice; and
(6) requires a formal rulemaking process for all
major regulations, which would increase transparency
over the process and allow interested parties to
communicate their views on proposed legislation to
agency officials.
SEC. 6209. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.
(a) Findings on Higher Education.--The House of
Representatives finds the following:
(1) A well-educated workforce is critical to
economic, job, and wage growth.
(2) Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in
American colleges and universities.
(3) Over the past decade, tuition and fees have
been growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the
2004-2005 Academic Year and the 2014-2015 Academic
Year--
(A) published tuition and fees at public 4-
year colleges and universities increased at an
average rate of 3.5 percent per year above the
rate of inflation;
(B) published tuition and fees at public
two-year colleges and universities increased at
an average rate of 2.5 percent per year above
the rate of inflation; and
(C) published tuition and fees at private
nonprofit 4-year colleges and universities
increased at an average rate of 2.2 percent per
year above the rate of inflation.
(4) Federal financial aid for higher education has
also seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the
Federal student aid portfolio composed of Direct Loans,
Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans with
outstanding balances grew by 119 percent between fiscal
year 2007 and fiscal year 2014.
(5) This spending has failed to make college more
affordable.
(6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address,
President Obama noted: ``We can't just keep subsidizing
skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money''.
(7) American students are chasing ever-increasing
tuition with ever-increasing debt. According to the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student debt now
stands at nearly $1.2 trillion. This makes student
loans the second largest balance of consumer debt,
after mortgage debt.
(8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too
many fail to complete college or end up defaulting on
these loans due to their debt burden and a weak economy
and job market.
(9) Based on estimates from the Congressional
Budget Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a
fiscal shortfall beginning in fiscal year 2017 and
continuing in each subsequent year in the current
budget window.
(10) Failing to address these problems will
jeopardize access and affordability to higher education
for America's young people.
(b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--In the House
of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent
resolution to address the root drivers of tuition inflation,
by--
(1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most
in need;
(2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make
them more effective;
(3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level
at $5,775 in each year of the budget window; and
(4) removing regulatory barriers in higher
education that act to restrict flexibility and
innovative teaching, particularly as it relates to non-
traditional models such as online coursework and
competency-based learning.
(c) Findings on Workforce Development.--The House of
Representatives finds the following:
(1) 8.7 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 trained personnel.
(3) The House Education and Workforce Committee
successfully consolidated 15 job training programs in
the recently enacted Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act.
(d) Policy on Workforce Development.--In the House of
Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution
to address the failings in the current workforce development
system, by--
(1) further streamlining and consolidating Federal
job training programs; and
(2) empowering states with the flexibility to
tailor funding and programs to the specific needs of
their workforce, including the development of career
scholarships.
SEC. 6210. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) For years, there has been serious concern
regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to
provide veterans timely access to health care and
benefits.
(2) In 2014, reports started breaking across the
Nation that VA medical centers were manipulating wait-
list documents to hide long delays veterans were facing
to receive health care. The VA hospital scandal led to
the immediate resignation of then-Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.
(3) In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health
care was added to the ``high-risk'' list of the
Government Accountability Office (GAO), due to
management and oversight failures that have directly
resulted in risks to the timeliness, cost-
effectiveness, and quality of health care.
(4) In response to the scandal, the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs held several oversight hearings
and ultimately enacted the Veterans' Access, Choice and
Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) (Public Law 113-146)
to address these problems. VACAA provided $15 billion
in emergency resources to fund internal health care
needs within the department and provided veterans
enhanced access to private-sector health care under the
new Veterans Choice Program.
(b) Policy on the Department of Veterans Affairs.--This
budget supports the continued oversight efforts by the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives
to ensure the VA is not only transparent and accountable, but
also successful in achieving its goals in providing timely
health care and benefits to America's veterans. The Committee
on the Budget of the House of Representatives will continue to
closely monitor the VA's progress to ensure resources provided
by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to provide
needed benefits and services to veterans.
SEC. 6211. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) Given the thousands of Federal programs and
trillions of dollars the Federal Government spends each
year, assessing and accounting for Federal fiscal
activities and liabilities is a complex undertaking.
(2) Current methods of accounting leave much to be
desired in capturing the full scope of government and
in presenting information in a clear and compelling way
that illuminates the best options going forward.
(3) Most fiscal analysis produced by the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a
relatively short time horizon: 10 or 25 years. While
this time frame is useful for most purposes, it fails
to consider the fiscal consequences over the longer
term.
(4) Additionally, current accounting methodology
does not provide an analysis of how the Federal
Government's fiscal situation over the long run affects
Americans of various age cohorts.
(5) Another consideration is how Federal programs
should be accounted for. The ``accrual method'' of
accounting records revenue when it is earned and
expenses when they are incurred, while the ``cash
method'' records revenue and expenses when cash is
actually paid or received.
(6) The Federal budget accounts for most programs
using cash accounting. Some programs, however,
particularly loan and loan guarantee programs, are
accounted for using accrual methods.
(7) GAO has indicated that accrual accounting may
provide a more accurate estimation of the Federal
Government's liabilities than cash accounting for some
programs specifically those that provide some form of
insurance.
(8) Where accrual accounting is used, it is almost
exclusively calculated by CBO according to the
methodology outlined in the Federal Credit Reform Act
of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses fair value methodology instead
of FCRA to measure the cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac, for example.
(9) FCRA methodology, however, understates the risk
and thus the true cost of Federal programs. An
alternative is fair value methodology, which uses
discount rates that incorporate the risk inherent to
the type of liability being estimated in addition to
Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity length.
(10) The Congressional Budget Office has concluded
that ``adopting a fair-value approach would provide a
more comprehensive way to measure the costs of Federal
credit programs and would permit more level comparisons
between those costs and the costs of other forms of
federal assistance'' than the current approach under
FCRA.
(b) Policy on Federal Accounting Methodologies.--In the
House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent
resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the
Congressional Budget Office and the public affected by Federal
budgetary choices, adopt Government-wide reforms of budget and
accounting practices so the American people and their
representatives can more readily understand the fiscal
situation of the Government of the United States and the
options best suited to improving it. Such reforms may include
but should not be limited to the following:
(1) Providing additional metrics to enhance our
current analysis by considering our fiscal situation
comprehensively, over an extended time horizon, and as
it affects Americans of various age cohorts.
(2) Expanding the use of accrual accounting where
appropriate.
(3) Accounting for certain Federal credit programs
using fair value accounting as opposed to the current
approach under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 6212. POLICY STATEMENT ON REDUCING UNNECESSARY, WASTEFUL, AND
UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is
required by law to identify examples of waste,
duplication, and overlap in Federal programs, and has
so identified dozens of such examples.
(2) In its report to Congress on Government
Efficiency and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General
has stated that addressing the identified waste,
duplication, and overlap in Federal programs could
``lead to tens of billions of dollars of additional
savings.''.
(3) In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO issued
reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in
Federal programs including--
(A) two hundred nine Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics education programs
in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost of
$3 billion annually;
(B) two hundred separate Department of
Justice crime prevention and victim services
grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9
billion in 2010;
(C) twenty different Federal entities
administer 160 housing programs and other forms
of Federal assistance for housing with a total
cost of $170 billion in 2010;
(D) seventeen separate Homeland Security
preparedness grant programs that spent $37
billion between fiscal years 2011 and 2012;
(E) fourteen grant and loan programs, and
three tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions;
(F) ninety-four different initiatives run
by 11 different agencies to encourage ``green
building'' in the private sector; and
(G) twenty-three agencies implemented
approximately 670 renewable energy initiatives
in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15
billion.
(4) The Federal Government spends more than $80
billion each year for approximately 1,400 information
technology investments. GAO has identified broad
acquisition failures, waste, and unnecessary
duplication in the Government's information technology
infrastructure. experts have estimated that eliminating
these problems could save 25 percent or $20 billion.
(5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a
potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO
estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all
Federal procurement could generate more than $50
billion in savings annually.
(6) Federal agencies reported an estimated $106
billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2013.
(7) Under clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, each standing committee must
hold at least one hearing during each 120 day period
following its establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or
mismanagement in Government programs.
(8) According to the Congressional Budget Office,
by fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly
resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized
appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of these laws
would ensure assessments of program justification and
effectiveness.
(9) The findings resulting from congressional
oversight of Federal Government programs should result
in programmatic changes in both authorizing statutes
and program funding levels.
(b) Policy on Reducing Unnecessary, Wasteful, and
Unauthorized Spending.--
(1) Each authorizing committee of the House of
Representatives annually should include in its Views
and Estimates letter required under section 301(d) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 recommendations to
the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives of programs within the jurisdiction of
such committee whose funding should be reduced or
eliminated.
(2) Committees of jurisdiction should review all
unauthorized programs funded through annual
appropriations to determine if the programs are
operating efficiently and effectively.
(3) Committees should reauthorize those programs
that in the committees' judgment should continue to
receive funding.
(4) For those programs not reauthorized by
committees, the House of Representatives should enforce
the limitations on funding such unauthorized programs
in the House rules. If the strictures of the rules are
deemed to be too rapid in prohibiting spending on
unauthorized programs, then milder measures should be
adopted and enforced until a return to the full
prohibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules
of the House.
SEC. 6213. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE
CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) According to the most recent estimate from the
Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were
expected to hold $844 billion in unobligated balances
at the close of fiscal year 2015.
(2) These funds represent direct and discretionary
spending previously made available by Congress that
remains available for expenditure.
(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and
it remains available for obligation indefinitely.
(4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 requires the Office of Management
and Budget to make funds available to agencies for
obligation and prohibits the Administration from
withholding or cancelling unobligated funds unless
approved by an Act of Congress.
(5) Greater congressional oversight is required to
review and identify potential savings from canceling
unobligated balances of funds that are no longer
needed.
(b) Policy on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation of
Unobligated Balances.--In the House of Representatives,
committees should through their oversight activities identify
and achieve savings through the cancellation or rescission of
unobligated balances that neither abrogate contractual
obligations of the Government nor reduce or disrupt Federal
commitments under programs such as Social Security, veterans'
affairs, national security, and Treasury authority to finance
the national debt.
(c) Deficit Reduction.--The House of Representatives, with
the assistance of the Government Accountability Office, the
Inspectors General, and other appropriate agencies should
continue to make it a high priority to review unobligated
balances and identify savings for deficit reduction.
SEC. 6214. POLICY STATEMENT ON AGENCY FEES AND SPENDING.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) A number of Federal agencies and organizations
have permanent authority to collect fees and other
offsetting collections and to spend these collected
funds.
(2) The total amount of offsetting fees and
offsetting collections is estimated by the Office of
Management and Budget to be $525 billion in fiscal year
2016.
(3) Agency budget justifications are, in some
cases, not fully transparent about the amount of
program activity funded through offsetting collections
or fees. This lack of transparency prevents effective
and accountable government.
(b) Policy on Agency Fees and Spending.--In the House of
Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution
that Congress must reassert its constitutional prerogative to
control spending and conduct oversight. To do so, Congress
should enact legislation requiring programs that are funded
through fees, offsetting receipts, or offsetting collections to
be allocated new budget authority annually. Such allocation may
arise from--
(1) legislation originating from the authorizing
committee of jurisdiction for the agency or program; or
(2) fee and account specific allocations included
in annual appropriation Acts.
SEC. 6215. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) The budget for the House of Representatives is
$188 million less than it was when Republicans became
the majority in 2011.
(2) The House of Representatives has achieved
significant savings by consolidating operations and
renegotiating contracts.
(b) Policy on Responsible Stewardship of Taxpayer
Dollars.--In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of
this concurrent resolution that:
(1) The House of Representatives must be a model
for the responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources
and therefore must identify any savings that can be
achieved through greater productivity and efficiency
gains in the operation and maintenance of House
services and resources like printing, conferences,
utilities, telecommunications, furniture, grounds
maintenance, postage, and rent. This should include a
review of policies and procedures for acquisition of
goods and services to eliminate any unnecessary
spending. The Committee on House Administration should
review the policies pertaining to the services provided
to Members and committees of the House of
Representatives, and should identify ways to reduce any
subsidies paid for the operation of the House gym,
barber shop, salon, and the House dining room.
(2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase first
class airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of
Congress.
(3) Retirement benefits for Members of Congress
should not include free, taxpayer-funded health care
for life.
SEC. 6216. POLICY STATEMENT ON ``NO BUDGET, NO PAY''.
In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this
concurrent resolution that Congress should agree to a
concurrent resolution on the budget every year pursuant to
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. If by
April 15, the House of Representatives has not agreed to a
concurrent resolution on the budget, the payroll administrator
of the House of Representatives should carry out this policy in
the same manner as the provisions of Public Law 113-3, the No
Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and should place in an escrow
account all compensation otherwise required to be made for
Members of the House of Representatives. Withheld compensation
should be released to Members of the House of Representatives
the earlier of the day on which the House of Representatives
agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget, pursuant to
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or the
last day of that Congress.
SEC. 6217. POLICY STATEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY FUNDING.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the
following:
(1) Russian aggression, the growing threats of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Middle
East, North Korean and Iranian nuclear and missile
programs, and continued Chinese investments in high-end
military capabilities and cyber warfare shape the
parameters of an increasingly complex and challenging
security environment.
(2) All four current service chiefs testified that
the National Military Strategy could not be executed at
sequestration levels.
(3) The independent and bipartisan National Defense
Panel conducted risk assessments of force structure
changes triggered by the Budget Control Act of 2011
(BCA) and concluded that in addition to previous cuts
to defense dating back to 2009, the sequestration of
defense discretionary spending has ``caused significant
shortfalls in U.S. military readiness and both present
and future capabilities''.
(4) The President's fiscal year 2016 budget
irresponsibly ignores current law and requests a
defense budget $38 billion above the caps for
rhetorical gain. By creating an expectation of spending
without a plan to avoid the BCA's guaranteed sequester
upon breaching of its caps, the White House's proposal
compounds the fiscal uncertainty that has affected the
military's ability to adequately plan for future
contingencies and make investments crucial for the
Nation's defense.
(5) The President's budget proposes $1.8 trillion
in tax increases, in addition to the $1.7 trillion in
tax hikes the Administration has already imposed. The
President's tax increases would further burden economic
growth and is not a realistic source for offsets to
fund defense sequester replacement.
(b) Policy on Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Funding.--
In fiscal year 2015, the House-passed budget resolution
anticipated $566 billion for national defense in the
discretionary base budget for fiscal year 2016. With no
necessary statutory change yet provided by Congress, the BCA
statute would require limiting national defense discretionary
base funding to $523 billion in fiscal year 2016. However, in
total with $90 billion, the House of Representatives Budget
estimate for Overseas Contingency Operations funding for the
Department of Defense, the fiscal year 2016 budget provides
over $613 billion total for defense spending that is higher
than the President's budget request for the fiscal year.
(c) Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund.--(1) The
budget resolution recognizes the need to ensure robust funding
for national defense while maintaining overall fiscal
discipline. The budget resolution prioritizes our national
defense and the needs of the warfighter by providing needed
dollars through the creation of the ``Defense Readiness and
Modernization Fund''.
(2) The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund provides
the mechanism for Congress to responsibly allocate in a
deficit-neutral way the resources the military needs to secure
the safety and liberty of United States citizens from threats
at home and abroad. The Defense Readiness and Modernization
Fund will provide the chair of the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives the ability to increase
allocations to support legislation that would provide for the
Department of Defense warfighting capabilities, modernization,
training and maintenance associated with combat readiness,
activities to reach full auditability of the Department of
Defense's financial statements, and implementation of military
and compensation reforms.
(d) Sequester Replacement for National Defense.--This
concurrent resolution encourages an immediate reevaluation of
Federal Government priorities to maintain the strength of
America's national security posture. In identifying policies to
restructure and stabilize the Government's major entitlement
programs which, along with net interest, will consume all
Federal revenue in less than 20 years, the budget also charts a
course that can ensure the availability of needed national
security resources.
And the House agree to the same.
Tom Price,
Todd Rokita,
Mario Diaz-Balart,
Diane Black,
John R. Moolenaar,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Michael B. Enzi,
Chuck Grassley,
Jeff Sessions,
Mike Crapo,
Lindsey Graham,
Rob Portman,
Patrick J. Toomey,
Ron Johnson,
Kelly Ayotte,
Roger F. Wicker,
Bob Corker,
David Perdue,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
the amendment of the House to the concurrent resolution (S.
Con. Res. 11), setting forth the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through
2025, submit the following joint statement to the House and the
Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon
by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference
report:
Joint Explanatory Statement of the
Committee on Conference
The conference agreement between the Senate and the House
on the fiscal year 2016 budget resolution is a statement of
good faith to the American people that Congress can govern
responsibly and effectively. This budget agreement achieves
five important objectives:
It balances the budget within 10 years to
address the problem of government overspending and
rising debt.
It balances solely by limiting government
spending, not by raising taxes, thereby boosting the
private sector economy and job creation.
It provides a path through reconciliation
to repeal the Affordable Care Act with its burdensome
mandates and restrictions, a first step toward
introducing real, patient-centered health care reform.
It makes national defense a priority and
provides for the maximum allowable defense funding
under current law, with a fiscally responsible path for
further spending increases.
It calls for a return to regular order in
Congress, allowing all committees to act fully and
Appropriations Committees to consider spending bills on
time.
It is well known that a budget is more than a set of
numbers. It is a reflection of national priorities, a vision of
the future. When developed in a responsible way, a sound
Federal budget can provide a foundation for moving America in
the direction of greater opportunity and economic growth and a
safer and more secure Nation.
In writing this budget, Congress is restoring a priority
neglected since fiscal year 2010. Moreover, in writing a 10-
year balanced budget, the House and Senate Budget Committees
have accomplished something the President's budget never does
and that Congress last achieved in fiscal year 2002--nearly 15
years ago. Passing this budget will also let the congressional
policymakers who actually allocate the dollars get to work and
observe its spending limits to achieve the Nation's goals.
The agreement presents a responsible path forward to
reduce the Nation's debt burden and expand economic opportunity
for all Americans. In meeting the goals cited above, the budget
aims to restore public trust by eliminating wasteful Washington
overspending; making government truly more effective and more
accountable; protecting America's most vulnerable citizens; and
strengthening the health and retirement of the Nation's
seniors. It ensures taxpayers' dollars are spent more wisely,
and that Medicare, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and other
programs can deliver on their promises. While providing a
sturdy and reliable safety net for those who need it, this
budget also helps others break free of government dependency
and pursue self-sufficiency.
The budget's deficit reduction also will have tangible
benefits for the economy. The Congressional Budget Office [CBO]
has analyzed how the funding changes contained in the
conference report likely would affect U.S. economic
performance, finding that the fully implemented spending levels
of the budget resolution conference report would improve the
economy. Specifically, the budget office found that: a) per
capita real gross national product [GNP], a proxy for a
country's standard of living, would be 1.4 percent higher in
2025 than it would be without the spending changes; and b)
nominal GDP would be $400 billion higher by fiscal year 2025
than it would otherwise be.
On the current fiscal trajectory, which is marked by
rising debt levels as a share of the economy, government
borrowing would eventually lead to a decline in national
savings and a ``crowding out'' of private investment. Crowding
out occurs when the Federal Government's borrowing competes
successfully with that of private borrowers. Not only can the
Federal Government command credit resources more readily,
thanks to its generally superior rating for default risk when
compared with private borrowers, but excessive borrowing can
put upward pressure on interest rates that private borrowers
must pay. Less credit available in private lending markets
could mean higher prices for Americans as borrowers.
CBO's analysis of the conference agreement indicates that
deficit reduction also creates long-term economic benefits
because it increases the pool of national savings and boosts
private investment, thereby raising economic growth and job
creation. CBO estimates that the conference agreement would
maintain budget balance in the years beyond the budget window
and significantly reduce Federal debt held by the public as a
percent of GDP. To put this in perspective, publicly held debt
to GDP currently stands at 74 percent, its highest level since
1951, and is projected to rise steadily in the decades ahead
under CBO's extended current law baseline. CBO estimates that
the conference agreement would reduce debt as a percent of GDP
to 56 percent in 2025 and ultimately to about 20 percent in
2040.
A congressional budget develops in stages, of which a
concurrent resolution on the budget agreed to by the House and
Senate is the first. The resolution establishes a framework for
fiscal policy and proposes an alignment of resources with
Congress's governing priorities. It is the only legislative
vehicle that reflects a global assessment of the governing
majority's priorities and the demands on Federal resources.
Subsequently, respective committees of jurisdiction develop, in
accordance with their judgments, policy reforms needed to
achieve the budget's fiscal aims, guided by the budget's
aggregates and recommended function levels, as presented later
in this statement.
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate of
the conference on the votes in disagreement between the Houses
on the concurrent resolution establishing the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016,
and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2017 through 2025 (S. Con. Res. 11) submit the following joint
statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the
effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and
recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The House amendment struck all of the Senate concurrent
resolution after the resolving clause and inserted the text of
H. Con. Res. 27.
The Senate recedes from its disagreement to the amendment
of the House with an amendment that is a substitute for the
Senate concurrent resolution and the House amendment. The
differences among the Senate concurrent resolution, the House
amendment thereto, and the substitute agreed to in conference
are noted below, except for clerical corrections, conforming
changes made necessary by agreements reached by the conferees,
and minor drafting and clarifying changes.
Conferees on the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for
Fiscal Year 2016 met in public session on Monday, April 20,
2015.
DISPLAYS AND AMOUNTS
The required contents of concurrent budget resolutions
are set forth in section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974. The years in this document are fiscal years unless
otherwise noted.
Each function discussion provides recommended function
totals for budget authority and outlays, as well as a breakout
of discretionary (annually appropriated) and direct (or
mandatory) spending amounts for fiscal year 2016. These figures
are not binding; they are intended to provide an overall
accounting of estimated spending requirements and priorities
according to major categories of government activities. Figures
for the Senate resolution and the House amendment are based on
CBO's January 2015 baseline; conference agreement numbers are
based on CBO's March 2015 baseline, adjusted for the enactment
of H.R. 2.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate concurrent resolution includes all of the
items required under Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment includes all of the items required as
part of a concurrent budget resolution under section 301(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act other than the spending and
revenue levels for Social Security Retirement and Disability
(which are used to enforce a point of order applicable only in
the Senate). It also adds three additional separate budget
functions: Government-Wide Savings (930); Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism (970); and Across-the-Board
Adjustment (990).
Discussion of the governing principles underlying the
budget's recommended policy reforms can be found in House
Report 114-47 accompanying H. Con. Res. 27, the House
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement includes all of the items
required under Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act,
and adds one separate budget function: Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism (970).
AGGREGATE AND FUNCTION LEVELS
The following tables are included in this section:
Table 1.--Economic Assumptions for the
Conference Agreement
Table 2.--FY 2016 Budget Resolution
Conference Agreement Summary
Table 3.--FY 2016 Budget Resolution
Conference Agreement Budget Aggregates
Table 4.--FY 2016 Budget Resolution
Conference Agreement Discretionary Budget Authority
Table 5.--FY 2016 Budget Resolution
Conference Agreement Mandatory Outlays
Table 6.--FY 2016 Budget Resolution
Conference Agreement Aggregate and Function Levels
Table 7.--FY 2016 Budget Resolution as
Passed by the Senate
Table 8.--Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Resolution Total Spending and Revenue, as Passed by the
House
Table 9.--Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Resolution Discretionary Spending, as Passed by the
House
Table 10.--Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Resolution Mandatory Spending, as Passed by the House
ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS
Section 301(g)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act
requires that the joint explanatory statement accompanying a
conference report on a budget resolution set forth the common
economic assumptions upon which the joint statement and
conference report are based. The conference agreement is built
upon the economic forecasts development by the Congressional
Budget Office and presented in CBO's ``Updated Budget
Projections: 2015 to 2015,'' (March 9, 2015).
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution employed CBO's economic assumptions
published in January 2015.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment uses CBO's economic assumptions
published in January 2015.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement uses CBO's economic assumption
published in March 2015.
TABLE 1.--ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
[Fiscal year]
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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
Billions of dollars................... 18,016 18,832 19,701 20,558 21,404 22,315 23,271 24,262 25,287 26,352 27,456
Percentage change..................... 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2
Real GDP:
Billions of 2009 dollars.............. 16,405 16,893 17,361 17,763 18,127 18,524 18,934 19,346 19,762 20,180 20,603
Percentage change..................... 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1
Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U):
1982-84=100........................... 238.6 243.3 248.9 254.7 260.7 267.0 273.5 280.2 287.0 294.0 301.0
Percentage change..................... 1.1 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4
Price Index, Personal Consumption
Expenditures (PCE):
2009=100.............................. 109.7 111.6 113.7 116.0 118.3 120.7 123.1 125.6 128.1 130.7 133.3
Percentage change..................... 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Unemployment Rate, Civilian, 16 Years or
Older:
Percent............................... 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4
Employment, Total Nonfarm (Establishment
Survey):
Millions.............................. 141 143 144 146 146 147 148 149 150 151 152
Percentage change..................... 2.0 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
10-Year Treasury Note:
Percent............................... 2.6 3.2 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6
Income, Personal:
Billions of dollars................... 15,183 15,905 16,682 17,508 18,331 19,195 20,125 21,059 22,007 23,003 24,054
Percentage of GDP..................... 84.3 84.5 84.7 85.2 85.6 86.0 86.5 86.8 87.0 87.3 87.6
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FUNCTIONS AND REVENUES
TABLE 2.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE AGREEMENT SUMMARY
[Fiscal year, $ billions]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-20 2016-25
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Conference Levels:
Outlays............................. 3,871 3,808 3,846 4,027 4,210 4,365 4,581 4,695 4,774 5,006 19,761 43,183
Revenues............................ 3,471 3,602 3,729 3,875 4,035 4,211 4,395 4,596 4,806 5,030 18,711 41,750
Deficit(+)/Surplus(-)............... 400 206 117 152 176 153 186 99 -32 -24 1,050 1,432
Debt held by the public............. 13,842 14,124 14,307 14,523 14,757 14,965 15,204 15,354 15,374 15,405
As a Share of GDP:a
Outlays............................. 20.6% 19.4% 18.8% 18.8% 18.8% 18.7% 18.8% 18.5% 18.0% 18.1% 19.3% 18.8%
Revenues............................ 18.5% 18.4% 18.2% 18.1% 18.0% 18.1% 18.0% 18.1% 18.1% 18.2% 18.2% 18.2%
Deficit(+)/Surplus(-)............... 2.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 0.4% -0.1% -0.1% 1.0% 0.7%
Debt held by the public............. 73.6% 72.1% 69.8% 67.9% 65.9% 64.2% 62.3% 60.5% 58.0% 55.6% n.a. n.a.
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aIn 2016-20 and 2016-25 columns, percentages reflect five- and ten-year averages, respectively.
TABLE 3.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE AGREEMENT BUDGET AGGREGATES
[Fiscal year, $ billions]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-20 2016-25
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Discretionary:
Defense (regular BA)a......... 523 536 549 562 576 590 623 636 649 662 2,746 5,906
Nondefense (regular BA)a...... 493 477 478 487 495 503 509 515 521 527 2,431 5,006
Total Discretionary:
BA.......................... 1,120 1,085 1,097 1,113 1,128 1,148 1,132 1,151 1,170 1,189 5,542 11,332
OT.......................... 1,206 1,167 1,148 1,157 1,167 1,182 1,181 1,176 1,180 1,200 5,845 11,764
% change (BA)b................ -0.2% -3.1% 1.1% 1.5% 1.3% 1.8% -1.4% 1.7% 1.7% 1.6% 0.1% 0.6%
Mandatory (OT).................. 2,390 2,316 2,311 2,431 2,559 2,667 2,853 2,943 2,997 3,196 12,007 26,662
% changeb..................... 4.8% -3.1% -0.2% 5.2% 5.3% 4.2% 7.0% 3.2% 1.8% 6.6% 2.3% 3.4%
Net interest (OT)............... 275 325 387 438 484 516 548 576 598 611 1,910 4,757
% changeb..................... 20.4% 18.0% 19.1% 13.3% 10.4% 6.5% 6.3% 5.2% 3.8% 2.1% 16.2% 10.3%
Total outlays................... 3,871 3,808 3,846 4,027 4,210 4,365 4,581 4,695 4,774 5,006 19,761 43,183
% changeb..................... 5.1% -1.6% 1.0% 4.7% 4.6% 3.7% 5.0% 2.5% 1.7% 4.9% 2.7% 3.1%
Revenues........................ 3,471 3,602 3,729 3,875 4,035 4,211 4,395 4,596 4,806 5,030 18,711 41,750
% changeb 8.7% 3.8% 3.5% 3.9% 4.1% 4.4% 4.4% 4.6% 4.6% 4.7% 4.8% 4.7%
Unified deficit (+)/surplus (-). 400 206 117 152 176 153 186 99 -32 -24 1,050 1,432
On-budget..................... 415 206 94 104 98 44 42 -84 -257 -296 917 365
Off-budget.................... -15 0 23 48 78 109 144 183 226 272 133 1,067
Unified deficit/surplus % of GDP 2.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 0.4% -0.1% -0.1% 1.0% 0.6%
Total Federal debt.............. 19,072 19,503 19,840 20,178 20,509 20,788 21,048 21,203 21,209 21,165 n.c. n.c.
Total Federal debt % of GDP..... 101.4% 99.5% 96.8% 94.3% 91.6% 89.2% 86.3% 83.5% 80.0% 76.4% n.c. n.c.
Debt held by the public......... 13,842 14,124 14,307 14,523 14,757 14,965 15,204 15,354 15,374 15,405 n.c. n.c.
Debt held by the public % of GDP 73.6% 72.1% 69.8% 67.9% 65.9% 64.2% 62.3% 60.5% 58.0% 55.6% n.c. n.c.
MEMORANDA:
Economic Growth Benefitc (OT)... 38 20 0 0 0 -23 -24 -25 -53 -55 57 -124
Unified deficit (+)/surplus (-) 362 186 117 152 176 177 210 125 21 31 993 1,557
without Economic Growth Benefit
Gross Domestic Product.......... 18,800 19,600 20,500 21,400 22,400 23,300 24,400 25,400 26,500 27,700 102,700 230,000
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aThese amounts are subject to discretionary spending limits in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (the Deficit Control Act),
as amended.
bPercentage change represents change from year prior. In 2016-20 and 2016-25 columns, percentage reflects average annual growth.
cCBO estimate of the effect on the deficit from the change in the economy attributable to the budget plan. In this table, the effect is included in the
mandatory spending line.
n.c. = not computable.
TABLE 4.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE AGREEMENT DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY
[Fiscal year, $ billions]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-20 2016-25
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Defense (regular BA):a
Conference Agreement.................... 523 536 549 562 576 590 623 636 649 662 2,746 5,906
CBO March Baseline...................... 523 536 549 562 576 590 605 620 635 651 2,746 5,848
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Difference............................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 16 14 11 0 58
Nondefense (regular BA):a
Conference Agreement.................... 493 477 478 487 495 503 509 515 521 527 2,431 5,006
CBO March Baseline...................... 493 504 515 529 543 555 569 583 598 613 2,584 5,503
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Difference............................ 0 -26 -37 -43 -47 -52 -60 -68 -77 -86 -153 -496
Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO):
Conference Agreement.................... 96 65 63 58 50 48 0 0 0 0 331 378
President's Budget...................... 58 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 191 191
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Difference............................ 38 38 36 31 23 21 0 0 0 0 166 187
Disaster Relief Funding:
Conference Agreement.................... 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 34 41
President's Budget...................... 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
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Difference............................ 0 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 27 34
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aThese amounts are subject to discretionary spending limits in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (the Deficit Control Act),
as amended.
TABLE 5.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE AGREEMENT MANDATORY OUTLAYS
[Fiscal year, $ billions]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-20 2016-25
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CBO March Baseline:a 2,488 2,565 2,633 2,798 2,954 3,118 3,350 3,476 3,597 3,872 13,438 30,852
% changeb..................... 9.1% 3.1% 2.7% 6.3% 5.6% 5.6% 7.4% 3.8% 3.5% 7.6% 5.3% 5.4%
Conference Agreement:c 2,390 2,316 2,311 2,431 2,559 2,667 2,853 2,943 2,997 3,196 12,007 26,662
% changeb..................... 4.8% -3.1% -0.2% 5.2% 5.3% 4.2% 7.0% 3.2% 1.8% 6.6% 2.3% 3.4%
Difference -99 -249 -323 -367 -395 -451 -498 -533 -601 -676 -1,432 -4,189
MEMORANDUM:
Gross Domestic Product.......... 18,800 19,600 20,500 21,400 22,400 23,300 24,400 25,400 26,500 27,700 102,700 230,000
% changeb..................... 4.4% 4.3% 4.6% 4.4% 4.7% 4.0% 4.7% 4.1% 4.3% 4.5% 4.5% 4.4%
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aIncludes the effect of H.R. 2, which cleared Congress on April 14.
bPercentage change represents change from year prior. In 2016-20 and 2016-25 columns, percentage reflects average annual growth.
cIncludes economic growth benefit.
TABLE 6.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE AGREEMENT AGGREGATE AND FUNCTION LEVELS
[Fiscal year, $ billions]
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Function 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-20 2016-25
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050-National Defense:
BA.......................... 531.306 544.515 557.764 571.039 585.330 599.646 632.804 646.039 659.310 673.490 2,789.954 6,001.243
OT.......................... 564.325 549.357 548.021 560.439 572.493 585.628 615.907 628.518 638.235 658.011 2,794.635 5,920.934
Discretionary:
BA........................ 523.091 536.068 549.073 562.080 576.088 590.097 623.000 636.000 649.000 662.000 2,746.400 5,906.497
OT........................ 555.480 540.097 538.510 550.830 562.841 575.860 605.978 618.404 627.922 646.598 2,747.758 5,822.520
Mandatory:
BA........................ 8.215 8.447 8.691 8.959 9.242 9.549 9.804 10.039 10.310 11.490 43.554 94.746
OT........................ 8.845 9.260 9.511 9.609 9.652 9.768 9.929 10.114 10.313 11.413 46.877 98.414
150-International Affairs:
BA.......................... 40.202 40.246 41.176 42.100 43.092 44.085 45.333 46.348 47.408 48.485 206.816 438.475
OT.......................... 46.028 43.086 41.818 41.391 41.518 42.005 42.749 43.510 44.367 45.266 213.841 431.738
Discretionary:
BA........................ 40.094 40.745 41.629 42.522 43.468 44.417 45.417 46.416 47.461 48.527 208.458 440.696
OT........................ 47.086 44.391 43.507 43.184 43.366 43.846 44.394 45.187 46.079 47.018 221.534 448.058
Mandatory:
BA........................ 0.108 -0.499 -0.453 -0.422 -0.376 -0.332 -0.084 -0.068 -0.053 -0.042 -1.642 -2.221
OT........................ -1.058 -1.305 -1.689 -1.793 -1.848 -1.841 -1.645 -1.677 -1.712 -1.752 -7.693 -16.320
250-General Science, Space and
Technology:
BA.......................... 29.187 29.771 30.432 31.104 31.805 32.508 33.242 33.978 34.743 35.517 152.299 322.287
OT.......................... 29.555 29.707 30.162 30.647 31.283 31.875 32.579 33.306 34.053 34.815 151.354 317.982
Discretionary:
BA........................ 29.087 29.664 30.332 31.004 31.705 32.408 33.142 33.878 34.643 35.417 151.792 321.280
OT........................ 29.454 29.601 30.060 30.547 31.183 31.775 32.479 33.206 33.953 34.715 150.845 316.973
Mandatory:
BA........................ 0.100 0.107 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.507 1.007
OT........................ 0.101 0.106 0.102 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.509 1.009
270-Energy:
BA.......................... -3.201 1.962 -0.746 -0.856 -0.884 -0.948 -1.030 -1.098 -1.144 -1.153 -3.725 -9.098
OT.......................... 1.412 1.095 -2.111 -1.936 -1.811 -1.657 -1.651 -1.643 -1.614 -1.589 -3.351 -11.505
Discretionary:
BA........................ 2.588 2.655 2.725 2.790 2.877 2.946 3.019 3.093 3.169 3.241 13.635 29.103
OT........................ 3.233 2.740 2.612 2.736 2.820 2.885 2.961 3.033 3.107 3.183 14.141 29.310
Mandatory:
BA........................ -5.789 -0.693 -3.471 -3.646 -3.761 -3.894 -4.049 -4.191 -4.313 -4.394 -17.360 -38.201
OT........................ -1.821 -1.645 -4.723 -4.672 -4.631 -4.542 -4.612 -4.676 -4.721 -4.772 -17.492 -40.815
300-Natural Resources and
Environment:
BA.......................... 36.374 37.654 38.325 38.923 40.388 41.191 41.650 42.496 43.935 45.039 191.664 405.975
OT.......................... 39.499 40.016 39.595 39.465 40.563 41.461 41.770 42.726 43.453 44.409 199.138 412.957
Discretionary:
BA........................ 34.439 35.329 36.359 37.431 38.506 39.603 40.772 41.913 43.108 44.343 182.064 391.803
OT........................ 37.013 37.186 37.191 37.827 38.823 39.799 40.922 42.031 42.600 43.773 188.040 397.165
Mandatory:
BA........................ 1.935 2.325 1.966 1.492 1.882 1.588 0.878 0.583 0.827 0.696 9.600 14.172
OT........................ 2.486 2.830 2.404 1.638 1.740 1.662 0.848 0.695 0.853 0.636 11.098 15.792
350-Agriculture:
BA.......................... 19.098 22.846 21.964 20.652 19.681 19.545 19.509 20.119 20.253 20.540 104.241 204.207
OT.......................... 21.572 22.376 20.853 19.875 19.132 19.025 18.979 19.590 19.699 20.028 103.808 201.129
Discretionary:
BA........................ 5.998 6.152 6.330 6.513 6.699 6.884 7.084 7.278 7.487 7.699 31.692 68.124
OT........................ 5.939 6.077 6.252 6.428 6.609 6.792 6.989 7.182 7.385 7.595 31.305 67.248
Mandatory:
BA........................ 13.100 16.694 15.634 14.139 12.982 12.661 12.425 12.841 12.766 12.841 72.549 136.083
OT........................ 15.633 16.299 14.601 13.447 12.523 12.233 11.990 12.408 12.314 12.433 72.503 133.881
370-Commerce and Housing
Credit:
BA.......................... -4.010 -11.014 -10.671 -10.096 -8.181 -7.989 -7.587 -7.204 -6.601 -6.379 -43.972 -79.732
OT.......................... -13.580 -24.064 -27.566 -29.561 -25.522 -22.606 -24.053 -25.111 -25.809 -26.435 -120.293 -244.307
Discretionary:
BA........................ -10.605 -13.301 -13.279 -12.114 -9.774 -8.848 -7.588 -6.382 -5.319 -4.680 -59.073 -91.890
OT........................ -7.165 -11.356 -12.285 -11.885 -10.163 -9.095 -8.000 -7.058 -6.021 -5.208 -52.854 -88.236
Mandatory:
BA........................ 6.595 2.287 2.608 2.018 1.593 0.859 0.001 -0.822 -1.282 -1.699 15.101 12.158
OT........................ -6.415 -12.708 -15.281 -17.676 -15.359 -13.511 -16.053 -18.053 -19.788 -21.227 -67.439 -156.071
370 on-budget:
BA.......................... -0.997 -8.697 -8.277 -7.401 -5.156 -4.806 -4.250 -3.613 -2.754 -2.278 -30.528 -48.229
OT.......................... -10.566 -21.748 -25.173 -26.866 -22.499 -19.423 -20.716 -21.520 -21.962 -22.335 -106.852 -212.808
Discretionary:
BA........................ -10.871 -13.578 -13.567 -12.413 -10.084 -9.169 -7.922 -6.728 -5.677 -5.051 -60.513 -95.060
OT........................ -7.430 -11.633 -12.573 -12.183 -10.473 -9.415 -8.333 -7.403 -6.378 -5.578 -54.292 -91.399
Mandatory:
BA........................ 9.874 4.881 5.290 5.012 4.928 4.363 3.672 3.115 2.923 2.773 29.985 46.831
OT........................ -3.136 -10.115 -12.600 -14.683 -12.026 -10.008 -12.383 -14.117 -15.584 -16.757 -52.560 -121.409
400-Transportation:
BA.......................... 72.055 72.715 73.262 73.696 74.070 74.409 55.154 56.254 56.798 57.190 365.798 665.603
OT.......................... 87.153 82.838 79.648 78.845 78.268 77.871 73.378 66.074 62.874 61.710 406.752 748.659
Discretionary:
BA........................ 30.083 30.772 31.607 32.465 33.352 34.247 35.168 36.106 35.506 36.451 158.279 335.757
OT........................ 86.083 82.021 79.159 78.766 78.603 78.624 74.550 67.646 63.296 62.689 404.632 751.437
Mandatory:
BA........................ 41.972 41.943 41.655 41.231 40.718 40.162 19.986 20.148 21.292 20.739 207.519 329.846
OT........................ 1.070 0.817 0.489 0.079 -0.335 -0.753 -1.172 -1.572 -0.422 -0.979 2.120 -2.778
450-Community and Regional
Development:
BA.......................... 15.486 16.344 16.737 16.973 16.984 16.903 9.965 9.947 9.993 10.077 82.524 139.409
OT.......................... 20.692 19.144 19.692 20.450 20.702 20.682 19.034 15.892 13.220 11.515 100.680 181.023
Discretionary:
BA........................ 15.040 15.316 15.508 15.697 15.900 16.116 9.461 9.683 9.911 10.136 77.461 132.768
OT........................ 19.627 18.125 18.037 18.487 18.617 18.481 16.680 14.192 12.495 11.002 92.893 165.743
Mandatory:
BA........................ 0.446 1.028 1.229 1.276 1.084 0.787 0.504 0.264 0.082 -0.059 5.063 6.641
OT........................ 1.065 1.019 1.655 1.963 2.085 2.201 2.354 1.700 0.725 0.513 7.787 15.280
500-Education, Training,
Employment:
BA.......................... 83.315 89.084 91.432 90.189 92.597 93.900 95.502 96.984 98.820 100.785 446.617 932.608
OT.......................... 93.293 92.888 91.193 89.369 91.891 93.562 95.022 96.608 98.336 100.297 458.634 942.459
Discretionary:
BA........................ 89.823 92.951 94.703 96.567 98.546 100.549 102.624 104.620 106.756 108.896 472.590 996.035
OT........................ 93.797 95.174 93.014 94.795 96.655 98.659 100.670 102.690 104.746 106.863 473.435 987.063
Mandatory:
BA........................ -6.508 -3.867 -3.271 -6.378 -5.949 -6.649 -7.122 -7.636 -7.936 -8.111 -25.973 -63.427
OT........................ -0.504 -2.286 -1.821 -5.426 -4.764 -5.097 -5.648 -6.082 -6.410 -6.566 -14.801 -44.604
550-Health:
BA.......................... 433.064 397.209 387.638 398.203 420.326 426.184 442.681 461.378 476.599 493.913 2,036.440 4,337.195
OT.......................... 430.917 394.211 397.302 399.888 411.116 426.218 442.701 461.378 476.631 494.059 2,033.434 4,334.421
Discretionary:
BA........................ 57.727 58.919 60.296 61.691 63.146 64.602 66.126 67.651 69.242 70.844 301.779 640.244
OT........................ 58.420 58.957 59.775 60.285 61.571 62.806 64.273 65.771 67.308 68.881 299.008 628.047
Mandatory:
BA........................ 375.337 338.290 327.342 336.512 357.180 361.582 376.555 393.727 407.357 423.069 1,734.661 3,696.951
OT........................ 372.497 335.254 337.527 339.603 349.545 363.412 378.428 395.607 409.323 425.178 1,734.426 3,706.374
570-Medicare:
BA.......................... 579.430 571.876 566.754 628.736 667.036 711.198 800.458 812.590 815.240 923.187 3,013.832 7,076.505
OT.......................... 579.361 571.830 566.656 628.652 666.951 711.111 800.363 812.496 815.139 923.082 3,013.450 7,075.641
Discretionary:
BA........................ 6.535 6.918 7.338 7.792 8.263 8.758 9.285 9.829 10.395 10.983 36.846 86.096
OT........................ 6.492 6.894 7.269 7.719 8.188 8.677 9.198 9.742 10.305 10.887 36.562 85.371
Mandatory:
BA........................ 572.895 564.958 559.416 620.944 658.773 702.440 791.173 802.761 804.845 912.204 2,976.986 6,990.409
OT........................ 572.869 564.936 559.387 620.933 658.763 702.434 791.165 802.754 804.834 912.195 2,976.888 6,990.270
600-Income Security:
BA.......................... 523.086 496.233 485.055 476.663 484.015 489.999 498.503 503.364 510.872 517.417 2,465.052 4,985.207
OT.......................... 523.645 492.511 476.530 471.357 478.199 484.318 497.869 499.521 501.192 511.441 2,442.242 4,936.583
Discretionary:
BA........................ 63.235 61.219 61.398 60.997 62.339 63.675 65.591 66.390 67.163 67.655 309.188 639.662
OT........................ 64.237 62.844 62.101 61.716 62.215 63.189 64.658 65.788 66.695 67.305 313.113 640.748
Mandatory:
BA........................ 459.851 435.014 423.657 415.666 421.676 426.324 432.912 436.974 443.709 449.762 2,155.864 4,345.545
OT........................ 459.408 429.667 414.429 409.641 415.984 421.129 433.211 433.733 434.497 444.136 2,129.129 4,295.835
650-Social Security Retirement
and Disability:
BA.......................... 928.939 978.390 1,039.410 1,104.586 1,174.741 1,248.387 1,325.517 1,406.861 1,491.896 1,579.505 5,226.066 12,278.232
OT.......................... 924.957 973.310 1,033.990 1,098.755 1,168.609 1,242.055 1,318.684 1,399.827 1,484.561 1,571.969 5,199.621 12,216.717
Discretionary:
BA........................ 5.009 5.296 5.469 5.645 5.827 6.012 6.205 6.399 6.600 6.805 27.246 59.267
OT........................ 5.127 5.316 5.449 5.614 5.795 5.980 6.172 6.365 6.565 6.769 27.301 59.152
Mandatory:
BA........................ 923.930 973.094 1,033.941 1,098.941 1,168.914 1,242.375 1,319.312 1,400.462 1,485.296 1,572.700 5,198.820 12,218.965
OT........................ 919.830 967.994 1,028.541 1,093.141 1,162.814 1,236.075 1,312.512 1,393.462 1,477.996 1,565.200 5,172.320 12,157.565
650 on-budget:
BA........................ 33.885 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.565 486.576
OT........................ 33.928 36.563 39.424 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.653 486.664
Discretionary:
BA........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
OT........................ 0.043 0.028 0.017 ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... 0.088 0.088
Mandatory:
BA........................ 33.885 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.565 486.576
OT........................ 33.885 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.565 486.576
700-Veterans Benefits and
Services:
BA.......................... 166.261 164.546 162.740 174.599 179.485 183.721 196.041 192.637 189.442 203.290 847.631 1,812.762
OT.......................... 171.862 168.559 162.753 173.869 178.581 182.821 195.056 191.640 188.356 202.189 855.624 1,815.686
Discretionary:
BA........................ 68.575 70.512 72.705 74.963 77.290 79.647 82.102 84.593 87.145 89.767 364.045 787.299
OT........................ 68.327 69.849 72.081 74.168 76.442 78.811 81.246 83.689 86.234 88.808 360.867 779.655
Mandatory:
BA........................ 97.686 94.034 90.035 99.636 102.195 104.074 113.939 108.044 102.297 113.523 483.586 1,025.463
OT........................ 103.535 98.710 90.672 99.701 102.139 104.010 113.810 107.951 102.122 113.381 494.757 1,036.031
750-Administration of Justice:
BA.......................... 50.976 57.639 55.885 57.582 59.324 61.247 63.791 65.688 67.626 69.425 281.406 609.183
OT.......................... 56.455 56.693 54.562 56.699 61.755 62.635 63.748 65.589 67.266 68.892 286.164 614.294
Discretionary:
BA........................ 51.172 53.352 55.105 56.918 58.784 60.676 62.647 64.646 66.694 68.607 275.331 598.601
OT........................ 51.981 53.328 54.891 56.622 58.312 60.207 62.163 64.153 66.188 68.081 275.134 595.926
Mandatory:
BA........................ -0.196 4.287 0.780 0.664 0.540 0.571 1.144 1.042 0.932 0.818 6.075 10.582
OT........................ 4.474 3.365 -0.329 0.077 3.443 2.428 1.585 1.436 1.078 0.811 11.030 18.368
800-General Government:
BA.......................... 23.151 23.194 23.426 24.000 24.703 25.202 25.962 26.698 27.130 27.881 118.474 251.347
OT.......................... 22.981 23.289 23.371 23.685 24.290 24.878 25.562 26.272 26.766 27.435 117.616 248.529
Discretionary:
BA........................ 16.958 16.932 17.217 17.703 18.337 18.738 19.417 20.105 20.710 21.413 87.147 187.530
OT........................ 16.970 17.069 17.307 17.494 18.029 18.497 19.077 19.723 20.353 21.025 86.869 185.544
Mandatory:
BA........................ 6.193 6.262 6.209 6.297 6.366 6.464 6.545 6.593 6.420 6.468 31.327 63.817
OT........................ 6.011 6.220 6.064 6.191 6.261 6.381 6.485 6.549 6.413 6.410 30.747 62.985
900-Net Interest:
BA.......................... 275.302 324.912 387.001 438.431 483.884 515.508 547.736 575.992 597.779 610.540 1,909.530 4,757.085
OT.......................... 275.302 324.912 387.001 438.431 483.884 515.508 547.736 575.992 597.779 610.540 1,909.530 4,757.085
Discretionary:
BA........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
OT........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
Mandatory:
BA........................ 275.302 324.912 387.001 438.431 483.884 515.508 547.736 575.992 597.779 610.540 1,909.530 4,757.085
OT........................ 275.302 324.912 387.001 438.431 483.884 515.508 547.736 575.992 597.779 610.540 1,909.530 4,757.085
900 on-budget:
BA........................ 367.542 416.418 479.446 533.121 579.344 611.558 642.888 669.066 687.195 694.215 2,375.871 5,680.793
OT........................ 367.542 416.418 479.446 533.121 579.344 611.558 642.888 669.066 687.195 694.215 2,375.871 5,680.793
Discretionary:
BA...................... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
OT...................... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
Mandatory:
BA...................... 367.542 416.418 479.446 533.121 579.344 611.558 642.888 669.066 687.195 694.215 2,375.871 5,680.793
OT...................... 367.542 416.418 479.446 533.121 579.344 611.558 642.888 669.066 687.195 694.215 2,375.871 5,680.793
920-Allowances:
BA.......................... 25.256 -21.661 -50.890 -60.624 -72.620 -104.010 -119.157 -131.418 -168.306 -204.728 -180.539 -908.158
OT.......................... 45.538 -5.856 -40.133 -53.987 -65.480 -98.128 -111.033 -122.924 -160.427 -186.150 -119.918 -798.580
Discretionary:
BA........................ -5.395 -29.258 -40.330 -45.080 -53.213 -60.121 -71.330 -81.369 -89.614 -99.341 -173.276 -575.051
OT........................ 14.887 -17.027 -30.665 -38.828 -46.562 -54.135 -63.349 -73.092 -81.982 -91.116 -118.195 -481.869
Mandatory:
BA........................ 30.651 7.597 -10.560 -15.544 -19.407 -43.889 -47.827 -50.049 -78.692 -105.387 -7.263 -333.107
OT........................ 30.651 11.171 -9.468 -15.159 -18.918 -43.993 -47.684 -49.832 -78.445 -95.034 -1.723 -316.711
950-Undistributed Offsetting
Receipts:
BA.......................... -99.168 -113.627 -121.235 -120.230 -120.280 -124.851 -132.974 -141.599 -152.306 -166.153 -574.540 -1,292.423
OT.......................... -99.168 -113.627 -121.235 -120.230 -120.280 -124.851 -132.974 -141.599 -152.306 -166.153 -574.540 -1,292.423
Discretionary:
BA........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
OT........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
Mandatory:
BA........................ -99.168 -113.627 -121.235 -120.230 -120.280 -124.851 -132.974 -141.599 -152.306 -166.153 -574.540 -1,292.423
OT........................ -99.168 -113.627 -121.235 -120.230 -120.280 -124.851 -132.974 -141.599 -152.306 -166.153 -574.540 -1,292.423
950 on-budget:
BA.......................... -82.548 -96.446 -103.441 -101.796 -101.191 -105.094 -112.536 -120.466 -130.467 -143.591 -485.422 -1,097.576
OT.......................... -82.548 -96.446 -103.441 -101.796 -101.191 -105.094 -112.536 -120.466 -130.467 -143.591 -485.422 -1,097.576
Discretionary:
BA........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
OT........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
Mandatory:
BA........................ -82.548 -96.446 -103.441 -101.796 -101.191 -105.094 -112.536 -120.466 -130.467 -143.591 -485.422 -1,097.576
OT........................ -82.548 -96.446 -103.441 -101.796 -101.191 -105.094 -112.536 -120.466 -130.467 -143.591 -485.422 -1,097.576
970-Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on
Terrorism:
BA.......................... 96.287 64.598 62.593 57.586 49.578 47.569 ........... ........... ........... ........... 330.642 378.211
OT.......................... 48.798 65.684 63.758 60.653 54.095 50.191 19.493 7.554 2.683 0.892 292.988 373.801
Discretionary:
BA........................ 96.287 64.598 62.593 57.586 49.578 47.569 ........... ........... ........... ........... 330.642 378.211
OT........................ 48.798 65.684 63.758 60.653 54.095 50.191 19.493 7.554 2.683 0.892 292.988 373.801
Mandatory:
BA........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
OT........................ ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .............. ..............
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Total:
BA.......................... 3,822.396 3,787.432 3,858.052 4,053.256 4,245.074 4,393.404 4,573.100 4,716.054 4,819.487 5,037.868 19,766.210 43,306.123
OT.......................... 3,870.597 3,807.959 3,845.860 4,026.756 4,210.237 4,364.602 4,580.919 4,695.216 4,774.454 5,006.223 19,761.409 43,182.823
Discretionary:
BA........................ 1,119.741 1,084.839 1,096.778 1,113.170 1,127.718 1,147.975 1,132.142 1,150.849 1,170.057 1,188.763 5,542.246 11,332.032
OT........................ 1,205.786 1,166.970 1,148.023 1,157.158 1,167.439 1,181.849 1,180.554 1,176.206 1,179.911 1,199.760 5,845.376 11,763.656
Mandatory:
BA........................ 2,702.655 2,702.593 2,761.274 2,940.086 3,117.356 3,245.429 3,440.958 3,565.205 3,649.430 3,849.105 14,223.964 31,974.091
OT........................ 2,664.811 2,640.989 2,697.837 2,869.598 3,042.798 3,182.753 3,400.365 3,519.010 3,594.543 3,806.463 13,916.033 31,419.167
Total on-budget:
BA.......................... 3,039.215 2,956.581 2,970.682 3,107.123 3,234.011 3,313.719 3,420.057 3,484.446 3,504.239 3,634.452 15,307.612 32,664.525
OT.......................... 3,091.442 2,982.215 2,963.926 3,086.454 3,205.304 3,291.249 3,434.709 3,470.642 3,466.541 3,610.342 15,329.341 32,602.824
Discretionary:
BA........................ 1,114.466 1,079.266 1,091.021 1,107.226 1,121.581 1,141.642 1,125.603 1,144.104 1,163.099 1,181.587 5,513.560 11,269.595
OT........................ 1,200.437 1,161.405 1,142.303 1,151.246 1,161.334 1,175.549 1,174.049 1,169.496 1,172.989 1,192.621 5,816.725 11,701.429
Mandatory:
BA........................ 1,924.749 1,877.315 1,879.661 1,999.897 2,112.430 2,172.077 2,294.454 2,340.342 2,341.140 2,452.865 9,794.052 21,394.930
OT........................ 1,891.005 1,820.810 1,821.623 1,935.208 2,043.970 2,115.700 2,260.660 2,301.146 2,293.552 2,417.721 9,512.616 20,901.395
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Revenues...................... 3,470.720 3,602.254 3,729.105 3,874.731 4,034.524 4,211.287 4,395.193 4,596.085 4,806.181 5,030.409 18,711.334 41,750.489
Revenues on-budget............ 2,676.733 2,776.156 2,870.206 2,982.310 3,107.111 3,247.391 3,392.968 3,554.412 3,723.973 3,906.111 14,412.516 32,237.371
Surplus/Deficit (-)........... -399.877 -205.705 -116.755 -152.025 -175.713 -153.315 -185.726 -99.131 31.727 24.186 -1,050.075 -1,432.334
On-budget................... -414.709 -206.059 -93.720 -104.144 -98.193 -43.858 -41.741 83.770 257.432 295.769 -916.825 -365.453
Off-budget.................. 14.832 0.354 -23.035 -47.881 -77.520 -109.457 -143.985 -182.901 -225.705 -271.583 -133.250 -1,066.881
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TABLE 7.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
[Fiscal year, $ billions]
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Function 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-20 2016-25
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050-National Defense:
BA............................. 593.277 620.263 544.506 557.744 571.019 585.310 599.627 600.634 615.997 631.771 648.836 2,878.842 5,975.707
OT............................. 590.190 605.189 576.934 558.049 564.685 573.614 586.038 596.103 603.051 611.920 632.992 2,878.471 5,908.575
Discretionary:
BA........................... 585.833 612.020 536.067 549.071 562.079 576.087 590.096 590.848 605.970 621.469 637.356 2,835.324 5,881.063
OT........................... 582.690 596.886 568.349 549.213 555.646 564.355 576.503 586.322 593.026 601.623 621.580 2,834.449 5,813.503
Mandatory:
BA........................... 7.444 8.243 8.439 8.673 8.940 9.223 9.531 9.786 10.027 10.302 11.480 43.518 94.644
OT........................... 7.500 8.303 8.585 8.836 9.039 9.259 9.535 9.781 10.025 10.297 11.412 44.022 95.072
150-International Affairs:
BA............................. 53.012 47.791 41.839 42.802 43.749 44.754 45.276 46.553 47.593 48.681 49.786 220.935 458.824
OT............................. 48.796 48.227 45.656 43.642 42.565 42.437 42.795 43.424 44.153 45.023 45.943 222.527 443.865
Discretionary:
BA........................... 53.905 48.342 41.853 42.761 43.678 44.650 45.625 46.653 47.678 48.753 49.846 221.284 459.839
OT........................... 50.378 49.522 47.046 45.407 44.430 44.355 44.703 45.134 45.897 46.804 47.763 230.760 461.061
Mandatory:
BA........................... -0.893 -0.551 -0.014 0.041 0.071 0.104 -0.349 -0.100 -0.085 -0.072 -0.060 -0.349 -1.015
OT........................... -1.582 -1.295 -1.390 -1.765 -1.865 -1.918 -1.908 -1.710 -1.744 -1.781 -1.820 -8.233 -17.196
250-General Science, Space and
Technology:
BA............................. 29.803 30.007 30.596 31.286 31.981 32.706 33.433 34.192 34.953 35.745 36.545 156.576 331.444
OT............................. 29.286 30.007 30.529 31.165 31.712 32.400 33.022 33.756 34.512 35.290 36.084 155.813 328.477
Discretionary:
BA........................... 29.704 29.900 30.496 31.186 31.881 32.606 33.333 34.092 34.853 35.645 36.445 156.069 330.437
OT........................... 29.187 29.902 30.427 31.065 31.612 32.300 32.922 33.656 34.412 35.190 35.984 155.306 327.470
Mandatory:
BA........................... 0.099 0.107 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.507 1.007
OT........................... 0.099 0.105 0.102 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.507 1.007
270-Energy:
BA............................. 5.369 -1.947 2.483 0.076 0.090 0.128 0.097 0.062 0.036 2.869 2.963 0.830 6.857
OT............................. 5.417 2.365 2.112 -0.731 -0.753 -0.668 -0.543 -0.465 -0.393 2.521 2.655 2.325 6.100
Discretionary:
BA........................... 4.623 3.123 3.200 3.281 3.360 3.459 3.543 3.628 3.716 3.805 3.892 16.423 35.007
OT........................... 5.439 4.151 3.761 3.494 3.462 3.518 3.556 3.649 3.737 3.825 3.917 18.386 37.070
Mandatory:
BA........................... 0.746 -5.070 -0.717 -3.205 -3.270 -3.331 -3.446 -3.566 -3.680 -0.936 -0.929 -15.593 -28.150
OT........................... -0.022 -1.786 -1.649 -4.225 -4.215 -4.186 -4.099 -4.114 -4.130 -1.304 -1.262 -16.061 -30.970
300-Natural Resources and
Environment:
BA............................. 36.003 36.277 36.685 37.680 39.125 41.066 40.951 41.844 43.240 44.125 45.522 190.833 406.515
OT............................. 39.286 38.983 38.866 38.719 39.486 41.098 41.232 41.992 43.467 43.663 44.966 197.152 412.472
Discretionary:
BA........................... 34.413 34.513 35.402 36.433 37.505 38.583 39.683 40.852 41.995 43.191 44.427 182.436 392.584
OT........................... 37.230 37.203 37.209 37.226 37.829 38.838 39.874 41.004 42.098 42.678 43.856 188.305 397.815
Mandatory:
BA........................... 1.590 1.764 1.283 1.247 1.620 2.483 1.268 0.992 1.245 0.934 1.095 8.397 13.931
OT........................... 2.056 1.780 1.657 1.493 1.657 2.260 1.358 0.988 1.369 0.985 1.110 8.847 14.657
350-Agriculture:
BA............................. 17.328 20.628 24.247 23.204 22.083 20.974 21.078 20.914 21.506 21.620 21.834 111.136 218.088
OT............................. 16.587 20.585 23.696 22.471 21.401 20.498 20.613 20.476 21.051 21.125 21.416 108.651 213.332
Discretionary:
BA........................... 5.923 5.922 6.075 6.252 6.433 6.617 6.801 6.998 7.191 7.398 7.608 31.299 67.295
OT........................... 5.835 5.902 6.027 6.178 6.346 6.528 6.709 6.904 7.095 7.296 7.505 30.981 66.490
Mandatory:
BA........................... 11.405 14.706 18.172 16.952 15.650 14.357 14.277 13.916 14.315 14.222 14.226 79.837 150.793
OT........................... 10.752 14.683 17.669 16.293 15.055 13.970 13.904 13.572 13.956 13.829 13.911 77.670 146.842
370-Commerce and Housing Credit:
BA............................. -18.404 1.948 -4.376 -1.858 -2.211 -1.170 -1.508 -0.296 0.511 1.401 1.969 -7.667 -5.590
OT............................. -31.249 -11.678 -18.718 -16.688 -22.065 -21.790 -16.821 -17.426 -17.883 -18.298 -18.561 -90.939 -179.928
Discretionary:
BA........................... -3.508 -8.065 -10.512 -10.300 -9.018 -6.716 -5.647 -4.314 -3.056 -1.942 -1.252 -44.611 -60.822
OT........................... -3.493 -7.943 -10.391 -10.273 -9.117 -6.832 -5.768 -4.439 -3.182 -2.075 -1.384 -44.556 -61.404
Mandatory:
BA........................... -14.896 10.013 6.136 8.442 6.807 5.546 4.139 4.018 3.567 3.343 3.221 36.944 55.232
OT........................... -27.756 -3.735 -8.327 -6.415 -12.948 -14.958 -11.053 -12.987 -14.701 -16.223 -17.177 -46.383 -118.524
370 on-budget:
BA............................. -16.682 2.260 -3.959 -1.264 -1.316 0.055 -0.075 1.341 2.452 3.648 4.520 -4.224 7.662
OT............................. -29.527 -11.365 -18.302 -16.095 -21.170 -20.567 -15.388 -15.789 -15.942 -16.051 -16.011 -87.499 -166.680
Discretionary:
BA........................... -3.767 -8.332 -10.789 -10.588 -9.317 -7.026 -5.968 -4.648 -3.402 -2.300 -1.623 -46.052 -63.993
OT........................... -3.752 -8.209 -10.668 -10.561 -9.415 -7.142 -6.088 -4.772 -3.527 -2.432 -1.754 -45.995 -64.568
Mandatory:
BA........................... -12.915 10.592 6.830 9.324 8.001 7.081 5.893 5.989 5.854 5.948 6.143 41.828 71.655
OT........................... -25.775 -3.156 -7.634 -5.534 -11.755 -13.425 -9.300 -11.017 -12.415 -13.619 -14.257 -41.504 -102.112
400-Transportation:
BA............................. 85.889 71.528 72.392 73.286 74.077 74.826 75.549 76.221 76.840 77.506 78.208 366.109 750.433
OT............................. 91.361 88.436 83.756 80.329 79.437 78.935 78.708 78.973 79.228 79.123 79.426 410.893 806.351
Discretionary:
BA........................... 31.428 29.118 29.744 30.558 31.396 32.261 33.134 34.033 34.948 34.324 35.246 153.077 324.762
OT........................... 90.181 87.205 82.496 79.055 78.178 77.686 77.469 77.735 77.973 76.290 76.533 404.620 790.620
Mandatory:
BA........................... 54.461 42.410 42.648 42.728 42.681 42.565 42.415 42.188 41.892 43.182 42.962 213.032 425.671
OT........................... 1.180 1.231 1.260 1.274 1.259 1.249 1.239 1.238 1.255 2.833 2.893 6.273 15.731
450-Community and Regional
Development:
BA............................. 17.051 17.414 18.263 18.606 18.862 18.870 18.771 18.782 18.861 18.975 19.140 92.015 186.544
OT............................. 21.741 22.351 21.002 21.457 22.314 22.547 22.474 21.323 19.747 19.313 19.384 109.671 211.912
Discretionary:
BA........................... 16.766 16.250 16.715 16.946 17.174 17.420 17.678 17.939 18.205 18.479 18.750 84.505 175.556
OT........................... 21.812 20.956 19.622 19.331 19.852 19.980 19.974 18.566 17.964 18.225 18.501 99.741 192.971
Mandatory:
BA........................... 0.285 1.164 1.548 1.660 1.688 1.450 1.093 0.843 0.656 0.496 0.390 7.510 10.988
OT........................... -0.071 1.395 1.380 2.126 2.462 2.567 2.500 2.757 1.783 1.088 0.883 9.930 18.941
500-Education, Training,
Employment:
BA............................. 91.688 86.251 87.848 90.703 89.535 91.991 93.353 94.970 96.575 98.439 100.362 446.328 930.027
OT............................. 97.522 95.717 92.889 90.534 88.889 91.556 93.315 94.734 96.383 98.178 100.129 459.585 942.324
Discretionary:
BA........................... 91.783 91.399 93.004 94.915 96.838 98.851 100.872 102.975 105.077 107.271 109.472 475.007 1,000.674
OT........................... 89.553 94.971 95.932 93.394 95.162 97.067 99.030 101.033 103.113 105.235 107.414 476.526 992.351
Mandatory:
BA........................... -0.095 -5.148 -5.156 -4.212 -7.303 -6.860 -7.519 -8.005 -8.502 -8.832 -9.110 -28.679 -70.647
OT........................... 7.969 0.746 -3.043 -2.860 -6.273 -5.511 -5.715 -6.299 -6.730 -7.057 -7.285 -16.941 -50.027
550-Health:
BA............................. 483.912 414.351 385.565 388.629 402.511 425.526 433.351 452.426 471.644 489.491 512.965 2,016.582 4,376.459
OT............................. 476.985 424.736 389.710 390.503 403.324 415.791 433.395 452.523 471.719 489.587 513.163 2,024.064 4,384.451
Discretionary:
BA........................... 59.474 57.751 58.920 60.297 61.690 63.145 64.602 66.127 67.650 69.241 70.842 301.803 640.265
OT........................... 57.073 58.434 58.958 59.792 60.302 61.592 62.827 64.296 65.794 67.331 68.903 299.078 628.229
Mandatory:
BA........................... 424.438 356.600 326.645 328.332 340.821 362.381 368.749 386.299 403.994 420.250 442.123 1,714.779 3,736.194
OT........................... 419.912 366.302 330.752 330.711 343.022 354.199 370.568 388.227 405.925 422.256 444.260 1,724.986 3,756.222
570-Medicare:
BA............................. 529.733 567.213 562.941 562.143 619.228 657.658 698.284 776.034 787.879 797.075 902.467 2,969.183 6,930.922
OT............................. 529.281 567.122 562.881 562.102 619.148 657.564 698.188 775.930 787.681 796.964 902.349 2,968.817 6,929.929
Discretionary:
BA........................... 6.618 6.605 6.994 7.424 7.888 8.368 8.875 9.412 9.967 10.547 11.145 37.279 87.225
OT........................... 6.506 6.556 6.969 7.356 7.814 8.291 8.794 9.326 9.878 10.456 11.047 36.986 86.487
Mandatory:
BA........................... 523.115 560.608 555.947 554.719 611.340 649.290 689.409 766.622 777.912 786.528 891.322 2,931.904 6,843.697
OT........................... 522.775 560.566 555.912 554.746 611.334 649.273 689.394 766.604 777.803 786.508 891.302 2,931.831 6,843.442
600-Income Security:
BA............................. 517.037 529.494 458.455 466.015 460.943 471.826 481.804 493.877 502.550 512.932 521.641 2,386.733 4,899.537
OT............................. 512.945 528.778 455.293 458.848 457.388 467.468 477.132 493.223 498.468 504.310 517.044 2,367.775 4,857.952
Discretionary:
BA........................... 64.786 65.057 60.403 59.887 58.087 59.130 60.255 62.519 62.539 62.520 62.051 302.564 612.448
OT........................... 65.111 65.371 61.746 61.803 60.204 59.861 60.057 61.269 62.579 63.463 63.242 308.985 619.595
Mandatory:
BA........................... 452.251 464.437 398.052 406.128 402.856 412.696 421.549 431.358 440.011 450.412 459.590 2,084.169 4,287.089
OT........................... 447.834 463.407 393.547 397.045 397.184 407.607 417.075 431.954 435.889 440.847 453.802 2,058.790 4,238.357
650-Social Security:
BA............................. 891.618 929.956 981.220 1042.467 1107.220 1176.924 1249.477 1325.445 1405.708 1489.969 1577.505 5,237.787 12,285.891
OT............................. 888.420 925.860 976.135 1037.038 1101.489 1170.893 1243.245 1318.712 1398.674 1482.735 1570.570 5,211.415 12,225.351
Discretionary:
BA........................... 5.555 5.026 5.175 5.345 5.518 5.699 5.881 6.072 6.266 6.462 6.665 26.763 58.109
OT........................... 5.557 5.130 5.190 5.316 5.487 5.668 5.849 6.039 6.232 6.428 6.630 26.791 57.969
Mandatory:
BA........................... 886.063 924.930 976.045 1037.122 1101.702 1171.225 1243.596 1319.373 1399.442 1483.507 1570.840 5,211.024 12,227.782
OT........................... 882.863 920.730 970.945 1031.722 1096.002 1165.225 1237.396 1312.673 1392.442 1476.307 1563.940 5,184.624 12,167.382
650 on-budget:
BA............................. 31.554 33.878 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.558 486.569
OT............................. 31.662 33.919 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.599 486.610
Discretionary:
BA........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
OT........................... 0.108 0.041 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.041 0.041
Mandatory:
BA........................... 31.554 33.878 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.558 486.569
OT........................... 31.554 33.878 36.535 39.407 42.634 46.104 49.712 53.547 57.455 61.546 65.751 198.558 486.569
700-Veterans Benefits and
Services:
BA............................. 153.408 166.708 164.905 163.101 174.989 179.899 184.172 196.530 193.156 189.999 203.895 849.602 1,817.354
OT............................. 162.804 170.152 164.449 162.477 174.175 178.942 183.222 195.502 192.124 188.884 202.761 850.195 1,812.688
Discretionary:
BA........................... 65.346 68.602 70.540 72.735 74.992 77.320 79.678 82.135 84.626 87.179 89.826 364.189 787.633
OT........................... 64.235 68.316 69.857 72.097 74.198 76.474 78.841 81.279 83.723 86.267 88.853 360.942 779.905
Mandatory:
BA........................... 88.062 98.106 94.365 90.366 99.997 102.579 104.494 114.395 108.530 102.820 114.069 485.413 1,029.721
OT........................... 98.569 101.836 94.592 90.380 99.977 102.468 104.381 114.223 108.401 102.617 113.908 489.253 1,032.783
750-Administration of Justice:
BA............................. 54.819 52.543 57.030 56.787 58.512 60.284 62.239 64.815 66.745 68.717 70.550 285.156 618.222
OT............................. 55.088 56.757 58.576 57.929 57.973 59.888 61.690 64.224 66.238 68.091 69.922 291.123 621.288
Discretionary:
BA........................... 51.027 51.326 54.142 55.914 57.747 59.633 61.546 63.539 65.560 67.630 69.566 278.762 606.603
OT........................... 50.542 51.999 53.623 55.353 57.179 58.946 61.010 62.988 64.995 67.050 68.999 277.100 602.142
Mandatory:
BA........................... 3.792 1.217 2.888 0.873 0.765 0.651 0.693 1.276 1.185 1.087 0.984 6.394 11.619
OT........................... 4.546 4.758 4.953 2.576 0.794 0.942 0.680 1.236 1.243 1.041 0.923 14.023 19.146
800-General Government:
BA............................. 23.264 23.755 24.046 24.755 25.485 26.202 26.958 27.766 28.493 29.022 29.809 124.243 266.291
OT............................. 23.510 23.708 23.958 24.573 25.089 25.782 26.551 27.375 28.114 28.671 29.399 123.110 263.220
Discretionary:
BA........................... 16.462 17.192 17.730 18.341 18.974 19.618 20.274 20.961 21.655 22.367 23.101 91.855 200.213
OT........................... 16.784 17.149 17.651 18.210 18.580 19.200 19.847 20.522 21.205 21.903 22.629 90.790 196.896
Mandatory:
BA........................... 6.802 6.563 6.316 6.414 6.511 6.584 6.684 6.805 6.838 6.655 6.708 32.388 66.078
OT........................... 6.726 6.559 6.307 6.363 6.509 6.582 6.704 6.853 6.909 6.768 6.770 32.320 66.324
900-Net Interest:
BA............................. 226.651 274.379 323.732 386.693 438.770 486.122 520.025 552.341 580.201 603.687 622.119 1,909.696 4,788.069
OT............................. 226.651 274.379 323.732 386.693 438.770 486.122 520.025 552.341 580.201 603.687 622.119 1,909.696 4,788.069
Discretionary:
BA........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
OT........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Mandatory:
BA........................... 226.651 274.379 323.732 386.693 438.770 486.122 520.025 552.341 580.201 603.687 622.119 1,909.696 4,788.069
OT........................... 226.651 274.379 323.732 386.693 438.770 486.122 520.025 552.341 580.201 603.687 622.119 1,909.696 4,788.069
900 on-budget:
BA............................. 323.951 366.579 415.132 478.693 532.670 580.522 614.725 645.841 671.301 690.987 703.419 2,373.596 5,699.869
OT............................. 323.951 366.579 415.132 478.693 532.670 580.522 614.725 645.841 671.301 690.987 703.419 2,373.596 5,699.869
Discretionary:
BA........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
OT........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Mandatory:
BA........................... 323.951 366.579 415.132 478.693 532.670 580.522 614.725 645.841 671.301 690.987 703.419 2,373.596 5,699.869
OT........................... 323.951 366.579 415.132 478.693 532.670 580.522 614.725 645.841 671.301 690.987 703.419 2,373.596 5,699.869
920-Allowances:
BA............................. -0.021 -12.322 12.975 -10.750 -15.199 -46.590 -54.803 -98.454 -112.036 -90.119 -250.580 -71.886 -677.878
OT............................. -0.011 -5.571 2.923 -14.755 -16.838 -44.799 -51.787 -80.798 -101.438 -83.225 -234.419 -79.040 -630.707
Discretionary:
BA........................... -0.021 -15.155 8.461 5.677 4.428 -1.149 -6.600 -45.393 -55.229 -63.761 -72.999 2.262 -241.720
OT........................... -0.011 -11.461 -3.112 1.097 2.626 0.429 -3.224 -27.583 -44.414 -56.657 -66.541 -10.421 -208.840
Mandatory:
BA........................... 0.000 2.833 4.514 -16.427 -19.627 -45.441 -48.203 -53.061 -56.807 -26.358 -177.581 -74.148 -436.158
OT........................... 0.000 5.890 6.035 -15.852 -19.464 -45.228 -48.563 -53.215 -57.024 -26.568 -167.878 -68.619 -421.867
950-Undistributed Offsetting
Receipts:
BA............................. -128.564 -86.017 -95.444 -102.025 -101.613 -102.666 -106.530 -112.775 -120.779 -130.843 -143.932 -487.765 -1,102.624
OT............................. -128.564 -86.028 -95.459 -102.044 -101.634 -102.689 -106.555 -112.800 -120.805 -130.869 -143.959 -487.854 -1,102.842
Discretionary:
BA........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
OT........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Mandatory:
BA........................... -128.564 -86.017 -95.444 -102.025 -101.613 -102.666 -106.530 -112.775 -120.779 -130.843 -143.932 -487.765 -1,102.624
OT........................... -128.564 -86.028 -95.459 -102.044 -101.634 -102.689 -106.555 -112.800 -120.805 -130.869 -143.959 -487.854 -1,102.842
950 on-budget:
BA............................. -112.410 -69.397 -78.263 -84.231 -83.179 -83.577 -86.773 -92.337 -99.646 -109.004 -121.370 -398.647 -907.777
OT............................. -112.410 -69.408 -78.278 -84.250 -83.200 -83.600 -86.798 -92.362 -99.672 -109.030 -121.397 -398.736 -907.995
Discretionary:
BA........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
OT........................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Mandatory:
BA........................... -112.410 -69.397 -78.263 -84.231 -83.179 -83.577 -86.773 -92.337 -99.646 -109.004 -121.370 -398.647 -907.777
OT........................... -112.410 -69.408 -78.278 -84.250 -83.200 -83.600 -86.798 -92.362 -99.672 -109.030 -121.397 -398.736 -907.995
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Total:
BA............................. 3,662.873 3,790.220 3,729.908 3,851.344 4,059.156 4,244.640 4,421.604 4,611.881 4,759.673 4,941.062 5,051.604 19,675.268 43,461.092
OT............................. 3,656.046 3,820.075 3,758.920 3,832.311 4,026.555 4,195.589 4,385.939 4,599.122 4,724.292 4,886.693 5,013.383 19,633.450 43,242.879
Discretionary:
BA........................... 1,120.117 1,118.926 1,064.409 1,086.723 1,110.650 1,135.582 1,159.629 1,139.076 1,159.611 1,180.578 1,201.987 5,516.290 11,357.171
OT........................... 1,174.609 1,180.249 1,151.360 1,135.114 1,149.790 1,168.256 1,188.973 1,187.700 1,192.125 1,201.332 1,225.431 5,784.769 11,780.330
Mandatory:
BA........................... 2,542.756 2,671.294 2,665.499 2,764.621 2,948.506 3,109.058 3,261.975 3,472.805 3,600.062 3,760.484 3,849.617 14,158.978 32,103.921
OT........................... 2,481.437 2,639.826 2,607.560 2,697.197 2,876.765 3,027.333 3,196.966 3,411.422 3,532.167 3,685.361 3,787.952 13,848.681 31,462.549
Total on-budget:
BA............................. 2,917.985 3,003.274 2,894.221 2,958.672 3,107.799 3,228.534 3,337.729 3,455.558 3,525.594 3,624.025 3,646.263 15,192.500 32,781.669
OT............................. 2,914.464 3,037.267 2,928.317 2,945.067 3,080.929 3,185.512 3,308.296 3,449.532 3,497.247 3,576.890 3,614.976 15,177.092 32,624.033
Discretionary:
BA........................... 1,114.303 1,113.633 1,058.957 1,081.090 1,104.833 1,129.573 1,153.427 1,132.670 1,152.999 1,173.758 1,194.951 5,488.086 11,295.891
OT........................... 1,168.901 1,174.894 1,145.893 1,129.510 1,144.005 1,162.278 1,182.804 1,181.328 1,185.548 1,194.547 1,218.431 5,756.580 11,719.238
Mandatory:
BA........................... 1,803.682 1,889.641 1,835.264 1,877.582 2,002.966 2,098.961 2,184.302 2,322.888 2,372.595 2,450.267 2,451.312 9,704.414 21,485.778
OT........................... 1,745.563 1,862.373 1,782.424 1,815.557 1,936.924 2,023.234 2,125.492 2,268.204 2,311.699 2,382.343 2,396.545 9,420.512 20,904.795
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Revenues......................... 3,188.539 3,459.531 3,587.670 3,715.285 3,864.756 4,025.170 4,204.151 4,389.325 4,590.782 4,803.620 5,029.396 18,652.412 41,669.686
Revenues on-budget............... 2,425.883 2,666.755 2,763.328 2,858.131 2,974.147 3,099.410 3,241.963 3,388.688 3,550.388 3,722.144 3,905.648 14,361.771 32,170.602
Surplus/Deficit (-).............. -467.507 -360.544 -171.250 -117.026 -161.799 -170.419 -181.788 -209.797 -133.510 -83.073 16.013 -981.038 -1,573.193
On-budget...................... -488.581 -370.512 -164.989 -86.936 -106.782 -86.102 -66.333 -60.844 53.141 145.254 290.672 -815.321 -453.431
Off-budget..................... 21.074 9.968 -6.261 -30.090 -55.017 -84.317 -115.455 -148.953 -186.651 -228.327 -274.659 -165.717 -1,119.762
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TABLE 8.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION TOTAL SPENDING AND REVENUE, AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
[Fiscal year, in millions of dollars]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-2020 2016-2025
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SUMMARY
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Total spending:
BA........................................................... 3,720,708 3,706,440 3,833,169 4,038,671 4,260,329 4,407,830 4,615,122 4,758,942 4,899,220 5,116,195 19,559,316 43,356,626
OT........................................................... 3,789,766 3,721,791 3,810,949 4,004,105 4,211,731 4,372,536 4,597,890 4,720,746 4,843,916 5,079,217 19,538,341 43,152,645
On-budget:
BA........................................................... 2,936,989 2,874,003 2,944,067 3,091,104 3,248,181 3,328,045 3,463,044 3,529,161 3,586,560 3,715,369 15,094,345 32,716,524
OT........................................................... 3,010,185 2,894,439 2,927,276 3,062,270 3,205,614 3,298,984 3,452,546 3,497,999 3,538,491 3,685,327 15,099,785 32,573,131
Off-budget:
BA........................................................... 783,719 832,437 889,101 947,567 1,012,148 1,079,785 1,152,078 1,229,781 1,312,660 1,400,826 4,464,971 10,640,102
OT........................................................... 779,581 827,352 883,672 941,835 1,006,117 1,073,552 1,145,344 1,222,746 1,305,425 1,393,890 4,438,556 10,579,514
Revenues:
Total........................................................ 3,459,531 3,587,670 3,715,285 3,864,756 4,025,170 4,204,151 4,389,325 4,590,782 4,803,620 5,029,396 18,652,412 41,669,686
On-budget.................................................... 2,666,755 2,763,328 2,858,131 2,974,147 3,099,410 3,241,963 3,388,688 3,550,388 3,722,144 3,905,648 14,361,771 32,170,602
Off-budget................................................... 792,776 824,342 857,154 890,609 925,760 962,188 1,000,637 1,040,394 1,081,476 1,123,748 4,290,641 9,499,084
Recommended Change in Revenues:
Total........................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
On-budget.................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Off-budget................................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surplus/Deficit(-):
Total........................................................ -346,693 -152,211 -95,372 -139,326 -187,244 -169,288 -185,412 -105,526 12,408 32,791 -920,846 -1,335,873
Macroeconomic Fiscal Impact.................................. -16,458 -18,090 291 22 -683 -903 23,153 24,437 52,704 82,611 -34,917 147,086
On-budget.................................................... -343,430 -131,111 -69,145 -88,123 -106,204 -57,021 -63,858 52,389 183,653 220,321 -738,014 -402,529
Off-budget................................................... 13,195 -3,010 -26,518 -51,226 -80,357 -111,364 -144,707 -182,352 -223,949 -270,142 -147,915 -1,080,430
Debt Held by the Public (end of year).......................... 13,839,152 14,041,709 14,146,945 14,340,084 14,562,210 14,744,287 15,130,369 15,302,457 15,164,550 15,237,647 .................... ....................
Debt Subject to Limit (end of year)............................ 19,048,915 19,395,251 19,643,341 19,949,858 20,263,382 20,507,829 20,908,840 21,078,135 20,918,559 20,907,169 .................... ....................
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National Defense (050):
BA........................................................... 531,334 582,506 607,744 620,019 632,310 644,627 657,634 670,997 683,771 698,836 2,973,913 6,329,778
OT........................................................... 564,027 572,025 586,422 604,238 617,553 630,610 648,269 656,389 663,936 683,350 2,944,265 6,226,819
International Affairs (150):
BA........................................................... 38,342 39,623 40,539 41,437 42,390 42,861 44,081 45,070 46,098 47,148 202,331 427,589
OT........................................................... 42,923 40,821 39,736 39,214 39,564 40,108 40,868 41,633 42,470 43,349 202,258 410,686
General Science, Space and Technology (250):
BA........................................................... 28,381 28,932 29,579 30,227 30,904 31,584 32,293 33,003 33,742 34,488 148,023 313,132
OT........................................................... 29,003 28,924 29,357 29,798 30,388 30,957 31,637 32,338 33,059 33,795 147,471 309,257
Energy (270):
BA........................................................... -3,581 1,410 1,189 1,196 1,259 1,309 1,335 1,375 1,332 -964 1,473 5,860
OT........................................................... 654 649 234 307 472 728 863 1,000 1,037 -1,215 2,316 4,729
Natural Resources & Environment (300):
BA........................................................... 35,350 36,047 36,385 37,206 38,171 38,367 39,221 40,108 40,962 39,095 183,159 380,912
OT........................................................... 38,113 38,268 37,674 37,747 38,304 38,685 39,361 40,319 40,486 38,471 190,105 387,427
Agriculture (350):
BA........................................................... 20,109 23,064 21,987 20,907 19,835 19,296 19,245 19,821 20,020 20,256 105,901 204,538
OT........................................................... 21,164 23,194 21,396 20,275 19,386 18,849 18,830 19,391 19,553 19,851 105,416 201,891
Commerce & Housing Credit (370):
On-budget:
BA......................................................... -3,269 -12,373 -10,252 -8,801 -6,903 -6,522 -5,742 -4,965 -3,991 -3,370 -41,598 -66,189
OT......................................................... -16,617 -26,620 -24,998 -28,587 -27,479 -21,769 -22,819 -23,306 -23,635 -23,845 -124,301 -239,674
Off-budget:
BA......................................................... -3,487 -3,347 -3,409 -3,619 -3,822 -3,886 -3,928 -3,972 -4,016 -4,159 -17,684 -37,645
OT......................................................... -3,488 -3,347 -3,409 -3,620 -3,822 -3,887 -3,929 -3,973 -4,017 -4,160 -17,686 -37,652
Transportation (400):
BA........................................................... 36,743 69,381 70,298 76,397 77,763 79,149 80,613 82,128 83,709 85,335 330,582 741,516
OT........................................................... 79,181 69,500 73,623 76,051 76,767 78,369 79,946 81,336 82,724 83,983 375,122 781,481
Community & Regional Development (450):
BA........................................................... 7,082 7,688 8,089 8,381 8,409 8,305 8,304 8,359 8,447 8,579 39,649 81,641
OT........................................................... 19,928 16,753 15,383 13,789 12,567 12,095 10,937 9,345 8,890 8,930 78,420 128,617
Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500):
BA........................................................... 80,620 84,746 87,029 85,514 87,901 88,908 90,148 91,237 92,744 94,400 425,810 883,247
OT........................................................... 90,389 90,513 87,366 85,290 87,669 89,276 90,467 91,646 93,101 94,734 441,227 900,451
Health (550):
BA........................................................... 416,475 360,678 358,594 367,103 387,076 388,981 398,136 408,454 425,381 433,945 1,889,926 3,944,823
OT........................................................... 426,860 364,823 360,468 367,916 377,341 389,025 398,233 408,529 425,477 434,143 1,897,408 3,952,815
Medicare (570):
BA........................................................... 577,726 580,837 580,782 639,293 680,575 726,644 808,204 825,577 834,148 927,410 3,059,213 7,181,196
OT........................................................... 577,635 580,777 580,741 639,213 680,481 726,548 808,100 825,379 834,037 927,292 3,058,847 7,180,203
Income Security (600):
BA........................................................... 512,364 479,836 481,994 483,293 516,193 502,001 518,690 525,230 532,515 550,057 2,473,680 5,102,173
OT........................................................... 513,709 475,234 471,951 477,470 510,603 496,856 518,542 519,391 521,105 543,361 2,448,967 5,048,222
Social Security (650):
On-budget:
BA......................................................... 33,878 36,535 39,407 42,634 46,104 49,712 53,547 57,455 61,546 65,751 198,558 486,569
OT......................................................... 33,919 36,535 39,407 42,634 46,104 49,712 53,547 57,455 61,546 65,751 198,599 486,610
Off-budget:
BA......................................................... 896,078 944,535 1,002,680 1,064,126 1,130,310 1,199,245 1,271,338 1,347,673 1,427,813 1,511,114 5,037,729 11,794,912
OT......................................................... 891,941 939,450 997,251 1,058,395 1,124,279 1,193,013 1,264,605 1,340,639 1,420,579 1,504,179 5,011,316 11,734,331
Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
BA........................................................... 166,677 164,843 163,009 174,862 179,735 183,969 196,283 192,866 189,668 203,517 849,126 1,815,429
OT........................................................... 170,121 164,387 162,385 174,048 178,778 183,019 195,255 191,834 188,553 202,383 849,719 1,810,763
Administration of Justice (750):
BA........................................................... 52,156 55,450 55,169 56,854 58,585 60,498 63,032 64,917 66,844 68,632 278,214 602,137
OT........................................................... 56,006 57,547 56,659 56,572 58,392 59,992 62,485 64,355 66,264 68,051 285,177 606,325
General Government (800):
BA........................................................... 23,593 22,761 22,817 23,252 23,947 24,192 24,981 25,695 26,010 26,968 116,370 244,216
OT........................................................... 23,576 23,202 23,279 23,084 23,602 24,309 25,114 25,840 25,878 26,825 116,743 244,709
Net Interest (900):
On-budget:
BA......................................................... 366,542 414,802 477,785 531,097 578,726 612,198 642,470 667,176 684,394 696,025 2,368,952 5,671,217
OT......................................................... 366,542 414,802 477,785 531,097 578,726 612,198 642,470 667,176 684,394 696,025 2,368,952 5,671,217
Off-budget:
BA......................................................... -92,252 -91,570 -92,376 -94,506 -95,251 -95,817 -94,894 -92,787 -89,298 -83,567 -465,956 -922,318
OT......................................................... -92,252 -91,570 -92,376 -94,506 -95,251 -95,817 -94,894 -92,787 -89,298 -83,567 -465,956 -922,318
Allowances (920):
BA........................................................... -33,462 -29,863 -32,175 -34,261 -39,009 -42,221 -46,013 -49,123 -50,652 -48,913 -168,770 -405,692
OT........................................................... -17,275 -24,277 -28,249 -31,078 -35,136 -38,438 -42,205 -45,430 -47,736 -48,058 -136,015 -357,882
Government-Wide Savings (930):
BA........................................................... 27,465 -15,712 -32,429 -41,554 -50,240 -55,831 -63,954 -71,850 -78,889 -113,903 -112,470 -496,897
OT........................................................... 18,416 -3,005 -20,148 -32,383 -42,168 -50,276 -57,849 -65,124 -71,689 -93,929 -79,288 -418,155
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
On-budget:
BA......................................................... -73,514 -83,832 -90,115 -90,594 -92,193 -96,623 -99,437 -104,343 -111,213 -117,896 -430,248 -959,760
OT......................................................... -73,514 -83,832 -90,115 -90,594 -92,193 -96,623 -99,437 -104,343 -111,213 -117,896 -430,248 -959,760
Off-budget:
BA......................................................... -16,620 -17,181 -17,794 -18,434 -19,089 -19,757 -20,438 -21,133 -21,839 -22,562 -89,118 -194,847
OT......................................................... -16,620 -17,181 -17,794 -18,434 -19,089 -19,757 -20,438 -21,133 -21,839 -22,562 -89,118 -194,847
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (970):
BA........................................................... 96,000 26,666 26,666 26,666 26,666 26,666 0 0 0 0 202,664 229,330
OT........................................................... 45,442 34,238 26,940 26,191 25,916 24,776 9,956 2,869 278 0 158,727 196,606
Across the Board Adjustment (990):
BA........................................................... -21 -22 -23 -23 -24 -24 -25 -26 -26 -27 -113 -241
OT........................................................... -17 -20 -21 -22 -23 -23 -24 -25 -25 -26 -103 -226
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Notes:
1. Only on-budget amounts for fiscal years 2016-2025 are entered into the budget resolution legislative text. Off-budget amounts are shown for display purposes only.
2. The Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office do not separately track outlays for the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) once funds have been appropriated. The budget, therefore, shows in function 970 GWOT
outlays that result from new budget authority occurring in fiscal years 2016-2025 only. Outlays resulting from GWOT activity prior to fiscal year 2016 are included in budget functions 050 and 150.
TABLE 9.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
[Fiscal year, in millions of dollars]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-2020 2016-2025
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SUMMARY
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Total spending:
BA.......................................................... 1,112,582 1,060,530 1,078,106 1,095,980 1,114,158 1,132,646 1,124,781 1,143,903 1,163,349 1,183,126 5,461,356 11,209,161
OT.......................................................... 1,173,418 1,127,581 1,118,039 1,132,445 1,147,476 1,163,133 1,170,379 1,176,793 1,187,230 1,211,974 5,698,959 11,608,469
Base Defense (050):
BA.......................................................... 523,091 574,067 599,071 611,079 623,087 635,096 647,848 660,970 673,469 687,356 2,930,395 6,235,134
OT.......................................................... 555,724 563,440 577,586 595,199 608,294 621,075 638,488 646,364 653,639 671,938 2,900,243 6,131,747
Base Non Defense:
BA.......................................................... 493,491 459,797 452,369 458,235 464,405 470,884 476,933 482,933 489,880 495,770 2,328,297 4,744,697
OT.......................................................... 572,252 529,904 513,512 511,055 513,267 517,282 521,936 527,560 533,314 540,036 2,639,989 5,280,116
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National Defense (050):
BA.......................................................... 523,091 574,067 599,071 611,079 623,087 635,096 647,848 660,970 673,469 687,356 2,930,395 6,235,134
OT.......................................................... 555,724 563,440 577,586 595,199 608,294 621,075 638,488 646,364 653,639 671,938 2,900,243 6,131,747
International Affairs (150):
BA.......................................................... 38,893 39,637 40,498 41,366 42,286 43,210 44,181 45,155 46,170 47,208 202,680 428,604
OT.......................................................... 44,218 42,211 41,501 41,079 41,482 42,016 42,578 43,377 44,251 45,169 210,491 427,882
General Science, Space and Technology (250):
BA.......................................................... 28,274 28,832 29,479 30,127 30,804 31,484 32,193 32,903 33,642 34,388 147,516 312,125
OT.......................................................... 28,898 28,822 29,257 29,698 30,288 30,857 31,537 32,238 32,959 33,695 146,964 308,250
Energy (270):
BA.......................................................... 2,054 2,110 2,169 2,221 2,295 2,350 2,411 2,470 2,533 2,590 10,849 23,203
OT.......................................................... 2,435 2,284 2,243 2,290 2,375 2,433 2,498 2,561 2,622 2,688 11,627 24,429
Natural Resources & Environment (300):
BA.......................................................... 34,366 35,256 36,284 37,357 38,429 39,524 40,692 41,831 43,025 44,260 181,693 391,024
OT.......................................................... 36,796 36,971 37,048 37,666 38,669 39,700 40,828 41,918 42,496 43,672 187,151 395,764
Agriculture (350):
BA.......................................................... 6,073 6,229 6,409 6,593 6,781 6,968 7,169 7,365 7,576 7,790 32,085 68,953
OT.......................................................... 5,979 6,141 6,324 6,504 6,689 6,873 7,072 7,266 7,471 7,684 31,637 68,003
Commerce & Housing Credit (370):
On-budget:
BA........................................................ -13,410 -16,367 -16,546 -15,510 -13,141 -12,370 -11,196 -10,054 -9,054 -8,478 -74,974 -126,127
OT........................................................ -13,067 -16,159 -16,462 -15,566 -13,227 -12,459 -11,287 -10,146 -9,152 -8,575 -74,481 -126,099
Off-budget:
BA........................................................ 267 277 288 299 310 321 334 346 358 371 1,441 3,171
OT........................................................ 266 277 288 298 310 320 333 345 357 370 1,439 3,164
Transportation (400):
BA.......................................................... 31,049 31,800 32,656 33,535 34,444 35,360 36,304 37,264 36,688 37,656 163,484 346,756
OT.......................................................... 78,107 68,491 72,712 75,345 76,185 77,851 79,470 80,868 80,694 81,906 370,840 771,629
Community & Regional Development (450):
BA.......................................................... 6,958 7,045 7,199 7,348 7,509 7,682 7,856 8,033 8,216 8,394 36,059 76,238
OT.......................................................... 19,577 16,283 14,037 11,996 10,565 10,081 8,591 7,908 8,083 8,268 72,458 115,389
Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500):
BA.......................................................... 88,248 92,897 94,491 96,297 98,241 100,227 102,273 104,164 106,241 108,321 470,174 991,400
OT.......................................................... 91,356 96,048 93,128 94,795 96,633 98,594 100,539 102,404 104,413 106,434 471,960 984,344
Health (550):
BA.......................................................... 57,726 58,920 60,297 61,690 63,145 64,602 66,127 67,650 69,241 70,842 301,778 640,240
OT.......................................................... 58,409 58,958 59,792 60,302 61,592 62,827 64,296 65,794 67,331 68,903 299,053 628,204
Medicare (570):
BA.......................................................... 6,605 6,994 7,424 7,888 8,368 8,875 9,412 9,967 10,547 11,145 37,279 87,225
OT.......................................................... 6,556 6,969 7,356 7,814 8,291 8,794 9,326 9,878 10,456 11,047 36,986 86,487
Income Security (600):
BA.......................................................... 61,414 62,035 62,909 63,908 65,548 67,096 68,664 70,242 71,806 73,260 315,814 666,882
OT.......................................................... 63,626 62,685 62,928 63,555 64,825 66,229 67,708 69,218 70,758 72,174 317,619 663,706
Social Security (650):
On-budget:
BA........................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OT........................................................ 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 41
Off-budget:
BA........................................................ 5,026 5,175 5,345 5,518 5,699 5,881 6,072 6,266 6,462 6,665 26,763 58,109
OT........................................................ 5,089 5,190 5,316 5,487 5,668 5,849 6,039 6,232 6,428 6,630 26,750 57,928
Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
BA.......................................................... 68,602 70,540 72,735 74,992 77,320 79,678 82,135 84,626 87,179 89,826 364,189 787,633
OT.......................................................... 68,316 69,857 72,097 74,198 76,474 78,841 81,279 83,723 86,267 88,853 360,942 779,905
Administration of Justice (750):
BA.......................................................... 51,019 52,562 54,296 56,089 57,934 59,805 61,756 63,732 65,757 67,648 271,900 590,598
OT.......................................................... 51,279 52,625 54,091 55,778 57,450 59,312 61,249 63,212 65,223 67,128 271,224 587,349
General Government (800):
BA.......................................................... 16,724 16,134 16,093 16,433 17,057 17,202 17,874 18,556 19,054 19,726 82,441 174,853
OT.......................................................... 16,682 16,555 16,578 16,239 16,689 17,275 17,935 18,608 18,790 19,504 82,743 174,855
Allowances (920):
BA.......................................................... -27,758 -27,069 -29,787 -31,883 -36,240 -40,404 -43,857 -46,986 -48,549 -50,852 -152,737 -383,385
OT.......................................................... -14,628 -22,704 -26,536 -29,263 -33,180 -36,961 -40,595 -43,876 -46,223 -48,425 -126,311 -342,391
Government-Wide Savings (930):
BA.......................................................... 31,382 -13,188 -29,847 -36,010 -42,360 -46,582 -53,441 -60,571 -66,986 -74,962 -90,023 -392,565
OT.......................................................... 22,333 -1,581 -18,166 -27,139 -34,488 -41,127 -47,436 -53,945 -59,886 -67,063 -59,041 -328,498
OverseasContingencyOperations/GlobalWaronTerrorism(970):
BA.......................................................... 96,000 26,666 26,666 26,666 26,666 26,666 0 0 0 0 202,664 229,330
OT.......................................................... 45,442 34,238 26,940 26,191 25,916 24,776 9,956 2,869 278 0 158,727 196,606
Across the Board Adjustment (990):
BA.......................................................... -21 -22 -23 -23 -24 -24 -25 -26 -26 -27 -113 -241
OT.......................................................... -17 -20 -21 -22 -23 -23 -24 -25 -25 -26 -103 -226
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TABLE 10.--FY 2016 BUDGET RESOLUTION MANDATORY SPENDING, AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
[Fiscal year, in millions of dollars]
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2016-2020 2016-2025
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SUMMARY
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Total spending:
BA............................................................. 2,608,126 2,645,910 2,755,063 2,942,691 3,146,170 3,275,184 3,490,341 3,615,039 3,735,871 3,933,069 14,097,960 32,147,465
OT............................................................. 2,616,348 2,594,209 2,692,910 2,871,660 3,064,255 3,209,403 3,427,511 3,543,953 3,656,685 3,867,242 13,839,382 31,544,176
On-budget:
BA............................................................. 1,829,700 1,818,925 1,871,595 2,000,941 2,140,031 2,201,601 2,344,669 2,391,870 2,430,031 2,539,279 9,661,193 21,568,643
OT............................................................. 1,842,122 1,772,325 1,814,842 1,935,610 2,064,116 2,142,020 2,288,539 2,327,784 2,358,045 2,480,352 9,429,015 21,025,754
Off-budget:
BA............................................................. 778,426 826,985 883,468 941,750 1,006,139 1,073,583 1,145,672 1,223,169 1,305,840 1,393,790 4,436,767 10,578,822
OT............................................................. 774,226 821,885 878,068 936,050 1,000,139 1,067,383 1,138,972 1,216,169 1,298,640 1,386,890 4,410,367 10,518,422
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National Defense (050):
BA............................................................. 8,243 8,439 8,673 8,940 9,223 9,531 9,786 10,027 10,302 11,480 43,518 94,644
OT............................................................. 8,303 8,585 8,836 9,039 9,259 9,535 9,781 10,025 10,297 11,412 44,022 95,072
International Affairs (150):
BA............................................................. -551 -14 41 71 104 -349 -100 -85 -72 -60 -349 -1,015
OT............................................................. -1,295 -1,390 -1,765 -1,865 -1,918 -1,908 -1,710 -1,744 -1,781 -1,820 -8,233 -17,196
General Science, Space and Technology (250):
BA............................................................. 107 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 507 1,007
OT............................................................. 105 102 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 507 1,007
Energy (270):
BA............................................................. -5,635 -700 -980 -1,025 -1,036 -1,041 -1,076 -1,095 -1,201 -3,554 -9,376 -17,343
OT............................................................. -1,781 -1,635 -2,009 -1,983 -1,903 -1,705 -1,635 -1,561 -1,585 -3,903 -9,311 -19,700
Natural Resources & Environment (300):
BA............................................................. 984 791 100 -151 -258 -1,157 -1,472 -1,723 -2,063 -5,164 1,466 -10,112
OT............................................................. 1,317 1,297 625 81 -365 -1,015 -1,467 -1,599 -2,011 -5,200 2,955 -8,337
Agriculture (350):
BA............................................................. 14,036 16,835 15,578 14,314 13,054 12,328 12,076 12,456 12,444 12,466 73,816 135,585
OT............................................................. 15,185 17,053 15,072 13,771 12,697 11,976 11,758 12,125 12,082 12,167 73,779 133,888
Commerce & Housing Credit (370):
On-budget:
BA........................................................... 10,141 3,994 6,294 6,709 6,238 5,848 5,454 5,089 5,063 5,108 33,376 59,938
OT........................................................... -3,550 -10,461 -8,536 -13,021 -14,252 -9,310 -11,532 -13,160 -14,483 -15,270 -49,820 -113,575
Off-budget:
BA........................................................... -3,754 -3,624 -3,697 -3,918 -4,132 -4,207 -4,262 -4,318 -4,374 -4,530 -19,125 -40,816
OT........................................................... -3,754 -3,624 -3,697 -3,918 -4,132 -4,207 -4,262 -4,318 -4,374 -4,530 -19,125 -40,816
Transportation (400):
BA............................................................. 5,694 37,581 37,642 42,862 43,319 43,789 44,309 44,864 47,021 47,679 167,098 394,760
OT............................................................. 1,074 1,009 911 706 582 518 476 468 2,030 2,077 4,282 9,852
Community & Regional Development (450):
BA............................................................. 124 643 890 1,033 900 623 448 326 231 185 3,590 5,403
OT............................................................. 351 470 1,346 1,793 2,002 2,014 2,346 1,437 807 662 5,962 13,228
Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500):
BA............................................................. -7,628 -8,151 -7,462 -10,783 -10,340 -11,319 -12,125 -12,927 -13,497 -13,921 -44,364 -108,153
OT............................................................. -967 -5,535 -5,762 -9,505 -8,964 -9,318 -10,072 -10,758 -11,312 -11,700 -30,733 -83,893
Health (550):
BA............................................................. 358,749 301,758 298,297 305,413 323,931 324,379 332,009 340,804 356,140 363,103 1,588,148 3,304,583
OT............................................................. 368,451 305,865 300,676 307,614 315,749 326,198 333,937 342,735 358,146 365,240 1,598,355 3,324,611
Medicare (570):
BA............................................................. 571,121 573,843 573,358 631,405 672,207 717,769 798,792 815,610 823,601 916,265 3,021,934 7,093,971
OT............................................................. 571,079 573,808 573,385 631,399 672,190 717,754 798,774 815,501 823,581 916,245 3,021,861 7,093,716
Income Security (600):
BA............................................................. 450,950 417,801 419,085 419,385 450,645 434,905 450,026 454,988 460,709 476,797 2,157,866 4,435,291
OT............................................................. 450,083 412,549 409,023 413,915 445,778 430,627 450,834 450,173 450,347 471,187 2,131,348 4,384,516
Social Security (650):
On-budget:
BA........................................................... 33,878 36,535 39,407 42,634 46,104 49,712 53,547 57,455 61,546 65,751 198,558 486,569
OT........................................................... 33,878 36,535 39,407 42,634 46,104 49,712 53,547 57,455 61,546 65,751 198,558 486,569
Off-budget:
BA........................................................... 891,052 939,360 997,335 1,058,608 1,124,611 1,193,364 1,265,266 1,341,407 1,421,351 1,504,449 5,010,966 11,736,803
OT........................................................... 886,852 934,260 991,935 1,052,908 1,118,611 1,187,164 1,258,566 1,334,407 1,414,151 1,497,549 4,984,566 11,676,403
Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
BA............................................................. 98,075 94,303 90,274 99,870 102,415 104,291 114,148 108,240 102,489 113,691 484,937 1,027,796
OT............................................................. 101,805 94,530 90,288 99,850 102,304 104,178 113,976 108,111 102,286 113,530 488,777 1,030,858
Administration of Justice (750):
BA............................................................. 1,137 2,888 873 765 651 693 1,276 1,185 1,087 984 6,314 11,539
OT............................................................. 4,727 4,922 2,568 794 942 680 1,236 1,143 1,041 923 13,953 18,976
General Government (800):
BA............................................................. 6,869 6,627 6,724 6,819 6,890 6,990 7,107 7,139 6,956 7,242 33,929 69,363
OT............................................................. 6,894 6,647 6,701 6,845 6,913 7,034 7,179 7,232 7,088 7,321 34,000 69,854
Net Interest (900):
On-budget:
BA........................................................... 366,542 414,802 477,785 531,097 578,726 612,198 642,470 667,176 684,394 696,025 2,368,952 5,671,217
OT........................................................... 366,542 414,802 477,785 531,097 578,726 612,198 642,470 667,176 684,394 696,025 2,368,952 5,671,217
Off-budget:
BA........................................................... -92,252 -91,570 -92,376 -94,506 -95,251 -95,817 -94,894 -92,787 -89,298 -83,567 -465,956 -922,318
OT........................................................... -92,252 -91,570 -92,376 -94,506 -95,251 -95,817 -94,894 -92,787 -89,298 -83,567 -465,956 -922,318
Allowances (920):
BA............................................................. -5,704 -2,794 -2,388 -2,378 -2,769 -1,817 -2,156 -2,137 -2,103 1,939 -16,033 -22,307
OT............................................................. -2,647 -1,573 -1,713 -1,815 -1,956 -1,477 -1,610 -1,554 -1,513 367 -9,704 -15,491
Government-Wide Savings (930):
BA............................................................. -3,917 -2,524 -2,582 -5,544 -7,880 -9,249 -10,513 -11,279 -11,903 -38,941 -22,447 -104,332
OT............................................................. -3,917 -1,424 -1,982 -5,244 -7,680 -9,149 -10,413 -11,179 -11,803 -26,866 -20,247 -89,657
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
On-budget:
BA........................................................... -73,514 -83,832 -90,115 -90,594 -92,193 -96,623 -99,437 -104,343 -111,213 -117,896 -430,248 -959,760
OT........................................................... -73,514 -83,832 -90,115 -90,594 -92,193 -96,623 -99,437 -104,343 -111,213 -117,896 -430,248 -959,760
Off-budget:
BA........................................................... -16,620 -17,181 -17,794 -18,434 -19,089 -19,757 -20,438 -21,133 -21,839 -22,562 -89,118 -194,847
OT........................................................... -16,620 -17,181 -17,794 -18,434 -19,089 -19,757 -20,438 -21,133 -21,839 -22,562 -89,118 -194,847
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National Defense: Function 050
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The National Defense function includes funds to develop,
maintain, and equip the military forces of the United States.
Historically, about 95 percent of the funding in this function
goes to Department of Defense military activities; the
remaining funding applies to atomic energy defense activities
of the Department of Energy and other defense-related
activities.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $531.3 billion in
regular budget authority and $564.0 billion in outlays in
fiscal year 2016. Regular discretionary budget authority in
fiscal year 2016 totals $523.1 billion, with $555.7 billion in
outlays; direct spending is $8.2 billion in budget authority
and $8.3 billion in outlays. Over 10 years, regular budget
authority totals $5,886.8 billion, and outlays are $5,821.5
billion.
As well, the function contains $89.0 billion in
discretionary budget authority and $87.1 billion in related
outlays for overseas contingency operations.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment abides by the Budget Control Act
discretionary defense cap of $523 billion for fiscal year 2016.
In addition to this funding, the House amendment continues to
prioritize national defense by providing needed dollars through
the creation of the ``Defense Readiness and Modernization
Fund.'' The fund will provide the Chairman of the House
Committee on the Budget the ability to increase the defense
allocation, in a deficit-neutral way, to support legislation
that would provide additional resources for the Department of
Defense [DOD]. In total with $90 billion, the House budget
estimate for Overseas Contingency Operations funding for DOD,
the fiscal year 2016 budget provides more than $613 billion
total for defense spending--higher than the President's budget
request for the fiscal year.
The House amendment includes a policy statement
supporting national defense and the need to replace the defense
discretionary sequester. Ultimately, the amendment fully
supports U.S. troops, both at home and abroad, especially as
the security environment becomes increasingly dangerous,
complex, and unpredictable.
The House amendment specifies $531.3 billion in budget
authority and $564.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2016,
per current law. Discretionary budget authority is $523.1
billion, with $555.7 billion in associated outlays. Direct
spending for fiscal year 2016 totals $8.2 billion in budget
authority and $8.3 billion in outlays. The 10-year function
totals for budget authority and outlays are $6,329.8 billion
and $6,226.8 billion, respectively.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement calls for $531.3 billion in
regular budget authority and $564.3 billion in outlays in
fiscal year 2016. Regular discretionary budget authority in
fiscal year 2016 totals $523.1 billion, with $555.5 billion in
outlays; direct spending is $8.2 billion in budget authority
and $8.8 billion in outlays. Over 10 years, regular budget
authority totals $6,001.2 billion, and outlays are $5,920.9
billion. Additional resources for national security are
provided outside this budget function through overseas
contingency operations funding in Function 970.
The agreement supports funding for national defense that
is consistent with current law, thus removing the possibility
of across-the-board reductions to the national security budget.
The agreement makes clear that U.S. troops will have the
resources and support they need to meet the challenges of a
complex security environment. Taking into account both funding
in this function and the Overseas Contingency Operations
function, the agreement supports national security spending
levels above the President's request over the next 5 and 10
years.
International Affairs: Function 150
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The International Affairs function contains spending on
international humanitarian and development assistance;
international security assistance; the conduct of foreign
affairs; foreign information and exchange activities; and
international financial programs. Major agencies with programs
funded under this function include the Departments of State,
Treasury, and Agriculture; the U.S. Agency for International
Development; and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Negative
numbers in the descriptions below reflect receipts from
foreign-military sales and financing programs.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $40.7 billion in
regular budget authority and $46.6 billion in outlays in fiscal
year 2016. Regular discretionary budget authority in fiscal
year 2016 totals $41.3 billion, with $47.9 billion in related
outlays. Direct spending is -$551 million in budget authority
and -$1.3 billion in outlays. Over 10 years, regular budget
authority totals $451.8 billion, and outlays are $437.1
billion.
The above figures exclude the $7.0 billion in
discretionary budget authority and $6.8 billion in related
outlays provided in this function for overseas contingency
operations.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Since 2001, funding for the international affairs base
budget (excluding Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingency
Operations funding) has increased by 45 percent, adjusting for
inflation. Yet more spending has not yielded better results.
Duplicative programs, programs unrelated to vital U.S. national
interests, and inefficiencies are prevalent in the budget and
should be addressed. This amendment represents a thorough re-
evaluation of accounts in this category and prioritizes
programs that are both integral to the core mission and that
effectively and efficiently achieve desired outcomes. For this
budget category, the House amendment proposes a total of $38.3
billion in budget authority and $42.9 billion in outlays for
fiscal year 2016. Most of the function's spending is
discretionary, totaling $38.9 billion in budget authority and
$44.2 billion in outlays for fiscal year 2016. Direct spending
amounts are -$551 million in budget authority and -$1.3 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years the resolution provides $427.6
billion in budget authority and $410.7 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement calls for $40.2 billion in
regular budget authority and $46.0 billion in outlays in fiscal
year 2016. Regular discretionary budget authority in fiscal
year 2016 totals $40.1 billion, with $47.1 billion in outlays;
direct spending is $108 million in budget authority and -$1.1
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, regular budget authority
totals $438.5 billion, with outlays of $431.7 billion.
Additional resources for international affairs are provided
outside this budget function through overseas contingency
operations funding in Function 970.
The agreement supports international affairs activities
with the goal of promoting U.S. interests abroad and supporting
humanitarian and development assistance overseas. It recognizes
the need for review of programs in this function as many of
them continue to receive funding despite expired
authorizations. The agreement supports efforts by the
committees of jurisdiction to reform U.S. foreign aid programs
to ensure that foreign assistance is prioritized to deliver aid
in a more effective and transparent manner.
General Science, Space, and Technology: Function 250
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The General Science, Space, and Technology function
includes the National Science Foundation, programs other than
aviation programs at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and general science programs at the Department
of Energy.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $30.0 billion in
budget authority and $30.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$29.9 billion, with $29.9 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $107 million in budget authority and $105 million
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $331.4
billion, and outlays are $328.5 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment reduces excess and unnecessary
spending, while supporting core government responsibilities. It
preserves basic research, providing stable funding for the
National Science Foundation to conduct its authorized
activities in science, space, and technology basic research,
development, and science, technology, engineering, and math
[STEM] education, while shifting the focus back to basic
research. The amendment provides continued support for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] and
recognizes the vital strategic importance of the United States
remaining the pre-eminent space-faring nation. The amendment
aligns funding in accordance with the NASA core principles to
support robust space capability, to allow for exploration
beyond low Earth orbit, and to support the Nation's scientific
and educational base. Total funding in the amendment is $28.4
billion and $29.0 billion in budget authority and outlays,
respectively, in fiscal year 2016. Nearly all the function's
spending is discretionary, with $28.3 billion in budget
authority and $28.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2016;
direct spending is $107 million in budget authority and $105
million in outlays. The 10-year totals are $313.1 billion in
budget authority and $309.3 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Function 250 consists almost entirely of discretionary
funding. The largest component of this category--about half of
total spending--is for NASA's space-flight, research, and
supporting activities. The conference agreement recognizes and
supports preserving the Federal scientific community's original
role as a venue for groundbreaking basic science research
discoveries and a driver of innovation and economic growth. The
agreement calls for $29.2 billion in budget authority and $29.6
billion in outlays in fiscal year 2016. Discretionary budget
authority in fiscal year 2016 is $29.1 billion, with outlays of
$29.5 billion; direct spending is $100 million in budget
authority and $101 million in outlays. Over 10 years, budget
authority totals $322.3 billion, and outlays are $318.0
billion.
Energy: Function 270
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Energy function concerns the production, development,
and use of energy for the country. This function contains
civilian energy programs at agencies including the Departments
of Energy and Agriculture, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, and Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. Negative numbers in the function mainly reflect the
incoming repayment of loans and receipts from the sale of
electricity produced by Federal entities, which are accounted
for as negative spending.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for -$1.9 billion in
budget authority and $2.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$3.1 billion, with $4.2 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is -$5.1 billion in budget authority and -$1.8 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $6.9
billion, and outlays are $6.1 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
A central aim of policies assumed in this function is to
ensure that private sector capital is not crowded out by
government overreach and bureaucratic waste. The policies also
should protect taxpayers from poor government decision-making
that wastes Federal dollars and increases energy prices.
Finally, streamlining research and development activities
across the Department of Energy will increase efficiency and
consolidate operations, leading to reduced costs. These are the
guiding principles for energy policy in the House amendment.
For fiscal year 2016, the budget resolution provides -$3.6
billion in budget authority, with $654 million in related
outlays. The discretionary figures for fiscal year 2016 are
$2.1 billion in budget authority and $2.4 billion in outlays,
with direct spending of -$5.6 billion in budget authority and
-$1.8 billion in outlays. Ten-year function totals are $5.9
billion in budget authority and $4.7 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement promotes abundant and affordable
American energy production and use. It envisions policies that
realign the size and role of government involvement in the
private sector, while empowering the committees of jurisdiction
to pursue legislation in pursuit of these broad goals. The
agreement provides -$3.2 billion in budget authority for fiscal
year 2016 and $1.4 billion in outlays. These amounts include
$2.6 billion in discretionary budget authority and $3.2 billion
in discretionary outlays, with direct spending of -$5.8 billion
in budget authority and -$1.8 billion in outlays. Spending over
the next 10 years totals -$9.1 billion in budget authority and
-$11.5 billion in outlays.
Natural Resources and Environment: Function 300
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Natural Resources and Environment function focuses on
the management, development, and maintenance of the Nation's
natural heritage. This function includes conservation of land
and water resources; development of water power and
transportation infrastructure; and agencies and resources
associated with the management and regulation of pollution,
public and recreational lands, and natural resources.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $36.3 billion in
budget authority and $39.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$34.5 billion, with $37.2 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $1.8 billion in budget authority and $1.8 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $406.5
billion, and outlays are $412.5 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment continues to support policies that
will make America's natural resources available to producers
who can provide a fair return to taxpayers. In addition to the
receipts the Federal Government collects from royalties, rents,
and bonus bids, the increased economic activity on Federal land
will create jobs and boost economic output. The amendment
supports reducing the Federal estate, and giving States and
localities more control over the resources within their
boundaries. The House budget provides $35.4 billion in budget
authority for fiscal year 2016, with $38.1 billion in related
outlays. The discretionary spending figures for fiscal year
2016 are $34.4 billion in budget authority and $36.8 billion in
outlays. For direct spending in fiscal 2016, the House
amendment provides $984 million in budget authority and $1.3
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, the function totals are
$380.9 billion in budget authority and $387.4 billion in
outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement promotes a safe and healthy
environment that can accompany robust economic growth and job
creation. It supports better management of the lands and
resources overseen by the Federal Government, including
potentially reducing the Federal estate, and a more responsible
relationship between regulatory agencies and the private
sector. The agreement provides $36.4 billion in budget
authority for fiscal year 2016 and $39.5 billion in outlays.
These figures include $34.4 billion in discretionary budget
authority and $37.0 billion in discretionary outlays, as well
as $1.9 billion in direct spending budget authority with $2.5
billion in outlays. Spending through the 10-year budget window
totals $406.0 billion in budget authority and $413.0 billion in
outlays.
Agriculture: Function 350
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Agriculture function helps provide for the continued
success of American agriculture and the agricultural industry.
This function includes only programs and policies concerned
with agricultural production, including direct assistance and
loans to farmers; export assistance; agricultural research; and
marketing, information, and animal and plant health inspection
services.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $20.6 billion in
budget authority and $20.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$5.9 billion, with $5.9 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $14.7 billion in budget authority and $14.7 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $218.1
billion, and outlays are $213.3 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment recommends that a higher priority be
given to competitive grant-based agricultural research. This
type of research funding, in contrast to formula-based and
other types, is most likely to spur agricultural productivity
growth, which is important to enhancing the international
competitiveness of U.S. agriculture over the longer term. Also,
continued attention should be given to streamlining and, where
possible, consolidating operations and activities across U.S.
Department of Agriculture agencies, including in its large
network of county field offices.
The 2014 farm bill made a number of reforms to
agricultural policies, most notably by eliminating direct
payments, but significant declines in market prices over the
past year are expected to result in increased levels of
assistance under the farm bill's new price- and revenue-based
programs. While it is important to continue to reform
agricultural programs, weather and market challenges continue
to highlight the importance of maintaining a safety net for
farmers.
In this function, the amendment provides $20.1 billion in
budget authority and $21.2 billion in outlays for fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal 2016 is $6.1
billion; outlays are $6.0 billion. The direct spending share of
the fiscal year 2016 function totals are $14.0 billion in
budget authority and $15.2 billion in outlays. For the period
of fiscal years 2016 through 2025, budget authority totals
$204.5 billion and outlays are $201.9 billion.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement empowers the Committees on
Agriculture in the House of Representatives and Senate to build
on the reforms in the 2014 farm bill to ensure American
agriculture remains a vital part of the Nation's economy while
supporting rural economies in a fiscally responsible way. The
agreement provides $19.1 billion in budget authority for fiscal
year 2016 and $21.6 billion in outlays in this function. These
amounts include $6.0 billion in discretionary budget authority
and $5.9 billion in discretionary outlays, as well as direct
spending amounts of $13.1 billion in budget authority and $15.6
billion in outlays. Total spending over the next 10 years in
this function equals $204.2 billion in budget authority and
$201.1 billion in outlays.
Commerce and Housing Credit: Function 370
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Commerce and Housing Credit function includes
mortgage credit, the U.S. Postal Service, deposit insurance,
and most of the activities of the Departments of Commerce and
Housing and Urban Development. Negative figures in this
function mainly reflect the negative subsidy rates applied to
certain loan and loan-guarantee programs scored under the
guidelines of the Federal Credit Reform Act, such as the
Federal Housing Administration [FHA] and the Government
National Mortgage Association (commonly known as Ginnie Mae)
programs.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $1.9 billion in
budget authority and -$11.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
-$8.1 billion, with -$7.9 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $10.0 billion in budget authority and -$3.7 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals -$5.6
billion, and outlays are -$179.9 billion. These figures reflect
the combined on- and off-budget amounts associated with this
function.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment envisions a Federal system that
supports commerce and housing and regulates in an efficient
manner, providing sufficient oversight where necessary without
wasting taxpayer monies or stifling free enterprise. The
amendment calls for minimizing subsidies to commercial entities
where possible and protecting taxpayers from the risk of future
bailouts. Additionally, it envisions adjusting the budgets of
Federal agencies to levels necessary to effectively and
efficiently execute their missions, and creating a climate that
supports rather than stifles commerce and free enterprise. The
House amendment also recommends giving the Postal Service the
flexibility that any business needs to respond to changing
market conditions, including declining mail volume, which is
down more than 25 percent since 2006.
In this function, on a unified basis, the amendment
provides -$6.8 billion in budget authority and -$20.1 billion
in outlays for fiscal year 2016, of which -$13.1 billion is
discretionary budget authority, with -$12.8 billion in outlays.
Direct spending for fiscal 2016 is $6.4 billion in budget
authority and -$7.3 billion in outlays. For fiscal years 2016
through 2025, the amendment provides -$103.8 billion in budget
authority and -$277.3 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement supports policies that would
reduce the risk of taxpayer bailouts and promote free
enterprise. Additionally, the agreement aims to remove
burdensome regulations so the economy can run more efficiently.
Fiscal year 2016 budget authority totals -$4.0 billion, and
outlays total -$13.6 billion. Discretionary budget authority in
fiscal year 2016 totals -$10.6 billion, with -$7.2 billion in
related outlays. Direct spending budget authority is $6.6
billion in fiscal year 2016, with -$6.4 billion in outlays.
Over 10 years, budget authority in Function 370 totals -$79.7
billion, and outlays are -$244.3 billion. These totals reflect
combined on- and off-budget amounts.
Transportation: Function 400
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Transportation function focuses on aid and regulation
for ground transportation (including roads and highways,
railroads, and urban mass transit), air transportation
(including aeronautical research conducted by NASA), and
maritime commerce. The major agencies included in this function
are the Department of Transportation (including the Federal
Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration,
Federal Transit Administration, and Maritime Administration),
the Department of Homeland Security (including the
Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast
Guard, and the Federal Air Marshal Service), and the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $71.5 billion in
budget authority and $88.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$29.1 billion, with $87.2 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $42.4 billion in budget authority and $1.2 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $750.4
billion, and outlays are $806.4 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The amendment prioritizes the solvency of the Highway
Trust Fund, aligns spending with incoming revenue, and ensures
any general fund transfers will be fully offset. It provides
the authorizing committees flexibility through a deficit-
neutral reserve fund. It also maintains essential funding for
surface transportation, aviation, and safety--offset by
reductions in other transportation activities of lower priority
to the Federal Government.
For fiscal year 2016, the amendment provides $36.7
billion in budget authority and $79.2 billion in associated
outlays. Those amounts consist of $31.0 billion in fiscal 2016
discretionary budget authority and $78.1 billion in outlays,
and direct spending budget authority of $5.7 billion, with $1.1
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, the function totals are
$741.5 billion in budget authority and $781.5 billion in
outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement provides essential funding for
surface transportation, aviation, and safety, offset by
reductions in transportation activities of lower priority to
the Federal Government. Through deficit-neutral reserve funds,
the agreement gives the committees of jurisdiction flexibility
in future legislation involving the Highway Trust Fund. The
fund is put on more sound financial footing and its solvency
reinstated. The agreement provides $72.1 billion in budget
authority for fiscal year 2016 and $87.2 billion in outlays.
These amounts include $30.1 billion in discretionary budget
authority and $86.1 billion in discretionary outlays, with
direct spending of $42.0 billion in budget authority and $1.1
billion in outlays. Spending over the next 10 years totals
$665.6 billion in budget authority and $748.7 billion in
outlays.
Community and Regional Development: Function 450
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Community and Regional Development function includes
Federal programs to improve community economic conditions,
promote rural development, and assist in Federal preparations
for and in response to disasters. This function provides
appropriated funding for the Community Development Block Grant
Program, Department of Agriculture rural development programs,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
and other disaster mitigation and community development-related
programs. It also provides direct funding for the National
Flood Insurance Program.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $17.4 billion in
budget authority and $22.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$16.3 billion, with $21.0 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $1.2 billion in budget authority and $1.4 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $186.5
billion, and outlays are $211.9 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
While supporting programs in this function related to
emergency preparedness and critical needs, the House amendment
urges streamlining non-essential community and regional
initiatives that are not core functions of the Federal
Government. The House amendment provides $7.1 billion in budget
authority and $19.9 billion in outlays for the function in
fiscal year 2016. Discretionary spending for the year is $7.0
billion in budget authority and $19.6 billion in outlays.
Budget authority for direct spending in fiscal 2016 is $124
million, with $351 million in outlays. Over 10 years, the
amendment provides $81.6 billion and $128.6 billion in budget
authority and outlays, respectively.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement funds programs relating to
emergency preparedness and critical needs. Most of this
category's funding is discretionary; the main direct spending
component of this function is the National Flood Insurance
Program. The agreement supports a more efficient grant system,
which includes strengthening oversight of the grant programs to
reduce waste and improve effectiveness. The agreement calls for
$15.5 billion in budget authority and $20.7 billion in outlays
in fiscal year 2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal
year 2016 is $15.0 billion, with outlays of $19.6 billion;
direct spending is $446 million in budget authority and $1.1
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$139.4 billion, and outlays are $181.0 billion.
Education, Training, Employment, and
Social Services: Function 500
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
function includes funding for the Department of Education, some
social services programs within the Department of Health and
Human Services, and employment and training programs within the
Department of Labor.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $86.3 billion in
budget authority and $95.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$91.4 billion, with $95.0 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is -$5.1 billion in budget authority and $746 million
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $930.0
billion, and outlays are $942.3 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Rather than foster a system that drives up tuition and
presents too many students with the difficult choice between
crippling debt and stopping short of their highest educational
attainment, the House amendment envisions a framework that uses
Federal dollars more efficiently, accounts for student loans in
a way that reflects their true cost, and invests in a
sustainable higher education system. The amendment also views
Federal support for K-12 education as just that: It should
support, not seize control from, State and local entities. Real
gains in education result from the diversity and creativity of
State and local educators, and the trend toward centralizing
rules and standards in Washington risks smothering
effectiveness and innovation.
Toward these ends, the amendment provides $80.6 billion
in budget authority and $90.4 billion in outlays for fiscal
year 2016. Of those amounts, $88.2 billion is discretionary
budget authority, with $91.4 billion in associated outlays.
Direct spending in fiscal 2016 totals -$7.6 billion in budget
authority and -$967 million in outlays. (The negative figures
result mainly from the methodology used to score direct student
loans under the Federal Credit Reform Act.) Over 10 years, the
House amendment provides $883.2 billion in total budget
authority and $900.5 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement supports reforms to the current
educational system in order to give the Nation's students the
opportunity for a better, more affordable education. In
addition, it encourages the enactment of policies that better
equip Americans of all ages to excel not only in school but
also in the workforce. Function 500 totals amount to $83.3
billion in budget authority and $93.3 billion in outlays in
fiscal year 2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year
2016 totals $89.8 billion, with $93.8 billion in related
outlays. Direct spending budget authority is -$6.5 billion in
fiscal year 2016, with -$504 million in outlays. Over 10 years,
budget authority totals $932.6 billion, and outlays are $942.5
billion.
Health: Function 550
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Health function contains spending on a variety of
health care services administered by the Department of Health
and Human Services. This function also includes health research
conducted by the National Institutes of Health; public health
and safety programs conducted by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; primary health care services conducted
by the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the
regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food
products conducted by the Food and Drug Administration. The
most significant drivers of spending in the function are the
coverage provisions of the President's health care law and
Medicaid.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $414.4 billion in
budget authority and $424.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$57.8 billion, with $58.4 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $356.6 billion in budget authority and $366.3
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$4,376.5 billion, and outlays are $4,384.5 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The amendment calls for repealing the Affordable Care Act
in full--its spending, taxes, regulations, and mandates--as a
first step toward introducing real, patient-centered health
care reform in America. The amendment contains a policy
statement describing the contours of this strategy, emphasizing
affordability, accessibility, quality, choices, innovation,
responsiveness, and legal reforms. The amendment also supports
major reforms to strengthen and secure Medicaid benefits, such
as converting the Federal share of Medicaid into State
Flexibility Funds that each State may tailor to its own needs.
For fiscal year 2016, the amendment provides $416.5 billion in
budget authority in Function 550, with $426.9 billion in
associated outlays. For discretionary spending, the amendment
provides $57.7 billion in budget authority and $58.4 billion in
outlays in fiscal year 2016. The direct spending amounts for
that year are $358.7 billion in budget authority and $368.5
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, the totals are $3,944.8
billion in budget authority and $3,952.8 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement calls for the repeal of the
President's health care law. The agreement accommodates
legislation from the committees of jurisdiction in the House
and Senate to continue to develop health care solutions that
lower costs and improve access to care. It envisions Medicaid
reform, based on a framework proposed by the chairmen of the
committees of jurisdiction in the House and the Senate, to
modernize and improve the program while increasing State
flexibility and protecting the most vulnerable populations.
The conference agreement calls for $433.1 billion in
budget authority and $430.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$57.7 billion, with $58.4 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending in fiscal year 2016 is $375.3 billion in budget
authority and $372.5 billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget
authority totals $4,337.2 billion, and outlays are $4,334.4
billion.
Medicare: Function 570
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Medicare function includes only the Medicare program,
which provides health insurance to senior citizens and certain
persons with disabilities. Nearly 99 percent of spending in
this function occurs on the direct side of the budget, and
almost all of the direct spending consists of payments for
Medicare benefits. The balance of spending is discretionary
annual appropriations for the cost of administering and
monitoring the Medicare program.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $567.2 billion in
budget authority and $567.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$6.6 billion, with $6.6 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $560.6 billion in budget authority and $560.6
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$6,930.9 billion, and outlays are $6,929.9 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The amendment recognizes the imperative of saving,
strengthening, and securing the future of Medicare. The current
spending trajectory of Medicare will result in an inability to
provide the promised benefits to America's seniors in the not-
so-distant future. The amendment pursues a responsible course
to ensure the viability of the Medicare Program through a
number of structural reforms, including transitioning to a
premium support model bringing patient choices and helpful
competition into the program, allowing for improvement in
quality care, increasing accessibility and affordability, and a
real check on wasteful practices. For fiscal year 2016, the
function totals in the amendment are $577.7 billion in budget
authority and $577.6 billion in outlays. The direct spending
portion for fiscal 2016 totals $6.6 billion in budget authority
and outlays. Far more significant is the function's direct
spending of $571.1 billion in budget authority and outlays.
Over 10 years, Function 570 spending is projected at $7,181.2
billion in budget authority and $7,180.2 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement supports the repeal of the
President's health care law, including the repeal of the
Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board. The agreement
proposes the same amount of Medicare savings reflected in the
Senate-passed fiscal year 2016 budget as a target to extend the
life of the Hospital Insurance trust fund and tasks the
committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate with
determining the specific Medicare reforms needed to bring
spending levels under current law in line with the budget.
Finally, the conference agreement accounts for the full cost of
H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of
2015.
The conference agreement calls for $579.4 billion in
budget authority and $579.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$6.5 billion, with $6.5 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $572.9 billion in budget authority and $572.9
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$7,076.5 billion, and outlays are $7,075.6 billion.
Income Security: Function 600
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Income Security function covers a range of income
security programs that provide cash or near-cash assistance to
low-income persons, and benefits to certain retirees, persons
with disabilities, and the unemployed.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $529.5 billion in
budget authority and $528.8 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$65.1 billion, with $65.4 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $464.4 billion in budget authority and $463.4
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$4,899.5 billion, and outlays are $4,858.0 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment proposes to continue the successful
welfare reforms of the 1990s by improving work requirements for
means-tested programs to help more people escape poverty and
move up the economic ladder. It focuses resources on programs
that deliver real results, restraining spending to reasonable
levels, reducing improper payments, and allowing States more
ability to improve programs through policy innovation. For
fiscal year 2016, the amendment provides $512.4 billion in
budget authority, with $513.7 billion in associated outlays.
The amendment provides $61.4 billion in fiscal 2016
discretionary budget authority, with $63.6 billion in outlays,
along with $451.0 billion in budget authority and $450.1
billion in outlays for direct spending. Over 10 years, the
totals are $5,102.2 billion in budget authority and $5,048.2
billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement assumes the enactment of
proposals to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward
mobility for struggling Americans on the road to personal and
financial independence. Based on the successful welfare reforms
of the 1990s, these proposals would improve work requirements
and provide flexible funding for States to help those most in
need find gainful employment, escape poverty, and move up the
economic ladder. The agreement focuses resources on programs
that deliver real results, reducing wasteful spending and
empowering States to make key decisions and improve welfare
programs through policy innovation. In fiscal year 2016, the
agreement provides $523.1 billion in total budget authority and
$523.6 billion in total outlays. Discretionary budget authority
is $63.2 billion, and outlays are $64.2 billion. Direct
spending is $459.9 billion in budget authority and $459.4
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, the totals are $4,985.2
billion in budget authority and $4,936.6 billion in outlays.
Social Security Retirement and Disability: Function 650
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Social Security function consists of the payroll-tax-
financed programs collectively known as Social Security: Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance. These
programs provide retirement and disability benefits to
approximately 56 million eligible retired workers, disabled
persons, and their spouses, dependents, and survivors. This
function includes both Social Security benefit payments and
funds to administer the program and ensure program integrity.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $930.0 billion in
budget authority and $925.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$5.0 billion, with $5.1 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $924.9 billion in budget authority and $920.7
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$12,285.9 billion, and outlays are $12,225.4 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Absent structural reform, Social Security will fail to
fulfill its promises to the Nation's retired and disabled
persons--and that outcome will occur sooner than expected. With
each year Congress delays, the policy changes needed to correct
the program's fiscal trajectory will become larger and more
wrenching to adopt, eventually leading to sudden, steep
reductions in benefits. The House amendment calls for a
bipartisan way forward, encouraging the President and Congress
to begin the process of reforming Social Security. The budget
provides $930.0 billion in unified Function 650 budget
authority in fiscal year 2016, and $925.9 billion in outlays.
The discretionary figures for fiscal 2016 are $5.0 billion in
budget authority and $5.1 billion in outlays. Direct spending
that year is $924.9 billion in budget authority and $920.7
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, the totals are $12,281.5
billion in budget authority and $12,220.9 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement presumes the President and
Congress will work together on a bipartisan basis to preserve
Social Security for current and future generations. It assumes
enactment of legislation that will prevent the near-term
insolvency of the Disability Insurance program; improve the
administration and coordination of benefits; and increase
employment opportunities for disabled workers. The agreement
also assumes the President will submit legislation to Congress
addressing the long-term insolvency both of the Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance program and the Disability Insurance
program. In fiscal year 2016, the agreement provides $928.9
billion in total budget authority and $925.0 billion in total
outlays. Discretionary budget authority is $5.0 billion, and
outlays are $5.1 billion. Direct spending is $923.9 billion in
budget authority and $919.8 billion in outlays. Over 10 years,
the totals are $12,278.2 billion in budget authority and
$12,216.7 billion in outlays. These figures reflect the
combined on- and off-budget amounts associated with this
function.
Veterans Benefits and Services: Function 700
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Veterans Benefits and Services function includes
Veterans' Health Administration and health services (majority
of the discretionary spending), veterans' pensions and
disability compensation (majority of the direct spending), and
other veterans services.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $166.7 billion in
budget authority and $170.2 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$68.6 billion, with $68.3 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $98.1 billion in budget authority and $101.8
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$1,817.4 billion, and outlays are $1,812.7 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment fully funds veterans' discretionary
benefits and services by providing CBO's estimated funding
level of veterans discretionary programs needs for fiscal year
2016, which is a 5 percent increase above last year's level.
The House Budget Committee will continue to closely monitor the
Department of Veterans Affairs' progress to ensure resources
provided by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to
provide benefits and services to veterans. The resolution calls
for $166.7 billion in budget authority and $170.1 billion in
outlays in fiscal year 2016 for veterans' benefits and
services. Fiscal year 2016 discretionary spending is $68.6
billion in budget authority and $68.3 billion in outlays, while
direct spending totals $98.1 billion in budget authority and
$101.8 billion in outlays. The 10-year totals for budget
authority and outlays are $1,815.4 billion and $1,810.8
billion, respectively.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement fully funds veterans'
discretionary benefits and services by providing CBO's
estimated funding level of veterans discretionary program needs
for fiscal year 2016, a 5-percent increase above last year's
level. The House and Senate Budget Committees will continue to
closely monitor the Department of Veterans Affairs' progress to
ensure resources provided by Congress are sufficient and
efficiently used to provide benefits and services to veterans.
The agreement calls for $166.3 billion in budget authority and
$171.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2016 for Veterans
benefits and services. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal
year 2016 is $68.6 billion, with outlays of $68.3 billion;
direct spending is $97.7 billion in budget authority and $103.5
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals
$1,812.8 billion, and outlays are $1,815.7 billion.
Administration of Justice: Function 750
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Administration of Justice function includes programs
to provide judicial services, police protection, law
enforcement (including civil rights), rehabilitation and
incarceration of criminals, and the general maintenance of
domestic order.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $52.5 billion in
budget authority and $56.8 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$51.3 billion, with $52.0 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $1.2 billion in budget authority and $4.8 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $618.2
billion, and outlays are $621.3 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
With the risk of terrorism, as well as a tidal wave of
debt, the House amendment focuses Federal taxpayer money for
the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security on
administering justice, arresting and prosecuting terrorists,
investigating crimes, and seeking punishment for those guilty
of unlawful behavior. For fiscal year 2016, the House amendment
provides $52.2 billion in total budget authority and $56.0
billion in outlays, focused on core Federal Government
responsibilities and reducing duplication, excess, and
unnecessary spending. The discretionary totals--the majority of
the function's spending--are $51.0 billion in budget authority
and $51.3 billion in outlays; direct spending is $1.1 billion
in budget authority and $4.7 billion in outlays. Over 10 years
the amendment provides $602.1 billion and $606.3 billion in
budget authority and outlays, respectively.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The vast majority of this category's funding is
discretionary and used for Federal law-enforcement programs,
litigation and judicial activities, correctional operations,
and border security. A small amount of direct spending funds
certain immigration activities, the Crime Victims Fund, the
Assets Forfeiture Fund, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, among
other purposes. Federal taxpayer money for the Departments of
Justice and Homeland Security should be focused on core
responsibilities, with priority given to those activities that
are most essential to the Federal Government in this area. The
conference agreement calls for $51.0 billion in budget
authority and $56.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2016.
Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 is $51.2
billion, with outlays of $52.0 billion; direct spending is
-$196 million in budget authority and $4.5 billion in outlays.
Over 10 years, budget authority totals $609.2 billion, and
outlays are $614.3 billion.
General Government: Function 800
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The General Government function includes the activities
of the White House and the Executive Office of the President,
legislative branch, and programs to carry out the
administrative responsibilities of the Federal Government,
including personnel management, fiscal operations, and property
control.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $23.8 billion in
budget authority and $23.7 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
$17.2 billion, with $17.1 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $6.6 billion in budget authority and $6.6 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals $266.3
billion, and outlays are $263.2 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment advances the idea that a government
seeking greater efficiency in its programs should demand no
less from its own operations. This should be achieved by
eliminating waste across Federal Government branches and
agencies wherever possible, in order to scale back government
where it has expanded needlessly or beyond its proper role. The
amendment provides $23.6 billion in budget authority and
outlays for fiscal year 2016. The totals consist of $16.7
billion in discretionary budget authority and outlays, and $6.9
billion in direct spending budget authority and outlays. For
fiscal years 2016 through 2025, the function totals are $244.2
billion in budget authority and $244.7 billion in outlays.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement supports policies that reduce
waste and streamline government operations across all Federal
Government branches and agencies. Function 800 totals amount to
$23.2 billion in budget authority and $23.0 billion in outlays
in fiscal year 2016. Discretionary budget authority and outlays
total $17.0 billion in fiscal year 2016. Direct spending budget
authority is $6.2 billion in fiscal year 2016, with $6.0
billion in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority in totals
$251.3 billion, and outlays are $248.5 billion.
Net Interest: Function 900
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Net Interest function contains the interest paid to
private and foreign government holders of U.S. Treasury
securities. This function includes interest on the public debt
less the interest received by the Federal Government from trust
fund investments and loans to the public. It contains direct
payments, with no discretionary components.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $274.4 billion in
budget authority and $274.4 billion in outlays, all of which
are direct spending, in fiscal year 2016. Over 10 years, budget
authority totals $4,788.1 billion, and outlays are $4,788.1
billion. These figures reflect the combined on- and off-budget
amounts associated with this function.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment calls for $274.3 billion of direct
spending for net interest payments in fiscal year 2016. The
proposed 10-year total for net interest payments is $4,748.9
billion.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement calls for $275.3 billion of
direct spending for net interest payments in fiscal year 2016.
The proposed 10-year total for net interest payments is
$4,757.1 billion. There are no budget policies for this
function.
Allowances: Function 920
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Allowances function displays the budgetary effects of
proposals that cannot easily be distributed across other budget
functions. It contains CBO's estimate of the budgetary effects
of the Budget Control Act's automatic enforcement provisions
for non-defense spending. Function 920 also contains
government-wide savings. For example, this function includes
CBO's estimate of the macroeconomic feedback effect resulting
from the deficit-reduction path assumed in the budget
resolution conference agreement.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for -$12.3 billion in
budget authority and -$5.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
-$15.2 billion, with -$11.5 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending is $2.8 billion in budget authority and $5.9 billion
in outlays. Over 10 years, budget authority totals -$677.9
billion, and outlays are -$630.7 billion.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment recommends no changes in this
function, leaving it instead at the CBO baseline levels. The
CBO baseline includes total savings of $33.5 billion in budget
authority and $17.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2016, and
$405.7 billion and $357.9 billion in reductions for budget
authority and outlays over 10 years, respectively, to reflect
the impact of the Budget Control Act [BCA] on non-defense and
non-Medicare spending. The following two components are
included in the baseline:
1. A reduction of $383.4 billion in budget authority and
$342.4 billion in outlays for non-defense activities, needed to
comply with the discretionary spending caps set by section 101
of the BCA;
2. A $22.3 billion and $15.5 billion reduction in budget
authority and outlays, respectively, to non-Medicare and non-
defense direct spending programs necessary to comply with the
automatic-enforcement procedure (the direct spending sequester)
mandated by the BCA.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement calls for $25.3 billion in
budget authority and $45.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. Discretionary budget authority in fiscal year 2016 totals
-$5.4 billion, with $14.9 billion in related outlays. Direct
spending budget authority and outlays each total $30.7 billion.
Over 10 years, total budget authority is -$908.2 billion, and
outlays are -$798.6 billion.
Government-Wide Savings: Function 930
FUNCTION SUMMARY
This House category includes various policies that
produce government-wide savings in multiple categories rather
than in a single, specific budget function.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution does not contain a Function 930.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The resolution calls for spending of $27.5 billion and
$18.4 billion in budget authority and outlays, respectively, in
fiscal year 2016. The 10-year totals for budget authority and
outlay savings are -$496.9 billion and -$418.2 billion,
respectively. (The figures appear in Function 930 in the
summary tables.) As is true elsewhere, specific policies will
be determined by the appropriate committees of jurisdiction.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement does not contain a Function 930.
Undistributed Offsetting Receipts: Function 950
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Undistributed Offsetting Receipts function comprises
major offsetting receipts items that would distort the funding
levels of other functional categories if they were distributed
to them.
SENATE RESOLUTION
All funding in this function is direct spending. The
Senate budget resolution calls for -$86.0 billion in budget
authority and outlays in fiscal year 2016 (The minus sign
indicates receipts flowing into the Treasury.). Over 10 years,
budget authority totals -$1,102.6 billion, with -$1,102.8
billion in outlays. These figures reflect the combined on- and
off-budget amounts associated with this function.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment examines the management of Federal
fleet vehicles, real-property, and lands among other assets in
an effort to help taxpayers recoup billions of dollars devoted
to unused government property. The House amendment calls for
-$90.1 billion in budget authority and outlays in fiscal year
2016, all of which is direct spending. Over 10 years, budget
authority and outlays total -$1,154.6 billion.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement calls for -$99.2 billion in
budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2016. The negative
figures reflect receipts flowing into the Treasury. Over 10
years, budget authority and outlays each total -$1,292.4
billion. These figures reflect the combined on- and off-budget
amounts associated with this function.
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism: Function 970
FUNCTION SUMMARY
This function includes funding for the prosecution of
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism and
other closely related activities.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution does not have a Function 970.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The amendment assumes $90.0 billion as a placeholder
estimate of the budgetary resources necessary to fulfill the
Department of Defense's war policy, with final decisions still
pending assessment. Combined with the base resources for
National Defense, the fiscal year 2016 budget provides more
than $613 billion in total defense spending for the Global War
on Terrorism. The House amendment provides for higher total
defense resources than the President's request in fiscal year
2016, the President's 5-year plan, and the President's 10-year
levels.
This function also estimates $6 billion in funding for
the activities of civilian agencies--primarily the State
Department and USAID--as part of the integrated civil-military
strategy for securing American objectives in the frontline
states.
The House amendment provides $96.0 billion in budget
authority and $45.4 billion in outlays for fiscal year 2016.
The 10-year totals for budget authority and outlays are $229.3
billion and $196.6 billion, respectively.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The agreement supports overseas contingency operations
funding at a level appropriate to meet the challenges posed by
an increasingly dangerous security environment, and reflects a
realistic ramp-down path for this funding over the budget
window. Funding in this function will provide support for
military and diplomatic operations to counter the danger from
growing global instability and threats posed by those who
challenge U.S. security interests at home and abroad. The
agreement sets the overall allocation for overseas contingency
operations funding. The committees of jurisdiction will
determine the specific policies.
The conference agreement calls for $96.3 billion in
budget authority and $48.8 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2016. There is no direct spending in this function. Over 10
years, budget authority totals $378.2 billion, and outlays are
$373.8 billion.
Across-the-Board Adjustment: Function 990
FUNCTION SUMMARY
This House function reflects the impact of an across-the-
board rescission affecting the Department of Homeland Security
that was included in the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235).
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution does not contain a Function 990.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The CBO baseline for Function 990 includes reductions of
$241 million in budget authority and $226 million in outlays
over 10 years. The resolution recommends retaining the baseline
levels.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement does not contain a separate
Function 990.
Revenues
FUNCTION SUMMARY
Federal revenues are comprised of taxes and other
collections from the public that result from the Government's
sovereign powers to impose levies under Article I, section 8,
clause I of the U.S. Constitution. Federal revenues include
individual and corporate incomes taxes, social insurance taxes,
excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and
miscellaneous receipts.
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate budget resolution calls for $3,459.5 billion
in revenues in fiscal year 2016 ($2,666.8 billion on-budget,
$792.8 billion off-budget) and $41,669.7 billion over 10 years
($32,170.6 billion on-budget, $9,499.1 billion off-budget).
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The U.S. tax code is notoriously complex, patently
unfair, and highly inefficient. Its complexity distorts
decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to slower
economic growth, lower wages, and less job creation. The House
amendment proposes to correct the notorious complexity,
unfairness, and inefficiency of U.S. taxes by calling for a
reformed tax code that is simpler and fairer and promotes
growth. A revamped tax code could raise just as much revenue as
the system in place today, but without the harmful tax policies
embedded in current law, such as the Affordable Care Act. A
restructured and more efficient tax code with a broader tax
base and lower tax rates also would spark greater economic
growth and create more jobs.
The amendment's revenue projections--$3.459.5 billion in
fiscal year 2016 and $41.669.7 billion through fiscal year
2025--are built on such a tax reform model.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The U.S. tax code is overly complicated, inefficient, and
archaic. The current structure hurts economic growth,
frustrates working Americans, and pushes American businesses
overseas. The conference agreement assumes that the tax-writing
committees will adopt a tax reform proposal that reduces
marginal rates but broadens the tax base to create a fair,
efficient, competitive, and pro-growth tax regime that is
revenue neutral. Any revenue-neutral tax reform would include a
repeal of the harmful tax increases in the President's health
care law.
The conference agreement calls for revenues of $3,470.7
billion in fiscal year 2016 ($2,676.7 billion on-budget, $794.0
billion off-budget) and $41,750.5 billion over 10 years
($32,237.4 billion on-budget, $9,513.1 billion off-budget). The
difference between the conference agreement revenues and those
of the Senate resolution and House amendment is due to CBO's
March reestimate at projected revenues. The conference
agreement contains no tax increases.
RECONCILIATION AND REPORT SUBMISSIONS
The budget resolution conference agreement provides a
path for the committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate
through reconciliation to repeal the Affordable Care Act with
its burdensome mandates and restrictions, a first step toward
introducing real, patient-centered health care reform.
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 201 of the Senate resolution instructs the
Finance Committee and the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions each to report, by July 31, 2015, changes
in laws within their jurisdictions to reduce the deficit by no
less than $1 billion over the 10-year period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
Section 202 of the resolution prohibits a reconciliation
bill reported under section 201 from including a provision that
would increase the statutory debt limit. The prohibition is
enforced with a point of order that, if raised, would require
an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Senate to waive.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 201 of the House amendment instructs 13
authorizing committees to achieve specified amounts of deficit
reduction by a deadline of July 15, 2015.
While the amendment instruction provides flexibility as
to how the authorizing committees may achieve these savings, it
assumes savings will be achieved through reductions in direct
spending. The amounts reconciled are intended to serve as a
floor on required savings, not a ceiling. The targets are for
the total of the 10-year period of fiscal years 2016 through
2025. These targets will provide the committees maximum
flexibility in their savings while ensuring the budget is
balanced within the 10-year window.
Each reconciled authorizing committee is directed to mark
up legislation meeting its reconciliation target and submit
legislation to the Committee of the Budget, consistent with
section 310 of the Budget Act, instead of reporting it directly
to the House. Other than submitting legislation to the
Committee on the Budget, committees are expected to follow
regular order in complying with House and Committee rules
related to markup procedures and reporting requirements. The
Committee on the Budget will then combine all submissions and
report the legislation, without substantive revision, to the
House.
Section 202 of the House amendment authorizes the Chair
of the Committee on the Budget to: (1) use the baseline
underlying the Congressional Budget Office's [CBO's] Budget and
Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 (January 2015) when making
estimates of any bill or joint resolution, or any amendment
thereto or conference report thereon and (2) determine whether
to use any adjustments to the baseline, if made subsequent to
the adoption of this concurrent resolution, when making such
estimates. When making such estimates and determining
compliance of measures, the Chair of the Committee on the
Budget should only exercise this authority if such estimates
are inaccurate because the adjustments made to the baseline are
inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the budgetary
levels set forth in this concurrent resolution. Inaccurate
adjustments may include selected adjustments for rulemaking,
judicial actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules that
have major budgetary effects and are inconsistent with the
assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this
concurrent resolution. CBO shall, upon the request of the Chair
of the Committee on the Budget, prepare an estimate based on
the baseline determination made by such Chair.
Section 202 also stipulates that the authorizing
committees instructed to submit reconciliation legislation
pursuant to this concurrent resolution shall, in preparing
submissions, note and determine the most effective methods by
which the President's health care law shall be repealed.
Additionally, section 202 authorizes the Chair of the
Committee on the Budget to file with the House appropriately
revised allocations under section 302(a) of the Budget Act and
revised functional levels and aggregates upon: (1) an
authorizing committee's submission to the Committee on the
Budget of legislation complying with its reconciliation
instructions pursuant to section 310(b) of the Budget Act and
(2) the submission of a conference report to the House. Section
202 further stipulates that these revised aggregates and
allocations shall be considered to be the allocations and
aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the
budget pursuant to section 310 of the Budget Act.
Section 203 of the House amendment authorizes the Chair
of the Committee on the Budget to submit additional information
to help guide the authorizing committees, including suggested
increases in the amount of deficit reduction reconciled to each
authorizing committee.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement affirms the use of
reconciliation for the sole purpose of repealing the
President's job-killing health care law by instructing only
those committees with jurisdiction over the health-care-related
provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010 (Public Law 111-148) and the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152). Specifically,
the Senate Committees on Finance and Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions, and the House Committees on Ways and Means,
Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce all
received instructions to report changes in laws within their
jurisdictions to reduce the deficit by no less than $1 billion
over the 10-year period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
The instructions for Senate committees are as follows:
[Fiscal years 2016-25]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee 10-Year deficit reduction
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finance................................... $1,000,000,000
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.... $1,000,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Senate retains the Senate-only rule against a
reconciliation measure that increases the public debt limit.
The provision applies to reconciliation bills pursuant to this
concurrent resolution, and any amendment, amendments between
the Houses, and conference report thereon. The rule may only be
waived by two-thirds of the Senate.
The instructions for the House are as follows:
[Fiscal years 2016-25]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee 10-Year deficit reduction
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Education and the Workforce............... $1,000,000,000
Energy and Commerce....................... $1,000,000,000
Ways and Means............................ $1,000,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reconciled committees in the Senate and the House of
Representatives are instructed to submit their recommendations
to their respective Budget Committees no later than July 24,
2015.
The House retains the House-passed provision clarifying
that in the House, for purposes of budget enforcement, the
Chairman shall use the baseline underlying the March 2015
update to CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025. It
further grants the Chairman of the Budget Committee the
authority to determine whether to reflect CBO's ad hoc
adjustments to the baseline subsequent to the adoption of this
concurrent resolution.
While committees determine the policies used to meet
their reconciliation targets, the conference report retains the
House position that the committees take note of the policy
statement in the conference report relating to the repeal of
the President's health care law.
The conference report provides authority to the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
to make adjustments in this concurrent resolution for
committees that submit reconciliation recommendations and meet
their respective reconciliation targets.
BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement in Both Houses
Point of Order against Legislation Increasing Long-Term Deficits or
Direct Spending
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 402 of the Senate resolution extends the current
Senate point of order prohibiting the consideration of
legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit by more
than $5 billion in any of the 4 consecutive 10-year periods
beginning after the last year covered in the most recently
agreed to budget resolution. The prohibition is enforced with a
point of order that, if raised, could be waived with the
affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members, duly chosen and
sworn. Paragraph (d) provides an exception for any legislation
considered under the reserve fund in section 303(1)--repeal of
the President's health care law.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 407 of the House amendment prohibits the
consideration of any measure reported by an authorizing
committee that increases direct spending by $5 billion over the
long-term. The prohibition is enforced with a point of order.
Subsection (b) states the applicable periods for this section
are any of the 4 consecutive 10 fiscal year periods beginning
in fiscal year 2026.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3101 of the conference agreement extends the
Senate-passed provision to the House and includes an exception
in paragraph (d) for reserve funds in sections 4303(1), 4501,
4502, and 4503 of the conference agreement relating to repeal
of the President's health care law. In the House the point of
order lies against the bill increasing direct spending over the
period.
Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 409 of the Senate resolution establishes a
mechanism allowing the Senate to review the designation for
overseas contingency operations [OCO] in fiscal years 2016 and
2017. Designations that would cause the total amount of OCO
spending in those years to exceed $58 billion and $59.5
billion, respectively, would be subject to a point of order,
which--if raised--would require 60 votes to waive. If
sustained, the offending provision of budget authority would be
stricken from the text, but the rest of the measure would
remain standing.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Subsection 408(a) of the House amendment provides the
Committee on Appropriations with two separate OCO/GWOT
allocations for the purposes of Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism under section 302(a) of the
Budget Act, which are included in this report in the allocation
tables.
Subsection (b) stipulates that, for purposes of enforcing
the point of order under section 302(f) of the Budget Act, the
``first fiscal year'' and the ``total of fiscal years'' refer
to fiscal year 2016 only. This separate allocation is the
exclusive allocation for OCO/GWOT under section 302(a) of the
Budget Act. It also stipulates that section 302(c) of the
Budget Act does not apply to this separate allocation.
Subsection (c) stipulates that new budget authority or outlays
counting toward the allocation established by subsection (a)
shall be designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Subsection (d) prohibits any adjustment under section
314(a) of the Budget Act if an adjustment would be made under
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of BBEDCA for fiscal year 2016.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3102 of the conference agreement adopts an
approach to Overseas Contingency Operations [OCO] funding
similar to the House amendment. A separate 302(a) allocation is
provided to each of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations for the OCO/Global War on Terrorism. Any
appropriation designated for OCO under Section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 would be scored against the 302(a) allocation to the
Committees on Appropriations. The OCO allocation may be
subdivided into 302(b) sub-allocations and is enforceable under
section 302(f) on the Congressional Budget Act.
Point of Order against Certain Changes in Mandatory Programs
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 406 of the Senate resolution phases out the use
of certain ``CHIMPs'' (changes in mandatory programs) in
appropriation bills that reduce budget authority but do not
result in any net outlay savings. For fiscal year 2016, the
limit on this type of CHIMP is $19 billion, the amount
contained in fiscal year 2015 appropriations measures.
Thereafter, the limit is reduced by 20 percent per year until
fiscal year 2021, when CHIMPs that fail to reduce net outlays
are no longer to be permitted in appropriation measures. The
limit is enforced with a point of order that, if raised, would
require the affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members, duly
chosen and sworn.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to CHIMPs.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3103 of the conference agreement gradually
reduces the amount of certain changes in mandatory programs
[CHIMPs] permitted in appropriations bills from a total of
$19.1 billion in fiscal year 2016 to $15 billion in fiscal year
2019. This reduction would apply only to those CHIMPs that (a)
would have been classified as affecting direct spending or
receipts under section 252 of BBEDCA (as in effect prior to
September 30, 2002) if the provision was included in
legislation other than an appropriations bill or joint
resolution, and (b) reduce budget authority but do not result
in any net outlay savings over the 10-year budget enforcement
window. The reduction in this type of CHIMP is enforced in the
Senate with a point of order prohibiting consideration of a
bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a full
fiscal year, (or an amendment thereto or conference report
thereon that would cause the total amount of this type of CHIMP
enacted in a fiscal year to exceed a specific amount:
Fiscal year 2016 $19,100,000,000
Fiscal year 2017 $19,100,000,000
Fiscal year 2018 $17,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019 $15,000,000,000
The Senate point of order, if raised, would require the
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn, to waive. In the House the point of order lies
against the individual provision except for an amendment or
conference report in which case it lies against the entire
amendment or conference report. For purposes of this section,
the total budget authority of CHIMPs shall be determined on the
basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the applicable House of Congress.
Point of Order against Provisions that Constitute Changes in Mandatory
Programs Affecting the Crime Victims Fund
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 410 of the Senate resolution prohibits Senate
consideration of any measure that includes CHIMPs that affect
the Crime Victims Fund [CVF]. The prohibition would be enforced
with a point of order that, if raised, would require the
affirmative vote of three-fifth of Members, duly chose and
sworn, to waive. If sustained, the offending provision(s) would
be stricken, but the rest of the measure would remain standing.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3104 of the conference agreement limits the use
of CHIMPs that affect the CVF to $10.8 billion in fiscal year
2016. This rule only applies to appropriations measures that
provide full-year funding for a fiscal year. The reduction in
the CVF CHIMP is enforced with a ``surgical strike'' point of
order. If a point of order is raised and sustained against a
provision containing a CHIMP affecting the CVF that would cause
the total value of all such CHIMPS enacted in relation to a
fiscal year to exceed the limit, the provision would be
stricken from the measure, but the rest of the bill would
remain standing. In the House, in the case of an amendment or
conference report, the point of order would lie against the
entire measure.
For purposes of this section, the absolute of the total
budget authority of CHIMPs shall be determined on the basis of
estimates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the applicable House of Congress.
Section 3104 of the conference agreement also directs the
Committees on the Budget and Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate to work with other committees of
jurisdiction to review the enforcement procedures for CHIMPs in
appropriations bills--especially those affecting the CVF--and
to make a joint recommendation that can be included in
subsequent concurrent resolutions on the budget.
Fair-Value Credit Estimates
SENATE RESOLUTION
For legislation affecting Federal direct loan and loan-
guarantee programs, section 412 of the Senate resolution
directs CBO to provide in its cost estimates an assessment
using fair-value--alongside those estimates prepared under the
Federal Credit Reform Act. In the Senate, cost estimates
prepared using fair-value would be provided for informational
purposes only.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Subsection 406(a) of the House amendment requires, upon
the request of the Chairman or Ranking Member of the Committee
on the Budget, that CBO estimates for any measure under the
terms of Title V of the Budget Act to include an estimate of
the current actual or estimated market values representing the
``fair value'' of assets and liabilities affected by such
measure.
Subsection (b) requires that, whenever CBO prepares an
estimate of the cost of legislation with a cost related to
housing, residential mortgage, or student loan programs, under
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the estimate include an
estimate of the ``fair value'' of the assets and liabilities
affected.
Subsection (c) permits the Chair of the Committee on the
Budget to use these supplemental estimates to determine whether
legislation is within the levels of the budget resolution and
complies with other budgetary controls.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3105 of the conference agreement adopts an
approach to fair-value estimates similar to the House
amendment. At the request of the Chairman of the Budget
Committee of the applicable House, CBO shall prepare, when
practicable, a fair-value estimate of measures providing or
modifying loan and loan guarantee programs scored under the
Federal Credit Reform Act. Under this section, CBO is required
to provide these fair-value estimates for housing, residential
mortgage, and student loan programs. This scoring rule applies
to bills, joint resolutions, motions, amendments, amendments
between the Houses, and conference reports. Section 3105(c)
authorizes the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives to use these supplemental estimates
for the purposes of determining budget-related points of order.
In the Senate, any fair-value estimates produced under this
section may be used for informational purposes only.
Scoring Rule for Currency Modernization
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 414 of the Senate resolution requires CBO to
estimate the cost of transitioning from the dollar bill to the
dollar coin using net present value and to incorporate the
behavioral effects of that transition in its estimate.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to currency modernization.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3106 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate in adopting the Senate-passed scoring rule
relating to currency modernization.
Long-Term Scoring of Changes in Spending Limits and Extension of
Highway Programs
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 416 of the Senate resolution directs CBO to
provide long-term cost estimates for: (1) legislation that
would increase the statutory discretionary spending limits, and
(2) legislation that would transfer amounts from the General
Fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund. Under this
rule, CBO would provide estimates of the increased spending--
and the offsets--for the scoring window (fiscal years 2016
through 2025) as well as the 20 years beyond (fiscal years 2026
through 2045).
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to long-term scoring of changes in spending limits and
extension of highway programs.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3107 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate in adopting the Senate-passed rule.
Requiring Clearer Reporting of Projected Federal Spending and Deficits
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 417 of the Senate resolution requires CBO to
provide 30-year projections of three key budget aggregates--
revenues, outlays, and deficits--in current dollars and as a
percent of GDP when CBO publishes its annual Budget and
Economic Outlook.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to clearer reporting of projected Federal spending and
deficits.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3108 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate in adopting the reporting requirement.
Congressional Budget Office Estimates of Measures with Significant
Outlay Effects
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 419 of the Senate resolution requires CBO to
provide outyear estimates of legislation that would (1)
increase or decrease outlays by more than 0.25 percent of GDP
over the 10-year period of the enforcement window, or (2) that
would have the same significant impact on outlays, but in the
10th year alone. In the event that the budgetary effects of a
measure are not sufficient to automatically trigger the outyear
cost estimates, the Chairman of the Budget Committee has the
authority to request an estimate.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to CBO estimates of measures with significant outlay
effects.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3109 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate-passed rule regarding supplemental estimates.
Prohibiting the Use of Guarantee Fees as an Offset
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 421 of the Senate resolution prohibits
consideration of legislation that increases or extends an
increase of any guarantee fees of the Federal National Mortgage
Association [FNMA] and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation [FHLMC]. Guarantee fees are collected to offset
prospective FNMA and FHLMC credit losses, and using these fees
as an offset merely double-counts the funds collected.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to CBO estimates of measures with significant outlay
effects.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3110 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate rule prohibiting the use of guarantee fees as
an offset.
Information for Congress and the Public about Projected Federal
Outlays, Revenues, and Deficits
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 423 of the Senate resolution directs CBO to
produce a one-page executive summary of its annual Budget and
Economic Outlook that includes current-year and future-year
projections of key budget aggregates (total outlays, tax
expenditures, receipts, surpluses/deficits) and categories of
spending (total mandatory spending and total discretionary
spending; Social Security outlays, revenues, and surpluses/
deficits; and Medicare outlays, revenues, and surpluses/
deficits.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain any provisions
relating to information for Congress and the public about
projected Federal outlays, revenue and deficits.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3111 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate rule directing CBO to provide additional
information in its annual Budget and Economic Outlook report to
Congress.
Honest Accounting: Cost Estimates for Major Legislation to Incorporate
Macroeconomic Effects
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 413 of the Senate resolution directs the Joint
Committee on Taxation and CBO to produce, alongside CBO's
conventional estimates, cost estimates that incorporate the
macroeconomic effects of major policy changes. These estimates
would be provided for informational purposes only.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Sections 401(a) and (b) of the House amendment directs
CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation, as applicable, to
incorporate in the cost estimates for major legislation, to the
extent practicable, the macroeconomic effects of such
legislation during fiscal year 2016.
Subsection (c) stipulates that the macroeconomic
estimates include, to the extent practicable, a qualitative
assessment of the budgetary effects (including the variables
referred to above) of major legislation in the 20-fiscal-year
period beginning after the last fiscal year of the most
recently agreed-to budget resolution and an identification of
the assumptions and source data underlying the estimate.
Subsection (d) defines major legislation to include
legislation that causes a gross budgetary effect in any fiscal
year covered by the budget resolution equal to or greater than
0.25 percent of the current projected GDP of the United States
for that fiscal year. Under this subsection, the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate and the
Chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation, as applicable, may
designate bills providing direct spending as major legislation
for which estimates would incorporate macroeconomic effects.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3112 of the conference agreement directs the
Joint Committee on Taxation and CBO to produce, alongside CBO's
conventional estimates, cost estimates that incorporate the
macroeconomic effects of major policy changes. Subsection (c)
defines major legislation as a bill, resolution, conference
report, or treaty causing an increase or decrease in revenues,
direct spending, or deficits in any fiscal year covered by the
budget resolution equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the
projected GDP for that year or equal to or greater than $15
billion for that year for treaties. In applying these
thresholds, CBO and JCT are required to look at the gross
budgetary effects of the legislation before incorporating
macroeconomic effects and not including timing shifts.
In carrying out this requirement, the managers intend
that CBO and JCT review provisions that have a significant
budgetary effect. Thus, the test is whether the absolute value
of the effect of any provision in the legislation has a
budgetary effect larger than the threshold, or if the sum of
the absolute values of the effects of the provisions on
revenues and on direct spending exceeds the threshold, rather
than whether the legislation taken as a whole equals or exceeds
such threshold values when all of the conventionally estimated
costs of the provisions are netted out.
In the Senate, these estimates would be provided for
informational purposes only. In the House, the Chair of the
Committee on the Budget shall exercise the authority granted
under subsection (c)(1)(B)(ii), in collaboration with the
appropriate Chair or Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, to designate a revenue measure as major legislation.
Subtitle B--Budget Enforcement in the Senate
Extension of Enforcement of Budgetary Points of Order in the Senate
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 401(a) of the Senate resolution extends several
supermajority points of order created in the Congressional
Budget Act. These provisions will expire at the end of fiscal
year 2016. Subsection (b) repeals the sunset of the Senate Pay-
As-You-Go point of order established in section 201 S. Con.
Res. 21 (110th Congress), the fiscal year 2008 concurrent
resolution on the budget. Subsection (c) repeals the sunset of
the short-term deficits point of order established in section
404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the fiscal year 2010
concurrent resolution on the budget.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House-passed resolution does not contain a comparable
provision on Senate enforcement of supermajority points of
order.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3201 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language as a Senate-only provision.
Point of Order against Advance Appropriations
SENATE RESOLUTION
As in past years, section 403 of the Senate resolution
provides a supermajority point of order in the Senate against
appropriations in fiscal year 2016 bills that would become
effective in any year after fiscal year 2016, and against
appropriation bills in fiscal year 2017 that would first become
available in any year after fiscal year 2017. It does not apply
to appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
or Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services,
Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts
of the Veterans Health Administration. It provides an exemption
up to $28.852 billion (the same level as provided for fiscal
years 2014 and 2015 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, P.L.
113-67) for accounts identified in the joint explanatory
statement of managers.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 405 of the House amendment provides a limit on
appropriations that would become effective in fiscal year 2017.
Subsection (a) prohibits the consideration of any general or
continuing appropriations measure from making advance
appropriations unless the appropriation is included in a list
of exceptions.
Subsection (b) specifies the list of excluded accounts,
which may receive advance appropriations, are referred to in
this report or joint explanatory statement, as applicable, in
the section designated as ``Accounts Identified for Advance
Appropriations.''
Subsection (c) sets an overall limit for allowable
advance appropriations for fiscal year 2017. It permits advance
appropriations of up to $63.271 billion for fiscal year 2017
for the veterans accounts referenced in subsection (b) and
referred to in this report. It also allows up to $28.852
billion in advance appropriations for other accounts referenced
in subsection (b) and referred to in this report.
Subsection (d) defines an advance appropriation as any
new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report making general or
continuing appropriations for a fiscal year following fiscal
year 2016.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Under the conference agreement, the Senate (in section
3202) and the House (in section 3304) retain their respective
limits on advance appropriations.
IN THE SENATE
ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE
Financial Services and General Government
Payment to Postal Service
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Employment and Training Administration
Job Corps
Education for the Disadvantaged
School Improvement
Special Education
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
Tenant-based Rental Assistance
Project-based Rental Assistance
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017
SUBJECT TO A GENERAL LIMIT OF $28,852,000,000
Financial Services
Postal Service
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Employment and Training Administration
Education for the Disadvantaged
School Improvement
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Special Education
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Tenant-based Rental Assistance
Project-based Rental Assistance
VETERANS ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2017 SUBJECT TO A SEPARATE LIMIT OF $63,271,000,000
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs
Veterans Medical Services
Veterans Medical Support and Compliance
Veterans Medical Facilities
Supermajority Enforcement of Unfunded Mandates
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 425(a) of the Congressional Budget Act prohibits
the consideration of legislation in the Senate that would
impose unfunded Federal mandates on State and local governments
above a certain limit, enforced with a point of order. Section
404 of the Senate resolution increases the vote threshold
needed to waive that point of order from a simple majority to
three-fifths of Members, duly chosen and sworn.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain a comparable
provision relating to unfunded mandates.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3203 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language relating to unfunded mandates as a Senate-only
provision.
Point of Order against Certain Reconciliation Legislation
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 405 of the Senate resolution restores the equal
treatment of all reconciliation bills consistent with budget
law prior to 2008 by repealing the point of order prohibiting
consideration of reconciliation bills that increase the deficit
found in section 202(a) of S. Con. Res. 21, the fiscal year
2008 budget resolution.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 410(a)(3) of the House amendment would--for
purposes of a reconciliation bill reported pursuant to this
concurrent resolution on the budget--temporarily suspend the
application of the point of order prohibiting consideration of
reconciliation bills that increase the deficit, found in
section 202(a) of S. Con. Res. 21, the fiscal year 2008 budget
resolution.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3204 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language relating to the point of order against certain
reconciliation bills.
Prohibition on Agreeing to Legislation without a Score
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 407 of the Senate resolution prohibits a vote on
passage of a bill or resolution unless the CBO cost estimate
required for that measure (pursuant to section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act) is available on CBO's website at
least 28 hours before a vote on final passage. The prohibition
is enforced with point of order that, if raised, would require
the affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members, duly chosen
and sworn, to waive.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not contain a comparable
provision relating to agreeing to legislation without a score.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3205 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language relating to agreeing to legislation without a
score as a Senate-only provision.
Protecting the Savings in Reported Reconciliation Bills
SENATE RESOLUTION
In the House, amendments to a reconciliation bill must be
deficit-neutral with respect to the reported savings in the
bill, not the instructed savings in the affiliated budget
resolution. The House rule ensures that if a reconciliation
bill exceeds its fiscal target, those ``extra'' savings will be
used for deficit reduction, not to increase spending. Section
408 of the Senate resolution applies the House rule in the
Senate.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House does not have a comparable provision relating
to the reported savings in a reconciliation bill (the rule
already applies in the House).
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3206 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language relating to the reported savings in a
reconciliation bill as a Senate-only provision.
Scoring Rule for Certain Energy Contracts
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 415 of the Senate resolution directs CBO to score
energy savings performance contracts using net present value--a
method that more accurately represents the economic value of
these transactions.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not have a comparable provision
relating to scoring energy savings performance contracts.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3207 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language on energy savings performance contracts as a
Senate-only provision.
In section 3305 of the conference agreement, the House
agrees to assess the implementation of section 3207 through a
collaborative assessment, in conjunction with the Senate and
CBO, of the appropriate scorekeeping methodology for evaluating
the budgetary effects of this type of energy contract.
Adjustment for Wildfire Suppression Funding
SENATE RESOLUTION
If a bill becomes law that provides a new discretionary
spending cap adjustment for wildfire suppression, section 424
of the Senate resolution gives the Senate Budget Committee
Chairman the authority to adjust the 302(a) allocation to the
Appropriations Committee accordingly.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment does not have a comparable provision
relating to wildfire suppression funding.
CONFERENCE AGREEEMENT
Section 3208 of the conference agreement adopts the
Senate language as a Senate-only provision.
Subtitle C--Budget Enforcement in the
House of Representatives
Limitation on Measures Affecting Social Security Solvency
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution does not have a comparable
provision relating to Social Security (a Senate point of order
already exists in section 311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget
Act).
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Subsection 402(a) prohibits, during fiscal year 2016,
consideration in the House of Representatives or the Senate of
any legislation that reduces the actuarial balance of the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance [OASI] Trust Fund by at
least .01 percent of the present value of future taxable
payroll for the 75-year period included in the most recent
annual report of the board of trustees.
Subsection (b) provides an exception if such legislation
would improve the actuarial balance of the combined balance in
the OASI Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust
Fund for the 75-year period utilized in the most recent annual
report of the board of trustees.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The House point of order is not germane to a budget
resolution in the Senate. Section 3301 of the conference
agreement adopts the language of the House amendment as a
House-only provision.
Limitation on Transfers from the General Fund to the Highway Trust Fund
SENATE RESOLUTION
The reserve fund in section 309 of the Senate resolution
allows the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget in the
Senate to revise the allocations of one or more committees, the
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
between Houses, or motions relating to Federal investment in
the infrastructure of the United States, provided that such
legislation shall not include transfers from other trust funds
but may include transfers from the general fund that are
offset, provided further that such legislation would not
increase the deficit either over the period of the total of the
fiscal years 2016 through 2020, or the period of the total of
the fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 404 of the House amendment stipulates that, for
purposes of budget enforcement, transfers of 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 in which the transfer
occurs.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Under the conference agreement, the Senate (in section
4309) and the House (in section 3302) retain their respective
language on general fund transfers to the Highway Trust Fund.
Adjustments for the Improved Control of Budgetary Resources
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution does not have a comparable
provision relating to the improved control of budgetary
resources.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Subsection 409(a) of the House amendment authorizes the
chairman of the Budget Committee to reduce a committee's
allocation (other than the Committee on Appropriations) and
increase the Committee on Appropriations allocation of
discretionary spending for fiscal year 2016 if a committee
(other than Appropriations) reports legislation that decreases
direct spending in any fiscal year and authorizes
appropriations for the same purpose. Subsection (b) provides
the Chair of the Committee on the Budget with the authority to
determine and adjust, as applicable, the budgetary levels of
this concurrent resolution on the budget.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3303 of the conference agreement adopts the House
amendment language as a House-only provision.
Point of Order against Advance Appropriations
SENATE RESOLUTION
As in past years, section 403 of the Senate resolution
provides a supermajority point of order in the Senate against
appropriations in fiscal year 2016 bills that would become
effective in any year after fiscal year 2016, and against
appropriation bills in fiscal year 2017 that would first become
available in any year after fiscal year 2017. It does not apply
to appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
or Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services,
Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts
of the Veterans Health Administration. It provides an exemption
up to $28.852 billion (the same level as provided for fiscal
years 2014 and 2015 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, P.L.
113-67) for accounts identified in the joint explanatory
statement of managers.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 405 of the House amendment provides a limit on
appropriations that would become effective in fiscal year 2017.
Subsection (a) prohibits the consideration of any general or
continuing appropriations measure from making advance
appropriations unless the appropriation is included in a list
of exceptions.
Subsection (b) specifies the list of excluded accounts,
which may receive advance appropriations, are referred to in
this report or joint explanatory statement, as applicable, in
the section designated as ``Accounts Identified for Advance
Appropriations.''
Subsection (c) sets an overall limit for allowable
advance appropriations for fiscal year 2017. It permits advance
appropriations of up to $63.271 billion for fiscal year 2017
for the veterans accounts referenced in subsection (b) and
referred to in this report. It also allows up to $28.852
billion in advance appropriations for other accounts referenced
in subsection (b) and referred to in this report.
Subsection (d) defines an advance appropriation as any
new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report making general or
continuing appropriations for a fiscal year following fiscal
year 2016.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Under the conference agreement, the Senate (in section
3202) and the House (in section 3304) retain their respective
limits on advance appropriations.
IN THE SENATE
ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE
Financial Services and General Government
Payment to Postal Service
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Employment and Training Administration
Job Corps
Education for the Disadvantaged
School Improvement
Special Education
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Tenant-based Rental Assistance
Project-based Rental Assistance
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017
SUBJECT TO A GENERAL LIMIT OF $28,852,000,000
Financial Services
Postal Service
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Employment and Training Administration
Education for the Disadvantaged
School Improvement
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Special Education
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Tenant-based Rental Assistance
Project-based Rental Assistance
VETERANS ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2017 SUBJECT TO A SEPARATE LIMIT OF $63,271,000,000
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs
Veterans Medical Services
Veterans Medical Support and Compliance
Veterans Medical Facilities
Subtitle D--Other Provisions
Submission of Findings for the Elimination of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 431 of the Senate resolution directs Senate
committees to identify waste, fraud, abuse, and duplication in
Federal programs and to review matters identified by the
Government Accountability Office, or GAO (in GAO's annual
duplication report or its High Risk list) for consideration by
Congress. In addition, the resolution asks committees to
provide recommendations for improved governmental performance
in their annual views and estimates reports.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 301 of the House amendment includes
reconciliation-like instructions to named House committees to
submit to the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives no later than October 1, 2015, changes in laws
within their jurisdiction that would achieve a targeted amount
of savings from the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Savings targets for each committee would be published in the
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3401 of the conference agreement adopts the
language in the Senate resolution with some modifications.
Subsection (a) of the conference agreement directs all
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to review
programs within their jurisdiction and identify waste, fraud,
abuse, or duplication, and increase the use of performance data
to inform each committee's work.
Section 3401(b) also directs all committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives to review applicable matters for
congressional consideration identified in the Office of
Inspector General semiannual reports and the Office of
Inspector General's list of unimplemented recommendations and
on the Government Accountability Office's High Risk list and
annual report to reduce program duplication.
Section 3401(c) further directs all committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives, after completing the
oversight and performance reviews required under this section,
to include recommendations for improved governmental
performance in their annual views and estimates reports
submitted by the committees to the Committees on the Budget of
the Senate and House of Representatives, as applicable, under
section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 632(d)).
Budgetary Treatment of Administrative Expenses
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 432 of the Senate resolution requires the joint
explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the
budget resolution to include amounts for the discretionary
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration
and the United States Postal Service--which are subject to the
discretionary spending caps--in the allocation to the
Appropriations Committee.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 403(a) of the House amendment declares that the
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration
and the United States Postal Service are reflected in the
allocation to the Committee on Appropriations even though both
are technically off-budget. This language is necessary to
ensure the Committee on Appropriations retains control over
administrative expenses through the annual appropriations
process. This budgetary treatment of administrative expenses is
based on the long-term practice of the House and Senate Budget
Committees.
Subsection (b) requires the administrative expenses to be
included in the cost estimates for the relevant appropriations
measure, which are used to determine if a measure exceeds the
spending limits in the budget resolution and, as a result,
subject to points of order.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3402 of the conference agreement adopts the
language in the House resolution with a minor modification that
strikes the reference to the point of order in section 311 of
the Congressional Budget Act.
Application and Effect of Changes in Allocations and Aggregates
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 433 of the Senate resolution directs that (1)
adjustments of allocations and aggregates made under the
authority of a reserve fund or other directive will apply while
a measure is under consideration, take effect once the measure
is enacted, and be published in the Congressional Record; (2)
revisions to allocations and aggregates will be considered as
if contained in this budget resolution, for enforcement
purposes; and (3) Budget Committee estimates will serve as the
basis for determining new levels of budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits,
and surpluses.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 410(a) of the House-passed resolution sets forth
allocation and adjustment procedures required to accommodate
legislation provided for in this concurrent resolution. It
declares that these adjustments apply while the legislation is
under consideration and become permanent upon enactment of the
legislation. These adjustments must be printed in the
Congressional Record.
Paragraph 410(a)(3) includes a provision temporarily
suspending the Senate point of order against certain
reconciliation bills.
Section 410(b) stipulates that in the House of
Representatives, for purposes of this concurrent resolution and
budget enforcement, any legislation for which the Chair of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives makes
an adjustment or revision in the allocations, aggregates, and
other budgetary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not
be subject to the points of order set forth in clause 10 of
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives (CUT-GO).
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Section 3403 retains the Senate language but adopts House
subsection 410(b) pertaining to Rule XXI of the House of
Representatives (CUT-GO).
Adjustments to Reflect Changes in Concepts and Definitions
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 434 of the Senate resolution declares that in the
event Congress enacts a bill or joint resolution that changes
concepts or definitions, the Senate resolution provides the
Budget Committee Chairman with the authority to change levels
and allocations in this resolution, accordingly.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 410(a) of the House amendment declares that in
the event Congress enacts a bill or joint resolution that
changes concepts or definitions, the Senate resolution provides
the Budget Committee Chairman with the authority to change
levels and allocations in this resolution, accordingly.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Both the Senate and House resolutions include traditional
language giving the Chairman of the Budget Committee the
authority to make changes to the level and committee
allocations in the event legislation becomes law that changes
key budgetary concepts or definitions. In section 3404 of the
conference agreement, the House joins the Senate language
relating to changes in concepts and definitions.
Exercise of Rulemaking Powers
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 435 of the Senate resolution declares that the
provisions in Title III of the resolution are promulgated under
the Senate's rulemaking power and shall be considered part of
the rules of the Senate.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 411 of the House amendment affirms that the
adoption of the budget resolution is an exercise of the House's
rulemaking power and that the House has the constitutional
right to change these rules.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In section 3405 of the conference agreement, the House
joins the Senate language relating to rulemaking powers of this
resolution.
PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD FOR THE SENATE REFLECTING LEVELS FOR THE
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
Period of the current fiscal year, the budget year, and
the 4 fiscal years following the budget year: $0.
Period of the current fiscal year, the budget year, and
the 9 fiscal years following the budget year: $0.
RESERVE FUNDS
The Budget Committee does not have the authority to
authorize policy changes--that is the role of the authorizing
committees. Committees often make some of their policy
priorities known in their views and estimates letters, and
reserve funds are a way to accommodate those requests when the
specific spending and revenue contours of those policies are
unknown.
Operatively, a reserve fund allows the Chairman of the
Budget Committee to revise committee allocations, budgetary
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in the budget
resolution to accommodate legislation described in the reserve
fund, provided the budgetary effects of that legislation
satisfy the requirements enumerated.
SENATE RESOLUTION
Section 301. Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase
the pace of economic growth and private sector job creation in
the United States.
Section 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen
America's priorities.
Section 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect
flexible and affordable health care choices for all.
Section 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving
access to the children's health insurance program.
Section 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other
health reforms.
Section 306. Spending-neutral reserve fund for child
welfare.
Section 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans
and servicemembers.
Section 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform
and administration.
Section 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in
the infrastructure in America.
Section 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air
transportation.
Section 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote jobs
in the United States through international trade.
Section 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase
employment opportunities for disabled workers.
Section 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher
education act reform.
Section 314. Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy
legislation.
Section 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform
environmental statutes.
Section 316. Spending-neutral reserve fund for water
resources legislation.
Section 317. Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral
security and mineral rights.
Section 318. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the
abandoned mine lands program.
Section 319. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve
forest health.
Section 320. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reauthorize
funding for payments in lieu of taxes to counties and other
units of local government.
Section 321. Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial
regulatory system reform.
Section 322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
Federal program administration.
Section 323. Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement
agreements with freely associated states.
Section 324. Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect
payments to rural hospitals and create sustainable access for
rural communities.
Section 325. Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage
State Medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent
living and integrated work for the disabled.
Section 326. Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow
pharmacists to be paid for the provision of services under
Medicare.
Section 327. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve our
Nation's community health centers.
Section 328. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
the funding of independent agencies, which may include
subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the
regular appropriations process.
Section 329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for export
promotion.
Section 330. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform,
improve, and enhance section 529 college savings plans.
Section 331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
securing overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States.
Section 332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to achieve
savings by helping struggling Americans on the road to personal
and financial independence.
Section 333. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
conserving Federal land, enhancing access to Federal land for
recreational opportunities, and making investments in counties
and schools.
Section 334. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect
taxpayers from identity fraud.
Section 335. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
career and technical education.
Section 336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
FEMA preparedness.
Section 337. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Section 338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote the
next generation of NIH researchers in the United States.
Section 339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting manufacturing in the United States.
Section 340. Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit
aliens without legal status in the United States from
qualifying for a refundable tax credit.
Section 341. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report
elimination or modification.
Section 342. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address
heroin and prescription opioid abuse.
Section 343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen
Department of Defense civilian workforce.
Section 344. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department
of Defense reform.
Section 345. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment
programs.
Section 346. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide
energy assistance and invest in energy efficiency and
conservation.
Section 347. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to enable
greater collaboration between the Department of Veterans
Affairs and law school clinics serving veterans.
Section 348. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase
funding for Department of Energy nuclear waste cleanup.
Section 349. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
Department of Defense initiatives to bolster resilience of
mission-critical department infrastructure to impacts from
climate change and associated events.
Section 350. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end
Operation Choke Point and protect the Second Amendment.
Section 351. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the
use of Federal funds for the bailout of improvident State and
local governments.
Section 352. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect
Medicaid beneficiaries from benefit cuts.
Section 353. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically
complex children in Medicaid.
Section 354. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and
strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs, hire more health
care professionals for the department, and ensure quality and
timely access to health care for all veterans.
Section 355. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and
enhance access, choice, and accountability in veterans care
through the Veterans Choice Card program.
Section 356. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting equal pay.
Section 357. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the
United States to protect and strengthen Social Security.
Section 358. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a
simplified income-driven student loan repayment option.
Section 359. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the
protection of clean water using scientific standards while
maintaining the traditional role of agriculture.
Section 360. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
keeping the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on the
protection of water quality.
Section 361. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
saving Medicare.
Section 362. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting Israel.
Section 363. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation
to allow Americans to earn paid sick time.
Section 364. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing health care to veterans who have geographic
inaccessibility to care.
Section 365. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans
through the Federal Pell Grant program.
Section 366. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
consumer price transparency.
Section 367. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
transparency in health premium billing.
Section 368. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
carbon emissions.
Section 369. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
requiring the Federal Government to allow States to opt out of
Common Core without penalty.
Section 370. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
small business tax relief.
Section 371. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
the disposal of certain Federal land.
Section 372. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
prohibiting funding of international organizations during the
implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to
Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation.
Section 373. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reimposing waived sanctions and imposing new sanctions against
Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a
comprehensive nuclear agreement.
Section 374. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting United States citizens held hostage in the United
States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and
January 20, 1981.
Section 375. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.
Section 376. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently
eliminate the Federal estate tax.
Section 377. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
addressing climate change.
Section 378. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse
gas emissions.
Section 379. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
protecting privately held water rights and permits.
Section 380. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
prohibiting awarding of construction contracts based on
awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor
organizations.
Section 381. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
strengthening the United States Postal Service.
Section 382. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent
American jobs from being moved overseas by reducing the
corporate income tax rate.
Section 383. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring equal treatment of married couples under the Social
Security program and by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Section 384. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase
wages for American workers.
Section 385. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Section 386. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
middle class tax relief.
Section 387. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring proper economic consideration in designation of
critical habitat.
Section 388. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen
the national do-not-call registry.
Section 389. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ``too-
big-to-fail'' bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500
billion in total assets).
Section 390. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ending Washington's illegal exemption from the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Section 391. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing funding for the relocation of the United States
Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Section 392. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to revise or
repeal sequestration.
Section 393. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted
by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
Section 394. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the
Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security
Administration.
Section 395. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide
equity in the tax treatment of public safety officer death
benefits.
Section 396. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits.
Section 397. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
mixed oxide fuel fabrication.
Section 398. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reforming Offices of Inspectors General and preventing extended
vacancies.
Section 399. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving retirement security.
Section 399a. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the
competitiveness of the United States.
Section 399b. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat
populations and local economic development are compatible.
Section 399c. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
cybersecurity.
Section 399d. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the
Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of
Investigation to enter into joint task forces with tribal and
local law enforcement agencies.
Section 399e. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal
agencies.
Section 399f. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring
entrepreneurs through small business development centers.
Section 399g. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans
Affairs meet the needs of women veterans.
Section 399h. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy.
Section 399i. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in States
that have decriminalized marijuana.
Section 399j. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing mortgage lending to rural areas.
Section 399k. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers.
Section 399l. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans
exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces.
Section 399m. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
raising the Family of Funds limit of the Small Business
Investment Company Program.
Section 399n. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and
operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be
used to advertise commercial sex with children over the
Internet.
Section 399o. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support
State drought prevention plans.
Section 399p. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
protecting the reliability of the electricity grid.
Section 399q. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve
and protect the open Internet.
Section 399r. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
reforming the Federal regulatory process.
Section 399s. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal
cancer screening test under the Medicare program.
Section 399t. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
strengthening waterborne commerce in our ports and harbors.
Section 399u. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the modernization of the nuclear command, control, and
communications architecture of the United States.
Section 399v. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
BARDA and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund.
Section 399w. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force.
Section 399x. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting economic growth and job creation for small
businesses.
Section 399y. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the definition of full-time employee.
Section 399z. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal
regulatory process.
Section 399aa. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite
awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower
program.
Section 399bb. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in
Federal facilities.
Section 399cc. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations
relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health
care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to
patient care, and other management issues of the department.
Section 399dd. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address
the disproportionate regulatory burdens of community banks and
credit unions.
Section 399ee. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect
the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Section 399ff. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that Department of Justice attorneys comply with
disclosure obligations in criminal prosecutions.
Section 399gg. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote
biomedical research.
Section 399hh. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address
the heroin and methamphetamine abuse epidemic in the United
States.
Section 399ii. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing access to necessary equipment for Medicare
beneficiaries.
Section 399jj. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
prioritizing the construction of infrastructure projects that
are of national and regional significance and projects in high
priority corridors.
Section 399kk. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines
in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for
ensuring the security of NATO.
Section 399ll. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the investigation and recovery of missing weapons and military
equipment provided to the Government of Yemen by the United
States Government.
Section 399mm. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving higher education data and transparency.
Section 399mm. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting programs funded by the Older Americans Act of 1965.
Section 399oo. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
native children.
Section 399pp. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
protecting the personal information of consumers from data
breaches.
Section 399qq. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for
government reform and efficiency.
Section 399rr. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
medical treatment and compensation for first responders,
survivors, and their families injured and made ill by the 9/11
attacks.
Section 399ss. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
construction of Native American schools.
Section 399tt. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing the guarantee threshold for Surety Bond Guarantee
Program.
Section 399uu. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
Indo-Pacific partner capacity building and strategy.
Section 399vv. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
addressing methamphetamine abuse in the United States.
Section 399ww. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Section 399xx. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the prevention and treatment of agricultural virus
outbreaks.
Section 399yy. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the importance of financial literacy education to allow
individuals to make informed and effective decisions with their
financial resources.
Section 399zz. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
comprehensive mental health reform.
Section 399aaa. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving oral health care for children and pregnant women
under Medicaid.
Section 399bbb. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the National Park Service Centennial.
Section 399ccc. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing college completion.
Section 399ddd. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging freight planning and investment that incorporates
all modes of transportation, including rail, waterways, ports,
and highways.
Section 399eee. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to
providing for full funding for at-sea and dockside monitoring
for certain fisheries.
Section 399fff. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
training and resources for first responders responding to
hazardous materials incidents on railroads.
Section 399ggg. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
enhancing and improving the United States Patent and Trademark
Office in order to reduce the application backlog.
Section 399hhh. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing additional funding for international strategic
communications.
Section 399iii. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for
elementary and secondary education.
Section 399jjj. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
investing in rural and tribal water infrastructure.
Section 399kkk. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to
sexual assault at institutions of higher education.
Section 399lll. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
simplifying and expanding tax incentives for higher education.
Section 399mmm. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
authorizing children eligible for health care under laws
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain
such eligibility until age 26.
Section 399nnn. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting workforce development through apprenticeship
programs.
Section 399ooo. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the prioritization of broad-based criminal justice reform.
Section 399ppp. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
strengthening the economy by accelerating the transfer of
technologies from laboratories of the Department of Energy and
the Department of Defense to the marketplace.
Section 399qqq. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting trade and travel at ports of entry.
Section 399rrr. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
imposing sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible
for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights
or significant acts of corruption.
Section 399sss. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reforming student loan programs.
Section 399ttt. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing funding for the TIGER discretionary grant program of
the Department of Transportation.
Section 399uuu. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting the use of college savings accounts.
Section 399vvv. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
establishing a new outcome-based process for authorizing
innovative higher education providers.
Section 399www. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving community relations with law enforcement officers.
Section 399xxx. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support
research.
Section 399yyy. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
support for Ukraine, which should include the provision of
lethal defensive articles.
Section 399zzz. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing funding to combat anti-Semitism in Europe.
Section 399aaaa. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide
students and families with transparent, easily understood
postsecondary education financial aid information.
Section 399bbbb. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing adequate funding for the Contract Tower Program of
the Federal Aviation Administration.
Section 399cccc. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
underground and surface mining safety and health research.
Section 399dddd. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
investing in advanced fossil energy technology research and
development.
Section 399eeee. Deficit-neutral reserve funds relating
to foreign persons.
Section 399ffff. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
special treatment of the income tax credit for research
expenditures for startup companies.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Section 501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the
President's health care law. Section 501 permits the Chair of
the Committee on the Budget to revise allocations of spending
authority and other budgetary levels for a measure that fully
repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public
Law 111-148) and the health care-related provisions of the
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [HCERA
2010] (Public Law 111-152). These are the health care bills
enacted into law in 2010.
Legislation repealing the health care laws must solely
achieve that purpose and may not include extraneous language,
whether such language has a budgetary effect or not. These
adjustments would not be available for legislation that only
partially repeals these laws. The reserve fund is intended to
only apply to the health care provisions and would not apply to
the repeal of the education-related provisions of HCERA 2010.
The adjustments may be made for bills, amendments thereto, or
conference reports. Multiple measures may take advantage of the
reserve fund, as long as each is for the specified purpose.
An amendment (or a motion to recommit), if it qualifies
under the terms of this reserve fund, may be offered to an
unrelated measure, but should such a measure, as amended, be
returned to the House as a conference report or an amendment
between the Houses, no adjustments would be made if that
measure contained text unrelated to the purpose of this reserve
fund. Adjustments may be made for amendments meeting the
criteria, but the adjustment would not cover provisions in the
underlying bill unrelated to repealing these laws.
A measure receiving an adjustment under the terms of this
reserve fund may be open for amendment, subject to the special
rule providing for its consideration, but the amendment, if it
does not meet the terms outlined in this section, must be
compliant with the Budget Act and the Rules of the House
without regard to the adjustments made to the underlying
measure.
Section 502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting
real health care reform. Section 502 permits the Chair of the
Committee on the Budget to revise allocations of spending
authority, provided to committees of the House, and to adjust
other budgetary levels for a measure that promotes real health
care reform as long as the measure is deficit-neutral for the
period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
Section 503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the
Medicare provisions of the President's health care law. Section
503 permits the Chair of the Committee on the Budget to revise
allocations of spending authority provided to committees of the
House, and to adjust other budgetary levels for a measure that
repeals the Medicare spending cuts in the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) or the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152),
as long as the measure is deficit-neutral for the period of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
A measure that repeals only part of these Medicare
spending reductions is also eligible for these adjustments. A
series of bills, joint resolutions, amendments, or conference
reports may receive adjustments under this section, only
limited by the cumulative amount of the Medicare spending
reductions included in the public laws referenced, as estimated
by the Chair of the Committee on the Budget. Once the limit is
reached through enacted measures, no more adjustments may be
made under this reserve fund. The amount necessary to repeal
the Medicare spending cuts is a limit on the adjustments that
may be made under this reserve fund, but as the House considers
measures that meet these terms, the amount is not reduced until
the enactment of such measure fulfilling this purpose.
Section 504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State
Children's Health Insurance Program. Section 504 permits the
Chair of the Committee on the Budget to revise the allocations
of spending authority provided to applicable committees and
adjust other budgetary levels in this resolution for a measure
that extends the State Children's Health Insurance Program as
long as such measure does not increase the deficit over the
period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
Section 505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate
medical education. Section 505 permits the Chair of the
Committee on the Budget to revise the allocations of spending
authority provided to applicable committees and adjust other
budgetary levels in this resolution for a measure that reforms,
expands, access to, and improves, as determined by such Chair,
graduate medical education programs as long as such measure
does not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
Section 506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade
agreements. Section 506 permits the Chair of the Committee on
the Budget to revise the allocations of spending authority
provided to the Committee on Ways and Means and to adjust other
budgetary levels in this resolution for legislation that
implements a trade agreement, as long as such a measure does
not increase the deficit in the period of fiscal years 2016
through 2025.
Section 507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming
the tax code. Section 507 permits the Chair of the Committee on
the Budget to revise the allocations of spending authority
provided to the Committee on Ways and Means and to adjust other
budgetary levels in this resolution for legislation that
reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as long as such
legislation is deficit-neutral for the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
Section 508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue
measures. Section 508 permits the Chair of the Committee on the
Budget to revise the allocations of spending authority provided
to the Committee on Ways and Means for legislation that causes
a decrease in revenue. The Chair of the Committee on the Budget
may adjust the allocations and aggregates in this resolution if
the measure does not increase the deficit over the period of
fiscal years 2016 through 2025. This allows the Committee on
Ways and Means to report legislation that reduces revenue below
the level provided for in this resolution but only if it
decreases outlays by an equal or greater amount in the
applicable period.
Section 509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce
poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility. Section
509 permits the Chair of the Committee on the Budget to revise
the allocations of spending authority provided to applicable
committees and adjust other budgetary levels in this resolution
for a measure reforming policies and programs to reduce poverty
and increase opportunity and upward mobility as long as such a
measure neither adversely impacts job creation nor increases
the deficit in the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
Section 510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for
transportation. Section 510 permits the Chair of the Committee
on the Budget to revise the allocations of spending authority
and to adjust other budgetary enforcement levels in this
resolution for any bill or joint resolution to maintain the
solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, as long as such a measure
does not increase the deficit in the period of fiscal years
2016 through 2025.
Section 511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal
retirement reform. Section 511 permits the Chair of the
Committee on the Budget to revise the allocations of spending
authority provided to applicable committees and adjust other
budgetary levels in this resolution for a measure that reforms,
improves and updates, as determined by such Chair, the Federal
retirement system as long as such measure does not increase the
deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
Section 512. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for national
defense. Section 512 permits the Chair of the Committee on the
Budget to revise the allocations of spending authority provided
to applicable committees and adjust other budgetary levels in
this resolution for any legislation that supports the
activities specified below as long as such legislation is
deficit-neutral (without counting any net revenue increases in
that measure) for the periods of fiscal years 2016 through 2021
or fiscal years 2016 through 2025. The activities that may be
supported in legislation under this reserve fund include
Department of Defense training and maintenance associated with
combat readiness, modernization of equipment, auditability of
financial statements, or military compensation recommendations.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement contains the following reserve
funds applicable in the Senate and the House:
Section 4101. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce
poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for
struggling Americans.
The agreement contains the following reserve funds
applicable in the Senate:
Section 4301. Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase
the pace of economic growth and private sector job creation in
the United States.
Section 4302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen
America's priorities.
Section 4303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect
flexible and affordable health care choices for all.
Section 4304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving
access to the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Section 4305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other
health reforms.
Section 4306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child
welfare.
Section 4307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans
and servicemembers.
Section 4308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform
and administration.
Section 4309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in
the infrastructure in America.
Section 4310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air
transportation.
Section 4311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote
jobs in the United States through international trade.
Section 4312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase
employment opportunities for disabled workers.
Section 4313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher
education act reform.
Section 4314. Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy
legislation.
Section 4315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform
environmental statutes.
Section 4316. Spending-neutral reserve fund for water
resources legislation.
Section 4317. Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral
security and mineral rights.
Section 4318. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the
abandoned mine lands program.
Section 4319. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve
forest health.
Section 4320. Spending-neutral reserve fund to
reauthorize funding for payments in lieu of taxes to counties
and other units of local government.
Section 4321. Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial
regulatory system reform.
Section 4322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
Federal program administration.
Section 4323. Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement
agreements with freely associated states.
Section 4324. Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect
payments to rural hospitals and create sustainable access for
rural communities.
Section 4325. Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage
state Medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent
living and integrated work for the disabled.
Section 4326. Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow
pharmacists to be paid for the provision of services under
Medicare.
Section 4327. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve
our Nation's community health centers.
Section 4328. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
the funding of independent agencies, which may include
subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the
regular appropriations process.
Section 4329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform,
improve, and enhance section 529 college savings plans.
Section 4330. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
securing overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States.
Section 4331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Section 4332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting manufacturing in the United States.
Section 4333. Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit
aliens without legal status in the United States from
qualifying for a refundable tax credit.
Section 4334. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report
elimination or modification.
Section 4335. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address
heroin, methamphetamine, and prescription opioid abuse.
Section 4336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen
our Department of Defense civilian workforce.
Section 4337. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department
of Defense reform.
Section 4338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment
programs.
Section 4339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide
energy assistance and invest in energy efficiency and
conservation.
Section 4340. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end
Operation Choke Point and protect the Second Amendment.
Section 4341. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the
use of Federal funds for the bailout of improvident State and
local governments.
Section 4342. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically
complex children in Medicaid.
Section 4343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain
and enhance access, choice, and accountability in veterans care
through the Veterans Choice Card program.
Section 4344. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting equal pay.
Section 4345. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the
United States to protect and strengthen Social Security.
Section 4346. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a
simplified, income-driven student loan repayment option.
Section 4347. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
keeping the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on the
protection of water quality.
Section 4348. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting Israel.
Section 4349. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for
legislation regarding family and medical leave.
Section 4350. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing health care to veterans who have geographic
inaccessibility to care.
Section 4351. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans
through the Federal Pell Grant program.
Section 4352. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
transparency in health premium billing.
Section 4353. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
carbon emissions.
Section 4354. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
requiring the Federal Government to allow States to opt out of
Common Core without penalty.
Section 4355. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
the disposal of certain Federal land.
Section 4356. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
prohibiting funding of international organizations during the
implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to
Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation.
Section 4357. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reimposing waived sanctions and imposing new sanctions against
Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a
comprehensive nuclear agreement.
Section 4358. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting United States citizens held hostage in the United
States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and
January 20, 1981.
Section 4359. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.
Section 4360. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently
eliminate the Federal estate tax.
Section 4361. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse
gas emissions.
Section 4362. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
protecting privately held water rights and permits.
Section 4363. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
prohibiting awarding of construction contracts based on
awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor
organizations.
Section 4364. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent
American jobs from being moved overseas by reducing the
corporate income tax rate.
Section 4365. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase
wages for American workers.
Section 4366. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Section 4367. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring proper economic consideration in designation of
critical habitat.
Section 4368. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ``too
big to fail'' bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500
billion in total assets).
Section 4369. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ending Washington's illegal exemption from the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Section 4370. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
increasing funding for the relocation of the United States
Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Section 4371. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted
by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
Section 4372. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the
Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security
Administration.
Section 4373. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide
equity in the tax treatment of public safety officer death
benefits.
Section 4374. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits.
Section 4375. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
mixed oxide fuel fabrication.
Section 4376. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
reforming Offices of Inspectors General and preventing extended
vacancies.
Section 4377. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving retirement security.
Section 4378. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the
competitiveness of the United States.
Section 4379. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat
populations and local economic development are compatible.
Section 4380. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve
cybersecurity.
Section 4381. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the
Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of
Investigation to enter into joint task forces with tribal and
local law enforcement agencies.
Section 4382. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal
agencies.
Section 4383. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring
entrepreneurs through small business development centers.
Section 4384. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans
Affairs meet the needs of women veterans.
Section 4385. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy.
Section 4386. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in states
that have decriminalized marijuana.
Section 4387. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing mortgage lending to rural areas.
Section 4388. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers.
Section 4389. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans
exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces.
Section 4390. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
raising the family of funds limit of the Small Business
Investment Company program.
Section 4391. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and
operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be
used to advertise commercial sex with children over the
Internet.
Section 4392. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
protecting the reliability of the electricity grid.
Section 4393. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve
and protect the open Internet.
Section 4394. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
reforming the Federal regulatory process.
Section 4395. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal
cancer screening test under the Medicare program.
Section 4396. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the modernization of the nuclear command, control, and
communications architecture of the United States.
Section 4397. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
BARDA and the BioShield special reserve fund.
Section 4398. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force.
Section 4399. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
promoting economic growth and job creation for small businesses
and full funding for at-sea and dockside monitoring for certain
fisheries.
Section 4400. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the definition of full-time employee.
Section 4401. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal
regulatory process.
Section 4402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite
awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower
program.
Section 4403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in
Federal facilities.
Section 4404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations
relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health
care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to
patient care, and other management issues of the department.
Section 4405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the
disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and
credit unions.
Section 4406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the
Corporation for National and Community Service.
Section 4407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
ensuring that Department of Justice attorneys comply with
disclosure obligations in criminal prosecutions.
Section 4408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote
biomedical research.
Section 4409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
providing access to necessary equipment for Medicare
beneficiaries.
Section 4410. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to
prioritizing the construction of infrastructure projects that
are of national and regional significance and projects in high-
priority corridors.
Section 4411. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines
in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for
ensuring the security of NATO.
Section 4412. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
the investigation and recovery of missing weapons and military
equipment provided to the Government of Yemen by the United
States Government.
Section 4413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
improving higher education data and transparency.
Section 4414. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
native children.
Section 4415. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
provide additional funding for international strategic
communications.
Section 4416. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for elementary
and secondary education.
Section 4417. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support
research.
Section 4418. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
support for Ukraine.
Section 4419. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
underground and surface mining safety research.
Section 4420. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
saving Medicare.
The agreement contains the following reserve funds
applicable in the House:
Section 4501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the
President's health care law.
Section 4502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting
real health care reform.
Section 4503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the
Medicare provisions of the President's health care law.
Section 4504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving
access to the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Section 4505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate
medical education.
Section 4506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade
agreements.
Section 4507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming
the tax code.
Section 4508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue
measures.
Section 4509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for
transportation.
Section 4510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal
retirement reform.
Section 4511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for national
defense.
ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING IN THE HOUSE
SENATE RESOLUTION
No provision.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
This section is required under the Separate Orders of H.
Res. 5 (114th Congress), which implements the Rules of the
House of Representatives and is a requirement for the
consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the
114th Congress. It provides the average and estimated average
rate of growth in means-tested and non-means-tested direct
spending for the 10-year periods before and after fiscal year
2016, respectively, and proposes reforms of these two
categories and direct spending.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement includes the House provision for
the House.
TABLE 11.--HISTORICAL MEANS-TESTED AND NON MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING
[Outlays by fiscal year, billions of dollars]
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Estimated Average
------------------ annual
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 growth
2014 2015 ------------
2006-2015
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Means-Tested Programs:
Health Care Programs:
Medicaid............................ 182 181 191 201 251 273 275 251 265 301 335 6.3%
Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidies 0 11 17 17 19 21 24 20 22 22 24 (a)8.9%
Health insurance subsidiesb,c....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 28 n.a.
Children's Health Insurance Program. 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 7.3%
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Subtotal........................ 187 197 213 225 277 302 308 279 297 346 397 7.8%
Income Security:
SNAP................................ 33 35 35 39 56 70 77 80 83 76 78 9.1%
Supplemental Security Income........ 38 37 36 41 45 47 53 47 53 54 55 3.7%
Earned income and child tax creditsc 49 52 54 75 67 77 78 77 79 82 83 5.3%
Family support and foster cared..... 31 30 31 32 33 35 33 30 32 31 31 0.3%
Child nutrition..................... 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 5.1%
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Subtotal........................ 163 168 170 202 217 247 260 254 266 263 268 5.1%
Veterans' pensions.................... 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5.0%
Pell Grantse........................ 0 0 0 1 2 4 14 12 16 8 11 n.a.
Subtotal, Means-Tested Programs. 354 369 386 431 501 557 587 550 584 623 683 6.8%
Non-Means-Tested Programsf.............. 1,094 1,188 1,242 1,349 1,787 1,553 1,648 1,710 1,752 1,757 1,847 5.4%
Total Mandatory Outlaysg.......... 1,448 1,556 1,628 1,780 2,288 2,110 2,236 2,260 2,336 2,380 2,530 5.7%
Memorandum:
Pell Grants (Discretionary)............. 13 13 13 15 13 20 21 21 17 23 20 4.3%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Congressional Budget Office; staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Notes: The average annual growth rate over the 2006-2015 period encompasses growth in outlays from the amount recorded in 2005 through the amount
projected for 2015.
Data on spending for benefit programs in this table exclude administrative costs that are classified as discretionary but generally include
administrative costs classified as mandatory.
SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; n.a. = not applicable.
Because October 1 fell on a weekend in 2006, 2007, and 2012, certain federal payments that were due on that date were instead made at the end of the
preceding September and thus shifted into the previous fiscal year. Those shifts primarily affected outlays for Supplemental Security Income,
veterans' compensation benefits and pensions, and Medicare.
a. The average annual growth rate reflects the program's growth from its inception in 2006 through 2015.
b. Differs from the amounts reported in Table 3-2 from The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2015 to 2025 because it does not include payments
to health insurance plans for risk adjustment (amounts paid to plans that attract less healthy enrollees) and reinsurance (amounts paid to plans that
enroll individuals who end up with high costs). Spending for grants to states to establish exchanges is also excluded.
c. Does not include amounts that reduce tax receipts.
d. Includes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Child Support Enforcement program, the Child Care Entitlement program, and other
programs that benefit children.
e. Includes mandatory spending designed to reduce the discretionary budget authority needed to support the maximum award level set in the appropriation
act plus mandatory spending that, by formula, increases the total maximum award above the amount set in the appropriation act.
f. Does not include offsetting receipts.
g. Does not include outlays associated with federal interest payments, which are not considered part of mandatory spending
TABLE 12.--PROJECTED MEANS-TESTED AND NON MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING
[Outlays by fiscal year, billions of dollars]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
annual
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 growth
------------
2016-2025
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Means-Tested Programs:
Health Care Programs:
Medicaid............................ 335 360 384 405 428 452 477 503 530 558 588 5.8%
Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidies 24 28 28 28 32 34 37 44 46 46 54 8.4%
Health insurance subsidiesa,b....... 28 55 75 86 89 91 97 102 105 109 112 15.1%
Children's Health Insurance Program. 10 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -5.9%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal.......................... 397 454 493 524 555 584 617 656 687 719 760 6.7%
Income Security:
SNAP................................ 78 78 76 75 74 74 74 73 74 74 75 -0.4%
Supplemental Security Income........ 55 60 57 54 61 63 64 71 68 65 72 2.7%
Earned income and child tax 83 85 86 87 75 76 77 78 79 80 82 -0.1%
creditsb,c.........................
Family support and foster cared..... 31 32 32 32 33 33 33 34 34 34 35 1.0%
Child nutrition..................... 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 4.3%
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Subtotal.......................... 268 277 274 273 267 271 275 285 284 284 295 1.0%
Veterans' pensions 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 2.0%
Pell Grantse 11 6 7 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 -1.3%
Subtotal, Means-Tested Programs... 683 744 781 811 838 871 909 957 988 1,019 1,072 4.6%
Non-Means-Tested Programsf 1,847 1,947 2,018 2,094 2,241 2,370 2,516 2,708 2,820 2,933 3,165 5.5%
Total Mandatory Outlaysg.......... 2,530 2,691 2,799 2,905 3,079 3,241 3,425 3,666 3,808 3,952 4,237 5.3%
Memorandum:
Pell Grants (Discretionary)h............ 20 27 27 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 3.0%
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Source: Congressional Budget Office; staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Notes: The projections shown here are the same as those reported in Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2015 to
2025 (January 2015). CBO recently updated its baseline projections as reported in Congressional Budget Office, Updated Budget Projections: 2015 to
2025 (March 2015). Some of the projections are different in the March baseline, but at the request of the committee staff, the projections shown are
from the January baseline.
The average annual growth rate over the 2016-2025 period encompasses growth in outlays from the amount projected for 2015 through the amount projected
for 2025.
Projections of spending for benefit programs in this table exclude administrative costs that are classified as discretionary but generally include
administrative costs classified as mandatory.
SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Because October 1 will fall on a weekend in 2016, 2017, 2022, and 2023, certain federal payments that are due on that date will instead be made at the
end of the preceding September and thus be shifted into the previous fiscal year.
Those shifts primarily affect outlays for Supplemental Security Income, veterans' compensation benefits and pensions, and Medicare.
a. Differs from the amounts reported in Table 3-2 from The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2015 to 2025 because it does not include payments
to health insurance plans for risk adjustment (amounts paid to plans that attract less healthy enrollees) and reinsurance (amounts paid to plans that
enroll individuals who end up with high costs). Spending for grants to states to establish exchanges is also excluded.
b. Does not include amounts that reduce tax receipts.
c. Differs from the amounts reported on Table 3-2 from The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2015 to 2025 because it does not include other tax
credits that were included in that table.
d. Includes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Child Support Enforcement program, the Child Care Entitlement program, and other
programs that benefit children.
e. Includes mandatory spending designed to reduce the discretionary budget authority needed to support the maximum award level set in the appropriation
act plus mandatory spending that, by formula, increases the total maximum award above the amount set in the appropriation act.
f. Does not include offsetting receipts.
g. Does not include outlays associated with federal interest payments, which are not considered part of mandatory spending.
h. The discretionary baseline does not represent a projection of expected costs for the discretionary portion of the Pell Grant program. As with all
other discretionary programs, the budget authority is calculated by inflating the budget authority appropriated for fiscal year 2015. Outlays for
future years are based on those amounts of budget authority and also reflect a temporary surplus of budget authority provided in 2015.
POLICY STATEMENTS
SENATE RESOLUTION
The Senate resolution contains no policy statements.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
The House amendment contains the following policy
statements:
Section 801. Policy statement on balanced budget
amendment.
Section 802. Policy statement on budget process and
baseline reform.
Section 803. Policy statement on economic growth and job
creation.
Section 804. Policy statement on tax reform.
Section 805. Policy statement on trade.
Section 806. Policy statement on Social Security.
Section 807. Policy statement on repealing the
President's health care law and promoting real health care
reform.
Section 808. Policy statement on Medicare.
Section 809. Policy statement on medical discovery,
development, delivery and innovation.
Section 810. Policy statement on Federal regulatory
reform.
Section 811. Policy statement on higher education and
workforce development opportunity.
Section 812. Policy statement on Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Section 813. Policy statement on Federal accounting
methodologies.
Section 814. Policy statement on scorekeeping for outyear
budgetary effects in appropriation acts.
Section 815. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary,
wasteful, and unauthorized spending.
Section 816. Policy statement on deficit reduction
through the cancellation of unobligated balances.
Section 817. Policy statement on agency fees and
spending.
Section 818. Policy statement on responsible stewardship
of taxpayer dollars.
Section 819. Policy statement on ``No Budget, No Pay.''
Section 820. Policy statement on national security
funding.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement contains the following policy
statements of the House and Senate:
Section 6101. Policy statement on a balanced budget
amendment.
Section 6102. Policy statement on Social Security.
The conference agreement also contains the following
policy statements of the House:
Section 6201. Policy statement on budget process and
baseline reform.
Section 6202. Policy statement on economic growth and job
creation.
Section 6203. Policy statement on tax reform.
Section 6204. Policy statement on trade.
Section 6205. Policy statement on repealing the
President's health care law and promoting real health care
reform.
Section 6206. Policy statement on Medicare.
Section 6207. Policy statement on medical discovery,
development, delivery, and innovation.
Section 6208. Policy statement on Federal regulatory
reform.
Section 6209. Policy statement on higher education and
workforce development opportunity.
Section 6210. Policy statement on the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Section 6211. Policy statement on Federal accounting
methodologies.
Section 6212. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary,
wasteful, and unnecessary spending.
Section 6213. Policy statement on deficit reduction
through the cancellation of unobligated balances.
Section 6214. Policy statement on agency fees and
spending.
Section 6215. Policy statement on responsible stewardship
of taxpayer dollars.
Section 6216. Policy statement on ``No Budget, No Pay.''
Section 6217. Policy statement on national security
funding.
ALLOCATIONS
As required under section 302 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, the joint statement of managers includes
allocations of budget authority and outlays, based on the
conference agreement, to each of the authorizing committees and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House and Senate. This
joint statement allocates to the Committee on Appropriations of
the House and Senate a lump sum of discretionary budget
authority assumed in the concurrent resolution and
corresponding outlays for a single fiscal year. It also
provides allocations for each of the authorizing committees in
the House and Senate for fiscal year 2016, commencing on
October 1, 2015, and the 9 ensuing fiscal years, fiscal years
2017 through 2025. These allocations are as follows:
TABLE 13.--ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
[In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Base Discretionary Action:
BA..................................................... 1,016,582
OT..................................................... 1,156,644
Global War on Terrorism:
BA..................................................... 96,287
OT..................................................... 48,798
Current Law Mandatory:
BA..................................................... 960,295
OT..................................................... 952,912
------------------------------------------------------------------------
TABLE 14.--ALLOCATION BY HOUSE AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE
[On-budget amounts in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016 2016-2025
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 12,473 646,262
OT.................................. 12,775 640,246
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -1,645 -302,149
OT.................................. -347 -300,020
-------------------------------
Total:
BA................................ 10,828 344,113
OT................................ 12,428 340,226
===============================
Armed Services:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 155,312 1,806,198
OT.................................. 159,556 1,804,314
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. 0 0
OT.................................. 0 0
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 155,312 1,806,198
OT.............................. 159,556 1,804,314
===============================
Financial Services:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 15,120 113,877
OT.................................. 4,182 -44,506
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -7,334 -62,254
OT.................................. -6,712 -62,056
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 7,786 51,623
OT.............................. -2,530 -106,562
===============================
Education & Workforce:
Current Law:
BA.................................. -3,756 40,769
OT.................................. -6,552 25,954
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -10,633 -249,574
OT.................................. -5,017 -229,658
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. -14,389 -208,805
OT.............................. -11,569 -203,704
===============================
Energy & Commerce:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 444,289 5,721,695
OT.................................. 441,174 5,715,531
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -54,654 -1,379,704
OT.................................. -49,173 -1,369,488
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 389,635 4,341,991
OT.............................. 392,001 4,346,043
===============================
Foreign Affairs:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 28,183 232,212
OT.................................. 27,177 230,830
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. 0 0
OT.................................. 0 0
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 28,183 232,212
OT.............................. 27,177 230,830
===============================
Oversight & Government Reform:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 113,380 1,339,277
OT.................................. 112,234 1,320,222
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -9,188 -193,961
OT.................................. -9,026 -193,896
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 104,192 1,145,316
OT.............................. 103,208 1,126,326
===============================
Homeland Security:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 1,988 23,061
OT.................................. 1,973 23,206
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -180 -19,470
OT.................................. -180 -19,470
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 1,808 3,591
OT.............................. 1,793 3,736
===============================
House Administration:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 41 353
OT.................................. 12 108
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -31 -298
OT.................................. -2 -53
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 10 55
OT.............................. 10 55
===============================
Natural Resources:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 5,392 58,170
OT.................................. 6,020 60,458
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -569 -32,678
OT.................................. -261 -32,483
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 4,823 25,492
OT.............................. 5,759 27,975
===============================
Judiciary:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 22,544 116,624
OT.................................. 13,185 122,005
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -14,419 -24,949
OT.................................. -868 -23,055
-------------------------------
Total:
BA.............................. 8,125 91,675
OT.............................. 12,317 98,950
===============================
Transportation & Infrastructure:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 70,089 718,468
OT.................................. 16,407 184,208
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -12,114 -197,706
OT.................................. 0 0
-------------------------------
Total:
BA................................ 57,975 520,762
OT................................ 16,407 184,208
===============================
Science, Space & Technology:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 101 1,017
OT.................................. 101 1,017
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. 0 0
OT.................................. 0 0
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Total:
BA................................ 101 1,017
OT................................ 101 1,017
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Small Business:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 0 0
OT.................................. 0 0
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. 0 0
OT.................................. 0 0
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Total:
BA................................ 0 0
OT................................ 0 0
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Veterans Affairs:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 3,094 96,599
OT.................................. 9,188 109,687
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -31 -1,925
OT.................................. -31 -1,925
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Total:
BA................................ 3,063 94,674
OT................................ 9,157 107,762
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Ways & Means:
Current Law:
BA.................................. 1,022,809 14,818,985
OT.................................. 1,021,784 14,817,368
Resolution Change:
BA.................................. -60,004 -1,594,908
OT.................................. -59,704 -1,594,408
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Total:
BA................................ 962,805 13,224,077
OT................................ 962,080 13,222,960
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TABLE 15.--ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY SENATE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
[Fiscal year 2016, $ billions]
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Budget
Appropriations authority Outlays
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Revised Security Category Discretionary 523.091 n/a
Budget Authority\1\....................
Revised Nonsecurity Category 493.491 n/a
Discretionary Budget Authority\1\......
General Purpose Outlays\1\.............. n/a 1,156.644
Memorandum:.............................
Subtotal............................ 1,016.582 1,156.644
On-budget........................... 1,011.307 1,151.295
Off-budget.......................... 5.275 5.349
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 96.287 48.798
War on Terrorism\2\....................
Mandatory............................... 964.049 956.128
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\1\The allocation will be adjusted following the reporting of bills,
offering of amendments, or submission of conference reports that
qualify for adjustments to the discretionary spending limits as
outlined in sections 251(b)(2)(A)(i), 251(b)(2)(B), 251(b)(2)(C), and
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
\2\The allocation may be adjusted pursuant to section 3102 of the
conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 11, the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.
TABLE 16.--ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHORITYPSENATE COMMITTEES OTHER THAN APPROPRIATIONS
[Fiscal year 2016, $ billions]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016 2016-2020 2016-2025
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:
Budget Authority............................... 128.680 654.944 1,322.686
Outlays........................................ 121.723 606.817 1,228.931
Armed Services:
Budget Authority............................... 159.207 848.760 1,851.710
Outlays........................................ 163.446 848.187 1,849.802
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs:
Budget Authority............................... 24.680 116.744 214.389
Outlays........................................ 3.848 -7.666 -42.938
Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Budget Authority............................... 17.905 100.960 205.334
Outlays........................................ 14.188 77.987 154.802
Energy and Natural Resources:
Budget Authority............................... 4.454 24.474 48.985
Outlays........................................ 4.465 24.478 49.211
Environment and Public Works:
Budget Authority............................... 41.672 211.645 420.414
Outlays........................................ 2.543 13.680 30.750
Finance:
Budget Authority............................... 2,179.304 12,340.566 29,433.590
Outlays........................................ 2,169.584 12,321.005 29,408.581
Foreign Relations:
Budget Authority............................... 28.342 125.601 233.802
Outlays........................................ 27.336 124.464 232.420
Homeland Security and Government Affairs:
Budget Authority............................... 134.948 729.195 1,577.588
Outlays........................................ 133.802 720.862 1,558.533
Judiciary:
Budget Authority............................... 24.816 79.449 143.856
Outlays........................................ 15.443 81.087 149.155
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Budget Authority............................... 12.137 87.301 174.372
Outlays........................................ 14.271 87.783 182.631
Rules and Administration:
Budget Authority............................... 0.067 0.334 0.666
Outlays........................................ 0.038 0.197 0.421
Intelligence:
Budget Authority............................... 0.514 2.570 5.140
Outlays........................................ 0.514 2.570 5.140
Veterans' Affairs:
Budget Authority............................... 97.631 483.601 1,026.432
Outlays........................................ 103.480 494.772 1,037.000
Indian Affairs:
Budget Authority............................... 0.491 2.191 4.741
Outlays........................................ 0.942 3.551 5.982
Small Business:
Budget Authority............................... 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outlays........................................ 0.000 0.000 0.000
Unassigned to Committee:
Budget Authority............................... -930.099 -6,014.283 -15,268.775
Outlays........................................ -884.618 -5,887.158 -14,949.026
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Total:
Budget Authority........................... 1,924.749 9,794.052 21,394.930
Outlays.................................... 1,891.005 9,512.616 20,901.395
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Includes entitlements funded in annual appropriations acts.
Tom Price,
Todd Rokita,
Mario Diaz-Balart,
Diane Black,
John R. Moolenaar,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Michael B. Enzi,
Chuck Grassley,
Jeff Sessions,
Mike Crapo,
Lindsey Graham,
Rob Portman,
Patrick J. Toomey,
Ron Johnson,
Kelly Ayotte,
Roger F. Wicker,
Bob Corker,
David Perdue,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
[all]
