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        H.Con.Res.290
                                        Agreed to April 13, 2000        

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                          Concurrent Resolution

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

    (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and replaced and 
that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2001 and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2002 
through 2005 are hereby set forth.
    (b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.

                       TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
Sec. 103. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 104. Reconciliation of revenue reductions in the Senate.

               TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND RULEMAKING

                     Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement

Sec. 201. Lock-box for Social Security surpluses.
Sec. 202. Debt reduction lock-box.
Sec. 203. Enhanced enforcement of budgetary limits.
Sec. 204. Mechanisms for strengthening budgetary integrity.
Sec. 205. Emergency designation point of order in the Senate.
Sec. 206. Mechanism for implementing increase of fiscal year 2001 
          discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 207. Senate firewall for defense and nondefense spending.

                        Subtitle B--Reserve Funds

Sec. 211. Mechanism for additional debt reduction.
Sec. 212. Reserve fund for additional tax relief and debt reduction.
Sec. 213. Reserve fund for additional surpluses.
Sec. 214. Reserve fund for Medicare in the House.
Sec. 215. Reserve fund for Medicare in the Senate.
Sec. 216. Reserve fund for agriculture.
Sec. 217. Reserve fund to foster the health of children with 
          disabilities and the 
          employment and independence of their families.
Sec. 218. Reserve fund for military retiree health care.
Sec. 219. Reserve fund for cancer screening and enrollment in SCHIP.
Sec. 220. Reserve fund for stabilization of payments to counties in 
          support of 
          education.
Sec. 221. Tax reduction reserve fund in the Senate.
Sec. 222. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
          aggregates.

             Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Rulemaking Provisions

Sec. 231. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
          1990.
Sec. 232. Prohibition on use of Federal reserve surpluses.
Sec. 233. Reaffirming the prohibition on the use of tax increases for 
          discretionary spending.
Sec. 234. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

     TITLE III--SENSE OF THE CONGRESS, HOUSE, AND SENATE PROVISIONS

              Subtitle A--Sense of the Congress Provisions

Sec. 301. Sense of the Congress on graduate medical education.
Sec. 302. Sense of the Congress on providing additional dollars to the 
          classroom.

                Subtitle B--Sense of the House Provisions

Sec. 311. Sense of the House on waste, fraud, and abuse.
Sec. 312. Sense of the House regarding emergency spending.
Sec. 313. Sense of the House on estimates of the impact of regulations 
          on the 
          private sector.
Sec. 314. Sense of the House on biennial budgeting.
Sec. 315. Sense of the House on access to health insurance and 
          preserving home health services for all Medicare 
          beneficiaries.
Sec. 316. Sense of the House regarding Medicare+Choice programs/
          reimbursement rates.
Sec. 317. Sense of the House on directing the Internal Revenue Service 
          to accept negative numbers in farm income averaging.
Sec. 318. Sense of the House on the importance of the National Science 
          Foundation.
Sec. 319. Sense of the House regarding skilled nursing facilities.
Sec. 320. Sense of the House on special education.
Sec. 321. Sense of the House regarding HCFA draft guidelines.
Sec. 322. Sense of the House on asset-building for the working poor.
Sec. 323. Sense of the House on the importance of supporting the 
          Nation's emergency first-responders.
Sec. 324. Sense of the House on additional health-related tax relief.

               Subtitle C--Sense of the Senate Provisions

Sec. 331. Sense of the Senate supporting funding levels in Educational 
          Opportunities Act.
Sec. 332. Sense of the Senate on additional budgetary resources.
Sec. 333. Sense of the Senate on regarding the inadequacy of the 
          payments for skilled nursing care.
Sec. 334. Sense of the Senate on veterans' medical care.
Sec. 335. Sense of the Senate on impact aid.
Sec. 336. Sense of the Senate on tax simplification.
Sec. 337. Sense of the Senate on antitrust enforcement by the Department 
          of 
          Justice and Federal Trade Commission regarding agriculture 
          mergers and anticompetitive activity.
Sec. 338. Sense of the Senate regarding fair markets for American 
          farmers.
Sec. 339. Sense of the Senate on women and Social Security reform.
Sec. 340. Use of False Claims Act in combatting Medicare fraud.
Sec. 341. Sense of the Senate regarding the National Guard.
Sec. 342. Sense of the Senate regarding military readiness.
Sec. 343. Sense of the Senate supporting funding of digital opportunity 
          initiatives.
Sec. 344. Sense of the Senate on funding for criminal justice.
Sec. 345. Sense of the Senate regarding comprehensive public education 
          reform.
Sec. 346. Sense of the Senate on providing adequate funding for United 
          States international leadership.
Sec. 347. Sense of the Senate concerning the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Sec. 348. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges.
Sec. 349. Sense of the Senate to provide relief from the marriage 
          penalty.
Sec. 350. Sense of the Senate on the continued use of Federal fuel taxes 
          for the 
          construction and rehabilitation of our Nation's highways, 
          bridges, and 
          transit systems.
Sec. 351. Sense of the Senate concerning the price of prescription drugs 
          in the United States.
Sec. 352. Sense of the Senate against Federal funding of smoke shops.
Sec. 353. Sense of the Senate concerning investment of Social Security 
          trust funds.
Sec. 354. Sense of the Senate on Medicare prescription drugs.
Sec. 355. Sense of the Senate concerning funding for new education 
          programs.
Sec. 356. Sense of the Senate regarding enforcement of Federal firearms 
          laws.
Sec. 357. Sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage 
          should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses.
Sec. 358. Sense of the Congress regarding funding for the participation 
          of members of the uniformed services in the Thrift Savings 
          Plan.
Sec. 359. Sense of the Senate concerning uninsured and low-income 
          individuals in medically underserved communities.

                      TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

    The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 
years 2000 through 2005:
        (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
    resolution:
            (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 
        follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $1,465,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001: $1,503,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $1,548,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $1,598,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $1,652,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $1,719,800,000,000.
            (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
        revenues should be reduced are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $0
2000
.
            Fiscal year 2001: $11,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $23,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $30,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $39,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $44,300,000,000.
        (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
    this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget 
    authority are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $1,467,300,000.
            Fiscal year 2001: $1,467,200,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $1,499,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $1,606,600,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $1,661,700,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $1,724,400,000.
        (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
    resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as 
    follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $1,441,100,000.
            Fiscal year 2001: $1,446,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $1,466,400,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $1,583,300,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $1,637,100,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $1,700,500,000.
        (4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
    resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $24,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001: $57,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $81,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $15,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $15,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $19,300,000,000.
        (5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt are 
    as follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $5,628,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001: $5,663,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $5,678,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $5,770,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $5,856,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $5,936,900,000,000.
        (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of the 
    debt held by the public are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2000: $3,458,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001: $3,253,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002: $2,999,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003: $2,804,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004: $2,594,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005: $2,363,000,000,000.
        (7) Social security.--
            (A) Social security revenues.--For purposes of Senate 
        enforcement under section 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 2000: $479,600,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2001: $501,500,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2002: $524,900,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2003: $547,200,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2004: $569,900,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2005: $597,300,000,000.
            (B) Social security outlays.--For purposes of Senate 
        enforcement under section 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 2000: $326,500,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2001: $336,500,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2002: $343,300,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2003: $351,700,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2004: $361,400,000,000.
                Fiscal year 2005: $372,100,000,000.
            (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 2000:

                    (A) New budget authority, $3,200,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays, $3,200,000,000.

                Fiscal year 2001:

                    (A) New budget authority, $3,400,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays, $3,300,000,000.

                Fiscal year 2002:

                    (A) New budget authority, $3,400,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays, $3,400,000,000.

                Fiscal year 2003:

                    (A) New budget authority, $3,500,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays, $3,400,000,000.

                Fiscal year 2004:

                    (A) New budget authority, $3,600,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays, $3,500,000,000.

                Fiscal year 2005:

                    (A) New budget authority, $3,600,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays, $3,600,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

    The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of 
new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 2000 through 
2005 for each major functional category are:
        (1) National Defense (050):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $291,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $288,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $309,900,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $296,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $309,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $303,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $315,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $309,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $323,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $317,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $331,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $328,300,000,000.
        (2) International Affairs (150):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $22,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $19,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $18,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $17,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,400,000,000.
        (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $19,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $18,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $19,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $20,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $20,500,000,000.
        (4) Energy (270):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $1,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $1,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $0.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $900,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
           
2000
     (A) New budget authority, $800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
        (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $24,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $25,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $25,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $25,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $25,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $25,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $25,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $25,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
        (6) Agriculture (350):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $35,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $33,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $18,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $18,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $17,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $17,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $15,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $15,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
        (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $7,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $3,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $6,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $2,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $8,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $4,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $9,400,000,000.
                Outlays, $4,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $8,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $9,500,000,000.
        (8) Transportation (400):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $54,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $46,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $59,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $50,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $57,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $53,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $58,900,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $55,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $59,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $55,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $59,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $55,700,000,000.
        (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $11,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $9,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $9,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $8,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $8,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $8,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $7,600,000,000.
        (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
    (500):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $57,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $61,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $72,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $68,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $74,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $72,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $75,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $74,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $76,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $74,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $78,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $75,900,000,000.
        (11) Health (550):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $159,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $153,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $169,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $165,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $179,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $177,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $191,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $190,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $205,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $204,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $221,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $220,300,000,000.
        (12) Medicare (570):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $199,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $199,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $217,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $218,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $226,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $226,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $247,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $247,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $266,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $266,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $292,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $292,700,000,000.
        (13) Income Security (600):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $238,900,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $248,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $252,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $255,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $264,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $266,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $273,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $276,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $283,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $286,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $296,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $298,800,000,000.
        (14) Social Security (650):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $11,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $11,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $9,700,000,000.
                (B) Ou
2000
tlays, $9,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $11,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $12,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $13,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
        (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $46,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $45,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $47,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $47,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $49,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $48,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $50,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $50,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $52,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $51,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $55,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.
        (16) Administration of Justice (750):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $27,400,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $28,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $28,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $28,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $28,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $28,400,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $28,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $28,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $29,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $28,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $29,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $29,200,000,000.
        (17) General Government (800):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $14,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $14,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $13,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $13,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,600,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $13,600,000,000.
        (18) Net Interest (900):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, $284,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $284,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, $286,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $286,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, $284,900,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $284,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, $278,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $278,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, $274,500,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $274,500,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, $269,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $269,700,000,000.
        (19) Allowances (920):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, -$3,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$11,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, -$64,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$50,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, -$60,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$72,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, -$2,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$4,200,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, -$2,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$5,900,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, -$3,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$6,200,000,000.
        (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
            Fiscal year 2000:
                (A) New budget authority, -$34,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$34,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2001:
                (A) New budget authority, -$38,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$38,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2002:
                (A) New budget authority, -$41,300,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$41,300,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2003:
                (A) New budget authority, -$40,700,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$40,700,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2004:
                (A) New budget authority, -$38,100,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$38,100,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2005:
                (A) New budget authority, -$39,200,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$39,200,000,000.

SEC. 103. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Submissions Providing Tax Relief.--The House Committee on Ways 
and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation bill--
        (1) not later than July 14, 2000; and
        (2) not later than September 13, 2000,
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than: $11,600,000,000 
for fiscal year 2001, and $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2001 through 2005.
    (b) Submissions Regarding Debt Held by the Public.--The House 
Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation 
bill--
        (1) not later than July 14, 2000, that consists of changes in 
    laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the debt held by 
    the public by $7,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
        (2) not later than September 13, 2000, that consists of changes 
    in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the debt held 
    by the public by not more than $19,100,000,000 for fiscal year 
    2001.

SEC. 104. RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS IN THE SENATE.

    The Senate Committee on Finance shall report to the Senate a 
reconciliation bill--
        (1) not later than July 14, 2000; and
        (2) not later than September 13, 2000,
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than: $11,600,000,000 
for fiscal year 2001, and $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2001 through 2005.

              TITLE II--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND RULEMAKING
                     Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement

SEC. 201. LOCK-BOX FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the Social 
    Security trust funds are off-budget for purposes of the President's 
    budget submission and the concurrent resolution on the budget;
        (2) the Social Security trust funds have been running surpluses 
    for 17 years;
        (3) these surpluses have been used to implicitly finance the 
    general operations of the Federal Government;
        (4) in fiscal year 2001, the Social Security surplus will be 
    $166 billion;
        (5) this resolution balances the Federal budget without 
    counting the Social Security surpluses;
        (6) the only way to ensure that Social Security surpluses are 
    not diverted for oth
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er purposes is to balance the budget exclusive 
    of such surpluses; and
        (7) the Congress and the President should take such steps as 
    are necessary to ensure that future budgets are balanced excluding 
    the surpluses generated by the Social Security trust funds.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
legislation should be enacted in this session of Congress that would 
enforce the reduction in debt held by the public assumed in this 
resolution by the imposition of a statutory limit on such debt or other 
appropriate means.
    (c) Point of Order.--
        (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
    Representatives or the Senate to consider any revision to this 
    resolution or a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
    2002, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
    sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year.
        (2) Deficit levels.--For purposes of this subsection, a deficit 
    shall be the level (if any) set forth in the most recently agreed 
    to concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year 
    pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
    1974.
    (d) Exception.--Subsection (c)(1) shall not apply if--
        (1) the most recent of the Department of Commerce's advance, 
    preliminary, or final reports of actual real economic growth 
    indicate that the rate of real economic growth for each of the most 
    recently reported quarter and the immediately preceding quarter is 
    less than 1 percent; or
        (2) a declaration of war is in effect.
    (e) Social Security Look-Back.--If in fiscal year 2001 the Social 
Security surplus is used to finance general operations of the Federal 
Government, an amount equal to the amount used shall be deducted from 
the available amount of discretionary spending for fiscal year 2002 for 
purposes of any concurrent resolution on the budget.
    (f) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (c)(1) may be waived or 
suspended in the Senate 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 
in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
point of order raised under this section.

SEC. 202. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX.

    (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives to consider any reported bill or joint resolution, or 
any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause a 
surplus for fiscal year 2001 to be less than the level (as adjusted) 
set forth in section 101(4) for that fiscal year.
    (b) Special Rule.--The level of the surplus for purposes of 
subsection (a) shall take into account amounts adjusted under section 
314(a)(2)(B) or (C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

SEC. 203. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY LIMITS.

    (a) Prohibition on Use of Directed Scorekeeping.--(1) It shall not 
be in order in the House to consider any reported bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
contains a directed scorekeeping provision.
    (2) As used in this subsection, the term ``directed scorekeeping'' 
means directing the Congressional Budget Office or the Office of 
Management and Budget how to estimate any provision providing 
discretionary new budget authority in a bill or joint resolution making 
general appropriations for a fiscal year for budgetary enforcement 
purposes.
    (b) Prohibition on Use of Advance Appropriations.--(1) It shall not 
be in order in the House to consider any reported bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
would cause the total level of discretionary advance appropriations 
provided for fiscal years after 2001 to exceed $23,500,000,000 (which 
represents the total level of advance appropriations for fiscal year 
2001).
    (2) As used in this subsection, the term ``advance appropriation'' 
means any discretionary new budget authority in a bill or joint 
resolution making general appropriations for fiscal year 2001 that 
first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2001.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall cease to have any force or 
effect on January 1, 2001.

SEC. 204. MECHANISMS FOR STRENGTHENING BUDGETARY INTEGRITY.

    (a) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``budget 
year'' means with respect to a session of Congress, the fiscal year of 
the Government that starts on October 1 of the calendar year in which 
that session begins.
    (b) Point of Order With Respect to Advance Appropriations.--
        (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
    consider any bill, resolution, amendment, motion or conference 
    report that--
            (A) provides an appropriation of new budget authority for 
        any fiscal year after the budget year that is in excess of the 
        amounts provided in paragraph (2); and
            (B) provides an appropriation of new budget authority for 
        any fiscal year subsequent to the year after the budget year.
        (2) Limitation on amounts.--The total amount, provided in 
    appropriations legislation for the budget year, of appropriations 
    for the subsequent fiscal year shall not exceed $23,500,000,000.
    (c) Point of Order With Respect to Delayed Obligations.--
        (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall 
    not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, 
    amendment, motion, or conference report that contains an 
    appropriation of new budget authority for any fiscal year which 
    does not become available upon enactment of such legislation or on 
    the first day of that fiscal year (whichever is later).
        (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
    appropriations in the defense category; nor shall it apply to 
    appropriations reoccurring or customary.
    (d) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsections (b) and (c) may be waived or 
suspended in the Senate 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 
in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
point of order raised under this section.
    (e) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under this 
section may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (f) Conference Reports.--If a point of order is sustained under 
this section against a conference report, the report shall be disposed 
of as provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
    (g) Precatory Amendments.--For purposes of interpreting section 
305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, an amendment is not 
germane if it contains predominately precatory language.
    (h) Additional Instruction.--The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget in the Senate may instruct the Senate Committee on Finance to 
report legislation to reduce debt held by the public in an amount 
consistent with section 103.
    (i) Sunset.--Except for subsection (g), this section shall expire 
effective October 1, 2002.

SEC. 205. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.

    (a) Designations.--
        (1) Guidance.--In making a designation of a provision of 
    legislation as an emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) 
    or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
    of 1985, the committee report and any statement of managers 
    accompanying that legislation shall analyze whether a proposed 
    emergency requirement meets all the criteria in paragraph (2).
        (2) Criteria.--
            (A) In general.--The criteria to be considered in 
        determining whether a proposed expenditure or tax change is an 
        emergency requirement are--
                (i) necessary, essential, or vital (not merely useful 
            or beneficial);
           
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     (ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not 
            building up over time;
                (iii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need 
            requiring immediate action;
                (iv) subject to subparagraph (B), unforeseen, 
            unpredictable, and unanticipated; and
                (v) not permanent, temporary in nature.
            (B) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part of an aggregate 
        level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when normally 
        estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.
        (3) Justification for failure to meet criteria.--If the 
    proposed emergency requirement does not meet all the criteria set 
    forth in paragraph (2), the committee report or the statement of 
    managers, as the case may be, shall provide a written justification 
    of why the requirement should be accorded emergency status.
    (b) Point of Order.--When the Senate is considering a bill, 
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, a point of order 
may be made by a Senator against an emergency designation in that 
measure and if the Presiding Officer sustains that point of order, that 
provision making such a designation shall be stricken from the measure 
and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor.
    (c) Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or suspended in 
the Senate 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 in the 
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 
order raised under this section.
    (d) Definition of an Emergency Requirement.--A provision shall be 
considered an emergency designation if it designates any item an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (e) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under this 
section may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (f) Conference Reports.--If a point of order is sustained under 
this section against a conference report, the report shall be disposed 
of as provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
    (g) Exception for Defense Spending.--Subsection (b) shall not apply 
against an emergency designation for a provision making discretionary 
appropriations in the defense category.

SEC. 206. MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTING INCREASE OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 
              DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

    (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
        (1) Unless and until the discretionary spending limit for 
    fiscal year 2001 is increased, aggregate appropriations which 
    exceed the current law limits would still be out of order in the 
    Senate and subject to a supermajority vote.
        (2) The functional totals contained in this concurrent 
    resolution envision a level of discretionary spending for fiscal 
    year 2001 as follows:
            (A) For the discretionary category: $600,296,000,000 in new 
        budget authority and $592,773,000,000 in outlays.
            (B) For the highway category: $26,920,000,000 in outlays.
            (C) For the mass transit category: $4,639,000,000 in 
        outlays.
        (3) To facilitate the Senate completing its legislative 
    responsibilities for the 106th Congress in a timely fashion, it is 
    imperative that the Senate consider legislation which increases the 
    discretionary spending limit for fiscal year 2001 as soon as 
    possible.
    (b) Adjustment to Allocations and Other Budgetary Aggregates and 
Levels.--Whenever a bill or joint resolution becomes law that increases 
the discretionary spending limit for fiscal year 2001 set out in 
section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or 
Senate, as applicable, shall increase the allocation called for in 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 
appropriate Committee on Appropriations and shall also appropriately 
adjust all other budgetary aggregates and levels contained in this 
resolution.
    (c) Limitation on Adjustment.--An adjustment made pursuant to 
subsection (b) shall not result in an allocation under section 302(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that exceeds the total budget 
authority and outlays set forth in subsection (a)(2).

SEC. 207. SENATE FIREWALL FOR DEFENSE AND NONDEFENSE SPENDING.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, for purposes of enforcement in 
the Senate for fiscal year 2001, the term ``discretionary spending 
limit'' means--
        (1) for the defense category, $310,819,000,000 in new budget 
    authority and $297,650,000,000 in outlays; and
        (2) for the nondefense category, $289,477,000,000 in new budget 
    authority and $327,430,000,000 in outlays.
    (b) Point of Order in the Senate.--
        (1) In general.--After the adjustment to the section 302(a) 
    allocation to the Committee on Appropriations is made pursuant to 
    section 213 and except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall not 
    be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
    amendment, motion, or conference report that exceeds any 
    discretionary spending limit set forth in this section.
        (2) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply if a 
    declaration of war by Congress is in effect.
    (c) Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or suspended in 
the Senate 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 in the 
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 
order raised under this section.

                       Subtitle B--Reserve Funds

SEC. 211. MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL DEBT REDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--If any of the legislation described in subsection 
(b) is vetoed (or does not become law) or any legislation described in 
subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) does not become law on or before October 1, 
2000, then the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or 
Senate, as applicable, may adjust the levels in this concurrent 
resolution as provided in subsection (c).
    (b) Legislation.--Any adjustment pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be made with respect to--
        (1) the reconciliation legislation required by section 103(a) 
    or section 104;
        (2) the Medicare legislation provided for in section 214 or 
    215; or
        (3) any legislation which reduces revenues and is vetoed.
    (c) Adjustments To Be Made.--The adjustment pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall be--
        (1) with respect to the legislation required by section 103(a) 
    or section 104, to decrease the balance displayed on the Senate's 
    pay-as-you-go scorecard and increase the revenue aggregate by the 
    amount set forth in section 103(a) or section 104 (as adjusted, if 
    adjusted, pursuant to section 213) less the amount of any reduction 
    in the current level of revenues which has occurred since the 
    adoption of this concurrent resolution and to decrease the level of 
    debt held by the public as set forth in section 101(6) by that same 
    amount;
        (2) with respect to the legislation provided for in section 214 
    or section 215, to decrease the balance displayed on the Senate's 
    pay-as-you-go scorecard by the amount set forth in section 214 or 
    section 215 (less the amount of any change in the current level of 
    spending or revenues attributable to section 215) and to decrease 
    the level of debt held by the public as set forth in section 101(6) 
    by that same amount and make the corresponding adjustments to the 
    revenue and spending aggregates and allocations set forth in this 
    resolution; or
        (3) with respect to the legislation described by subsection 
    (b)(3), decrease the balance on the Senate's pa
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y-as-you-go 
    scorecard and increase the revenue aggregate for the cost of such 
    legislation and decrease the level of debt held by the public as 
    set forth in section 101(6) by that same amount.

SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND DEBT REDUCTION.

    Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on 
Finance reports any bill, or an amendment thereto is offered or a 
conference report thereon is submitted, that would cause the level by 
which Federal revenues should be reduced, as set forth in section 
101(1)(B) for such fiscal year or for such period, as adjusted, to be 
exceeded, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or 
Senate, as applicable, may increase the levels by which Federal 
revenues should be reduced by the amount exceeding such level resulting 
from such measure, but not to exceed $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001 and $25,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 
2005 and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments (after 
taking into account any other bill or joint resolution enacted during 
this session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress that would cause a 
reduction in revenues for fiscal year 2001 or the period of fiscal 
years 2001 through 2005).

SEC. 213. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL SURPLUSES.

    (a) Reporting Additional Surpluses.--If the report provided 
pursuant to section 202(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
the budget and economic outlook: update (for fiscal years 2001 through 
2010) estimates an on-budget surplus for any of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005 that exceeds the on-budget surplus set forth in the 
Congressional Budget Office's March 2000 budget and economic outlook 
(for fiscal years 2001 through 2010), the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may make the 
adjustments as provided in subsection (b).
    (b) Adjustments.--The chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 
the House or Senate, as applicable, may make the following adjustments 
in an amount not to exceed the difference between the on-budget 
surpluses in the reports referred to in subsection (a):
        (1) Reduce the on-budget revenue aggregate by that amount for 
    such fiscal year.
        (2) Adjust the instruction in section 103 or 104 to--
            (A) increase the reduction in revenues by that amount for 
        fiscal year 2001;
            (B) increase the reduction in revenues by the sum of the 
        amounts for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005; and
            (C) in the House only, increase the amount of debt 
        reduction by that amount for fiscal year 2001.
        (3) Adjust such other levels in this resolution, as appropriate 
    and the Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard.
    (c) Additional Debt Reduction in the House.--If the Congressional 
Budget Office estimates an on-budget surplus for fiscal year 2000 in 
excess of the level set forth in this resolution, then the chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget of the House may--
        (1) reduce the levels of the public debt and debt held by the 
    public by the amount of such increased on-budget surplus; and
        (2) direct the Committee on Ways and Means to report by a date 
    certain an additional reconciliation bill that reduces debt held by 
    the public by such amount.

SEC. 214. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IN THE HOUSE.

    Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means or Committee on Commerce 
of the House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto is offered (in the House), or a conference report thereon is 
submitted that reforms the Medicare Program and provides coverage for 
prescription drugs, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House may increase the aggregates and allocations of new budget 
authority (and outlays resulting therefrom) by the amount provided by 
that measure for that purpose, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000 in new 
budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $40,000,000,000 
in new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005 (and make all other appropriate conforming adjustments).

SEC. 215. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IN THE SENATE.

    (a) Prescription Drugs.--Whenever the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate reports a bill or joint resolution or a conference report 
thereon is submitted, which improves access to prescription drugs for 
Medicare beneficiaries, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 
the Senate may revise committee allocations and other appropriate 
budgetary levels and limits to accommodate such legislation, provided 
that such legislation will not reduce the on-budget surplus or increase 
spending, by more than $20,000,000,000 over the period of fiscal years 
2001 through 2005 and will not cause an on-budget deficit in any fiscal 
year.
    (b) Medicare Reform.--Whenever the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or a conference report 
thereon is submitted, which improves the solvency of the Medicare 
Program without the use of new subsidies from the general fund and 
improves access to prescription drugs (or continues access provided 
pursuant to subsection (a)) for Medicare beneficiaries, the chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may change committee 
allocations and other appropriate budgetary levels and limits to 
accommodate such legislation, provided that such legislation will not 
reduce the on-budget surplus or increase spending by more than 
$40,000,000,000 (less any amount already provided by the chairman 
pursuant to subsection (a)) over the period of fiscal years 2001 to 
2005 and will not cause an on-budget deficit in any fiscal year.

SEC. 216. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE.

    If the Committee on Agriculture of the House or the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate reports a bill on or 
before June 29, 2000, or an amendment thereto is offered or a 
conference report thereon is submitted, that provides assistance for 
producers of program crops and specialty crops, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may 
increase the allocation of new budget authority and outlays to that 
committee for fiscal year 2000 by the amount of new budget authority 
(and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that measure for that 
purpose not to exceed $5,500,000,000 in new budget authority and 
outlays for fiscal year 2000 and $1,640,000,000 in new budget authority 
and outlays for fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 217. RESERVE FUND TO FOSTER THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN WITH 
              DISABILITIES AND THE EMPLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR 
              FAMILIES.

    If the Committee on Commerce of the House or the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is 
offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that facilitates 
children with disabilities receiving needed health care at home, the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate, as 
applicable, may increase the allocation of new budget authority and 
outlays to that committee by the amount of new budget authority (and 
the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that measure for that 
purpose not to exceed $25,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays 
for fiscal year 2001 and $150,000,000 in new budget authority and 
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

SEC. 218. RESERVE FUND FOR MILITARY RETIREE HEALTH CARE.

    If the Committee on Armed Services of the House or the Senate 
reports the Department of Defense authorization legislation to fund 
improvements to health care programs for military retirees and their 
dependents in order to fulfill the promises made to them, or an 
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is 
submitted, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or 
Senate, as applicable, may increase the allocation of new budget 
authority and outlays to that committee by the amount of new budget 
authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that 
measure f
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or that purpose not to exceed $50,000,000 in new budget 
authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $400,000,000 in new 
budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005 if the enactment of such measure will not cause an on-
budget deficit for fiscal year 2001 and the period of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005.

SEC. 219. RESERVE FUND FOR CANCER SCREENING AND ENROLLMENT IN SCHIP.

    If the Committee on Commerce of the House or the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is 
offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that accelerates 
enrollment of uninsured children in Medicaid or the State Children's 
Health Insurance Program or provides Medicaid coverage for women 
diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer through the screening program 
of the Centers for Disease Control, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House or Senate, as applicable, may increase the 
allocation of new budget authority and outlays to that committee by the 
amount of new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) 
provided by that measure for that purpose not to exceed $50,000,000 in 
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2001 and $250,000,000 
in new budget authority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 
through 2005.

SEC. 220. RESERVE FUND FOR STABILIZATION OF PAYMENTS TO COUNTIES IN 
              SUPPORT OF EDUCATION.

    (a) Adjustment.--If the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee 
on Resources of the House or the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate reports a bill, or an amendment thereto is 
offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that provides 
additional resources for counties and complies with paragraph (2), the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House or Senate, as 
applicable, may increase the allocation of new budget authority and 
outlays to that committee by the amount of new budget authority (and 
the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by that measure for that 
purpose not to exceed $200,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays 
for fiscal year 2001 and $1,100,000,000 in new budget authority and 
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
    (b) Condition.--Legislation complies with this section if it 
provides for the stabilization of receipt-based payments to counties 
that support school and road systems and also provides that a portion 
of those payments would be dedicated toward local investments in 
Federal lands within the counties.

SEC. 221. TAX REDUCTION RESERVE FUND IN THE SENATE.

    In the Senate, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
reduce the spending and revenue aggregates and may revise committee 
allocations for legislation that reduces revenues if such legislation 
will not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for--
        (1) fiscal year 2001; or
        (2) the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

SEC. 222. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND 
              AGGREGATES.

    (a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates 
made pursuant to this resolution shall--
        (1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
        (2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
        (3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 
    practicable.
    (b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised 
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be 
considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as 
allocations and aggregates contained in this resolution.
    (c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this 
resolution--
        (1) 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 House of Representatives or the Senate, as 
    applicable; and
        (2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other necessary 
    adjustments to such levels to carry out this resolution.

            Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Rulemaking Provisions

SEC. 231. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT 
              OF 1990.

    (a) In the House, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 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 such Act 
to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary 
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration that are 
off-budget pursuant to section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
1990 (even though such amounts are not included in the conference 
report on any concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to such 
section 13301).
    (b) In the House, for purposes of applying section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level of total new 
budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall include 
any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security 
Administration.

SEC. 232. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL RESERVE SURPLUSES.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that 
transfers from nonbudgetary governmental entities, such as the Federal 
reserve banks, shall not be used to offset increased on-budget spending 
when such transfers produce no real budgetary or economic effects.
    (b) Budgetary Rule.--In the Senate, for purposes of points of order 
under this resolution and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
provisions contained in any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or 
conference report that affects any surplus funds of the Federal reserve 
banks shall not be scored with respect to the level of budget 
authority, outlays, or revenues contained in such legislation.

SEC. 233. REAFFIRMING THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TAX INCREASES FOR 
              DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to reaffirm Congress' 
belief that the discretionary spending limits should be adhered to and 
not circumvented by allowing increased taxes to offset discretionary 
spending.
    (b) Restatement of Budgetary Rule.--For purposes of points of order 
under this resolution and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
provisions contained in an appropriations bill (or an amendment thereto 
or a conference report thereon) resulting in increased revenues shall 
continue to not be scored with respect to the level of budget authority 
or outlays contained in such legislation.

SEC. 234. 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 
    therewith; and
        (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
    House to change those rules (so far as they relate to that House) 
    at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
    case of any other rule of that House.

     TITLE III--SENSE OF THE CONGRESS, HOUSE, AND SENATE PROVISIONS
              Subtitle A--Sense of the Congress Provisions

SEC. 301. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

    It is the sense of the Congress that funding for graduate medical 
education for children's hospitals is a high priority in this 
resolution.

SEC. 302. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THE 
              CLASSROOM.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) strengthening America's public schools while respecting 
    State and local control is critically important to the future of 
    our children and our Nation;
        (2) education is a local responsib
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ility, a State priority, and 
    a national concern;
        (3) a partnership with the Nation's governors, parents, 
    teachers, and principals must take place in order to strengthen 
    public schools and foster educational excellence;
        (4) the consolidation of various Federal education programs 
    will benefit our Nation's children, parents, and teachers by 
    sending more dollars directly to the classroom; and
        (5) our Nation's children deserve an educational system that 
    will provide opportunities to excel.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) Congress should enact legislation that would consolidate 31 
    Federal K-12 education programs; and
        (2) the Department of Education, the States, and local 
    educational agencies should work together to ensure that not less 
    than 95 percent of all funds appropriated for the purpose of 
    carrying out elementary and secondary education programs 
    administered by the Department of Education are spent for our 
    children in their classrooms.

               Subtitle B--Sense of the House Provisions

SEC. 311. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) while the budget may be in balance, it continues to be 
    ridden with waste, fraud, and abuse;
        (2) just last month, auditors documented more than 
    $19,000,000,000 in improper payments each year by such agencies as 
    the Agency of International Development, the Internal Revenue 
    Service, the Social Security Administration, and the Department of 
    Defense;
        (3) the General Accounting Office recently reported that the 
    financial management practices of some Federal agencies are so poor 
    that it is unable to determine the full extent of improper 
    Government payments; and
        (4) the General Accounting Office now lists a record number of 
    25 Federal programs that are at ``high risk'' of waste, fraud, and 
    abuse.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that the 
Committee on the Budget has created task forces to address this issue 
and that the President should take immediate steps to reduce waste, 
fraud, and abuse within the Federal Government and report on such 
actions to Congress and that any resulting savings should be dedicated 
to debt reduction and tax relief.

SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EMERGENCY SPENDING.

    It is the sense of the House that, as part of a comprehensive 
reform of the budget process, the Committees on the Budget should 
develop a definition of, and a process for, funding emergencies 
consistent with the applicable provisions of H.R. 853, the 
Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999, that could be 
incorporated into the Rules of the House of Representatives and the 
Standing Rules of the Senate.

SEC. 313. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF REGULATIONS 
              ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) the Federal regulatory system sometimes adversely affects 
    many Americans and businesses by imposing financial burdens with 
    little corresponding public benefit;
        (2) currently, Congress has no general mechanism for assessing 
    the financial impact of regulatory activities on the private 
    sector;
        (3) Congress is ultimately responsible for making sure agencies 
    act in accordance with congressional intent and, while the 
    executive branch is responsible for promulgating regulations, 
    Congress should curb ineffective regulations by using its oversight 
    and regulatory powers; and
        (4) a variety of reforms have been suggested to increase 
    congressional oversight over regulatory activity, including 
    directing the President to prepare an annual accounting statement 
    containing several cost/benefit analyses, recommendations to reform 
    inefficient regulatory programs, and an identification and analysis 
    of duplications and inconsistencies among such programs.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that the 
House should reclaim its role as reformer and take the first step 
toward curbing inefficient regulatory activity by passing legislation 
authorizing the Congressional Budget Office to prepare regular 
estimates on the impact of proposed Federal regulations on the private 
sector.

SEC. 314. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON BIENNIAL BUDGETING.

    It is the sense of the House that there is a wide range of views on 
the advisability of biennial budgeting and this issue should be 
considered only within the context of comprehensive budget process 
reform.

SEC. 315. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND 
              PRESERVING HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICARE 
              BENEFICIARIES.

    (a) Access to Health Insurance.--
        (1) Findings.--The House finds that--
            (A) 44.4 million Americans are currently without health 
        insurance, and that this number is expected to rise to nearly 
        60 million people in the next 10 years;
            (B) the cost of health insurance continues to rise, a key 
        factor in increasing the number of uninsured; and
            (C) there is a consensus that working Americans and their 
        families will suffer from reduced access to health insurance.
        (2) Sense of the house on improving access to health care 
    insurance.--It is the sense of the House that access to affordable 
    health care coverage for all Americans is a priority of the 106th 
    Congress.
    (b) Preserving Home Health Service For All Medicare 
Beneficiaries.--
        (1) Findings.--The House finds that--
            (A) the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reformed Medicare home 
        health care spending by instructing the Health Care Financing 
        Administration to implement a prospective payment system and 
        instituted an interim payment system to achieve savings;
            (B) the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget 
        Refinement Act, 1999, reformed the interim payment system to 
        increase reimbursements to low-cost providers and delayed the 
        automatic 15 percent payment reduction until after the first 
        year of the implementation of the prospective payment system; 
        and
            (C) patients whose care is more extensive and expensive 
        than the typical Medicare patient do not receive supplemental 
        payments in the interim payment system but will receive special 
        protection in the home health care prospective payment system.
        (2) Sense of the house on access to home health care.--It is 
    the sense of the House that--
            (A) Congress recognizes the importance of home health care 
        for seniors and disabled citizens;
            (B) Congress and the Administration should work together to 
        maintain quality care for patients whose care is more extensive 
        and expensive than the typical Medicare patient, including the 
        most ill and infirmed Medicare beneficiaries, while home health 
        care agencies operate in the interim payment system; and
            (C) Congress and the Administration should work together to 
        avoid the implementation of the 15 percent reduction in the 
        prospective payment system and ensure timely implementation of 
        that system.

SEC. 316. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAMS/
              REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

    It is the sense of the House that the Medicare+Choice regional 
disparity among reimbursement rates is unfair, and that full funding of 
the Medicare+Choice Program is a priority as Congress considers any 
Medicare reform legislation.

SEC. 317. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DIRECTING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
              TO ACCEPT NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN FARM INCOME AVERAGING.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) farmers' and ranchers' incomes vary widely from year-to-
    year due to uncontrollable markets and unpredictable weather;
        (2) in the Taxpayer Relief 
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Act of 1997, Congress enacted 3-year 
    farm income averaging to protect agricultural producers from 
    excessive tax rates in profitable years;
        (3) last year, the Internal Revenue Service proposed final 
    regulations for averaging farm income, which failed to make clear 
    that taxable income in a given year may be a negative number; and
        (4) this Internal Revenue Service interpretation can result in 
    farmers paying additional taxes during years in which they 
    experience a loss in income.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
legislation should be considered during this session of the 106th 
Congress to direct the Internal Revenue Service to count any net loss 
of income in determining the proper rate of taxation.

SEC. 318. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 
              FOUNDATION.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) the year 2000 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the 
    National Science Foundation;
        (2) the National Science Foundation is the largest supporter of 
    basic research in the Federal Government;
        (3) the National Science Foundation is the second largest 
    supporter of university-based research;
        (4) research conducted by the grantees of the National Science 
    Foundation has led to innovations that have dramatically improved 
    the quality of life of all Americans;
        (5) grants made by the National Science Foundation have been a 
    crucial factor in the development of important technologies that 
    Americans take for granted, such as lasers, Magnetic Resonance 
    Imaging, Doppler Radar, and the Internet;
        (6) because basic research funded by the National Science 
    Foundation is high-risk, cutting edge, fundamental, and may not 
    produce tangible benefits for over a decade, the Federal Government 
    is uniquely suited to support such research; and
        (7) the National Science Foundation's focus on peer-reviewed 
    merit based grants represents a model for research agencies across 
    the Federal Government.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that the 
function 250 (Basic Science) levels assume an amount of funding which 
ensures that the National Science Foundation is a priority in the 
resolution; and that the National Science Foundation's critical role in 
funding basic research, which leads to the innovations that assure the 
Nation's economic future, and cultivate America's intellectual 
infrastructure, should be recognized.

SEC. 319. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.

    It is the sense of the House that the Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission should continue to carefully monitor the Medicare skilled 
nursing benefit to determine if payment rates are sufficient to provide 
quality care, and that if reform is recommended, Congress should pass 
legislation as quickly as possible to assure quality skilled nursing 
care.

SEC. 320. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) all children deserve a quality education, including 
    children with disabilities;
        (2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provides 
    that the Federal, State, and local governments are to share in the 
    expense of educating children with disabilities and commits the 
    Federal Government to pay up to 40 percent of the national average 
    per pupil expenditure for children with disabilities;
        (3) the high cost of educating children with disabilities and 
    the Federal Government's failure to fully meet its obligation under 
    the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act stretches limited 
    State and local education funds, creating difficulty in providing a 
    quality education to all students, including children with 
    disabilities;
        (4) the current level of Federal funding to States and 
    localities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is 
    contrary to the goal of ensuring that children with disabilities 
    receive a quality education;
        (5) the Federal Government has failed to appropriate 40 percent 
    of the national average per pupil expenditure per child with a 
    disability as required under the Individuals with Disabilities 
    Education Act to assist States and localities to educate children 
    with disabilities; and
        (6) the levels in function 500 (Education) for fiscal year 2001 
    assume sufficient discretionary budget authority to accommodate 
    fiscal year 2001 appropriations for the Individuals with 
    Disabilities Education Act, at least $2,000,000,000 above such 
    funding levels appropriated in fiscal year 2000.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
        (1) function 500 (Education) levels assume at least a 
    $2,000,000,000 increase in fiscal year 2001 over the current fiscal 
    year to reflect the commitment of Congress to appropriate 40 
    percent of the national per pupil expenditure for children with 
    disabilities by a date certain;
        (2) Congress and the President should increase fiscal year 2001 
    funding for programs under the Individuals with Disabilities 
    Education Act by at least $2,000,000,000 above fiscal year 2000 
    appropriated levels;
        (3) Congress and the President should give programs under the 
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act the highest priority 
    among Federal elementary and secondary education programs by 
    meeting the commitment to fund the maximum State grant allocation 
    for educating children with disabilities under such Act prior to 
    authorizing or appropriating funds for any new education 
    initiative;
        (4) Congress and the President may consider, if new or 
    increased funding is authorized or appropriated for any elementary 
    and secondary education initiative that directs funds to local 
    educational agencies, providing the flexibility in such 
    authorization or appropriation necessary to allow local educational 
    agencies the authority to use such funds for programs under the 
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and
        (5) if a local educational agency chooses to utilize the 
    authority under section 613(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Individuals with 
    Disabilities Education Act to treat as local funds up to 20 percent 
    of the amount of funds the agency receives under part B of such Act 
    that exceeds the amount it received under that part for the 
    previous fiscal year, then the agency should use those local funds 
    to provide additional funding for any Federal, State, or local 
    education program.

SEC. 321. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING HCFA DRAFT GUIDELINES.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) on February 15, 2000, the Health Care Financing 
    Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services 
    issued a draft Medicaid School-Based Administrative Claiming (MAC) 
    Guide; and
        (2) in its introduction, the stated purpose of the draft MAC 
    Guide is to provide information for schools, State Medicaid 
    agencies, HCFA staff, and other interested parties on the existing 
    requirements for claiming Federal funds under the Medicaid Program 
    for the costs of administrative activities, such as Medicaid 
    outreach, that are performed in the school setting associated with 
    school-based health services programs.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
        (1) many school-based health programs provide a broad range of 
    services that are covered by Medicaid, affording access to care for 
    children who otherwise might well go without needed services;
        (2) such programs also can play a powerful role in identifying 
    and enrolling children who are eligible for Medicaid, as well as 
    the State Children's Health Insurance programs;
        (3) undue administrative burdens may be placed on school 
    districts and States and deter timely application approval;
        (4) the Health Ca
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re Financing Administration should 
    substantially revise the current draft MAC Guide because it appears 
    to promulgate new rules that place excessive administrative burdens 
    on participating school districts;
        (5) the goal of the revised guide should be to encourage the 
    appropriate use of Medicaid school-based services without undue 
    administrative burdens; and
        (6) the best way to ensure the continued viability of Medicaid 
    school-based services is to guarantee that the guidelines are fair 
    and responsible.

SEC. 322. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSET-BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) 33 percent of all American households and 60 percent of 
    African American households have either no financial assets or 
    negative financial assets;
        (2) 46.9 percent of children in America live in households with 
    no financial assets, including 40 percent of Caucasian children and 
    75 percent of African American children;
        (3) incentives, including individual development accounts, are 
    tools demonstrating success at empowering low-income workers;
        (4) middle and upper income Americans currently benefit from 
    tax incentives for building assets; and
        (5) the Federal Government should utilize the Federal tax code 
    to provide low-income Americans with incentives to work and build 
    assets in order to permanently escape poverty.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that the 
provisions of this resolution assume that Congress should modify the 
Federal tax law to include Individual Development Account provisions in 
order to encourage low-income workers and their families to save for 
buying a first home, starting a business, obtaining an education, or 
taking other measures to prepare for the future.

SEC. 323. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE 
              NATION'S EMERGENCY FIRST-RESPONDERS.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds that--
        (1) over 1.2 million men and women work as fire and emergency 
    services personnel in 32,000 fire and emergency medical services 
    departments across the Nation;
        (2) over 80 percent of those who serve do so as volunteers;
        (3) the Nation's firefighters responded to more than 18 million 
    calls in 1998, including over 1.7 million fires;
        (4) an average of 100 firefighters per year lose their lives in 
    the course of their duties; and
        (5) the Federal Government has a role in protecting the health 
    and safety of the Nation's fire fighting personnel.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that--
        (1) the Nation's firefighters and emergency services crucial 
    role in preserving and protecting life and property should be 
    recognized, and such Federal assistance as low-interest loan 
    programs, community development block grant reforms, emergency 
    radio spectrum reallocations, and volunteer fire assistance 
    programs, should be considered; and
        (2) additional resources should be set aside for such 
    assistance.

SEC. 324. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ADDITIONAL HEALTH-RELATED TAX RELIEF.

    It is the sense of the House that the reserve fund set forth in 
section 213 assumes $446,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $4,352,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 for health-related tax 
provisions comparable to those contained in H.R. 2990 (as passed by the 
House).

               Subtitle C--Sense of the Senate Provisions

SEC. 331. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING LEVELS IN EDUCATIONAL 
              OPPORTUNITIES ACT.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that of the amounts provided for elementary and secondary 
education within the Budget Function 500 of this resolution for fiscal 
years 2001 through 2005, such funds shall be appropriated in proportion 
to and in accordance with the levels authorized in the Educational 
Opportunities Act, S. 2.

SEC. 332. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ADDITIONAL BUDGETARY RESOURCES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels contained in this 
resolution assume that--
        (1) there are billions of dollars in wasted expenditures in the 
    Federal Government that should be eliminated; and
        (2) higher projected budget surpluses arising from reductions 
    in Government waste and stronger revenue inflows could be used in 
    the future for additional tax relief or debt reduction.

SEC. 333. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REGARDING THE INADEQUACY OF THE 
              PAYMENTS FOR SKILLED NURSING CARE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that--
        (1) the Administration should identify areas where they have 
    the authority to make changes to improve quality, including 
    analyzing and fixing the labor component of the skilled nursing 
    facility market basket update factor; and
        (2) while Congress deliberates funding structural Medicare 
    reform and the addition of a prescription drug benefit, it must 
    maintain the continued viability of the current skilled nursing 
    benefit. Therefore, the committees of jurisdiction should ensure 
    that Medicare beneficiaries requiring skilled nursing care have 
    access to that care and that those providers have the resources to 
    meet the expectation for high quality care.

SEC. 334. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON VETERANS' MEDICAL CARE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume an increase of $1,400,000,000 in veterans' medical care 
appropriations in fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 335. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON IMPACT AID.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that the Impact Aid Program strive to reach the goal that all 
local educational agencies eligible for Impact Aid receive at a 
minimum, 40 percent of their maximum payment under sections 8002 and 
8003.

SEC. 336. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX SIMPLIFICATION.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that the Joint Committee on Taxation shall develop a report and 
alternative proposals on tax simplification by the end of the year, and 
the Department of the Treasury is requested to develop a report and 
alternative proposals on tax simplification by the end of the year.

SEC. 337. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT BY THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
              REGARDING AGRICULTURE MERGERS AND ANTICOMPETITIVE 
              ACTIVITY.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that--
        (1) the Antitrust Division and the Bureau of Competition will 
    have adequate resources to enable them to meet their statutory 
    requirements, including those related to reviewing increasingly 
    numerous and complex mergers and investigating and prosecuting 
    anticompetitive business activity; and
        (2) these departments will--
            (A) dedicate considerable resources to matters and 
        transactions dealing with agri-business antitrust and 
        competition; and
            (B) ensure that all vertical and horizontal mergers 
        implicating agriculture and all complaints regarding possible 
        anticompetitive business practices in the agriculture industry 
        will receive extraordinary scrutiny.

SEC. 338. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FAIR MARKETS FOR AMERICAN 
              FARMERS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that--
        (1) the United States should take steps to increase support for 
    American farmers in order to level the playing field for United 
    States agricultural producers and increase the leverage of the 
    United States in World Trade Organization negotiations on 
    agriculture as long as such support is not trade distorting, and 
    does not otherwise exceed or impair existing Uruguay Round 
    obligations; and
        (2) such actions should improve United States farm income and 
    restore
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 the prosperity of rural communities.

SEC. 339. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON WOMEN AND SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that--
        (1) women face unique obstacles in ensuring retirement security 
    and survivor and disability stability;
        (2) Social Security plays an essential role in guaranteeing 
    inflation-protected financial stability for women throughout their 
    old age;
        (3) Congress and the Administration should act, as part of 
    Social Security reform, to ensure that widows and other poor 
    elderly women receive more adequate benefits that reduce their 
    poverty rates and that women, under whatever approach is taken to 
    reform Social Security, should receive no lesser a share of overall 
    federally funded retirement benefits than they receive today; and
        (4) the sacrifice that women make to care for their family 
    should be recognized during reform of Social Security and that 
    women should not be penalized by taking an average of 11.5 years 
    out of their careers to care for their family.

SEC. 340. USE OF FALSE CLAIMS ACT IN COMBATTING MEDICARE FRAUD.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the False Claims Act) and the qui tam provisions of that 
chapter are essential tools in combatting Medicare fraud and should not 
be weakened in any way.

SEC. 341. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NATIONAL GUARD.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in the resolution 
assume that the Department of Defense will give priority to funding the 
Active Guard/Reserves and Military Technicians at levels authorized by 
Congress in the fiscal year 2000 Department of Defense authorization 
bill.

SEC. 342. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MILITARY READINESS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in the 
budget resolution assume that Congress will protect the Department of 
Defense's readiness accounts, including spares and repair parts, and 
operations and maintenance, and use the requested levels as the minimum 
baseline for fiscal year 2001 authorization and appropriations.

SEC. 343. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING OF DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY 
              INITIATIVES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that the Committees on Appropriations and Finance should support 
efforts that address the digital divide, including tax incentives and 
funding to--
        (1) broaden access to information technologies;
        (2) provide workers and teachers with information technology 
    training;
        (3) promote innovative online content and software applications 
    that will improve commerce, education, and quality of life; and
        (4) help provide information and communications technology to 
    underserved communities.

SEC. 344. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that funds to improve the justice system will be available as 
follows:
        (1) $665,000,000 for the expanded support of direct Federal 
    enforcement, adjudicative, and correctional-detention activities.
        (2) $50,000,000 in additional funds to combat terrorism, 
    including cyber crime.
        (3) $41,000,000 in additional funds for construction costs for 
    the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Law Enforcement 
    Training Center.
        (4) $200,000,000 in support of Customs and Immigration and 
    Nationalization Service port of entry officers for the development 
    and implementation of the ACE computer system designed to meet 
    critical trade and border security needs.
        (5) Funding is available for the continuation of such programs 
    as: the Byrne Grant Program, Violence Against Women, Juvenile 
    Accountability Block Grants, First Responder Training, Local Law 
    Enforcement Block Grants, Weed and Seed, Violent Offender 
    Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing, State Criminal Alien 
    Assistance Program, Drug Courts, Residential Substance Abuse 
    Treatment, Crime Identification Technologies, Bulletproof Vests, 
    Counterterrorism, Interagency Law Enforcement Coordination.

SEC. 345. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION 
              REFORM.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that the Federal Government should support State and local 
educational agencies engaged in comprehensive reform of their public 
education system and that any public education reform should include at 
least the following principles:
        (1) Every child should begin school ready to learn.
        (2) Training and development for principals and teachers should 
    be a priority.

SEC. 346. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR UNITED 
              STATES INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that additional budgetary resources should be identified for 
function 150 to enable successful United States international 
leadership.

SEC. 347. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that--
        (1) the functional totals underlying this resolution on the 
    budget assume that Congress has recognized the catastrophic effects 
    of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and 
    seeks to maximize the effectiveness of the United States' efforts 
    to combat the disease through any necessary authorization or 
    appropriations;
        (2) Congress should strengthen ongoing programs which address 
    education and prevention, testing, the care of AIDS orphans, and 
    improving home and community-based care options for those living 
    with AIDS; and
        (3) Congress should seek additional or new tools to combat the 
    epidemic, including initiatives to encourage vaccine development 
    and programs aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of 
    the disease.

SEC. 348. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRIBAL COLLEGES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution 
assume that--
        (1) the Senate recognizes the funding difficulties faced by 
    tribal colleges and assumes that priority consideration will be 
    provided to them through funding for the Tribally Controlled 
    College and University Act, the 1994 Land Grant Institutions, and 
    title III of the Higher Education Act; and
        (2) such priority consideration reflects Congress' intent to 
    continue work toward current statutory Federal funding goals for 
    the tribal colleges.

SEC. 349. SENSE OF THE SENATE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM THE MARRIAGE 
              PENALTY.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the level in this budget 
resolution assume that Congress shall--
        (1) pass marriage penalty tax relief legislation that begins a 
    phase down of this penalty in 2001;
        (2) consider such legislation prior to April 15, 2000.

SEC. 350. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE CONTINUED USE OF FEDERAL FUEL 
              TAXES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF OUR 
              NATION'S HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND TRANSIT SYSTEMS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this 
budget resolution do not assume the reduction of any Federal gasoline 
taxes on either a temporary or permanent basis.

SEC. 351. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION 
              DRUGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the budgetary levels in this 
resolution assume that the cost disparity between identical 
prescription drugs sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico should 
be reduced or eliminated.

SEC. 352. SENSE OF THE SENATE AGAINST FEDERAL FUNDING OF SMOKE SHOPS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the budget levels in this 
resolution assume that no Federal funds may be used by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development to provide any
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assistance to construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a smoke shop or 
other tobacco outlet.

SEC. 353. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING INVESTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY 
              TRUST FUNDS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions underlying the 
functional totals in this resolution assume that the Federal Government 
should not directly invest contributions made to the Federal Old-Age 
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 401), or any interest derived from those contributions, in 
private financial markets.

SEC. 354. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this budget 
resolution assume that among its reform options, Congress should 
explore a Medicare prescription drug proposal that--
        (1) is voluntary;
        (2) increases access for all Medicare beneficiaries;
        (3) is designed to provide meaningful protection and bargaining 
    power for Medicare beneficiaries in obtaining prescription drugs;
        (4) is affordable for all Medicare beneficiaries and for the 
    Medicare Program;
        (5) is administered using private sector entities and 
    competitive purchasing techniques;
        (6) is consistent with broader Medicare reform;
        (7) preserves and protects the financial integrity of the 
    Medicare trust funds;
        (8) does not increase Medicare beneficiary premiums; and
        (9) provides a prescription drug benefit as soon as possible.

SEC. 355. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FUNDING FOR NEW EDUCATION 
              PROGRAMS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the budgetary levels in this 
resolution assume that Congress' first priority should be to fully fund 
the programs described under part B of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) at the originally 
promised level of 40 percent before Federal funds are appropriated for 
new education programs.

SEC. 356. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARMS 
              LAWS.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions underlying the 
functional totals in this concurrent resolution on the budget assume 
that Federal funds will be used for an effective law enforcement 
strategy requiring a commitment to enforcing existing Federal firearms 
laws by--
        (1) designating not less than one Assistant United States 
    Attorney in each district to prosecute Federal firearms violations 
    and thereby expand Project Exile nationally;
        (2) upgrading the national instant criminal background system 
    established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence 
    Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note) by encouraging States to place 
    mental health adjudications on that system and by improving the 
    overall speed and efficiency of that system; and
        (3) providing incentive grants to States to encourage States to 
    impose mandatory minimum sentences for firearm offenses based on 
    section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, and to prosecute 
    those offenses in State court.

SEC. 357. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ANY INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE 
              SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY TAX RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals underlying 
this resolution on the budget assume that the minimum wage should be 
increased as provided for in amendment number 2547, the Domenici and 
others amendment to S. 625, the Bankruptcy Reform legislation.

SEC. 358. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING FOR THE PARTICIPATION 
              OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES IN THE THRIFT 
              SAVINGS PLAN.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the levels of funding for the 
defense category in this resolution--
        (1) assume that members of the Armed Forces are to be 
    authorized to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan; and
        (2) provide the $980,000,000 necessary to offset the reduced 
    tax revenue resulting from that participation through fiscal year 
    2009.

SEC. 359. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING UNINSURED AND LOW-INCOME 
              INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the functional totals underlying 
this resolution on the budget assume that--
        (1) appropriations for consolidated health centers under 
    section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) 
    should be increased by 100 percent over the next 5 fiscal years in 
    order to double the number of individuals who receive health care 
    services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health 
    centers; and
        (2) appropriations for consolidated health centers should be 
    increased by $150,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 over the amount 
    appropriated for such centers in fiscal year 2000.
  Attest:

                          Jeff Trandahl,

                                                                       
                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.
              By

                                                                       
                                                          Deputy Clerk.

  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.

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