2000
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107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 83
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 28, 2001
Received and referred to the Committee on the Budget
_______________________________________________________________________
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2001 is hereby revised and replaced and that this is
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 and that
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 through 2011 are
hereby set forth.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2011:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,624,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,635,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,699,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,755,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,816,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,872,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,948,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,041,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,143,200,000,000.
iscal year 2010: $2,256,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,387,000,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be reduced are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $5,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $67,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $83,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $108,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $133,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $167,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $187,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $201,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $217,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $232,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $240,900,000,000.
(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 2001: $1,556,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,613,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,660,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,723,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,799,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,851,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,918,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,998,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,077,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,161,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,252,800,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $1,508,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,579,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $1,634,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,698,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,777,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,825,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,889,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,973,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,053,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,139,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,230,200,000,000.
(4) Surpluses.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the amounts of the surpluses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $115,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $56,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $64,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $57,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $39,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $46,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $58,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $68,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $89,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $116,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $156,800,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2001: $5,575,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $5,623,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003: $5,674,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,733,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $5,807,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,875,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $5,928,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $5,969,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,988,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $6,344,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $6,721,000,000,000.
SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of
new budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 2001 through
2011 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $310,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $300,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $324,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $319,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $333,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $325,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $342,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $334,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $352,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $347,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $362,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $354,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $372,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $361,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $382,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $375,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $393,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $386,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $404,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $397,
2000
600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $416,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $409,200,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $22,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $23,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $24,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $25,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $26,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $26,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $27,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $28,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $28,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $29,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,000,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $21,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $22,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $23,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $23,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $24,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $24,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $25,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $26,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $26,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $27,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,900,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $1,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $1,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $2,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $2,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $2,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $900,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $28,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $26,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $26,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $27,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $27,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $28,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $28,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $29,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $30,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $31,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $32,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,500,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $26,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $18,600,000,000.
(B) Outla
2000
ys, $17,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $18,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $18,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $16,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $15,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $15,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $16,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $2,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $7,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $8,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $12,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $12,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $13,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $14,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $62,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $61,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $58,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $59,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $59,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $60,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $60,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $61,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $61,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $62,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $63,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,200,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $10,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $10,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $10,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $10,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $11,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $11,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $11,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $12,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $12,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $12,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,600,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $76,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $82,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $82,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $81,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $83,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $87,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $90,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $87,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $92,800,000
2000
,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $95,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $98,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $100,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $104,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,400,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $182,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $175,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $204,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $201,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $229,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $225,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $246,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $244,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $253,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $251,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $266,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $287,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $284,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $307,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $329,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $327,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $354,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $352,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $382,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $380,200,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $217,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $217,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $229,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $243,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $243,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $260,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $260,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $291,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $291,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $309,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $309,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $336,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $336,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $362,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $362,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $391,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $390,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $423,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $423,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $459,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $459,400,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $255,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $256,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $271,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $281,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $282,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $293,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $292,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $308,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $306,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $315,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $314,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $323,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $321,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $337,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $336,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $349,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $347,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $359,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $358,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $371,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $369,400,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $9,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $11,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $11,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $12,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $13,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $14,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $15,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $16,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $17,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A
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) New budget authority, $20,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,400,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $46,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $53,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $55,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $59,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $58,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $62,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $63,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $64,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $67,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,700,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $30,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $30,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $31,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $33,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $34,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $35,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $36,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $37,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $38,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $39,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $40,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,200,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $16,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $16,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $16,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $17,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $17,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $17,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $18,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $18,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $19,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,900,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $273,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $273,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $257,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $257,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $253,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $253,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $248,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $242,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $242,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $239,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $239,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $236,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $236,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $233,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $233,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $229,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $224,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $224,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $219,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $219,100,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, -$500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $5,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $5,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,000,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $6,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $6,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $6,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $6,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $6,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $7,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $7,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $7,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,000,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, -$38,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$38,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, -$42,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$42,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, -$52,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$52,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, -$53,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, -$45,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$45,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, -$46,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$46,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, -$48,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$48,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, -$49,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$49,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$50,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$50,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$51,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$51,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$53,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,300,000,000.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissions by the House Committee on Ways and Means for Tax
Relief.--The House Committee on Ways and Means shall--
(1) report to the House a reconciliation bill--
(A) not later than May 2, 2001;
(B) not later than May 23, 2001; and
(C) not later than June 20, 2001; and
(2) submit to the Committee on the Budget recommendations
pursuant to section (c)(2)(F)(ii) not later than September 11,
2001,
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the total level of revenues by not more than: $5,783,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $64,427,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $80,036,000,000
for fiscal year 2003, $106,584,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$130,973,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $165,166,000,000 for fiscal year
2006, and $1,625,951,000,000 for the period of fiscal year 2001 through
2011.
(b) Submissions by House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways
and Means for Medicare Reform and Prescription Drugs.--(1) Not later
than July 24, 2001, the House Committees named in paragraph (2) shall
submit their recommendations to the House Committee on the Budget.
After receiving those recommendations, the House Committee on the
Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all
such recommendations without any substantive revision.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending
sufficient to increase outlays by not more than the following:
$2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $11,200,000,000 for fiscal year
2002, $12,900,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $14,800,000,000 for fiscal
year 2004, $12,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $12,800,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006, and $153,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal year
2001 through 2011.
(B) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending sufficient to
increase outlays by not more than the following: $2,500,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $11,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $12,900,000,000
for fiscal year 2003, $14,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$12,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $12,800,000,000 for fiscal year
2006, and $153,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal year 2001 through
2011.
(c) Other Submissions by House Committees.--(1) Not later than
September 11, 2001, the House Committees named in paragraph (2) shall
submit their recommendations to the House Committee on the Budget.
After receiving those recommendations, the House Committee on the
Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all
such recommendations without any substantive revision.
(2)(A) The House Committee on Education and the Workforce shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending sufficient to increase outlays by not more than the following:
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
$7,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and
$87,000,000 for the period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(B) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending sufficient
to increase outlays by not more than the following: $0 for fiscal year
2001, $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $466,000,000 for fiscal year
2003, $561,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $681,000,000 for fiscal year
2005, $836,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $7,867,000,000 for the
period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(C) The House Committee on Financial Services shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending sufficient
to reduce revenues, as follows: $0 for fiscal year 2001, $139,000,000
for fiscal year 2002, $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $92,000,000
for fiscal year 2004, $96,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $101,000,000
for fiscal year 2006, and $1,112,000,000 for the period of fiscal year
2001 through 2011.
(D) The House Committee on Government Reform shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending sufficient
to reduce outlays by not less than the following: $0 for fiscal year
2001, $0 for fiscal year 2002, $496,000,000 for fiscal year 2003,
$523,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $501,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
$475,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $3,871,000,000 for the period of
fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(E) The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending sufficient
to increase outlays by not more than the following: $0 for fiscal year
2001, $264,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $479,000,000 f
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or fiscal year
2003, $761,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $816,000,000 for fiscal year
2005, $885,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $7,087,000,000 for the
period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(F)(i) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending sufficient
to increase outlays by not more than the following: $0 for fiscal year
2001, $820,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $3,035,000,000 for fiscal year
2003, $2,842,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $3,925,000,000 for fiscal
year 2005, $4,267,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $39,515,000,000 for
the period of fiscal year 2001 through 2011.
(ii) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the total level of
revenues as specified in subsection (a).
(d) Special Rules.--In the House, if any bill reported pursuant to
subsection (a) or subsection (c)(2)(F)(ii), amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, has refundable tax provisions that increase
outlays, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the
amount of new budget authority provided by such provisions (and outlays
flowing therefrom) allocated to the Committee on Ways and Means and
adjust the revenue levels set forth in such subsection accordingly such
that the increase in outlays and reduction in revenue resulting from
such bill does not exceed the amounts specified in subsection (a) or
subsection (c)(2)(F)(ii), as applicable.
SEC. 5. RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES.
(a) Allocations for Emergencies.--(1) In the House, in addition to
the allocation provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the joint explanatory statement of managers
accompanying this resolution shall include a separate allocation of
$5,627,000,000 in new budget authority and $2,617,000,000 in outlays
for emergencies for natural disasters for fiscal year 2002 to the
Committee on Appropriations. Such allocation shall be deemed to be an
allocation made under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 for purposes of section 302(f)(1).
(2) In the House, after the reporting of a bill or joint resolution
by the Committee on Appropriations, or the offering of an amendment
thereto or the submission of a conference report thereon, the chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations shall suballocate the amounts of new
budget authority and outlays allocated to it under paragraph (1) by the
amount provided by that measure for an emergency for natural disasters
as defined by this section and so designated pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985. Suballocations under this paragraph may be made only after the
Committee on Appropriations has reported legislation (as adjusted for
any amendments thereto or conference reports thereon) providing at
least $1,923,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year 2002 for
accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers
accompanying the conference report on this resolution. Such
suballocations shall be deemed to be suballocations made under section
302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for purposes of section
302(f)(1).
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
(1) The term ``emergency'' means a situation (other than a
threat to national security) that--
(A) requires new budget authority (and outlays
flowing therefrom) to prevent the imminent loss of life
or property or in response to the loss of life or
property; and
(B) is unanticipated.
(2) The term ``unanticipated'' means that the underlying
situation is--
(A) sudden, which means quickly coming into being
or not building up over time;
(B) urgent, which means a pressing and compelling
need requiring immediate action;
(C) unforeseen, which means not predicted or
anticipated as an emerging need; and
(D) temporary, which means not of a permanent
duration.
(c) Development of Guidelines.--As soon as practicable, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House shall, after
consulting with the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the
House, publish in the Congressional Record guidelines for application
of the definition of emergency set forth in subsection (b).
(d) Committee Explanation of Emergency Legislation.--Whenever the
Committee on Appropriations of the House (including a committee of
conference) reports any bill or joint resolution that provides new
budget authority for any emergency, the report accompanying that bill
or joint resolution (or the joint explanatory statement of managers in
the case of a conference report on any such bill or joint resolution)
should explain the reasons such amount designated under section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 falls within the definition of emergency set forth in
subsection (b) pursuant to the guidelines published under subsection
(c).
(e) CBO Report on the Budget.--The Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall include in each report submitted under section
202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 the average annual
enacted levels of discretionary budget authority and the resulting
outlays for emergencies for the 5 fiscal years preceding the fiscal
year of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget.
(f) Section 314(b)(1) Adjustment.--Section 314(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply in the House--
(1) for fiscal year 2001; or
(2) for fiscal year 2002 or any subsequent fiscal year,
except for emergencies affecting national security.
SEC. 6. STRATEGIC RESERVE FUND.
(a) Adjustments.--In the House, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may, not later than July 25, 2001, increase allocations of
new budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) and adjust
aggregates (and adjust any other appropriate levels) for fiscal year
2002 for a bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for any fiscal year for
a bill to reauthorize title I of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
Act of 1996 and other appropriate legislation, reported by July 11,
2001, and legislation to provide for medicare reform and a prescription
drug benefit; and, in the House, the chairman may also make adjustments
for amendments to or conference reports on such bills. The chairman
shall consider the recommendations of the President's National Defense
Review, any comparable review by the President of national agricultural
policy, and any statement of administrative policy or supplemental
budget request relating to any matter referred to in the preceding
sentence.
(b) Limitations.--(1) The adjustments for any bill referred to in
subsection (a) shall be in an amount not to exceed the amount by which
such bill breaches the applicable allocation or aggregate.
(2) The total adjustments made under subsection (a) for any fiscal
year may not cause the surplus set forth in this resolution for any
fiscal year, as adjusted, covered by this resolution to be less than
the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that
fiscal year, as determined consistent with procedures set forth in H.R.
2 (107th Congress), as passed the House.
SEC. 7. SUPPLEMENTAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE.
In the House, whenever a reconciliation bill is reported, or an
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is
submitted, under section 4, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may, for any of fiscal years 2001 through 2011, increase any
allocations and aggregates of new budget authority (and outlays
resulting therefrom) up to the amount provided by that measure to
reform medi
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care and provide coverage for prescription drugs that is in
excess of the instruction to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and
the Committee on Ways and Means under section 4(b) (and make all other
appropriate adjustments). The total adjustments made under this section
for any fiscal year may not exceed the amount by which the
Congressional Budget Office's estimate of the President's prescription
drug plan (or, if such a plan is not submitted in a timely manner, the
Congressional Budget Office's estimate of a comparable plan submitted
by the chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction at levels to be
determined by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget) exceeds the
levels set forth in section 4(b)(2) for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2011.
SEC. 8. RESERVE FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
(a) Adjustments.--In the House, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may increase allocations of new budget authority (and
outlays flowing therefrom) and adjust aggregates (and adjust any other
appropriate levels) for fiscal year 2001 for reported bills, or
amendments thereto or conference reports thereon: (1) by the amount of
new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) provided by
such measure to eliminate shortfalls for the Department of Defense, for
assistance for producers of program crops and specialty crops, and for
other critical needs; and (2) by the amount of reduction in revenue
caused by such measure providing immediate tax relief.
(b) Limitations.--(1) The adjustments for any bill referred to in
subsection (a) shall be in an amount not to exceed the amount by which
such bill breaches the applicable allocation or aggregate.
(2) The total adjustments made under subsection (a) for fiscal year
2001 may not cause the surplus set forth in this resolution for that
fiscal year, as adjusted, to be less than the surplus of the Federal
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year, as determined
consistent with procedures set forth in H.R. 2 (107th Congress), as
passed the House.
SEC. 9. RESERVE FUND FOR PROMOTION OF FULL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION.
In the House, whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered, or a
conference report thereon is submitted that provides new budget
authority for fiscal year 2002 in excess of $6,368,000,000 for programs
authorized under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may increase the
appropriate allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the
amount of that excess, but not to exceed $1,250,000,000 (and adjust any
other appropriate levels).
SEC. 10. RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL TAX CUTS AND DEBT REDUCTION.
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 2002 through 2011), estimates an on-budget
surplus for any of fiscal years 2001 through 2011 that exceeds the
estimated on-budget surplus set forth in the Congressional Budget
Office's January 2001 budget and economic outlook for such fiscal year,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House may, in an
amount not to exceed the increase in such surplus for that fiscal
year--
(1) reduce the recommended level of Federal revenues and
make other appropriate adjustments (including the
reconciliation instructions) for that fiscal year;
(2) reduce the appropriate level of the public debt,
increase the amount of the surplus, and make other appropriate
adjustments for that fiscal year; or
(3) any combination of paragraphs (1) and (2).
SEC. 11. 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; and
(2) such chairman, as applicable, may make any other
necessary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution, and any adjustments permitted under sections 6, 7,
and 8 may include changes in the appropriate reconciliation
instructions.
SEC. 12. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF
1990.
(a) In General.--In the House, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, 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.
(b) Special Rule.--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. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
For purposes of title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
advance appropriations shall be scored as new budget authority for the
fiscal year in which the appropriations are enacted, except that
advance appropriations up to the levels specified in the joint
explanatory statement of managers accompanying this resolution for
programs, projects, activities or accounts identified in such joint
statement shall continue to be scored as new budget authority in the
year in which they first become available for obligation.
SEC. 14. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY.
(a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds the following:
(1) Members of the uniformed services and civilian
employees of the United States make significant contributions
to the general welfare of the Nation.
(2) Increases in the pay of members of the uniformed
services and of civilian employees of the United States have
not kept pace with increases in the overall pay levels of
workers in the private sector, so that there now exists--
(A) a 32 percent gap between compensation levels of
Federal civilian employees and compensation levels of
private sector workers; and
(B) an estimated 10 percent gap between
compensation levels of members of the uniformed
services and compensation levels of private sector
workers.
(3) The President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2002
includes a 4.6 percent pay raise for military personnel.
(4) The Office of Management and Budget has requested that
Federal agencies plan their fiscal year 2002 budgets with a 3.6
percent pay raise for civilian Federal employees.
(5) In almost every year during the past 2 decades, there
have been equal adjustments in the compensation of members of
the uniformed services and the compensation of civilian
employees of the Unit
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ed States.
(b) Sense of the House of Representatives.--It is the sense of the
House of Representatives that rates of compensation for civilian
employees of the United States should be adjusted at the same time, and
in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for members of the
uniformed services.
SEC. 15. ASSET BUILDING FOR THE WORKING POOR.
(a) Findings.--Congress find the following:
(1) For the vast majority of United States households, the
pathway to the economic mainstream and financial security is
not through spending and consumption, but through savings,
investing, and the accumulation of assets.
(2) One-third of all Americans have no assets available for
investment and another 20 percent have only negligible assets.
The situation is even more serious for minority households; for
example, 60 percent of African-American households have no or
negative financial assets.
(3) Nearly 50 percent of all children in America live in
households that have no assets available for investment,
including 40 percent of Caucasian children and 73 percent of
African-American children.
(4) Up to 20 percent of all United States households do not
deposit their savings in financial institutions and, thus, do
not have access to the basic financial tools that make asset
accumulation possible.
(5) Public policy can have either a positive or a negative
impact on asset accumulation. Traditional public assistance
programs based on income and consumption have rarely been
successful in supporting the transition to economic self-
sufficiency. Tax policy, through $288,000,000,000 in annual tax
incentives, has helped lay the foundation for the great middle
class.
(6) Lacking an income tax liability, low-income working
families cannot take advantage of asset development incentives
available through the Federal tax code.
(7) Individual Development Accounts have proven to be
successful in helping low-income working families save and
accumulate assets. Individual Development Accounts have been
used to purchase long-term, high-return assets, including
homes, postsecondary education and training, and small
business.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Federal tax code should support a significant expansion of Individual
Development Accounts so that millions of low-income, working families
can save, build assets, and move their lives forward; thus, making
positive contributions to the economic and social well-being of the
United States, as well as to its future.
SEC. 16. FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Increased demands on firefighting and emergency medical
personnel have made it difficult for local governments to
adequately fund necessary fire safety precautions.
(2) The Government has an obligation to protect the health
and safety of the firefighting personnel of the United States
and to ensure that they have the financial resources to protect
the public.
(3) The high rates in the United States of death, injury,
and property damage caused by fires demonstrates a critical
need for Federal investment in support of firefighting
personnel.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Government should support the core operations of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency by providing needed fire grant programs to assist our
firefighters and rescue personnel as they respond to more than
17,000,000 emergency calls annually. To accomplish this task, Congress
supports preservation of the Assistance to Firefighters grant program.
Continued support of the Assistance to Firefighters grant program will
enable local firefighters to adequately protect the lives of countless
Americans put at risk by insufficient fire protection.
SEC. 17. SALES TAX DEDUCTION.
(a) Findings.--The House finds that--
(1) in 1986 the ability to deduct State sales taxes was
eliminated from the Federal tax code;
(2) the States of Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming, Washington,
Florida, Nevada, and South Dakota have no State income tax;
(3) the citizens of those seven States continue to be
treated unfairly by paying significantly more in taxes to the
Government than taxpayers with an identical profile in
different State because they are prohibited from deducting
their State sales taxes from their Federal income taxes in lieu
of a State income tax;
(4) the design of the Federal tax code is preferential in
its treatment of States with State income taxes over those
without State income taxes;
(5) the current Federal tax code infringes upon States'
rights to tax their citizens as they see fit in that the
Federal tax code exerts unjust influence on States without
State income taxes to impose one their citizens;
(6) the current surpluses that our Government holds provide
an appropriate time and opportunity to allow taxpayers to
deduct either their State sales taxes or their State income
taxes from their Federal income tax returns; and
(7) over 50 Members of the House have cosponsored
legislation to restore the sales tax deduction option to the
Federal tax code.
(b) Sense of House.--It is the sense of the House of
Representatives that the Committee on Ways and Means should consider
legislation that makes State sales tax deductible against Federal
income taxes.
SEC. 18. FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AT CHILDREN'S TEACHING
HOSPITALS.
It is the sense of Congress that:
(1) Function 550 of the President's budget should include
an appropriate level of funding for graduate medical education
conducted at independent children's teaching hospitals in order
to ensure access to care by millions of children nationwide.
(2) An emphasis should be placed on the role played by
community health centers in underserved rural and urban
communities. An increase in funding for community health
centers should not come at the expense of the Community Access
Program. Both programs should be funded adequately, with the
intention of doubling funding for increased capacity for
community health centers, in addition to keeping the Community
Access Program operational.
(3) The medicare program should emphasize such preventive
medical services as those provided by vision rehabilitation
professionals in saving Government funds and preserving the
independence of a growing number of seniors in the coming
years.
(4) Funding under function 550 should also reflect the
importance of the Ryan White CARE Act to persons afflicted with
HIV/AIDS. Funds allocated from the CARE Act serve as the safety
net for thousands of low-income people living with HIV/AIDS who
reside in metropolitan areas but are ineligible for entitlement
programs. Moreover, the CARE Act provides critically needed
grants directly to existing community-based clinics and public
health providers to develop and deliver both early and ongoing
comprehensive services to persons with HIV/AIDS.
SEC. 19. CONCURRENT RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY BENEFITS TO RETIRED
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that the Secretary of Defense is the
appropriate official for evaluating the existing standards for the
provision of concurrent retirement and disability benefits to retired
members of the Armed For
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ces and the need to change these standards.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should report to the
congressional committees of jurisdiction on the provision of
concurrent retirement and disability benefits to retired
members of the Armed Forces;
(2) the report should address the number of individuals
retired from the Armed Forces who would otherwise be eligible
for disability compensation, the comparability of the policy to
Office of Personnel Management guidelines for civilian Federal
retirees, the applicability of this policy to prevailing
private sector standards, the number of individuals potentially
eligible for concurrent benefits who receive other forms of
Federal assistance and the cost of that assistance, and
alternative initiatives that would accomplish the same end as
concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability
compensation;
(3) the Secretary of Defense should submit legislation that
he considers appropriate; and
(4) upon receiving such report, the committees of
jurisdiction, working with the Committees on the Budget of the
House and Senate, should consider appropriate legislation.
Passed the House of Representatives March 28, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
By Martha C. Morrison,
Deputy Clerk.
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