TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Levels and Amounts
Title II: Reconciliation Instructions
Title III: Sense of Congress Provisions
Establishes the congressional budget for the Government for FY 1998 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY 1999 through 2002.
Title I: Levels and Amounts - Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY 1998 through 2002, for: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) the public debt; (6) direct loan obligations; and (7) primary loan guarantee commitments.
Sets forth levels of new budget authority, budget outlays, new direct loan obligations, and new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1998 through 2002 for specified major functional categories.
Title II: Reconciliation Instructions - Establishes a deadline for the submission of specified House committee recommendations on changes in laws that provide direct spending to the House Budget Committee. Requires the House Budget Committee to report a reconciliation bill carrying out such recommendations without substantive revision to the House.
Establishes outlay limits, for FY 1998 through 2002, for the following House committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Banking and Financial Services; (3) Commerce; (4) Education and the Workforce; (5) Government Reform and Oversight; (6) Transportation and Infrastructure; (7) Veterans' Affairs; and (8) Ways and Means.
Sets forth, for FY 1998 through 2002: (1) deficit reduction targets for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee; and (2) amounts by which revenues shall be decreased and increased, respectively, by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Deems the House Committees on Commerce and Ways and Means to be in noncompliance with reconciliation instructions pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if such committees provide a children's health initiative that would increase the deficit by more than specified amounts for FY 1998 through 2002.
Title III: Sense of Congress Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to: (1) legislation to provide middle-income tax relief, small business tax incentives and relief, and extensions to the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund; (2) offsets of tax cuts by revenue increases; (3) sufficient funding to insure all uninsured children in America through health care grants and expansion of Medicaid and for domestic discretionary funding for priority areas; (4) increased Medicaid coverage for low-income adults, seniors, and uninsured children; (5) increased annual limits on Pell Grants; (6) support for the President's school construction initiative; (7) increased funding for educational opportunities, crime intervention and prevention, and domestic violence programs; (8) transportation improvement funding; (9) sufficient funding for specified programs to meet the needs of infants and toddlers; (10) funding for the National Institutes of Health and veterans' cost-of-living allowances and housing benefits; (11) full funding for Federal research and development programs; (12) increased housing assistance; and (13) priorities in spending on defense readiness and personnel as opposed to expansions of large weapons systems.
[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 90 Introduced in House (IH)]
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 90
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 1997
Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts submitted the following concurrent
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 1998 is hereby established and that the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999 through 2002 are hereby set
forth.
TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are
as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,206,379,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,252,942,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,307,528,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,366,412,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,427,435,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $0.
Fiscal year 1999: $0.
Fiscal year 2000: $0.
Fiscal year 2001: $0.
Fiscal year 2002: $0.
(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 1998: $1,399,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,447,879,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,495,779,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,526,118,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,552,378,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays
are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $1,383,432,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $1,440,016,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $1,489,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $1,516,666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $1,535,000,000,000.
(4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the amounts of the deficits for the unified budget
are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $94,589,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $94,395,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $81,435,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $46,229,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: -$2,473,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--The appropriate levels of the public debt
are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $5,597,684,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $5,845,015,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $6,089,938,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $6,301,629,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $6,472,834,000,000.
(6) Direct Loan Obligations.--The appropriate levels of
total new direct loan obligations are as follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $33,829,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $33,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $34,775,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $36,039,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $37,099,000,000.
(7) Primary Loan Guarantee Commitments.--The appropriate
levels of new primary loan guarantee commitments are as
follows:
Fiscal year 1998: $315,472,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999: $324,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000: $328,124,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001: $332,063,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002: $335,141,000,000.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of
new budget authority, budget outlays, new direct loan obligations, and
new primary loan guarantee commitments for fiscal years 1998 through
2002 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $266,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,900,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$588,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $266,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,700,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$757,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $267,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,300,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$1,050,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $267,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $261,500,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$1,050,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $267,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,400,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$1,050,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $15,909,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,558,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,966,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$12,751,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $14,918,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,569,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,021,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$13,093,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $15,782,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,981,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,077,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$13,434,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $16,114,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,751,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,122,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$13,826,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $16,353,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,812,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,178,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$14,217,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $16,437,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,082,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $16,403,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,728,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $16,147,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,213,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $16,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,062,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $15,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,868,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $3,123,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,247,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,050,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $3,469,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,446,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,078,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $3,186,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,293,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,109,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $2,939,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,048,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,141,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $2,846,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,867,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,171,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $23,877,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,405,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$30,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $23,227,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,702,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$32,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $22,570,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,963,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$32,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $22,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,720,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$34,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $22,086,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,313,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$34,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $13,133,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,892,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$9,620,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$6,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $12,790,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,294,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$11,047,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$6,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $12,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,664,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$11,071,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$6,509,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $10,978,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,494,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$10,960,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$6,583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $10,670,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,108,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$10,965,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$6,660,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $6,607,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$920,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$4,739,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$245,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $11,082,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,299,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,887,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$253,450,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $15,183,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,821,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,238,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$255,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $16,078,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,133,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,574,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$257,989,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $16,678,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,541,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,680,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$259,897,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $46,402,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,933,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$155,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $46,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,256,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$135,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $47,114,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,357,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$15,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $48,135,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,303,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$15,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $49,184,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,247,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$15,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $9,068,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,687,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,867,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$2,385,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $8,839,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,252,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$2,943,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$2,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $8,210,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,386,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$3,020,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$2,429,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $8,214,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,800,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$3,098,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$2,452,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $8,290,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,929,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$3,180,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$2,475,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $67,320,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,362,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$12,328,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$20,665,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $63,750,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,885,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$13,092,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$21,899,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $65,903,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,178,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$13,926,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$23,263,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $67,759,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,981,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$14,701,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$24,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $68,739,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,966,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$15,426,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$25,676,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $140,599,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $140,567,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$85,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $149,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $149,394,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $159,868,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $159,747,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $170,662,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $170,385,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $181,571,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $181,127,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $203,820,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $203,964,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $214,673,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $214,148,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $229,340,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $229,337,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $244,036,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $243,181,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $256,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $255,769,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $240,160,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $248,861,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$45,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$37,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $255,375,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $259,346,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$75,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$37,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $271,084,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $269,669,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$110,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$37,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $276,898,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $279,007,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$145,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$37,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $288,937,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $287,221,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$170,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$37,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $11,424,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,524,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $12,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,196,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $12,792,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,866,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $13,022,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,043,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $14,383,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,398,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $40,579,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,371,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,029,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$27,096,000,000.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $41,745,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,979,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,068,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$26,671,000,000.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $42,015,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,223,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,177,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$26,202,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $42,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,540,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,249,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$25,609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $42,629,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,783,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations,
$1,277,000,000.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$25,129,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $25,165,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,209,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $25,320,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,476,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $25,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,840,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $25,054,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,701,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $25,183,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,879,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $14,711,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,959,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $14,444,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,363,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $13,977,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,727,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $13,675,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,131,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $13,105,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,100,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $296,672,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $296,672,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $304,932,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $304,932,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $305,512,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,512,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $304,037,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $304,037,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $303,796,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $303,796,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 1998:
(A) New budget authority, -$41,841,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$41,841,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 1999:
(A) New budget authority, -$36,949,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$36,949,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) New budget authority, -$36,937,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$36,937,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) New budget authority, -$39,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$39,151,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) New budget authority, -$51,124,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$51,124,000,000.
(C) New direct loan obligations, $0.
(D) New primary loan guarantee commitments,
$0.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION.
(a) Submissions.--Not later than August 1, 1997, the House
committees named in subsection (b) 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.
(b) Instructions.--
(1) Committee on agriculture.--The House Committee on
Agriculture shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the total
level of direct spending for that committee does not exceed:
$34,571,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1998,
$37,008,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$211,443,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(2) Committee on banking and financial services.--The House
Committee on Banking and Financial Services shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending such that the total level of direct spending for that
committee does not exceed: $8,435,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 1998, $5,091,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$50,306,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(3) Committee on commerce.--The House Committee on Commerce
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that
provide direct spending such that the total level of direct
spending for that committee does not exceed: $395,150,000,000
in outlays for fiscal year 1998, $513,615,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 2002, and $2,638,120,000,000 in outlays in
fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(4) Committee on education and the workforce.--The House
Committee on Education and the Workforce shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct spending
such that the total level of direct spending for that committee
does not exceed: $17,718,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
1998, $18,167,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$106,050,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(5) Committee on government reform and oversight.--(A) The
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide direct
spending such that the total level of direct spending for that
committee does not exceed: $68,975,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1998, $81,896,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2002, and $443,061,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(B) The House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that would
reduce the deficit by: $0 in fiscal year 1998, $621,000,000 in
fiscal year 2002, and $1,829,000,000 in fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(6) Committee on transportation and infrastructure.--The
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction that provide
direct spending such that the total level of direct spending
for that committee does not exceed: $18,287,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 1998, $17,483,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
year 2002, and $107,615,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(7) Committee on veterans' affairs.--The House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that provide direct spending such that the total
level of direct spending for that committee does not exceed:
$22,478,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 1998,
$25,192,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2002, and
$141,497,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(8) Committee on ways and means.--(A) The House Committee
on Ways and Means shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction such that the total level of direct spending for
that committee does not exceed: $399,663,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal year 1998, $511,377,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2002, and $2,639,195,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(B) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to decrease
revenues as follows: by $8,000,000,000 in revenues for fiscal
year 1998, by $16,000,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year 2002,
and by $60,000,000,000 in revenues in fiscal years 1998 through
2002.
(C) The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to increase
revenues as follows: by $8,000,000,000 in revenues for fiscal
year 1998, by by $16,000,000,000 in revenues for fiscal year
2002, and by $60,000,000,000 in revenues in fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``direct
spending'' has the meaning given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(d) Children's Health Initiative.--If the Committees on Commerce
and Ways and Means report recommendations pursuant to their
reconciliation instructions that, combined, provide an initiative for
children's health that would increase the deficit by more than $4.6
billion for fiscal year 1998, by more than $8 billion for fiscal year
2002, and by more than $32 billion for the period of fiscal years 1998
through 2002, the committees shall be deemed to not have complied with
their reconciliation instructions pursuant to section 310(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
TITLE III--SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MIDDLE INCOME TAX RELIEF.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Tax reductions in tax bills enacted in the 1980's
predominately benefited Americans with higher incomes.
(2) Increases in the social security payroll tax over this
period has resulted in a net increase in the tax burden on
middle income Americans.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should enact legislation providing targeted tax relief, with an
emphasis on alleviating the tax burden on middle income Americans, by
enacting the following provisions:
(1) Higher education initiatives, including the President's
$1,500 HOPE scholarship tax credit and deductibility of up to
$10,000 for higher education tuition and fees.
(2) Expansion of the child care tax credit, with increases
in the amount of allowable expenses, the percentage of
allowable expenses, and the income phase-down levels.
(3) Homeownership provisions, including up to a $500,000
capital gains exclusion for home sales, and permitting tax and
penalty-free borrowing from an IRA account or a parent's IRA
account for a down payment on a first-time home purchase.
(4) Savings provisions, including an increase in the annual
limit for deductible IRA contributions from $2,000 to $2,500
per year.
SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SMALL BUSINESS TAX RELIEF.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Small businesses are the source of most new jobs
created in this country.
(2) Small businesses have a more difficult time than large
corporations in raising capital, covering health care costs for
employees, and coping with estate taxes.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should enact legislation providing tax incentives and tax relief for
small businesses, including:
(1) Incentives for long-term investments in small
businesses, including capital gains relief, deferral of gains
on any small business investments rolled over into another
small business investment, and a tripling of the amount of
declarable losses on investments in small businesses.
(2) Estate tax relief for family-owned small businesses and
farms, and an increase in small businesses eligibility for 10-
year installment payments of estate taxes.
(3) 100 percent deductibility of health care costs for the
self-employed.
(4) Extension of the 5 percent Foreign Sales Credit (FSC)
to software exporters.
SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REVENUE NEUTRALITY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Large tax cuts in the 1980's led to an unprecedented
explosion in the level of debt owed by American taxpayers.
(2) Tax cuts without revenue offsets increase the level of
spending cuts required to balance the budget, in vital areas
like education, health care, transportation, and research and
development.
(3) It is a priority to balance the budget first, and to
defer tax cuts which reduce revenues until the budget is
actually in balance.
(4) Targeted tax cuts for higher education, child care,
homeownership, increased savings, and small businesses can be
enacted without reducing the net level of revenues.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that all tax
cuts should be fully offset by revenue increases, through reinstatement
of expiring excise taxes and the closing of corporate tax loopholes.
SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH.
It is the sense of Congress that sufficient funding be provided to
insure all currently uninsured children in America, through health care
grants to the States and an expansion of medicaid in a total amount of
at least $32,000,000,000 over the next 5 years.
SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MEDICARE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Medicare Part A Trust Fund will go bankrupt by the
year 2000 without congressional action.
(2) Some 40,000,000 senior citizens rely on medicare for
affordable, quality health care.
(3) Many low-income senior citizens are unable to afford
projected increases in medicare premiums.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should enact legislation to extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust
Fund for the next 10 years, using policies which:
(1) Maintain part B premiums at 25 percent, with a phase-in
of home health care changes.
(2) Provide new preventive and other health care benefits,
including expanded mammography coverage, coverage for
colorectal screenings, coverage for diabetes screening, 72
hours of respite care of Alzheimers patients, bone mass
measurements for osteoporosis care, prostate cancer screening,
cancer clinic benefits, and immunosuppressant drugs.
(3) Include sustainable reductions in reimbursements for
hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other health care
providers.
(4) Provide full funding for teaching hospitals through the
Graduate Medical Education program.
(5) Increase health care choices among seniors, without
restricting access to fee-for-service health care.
SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MEDICAID.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Hospitals and other health care providers are already
seriously underreimbursed for the actual cost of providing
medicaid services.
(2) Medicaid is the primary source of health care coverage
for the uninsured, including poor children, indigent mothers,
and low-income senior citizens in nursing homes.
(3) Medicaid provides critical funding for medicare
premiums for low-income seniors.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that medicaid
legislation should increase coverage for low-income adults and seniors,
and uninsured children, by providing that:
(1) Any reductions in medicaid reimbursements to health
care providers should be used to expand coverage for children's
health care, legal immigrants, and low-income Americans.
(2) Spending reductions should not include either a block
grant or a per capita cap.
(3) Medicaid should extend its program to pay medicare
premiums for low-income senior citizens, protecting them from
increases caused by home health care shifts.
(4) States should be given more flexibility in managing the
medicaid program, through managed care options, and elimination
of unnecessary regulations, while fully protecting the quality
and availability of health care for medicaid recipients.
SEC. 307. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DOMESTIC DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.
It is the sense of Congress that sufficient funding be provided for
domestic discretionary spending to allow for full inflationary
increases over the period from 1998 through 2002, to fully fund
priority areas like education, health care, transportation, research
and development, community development, crime, and housing.
SEC. 308. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PELL GRANT LIMITS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The spiraling cost of higher education tuition and fees
threatens to put the cost of college out of reach for millions
of Americans.
(2) Pell Grants are an effective way to make college
affordable for low-income students.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should increase the annual limit on Pell Grants from $2,700 to $3,700.
SEC. 309. SENSE OF CONGRESS IN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Children cannot achieve their full educational
potential, if the school buildings they are educated in are
falling apart.
(2) The General Accounting Office (GAO) has determined that
it will require $112,000,000,000 to repair and improve our
Nation's schools.
(3) Many communities are unable to afford the full cost of
making such needed repairs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress
should enact the President's school construction initiative, to provide
$5,000,000,000 to leverage the repair and construction of elementary
and secondary schools.
SEC. 310. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EDUCATION.
It is the sense of Congress that funding should be substantially
increased in a number of programs which increase educational
opportunities, including:
(1) Title I grants, to help the disadvantaged develop basic
educational skills.
(2) The Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, to provide
computers, software, and technology training to elementary and
secondary schools.
(3) Special education IDEA grants, to provide services to
children with disabilities.
(4) Adult education grants, to provide adult literacy and
other educational programs.
(5) The Federal work study program, to provide needy
students with part-time work.
SEC. 311. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TRANSPORTATION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Our continued economic growth is dependent on
maintaining and expanding our basic infrastructure, especially
with respect to roads and bridges.
(2) In many sections of our country, our transportation
infrastructure suffers from a lack of adequate funding and
neglect of maintenance.
(3) For many years, Congress has failed to use funds
collected under the Federal gas tax to pay for essential road
and related transportation needs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that all new
funds collected in the transportation trust fund should be fully spent
on transportation improvements.
SEC. 312. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Adequate nutrition, quality health care, educational
opportunities, and high quality child care for children between
birth and the age of 3 are scientifically shown to play a critical role
in later childhood and adult development.
(2) Public spending on health, nutrition, education, and
child care at the stage of early childhood development has
proven to be a sound long-term investment in human resources.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that sufficient
funding should be provided in the following programs to meet the needs
of infants and toddlers:
(1) WIC (the supplemental nutrition program for women,
infants, and children).
(2) Head Start.
(3) Healthy Start.
(4) Programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities
under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA).
(5) Programs under the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act.
SEC. 313. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH RESEARCH.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's
leading biomedical research institution.
(2) The National Institutes of Health accomplishes its
mission of discovering new medical knowledge that will lead to
better health for everyone through supervising, funding, and
conducting biomedical and behavioral research to help prevent,
detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability in humans.
(3) The Federal investment in the National Institutes of
Health should be sufficient to keep up with the pace of
biomedical inflation and public health needs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that funding
for the National Institutes of Health should be at least equal to the
Institute's annual professional judgment, which is the best and most
reliable estimate of the minimum level of funding needed to sustain the
high standard of scientific achievement attained by the National
Institutes of Health.
SEC. 314. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Federal support of research and development has led to
numerous advances in science and technology that have greatly
enhanced the lives of all Americans.
(2) Technological innovation has spurred almost half of the
economic development of the past century.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that full
funding should be provided for Federal research and development
programs, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the solar
and renewable energies programs of the Department of Energy.
SEC. 315. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CRIME.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Crime continues to threaten residential and commercial
neighborhoods through the Nation.
(2) Juvenile crime continues to grow at a faster rate than
other categories of crime in this Nation.
(3) Intervention and prevention programs have been shown to
successfully turn the tide of violent crime.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that funding
for crime intervention, prevention, and domestic violence programs
should be increased over current levels.
SEC. 316. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON VETERANS.
It is the sense of Congress that funding should not be cut for
veterans' COLA or for housing benefits.
SEC. 317. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HOUSING.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 13,000,000 Americans have ``acute housing needs''.
(2) Current funding for rental housing assistance for the
elderly, disabled, working poor, and mothers making the
transition from welfare to work is inadequate.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that funding
for housing assistance should be increased by providing--
(1) full funding for operating subsidies for public housing
authorities, as determined by the Performance Funding System;
(2) additional funding for capital grants for public
housing authorities, to repair and maintain existing public
housing units; and
(3) sufficient funding to create 50,000 new section 8
vouchers each year for the next 5 years.
SEC. 318. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE.
It is the sense of Congress that defense spending should be
maintained at current levels, and that priority should be given to
defense readiness and full funding for personnel salaries and supplies,
as opposed to continued expansions of large weapons systems.
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