Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023.
Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY2023 with respect to: (1) federal revenues, (2) new budget authority, (3) budget outlays, (4) deficits, (5) public debt, and (6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration (SSA), including the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2013-FY2023.
Title II: Reconciliation - (Sec. 201) Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Senate Committee on Finance.
Title III: Reserve Funds - (Sec. 301) Authorizes certain deficit-neutral reserve funds:
(Sec. 306) Authorizes a certain reserve fund for tax reform.
(Sec. 321) Establishes certain deficit-reduction reserve funds: (1) for government reform and efficiency; (2) to promote corporate tax fairness; (3) for elimination or modification of congressionally mandated reports from federal agencies; (4) for no budget, no Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pay; (5) for postal reform; and (6) for eminent domain abuse prevention.
(Sec. 332) Authorizes certain deficit-neutral reserve funds:
(Sec. 355) Authorizes certain deficit-neutral reserve funds to:
(Sec. 369) Authorizes a certain reserve fund to end offshore tax abuses by large corporations.
Title IV: Budget Process - Subtitle A: Budget Enforcement - (Sec. 401) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause the discretionary spending limits in this resolution to be exceeded, except by a supermajority waiver.
Specifies such discretionary spending limits in the Senate for FY2013-FY2014.
Provides for adjustments to budgetary aggregates and allocations for:
(Sec. 402) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations, except by a supermajority waiver, other than for:
(Sec. 403) Authorizes adjustments in committee allocations and all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, and limits contained in this budget resolution for sequestration or sequestration replacement purposes.
(Sec. 404) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any appropriations legislation, amendment, motion, or conference report that includes any provision that constitutes changes in certain mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund, except by a supermajority waiver.
(Sec. 405) Subjects to the supermajority (3/5) waiver requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 a point of order against consideration of certain legislation by Congress:
(Sec. 406) Prohibits budget resolutions or any other legislation that increases guarantee fees of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from being scored for the level of budget authority, outlays, or revenues (in order to offset any deficit increase) contained in such legislation.
Subtitle B: Other Provisions - (Sec. 411) Requires Senate committees to:
(Sec. 412) Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution in the Senate to include in its committee allocations to the Committees on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.
(Sec. 416) Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), with the assistance of the Joint Committee on Taxation, to prepare, as a supplement to the cost estimate for legislation affecting revenues, an estimate of the revenue changes in connection with certain legislative provisions that incorporates the macroeconomic effects of the policy being analyzed.
Applies this requirement to any legislative provision:
Title V: Other Matters - (Sec. 501) Requires CBO, when it releases its annual Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook, to:
(Sec. 503) Requires, when CBO submits its report to Congress on the President's annual budget for a fiscal year, the report to contain:
(Sec. 504) Expresses the sense of the Senate on making available for lease, sale, or transfer any underutilized property and facilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as well as their potential use.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 25 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 10
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 25
[Report No. 113-17]
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal
year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2015 through 2023.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 15, 2013
Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the
following concurrent resolution; which was committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______________________________________________________________________
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal
year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2015 through 2023.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014.
(a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that this
concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 2014 and
sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through
2023.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this concurrent
resolution is as follows:
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
TITLE III--RECOMMENDED LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2030, 2040, AND 2050
Sec. 301. Long-term budgeting.
TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS
Sec. 401. Reserve fund for the repeal of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reform of the 2010
health care laws.
Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare
provisions of the 2010 health care laws.
Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the sustainable growth rate
of the Medicare program.
Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.
Sec. 406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.
Sec. 407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.
Sec. 408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools.
Sec. 409. Implementation of a deficit and long-term debt reduction
agreement.
TITLE V--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING
Sec. 501. Direct spending.
TITLE VI--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 601. Limitation on advance appropriations.
Sec. 602. Concepts and definitions.
Sec. 603. Adjustments of aggregates, allocations, and appropriate
budgetary levels.
Sec. 604. Limitation on long-term spending.
Sec. 605. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions.
Sec. 606. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 607. Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Sec. 608. Transfers from the general fund of the treasury to the
highway trust fund that increase public
indebtedness.
Sec. 609. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/
global war on terrorism.
Sec. 610. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
TITLE VII--POLICY STATEMENTS
Sec. 701. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation.
Sec. 702. Policy statement on tax reform.
Sec. 703. Policy statement on Medicare.
Sec. 704. Policy statement on Social Security.
Sec. 705. Policy statement on higher education affordability.
Sec. 706. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the
cancellation of unobligated balances.
Sec. 707. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer
dollars.
Sec. 708. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the reduction
of unnecessary and wasteful spending.
Sec. 709. Policy statement on unauthorized spending.
TITLE VIII--SENSE OF THE HOUSE PROVISIONS
Sec. 801. Sense of the House on the importance of child support
enforcement.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2023:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this concurrent resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $2,270,932,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $2,606,592,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,778,891,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,903,673,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,028,951,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,149,236,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,284,610,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,457,009,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,650,699,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,832,145,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $0.
Fiscal year 2015: $0.
Fiscal year 2016: $0.
Fiscal year 2017: $0.
Fiscal year 2018: $0.
Fiscal year 2019: $0.
Fiscal year 2020: $0.
Fiscal year 2021: $0.
Fiscal year 2022: $0.
Fiscal year 2023: $0.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total
new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $2,769,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $2,681,581,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,857,258,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,988,083,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,104,777,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,281,142,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,414,838,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,540,165,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,681,407,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,768,151,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $2,815,079,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $2,736,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $2,850,434,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $2,958,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,079,296,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,231,642,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,374,336,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,495,489,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,667,532,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,722,071,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement
of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-
budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: -$544,147,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: -$130,257,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: -$71,544,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: -$54,947,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: -$50,345,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: -$82,405,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: -$89,726,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: -$38,480,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: -$16,833,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $110,073,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $17,776,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $18,086,450,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $18,343,824,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $18,635,129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $18,938,669,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $19,267,212,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $19,608,732,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $19,900,718,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $20,162,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $20,319,503,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2014: $12,849,621,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $13,069,788,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $13,225,569,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $13,362,146,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $13,485,102,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $13,648,470,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $13,836,545,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021; $13,992,649,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $14,154,363,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $14,210,984,000,000.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2014 through 2023 for
each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $560,225,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $579,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $574,359,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $563,976,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $585,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $570,288,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $598,822,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $575,457,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $612,125,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $582,678,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $625,445,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $600,508,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $639,780,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $614,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $654,096,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $628,265,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $671,181,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $649,221,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $688,640,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $660,461,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $41,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,005,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $39,357,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,876,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $40,355,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,019,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $41,343,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,821,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $42,342,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,922,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $43,349,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,248,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $44,366,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,070,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $44,898,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,970,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $46,240,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,208,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $47,304,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,030,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $27,733,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,811,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $28,318,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,193,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $28,994,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,641,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $29,677,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $30,386,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,932,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $31,088,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,574,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $31,798,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,275,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $32,506,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,886,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $33,244,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $33,991,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,344,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,218,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,366,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $1,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,024,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $1,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $984,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $1,570,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,091,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $1,764,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,331,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $1,932,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,612,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $2,121,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,864,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $2,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,039,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $2,105,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,989,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$12,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$147,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $38,146,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,002,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $37,457,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,169,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $36,445,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $37,295,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,612,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $38,120,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $38,552,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,655,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $39,530,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,167,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $39,730,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $40,124,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $39,792,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,382,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $21,731,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,377,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $16,737,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,452,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $21,254,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,827,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $19,344,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $18,776,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,238,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $19,087,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,461,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $19,380,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,864,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $19,856,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $19,736,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,244,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $20,335,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,859,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $2,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$9,000,000,000..
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, -$7,818,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$19,413,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$7,398,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$21,697,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$6,328,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$22,908,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,946,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$20,314,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$866,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$23,410,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$579,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$22,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$295,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$17,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,076,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$19,406,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$1,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$20,654,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $87,056,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,142,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $40,030,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $81,453,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $91,498,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $68,776,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,548,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $92,602,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,681,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $72,693,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,625,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $92,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,244,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $74,694,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,945,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $99,499,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,906,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $8,533,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,669,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $8,401,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,978,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $8,341,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,911,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $8,442,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $8,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $10,925,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $8,766,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,787,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $8,962,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $9,172,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,283,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $9,424,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,209,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $9,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,271,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $56,440,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,310,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $73,848,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,042,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $85,577,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $95,462,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,615,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $100,910,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $99,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $95,734,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,741,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $97,329,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $97,270,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $98,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,917,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $99,965,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $100,219,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $101,606,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,780,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $363,762,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $378,695,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $358,156,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $353,470,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $359,280,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $362,833,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $375,308,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $375,956,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $387,073,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $386,264,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $393,079,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $392,141,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $422,229,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $410,876,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $420,834,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $419,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $441,207,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $439,353,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $456,935,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $455,134,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $515,944,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $515,713,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $534,494,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $534,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $581,788,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $581,834,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $597,570,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $597,637,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $621,384,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $621,480,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $679,457,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $679,661,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $723,313,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $723,481,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $770,764,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $771,261,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $845,828,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $843,504,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $875,417,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $874,988,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $509,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $508,082,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $480,285,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $476,897,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $487,623,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $487,046,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $484,222,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $479,516,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $484,653,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $475,612,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $495,065,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $490,660,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $501,101,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $496,983,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $505,927,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $501,832,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $515,637,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $516,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $510,654,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $506,354,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $27,506,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,616,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $30,233,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $33,369,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,407,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $36,691,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,691,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $40,005,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,005,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $43,421,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $46,954,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $50,474,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,474,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $54,235,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $145,730,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $145,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $149,792,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $149,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $162,051,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $161,441,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $160,947,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $160,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $159,423,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $158,565,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $171,032,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $170,144,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $175,674,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $174,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $179,585,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $178,655,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $191,294,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $190,344,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $187,945,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $186,882,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $51,933,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,376,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $53,116,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,918,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $56,644,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,745,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $56,712,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,949,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $58,586,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,859,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $60,495,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $62,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $64,507,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,950,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $70,150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,561,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $72,809,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,195,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $23,225,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,172,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $21,922,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $23,263,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,559,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $23,814,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,435,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $24,573,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,158,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $25,454,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,803,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $26,293,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $27,178,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,566,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $27,821,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,219,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $28,717,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,116,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $341,099,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $341,099,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $367,647,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $367,647,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $405,960,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $405,960,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $476,448,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $476,448,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $555,772,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $555,772,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $613,411,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $613,411,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $661,810,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $661,810,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $694,647,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $694,647,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $723,923,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $723,923,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $745,963,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $745,963,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, -$59,061,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$44,044,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, -$58,840,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,255,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$65,587,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$59,258,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$71,859,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$65,151,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$77,299,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$71,278,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$82,155,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$76,769,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$85,543,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$81,785,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$89,377,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$85,845,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$88,897,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$85,661,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$92,469,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$89,323,000,000.
(20) Government-wide savings (930):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, -$9,407,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$6,660,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, -$21,577,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$9,971,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$17,617,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$8,873,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$13,371,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$6,739,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$11,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,340,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$9,584,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$8,457,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,740,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$7,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$21,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$35,807,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$13,555,000,000.
(21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, -$75,946,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$75,946,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, -$80,864,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$80,864,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$86,525,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$86,525,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$90,525,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$90,525,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$91,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$91,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$99,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$99,220,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -
$101,316,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$101,316,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -
$106,332,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$106,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -
$109,276,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$109,276,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -
$115,049,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$115,049,000,000.
(22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism (970):
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $93,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,621,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,851,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,948,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,789,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,451,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,570,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,431,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,466,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,102,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $35,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,694,000,000.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Submissions of Spending Reduction.--The House committees named
in subsection (b) shall submit, not later than ______, 2013,
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives. After receiving those recommendations, such committee
shall report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without substantive revision.
(b) Instructions.--
(1) Committee on agriculture.--The Committee on Agriculture
shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the period
of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
(2) Committee on education and the workforce.--The
Committee on Education and the Workforce shall submit changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the
deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2013 through 2023.
(3) Committee on energy and commerce.--The Committee on
Energy and Commerce shall submit changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by at least
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2013 through
2023.
(4) Committee on financial services.--The Committee on
Financial Services shall submit changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by at least
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2013 through
2023.
(5) Committee on the judiciary.--The Committee on the
Judiciary shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
(6) Committee on natural resources.--The Committee on
Natural Resources shall submit changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by at least
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2013 through
2023.
(7) Committee on oversight and government reform.--The
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall submit
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce
the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2013 through 2023.
(8) Committee on ways and means.--The Committee on Ways and
Means shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the deficit by at least $1,000,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
TITLE III--RECOMMENDED LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2030, 2040, AND 2050
SEC. 301. LONG-TERM BUDGETING.
The following are the recommended revenue, spending, and deficit
levels for each of fiscal years 2030, 2040, and 2050 as a percent of
the gross domestic product of the United States:
(1) Federal revenues.--The appropriate levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2030: 19.1 percent.
Fiscal year 2040: 19.1 percent.
Fiscal year 2050: 19.1 percent.
(2) Budget outlays.--The appropriate levels of total budget
outlays are not to exceed:
Fiscal year 2030: 19.1 percent.
Fiscal year 2040: 19.1 percent.
Fiscal year 2050: 19.1 percent.
(3) Deficits.--The appropriate levels of deficits are not
to exceed:
Fiscal year 2030: 0 percent.
Fiscal year 2040: 0 percent.
Fiscal year 2050: 0 percent.
TITLE IV--RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 401. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
only consists of a full repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act and the health care-related provisions of the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
SEC. 402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE REFORM OF THE 2010
HEALTH CARE LAWS.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
reforms or replaces the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such
measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years
2014 through 2023.
SEC. 403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO THE MEDICARE
PROVISIONS OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
repeals all or part of the decreases in Medicare spending included in
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, if such measure would not
increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE
OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
includes provisions amending or superseding the system for updating
payments under section 1848 of the Social Security Act, if such measure
would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2014
through 2023.
SEC. 405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE TAX CODE.
In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a bill or
joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the
chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution
for the budgetary effects of any such bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure would
not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2014 through
2023.
SEC. 406. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that implements a trade
agreement, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit for
the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
SEC. 407. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE MEASURES.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that decreases revenue, but only
if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal
years 2014 through 2023.
SEC. 408. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in
this resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that
makes changes to or provides for the reauthorization of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-393) by the amounts provided by that legislation for those
purposes, if such legislation requires sustained yield timber harvests
obviating the need for funding under P.L. 106-393 in the future and
would not increase the deficit or direct spending for fiscal year 2014,
the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, or the period of fiscal
years 2014 through 2023.
SEC. 409. IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEFICIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT REDUCTION
AGREEMENT.
In the House, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
concurrent resolution to accommodate the enactment of a deficit and
long-term debt reduction agreement if it includes permanent spending
reductions and reforms to direct spending programs.
TITLE V--ESTIMATES OF DIRECT SPENDING
SEC. 501. DIRECT SPENDING.
(a) Means-tested Direct Spending.--
(1) For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of
growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period
preceding fiscal year 2014 is 6.7 percent.
(2) For means-tested direct spending, the estimated average
rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year
period beginning with fiscal year 2014 is 6.2 percent under
current law.
(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent
resolution for means-tested direct spending:
(A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a Democratic
president reformed welfare by limiting the duration of
benefits, giving States more control over the program,
and helping recipients find work. In the five years
following passage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare
caseloads fell, and workers' wages increased. This
budget applies the lessons of welfare reform to both
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and
Medicaid.
(B) For Medicaid, this budget converts the Federal
share of Medicaid spending into a flexible State
allotment tailored to meet each State's needs, indexed
for inflation and population growth. Such a reform
would end the misguided one-size-fits-all approach that
has tied the hands of State governments. Instead, each
State would have the freedom and flexibility to tailor
a Medicaid program that fits the needs of its unique
population. Moreover, this budget repeals the Medicaid
expansions in the President's health care law,
relieving State governments of its crippling one-size-
fits-all enrollment mandates.
(C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, this budget converts the program into a
flexible State allotment tailored to meet each State's
needs, increases in the Department of Agriculture
Thrifty Food Plan index and beneficiary growth. Such a
reform would provide incentives for States to ensure
dollars will go towards those who need them most.
Additionally, it requires that more stringent work
requirements and time limits apply under the program.
(b) Nonmeans-tested Direct Spending.--
(1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate
of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year
period preceding fiscal year 2014 is 5.9 percent.
(2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the estimated
average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the
10-year period beginning with fiscal year 2014 is 5.3 percent
under current law.
(3) The following reforms are proposed in this concurrent
resolution for nonmeans-tested direct spending:
(A) For Medicare, this budget advances policies to
put seniors, not the Federal Government, in control of
their health care decisions. Those in or near
retirement will see no changes, while future retirees
would be given a choice of private plans competing
alongside the traditional fee-for-service Medicare
program. Medicare would provide a premium-support
payment either to pay for or offset the premium of the
plan chosen by the senior, depending on the plan's
cost. The Medicare premium-support payment would be
adjusted so that the sick would receive higher payments
if their conditions worsened; lower-income seniors
would receive additional assistance to help cover out-
of-pocket costs; and wealthier seniors would assume
responsibility for a greater share of their premiums.
Putting seniors in charge of how their health care
dollars are spent will force providers to compete
against each other on price and quality. This market
competition will act as a real check on widespread
waste and skyrocketing health care costs.
(B) In keeping with a recommendation from the
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and
Reform, this budget calls for Federal employees--
including Members of Congress and congressional staff--
to make greater contributions toward their own
retirement.
TITLE VI--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 601. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Veterans Health Care Budget and Reform Transparency
Act of 2009 provides advance appropriations for the following
veteran medical care accounts: Medical Services, Medical
Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities.
(2) The President has yet to submit a budget request as
required under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
including the request for the Department of Veterans Affairs,
for fiscal year 2014, hence the request for veteran medical
care advance appropriations for fiscal year 2015 is unavailable
as of the writing of this concurrent resolution.
(3) This concurrent resolution reflects the most up-to-date
estimate on veterans' health care needs included in the
President's fiscal year 2013 request for fiscal year 2015.
(b) In General.--In the House, except as provided for in subsection
(c), any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, making a general appropriation or continuing
appropriation may not provide for advance appropriations.
(c) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for
programs, projects, activities, or accounts referred to in subsection
(d)(1) or identified in the report to accompany this concurrent
resolution or the joint explanatory statement of managers to accompany
this concurrent resolution under the heading ``Accounts Identified for
Advance Appropriations''.
(d) Limitations.--For fiscal year 2015, the aggregate level of
advance appropriations shall not exceed--
(1) $55,483,000,000 for the following programs in the
Department of Veterans Affairs--
(A) Medical Services;
(B) Medical Support and Compliance; and
(C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans
Health Administration; and
(2) $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority for all
programs identified pursuant to subsection (c).
(e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority provided
in a bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, making general appropriations or any new discretionary
budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015.
SEC. 602. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing for a
change in budgetary concepts or definitions, the chair of the Committee
on the Budget may adjust any allocations, aggregates, and other
appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution accordingly.
SEC. 603. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, AND APPROPRIATE
BUDGETARY LEVELS.
(a) Adjustments of Discretionary and Direct Spending Levels.--If a
committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) reports a bill
or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon,
providing for a decrease in direct spending (budget authority and
outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also provides for an
authorization of appropriations for the same purpose, upon the
enactment of such measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may
decrease the allocation to such committee and increase the allocation
of discretionary spending (budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom) to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2014 by
an amount equal to the new budget authority (and outlays flowing
therefrom) provided for in a bill or joint resolution making
appropriations for the same purpose.
(b) Adjustments to Implement Discretionary Spending Caps and to
Fund Veterans' Programs and Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
on Terrorism.--
(1) Findings.--(A) The President has not submitted a budget
for fiscal year 2014 as required pursuant to section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, by the date set forth in that
section.
(B) In missing the statutory date by which the budget must
be submitted, this will be the fourth time in five years the
President has not complied with that deadline.
(C) This concurrent resolution reflects the levels of
funding for veterans' medical programs as set forth in the
President's fiscal year 2013 budget request.
(2) President's budget submission.--In order to take into
account any new information included in the budget submission
by the President for fiscal year 2014, the chair of the
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates,
and other appropriate budgetary levels for veterans' programs,
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, or the
302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appropriations set forth
in the report of this concurrent resolution to conform with
section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (as adjusted by section 251A of such Act).
(3) Revised congressional budget office baseline.--The
chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the
allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels
to reflect changes resulting from technical and economic
assumptions in the most recent baseline published by the
Congressional Budget Office.
(c) Determinations.--For the purpose of enforcing this concurrent
resolution on the budget in the House, the allocations and aggregate
levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new
entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for fiscal
year 2014 and the period of fiscal years 2014 through fiscal year 2023
shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the chair of the
Committee on the Budget and such chair may adjust such applicable
levels of this concurrent resolution.
SEC. 604. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING.
(a) In General.--In the House, it shall not be in order to consider
a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee (other than the
Committee on Appropriations), or an amendment thereto or a conference
report thereon, if the provisions of such measure have the net effect
of increasing direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for any
period described in subsection (b).
(b) Time Periods.--The applicable periods for purposes of this
section are any of the four consecutive ten fiscal-year periods
beginning with fiscal year 2024.
SEC. 605. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report accompanying this concurrent
resolution on the budget or the joint explanatory statement
accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the
budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations
amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social
Security Administration and the United States Postal Service.
(b) Special Rule.--For purposes of applying sections 302(f) and 311
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 off-budget discretionary amounts.
(c) Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget may
adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels for
legislation reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform that reforms the Federal retirement system, if such adjustments
do not cause a net increase in the deficit for fiscal year 2014 and the
period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
SEC. 606. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of the allocations, aggregates,
and other appropriate levels made pursuant to this concurrent
resolution shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be
considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as
allocations and aggregates included in this concurrent resolution.
(c) Budget Compliance.--(1) The consideration of any bill or joint
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, for
which the chair of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or
revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels
of this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the points of
order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives or section 604.
(2) Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall
not apply in the House of Representatives to any bill, joint
resolution, or amendment that provides new budget authority for a
fiscal year or to any conference report on any such bill or resolution,
if--
(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution;
(B) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or
(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form
recommended in that conference report;
would not cause the appropriate allocation of new budget authority made
pursuant to section 302(a) of such Act for that fiscal year to be
exceeded or the sum of the limits on the security and non-security
category in section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act as reduced pursuant to such section.
SEC. 607. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Costs of Federal housing loans and loan guarantees are
treated unequally in the budget. The Congressional Budget
Office uses fair-value accounting to measure the costs of
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but determines the cost of other
Federal housing programs on the basis of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 (``FCRA'').
(2) The fair-value accounting method uses discount rates
which incorporate the risk inherent to the type of liability
being estimated in addition to Treasury discount rates of the
proper maturity length. In contrast, cash-basis accounting
solely uses the discount rates of the Treasury, failing to
incorporate risks such as prepayment and default risk.
(3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the $635
billion of loans and loan guarantees issued in 2013 alone would
generate budgetary savings of $45 billion over their lifetime
using FCRA accounting. However, these same loans and loan
guarantees would have a lifetime cost of $11 billion under
fair-value methodology.
(4) The majority of loans and guarantees issued in 2013
would show deficit reduction of $9.1 billion under FCRA
methodology, but would increase the deficit by $4.7 billion
using fair-value accounting.
(b) Fair Value Estimates.--Upon the request of the chair or ranking
member of the Committee on the Budget, any estimate prepared by the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office for a measure under the
terms of title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ``credit
reform'', as a supplement to such estimate shall, to the extent
practicable, also provide an estimate of the current actual or
estimated market values representing the ``fair value'' of assets and
liabilities affected by such measure.
(c) Fair Value Estimates for Housing Programs.--Whenever the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office prepares an estimate
pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 of the
costs which would be incurred in carrying out any bill or joint
resolution and if the Director determines that such bill or joint
resolution has a cost related to a housing or residential mortgage
program under the FCRA, then the Director shall also provide an
estimate of the current actual or estimated market values representing
the ``fair value'' of assets and liabilities affected by the provisions
of such bill or joint resolution that result in such cost.
(d) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (b) or (c), the
chair of the Committee on the Budget may use such estimate to determine
compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other
budgetary enforcement controls.
SEC. 608. TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND THAT INCREASE PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS.
For purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the rules or
orders of the House of Representatives, a bill or joint resolution, or
an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that transfers funds
from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund shall
be counted as new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of
the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs.
SEC. 609. SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.
(a) Allocation.--In the House, there shall be a separate allocation
to the Committee on Appropriations for overseas contingency operations/
global war on terrorism. For purposes of enforcing such separate
allocation under section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the ``first fiscal year'' and the ``total of fiscal years'' shall
be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2014. Such separate allocation shall
be the exclusive allocation for overseas contingency operations/global
war on terrorism under section 302(a) of such Act. Section 302(c) of
such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation. The Committee on
Appropriations may provide suballocations of such separate allocation
under section 302(b) of such Act. Spending that counts toward the
allocation established by this section shall be designated pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
(b) Adjustment.--In the House, for purposes of subsection (a) for
fiscal year 2014, no adjustment shall be made under section 314(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be made
under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 610. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
The House adopts the provisions of this title--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of
Representatives and as such they shall be considered as part of
the rules of the House of Representatives, and these rules
shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are
inconsistent with other such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
the House of Representatives to change those rules at any time,
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of
any other rule of the House of Representatives.
TITLE VII--POLICY STATEMENTS
SEC. 701. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) Although the U.S. economy technically emerged from
recession roughly four years ago, the recovery has felt more
like a malaise than a rebound with the unemployment rate still
elevated and real economic growth essentially flat in the final
quarter of 2012.
(2) The enormous build-up of Government debt in the past
four years has worsened the already unsustainable course of
Federal finances and is an increasing drag on the U.S. economy.
(3) During the recession and early stages of recovery, the
Government took a variety of measures to try to boost economic
activity. Despite the fact that these stimulus measures added
over $1 trillion to the debt, the economy continues to perform
at a sub-par trend.
(4) Investors and businesses make decisions on a forward-
looking basis. They know that today's large debt levels are
simply tomorrow's tax hikes, interest rate increases, or
inflation - and they act accordingly. It is this debt overhang,
and the uncertainty it generates, that is weighing on U.S.
growth, investment, and job creation.
(5) Economists have found that the key to jump-starting
U.S. economic growth and job creation is tangible action to
rein in the growth of Government spending with the aim of
getting debt under control.
(6) Stanford economist John Taylor has concluded that
reducing Government spending now would ``reduce the threats of
higher taxes, higher interest rates and a fiscal crisis'', and
would therefore provide an immediate stimulus to the economy.
(7) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has stated that
putting in place a credible plan to reduce future deficits
``would not only enhance economic performance in the long run,
but could also yield near-term benefits by leading to lower
long-term interest rates and increased consumer and business
confidence.''
(8) Lowering spending would boost market confidence and
lessen uncertainty, leading to a spark in economic expansion,
job creation, and higher wages and income.
(b) Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation.--It is the policy
of this resolution to promote faster economic growth and job creation.
By putting the budget on a sustainable path, this resolution ends the
debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to the tax
code put American businesses and workers in a better position to
compete and thrive in the 21st century global economy. This resolution
targets the regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack the deck in
favor of special interests. All of the reforms in this resolution serve
as means to the larger end of growing the economy and expanding
opportunity for all Americans.
SEC. 702. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, and
promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The U.S. tax code
fails on all three counts - it is notoriously complex, patently
unfair, and highly inefficient. The tax code's complexity
distorts decisions to work, save, and invest, which leads to
slower economic growth, lower wages, and less job creation.
(2) Since 2001 alone, there have been more than 3,250
changes to the code. Many of the major changes over the years
have involved carving out special preferences, exclusions, or
deductions for various activities or groups. These loopholes
add up to more than $1 trillion per year and make the code
unfair, inefficient, and very complex.
(3) These tax preferences are disproportionately used by
upper-income individuals. For instance, the top 1 percent of
taxpayers reap about 3 times as much benefit from special tax
credits and deductions (excluding refundable credits) than the
middle class and 13 times as much benefit than the lowest
income quintile.
(4) The large amount of tax preferences that pervade the
code end up narrowing the tax base by as much as 50 percent. A
narrow tax base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates to
raise a given amount of revenue.
(5) The National Taxpayer Advocate reports that taxpayers
spent 6.1 billion hours in 2012 complying with tax
requirements.
(6) Standard economic theory shows that high marginal tax
rates dampen the incentives to work, save, and invest, which
reduces economic output and job creation. Lower economic
output, in turn, mutes the intended revenue gain from higher
marginal tax rates.
(7) Roughly half of U.S. active business income and half of
private sector employment are derived from business entities
(such as partnerships, S corporations, and sole
proprietorships) that are taxed on a ``pass-through'' basis,
meaning the income flows through to the tax returns of the
individual owners and is taxed at the individual rate structure
rather than at the corporate rate. Small businesses in
particular tend to choose this form for Federal tax purposes,
and the top Federal rate on such small business income reaches
44.6 percent. For these reasons, sound economic policy requires
lowering marginal rates on these pass-through entities.
(8) The U.S. corporate income tax rate (including Federal,
State, and local taxes) sums to just over 39 percent, the
highest rate in the industrialized world. The total Federal
marginal tax rate on corporate income now reaches 55 percent,
when including the shareholder-level tax on dividends and
capital gains. Tax rates this high suppress wages and
discourage investment and job creation, distort business
activity, and put American businesses at a competitive
disadvantage with foreign competitors.
(9) By deterring potential investment, the U.S. corporate
tax restrains economic growth and job creation. The U.S. tax
rate differential with other countries also fosters a variety
of complicated multinational corporate behaviors intended to
avoid the tax, which have the effect of moving the tax base
offshore, destroying American jobs, and decreasing corporate
revenue.
(10) The ``worldwide'' structure of U.S. international
taxation essentially taxes earnings of U.S. firms twice,
putting them at a significant competitive disadvantage with
competitors with more competitive international tax systems.
(11) Reforming the U.S. tax code to a more competitive
international system would boost the competitiveness of U.S.
companies operating abroad and it would also greatly reduce tax
avoidance.
(12) The tax code imposes costs on American workers through
lower wages, on consumers in higher prices, and on investors in
diminished returns.
(13) Revenues have averaged 18 percent of the economy
throughout modern American history. Revenues rise above this
level under current law to 19.1 percent of the economy, and -
if the spending restraints in this budget are enacted - this
level is sufficient to fund Government operations over time.
(14) Attempting to raise revenue through tax increases to
meet out-of-control spending would sink the economy.
(15) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not
constitute fundamental tax reform.
(16) The goal of tax reform should be to curb or eliminate
loopholes and use those savings to lower tax rates across the
board - not to fund more wasteful Government spending. Tax
reform should be revenue-neutral and should not be an excuse to
raise taxes on the American people.
(b) Policy on Tax Reform.--It is the policy of this resolution that
Congress should enact legislation during fiscal year 2014 that provides
for a comprehensive reform of the U.S. tax code to promote economic
growth, create American jobs, increase wages, and benefit American
consumers, investors, and workers through revenue-neutral fundamental
tax reform, which should be reported by the Committee on Ways and Means
to the House not later than December 31, 2013, that--
(1) simplifies the tax code to make it fairer to American
families and businesses and reduces the amount of time and
resources necessary to comply with tax laws;
(2) substantially lowers tax rates for individuals, with a
goal of achieving a top individual rate of 25 percent and
consolidating the current seven individual income tax brackets
into two brackets with a first bracket of 10 percent;
(3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax;
(4) reduces the corporate tax rate to 25 percent; and
(5) transitions the tax code to a more competitive system
of international taxation.
SEC. 703. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) More than 50 million Americans depend on Medicare for
their health security.
(2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeatedly recommended
that Medicare's long-term financial challenges be addressed
soon. Each year without reform, the financial condition of
Medicare becomes more precarious and the threat to those in or
near retirement becomes more pronounced. According to the
Congressional Budget Office--
(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be
exhausted in 2023 and unable to pay scheduled benefits;
and
(B) Medicare spending is growing faster than the
economy and Medicare outlays are currently rising at a
rate of 6.2 percent per year, and under the
Congressional Budget Office's alternative fiscal
scenario, direct spending on Medicare is projected to
exceed 7 percent of GDP by 2040 and reach 13 percent of
GDP by 2085.
(3) The President's health care law created a new Federal
agency called the Independent Payment Advisory Board (``IPAB'')
empowered with unilateral authority to cut Medicare spending.
As a result of that law--
(A) IPAB will be tasked with keeping the Medicare
per capita growth below a Medicare per capita target
growth rate. Prior to 2018, the target growth rate is
based on the five-year average of overall inflation and
medical inflation. Beginning in 2018, the target growth
rate will be the five-year average increase in the
nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plus one
percentage point;
(B) the fifteen unelected, unaccountable
bureaucrats of IPAB will make decisions that will
reduce seniors access to care;
(C) the nonpartisan Office of the Medicare Chief
Actuary estimates that the provider cuts already
contained in the Affordable Care Act will force 15
percent of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and
home health agencies to close in 2019; and
(D) additional cuts from the IPAB board will force
even more health care providers to close their doors,
and the Board should be repealed.
(4) Failing to address this problem will leave millions of
American seniors without adequate health security and younger
generations burdened with enormous debt to pay for spending
levels that cannot be sustained.
(b) Policy on Medicare Reform.--It is the policy of this resolution
to protect those in or near retirement from any disruptions to their
Medicare benefits and offer future beneficiaries the same health care
options available to Members of Congress.
(c) Assumptions.--This resolution assumes reform of the Medicare
program such that:
(1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for those in or
near retirement.
(2) For future generations, when they reach eligibility,
Medicare is reformed to provide a premium support payment and a
selection of guaranteed health coverage options from which
recipients can choose a plan that best suits their needs.
(3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-service as
an option.
(4) Medicare will provide additional assistance for lower-
income beneficiaries and those with greater health risks.
(5) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path and the
Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-term.
SEC. 704. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals with
disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Security. Since
enactment, Social Security has served as a vital leg on the
``three-legged stool'' of retirement security, which includes
employer provided pensions as well as personal savings.
(2) The Social Security Trustees Report has repeatedly
recommended that Social Security's long-term financial
challenges be addressed soon. Each year without reform, the
financial condition of Social Security becomes more precarious
and the threat to seniors and those receiving Social Security
disability benefits becomes more pronounced:
(A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund
will be exhausted and program revenues will be unable
to pay scheduled benefits.
(B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and Survivors and
Disability Trust Funds will be exhausted, and program
revenues will be unable to pay scheduled benefits.
(C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds in 2033,
benefits will be cut 25 percent across the board,
devastating those currently in or near retirement and
those who rely on Social Security the most.
(3) The recession and continued low economic growth have
exacerbated the looming fiscal crisis facing Social Security.
The most recent CBO projections find that Social Security will
run cash deficits of $1.319 trillion over the next 10 years.
(4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Security for a
larger proportion of their retirement income. Therefore,
reforms should take into consideration the need to protect
lower-income Americans' retirement security.
(5) The Disability Insurance program provides an essential
income safety net for those with disabilities and their
families. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
between 1970 and 2012, the number of people receiving
disability benefits (both disabled workers and their dependent
family members) has increased by over 300 percent from 2.7
million to over 10.9 million. This increase is not due strictly
to population growth or decreases in health. David Autor and
Mark Duggan have found that the increase in individuals on
disability does not reflect a decrease in self-reported health.
CBO attributes program growth to changes in demographics,
changes in the composition of the labor force and compensation,
as well as Federal policies.
(6) If this program is not reformed, families who rely on
the lifeline that disability benefits provide will face benefit
cuts of up to 25 percent in 2016, devastating individuals who
need assistance the most.
(7) Americans deserve action by the President, the House,
and the Senate to preserve and strengthen Social Security. It
is critical that bipartisan action be taken to address the
looming insolvency of Social Security. In this spirit, this
resolution creates a bipartisan opportunity to find solutions
by requiring policymakers to ensure that Social Security
remains a critical part of the safety net.
(b) Policy Statement on Social Security.--It is the policy of this
resolution that Congress should work on a bipartisan basis to make
Social Security sustainably solvent. This resolution assumes reform of
a current law trigger, such that:
(1) If in any year the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund annual Trustees Report
determines that the 75-year actuarial balance of the Social
Security Trust Funds is in deficit, and the annual balance of
the Social Security Trust Funds in the 75th year is in deficit,
the Board of Trustees shall, no later than September 30 of the
same calendar year, submit to the President recommendations for
statutory reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year
actuarial balance and a positive annual balance in the 75th-
year. Recommendations provided to the President must be agreed
upon by both Public Trustees of the Board of Trustees.
(2) Not later than December 1 of the same calendar year in
which the Board of Trustees submit their recommendations, the
President shall promptly submit implementing legislation to
both Houses of Congress including his recommendations necessary
to achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and a positive
annual balance in the 75th year. The Majority Leader of the
Senate and the Majority Leader of the House shall introduce the
President's legislation upon receipt.
(3) Within 60 days of the President submitting legislation,
the committees of jurisdiction to which the legislation has
been referred shall report the bill which shall be considered
by the full House or Senate under expedited procedures.
(4) Legislation submitted by the President shall--
(A) protect those in or near retirement;
(B) preserve the safety net for those who count on
Social Security the most, including those with
disabilities and survivors;
(C) improve fairness for participants;
(D) reduce the burden on, and provide certainty
for, future generations; and
(E) secure the future of the Disability Insurance
program while addressing the needs of those with
disabilities today and improving the determination
process.
SEC. 705. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) A well-educated workforce is critical to economic, job,
and wage growth.
(2) More than 21 million students are enrolled in American
colleges and universities.
(3) Over the last decade, tuition and fees have been
growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2001-2002
Academic Year and the 2011-2012 Academic Year:
(A) Published tuition and fees for in-State
students at public four-year colleges and universities
increased at an average rate of 5.6 percent per year
beyond the rate of general inflation.
(B) Published tuition and fees for in-State
students at public two-year colleges and universities
increased at an average rate of 3.8 percent per year
beyond the rate of general inflation.
(C) Published tuition and fees for in-State
students at private four-year colleges and universities
increased at an average rate of 2.6 percent per year
beyond the rate of general inflation.
(4) Over that same period, Federal financial aid has
increased 140 percent beyond the rate of general inflation.
(5) This spending has failed to make college more
affordable.
(6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama
noted that, ``We can't just keep subsidizing skyrocketing
tuition; we'll run out of money.''
(7) American students are chasing ever-increasing tuition
with ever-increasing debt. According to the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, student debt nearly tripled between 2004 and
2012, and now stands at nearly $1 trillion. Student debt now
has the second largest balance after mortgage debt.
(8) Students are carrying large debt loads and too many
fail to complete college or end up defaulting on these loans
due to their debt burden and a weak economy and job market.
(9) Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget
Office, the Pell Grant Program will face a fiscal shortfall
beginning in fiscal year 2015 and continuing in each subsequent
year in the current budget window.
(10) Failing to address these problems will jeopardize
access and affordability to higher education for America's
young people.
(b) Policy on Higher Education Affordability.--It is the policy of
this resolution to address the root drivers of tuition inflation, by--
(1) targeting Federal financial aid to those most in need;
(2) streamlining programs that provide aid to make them
more effective;
(3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at
$5,645 in each year of the budget window; and
(4) removing regulatory barriers in higher education that
act to restrict flexibility and innovative teaching,
particularly as it relates to non-traditional models such as
online coursework and competency-based learning.
SEC. 706. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE
CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) According to the last available estimate from the
Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were expected
to hold $698 billion in unobligated balances at the close of
fiscal year 2013.
(2) These funds represent direct and discretionary spending
made available by Congress that remains available for
expenditure beyond the fiscal year for which they are provided.
(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding and it
remains available for obligation indefinitely.
(4) The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 requires the Office of Management and Budget to make funds
available to agencies for obligation and prohibits the
Administration from withholding or cancelling unobligated funds
unless approved by an act of Congress.
(5) Greater congressional oversight is required to review
and identify potential savings from unneeded balances of funds.
(b) Policy Statement on Deficit Reduction Through the Cancellation
of Unobligated Balances.--Congressional committees shall through their
oversight activities identify and achieve savings through the
cancellation or rescission of unobligated balances that neither
abrogate contractual obligations of the Government nor reduce or
disrupt Federal commitments under programs such as Social Security,
veterans' affairs, national security, and Treasury authority to finance
the national debt.
(c) Deficit Reduction.--Congress, with the assistance of the
Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and other
appropriate agencies should make it a high priority to review
unobligated balances and identify savings for deficit reduction.
SEC. 707. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The House of Representatives cut budgets for Members of
Congress, House committees, and leadership offices by 5 percent
in 2011 and an additional 6.4 percent in 2012.
(2) The House of Representatives achieved savings of $36.5
million over three years by consolidating House operations and
renegotiating contracts.
(b) Policy.--It is the policy of this resolution that:
(1) The House of Representatives must be a model for the
responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources and therefore
must identify any savings that can be achieved through greater
productivity and efficiency gains in the operation and
maintenance of House services and resources like printing,
conferences, utilities, telecommunications, furniture, grounds
maintenance, postage, and rent. This should include a review of
policies and procedures for acquisition of goods and services
to eliminate any unnecessary spending. The Committee on House
Administration should review the policies pertaining to the
services provided to Members and committees of the House, and
should identify ways to reduce any subsidies paid for the
operation of the House gym, barber shop, salon, and the House
dining room.
(2) No taxpayer funds may be used to purchase first class
airfare or to lease corporate jets for Members of Congress.
SEC. 708. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE REDUCTION
OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPENDING.
(a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
(1) The Government Accountability Office (``GAO'') is
required by law to identify examples of waste, duplication, and
overlap in Federal programs, and has so identified dozens of
such examples.
(2) In testimony before the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, the Comptroller General has stated that
addressing the identified waste, duplication, and overlap in
Federal programs ``could potentially save tens of billions of
dollars.''
(3) In 2011 and 2012, the Government Accountability Office
issued reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in
Federal programs including--
(A) 209 ``Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics'' (``STEM'') education programs in 13
different Federal agencies at a cost of $3 billion
annually;
(B) 200 separate Department of Justice crime
prevention and victim services grant programs with an
annual cost of $3.9 billion in 2010;
(C) 20 different Federal entities administer 160
housing programs and other forms of Federal assistance
for housing with a total cost of $170 billion in 2010;
(D) 17 separate Homeland Security preparedness
grant programs that spent $37 billion between fiscal
year 2011 and 2012;
(E) 13 programs, 3 tax benefits, and one loan
program to reduce diesel emissions; and
(F) 94 different initiatives run by 11 different
agencies to encourage ``green building'' in the private
sector.
(4) The Federal Government spends about $80 billion each
year for information technology. GAO has identified broad
acquisition failures, waste, and unnecessary duplication in the
Government's information technology infrastructure. Experts
have estimated that eliminating these problems could save 25
percent - or $20 billion - of the Government's annual
information technology budget.
(5) Federal agencies reported an estimated $108 billion in
improper payments in fiscal year 2012.
(6) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, each standing committee must hold at least one
hearing during each 120 day period following its establishment
on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government
programs.
(7) According to the Congressional Budget Office, by fiscal
year 2014, 42 laws will expire, possibly resulting in $685
billion in unauthorized appropriations. Timely reauthorizations
of these laws would ensure assessments of program justification
and effectiveness.
(8) The findings resulting from congressional oversight of
Federal Government programs should result in programmatic
changes in both authorizing statutes and program funding
levels.
(b) Policy Statement on Deficit Reduction Through the Reduction of
Unnecessary and Wasteful Spending.--Each authorizing committee annually
shall include in its Views and Estimates letter required under section
301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 recommendations to the
Committee on the Budget of programs within the jurisdiction of such
committee whose funding should be reduced or eliminated.
SEC. 709. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING.
It is the policy of this resolution that the committees of
jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs funded through
annual appropriations to determine if the programs are operating
efficiently and effectively. Committees should reauthorize those
programs that in the committees' judgment should continue to receive
funding.
TITLE VIII--SENSE OF THE HOUSE PROVISIONS
SEC. 801. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT.
It is the sense of the House that--
(1) additional legislative action is needed to ensure that
States have the necessary resources to collect all child
support that is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100
percent of support on to families without financial penalty;
and
(2) when 100 percent of child support payments are passed
to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program
integrity is improved and child support participation
increases.
Union Calendar No. 10
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 25
[Report No. 113-17]
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal
year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2015 through 2023.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 15, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 122, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Woodall amendment in the nature of a substitute.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 122, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Van Hollen amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Mr. Price (GA) moved that the Committee now rise.
On motion that the Committee now rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 25 as unfinished business.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1794-1801)
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with further debate on H. Con. Res. 25.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H. Con. Res. 25.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H1801)
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 207 (Roll no. 88).
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 207 (Roll no. 88).
Roll Call #88 (House)Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 33.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7532)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.
See also S.Con.Res. 8.
Ordered held at desk by unanimous consent. Pursuant to the order of 10/16/2013.