H. CON. RES. 112 - U.S. Government Publishing Office CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 112 CONCURRENT...

112TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 112

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1

concurring), 2

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 3

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. 4

(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 5

declares that this concurrent resolution establishes the 6

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budget for fiscal year 2013 and sets forth appropriate 1

budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. 2

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 3

this resolution is as follows: 4

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013.

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.

Sec. 102. Major functional categories.

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND DIRECTIVE TO THE COMMITTEE

ON THE BUDGET

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 202. Directive to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Represent-

atives to replace the sequester established by the Budget Con-

trol Act of 2011.

TITLE III—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS FOR FISCAL

YEARS 2030, 2040, AND 2050

Sec. 301. Policy statement on 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 sustainable growth rate of the

Medicare program.

Sec. 403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.

Sec. 404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for rural counties and schools.

Sec. 405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation.

TITLE V—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 501. Limitation on advance appropriations.

Sec. 502. Concepts and definitions.

Sec. 503. Adjustments of aggregates and allocations for legislation.

Sec. 504. Limitation on long-term spending.

Sec. 505. Budgetary treatment of certain transactions.

Sec. 506. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates.

Sec. 507. Congressional Budget Office estimates.

Sec. 508. Budget rule relating to transfers from the general fund of the treas-

ury to the highway trust fund that increase public indebted-

ness.

Sec. 509. Separate allocation for overseas contingency operations/global war on

terrorism.

Sec. 510. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE VI—POLICY

Sec. 601. Policy Statement on Medicare.

Sec. 602. Policy Statement on Social Security.

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Sec. 603. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of un-

obligated balances.

Sec. 604. Recommendations for the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse in

Federal programs.

TITLE VII—SENSE OF THE HOUSE PROVISIONS

Sec. 701. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support en-

forcement.

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 1

LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 2

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 3

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 4

each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022: 5

(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 6

enforcement of this resolution: 7

(A) The recommended levels of Federal 8

revenues are as follows: 9

Fiscal year 2013: $2,058,604,000,000. 10

Fiscal year 2014: $2,248,773,000,000. 11

Fiscal year 2015: $2,459,718,000,000. 12

Fiscal year 2016: $2,627,541,000,000. 13

Fiscal year 2017: $2,770,342,000,000. 14

Fiscal year 2018: $2,891,985,000,000. 15

Fiscal year 2019: $3,021,132,000,000. 16

Fiscal year 2020: $3,173,642,000,000. 17

Fiscal year 2021: $3,332,602,000,000. 18

Fiscal year 2022: $3,498,448,000,000. 19

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(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 1

levels of Federal revenues should be changed 2

are as follows: 3

Fiscal year 2013: -$234,735,000,000. 4

Fiscal year 2014: -$302,411,000,000. 5

Fiscal year 2015: -$356,566,000,000. 6

Fiscal year 2016: -$388,565,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2017: -$423,997,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2018: -$460,304,000,000. 9

Fiscal year 2019: -$497,440,000,000. 10

Fiscal year 2020: -$534,378,000,000. 11

Fiscal year 2021: -$574,350,000,000. 12

Fiscal year 2022: -$617,033,000,000. 13

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 14

of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 15

levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 16

Fiscal year 2013: $2,793,848,000,000. 17

Fiscal year 2014: $2,681,566,000,000. 18

Fiscal year 2015: $2,756,471,000,000. 19

Fiscal year 2016: $2,888,570,000,000. 20

Fiscal year 2017: $2,998,681,000,000. 21

Fiscal year 2018: $3,117,133,000,000. 22

Fiscal year 2019: $3,290,908,000,000. 23

Fiscal year 2020: $3,455,514,000,000. 24

Fiscal year 2021: $3,570,712,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2022: $3,780,807,000,000. 1

(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 2

enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 3

of total budget outlays are as follows: 4

Fiscal year 2013: $2,891,589,000,000. 5

Fiscal year 2014: $2,769,702,000,000. 6

Fiscal year 2015: $2,784,233,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2016: $2,892,523,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2017: $2,977,372,000,000. 9

Fiscal year 2018: $3,080,794,000,000. 10

Fiscal year 2019: $3,248,524,000,000. 11

Fiscal year 2020: $3,398,470,000,000. 12

Fiscal year 2021: $3,531,790,000,000. 13

Fiscal year 2022: $3,748,801,000,000. 14

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 15

the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of 16

the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 17

Fiscal year 2013: -$832,985,000,000. 18

Fiscal year 2014: -$520,930,000,000. 19

Fiscal year 2015: -$324,515,000,000. 20

Fiscal year 2016: -$264,982,000,000. 21

Fiscal year 2017: -$207,030,000,000. 22

Fiscal year 2018: -$188,810,000,000. 23

Fiscal year 2019: -$227,392,000,000. 24

Fiscal year 2020: -$224,828,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2021: -$199,189,000,000. 1

Fiscal year 2022: -$250,353,000,000. 2

(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate 3

levels of the public debt are as follows: 4

Fiscal year 2013: $17,072,810,000,000. 5

Fiscal year 2014: $17,769,762,000,000. 6

Fiscal year 2015: $18,277,348,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2016: $18,752,806,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2017: $19,216,661,000,000. 9

Fiscal year 2018: $19,676,545,000,000. 10

Fiscal year 2019: $20,168,534,000,000. 11

Fiscal year 2020: $20,657,588,000,000. 12

Fiscal year 2021: $21,121,620,000,000. 13

Fiscal year 2022: $21,627,396,000,000. 14

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-15

priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 16

Fiscal year 2013: $12,261,337,000,000. 17

Fiscal year 2014: $12,860,706,000,000. 18

Fiscal year 2015: $13,260,430,000,000. 19

Fiscal year 2016: $13,597,083,000,000. 20

Fiscal year 2017: $13,874,203,000,000. 21

Fiscal year 2018: $14,125,515,000,000. 22

Fiscal year 2019: $14,417,373,000,000. 23

Fiscal year 2020: $14,717,285,000,000. 24

Fiscal year 2021; $15,005,091,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2022: $15,363,610,000,000. 1

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 2

The Congress determines and declares that the ap-3

propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 4

fiscal years 2013 through 2022 for each major functional 5

category are: 6

(1) National Defense (050): 7

Fiscal year 2013: 8

(A) New budget authority, 9

$562,166,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $621,469,000,000. 11

Fiscal year 2014: 12


$574,807,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $589,720,000,000. 15



$588,501,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $586,446,000,000. 19



$602,958,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $599,658,000,000. 23


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$618,519,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $607,874,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2018: 4


$635,241,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $617,648,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2019: 8


$653,094,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $639,165,000,000. 11



$671,528,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $656,950,000,000. 15



$690,261,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $675,190,000,000. 19



$709,450,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $699,316,000,000. 23

(2) International Affairs (150): 24


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$43,128,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $46,999,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2014: 4


$40,113,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $44,758,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2015: 8


$38,271,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $45,707,000,000. 11



$38,082,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $46,041,000,000. 15



$40,446,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $46,529,000,000. 19



$42,366,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $46,777,000,000. 23


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$43,303,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $45,780,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


$44,294,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $45,774,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


$45,329,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $46,737,000,000. 11



$46,649,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $47,872,000,000. 15

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 16

(250): 17



$28,001,000,000. 20

(B) Outlays, $29,204,000,000. 21



$28,154,000,000. 24

(B) Outlays, $28,535,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2015: 1


$28,633,000,000. 3

(B) Outlays, $28,591,000,000. 4

Fiscal year 2016: 5


$29,176,000,000. 7

(B) Outlays, $29,006,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2017: 9


$29,759,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $29,526,000,000. 12



$30,412,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $30,127,000,000. 16



$31,066,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $30,719,000,000. 20



$31,747,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $31,377,000,000. 24


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$32,454,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $31,973,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$33,173,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $32,680,000,000. 7

(4) Energy (270): 8

Fiscal year 2013: 9


-$3,025,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $9,407,000,000. 12



$1,670,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $4,220,000,000. 16



$952,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $2,375,000,000. 20



$990,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $2,128,000,000. 24


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$960,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $1,832,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2018: 4


$960,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $1,903,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2019: 8


$1,017,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $2,103,000,000. 11



$975,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $2,110,000,000. 15



$863,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $2,130,000,000. 19



$900,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $2,221,000,000. 23

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 24


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$33,274,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $37,882,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2014: 4


$31,554,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $36,144,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2015: 8


$30,181,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $35,058,000,000. 11



$30,868,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $33,832,000,000. 15



$31,848,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $33,756,000,000. 19



$33,140,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $33,245,000,000. 23


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$33,981,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $33,845,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


$35,132,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $34,707,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


$35,338,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $35,178,000,000. 11



$36,046,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $35,666,000,000. 15

(6) Agriculture (350): 16



$21,691,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $24,611,000,000. 20



$18,145,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $19,113,000,000. 24


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$19,395,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $19,107,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2016: 4


$19,142,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $18,761,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2017: 8


$18,962,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $18,571,000,000. 11



$19,291,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $18,849,000,000. 15



$19,556,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $19,152,000,000. 19



$20,045,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $19,667,000,000. 23


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$20,543,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $20,154,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$20,571,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $20,187,000,000. 7

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 8

Fiscal year 2013: 9


-$7,095,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, -$3,151,000,000. 12



-$1,455,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, -$12,070,000,000. 16



$711,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, -$11,591,000,000. 20



$2,675,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, -$12,166,000,000. 24


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$5,135,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, -$11,195,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2018: 4


$6,515,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, -$10,525,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2019: 8


$7,778,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, -$15,134,000,000. 11



$9,491,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, -$14,115,000,000. 15



$10,206,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, -$6,446,000,000. 19



$11,311,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, -$6,533,000,000. 23

(8) Transportation (400): 24


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$57,139,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $49,729,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2014: 4


$80,829,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $84,541,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2015: 8


$74,602,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $77,294,000,000. 11



$76,512,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $79,831,000,000. 15



$77,561,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $80,358,000,000. 19



$80,640,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $81,412,000,000. 23


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$81,636,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $81,348,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


$85,165,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $84,201,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


$80,486,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $79,090,000,000. 11



$93,104,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $91,180,000,000. 15

(9) Community and Regional Development 16

(450): 17



$11,047,000,000. 20

(B) Outlays, $21,732,000,000. 21



$7,307,000,000. 24

(B) Outlays, $16,886,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2015: 1


$7,389,000,000. 3

(B) Outlays, $13,927,000,000. 4

Fiscal year 2016: 5


$7,415,000,000. 7

(B) Outlays, $10,647,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2017: 9


$7,427,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $8,848,000,000. 12



$7,435,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $8,044,000,000. 16



$7,410,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $7,673,000,000. 20



$7,501,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $7,691,000,000. 24


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$7,604,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $7,805,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$7,726,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $7,997,000,000. 7

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and 8

Social Services (500): 9



$57,626,000,000. 12

(B) Outlays, $78,335,000,000. 13



$56,151,000,000. 16

(B) Outlays, $60,269,000,000. 17



$63,904,000,000. 20

(B) Outlays, $64,931,000,000. 21



$71,626,000,000. 24

(B) Outlays, $71,719,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2017: 1


$79,630,000,000. 3

(B) Outlays, $78,652,000,000. 4

Fiscal year 2018: 5


$84,076,000,000. 7

(B) Outlays, $84,121,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2019: 9


$87,738,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $87,647,000,000. 12



$89,329,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $89,911,000,000. 16



$90,305,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $91,272,000,000. 20



$91,458,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $92,408,000,000. 24

(11) Health (550): 25

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Fiscal year 2013: 1


$363,596,000,000. 3

(B) Outlays, $365,614,000,000. 4

Fiscal year 2014: 5


$358,322,000,000. 7

(B) Outlays, $362,556,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2015: 9


$365,058,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $369,455,000,000. 12



$376,993,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $376,408,000,000. 16



$393,219,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $394,754,000,000. 20



$404,124,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $406,143,000,000. 24


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$419,428,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $417,557,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


$446,427,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $433,169,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


$449,759,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $446,710,000,000. 11



$471,657,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $468,212,000,000. 15

(12) Medicare (570): 16



$510,144,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $510,056,000,000. 20



$532,701,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $532,004,000,000. 24


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$554,995,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $554,555,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2016: 4


$601,515,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $601,281,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2017: 8


$615,386,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $614,665,000,000. 11



$634,539,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $634,089,000,000. 15



$692,173,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $691,921,000,000. 19



$737,284,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $736,531,000,000. 23


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$784,647,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $784,158,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$866,591,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $866,448,000,000. 7

(13) Income Security (600): 8

Fiscal year 2013: 9


$517,076,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $516,848,000,000. 12



$475,714,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $474,603,000,000. 16



$472,820,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $471,200,000,000. 20



$453,169,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $455,843,000,000. 24


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$450,453,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $448,404,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2018: 4


$453,608,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $447,336,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2019: 8


$469,525,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $467,922,000,000. 11



$481,660,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $480,331,000,000. 15



$494,347,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $493,341,000,000. 19



$511,458,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $515,356,000,000. 23

(14) Social Security (650): 24


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$53,216,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $53,296,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2014: 4


$31,892,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $32,002,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2015: 8


$35,135,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $35,210,000,000. 11



$38,953,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $38,991,000,000. 15



$43,140,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $43,140,000,000. 19



$47,590,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $47,590,000,000. 23


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$52,429,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $52,429,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


$57,425,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $57,425,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


$62,604,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $62,604,000,000. 11



$68,079,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $68,079,000,000. 15

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 16



$134,635,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $135,222,000,000. 20



$137,004,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $137,230,000,000. 24


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$139,862,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $139,774,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2016: 4


$148,556,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $148,044,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2017: 8


$147,499,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $146,846,000,000. 11



$146,341,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $145,634,000,000. 15



$156,034,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $155,291,000,000. 19



$160,511,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $159,760,000,000. 23


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$165,065,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $164,272,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$175,431,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $174,607,000,000. 7

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 8

Fiscal year 2013: 9


$54,277,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $57,623,000,000. 12



$51,201,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $54,168,000,000. 16



$52,499,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $54,276,000,000. 20



$55,868,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $56,929,000,000. 24


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$55,704,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $56,547,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2018: 4


$57,407,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $60,053,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2019: 8


$59,263,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $60,828,000,000. 11



$61,091,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $62,003,000,000. 15



$63,137,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $64,045,000,000. 19



$68,922,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $69,817,000,000. 23

(17) General Government (800): 24


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$23,155,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $25,051,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2014: 4


23,415,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $24,042,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2015: 8


$23,067,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $23,435,000,000. 11



$22,814,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $22,961,000,000. 15



$23,149,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $23,170,000,000. 19



$23,734,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $23,699,000,000. 23


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$24,304,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $23,897,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


$24,751,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $24,365,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


$25,358,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $24,896,000,000. 11



$25,881,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $25,449,000,000. 15

(18) Net Interest (900): 16



$344,415,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $344,415,000,000 20



$356,352,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $356,352,000,000. 24


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$391,014,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $391,014,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2016: 4


$447,356,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $447,356,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2017: 8


$506,642,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, $506,642,000,000. 11



$565,014,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, $565,014,000,000. 15



$618,628,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, $618,628,000,000. 19



$664,102,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, $664,102,000,000. 23


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$696,908,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $696,908,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$730,179,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $730,179,000,000. 7

(19) Allowances (920): 8

Fiscal year 2013: 9


-$22,607,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $859,000,000. 12



-$87,771,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, -$50,682,000,000. 16



-$90,146,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, -$80,035,000,000. 20



-$94,030,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, -$93,943,000,000. 24


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-$96,411,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, -$101,325,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2018: 4


-$101,394,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, -$106,211,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2019: 8


-$106,767,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, -$111,171,000,000. 11



-$113,223,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, -$117,350,000,000. 15



-$120,493,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, -$123,784,000,000. 19



-$121,281,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, -$125,413,000,000. 23

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 24


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-$84,736,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, -$84,736,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2014: 4


-$78,697,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, -$78,697,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2015: 8


-$84,531,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, -$84,531,000,000. 11



-$86,226,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, -$86,226,000,000. 15



-$94,507,000,000. 18

(B) Outlays, -$94,507,000,000. 19



-$98,066,000,000. 22

(B) Outlays, -$98,066,000,000. 23


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-$104,845,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, -$104,845,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2020: 4


-$103,878,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, -$103,878,000,000. 7

Fiscal year 2021: 8


-$108,168,000,000. 10

(B) Outlays, -$108,168,000,000. 11



-$110,655,000,000. 14

(B) Outlays, -$110,655,000,000. 15

(21) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 16

War on Terrorism: 17



$96,725,000,000. 20

(B) Outlays, $51,125,000,000. 21



$44,159,000,000. 24

(B) Outlays, $54,010,000,000. 25

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Fiscal year 2015: 1


$44,159,000,000. 3

(B) Outlays, $48,034,000,000. 4

Fiscal year 2016: 5


$44,159,000,000. 7

(B) Outlays, $45,422,000,000. 8

Fiscal year 2017: 9


$44,159,000,000. 11

(B) Outlays, $44,284,000,000. 12



$44,159,000,000. 15

(B) Outlays, $43,912,000,000. 16



$44,159,000,000. 19

(B) Outlays, $43,770,000,000. 20



$44,159,000,000. 23

(B) Outlays, $43,741,000,000. 24


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$44,159,000,000. 2

(B) Outlays, $43,727,000,000. 3

Fiscal year 2022: 4


$44,159,000,000. 6

(B) Outlays, $43,727,000,000. 7

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION AND 8

DIRECTIVE TO THE COM-9

MITTEE ON THE BUDGET 10

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-11

ATIVES. 12

(a) SUBMISSIONS OF SPENDING REDUCTION.—Not 13

later than April 27, 2012, the House committees named 14

in subsection (b) shall submit recommendations to the 15

Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-16

tives. After receiving those recommendations, such com-17

mittee shall report to the House a reconciliation bill car-18

rying out all such recommendations without substantive 19

revision. 20

(b) INSTRUCTIONS.— 21

(1) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The Com-22

mittee on Agriculture shall submit changes in laws 23

within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 24

by $8,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 25

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2012 and 2013; by $19,700,000,000 for the period 1

of fiscal years 2012 through 2017; and by 2

$33,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2012 3

through 2022. 4

(2) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.— 5

The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall sub-6

mit changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 7

to reduce the deficit by $3,750,000,000 for the pe-8

riod of fiscal years 2012 and 2013; by 9


through 2017; and by $96,760,000,000 for the pe-11

riod of fiscal years 2012 through 2022. 12

(3) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The 13

Committee on Financial Services shall submit 14

changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 15

reduce the deficit by $3,000,000,000 for the period 16

of fiscal years 2012 and 2013; by $16,700,000,000 17

for the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2017; 18

and by $29,800,000,000 for the period of fiscal 19

years 2012 through 2022. 20

(4) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The 21

Committee on the Judiciary shall submit changes in 22

laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 23

deficit by $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 24


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through 2022. 3

(5) COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERN-4

MENT REFORM.—The Committee on Oversight and 5

Government Reform shall submit changes in laws 6

within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit 7

by $2,200,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 8




through 2022. 12

(6) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 13

Committee on Ways and Means shall submit 14

changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 15

reduce the deficit by $1,200,000,000 for the period 16

of fiscal years 2012 and 2013; by $23,000,000,000 17

for the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2017; 18

and by $53,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 19


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SEC. 202. DIRECTIVE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 1

OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RE-2

PLACE THE SEQUESTER ESTABLISHED BY 3

THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011. 4

(a) SUBMISSION.—In the House, the Committee on 5

the Budget shall report to the House a bill carrying out 6

the directions set forth in subsection (b). 7

(b) DIRECTIONS.—The bill referred to in subsection 8

(a) shall include the following provisions: 9

(1) REPLACING THE SEQUESTER ESTABLISHED 10

BY THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011.—The lan-11

guage shall amend section 251A of the Balanced 12

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 13

to replace the sequester established under that sec-14

tion consistent with this concurrent resolution. 15

(2) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The bill re-16

ferred to in subsection (a) shall include language 17

making its application contingent upon the enact-18

ment of the reconciliation bill referred to in section 19

201. 20

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TITLE III—RECOMMENDED LEV-1

ELS AND AMOUNTS FOR FIS-2

CAL YEARS 2030, 2040, AND 3

2050 4

SEC. 301. POLICY STATEMENT ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING. 5

The following are the recommended budget levels for 6

each of fiscal years 2030, 2040, and 2050 as a percent 7

of the gross domestic product of the United States: 8

(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—The appropriate lev-9

els of Federal revenues are as follows: 10

Fiscal year 2030: 19 percent. 11



(2) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—The appropriate levels 14

of total budget outlays are as follows: 15

Fiscal year 2030: 20.25 percent. 16



(3) DEFICITS.—The appropriate amounts of 19

deficits are as follows: 20


Fiscal year 2040: -.25 percent. 22

Fiscal year 2050: -3 percent. 23

(4) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-24

priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 25

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TITLE IV—RESERVE FUNDS 4

SEC. 401. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE 2010 5

HEALTH CARE LAWS. 6

In the House, the chair of the Committee on the 7

Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 8

appropriate levels in this resolution for the budgetary ef-9

fects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 10

or conference report thereon, that repeals the Patient Pro-11

tection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and 12

Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 13

SEC. 402. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SUS-14

TAINABLE GROWTH RATE OF THE MEDICARE 15

PROGRAM. 16




fects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 20

or conference report thereon, that includes provisions 21

amending or superseding the system for updating pay-22

ments under section 1848 of the Social Security Act, if 23

such measure would not increase the deficit in the period 24

of fiscal years 2013 through 2022. 25

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SEC. 403. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REVENUE 1

MEASURES. 2




fects of any bill reported by the Committee on Ways and 6

Means, or any amendment thereto or conference report 7

thereon, that decreases revenue, but only if such measure 8

would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal 9


SEC. 404. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RURAL 11

COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS. 12



appropriate levels and limits in this resolution for the 15

budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amend-16

ment thereto or conference report thereon, that makes 17

changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 18

(Public Law 94–565) or makes changes to or provides for 19

the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-20

munity Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 21

393) by the amounts provided by that legislation for those 22

purposes, if such legislation would not increase the deficit 23

or direct spending for fiscal year 2013, the period of fiscal 24

years 2013 through 2017, or the period of fiscal years 25

2013 through 2022. 26

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SEC. 405. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRANS-1

PORTATION. 2



appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill or joint 5

resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 6

thereon, if such measure maintains the solvency of the 7

Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure would not 8

increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2013 9

through 2022. 10

TITLE V—BUDGET 11

ENFORCEMENT 12

SEC. 501. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 13

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided 14

in subsection (b), any bill or joint resolution, or an amend-15

ment thereto or conference report thereon, making a gen-16

eral appropriation or continuing appropriation may not 17

provide for advance appropriations. 18

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 19

provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts re-20

ferred to in subsection (c)(1) or identified in the report 21

to accompany this resolution or the joint explanatory 22

statement of managers to accompany this resolution under 23

the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria-24

tions’’. 25

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(c) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 2014, the aggre-1

gate amount of advance appropriation shall not exceed— 2

(1) $54,462,000,000 for the following programs 3

in the Department of Veterans Affairs— 4

(A) Medical Services; 5

(B) Medical Support and Compliance; and 6

(C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet-7

erans Health Administration; and 8

(2) $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 9

for all other programs. 10

(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 11

appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au-12

thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making gen-13

eral appropriations or any new discretionary budget au-14

thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making con-15

tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014. 16

SEC. 502. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 17

Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 18

providing for a change in budgetary concepts or defini-19

tions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may ad-20

just any appropriate levels and allocations in this resolu-21

tion accordingly. 22

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SEC. 503. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES AND ALLOCA-1

TIONS FOR LEGISLATION. 2

(a) ENFORCEMENT.—For purposes of enforcing this 3

resolution, the revenue levels shall be those set forth in 4

the March 2012 Congressional Budget Office baseline. 5

The total amount of adjustments made under subsection 6

(b) may not cause revenue levels to be below the levels 7

set forth in paragraph (1)(A) of section 101 for fiscal year 8

2013 and for the period of fiscal years 2013 through 9

2022. 10

(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—(1) The chair of the Committee 11

on the Budget may adjust the allocations and aggregates 12

of this concurrent resolution for— 13

(A) the budgetary effects of measures extending 14

the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 15

Act of 2001; 16

(B) the budgetary effects of measures extending 17

the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 18

of 2003; 19

(C) the budgetary effects of measures that ad-20

just the Alternative Minimum Tax exemption 21

amounts to prevent a larger number of taxpayers as 22

compared with tax year 2008 from being subject to 23

the Alternative Minimum Tax or of allowing the use 24

of nonrefundable personal credits against the Alter-25

native Minimum Tax; 26

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(D) the budgetary effects of extending the es-1

tate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax pro-2

visions of title III of the Tax Relief, Unemployment 3

Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 4

2010; 5

(E) the budgetary effects of measures providing 6

a 20 percent deduction in income to small busi-7

nesses; 8

(F) the budgetary effects of measures imple-9

menting trade agreements; 10

(G) the budgetary effects of provisions repeal-11

ing the tax increases set forth in the Patient Protec-12

tion and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care 13

and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 14

2010; 15

(H) the budgetary effects of provisions reform-16

ing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 17

and the Health Care and Education Affordability 18

Reconciliation Act of 2010; and 19

(I) the budgetary effects of measures reforming 20

the tax code and lowering tax rates. 21

(2) A measure does not qualify for adjustments under 22

paragraph (1)(H) if it— 23

(A) increases the deficit over the period of fiscal 24

years 2013 through 2022; or 25

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(B) increases revenues over the period of fiscal 1

years 2013 through 2022, other than by— 2

(i) repealing or modifying the individual 3

mandate (codified as section 5000A of the In-4

ternal Revenue Code of 1986); or 5

(ii) modifying the subsidies to purchase 6

health insurance (codified as section 36B of the 7

Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 8

(c) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—If a committee (other 9

than the Committee on Appropriations) reports a bill or 10

joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or a conference 11

report thereon, providing for a decrease in direct spending 12

(budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom) for any 13

fiscal year and also provides for an authorization of appro-14

priations for the same purpose, upon the enactment of 15

such measure, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 16

may decrease the allocation to such committee and in-17

crease the allocation of discretionary spending (budget au-18

thority and outlays flowing therefrom) to the Committee 19

on Appropriations for fiscal year 2013 by an amount equal 20

to the new budget authority (and outlays flowing there-21

from) provided for in a bill or joint resolution making ap-22

propriations for the same purpose. 23

(d) DETERMINATIONS.—For the purpose of enforcing 24

this concurrent resolution on the budget in the House, the 25

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allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority, 1

outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, reve-2

nues, deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2013 and the 3

period of fiscal years 2013 through fiscal year 2022 shall 4

be determined on the basis of estimates made by the chair 5

of the Committee on the Budget and such chair may ad-6

just the applicable levels of this resolution. 7

SEC. 504. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. 8

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, it shall not be in 9

order to consider a bill or joint resolution reported by a 10

committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 11

or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, 12

if the provisions of such measure have the net effect of 13

increasing direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for 14

any period described in subsection (b). 15

(b) TIME PERIODS.—The applicable periods for pur-16

poses of this section are any of the first four consecutive 17

ten fiscal-year periods beginning with fiscal year 2023. 18

SEC. 505. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANS-19

ACTIONS. 20

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 21

302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sec-22

tion 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and 23

section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 24

of 1989, the joint explanatory statement accompanying 25

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the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the 1

budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) 2

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee 3

on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary adminis-4

trative expenses of the Social Security Administration and 5

the United States Postal Service. 6

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying sec-7

tions 302(f) and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 8

1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority 9

and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 10

off-budget discretionary amounts. 11

(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Committee on 12

the Budget may adjust allocations and aggregates for leg-13

islation reported by the Committee on Oversight and Gov-14

ernment Reform that reforms the Federal retirement sys-15

tem, but does not cause a net increase in the deficit for 16

fiscal year 2013 and the period of fiscal years 2013 to 17

2022. 18

SEC. 506. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-19

CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 20

(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 21

and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 22

(1) apply while that measure is under consider-23

ation; 24

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(2) take effect upon the enactment of that 1

measure; and 2

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as 3

soon as practicable. 4

(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG-5

GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 6

from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-7

poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca-8

tions and aggregates included in this resolution. 9

(c) EXEMPTIONS.—Any legislation for which the 10

chair of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments 11

in the allocations or aggregates of this concurrent resolu-12

tion shall not be subject to the points of order set forth 13

in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 14

Representatives or section 504. 15

SEC. 507. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES. 16

(a) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES.— 17

(1) REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ESTI-18

MATES.—Upon the request of the chair or ranking 19

member of the Committee on the Budget, any esti-20

mate prepared for a measure under the terms of 21

title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 22

‘‘credit reform’’, as a supplement to such estimate of 23

the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 24

practicable, also provide an estimate of the current 25

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actual or estimated market values representing the 1

‘‘fair value’’ of assets and liabilities affected by such 2

measure. 3

(2) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Congressional 4

Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to sub-5

section (a), the chair of the Committee on the Budg-6

et may use such estimate to determine compliance 7

with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 8

other budgetary enforcement controls. 9

(b) BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD 10

INSURANCE PROGRAM.—The Congressional Budget Office 11

shall estimate the change in net income to the National 12

Flood Insurance Program by this Act if such income is 13

included in a reconciliation bill provided for in section 201, 14

as if such income were deposited in the general fund of 15

the Treasury. 16

SEC. 508. BUDGET RULE RELATING TO TRANSFERS FROM 17

THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY TO 18

THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND THAT INCREASE 19

PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS. 20

For purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 21

1974, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-22

trol Act of 1985, or the Rules of the House of Representa-23

tives, a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto 24

or conference report thereon, or any Act that transfers 25

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funds from the general fund of the Treasury to the High-1

way Trust Fund shall be counted as new budget authority 2

and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the 3

fiscal year the transfer occurs. 4

SEC. 509. SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN-5

GENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TER-6

RORISM. 7

(a) ALLOCATION.—In the House, there shall be a sep-8

arate allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for 9

overseas contingency operations and the global war on ter-10

rorism. For purposes of enforcing such separate allocation 11

under section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 12

1974, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ 13

shall be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2013. Such separate 14

allocation shall be the exclusive allocation for overseas con-15

tingency operations and the global war on terrorism under 16

section 302(a) of such Act. Section 302(c) of such Act 17

does not apply to such separate allocation. The Committee 18

on Appropriations may provide suballocations of such sep-19

arate allocation under section 302(b) of such Act. Spend-20

ing that counts toward the allocation established by this 21

section shall be designated pursuant to section 22

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24

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(b) ADJUSTMENT.—In the House, for purposes of 1

subsection (a) for fiscal year 2013, no adjustment shall 2

be made under section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget 3

Act of 1974 if any adjustment would be made under sec-4

tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-5

gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6

SEC. 510. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 7

(a) IN GENERAL.—The House adopts the provisions 8

of this title— 9

(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 10

the House of Representatives and as such they shall 11

be considered as part of the rules of the House of 12

Representatives, and these rules shall supersede 13

other rules only to the extent that they are incon-14

sistent with other such rules; and 15

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 16

right of the House of Representatives to change 17

those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to 18

the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 19

the House of Representatives. 20

(b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—The following 21

provisions of H. Res. 5 (112th Congress) shall no longer 22

have force or effect: 23

(1) Section 3(e) relating to advance appropria-24

tions. 25

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(2) Section 3(f) relating to the treatment of off- 1

budget administrative expenses. 2

TITLE VI—POLICY 3

SEC. 601. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 4

(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 5

(1) More than 50 million Americans depend on 6

Medicare for their health security. 7

(2) The Medicare Trustees Report has repeat-8

edly recommended that Medicare’s long-term finan-9

cial challenges be addressed soon. Each year without 10

reform, the financial condition of Medicare becomes 11

more precarious and the threat to those in and near 12

retirement becomes more pronounced. According to 13

the Congressional Budget Office— 14

(A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 15

will be exhausted in 2022 and unable to pay 16

scheduled benefits; and 17

(B) Medicare spending is growing faster 18

than the economy and Medicare outlays are 19

currently rising at a rate of 6.3 percent per 20

year, and under the Congressional Budget Of-21

fice’s alternative fiscal scenario, direct spending 22

on Medicare is projected to reach 7 percent of 23

GDP by 2035 and 14 percent of GDP by 2085. 24

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(3) Failing to address this problem will leave 1

millions of American seniors without adequate health 2

security and younger generations burdened with 3

enormous debt to pay for spending levels that cannot 4

be sustained. 5

(b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—It is the policy 6

of this resolution to protect those in and near retirement 7

from any disruptions to their Medicare benefits and offer 8

future beneficiaries the same health care options available 9

to Members of Congress. 10

(c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes reform 11

of the Medicare program such that: 12

(1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved for 13

those in and near retirement, without changes. 14

(2) For future generations, when they reach eli-15

gibility, Medicare is reformed to provide a premium 16

support payment and a selection of guaranteed 17

health coverage options from which recipients can 18

choose a plan that best suits their needs. 19

(3) Medicare will provide additional assistance 20

for lower-income beneficiaries and those with greater 21

health risks. 22

(4) Medicare spending is put on a sustainable 23

path and the Medicare program becomes solvent 24

over the long-term. 25

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SEC. 602. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 1


(1) More than 55 million retirees, individuals 3

with disabilities, and survivors depend on Social Se-4

curity. Since enactment, Social Security has served 5

as a vital leg on the ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retire-6

ment security, which includes employer provided 7

pensions as well as personal savings. 8

(2) The Social Security Trustees report has re-9

peatedly recommended that Social Security’s long- 10

term financial challenges be addressed soon. Each 11

year without reform, the financial condition of Social 12

Security becomes more precarious and the threat to 13

seniors and those receiving Social Security disability 14

benefits becomes more pronounced: 15

(A) In 2016, according to the Congres-16

sional Budget Office, the Federal Disability In-17

surance Trust Fund will be exhausted and will 18

be unable to pay scheduled benefits. 19

(B) In 2036, according to the Social Secu-20

rity Trustees Report the combined Federal Old- 21

Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 22

Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund will 23

be exhausted, and will be unable to pay sched-24

uled benefits. 25

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(C) With the exhaustion of the trust funds 1

in 2036, benefits will be cut 23 percent across 2

the board, devastating those currently in or 3

near retirement and those who rely on Social 4

Security the most. 5

(3) The current recession has exacerbated the 6

crisis to Social Security. The Congressional Budget 7

Office continues to project permanent cash deficits. 8

(4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social Se-9

curity for a larger proportion of their retirement in-10

come. Therefore, reforms should take into consider-11

ation the need to protect lower-income Americans’ 12

retirement security. 13

(5) Americans deserve action by their elected 14

officials on Social Security reform. It is critical that 15

the Congress and the administration work together 16

in a bipartisan fashion to address the looming insol-17

vency of Social Security. In this spirit, this resolu-18

tion creates a bipartisan opportunity to find solu-19

tions by requiring policymakers to ensure that Social 20

Security remains a critical part fo the safety net. 21

(b) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It is the policy 22

of this resolution that Congress should work on a bipar-23

tisan basis to make Social Security permanently solvent. 24

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This resolution assumes reform of a current law trigger, 1

such that— 2

(1)(A) if in any year the Board of Trustees of 3

the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 4

Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 5

Fund in its annual Trustees’ Report determines that 6

the 75-year actuarial balance of the Social Security 7

Trust Funds is in deficit, and the annual balance of 8

the Social Security Trust Funds in the 75th year is 9

in deficit, the Board of Trustees should, not later 10

than September 30 of the same calendar year, sub-11

mit to the President recommendations for statutory 12

reforms necessary to achieve a positive 75-year actu-13

arial balance and a positive annual balance in the 14

75th year; and 15

(B) such recommendations provided to the 16

President should be agreed upon by both Public 17

Trustees of the Board of Trustees; 18

(2)(A) not later than December 1 of the same 19

calendar year in which the Board of Trustees sub-20

mits its recommendations, the President shall 21

promptly submit implementing legislation to both 22

Houses of Congress, including recommendations nec-23

essary to achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance 24

and a positive annual balance in the 75th year; and 25

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(B) the Majority Leader of the Senate and the 1

Majority Leader of the House should introduce such 2

legislation upon receipt; 3

(3) within 60 days of the President submitting 4

legislation, the committees of jurisdiction to which 5

the legislation has been referred should report such 6

legislation, which should be considered by the full 7

House or Senate under expedited procedures; and 8

(4) legislation submitted by the President 9

should— 10

(A) protect those in and near retirement; 11

(B) preserve the safety net for those who 12

rely on Social Security, including survivors and 13

those with disabilities; 14

(C) improve fairness for participants; and 15

(D) reduce the burden on, and provide cer-16

tainty for, future generations. 17

SEC. 603. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 18

THROUGH THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLI-19

GATED BALANCES. 20


(1) According to the Office of Management and 22

Budget, Federal agencies will hold $698 billion in 23

unobligated balances at the close of fiscal year 2013. 24

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(2) These funds represent direct and discre-1

tionary spending made available by Congress that 2

remain available for expenditure beyond the fiscal 3

year for which they are provided. 4

(3) In some cases, agencies are granted funding 5

and it remains available for obligation indefinitely. 6

(4) The Congressional Budget and Impound-7

ment Control Act of 1974 requires the Office of 8

Management and Budget to make funds available to 9

agencies for obligation and prohibits the Administra-10

tion from withholding or cancelling unobligated 11

funds unless approved by an act of Congress. 12

(5) Greater congressional oversight is required 13

to review and identify potential savings from 14

unneeded balances of funds. 15

(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 16

CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Congres-17

sional committees shall through their oversight activities 18

identify and achieve savings through the cancellation or 19

rescission of unobligated balances that neither abrogate 20

contractual obligations of the Federal Government nor re-21

duce or disrupt Federal commitments under programs 22

such as Social Security, veterans’ affairs, national secu-23

rity, and Treasury authority to finance the national debt. 24

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(c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Congress, with the assist-1

ance of the Government Accountability Office, the Inspec-2

tors General, and other appropriate agencies should make 3

it a high priority to review unobligated balances and iden-4

tify savings for deficit reduction. 5

SEC. 604. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 6

WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN FEDERAL PRO-7

GRAMS. 8


(1) The Government Accountability Office is re-10

quired by law to identify examples of waste, duplica-11

tion, and overlap in Federal programs, and has so 12

identified dozens of such examples. 13

(2) In testimony before the Committee on Over-14

sight and Government Reform, the Comptroller Gen-15

eral has stated that addressing the identified waste, 16

duplication, and overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could 17

potentially save tens of billions of dollars’’. 18

(3) The Rules of the House of Representatives 19

require each standing committee to hold at least one 20

hearing every four months on waste, fraud, abuse, or 21

mismanagement in Government programs. 22

(4) The findings resulting from congressional 23

oversight of Federal Government programs should 24

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result in programmatic changes in both authorizing 1

statutes and program funding levels. 2

(b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH THE 3

REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL SPEND-4

ING.—Each authorizing committee annually shall include 5

in its Views and Estimates letter required under section 6

301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 rec-7

ommendations to the Committee on the Budget of pro-8

grams within the jurisdiction of such committee whose 9

funding should be reduced or eliminated. Such rec-10

ommendations shall be made publicly available. 11

TITLE VII—SENSE OF THE 12

HOUSE PROVISIONS 13

SEC. 701. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPOR-14

TANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 15

It is the sense of the House that— 16

(1) additional legislative action is needed to en-17

sure that States have the necessary resources to col-18

lect all child support that is owed to families and to 19

allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 20

families without financial penalty; and 21

(2) when 100 percent of child support payments 22

are passed to the child, rather than administrative 23

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expenses, program integrity is improved and child 1

support participation increases. 2

Passed the House of Representatives March 29,

2012.

Attest:

Clerk.

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