S.Con.Res. 11Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)Passed Congress

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.

Introduced March 20, 2015

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

May 6, 2015

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

March 20, 2015

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Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Enzi under authority of the order of the Senate of 03/19/2015. Without written report.

March 20, 2015

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 31.

March 20, 2015

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Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1676)

March 23, 2015

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Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S1676-1703, S1704; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1717-1729)

March 23, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1740-1751, S1751-1774)

March 24, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1835-1840, S1840-1886)

March 25, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1960-2011, S2011-2022)

March 26, 2015

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Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 135. (text: CR 4/13/2015 S2112-2139)

March 27, 2015

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

April 13, 2015

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Received in the House.

April 13, 2015 • 4:01 PM

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Held at the desk.

April 13, 2015 • 4:06 PM

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Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 189 Reported to House. Resolution provides for consideration of 3 measures: H.R. 650; H.R. 685; and S. Con. Res. 11.

April 13, 2015 • 7:32 PM

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Rule H. Res. 189 passed House.

April 14, 2015 • 1:54 PM

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Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 189. (consideration: CR H2171-2178)

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the House took S. Con. Res. 11 from the Speaker's table.

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H. Con. Res. 27. Agreed to pursuant to H. Res. 189.

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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On agreeing to the resolution, as amended Agreed to pursuant to H. Res. 189.

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Chair recognized Mr. Price, Tom for a motion.

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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Mr. Price, Tom moved that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference. (consideration: CR H2171)

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Price, Tom motion that the House insist on its amendment to S. Con. Res. 11 and request a conference with the Senate.

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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On ordering the previous question Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H2171-2177)

April 14, 2015 • 1:55 PM

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On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H2177)

April 14, 2015 • 1:56 PM

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

April 14, 2015 • 1:56 PM

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Mr. Van Hollen moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H2197-2198)

April 14, 2015 • 1:56 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 11. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to (1) recede from disagreement with the Senate with respect to sec. 363 of S. Con. Res. 11 (relating to the requirement for earned paid sick time to address the health needs of workers and their families); and (2) to recede from subsection (e)(3) of sec. 808 of the House Amendment (relating to changing the current Medicare program, and replacing it with premium support payments).

April 14, 2015 • 1:57 PM

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The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2197)

April 14, 2015 • 2:59 PM

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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Van Hollen motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 11, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Van Hollen demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion to instruct until a time to be announced.

April 14, 2015 • 2:59 PM

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On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 187 - 239 (Roll no. 153). (consideration: CR H2198)

April 14, 2015 • 6:14 PM

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The Speaker appointed conferees: Tom Price of Georgia, Rokita, Diaz-Balart, Black, Moolenaar, Van Hollen, Yarmuth, and Moore. (consideration: CR H2198)

April 14, 2015 • 6:14 PM

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Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.

April 15, 2015

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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S2193-2198, S2199-2201, S2201, S2202-2203, S2204-2212; text: CR S2193)

April 15, 2015

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Senate disagreed to House amendment, agreed to request for conference and authorized the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 145. (consideration: CR S2198)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Sanders to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2202-2203; text: CR S2202)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Schatz to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2200; text: CR S2200)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Brown to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2200-2201; text: CR S2200)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Warren to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2201; text: CR S2201)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Enzi to instruct Senate conferees (for Senator Burr) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2203; text: CR S2203)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Mikulski to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2204; text: CR S2204)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Bennet to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2204-2205; text: CR S2205)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Sanders to instruct Senate conferees (for Senator Murray) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2205; text: CR S2205)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Stabenow to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2206-2207; text: CR S2206)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Fischer to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2207; text: CR S2207)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Brown to instruct Senate conferees (Wall Street Banks) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 11. Record Vote Number: 146. (consideration: CR S2208)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Sanders to instruct Senate conferees (Postal Plant Closures) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 11. Record Vote Number: 147. (consideration: CR S2208)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Enzi to instruct Senate conferees (for Senator Burr (Student Loans)) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 148. (consideration: CR S2208-2209)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Warren to instruct Senate conferees (Student Loans) rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 149. (consideration: CR S2209)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Sanders to instruct Senate conferees (Social Security) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 13. Record Vote Number: 150. (consideration: CR S2209-2210)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Schatz to instruct Senate conferees (Same Sex Marriage Benefits) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2210)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Bennet to instruct Senate conferees (Climate Change) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2210)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Fischer to instruct Senate conferees (Equal Pay) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 151. (consideration: CR S2210)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Mikulski to instruct Senate conferees (Equal Pay) rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 53. Record Vote Number: 152. (consideration: CR S2211)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Fischer to instruct Senate conferees (Paid Sick Leave) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2211)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Sanders to instruct Senate conferees (for Senator Murray (Paid Sick Leave)) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2211)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Sanders to instruct Senate conferees (for Senator Murray (Eliminate Sequestration)) rejected in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2211)

April 15, 2015

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Motion by Senator Stabenow to instruct Senate conferees (Medicare cuts) rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 153. (consideration: CR S2211-2212)

April 15, 2015

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Senate appointed conferee(s) Enzi; Grassley; Sessions; Crapo; Graham; Portman; Toomey; Johnson; Ayotte; Wicker; Corker; Perdue; Sanders; Murray; Wyden; Stabenow; Whitehouse; Warner; Merkley; Baldwin; Kaine; King. (consideration: CR S2212)

April 15, 2015

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

April 16, 2015

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Conference committee actions: Conference held.

April 20, 2015 • 4:06 PM

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Conference held.

April 20, 2015

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Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

April 29, 2015 • 2:25 PM

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Conferees agreed to file conference report.

April 29, 2015

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Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 114-96 filed.(text of conference report: CR H2516-2574)

April 29, 2015 • 2:27 PM

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Conference report H. Rept. 114-96 filed. (text of conference report: CR H2516-2574)

April 29, 2015 • 2:27 PM

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Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement held at the desk in Senate.

April 29, 2015

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Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 231 Reported to House. Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1732, the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 11, and H.J. Res. 43.

April 29, 2015 • 8:32 PM

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Mr. Price, Tom brought up conference report H. Rept. 114-96 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 231. (consideration: CR H2694-2702)

April 30, 2015 • 4:13 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 11.

April 30, 2015 • 4:13 PM

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The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2702)

April 30, 2015 • 5:26 PM

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Pursuant the clause 10 rule 20 the yeas and nays were ordered on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 11.

April 30, 2015 • 5:26 PM

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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 8 rule 20 further proceedings on the motion were postponed.

April 30, 2015 • 5:26 PM

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The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 114-96 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2702)

April 30, 2015 • 5:42 PM

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Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 183).(consideration: CR H2702)

April 30, 2015 • 6:16 PM

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On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 183). (consideration: CR H2702)

April 30, 2015 • 6:16 PM

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Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

April 30, 2015 • 6:16 PM

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Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.

May 4, 2015

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Motion to proceed to consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 11 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 44. Record Vote Number: 170. (consideration: CR S2613)

May 5, 2015

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Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S2613-2625, S2625-2644)

May 5, 2015

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Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 171.

May 5, 2015

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Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 171.

May 5, 2015

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

May 6, 2015

Voting History

14 votes recorded • Roll call available

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SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 7:06 PM

On the Motion (Stabenow Motion to Instruct (Medicare Cuts) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Failed

45 - 52

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 6:41 PM

On the Motion (Mikulski Motion to Instruct (Equal Pay) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Failed

44 - 53

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 6:20 PM

On the Motion (Fischer Motion to Instruct (Equal Pay) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

57 - 40

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 5:56 PM

On the Motion (Sanders Motion to Instruct (Social Security) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

84 - 13

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 5:39 PM

On the Motion (Warren Motion to Instruct (Student Loans) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Failed

45 - 52

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 5:14 PM

On the Motion (Burr Motion to Instruct (Student Loans) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

97 - 0

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 4:54 PM

On the Motion (Sanders Motion to Instruct (Postal Plant Closures) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

85 - 11

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 4:22 PM

On the Motion (Brown Motion to Instruct (Wall Street Banks) Re: S.Con.Res. 11)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

86 - 11

SENATE

Roll Call Available

April 15, 2015 at 12:01 PM

On the Motion (Motion to Disagree in the House Amendment, Agree to the Request for a Conference, and Authorize the Presiding Officer to Appoint Conferees.)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

54 - 43

HOUSE

Roll Call Available

April 14, 2015 at 6:12 PM

On Motion to Instruct Conferees

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Failed

187 - 239

SENATE

Roll Call Available

March 27, 2015 at 3:19 AM

On the Concurrent Resolution S.Con.Res. 11

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

52 - 46

Amendments

791 amendments

Offered to this bill

S.Amdt. 1110Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving higher education data and transparency.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA AND TRANSPARENCY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1110 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 1105Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving community relations with law enforcement officers.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1105 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Dianne Feinstein

S.Amdt. 1104Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to imposing sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or significant acts of corruption and to encourage the Secretary of State to add additional names to the Magnitsky List.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUNDS RELATING TO FOREIGN PERSONS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1104 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 1101Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support investments in research and development and to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT RESEARCH wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1101 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 1099Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to support investments in precision medicine, biomedical research, and the National Institutes of Health.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1099 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 1094Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding Social Security.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING SOCIAL SECURITY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1094 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 56. Record Vote Number: 131. · Sponsored by Elizabeth Warren

S.Amdt. 1091Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing students and families with transparent, easily understood information about postsecondary education financial aid.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITH TRANSPARENT, EASILY UNDERSTOOD POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1091 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 1081Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETECTION, INVESTIGATION, AND PROSECUTION OF THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF WEBSITES WHO KNOWINGLY ALLOW SUCH WEBSITES TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE COMMERCIA at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1081 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Dianne Feinstein

S.Amdt. 1073Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the investigation and recovery of missing weapons and military equipment provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States Government.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY OF MISSING WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1073 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 1067Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to supporting at-sea and dockside monitoring for fisheries that have received economic disaster assistance.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO PROVIDING FOR FULL FUNDING FOR AT-SEA AND DOCKSIDE MONITORING FOR CERTAIN FISHERIES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1067 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Elizabeth Warren

S.Amdt. 1047Mar 27, 2015

To provide for sequestration replacement.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REVISE OR REPEAL SEQUESTRATION at the end of title III · +1 more change

Amendment SA 1047 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 48. Record Vote Number: 134. · Sponsored by Tim Kaine

S.Amdt. 1044Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to imposing sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or significant acts of corruption.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPOSING SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1044 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 1039Mar 27, 2015

To provide to the Indian Health Service an additional $25,000,000 for contract support costs and to provide to the Bureau of Indian Affairs an additional $26,000,000 for contract support costs.

Increases the amount on page 27, line 2 by $26,000,000 · +5 more changes

Amendment SA 1039 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 1033Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the prioritization of broad-based criminal justice reform.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PRIORITIZATION OF BROAD-BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1033 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 1028Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing access to necessary equipment for Medicare beneficiaries.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1028 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 1027Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and protect the open Internet in a manner that provides clear and certain rules and does not jeopardize public safety, universal service, privacy, accessibility, consumer protection, competition, innovation, or investment.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE OPEN INTERNET at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1027 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 1025Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to H-1B visas.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO H-1B VISAS at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 1025 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1024Mar 27, 2015

To create a point of order against legislation that would provide for the sale of Federal land to reduce the Federal deficit.

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE SALE OF FEDERAL LAND TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 1024 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Martin Heinrich

S.Amdt. 1013Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening the economy by accelerating the transfer of technologies from laboratories of the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense to the marketplace.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY BY ACCELERATING THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES FROM LABORATORIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1013 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Martin Heinrich

S.Amdt. 1011Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to providing an exemption from certain permitting requirements for routine maintenance activities relating to transportation infrastructure.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 1011 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Dan Sullivan

S.Amdt. 1005Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding United States counter-propaganda communications to combat misinformation from the Russian Federation or terrorist groups like ISIS and al Qaeda.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1005 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1003Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to authorizing children who are eligible to receive health care furnished under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain such eligibility until age 26.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AUTHORIZING CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RETAIN SUCH ELIGIBILITY UNTIL AGE 26 at the end of title III

Amendment SA 1003 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 1002Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the National Park Service Centennial.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1002 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Maria Cantwell

S.Amdt. 994Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to end "too big to fail" bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets).

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO END "TOO BIG TO FAIL" BAILOUTS FOR WALL STREET MEGA-BANKS (OVER $500 BILLION IN TOTAL ASSETS) wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 994 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 993Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening the national do-not-call registry.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY at the end of title III

Amendment SA 993 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 991Mar 27, 2015

To restore program integrity funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.

Increases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $888,000,000 · +129 more changes

Proposed amendment SA 991 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Mark R. Warner

S.Amdt. 986Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming student loan programs, which may include risk-sharing by institutions of higher education.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 986 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 984Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that patients, including military members and veterans, have access to new antibacterial drugs that treat serious or life-threatening infections through the creation by the Food and Drug Administration of a limited population approval pathway for antibacterial drugs.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED POPULATION APPROVAL FOR ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 984 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 983Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting programs that keep low-income older individuals healthy and able to live at home, such as those programs funded through the Older Americans Act of 1965.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 983 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 967Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to domestic medical isotope production.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DOMESTIC MEDICAL ISOTOPE PRODUCTION wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 967 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Edward J. Markey

S.Amdt. 953Mar 27, 2015

To save student financial aid and reduce the student loan debt levels in the Republican budget by 15 percent by eliminating new mandated interest charged while students are still in school.

Increases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $2,031,000,000 · +88 more changes

Proposed amendment SA 953 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 952Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a more level playing field in trade agreements.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRADE AGREEMENTS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 952 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 950Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and are only a plane ride away from becoming United States citizens to their American citizen parents residing in the United States.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE RETURN OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ADOPTED BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO at the end of title III

Amendment SA 950 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mitch McConnell

S.Amdt. 932Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a biennial budget resolution process.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A BIENNIAL BUDGET RESOLUTION PROCESS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 932 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Thad Cochran

S.Amdt. 931Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen waterborne commerce in our ports and harbors, which may include increasing the percentage of the amounts expended from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that are dedicated to port infrastructure and maintenance.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING WATERBORNE COMMERCE IN OUR PORTS AND HARBORS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 931 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 926Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Adds SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THAT VOTING RIGHTS OF CITIZENS ARE NOT DENIED OR ABRIDGED ON ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR, OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 926 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Thom Tillis

S.Amdt. 925Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the United States civil courts system.

Adds SEC. ____. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES CIVIL COURTS SYSTEM wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 925 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Thom Tillis

S.Amdt. 919Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating deductions for corporate compensation in excess of $1,000,000.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATING DEDUCTIONS FOR CORPORATE COMPENSATION IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000 wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 919 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 54. Record Vote Number: 127. · Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 918Mar 27, 2015

To include legislation concerning weatherization and energy efficiency retrofit programs in a deficit-neutral reserve fund.

Inserts “, which may include weatherization and energy efficiency retrofit programs for low-income…” before the semicolon · +1 more change

Amendment SA 918 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 900Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the importance of civics and government education.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 900 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 899Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the importance of financial literacy education to allow individuals to make informed and effective decisions with their financial resources.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE DECISIONS WITH THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 899 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 897Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting consumers in the United States from price increases due to large-scale natural gas exports.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING CONSUMERS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM PRICE INCREASES DUE TO LARGE-SCALE NATURAL GAS EXPORTS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 897 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Edward J. Markey

S.Amdt. 896Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the safety of offshore oil drilling in the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING IN THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 896 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Edward J. Markey

S.Amdt. 895Mar 27, 2015

To prohibit budget resolutions that support cutting over $1,000,000,000,000 in spending without identifying specific programmatic effects.

Adds SEC. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST BUDGET RESOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT CUTTING OVER $1,000,000,000,000 IN SPENDING WITHOUT IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC PROGRAMMATIC EFFECTS at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Proposed amendment SA 895 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 885Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through small business development centers.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 885 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 882Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving prevention and treatment measures to mitigate agricultural impacts from virus outbreaks, such as impacts seen from the avian influenza poultry outbreak.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL VIRUS OUTBREAKS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 882 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Thomas R. Carper

S.Amdt. 878Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investing in clean energy and preserving the environment.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY AND PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 878 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 877Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing college completion, which may include expanding Federal Pell Grant eligibility by allowing college students to use Federal Pell Grants for more than 2 semesters in an academic year.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING COLLEGE COMPLETION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 877 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 870Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to extending tax provisions expiring in 2013 or 2014 for 2 years, such as those contained in the EXPIRE Act of 2014.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXTENDING TAX PROVISIONS EXPIRING IN 2013 OR 2014 FOR 2 YEARS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 870 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 866Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the Department of Transportation for the TIGER discretionary grant program.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE TIGER DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 866 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 865Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to accommodate legislation that would stop the Federal government from forcing States to pay unemployment compensation benefits to millionaires.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STOP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM FORCING STATES TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS TO MILLIONAIRES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 865 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Ron Johnson

S.Amdt. 856Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to support legislation preventing the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband providers as common carriers under title II of the Communications Act of 1934 and from implementing other "net neutrality" provisions.

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BROADBAND PROVIDERS AS COMMON CARRIERS UNDER TITLE II OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 856 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 855Mar 27, 2015

To prohibit increasing the public debt limit under reconciliation.

Adds SEC. 202. LIMIT ON SENATE CONSIDERATION OF RECONCILIATION at the end of title II

Amendment SA 855 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 44. Record Vote Number: 132. · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 852Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing small business regulatory relief and preventing duplicative regulations for investment advisors.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY RELIEF AND PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE REGULATIONS FOR INVESTMENT ADVISORS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 852 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 843Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to restoring reductions in the Republican budget to the Stafford loan program that would mandate that students currently in college pay interest on their loans before they have received their education benefits, to make college more affordable, to reduce the debt burden of students, and to help graduates afford to pay back student loans.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING THE COST OF ATTENDANCE AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS CAN AFFORD TO PAY BACK STUDENT LOANS BY AVOIDING NEW wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 843 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 830Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RESEARCHING HEALTH CONDITIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES DURING SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES at the end of title III

Amendment SA 830 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 827Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming the Federal regulatory process by enabling retrospective review of existing regulations, improving the process by which new regulations are created, ensuring fair and effective judicial review, and securing an effective role for Congress in the Federal regulatory process through legislation and oversight.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 827 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 822Mar 27, 2015

To eliminate Federal duplication and consolidate the 94 Federal green building programs spread across 11 different Federal agencies.

Strikes “or” · +2 more changes

Amendment SA 822 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 812Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide women with affordable access to comprehensive health care, including preventive services (such as contraception and breast cancer screenings), improve maternal health, and ensure that a woman has the same benefits and services no matter what part of the United States she lives in, all of which is critical to improving the health and well-being of women, children, their families, and society as a whole, and is an essential part of a woman's economic security and opportunity.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 812 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 811Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington's illegal exemption from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING WASHINGTON'S ILLEGAL EXEMPTION FROM THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 811 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 130. · Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 803Mar 27, 2015

To ensure that the deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure includes investment in rural broadband deployment.

Inserts “, including programs that expedite the deployment of broadband to rural areas,” after “United States”

Amendment SA 803 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 802Mar 27, 2015

To offset the costs of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Increases the amount on page 5, line 5 by $8,800,000,000

Proposed amendment SA 802 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 800Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a comprehensive approach to crude-by-rail safety.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO CRUDE-BY-RAIL SAFETY at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 800 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Maria Cantwell

S.Amdt. 795Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to authorizing Federal permitting for manufacturing and energy construction projects relating to national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for ozone lower than a certain existing standard.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AUTHORIZING FEDERAL PERMITTING FOR MANUFACTURING AND ENERGY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS RELATING TO NATIONAL PRIMARY OR SECONDARY AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STAN wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 795 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 793Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to construction of Native American schools.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 793 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 792Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to innovation in higher education.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A NEW OUTCOME-BASED PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZING INNOVATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 792 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 791Mar 27, 2015

To strike reconciliation instructions to the Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Finance and require regular order.

Strikes title II

Proposed amendment SA 791 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 781Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reducing foreign assistance to the Palestinian Authority and certain United Nations agencies and increasing foreign assistance for Israel.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND INCREASING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 781 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 780Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATING THE BACKLOG OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 780 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Cornyn

S.Amdt. 770Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ARCTIC POLAR ICEBREAKERS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 770 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 765Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to meeting the obligations outlined in the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION at the end of title III

Amendment SA 765 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Lindsey Graham

S.Amdt. 759Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to clarifying Federal jurisdiction with respect to intrastate species.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CLARIFYING FEDERAL JURISDICTION WITH RESPECT TO INTRASTATE SPECIES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 759 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 752Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the security of NATO.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES' NATO ALLIES TO REVERSE DECLINES IN DEFENSE SPENDING AND BEAR A MORE PROPORTIONATE BURDEN FOR ENSURING THE SECURITY OF wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 752 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 750Mar 27, 2015

To modify the spending-neutral reserve fund reauthorizing funding for payments to counties and other units of local government to include the option of payment at levels roughly equivalent to property tax revenues lost due to the presence of Federal land.

Replaces “Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)” with “funding the payments in lieu of taxes program at levels roughly equivalent to lost tax re…”

Amendment SA 750 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 126. · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 749Mar 27, 2015

To ensure that the reserve fund relating to affordable healthcare choices for all is used to repeal and not further empower the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Strikes “or reforming”

Proposed amendment SA 749 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 743Mar 27, 2015

To reduce funding for the General Services Administration by $1,000,000 until 50 percent of counties in nonattainment for the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone as of January 30, 2015, achieve the air quality standard set forth in the 1997 NAAQS, and direct those funds to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of helping municipalities reach attainment with the 2008 NAAQS for ground-level ozone, acknowledging that (1) given limited State and Federal resources and the delay of the Administrator in issuing to States implementation guidance for the 2008 ground-level ozone NAAQS, priority should be given to achieving the 2008 standard, (2) the Administrator has not sufficiently implemented that standard, (3) focusing by the Administrator on the most polluted areas that are in nonattainment with that standard would benefit public health, and (4) promulgating a lower standard at this time would impose undue costs on the economy and workforce of the United States.

Increases the amount on page 20, line 13 by $1,000,000 · +35 more changes

Proposed amendment SA 743 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 729Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in surface transportation projects.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTMENTS IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 729 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 724Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing United States exports and improving the competitiveness of United States businesses.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING UNITED STATES EXPORTS AND IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF UNITED STATES BUSINESSES at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 724 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Tim Kaine

S.Amdt. 722Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting payments for conversion therapy or treatments that purport to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of an individual under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING PAYMENTS FOR HARMFUL AND FRAUDULENT TREATMENTS UNDER MEDICARE AND MEDICAID wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 722 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 721Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to encourage freight planning and investment that incorporates all modes of transportation, including rail, waterways, ports, and highways to promote national connectivity.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING FREIGHT PLANNING AND INVESTMENT THAT INCORPORATES ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING RAIL, WATERWAYS, PORTS, AND HIGHWAYS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 721 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 720Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting workforce development through apprenticeship programs.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 720 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 715Mar 27, 2015

To create clean energy jobs through predictable and fair incentives for renewable energy.

Rewrites page 55, line 24 through page 56, line 2

Proposed amendment SA 715 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 713Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to comprehensive mental health reform.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH REFORM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 713 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 708Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to simplifying and expanding tax incentives for higher education to boost student attendance and completion.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SIMPLIFYING AND EXPANDING TAX INCENTIVES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 708 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 707Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reducing overdose deaths.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING OVERDOSE DEATHS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 707 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Edward J. Markey

S.Amdt. 705Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Indo-Pacific partner capacity building and strategy.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INDO-PACIFIC PARTNER CAPACITY BUILDING AND STRATEGY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 705 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 700Mar 27, 2015

To ensure high-income earners pay a fair share in taxes and to use the revenue to invest in repairing our Nation's bridges, coastal infrastructure, and damage from wildfires.

Increases the amount on page 4, line 1 by $7,000,000,000 · +69 more changes

Proposed amendment SA 700 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 697Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation that reforms and strengthens elementary and secondary education.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION at the end of title III

Amendment SA 697 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 694Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investing in advanced fossil energy technology research and development.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTING IN ADVANCED FOSSIL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 694 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 693Mar 27, 2015

To modify section 431 relating to oversight of Government performance.

Inserts “in the Office of Inspector General semiannual reports and the Office of Inspector General…” before “on the Government Accountability Office…”

Amendment SA 693 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mike Rounds

S.Amdt. 681Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to demolishing vacant and abandoned homes.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DEMOLISHING VACANT AND ABANDONED HOMES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 681 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 678Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prosecution of first-time illegal border crossers.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FIRST-TIME ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 678 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 677Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service of individuals and social welfare organizations exercising free-speech rights.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING POLITICAL TARGETING BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS EXERCISING FREE-SPEECH RIGHTS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 677 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 668Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to government reform and efficiency.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM AND EFFICIENCY wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 668 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 667Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that individuals do not simultaneously receive unemployment compensation and disability insurance benefits.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SOLVENCY OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 667 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 666Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reducing the level of Federal premium support for crop insurance policies, which may include eliminating premium support for crop insurance for agricultural producers with an adjusted gross income of more than $750,000 in fiscal year 2016.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL PREMIUM SUPPORT FOR CROP INSURANCE POLICIES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 666 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 664Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to construction of new facilities and improvements to existing facilities at the detention facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING FACILITIES AT THE DETENTION FACILITIES AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CU wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 664 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 659Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting the designation of critical habitat.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING PROPER ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION IN DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 659 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 42. Record Vote Number: 128. · Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 651Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement agencies.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO ENTER INTO JOINT TASK FORCES WITH TRIBAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES at the end of title III

Amendment SA 651 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 648Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE NUCLEAR FORCES AND MISSIONS OF THE AIR FORCE at the end of title III

Amendment SA 648 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 647Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW NUCLEAR-CAPABLE CRUISE MISSILE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION at the end of title III

Amendment SA 647 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 645Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to underground and surface coal mining safety and health research.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 645 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 643Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to training and resources for first responders responding to hazardous materials incidents on railroads.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS ON RAILROADS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 643 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Heidi Heitkamp

S.Amdt. 642Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the establishment of a commission on Native children.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO NATIVE CHILDREN wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 642 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Heidi Heitkamp

S.Amdt. 639Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting trade and travel at ports of entry.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING TRADE AND TRAVEL AT PORTS OF ENTRY at the end of title III

Amendment SA 639 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Gary C. Peters

S.Amdt. 638Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-reduction reserve fund reserve fund for Government reform and efficiency.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM AND EFFICIENCY at the end of title III

Amendment SA 638 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mark R. Warner

S.Amdt. 636Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the personal information of consumers from data breaches.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF CONSUMERS FROM DATA BREACHES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 636 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mark R. Warner

S.Amdt. 633Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to enhancing the child and dependent care tax credit.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENHANCING THE CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE TAX CREDIT at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 633 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 625Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 625 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by James Lankford

S.Amdt. 624Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Amendment SA 624 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 620Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE AWARDS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 620 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 611Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to subject all fees collected by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to the annual appropriations process.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUBJECTING ALL FEES COLLECTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 611 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Johnny Isakson

S.Amdt. 604Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal agencies.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING COST SAVINGS IN OFFICE SPACE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 604 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 597Mar 27, 2015

To convey clear information to Congress and the public about projected Federal outlays, revenues, surpluses, and deficits.

Adds SEC. __. TO CONVEY CLEAR INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT PROJECTED FEDERAL OUTLAYS, REVENUES, AND DEFICITS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 597 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Ron Johnson

S.Amdt. 596Mar 27, 2015

To convey clear information in graphic form about projected deficits.

Adds SEC. __. TO CONVEY CLEAR INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT PROJECTED DEFICITS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 596 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Ron Johnson

S.Amdt. 595Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY at the end of title III

Amendment SA 595 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 593Mar 27, 2015

To require consideration of long-term deficits for any legislation relating to repealing or replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Strikes page 87, line 23 through page 88, line 4

Proposed amendment SA 593 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 590Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the Medicare Advantage program.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 590 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 588Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at air ports of entry.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS AT AIR PORTS OF ENTRY at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 588 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 586Mar 27, 2015

To modify the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers to address specifically the growing backlog of appeals of decisions regarding claims for disability compensation.

Inserts “, including the growing backlog of appeals of decisions regarding claims for disability c…” after “veterans”

Amendment SA 586 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 585Mar 27, 2015

To modify the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers to improve outreach, access, and services for rural veterans.

Rewrites page 55, line 4

Amendment SA 585 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 580Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing adequate funding for the Contract Tower Program of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION at the end of title III

Amendment SA 580 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 578Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to addressing methamphetamine abuse in the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADDRESSING METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 578 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 573Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the repair and replacement of natural gas distribution pipelines and infrastructure no longer fit for service.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPELINES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NO LONGER FIT FOR SERVICE wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 573 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Edward J. Markey

S.Amdt. 569Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investing in rural and tribal water infrastructure.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTING IN RURAL AND TRIBAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 569 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 565Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that Medicare is not raided to bailout insurance companies under the President's health care overhaul.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT MEDICARE IS NOT RAIDED TO BAILOUT INSURANCE COMPANIES UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 565 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 562Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a new outcomes-based process for authorizing innovative higher education providers.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A NEW OUTCOMES-BASED PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZING INNOVATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 562 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 552Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN ISRAEL FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM at the end of title III

Amendment SA 552 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 539Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving Medicaid based on successful and bipartisan State demonstration projects.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING MEDICAID BASED ON SUCCESSFUL AND BIPARTISAN STATE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 539 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 538Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing the Family Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company Program from $225,000,000 to $350,000,000, as passed by the Committee in 2013, which is zero subsidy and funded entirely through fees paid by investors and businesses.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RAISING THE FAMILY OF FUNDS LIMIT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 538 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by James E. Risch

S.Amdt. 535Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to balancing the Federal budget.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 535 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 534Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in States that have decriminalized marijuana.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING ACCESS TO MARIJUANA EDIBLES BY CHILDREN IN STATES THAT HAVE DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 534 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 533Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that Department of Justice attorneys comply with disclosure obligations in criminal prosecutions.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEYS COMPLY WITH DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 533 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 521Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investing in science, technology, and basic research in the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTING IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND BASIC RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 521 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Gary C. Peters

S.Amdt. 520Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to sexual assault at institutions of higher education, which may include the implementation of an independent and standardized online survey tool developed and administered by the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Justice, to measure the prevalence of sexual assault at institutions of higher education.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 520 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Kirsten E. Gillibrand

S.Amdt. 506Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting vulnerable families from job killing regulations.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING VULNERABLE FAMILIES FROM JOB KILLING REGULATIONS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 506 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Dan Sullivan

S.Amdt. 505Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting programs related to the ground-based midcourse defense and the long-range discrimination radar programs of the Department of Defense.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE AND THE LONG-RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 505 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Dan Sullivan

S.Amdt. 504Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to limiting the ability of Environmental Protection Agency personnel to carry guns.

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DISARMING THE EPA at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 504 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Dan Sullivan

S.Amdt. 491Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 491 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 490Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit unions.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE REGULATORY BURDENS ON COMMUNITY BANKS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 490 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 485Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide equity in the tax treatment of public safety officer death benefits.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE EQUITY IN THE TAX TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 485 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 482Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE INCREASED USE OF PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING IN FEDERAL FACILITIES at the end of title III

Amendment SA 482 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 473Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing funding to combat anti-Semitism in Europe.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 473 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 468Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to military aid to Israel.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 468 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Roy Blunt

S.Amdt. 467Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DIRECT PROVISION OF DEFENSE ARTICLES, DEFENSE SERVICES, AND RELATED TRAINING TO THE KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 467 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Roy Blunt

S.Amdt. 465Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Second Amendment rights.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 465 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 462Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to over-the-counter medications.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO RESTORE ACCESS TO MEDICATION wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 462 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 458Mar 27, 2015

To protect the American people and strengthen our national security by fully funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BARDA AND THE BIOSHIELD SPECIAL RESERVE FUND wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 458 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Richard Burr

S.Amdt. 457Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibition of Veterans Benefits Administration executive bonuses until the backlog of disability claims for veterans is eliminated.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN BONUSES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 457 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 456Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the privacy, dignity, and safety needs of women veterans.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEET THE NEEDS OF WOMEN VETERANS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 456 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 453Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the Secretary of Transportation prioritizes the construction of projects that are of national and regional significance and projects in high priority corridors on the National Highway System, which will improve the safe, secure, and efficient movement of people and goods through the United States and facilitate economic development and create jobs in the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRIORITIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND PROJECTS IN HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 453 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 452Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the Secretary of the Interior enters into candidate conservation agreements with each of the relevant 11 Western States before the United States Fish and Wildlife Service makes a listing determination on the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ENTERS INTO CERTAIN CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS WITH WESTERN STATES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 452 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 449Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING EFFICIENT RESOURCING FOR THE ASIA REBALANCE POLICY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 449 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 448Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging expedited approval of liquefied natural gas export applications at the Department of Energy.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT APPLICATIONS BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 448 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 445Mar 27, 2015

To prevent labor disputes at seaports in the United States from causing national economic disruptions and crippling businesses across the United States.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS AT SEAPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 445 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 442Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to restore a sensible definition of full-time employee for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 442 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Susan M. Collins

S.Amdt. 440Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing the Family Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company Program from $225,000,000 to $350,000,000, as passed by the Committee in 2013, which is zero subsidy and funded entirely through fees paid by investors and businesses.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RAISING THE FAMILY OF FUNDS LIMIT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 440 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 439Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mandating a higher threshold that the Small Business Administration may guarantee, through the Surety Bond Guarantee Program, of the bonds that small businesses are required to obtain so that they may be able to better compete successfully for Federal Government contracts.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE GUARANTEE THRESHOLD FOR THE SURETY BOND GUARANTEE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 439 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 437Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to enhancing and improving the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to reduce the patent application backlog.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENHANCING AND IMPROVING THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE APPLICATION BACKLOG at the end of title III

Amendment SA 437 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Gary C. Peters

S.Amdt. 436Mar 27, 2015

To preserve the point of order against reconciliation legislation that would increase the deficit or reduce a surplus.

Strikes section 405

Proposed amendment SA 436 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Tammy Baldwin

S.Amdt. 435Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to support for Ukraine, which should include the provision of lethal defensive articles.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF LETHAL DEFENSIVE ARTICLES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 435 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 434Mar 27, 2015

To provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding.

Adds SEC. ___. ADJUSTMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 434 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 431Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to medical treatment and compensation for first responders, survivors, and their families injured and made ill by the 9/11 attacks.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND COMPENSATION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, SURVIVORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES INJURED AND MADE ILL BY THE 9/11 ATTACKS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 431 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Kirsten E. Gillibrand

S.Amdt. 427Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to investment in Alzheimer's disease research.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTMENT IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 427 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Susan M. Collins

S.Amdt. 426Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting economic growth and job creation for small businesses.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 426 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Susan M. Collins

S.Amdt. 425Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving retirement security.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING RETIREMENT SECURITY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 425 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Susan M. Collins

S.Amdt. 422Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat populations and local economic development are compatible.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT THE CONSERVATION OF NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT POPULATIONS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE COMPATIBLE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 422 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 420Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to efforts to combat the increase abuse of heroin and methamphetamines in the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS THE HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 420 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 416Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the reliability of the electricity grid.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRICITY GRID wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 416 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 415Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to a requirement that any new environmental agreement signed by the United States with any foreign country or countries not result in serious harm to the economy of the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY NEW ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH ANY FOREIGN COUNTRY NOT RESULT IN SERIOUS HARM TO THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 415 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 412Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from engaging in closed-door settlement agreements that ignore impacted States and counties.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT CERTAIN CLOSED-DOOR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 412 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Mike Rounds

S.Amdt. 404Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the modernization of the nuclear command, control, and communications architecture of the United States.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Amendment SA 404 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 402Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to patient care, and other management issues of the Department.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING INFORMATION SHARING BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO SUBSTANDARD H at the end of title III

Amendment SA 402 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Ron Johnson

S.Amdt. 394Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to special treatment of the income tax credit for research expenditures for startup companies.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR RESEARCH EXPENDITURES FOR STARTUP COMPANIES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 394 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 392Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the use of college savings accounts while students are in elementary school and secondary school.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE USE OF COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 392 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 391Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the expansion of access to the income tax credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO THE INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE EXPENSES OF SMALL EMPLOYERS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 391 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 389Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to holding Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives accountable for failing to pass a balanced budget.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HOLDING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAILING TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 389 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 388Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the designation of national monuments.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 388 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 387Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to postal reform.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO POSTAL REFORM wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 387 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 380Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to assist the States in carrying out drought prevention plans.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT STATE DROUGHT PREVENTION PLANS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 380 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 374Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING COVERAGE OF VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPIES AS A COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TEST UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 374 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 368Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing States the Medicaid flexibility they need to implement innovative reforms to improve care and enhance access for our Nation's most vulnerable.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING STATES THE MEDICAID FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE REFORMS TO IMPROVE CARE AND ENHANCE ACCESS FOR OUR NATION'S MOST VULNERABLE wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 368 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 367Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing a funding stream for a voter reinfranchisement initiative.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING PROVIDING A FUNDING STREAM FOR A VOTER REINFRANCHISEMENT INITIATIVE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 367 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 133. · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 364Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving oral health care for children and pregnant women under Medicaid.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER MEDICAID wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 364 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 352Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Federal employee performance awards.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AWARDS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 352 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 348Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to installing watchdogs at Federal agencies with extended Inspector General vacancies and strengthening and reforming Offices of Inspectors General to ensure that such Offices are appropriately prioritizing the investigation of waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct within Federal agencies.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL AND PREVENTING EXTENDED VACANCIES wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 348 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Boozman

S.Amdt. 346Mar 27, 2015

To modify the deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting jobs in the United States through international trade to include the reauthorization or extension of trade adjustment assistance programs.

Inserts new text on page 58, between lines 6 and 7

Amendment SA 346 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Susan M. Collins

S.Amdt. 345Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for Federal investments in biomedical and basic scientific research.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL AND BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 345 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 343Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving mandatory appropriations for agricultural conservation programs.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESERVING MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 343 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 342Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the National Guard State Partnership Program.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 342 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 341Mar 27, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the promotion of United States offshore energy production.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES OFFSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 341 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 339Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing mortgage lending to rural areas.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING MORTGAGE LENDING TO RURAL AREAS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 339 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Mike Rounds

S.Amdt. 321Mar 27, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a biennial budget and appropriations process.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A BIENNIAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 321 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022) · Sponsored by Johnny Isakson

S.Amdt. 1072Mar 26, 2015

To provide additional resources to reject the Senate Republicans' proposed $435 billion in cuts to Medicare.

Increases the amount on page 32, line 2 by $1,813,000,000 · +19 more changes

Amendment SA 1072 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 111. · Sponsored by Debbie Stabenow

S.Amdt. 1063Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring all legally married same-sex spouses have equal access to the Social Security and veterans benefits they have earned and receive equal treatment under the law pursuant to the Constitution of the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING EQUAL TREATMENT OF MARRIED COUPLES UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1063 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 121. · Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 1038Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American workers.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE WAGES FOR AMERICAN WORKERS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1038 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 122. · Sponsored by Mark Kirk

S.Amdt. 1029Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent American jobs from being moved overseas by reducing the corporate income tax rate.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT AMERICAN JOBS FROM BEING MOVED OVERSEAS BY REDUCING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1029 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1026Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency health premium billing.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO CONSUMER PRICE TRANSPARENCY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1026 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 1014Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to responding to the economic and national security threats posed by human-induced climate change, as highlighted by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 1014 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 115. · Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 1012Mar 26, 2015

To strike more than $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, preserving a critical source of comprehensive, affordable health and long-term care coverage for millions of otherwise uninsured low-income adults, parents, and seniors, including millions of nonelderly low-income adults in States that expanded Medicaid as part of health reform.

Increases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $113,299,000,000 · +89 more changes

Amendment SA 1012 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 95. · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 968Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to enacting middle class tax relief, including extending and expanding refundable tax credits, such as tax provisions and policies included in legislation like the Working Families Tax Relief Act, American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act, Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act, or the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act, among other legislation.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 968 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 73 - 27. Record Vote Number: 125. · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 966Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to offsetting the costs of operations against the Islamic State.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO OFFSETTING THE COSTS OF OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 966 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 110. · Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 951Mar 26, 2015

To establish and fund a new Federal-State partnership to expand access to high-quality preschool programs for children from low- and moderate-income families, offset with revenue from closing loopholes.

Increases the amount on page 5, line 6 by $1,500,000,000 · +97 more changes

Amendment SA 951 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 119. · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 947Mar 26, 2015

To ensure that small businesses are provided relief as part of tax reform by permanently increasing the maximum amount of the section 179 small business expensing allowance to $1,000,000 and the investment limitation to $2,500,000 and indexing them both for inflation.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS TAX RELIEF wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 947 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 944Mar 26, 2015

To create a point of order against legislation that would use tax dollars to censor publicly-funded climate science.

Adds SEC. ____. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST USING TAX DOLLARS TO CENSOR PUBLICLY-FUNDED CLIMATE SCIENCE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 944 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Bill Nelson

S.Amdt. 940Mar 26, 2015

To increase new budget authority for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and modify outlays for fiscal years 2016 through 2022 for National Defense (budget function 050) with offsets.

Amendment SA 940, as modified, ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Rand Paul

S.Amdt. 928Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the United States from an energy tax.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CARBON EMISSIONS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 928 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 42. Record Vote Number: 103. · Sponsored by Roy Blunt

S.Amdt. 881Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting a substantial increase in the minimum wage.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE at the end of title III

Amendment SA 881 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 93. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 867Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to making it more difficult for corporations and billionaires to secretly influence elections by making unlimited undisclosed campaign expenditures, and to prevent such entities from evading campaign finance law, including through making false statements to government agencies.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR CORPORATIONS TO SECRETLY INFLUENCE ELECTIONS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 867 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107. · Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 842Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to consumer financial protection.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 842 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 117. · Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 839Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting United States citizens held hostage in the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981.

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING UNITED STATES CITIZENS HELD HOSTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN TEHRAN, IRAN, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 3, 1979, AND JANUARY 20, 1981 at the end of title III

Amendment SA 839 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Johnny Isakson

S.Amdt. 838Mar 26, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the disposal of certain Federal land.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 838 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 106. · Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 836Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions, which may include a prohibition on withholding highway funds from States that refuse to submit State Implementation Plans required under the Clean Power Plan of the Agency.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REGULATION BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 836 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 116. · Sponsored by Mitch McConnell

S.Amdt. 828Mar 26, 2015

To provide additional resources to save student financial aid and keep college affordable for more than 8,000,000 low- and middle-income students by restoring the $89,000,000,000 in cuts to Federal Pell Grants in the Republican budget.

Increases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $6,772,000,000 · +89 more changes

Amendment SA 828 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 101. · Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 825Mar 26, 2015

To expand the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers.

Inserts new text on page 54, between lines 20 and 21

Amendment SA 825 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 817Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide tax benefits to patriot employers that invest in American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits to workers and to eliminate tax benefits for corporations that ship jobs or profits overseas.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE TAX BENEFITS TO PATRIOT EMPLOYERS THAT INVEST IN AMERICAN JOBS AND PROVIDE FAIR PAY AND BENEFITS TO WORKERS AND TO ELIMINATE TAX BENEFITS FOR CORPORAT wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 817 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 104. · Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 810Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal Pell Grant program.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS THROUGH THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 810 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Susan M. Collins

S.Amdt. 798Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation to allow Americans to earn paid sick time.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION TO ALLOW AMERICANS TO EARN PAID SICK TIME at the end of title III

Amendment SA 798 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 61 - 39. Record Vote Number: 98. · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 763Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to subjecting all Federal spending to sequestration.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUBJECTING ALL FEDERAL SPENDING TO SEQUESTRATION at the end of title III

Proposed amendment SA 763 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S2003) · Sponsored by Lindsey Graham

S.Amdt. 692Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency in health premium billing.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH PREMIUM BILLING wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 692 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 44. Record Vote Number: 102. · Sponsored by Tim Scott

S.Amdt. 689Mar 26, 2015

To improve the dynamic scoring provision.

Inserts “, in addition to the estimate of budgetary effects without macroeconomic effects, an esti…” after “shall provide”

Amendment SA 689 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 41. Record Vote Number: 112. · Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 665Mar 26, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting awarding of construction contracts based on awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor organizations.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING AWARDING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS BASED ON AWARDEES ENTERING OR NOT ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 665 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 120. · Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 649Mar 26, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting funding of international organizations during the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING FUNDING OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ARMS TRADE TREATY PRIOR TO SENATE RATIFICATION AN wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 649 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 41. Record Vote Number: 108. · Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 632Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PREGNANT WORKERS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 632 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 113. · Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 607Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow for the permanent elimination of the Federal estate tax.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PERMANENTLY ELIMINATE THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 607 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 46. Record Vote Number: 114. · Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 545Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reimposing waived sanctions and imposing new sanctions against Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement.

Amendment SA 545 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 109. · Sponsored by Mark Kirk

S.Amdt. 523Mar 26, 2015

To prevent United States companies from getting tax benefits for moving jobs overseas, to end offshore tax loopholes including inversions, and to provide incentives for United States companies to relocate overseas jobs to the United States.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BRINGING JOBS BACK TO AMERICA wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 523 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 54. Record Vote Number: 94. · Sponsored by Debbie Stabenow

S.Amdt. 515Mar 26, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Federal Government to allow states to opt out of Common Core without penalty.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW STATES TO OPT OUT OF COMMON CORE WITHOUT PENALTY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 515 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 46. Record Vote Number: 105. · Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 475Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to strengthening the United States Postal Service by establishing a moratorium to protect mail processing plants, reinstating overnight delivery standards, and protecting rural service.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE at the end of title III

Amendment SA 475 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 443Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting privately held water rights and permits.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING PRIVATELY HELD WATER RIGHTS AND PERMITS at the end of title III

Amendment SA 443 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 41. Record Vote Number: 118. · Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 432Mar 26, 2015

To provide additional resources to create the opportunity for more Americans to obtain a higher education and advanced job skills by supporting two free years of community college paid for by raising revenue through requiring millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share.

Increases the amount on page 5, line 5 by $17,100,000,000 · +109 more changes

Amendment SA 432 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 55. Record Vote Number: 100. · Sponsored by Tammy Baldwin

S.Amdt. 423Mar 26, 2015

To increase new budget authority fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and modify outlays for fiscal years 2016 through 2022 for National Defense (budget function 050).

Replaces “$620,263,000,000” with “$696,776,000,000” · +3 more changes

Amendment SA 423, as modified, ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 360Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETERRING THE MIGRATION OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FROM EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 360 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 42. Record Vote Number: 124. · Sponsored by John McCain

S.Amdt. 356Mar 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health care to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides the care sought by the veteran.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHIC INACCESSIBILITY TO CARE at the end of title III

Amendment SA 356 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 99. · Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 801Mar 25, 2015

To build on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 by restoring a below-sequester level cut of $9,000,000,000 to nondefense discretionary spending in 2017, replacing sequestration in 2016 and 2017 and increasing funding above sequester levels by a total of $148,000,000,000 for the 2 years, increasing defense and nondefense discretionary spending above sequester levels by equal amounts, eliminating the overseas contingency operations gimmick contained in the committee-reported resolution, and offsetting the net increase in defense and nondefense discretionary spending by closing tax loopholes.

Increases the amount on page 5, line 5 by $8,000,000,000 · +107 more changes

Amendment SA 801 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 53. Record Vote Number: 91. · Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 796Mar 25, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to saving Medicare.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SAVING MEDICARE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 796 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 777Mar 25, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to recognize that climate change is real and caused by human activity and that Congress needs to take action to cut carbon pollution.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CUTTING CARBON POLLUTION TO PREVENT HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 777 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 89. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 755Mar 25, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to keeping the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on protection of water quality, to establish bright lines for Federal jurisdiction, and to create clear and unambiguous exemptions for features that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, claim they are not seeking to regulate.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CLEAN WATER USING SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS WHILE MAINTAINING THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURE wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 755 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 87. · Sponsored by Debbie Stabenow

S.Amdt. 652Mar 25, 2015

To make college more affordable for middle-class families by allowing borrowers with outstanding Federal and private student loans to refinance at the equivalent interest rates that were offered to Federal student loan borrowers during the 2013-2014 school year and to fully offset the cost of such a program by requiring millionaires to pay at least a 30 percent effective Federal tax rate.

Increases the amount on page 5, line 5 by $17,100,000,000 · +95 more changes

Amendment SA 652 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 53. Record Vote Number: 86. · Sponsored by Elizabeth Warren

S.Amdt. 622Mar 25, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to manageable Federal student loan repayment options.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A SIMPLIFIED INCOME-DRIVEN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT OPTION wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 622 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Richard Burr

S.Amdt. 601Mar 25, 2015

To create a point of order against legislation that would privatize Medicare, cut guaranteed benefits, increase out-of-pocket spending, or turn Medicare into a premium support plan.

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PRIVATIZE MEDICARE, CUT GUARANTEED BENEFITS, INCREASE OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING, OR TURN MEDICARE INTO A PREMIUM SUPPORT PLAN at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Amendment SA 601 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 481Mar 25, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral fund relating to supporting Israel.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING ISRAEL wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 481 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 92. · Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 350Mar 25, 2015

To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.

Adds SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE A TAX OR FEE ON CARBON EMISSIONS wherever appropriate

Proposed amendment SA 350 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S1870) · Sponsored by Roy Blunt

S.Amdt. 347Mar 25, 2015

To establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to keep the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on protection of water quality, to establish bright lines for Federal jurisdiction, and to create clear and unambiguous exemptions for features that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, claim they are not seeking to regulate.

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO KEEPING THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT FOCUSED ON THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 347 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 40. Record Vote Number: 88. · Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 498Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to legislation submitted to Congress by President Obama to protect and strengthen Social Security.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LEGISLATION SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 498 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 75 - 24. Record Vote Number: 83. · Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 474Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs, hire more health care professionals for the Department, and ensure quality and timely access to health care for all veterans.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, HIRE MORE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND ENSURE QUALITY AND TIMELY ACCESS TO HEA at the end of title III

Amendment SA 474 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 471Mar 24, 2015

To create a point of order against legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize Social Security.

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Amendment SA 471 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 409Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay, which may include preventing discrimination on the basis of sex and preventing retaliation against employees for seeking or discussing wage information.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING EQUAL PAY wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 409 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 81. · Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 400Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access, choice, and accountability in veterans care through the Veterans Choice Card program under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014.

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ACCESS, CHOICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN VETERANS CARE THROUGH THE VETERANS CHOICE CARD PROGRAM at the end of title III

Amendment SA 400 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 386Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from benefit cuts.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES FROM BENEFIT CUTS wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 386 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 3. Record Vote Number: 79. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 362Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to amending the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to allow for punitive damages, limit the any factor "other than sex" exception, and prohibit retaliation against employees who share salary information.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 362 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 82. · Sponsored by Barbara A. Mikulski

S.Amdt. 357Mar 24, 2015

To raise taxes and spending by enacting President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget.

Replaces the resolution's text with a full substitute

Amendment SA 357 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 1 - 98. Record Vote Number: 85. · Sponsored by John Cornyn

S.Amdt. 349Mar 24, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid.

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND LOWER THE COSTS OF CARING FOR MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHILDREN IN MEDICAID wherever appropriate

Amendment SA 349 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 0. Record Vote Number: 80. · Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 323Mar 24, 2015

To create millions of middle class jobs by investing in our nation's infrastructure paid for by raising revenue through closing loopholes in the corporate and international tax system.

Increases the amount on page 5, line 5 by $25,001,000,000 · +115 more changes

Amendment SA 323 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 78. · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 1113Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. III. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT CONGRESS CANNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED BY ANY UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY NUCLEAR AGREEMENT BE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 1112Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING AND PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Elizabeth Warren

S.Amdt. 1111Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 1109Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FINANCIAL VEHICLES OTHER THAN LOANS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 1108Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT INTERNET FREEDOM AND THE CURRENT MULTI-STAKEHOLDER GOVERNANCE OF THE INTERNET wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 1107Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE REFORM OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PLANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 1106Mar 27, 2015

Adds SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, INCLUDING PROMOTING FREEDOM OF RELIGION (INCLUDING BELIEF) AROUND THE WORLD, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM T at the end of title III

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 1103Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR VETERANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joni Ernst

S.Amdt. 1102Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND SMALL BUSINESS STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS MAY SERVICE FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 1100Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SERVICEMEMBER AND VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Donnelly

S.Amdt. 1098Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING ACCESS TO SAFE AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ACROSS STATE LINES, TO ALLOW CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES TO OBTAIN LIFE- wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 1097Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RECOUPING GRANT DOLLARS FROM CONTRACTORS IN STATES WITH FAILED STATE-BASED EXCHANGES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 1096Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROTECTION ACT OF 1986 at the end of title III

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1095Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1093Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO APPLYING INCREASED PENALTIES FROM THE DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONE ACT TO ALL DRUG TRAFFICKERS OF DRUGS THAT TARGET CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 1092Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING ACCESS TO SAFE AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ACROSS STATE LINES, TO ALLOW CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES TO OBTAIN LIFE- wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 1090Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THAT MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES IN RURAL LOCATIONS HAVE UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL CARE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 1089Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 1088Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 1087Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION TO LESSEN DEPENDENCE OF UNITED STATES ON ENERGY IMPORTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 1086Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley

S.Amdt. 1085Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT CONGRESS CANNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED BY ANY UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY NUCLEAR AGREEMENT BE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 1084Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENHANCING TRADE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN BORDERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John McCain

S.Amdt. 1083Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT CONGRESS CANNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED BY ANY UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY NUCLEAR AGREEMENT BE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 1082Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO KEEPING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKERS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1080Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR SBA RESOURCE PARTNERS TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES WITH REGULATORY COMPLIANCE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 1079Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING GOVERNMENT SETTLEMENT TRANSPARENCY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 1078Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE IN THEIR EMPLOYEES' BIRTH CONTROL AND OTHER HEALTH CARE DECISIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 1077Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Donnelly

S.Amdt. 1076Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ON THE INTERNET wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 1075Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE RECRUITMENT, PREPARATION, AND RETENTION OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1074Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ASSESS THE IMPACT ON HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT RULE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1071Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DENYING TAX BENEFITS TO FIREARMS DEALERS WHO ENDANGER THE PUBLIC at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1070Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTION OF WORKERS AND CONSUMERS FROM CORPORATE MALFEASANCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1069Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO KEEPING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF DOMESTIC ABUSERS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1068Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO EXPAND MEDICAID UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bill Nelson

S.Amdt. 1066Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DELIVERY OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION OR DEATH PENSION UPON DEATH OF A VETERAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 1065Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO CREATE SAVINGS TO THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AND PROTECT SENIOR CITIZENS' IDENTITY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mark Kirk

S.Amdt. 1064Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT OF 1998 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 1062Mar 26, 2015

Strikes section 412

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 1061Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS TO PROSECUTE FIREARMS OFFENSES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1060Mar 26, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $28,000,000 · +69 more changes

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 1059Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF CONGRESS AND THE ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TO RESPOND TO FUNDAMENTALLY MISALIGNED CURRENCIES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1058Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MEASURES THAT ENSURE THAT UNITED STATES MANUFACTURERS CAN COMPETE FAIRLY WITH FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1057Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE CONTINUED STRENGTH OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bill Nelson

S.Amdt. 1056Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE WIRELESS INNOVATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mark R. Warner

S.Amdt. 1055Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE COST-SAVING ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1054Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE COST-SAVING ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1053Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE COST-SAVING ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1052Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE COST-SAVING ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal

S.Amdt. 1051Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MAINTAINING RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND REDUNDANT BASELOAD POWER, ENCOURAGING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND MANUFACTURING, PROVIDING A DIVERSE ENERGY PO wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Heidi Heitkamp

S.Amdt. 1050Mar 26, 2015

Increases the amount on page 5, line 5 by $7,000,000,000 · +69 more changes

Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 1049Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1048Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INSURANCE PROTECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1046Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH WESTERN STATES, HAS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO AVOID THE NEED TO LIST wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 1045Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR JOB TRAINING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 1043Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING AND MAKING PERMANENT THE AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Charles E. Schumer

S.Amdt. 1042Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CLOSING THE CARRIED INTEREST LOOPHOLE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 1041Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CUTS TO VITAL PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 1040Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT THE CROWDING OUT OF OTHER STATE PRIORITIES, SUCH AS FUNDING PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE STATES THE FLEXIBILITY AND BUDGETARY CERTAINTY THE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 1037Mar 26, 2015

Rewrites section 302

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 1036Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRIORITIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND PROJECTS IN HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 1035Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO WELFARE LEGISLATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions

S.Amdt. 1034Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO RELATING TO CAPPING WELFARE BENEFITS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions

S.Amdt. 1032Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING INNOVATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 1031Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH WESTERN STATES, HAS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO AVOID THE NEED TO LIST wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 1030Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING INNOVATION AND OTHER PURPOSES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1023Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR RURAL VETERANS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 1022Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ASSISTANCE TO PROTECT AMERICAN FROM FOREIGN POLLUTION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 1021Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Brian Schatz

S.Amdt. 1020Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RELIEVING SMALL BUSINESSES OF THE REGULATORY AND FINANCIAL BURDENS CREATED BY THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 1019Mar 26, 2015

Inserts “Each committee shall include in the report recommendations regarding programs within the…” after “Budget.”

Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 1018Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENHANCING THE VALUE OF THE ADOPTION TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ben Sasse

S.Amdt. 1017Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO H-1B VISAS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 1016Mar 26, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 45, line 19 by $40,000,000 · +14 more changes

Sponsored by Tim Scott

S.Amdt. 1015Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON TESTING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 1010Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS PURCHASING FIREARMS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Charles E. Schumer

S.Amdt. 1009Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS PURCHASING FIREARMS ON THE INTERNET at the end of title III

Sponsored by Charles E. Schumer

S.Amdt. 1008Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING FEDERAL AGENCIES NOT TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUY AMERICAN ACT, THE BERRY AMENDMENT, OR THE BUY AMERICA ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1007Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NON-MILITARY SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1006Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASED UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CRISES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1004Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN PERMITS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher Murphy

S.Amdt. 1001Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 422. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FUNDING RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR TRADE PROMOTION FOR CUBA UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION STANDARDS at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 1000Mar 26, 2015

Replaces “spending” with “deficit” · +1 more change

Sponsored by Michael B. Enzi

S.Amdt. 999Mar 26, 2015

Strikes “relating”

Sponsored by Michael B. Enzi

S.Amdt. 998Mar 26, 2015

Replaces “spending” with “deficit” · +1 more change

Sponsored by Michael B. Enzi

S.Amdt. 997Mar 26, 2015

Strikes “relating”

Sponsored by Michael B. Enzi

S.Amdt. 996Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING FUNDING FOR FLIGHTS OVER THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OR EUROPE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNDER THE TREATY ON OPEN SKIES USING DIGITAL E at the end of title III

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 995Mar 26, 2015

Rewrites page 55, lines 18–19

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 992Mar 26, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 15, line 19 by $21,000,000,000 · +20 more changes

Sponsored by Rand Paul

S.Amdt. 990Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 9892nd degreeMar 26, 2015

Inserts “reflecting a prioritized, risk-based, cost effective approach” after “standards”

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons · Amends S.Amdt. 337

S.Amdt. 988Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BOLSTERING THE RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE IMPACTS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 987Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 985Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXTENDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAM OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by James E. Risch

S.Amdt. 982Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO STATES TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND QUALITY AND DELIVERY OF CARE WHILE PROTECTING THE GUARANTEE OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 981Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO WAIVE COINSURANCE UNDER MEDICARE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TESTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION IS REQUIRED DURING THE SCREENING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 980Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE PROMISED PENSION BENEFITS OF RETIREES IN MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 979Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING OVERTIME PROTECTIONS FOR MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 978Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION FUNDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN HAVANA, CUBA UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA CEASES PROVIDING SANCTUARY TO TERRORISTS AND AMERICAN FUGI wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 977Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, CITIZEN SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CENTRAL AMERICA at the end of title III

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 976Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 975Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MAINTAINING MILITARY PERSONNEL LEVELS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE THE LEAST COSTLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 974Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ELIMINATE ALL CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES ESTABLISHED BY AGENCY REGULATIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 973Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT ANY NUCLEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED ABSENT APPROVAL BY CONGRESS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 972Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR ARROW SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, ARROW-3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR DEVELOPMENT, DAVID'S SLING SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 971Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPLEMENT WORK REQUIREMENTS IN ALL MEANS-TESTED FEDERAL WELFARE PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 970Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE FULL PORTABILITY OF FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER PART A OF TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 969Mar 26, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FROM FURTHER REGULATING POLITICAL SPEECH ON THE INTERNET wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ted Cruz

S.Amdt. 965Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 964Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENHANCE PROSECUTION OF THOSE WHO TRANSFER A FIREARM KNOWING OR HAVING REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH FIREARM WILL BE USED TO COMMIT A CRIME OF VIOLENCE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 963Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENABLE TRANSFER OF ATF ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS TO THE FBI at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 962Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENHANCE PROSECUTION OF THOSE WHO TRANSFER A FIREARM KNOWING OR HAVING REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH FIREARM WILL BE USED TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE UNDER CH at the end of title III

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 961Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SECURITY OF AMERICAN WORKERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Patty Murray

S.Amdt. 960Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A MANDATORY ELECTRONIC EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM at the end of title III

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley

S.Amdt. 959Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE EB-5 IMMIGRANT INVESTOR PROGRAM at the end of title III

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley

S.Amdt. 958Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING UNITED STATES WORKERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley

S.Amdt. 957Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT EACH STATE HAS NO MORE THAN ONE FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGE (FMAP) RATE FOR COVERAGE OF ALL OF THE STATE'S MEDICAID BENEFICI wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 956Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT THE CONTENT OF AMERICANS' E-MAILS FROM UNWARRANTED ACCESS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 955Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT ALIENS WITHOUT LAWFUL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM QUALIFYING FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions

S.Amdt. 954Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES THAT PAID TO KEEP UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM OPEN DURING THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN OCTOBER 2013 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 949Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING GREATER DISCRETION TO STATES WITH RESPECT TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 948Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING FEDERAL AGENCIES FROM IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARD at the end of title III

Sponsored by Thad Cochran

S.Amdt. 946Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HELP MAKE SMALL, MEDIUM, AND RURAL MANUFACTURERS MORE COMPETITIVE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 945Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, SOURCE OF INCOME, MARITAL STATUS, MILITARY OR VETERAN ST wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 943Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF DIABETES AMONG PRE-DIABETIC MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 942Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ARRESTING THE SPREAD OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 941Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 939Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING THE SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO DRAFT A PLAN TO CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN HOUSING PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 938Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 937Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 936Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPIRED FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Rand Paul

S.Amdt. 935Mar 25, 2015

Sponsored by Rand Paul

S.Amdt. 934Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING MARKETING MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 9332nd degreeMar 25, 2015

Rewrites page 1, line 2 through page 2, line 2

Sponsored by Thad Cochran · Amends S.Amdt. 321

S.Amdt. 930Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING TAX INCREASES ON FAMILIES WITH ANNUAL INCOMES UNDER $250,000 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Crapo

S.Amdt. 929Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BY REVERSING OBAMACARE CUTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Crapo

S.Amdt. 927Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIBLE DIETARY GUIDELINES THAT RECOMMEND LEAN RED MEAT AS A SOURCE OF PROTEIN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 924Mar 25, 2015

Inserts “, including fraud, waste, abuse, and crime resulting from legislative deregulation and Go…” before the period

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 923Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATING NEGATIVE SUBSIDIES IN THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM AND REDUCING COSTS FOR BORROWERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 922Mar 25, 2015

Strikes page 101, line 24 through page 105, line 8

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 921Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 920Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING THE GEOGRAPHIC IMBALANCE IN FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING AND IMPROVING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE STATES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 917Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, WHICH PREVENT LAYOFFS AND KEEP AMERICANS EMPLOYED wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 916Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RESOURCE EQUITY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 915Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING THE COSTS TO BORROWERS IN THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 914Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT MAXIMUM KEEPS PACE WITH INFLATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 913Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING OFFSHORE TAX ABUSES BY LARGE CORPORATIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 912Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PERMANENTLY REFORMING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR REGU wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jack Reed

S.Amdt. 911Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE OUTDOOR ECONOMY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar

S.Amdt. 910Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADVANCING INNOVATIONS IN LIFE SAVING TECHNOLOGIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar

S.Amdt. 909Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESERVING FUNDING FOR STATES TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN RECREATIONAL TRAILS AND TRAIL-RELATED FACILITIES FOR MOTORIZED AND NONMOTORIZED RECREATIONAL TR wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar

S.Amdt. 908Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ARMED FORCES TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar

S.Amdt. 907Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EFFECTIVE FEDERAL MANAGEMENT OF THE GRAY WOLF POPULATION IN THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar

S.Amdt. 906Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN PRECISION MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar

S.Amdt. 905Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO VETERANS HEALTH CARE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 904Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 903Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TEMPORARY PAYMENT OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION OR DEATH PENSION UPON DEATH OF A VETERAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 902Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AUTHORIZING CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RETAIN SUCH ELIGIBILITY UNTIL AGE 26 at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 901Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, RELIGION, RACE, COLOR, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 898Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS CYBERSTALKING AND ONLINE HARASSMENT at the end of title III

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 894Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE GLOBAL FUND wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 893Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DIABETES RESEARCH, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 892Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 891Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADDRESSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF PASSENGER RAIL at the end of title III

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 890Mar 25, 2015

Replaces “and” through “(3)” with new text

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 889Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Dianne Feinstein

S.Amdt. 888Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING TERRORISTS FROM OBTAINING FIREARMS OR EXPLOSIVES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Dianne Feinstein

S.Amdt. 887Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STREAMLINE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 886Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AT THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 884Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING LOCAL FLEXIBILITY IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND SUPPORTING LOW-INCOME HOUSING BLOCK GRANT FUNDING BY EXPANDING THE MOVING-TO-WORK PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 883Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING HEALTH CARE RATIONING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 880Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A STUDENT BORROWER BILL OF RIGHTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 879Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DENTAL COVERAGE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 876Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, RACE, COLOR, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 875Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 874Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 873Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FOR VETERANS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 872Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING AND ENHANCING THE SECURITY OF THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM TO PROMOTE TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 871Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING AND ADJUDICATING BENEFIT CLAIMS OF SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS OF VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mazie K. Hirono

S.Amdt. 869Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Udall

S.Amdt. 868Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 864Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING AN ACCOUNTING OF TOTAL UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 863Mar 25, 2015

Inserts “would not raise new revenue and” after “legislation”

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 862Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REPEALING THE WIND PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 861Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EQUALIZING THE TREATMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 AND THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 860Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FROM MAKING RISKY LOANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 859Mar 25, 2015

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 858Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LIMITING FUNDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 857Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY OF MISSING WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 854Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REPEALING THE LIMITATION ON HEALTH FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 853Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF COLLEGE ATHLETES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 851Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REIN IN FISHING REGULATIONS AND PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF FOR FISHERIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 850Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING CARRYING OUT EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 20 AND 21, 2014 RELATED TO IMMIGRATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 849Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 848Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE MEDICARE HOME HEALTH FACE-TO-FACE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 847Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. __. INFORMATION ON SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tim Scott

S.Amdt. 846Mar 25, 2015

Increases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $2,031,000,000 · +88 more changes

Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 845Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRADE AGREEMENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 844Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING THE COST OF ATTENDANCE AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS CAN AFFORD TO PAY BACK STUDENT LOANS BY AVOIDING CUT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Merkley

S.Amdt. 841Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE RESERVES IN AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Udall

S.Amdt. 840Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO BE USED FOR DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO DOJ PROFILING GUIDANCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 837Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 835Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO OFFSETTING THE COST OF OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bernard Sanders

S.Amdt. 834Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE OF STATES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Barbara Boxer

S.Amdt. 833Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES FROM DROUGHT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Barbara Boxer

S.Amdt. 832Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE FOR TRICARE BENEFICIARIES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION FOR WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 831Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ATTENDANCE AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 829Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MAINTAINING THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO PHYSICAL DAMAGES OR CYBER SECURITY- wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 826Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CHANGES TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 824Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY IN THE FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 823Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPLEMENTING GAO RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONSOLIDATE FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 821Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE FOREST SERVICE FROM FINALIZING AND IMPLEMENTING A CERTAIN PROPOSED GROUNDWATER DIRECTIVE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 820Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING FUNDING FOR THE DEFENSE RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 819Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE EXTENSION OF THE WIND PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 818Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING FOR THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 816Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT CERTAIN CORPORATIONS FROM PROFITING FROM GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 815Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATED TO PROHIBITING INVERTED CORPORATIONS FROM AVOIDING UNITED STATES TAXES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 814Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING EXPLOITATION OF VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS SEEKING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 813Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 809Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO RESTORE STUDENTS' RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF EDUCATIONAL RECORDS BY ENSURING PARENTAL CONSENT OF RECORDS RELEASE IN ALL CASES AND PROHIBITING COLLECTION OF PSYCHOLO wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 808Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PERMANENTLY EXTEND THE INTERNET TAX FREEDOM ACT AND TO ESTABLISH RULES FOR TAXATION OF DIGITAL GOODS AND SERVICES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 807Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST USING CERTAIN FUNDS TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR IMMIGRATION BENEFITS at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 806Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PROCESSING NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE at the appropriate place in title IV

Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 805Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT THE SALE OF SENIOR PREFERRED STOCK OF FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bob Corker

S.Amdt. 804Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STUDENT LOANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 799Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS RELATED TO GOVERNING JUSTLY AND DEMOCRATICALLY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 797Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING HEADQUARTERS STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 794Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO RESPOND TO ACCUSATIONS OF UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE CURRENCY UNDERVALUATIO at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeff Sessions

S.Amdt. 790Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOCATE ANY SAVINGS ACHIEVED THROUGH SPENDING CUTS OR NEW REVENUE THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR ANY PURPO at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 789Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING MISCLASSIFICATION OF WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 788Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING SUFFICIENT TRADE ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 787Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ESTABLISH THE PRIORITIZATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (CHGME) AS A PROVEN MEANS TO IMPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST PEDIATRIC ME wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 786Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE 12-MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT IN MEDICAID AND THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 785Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT NO FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID FUNDS ARE USED FOR MARKETING ACTIVITIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 784Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING A NATIONAL NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 783Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANSION OF THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 782Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXTENDING THE HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT at the end of title III

Sponsored by Sherrod Brown

S.Amdt. 779Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENACT A TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR TAXPAYERS AGAINST ABUSES BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Cornyn

S.Amdt. 778Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PATENTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by John Cornyn

S.Amdt. 776Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM SERVICE ON A FEDERAL JURY ON ACCOUNT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 775Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF THAT GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND ITS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 774Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL SPECTRUM FOR COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICES, INCLUDING UNLICENSED WI-FI at the end of title III

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 773Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS BY REFORMING THE ALLOWANCE AND PERKS AVAILABLE TO FORMER PRESIDENTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joni Ernst

S.Amdt. 772Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE UTILIZED MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE FEDERAL RULEMAKING PROCESS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joni Ernst

S.Amdt. 771Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR FIRST CLASS AIRPLANE TRAVEL BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joni Ernst

S.Amdt. 769Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FISH wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 768Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO TRAVELERS RESIDING IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND NOT SERVED BY THE ESSENTIAL AIR SERVIC at the end of title III

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 767Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 766Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUBJECTING THE SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SEQUESTRATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Lindsey Graham

S.Amdt. 764Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREPARING PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR POST-PANAMAX SHIPS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lindsey Graham

S.Amdt. 762Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ____. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE RESTORATION OF PURCHASING POWER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lindsey Graham

S.Amdt. 761Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MEANS-TESTING MEDICARE PART B AND PART D PREMIUMS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME THAT EXCEEDS $250,000 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lindsey Graham

S.Amdt. 760Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY POWER PLANT RULES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 758Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 757Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 756Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING TAXPAYER FUNDING OF CONGRESSIONAL LETTERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Debbie Stabenow

S.Amdt. 754Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING THE ELIMINATION OF PREVAILING WAGE MANDATES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 753Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF UNIFORMED MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN THE AIR FORCE FOR F-35A AIRCRAFT PROGRAM TO REACH INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AND FULL OPER wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 751Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION'S CONTRACT WITH THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 748Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FURTHER RESTRICT THE RIGHT OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS TO OWN A FIREARM at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 747Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SELLING NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL LAND WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 746Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING REASONABLE DEADLINES FOR PROCESSES UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 745Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ALLOWING OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT ON FEDERAL LAND wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mike Lee

S.Amdt. 744Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING TRANSPARENCY OF COSTS OF COMPLETING ANALYSES REQUIRED UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 742Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM IN A MANNER THAT INCENTIVIZES WORK AND WORKER TRAINING FOR THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED, HELPS THE LONG-TERM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 741Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW FOR LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR LONG-TERM BUDGET ANALYSES at the end of title III

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 740Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING OF CERTAIN TRIBAL COURTS BY BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 739Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ROBUST SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS BY THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU OFFICE OF COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 738Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF LAND TRANSFERRED UNDER CERTAIN ACTS THAT IS CONTAMINATED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES AND ACTIVITIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 737Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR THE EXPANSION OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE) RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S PEER REVIEWED MEDICAL RES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 736Mar 25, 2015

Rewrites page 89, lines 15–19

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 735Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO OUTREACH AND DELIVERY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO VETERANS RESIDING IN UNITED STATES COMMUNITIES NOT CONNECTED TO NORT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 734Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INNOVATIVE READINESS TRAINING PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 733Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AN ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH FOR THE ARMY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 OF 490,000 SOLDIERS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 732Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AUTHORIZING ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 731Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 730Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR OF THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski

S.Amdt. 728Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH at the end of title III

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 727Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BROADBAND EXPANSION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 726Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES FROM STORM SURGES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 725Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING DIVERSITY IN PROCUREMENT AND HIRING AT ALL FEDERAL PENSION PLANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 723Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING THE AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PERSONS OR LEGAL ENTITIES WHO QUALIFY FOR FARM SUBSIDY PROGRAM BENEFITS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 719Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CLEANING UP FEDERALLY DESIGNATED SUPERFUND SITES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 718Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING CHILD SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND ASSET BUILDING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 717Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EFFECTIVENESS AND AVAILABILITY OF BUREAU OF PRISONS PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 716Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT THE ROBUST FUNDING OF THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM at the end of title III

Sponsored by Cory A. Booker

S.Amdt. 714Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Michael F. Bennet

S.Amdt. 712Mar 25, 2015

Inserts “, including standardizing financial aid award letters,” after “(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)”

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 711Mar 25, 2015

Increases the amount on page 6, line 6 by $6,772,000,000 · +89 more changes

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 710Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING HEAD START PROGRAMS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Al Franken

S.Amdt. 709Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE OVERLAPPING OR DUPLICATIVE FEDERAL PROGRAMS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 706Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ACHIEVING SAVINGS IN THE NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Edward J. Markey

S.Amdt. 704Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENHANCE DRUG TREATMENT COURTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 703Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENHANCE DRUG TREATMENT COURTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 702Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMBATING THE HEROIN ADDICTION EPIDEMIC wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 701Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 699Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OCEANS AND COASTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 698Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse

S.Amdt. 696Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 22, line 4 by $219,000,000 · +19 more changes

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 695Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ATTENDANCE AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 691Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STATE FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING SIZE OF THE SMALL GROUP MARKET wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tim Scott

S.Amdt. 690Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AVOIDING ELECTRICITY PRICE INCREASES IN STATES THAT ARE RELIANT ON NUCLEAR POWER UNDER THE CLEAN POWER PLAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tim Scott

S.Amdt. 688Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 687Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ALLOWING PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES THE ABILITY TO WORK FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 686Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE AGE LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 685Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MAKING PERMANENT THE EXPENSING LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE FOR 2014 FOR SECTION 179 PROPERTY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 684Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REPEALING ANY TAX INCREASES IMPOSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 683Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE A CARBON TAX OR A CAP-AND-TRADE POLICY RELATING TO CARBON EMISSIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 682Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD NOT ACHIEVE A UNIFIED BUDGET SURPLUS AFTER 2024 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 680Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FURLOUGHING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WITH SERIOUS TAX DELINQUENCIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 679Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF STATES TO PROTECT CITIZENS OF THE STATE FROM DAMAGING REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN AI wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 676Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 30, line 11 by $6,270,000 · +1 more change

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 675Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 23, line 20 by $10,000,000 · +2 more changes

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 674Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 25, line 9 by $53,200,000 · +1 more change

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 673Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 27, line 2 by $254,000,000 · +19 more changes

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 672Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 4__. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CONTAINS EARMARKS at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 671Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 22, line 4 by $1,665,000,000 · +1 more change

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 670Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 22, line 4 by $60,700,000 · +1 more change

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 669Mar 25, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 19, line 3 by $4,200,000,000 · +10 more changes

Sponsored by Jeff Flake

S.Amdt. 663Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR NEGOTIATING WITH PRESIDENT OF SYRIA BASHAR AL ASSAD AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA TO RESOLVE THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 662Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PREMATURE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 661Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO VIOLATIONS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY at the end of title III

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 660Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN IN COMBATING THE ISLAMIC STATE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 658Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 657Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING NON-DEFENSE RELATED SPENDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 656Mar 25, 2015

Inserts “making permanent” before “Payments”

Sponsored by Tom Cotton

S.Amdt. 655Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE OPEN INTERNET at the end of title III

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 654Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING REGULATORY PRACTICES FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 653Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING EPA TO LIMIT CONTROL MEASURE DETERMINATIONS TO COVERED SOURCES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 650Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES UNDER THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS MAY CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS BEFORE ISSUING FOSTER CARE LICENSES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Hoeven

S.Amdt. 646Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO H-1B VISAS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 644Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE SAFE TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE BY RAIL at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 641Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FAIR MARKET RENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Heidi Heitkamp

S.Amdt. 640Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS UNIQUE SITUATIONS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Heidi Heitkamp

S.Amdt. 637Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ADVANCING THE STATED GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF MEETING THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF VETERANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Mark R. Warner

S.Amdt. 635Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 634Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AUTOMATIC IRAS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 631Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN COMMUNITIES THROUGH WHICH CRUDE OIL IS TRANSPORTED BY RAIL at the end of title III

Sponsored by Robert P. Casey Jr.

S.Amdt. 630Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING THE USE OF ENERGY-EFFICIENCY IN THE MAJOR ENERGY-CONSUMING SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 629Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 628Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM at the end of title III

Sponsored by James Lankford

S.Amdt. 627Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE FOR GOVERNMENT SPENDING TRANSPARENCY at the end of title III

Sponsored by James Lankford

S.Amdt. 626Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STREAMLINE, CONSOLIDATE, OR ELIMINATE DUPLICATIVE AND OVERLAPPING PROGRAMS at the end of title III

Sponsored by James Lankford

S.Amdt. 623Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT-GENERATION LEADERSHIP COMPUTERS IN THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 621Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REPEAL THE FOREIGN ACCOUNT TAX COMPLIANCE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 619Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT'S CUTS TO THE MEDICAID AND MEDICARE DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 618Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING INTERNATIONAL ARMS CONTROL COMPLIANCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 617Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTERAGENCY COOPERATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 616Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS STUDY, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 32801 at the end of title III

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 615Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE USE OF HARBOR MAINTENANCE USER FEES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 614Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE GROWING FISCAL THREAT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 613Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE COOPERATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roger F. Wicker

S.Amdt. 612Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUBJECTING ALL FEES COLLECTED BY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Johnny Isakson

S.Amdt. 610Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FIDUCIARY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Johnny Isakson

S.Amdt. 609Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT, CREATE, APPLY, OR ENFORCE CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR INITIAL BARGAINING UNIT DETERMINATIONS GOVERNED BY THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Johnny Isakson

S.Amdt. 608Mar 25, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SIMPLIFY AND STANDARDIZE STATE INCOME TAX COLLECTION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME STATE FOR TEMPORARY WORK ASSIGNMENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 606Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AFRICAN ELEPHANT IVORY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 605Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Dianne Feinstein

S.Amdt. 603Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THE PROMOTION OF NUTRITION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 602Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A SINGLE FOOD AGENCY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 600Mar 24, 2015

Decreases the amount on page 22, line 20 by $9,000,000 · +11 more changes

Sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen

S.Amdt. 594Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND MINORITIES, IN 21ST CENTURY FIELDS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 592Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 591Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM THE LIFELINE PROGRAM AND REDUCE FRAUD at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 589Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FROM LIMITING COMPENSATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 587Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO DISALLOW ANY FEDERAL TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE COST OF COURT-ORDERED PUNITIVE DAMAGES AS AN ORDINARY BUSINESS EXPENSE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Patrick J. Leahy

S.Amdt. 584Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING EXPORT PROMOTION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 583Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CARBON TECHNOLOGIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 582Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL SERVICE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 581Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT TO PROVIDE NONPARTISAN INFORMATION TO CONGRESS ON COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES OF REGULATIONS AND REGULAT at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 579Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 577Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE REDUCTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 576Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SECURING SOURCES OF SUPPLY OF RARE EARTH MINERALS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 575Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REPEAL THE TRICARE EXCLUSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 574Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THE RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 572Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT RURAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joe Manchin III

S.Amdt. 571Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE SALE OF FEDERAL LAND TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Martin Heinrich

S.Amdt. 570Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-REDUCING RESERVE FUND FOR REQUIRING SENATORS TO FILE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS ELECTRONICALLY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jon Tester

S.Amdt. 568Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO IMPLEMENT THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND REDUCE IDENTITY THEFT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 567Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING DUPLICATION, FRAGMENTATION, AND OVERLAP IN GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 566Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FINANCIAL VEHICLES OTHER THAN LOANS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 564Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO BUDGETING REGULATORY PROMULGATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 563Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE REFORM OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PLANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 561Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UNDERUTILIZED FACILITIES OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 560Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 559Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA AND TRANSPARENCY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 558Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE AND INCREASING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 557Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN FREEDOMS, AND EFFECTIVE NONPROLIFERATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 556Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DELIVERING WEAPONS TO UKRAINE USING EMERGENCY DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY IN THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 555Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. ELIMINATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY PAYROLL TAXES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED RETIREMENT AGE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 554Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. ELIMINATION OF THE RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 553Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 551Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, INCLUDING PROMOTING FREEDOM OF RELIGION (INCLUDING BELIEF) AROUND THE WORLD, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM at the end of title III

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 550Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONSOLIDATING TAX INCENTIVES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 549Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROVIDING LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME STUDENT ACCESS TO PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH A TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 548Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT INTERNET FREEDOM AND THE CURRENT MULTI-STAKEHOLDER GOVERNANCE OF THE INTERNET wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 547Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO WELFARE REFORM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Marco Rubio

S.Amdt. 546Mar 24, 2015

Replaces “$57,997,000,000” with “$96,000,000,000”

Sponsored by John McCain

S.Amdt. 544Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXTRADITING INTERNATIONAL CYBERCRIMINALS COMMITTING CREDIT CARD THEFT at the end of title III

Sponsored by Mark Kirk

S.Amdt. 543Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATION OF FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 542Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY FOR CLOSING OUT EXPIRED GRANT ACCOUNTS WITH AN EMPTY BALANCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 541Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S REGULATORY FEES AND THE COMMISSION'S RECOVERY OF COSTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 540Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING HEALTH CARE RATIONING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 537Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE AGGRESSIVE AND CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS PROHIBITING THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND POSSESSION OF ADULT OBSCENITY AND CHILD PORNO at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 536Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SAFEGUARDING DATA STORED ABROAD FROM IMPROPER GOVERNMENT ACCESS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 532Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE VITALITY OF TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REQUIREMENT OF MENS REA at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 531Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETERRING ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 530Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE DIVERSION OF FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THE USPTO wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 529Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING SCREENING, TESTING, AND DIAGNOSIS FOR VIRAL HEPATITIS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 528Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UPGRADING DATA COLLECTION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS CONDUCTED ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES DELIVERED AT THE FACILITIES OF THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATIO wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 527Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE TRANSLATION OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INTO TREATMENTS AND CURES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Bill Cassidy

S.Amdt. 526Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 525Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING TAX RELIEF FOR CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL EXPENSES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 524Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION BY REDUCING THE COST OF CAPITAL wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 522Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESERVING THE RIGHT TO CONNECT DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES TO THE ELECTRICITY GRID wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Angus S. King Jr.

S.Amdt. 519Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPAND BENEFITS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO SAILORS EXPOSED TO AGENT ORANGE at the end of title III

Sponsored by Kirsten E. Gillibrand

S.Amdt. 518Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RECOUPING GRANTS FROM STATES WITH FAILED STATE-BASED EXCHANGES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 517Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING CONGRESS'S AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S EXEMPTION FROM PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 516Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AGREEMENTS MADE BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES THAT ARE MADE UNENFORCEABLE WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS RELATED TO TORTS ARISING OU wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 514Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ALLOWING STATES TO ADOPT WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR ABLE-BODIED MEDICAID RECIPIENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 513Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING MEDICARE BENEFICIARY ACCESS TO EYE TRACKING ACCESSORIES AND SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 512Mar 24, 2015

Strikes page 105, line 9 through page 106, line 8

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 511Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND PREVENTING THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES FROM CLASSIFYING M855 OR ANY .223/5.56MM CARTRIDGE OR PROJECTILE AS ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITIO at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 510Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHIC INACCESSIBILITY TO CARE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 509Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ELIMINATING THE STATE DNA ANALYSIS KIT BACKLOG at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 508Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO TERMINATE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WITH SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 507Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENDING OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by David Vitter

S.Amdt. 503Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Dan Sullivan

S.Amdt. 502Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 501Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION FOR PATIENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 500Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING FEDERAL FUNDS FROM BEING USED TO CREATE A FEDERAL COLLEGE RATINGS SYSTEM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Lamar Alexander

S.Amdt. 499Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY TO THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF FULLY MODERNIZED AND MISSION-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 497Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROTECTING JOBS BY PREVENTING FEDERAL AGENCIES FROM OVERRIDING EFFORTS BY STATES TO CONSERVE SPECIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 496Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY IN EXECUTIVE BRANCH LITIGATION SETTLEMENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 495Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ACHIEVING DOMESTIC ENERGY INDEPENDENCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 494Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 493Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO STRENGTHENING MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL at the end of title III

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 492Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WORKPLACE EQUALITY BY ENDING PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION AND CONFRONTING SEX-BASED WAGE DISCRIMINATION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 489Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY RELIEF, PROTECTING STATE-REGULATED INSURERS FROM GLOBAL REGULATORS, AND PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE REGULATIONS FOR IN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 488Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPAND BROADBAND IN RURAL AREAS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 487Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REIN IN FISHING REGULATIONS AND PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF FOR FISHERIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 486Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN MENTAL HEALTH EFFORTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 484Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING LETHAL AID TO UKRAINE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 483Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO COMBATING SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING at the end of title III

Sponsored by Kelly Ayotte

S.Amdt. 480Mar 24, 2015

Increases the amount on page 20, line 13 by $10,000,000 · +59 more changes

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 479Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT RURAL HEALTH CARE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 478Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REPRIORITIZING EDUCATION SPENDING TOWARD IMPACT AID OR OTHER FORMULA GRANT PROGRAMS TO STATES AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, AND AWAY FROM ADMINISTR wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 477Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTEROPERABILITY wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 476Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXEMPTING CERTAIN SCHOOLS FROM OBAMACARE'S EMPLOYER MANDATE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John Thune

S.Amdt. 472Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING CYPRIOT-ISRAELI COOPERATION IN ENERGY EXPLORATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 470Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND TO SUPPORT UNACCOMPANIED WOMAN IN INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY SITUATIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Robert Menendez

S.Amdt. 469Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN ALIENS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM RETROACTIVELY CLAIMING THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley

S.Amdt. 466Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROMOTING JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND TOURISM at the end of title III

Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 464Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING AN ENFORCEABLE TREATY FROM TOP 10 MAJOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMITTERS BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM EXISTI wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 463Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT MARKETING MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 461Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MILITARY READINESS, TRAINING, AND MODERNIZATION WHILE DECREASING RISK OF CASUALTIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 460Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO COST AND FEASIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS AND ALLOWING STATES REASONABLE TIME TO CURE REJECTED STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 459Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXPANDING THE QUANTITY OF FEDERAL LAND AVAILABLE FOR NATURAL RESOURCE EXTRACTION TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 455Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PRIORITIZE THE ELIMINATION OF THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 454Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY PREVENTING THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES FROM RECLASSIFYING AMMUNITION PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR SP wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 451Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS ARE NOT COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Dean Heller

S.Amdt. 450Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENHANCE AND ENCOURAGE BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND ADOPTION IN RURAL AMERICA at the end of title III

Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 447Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION MORE AFFORDABLE AND EXPAND ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO OUR NATION'S STUDENTS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 446Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 444Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM AND EXPAND THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Cory Gardner

S.Amdt. 441Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Debbie Stabenow

S.Amdt. 438Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL PRODUCTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 433Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO CONTINUING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FUNDING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 430Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MAINTAINING ACCESS TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 429Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM ANNUAL PRIVACY NOTICE MAILINGS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 428Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EXTENDING THE EXCEPTION FOR THE TAX TREATMENT OF PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIPS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER GENERATION PROJECTS AND TRANSPORTATION FUELS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 424Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 105. ELIMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES at the end of title I

Sponsored by John Barrasso

S.Amdt. 421Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EXPANSION OF HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND IN RURAL AREAS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 419Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF TANK CARS CARRYING CRUDE OIL BY RAIL wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 418Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 417Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO ADVISE ALL VETERANS OF THEIR POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIVATE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito

S.Amdt. 414Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATIONS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Orrin G. Hatch

S.Amdt. 413Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roy Blunt

S.Amdt. 411Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE MAXIMUM LOAN LIMITS UNDER THE MICROLOAN PROGRAM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 410Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TAX CREDITS FOR EMPLOYERS PROVIDING PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 408Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REFORM THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 407Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INVESTIGATING SERVICE DISRUPTIONS AT WEST COAST PORTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 406Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LIMITING CERTAIN RESEARCH CONDUCTED OR CONTRACTED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION at the end of title III

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 405Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE EFFORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 403Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR COVERDELL EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 401Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT SENTENCING REFORM LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT IMPOSE COSTS ON CRIME VICTIMS at the end of title III

Sponsored by Chuck Grassley

S.Amdt. 399Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE NET DIRECT SPENDING IF THE NATIONAL DEBT IS GREATER THAN THE SIZE OF THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 398Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING COAST GUARD AIR FACILITIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Ron Wyden

S.Amdt. 397Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR VETERANS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Joni Ernst

S.Amdt. 396Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF STATES TO PROTECT CITIZENS OF THE STATE FROM DAMAGING REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN AI wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

S.Amdt. 395Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REVERSING CUTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET at the end of title III

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 393Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO EMPHASIZING MANUFACTURING IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 390Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REGULATORY REVIEW wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Steve Daines

S.Amdt. 385Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FUNDING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ARMS TRADE TREATY PRIOR TO SENATE RATIFICATION AND ADOPTION OF IMPLEMENTING LEGISLAT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 384Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT BY PREVENTING FEDERAL AGENCIES FROM TARGETING LAW-ABIDING FIREARMS DEALERS at the end of title III

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 383Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UPHOLD SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL FIREARM REGISTRY at the end of title III

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 382Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 3__. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THE CONTINUED EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN POPULAR AMMUNITIONS TRADITIONALLY AND PRIMARILY USED FOR SPORTING PURPOSES AS INTENDED UNDER THE LAW ENF at the end of title III

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 381Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS DUE TO SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS at the end of title III

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 379Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RELIEVING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM REDUNDANT ANNUAL PRIVACY NOTICE MAILINGS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 378Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REFORMING THE STATUS OF QUALIFIED MORTGAGES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 377Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 352. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING GREATER TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES at the end of title III

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 376Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. 422. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION IMPOSING USER FEES WITH RESPECT TO GENERAL AVIATION at the end of subtitle A of title IV

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 375Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RETURNING THE AUTHORITY OVER SCHOOL NUTRITION BACK TO THE STATES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 373Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING ADEQUATE IMPACT AID FUNDING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 372Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING STATES TO IMPLEMENT DRUG TESTING AND WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL WELFARE PROGRAMS FOR APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING wherever appropriate

Sponsored by James M. Inhofe

S.Amdt. 371Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BUDGET FUNCTION 050 ARE SPENT EXCLUSIVELY ON NATIONAL DEFENSE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 370Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING GREATER DISCRETION TO STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION IN SPENDING HIGHWAY TRUST FUND ALLOCATIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 369Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BIPARTISAN COMMISSIONS TO GOVERN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Daniel Coats

S.Amdt. 366Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO BE USED FOR DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO PROFILING BY THE DOJ wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 365Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO DOJ PROFILING GUIDANCE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Benjamin L. Cardin

S.Amdt. 363Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MODERNIZING AND UPDATING FOOD SAFETY OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin

S.Amdt. 361Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING PROHIBITING THE CONSIDERATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Deb Fischer

S.Amdt. 359Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SECURING THE SOUTHWEST BORDER wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John McCain

S.Amdt. 358Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENHANCING TRADE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST BORDER wherever appropriate

Sponsored by John McCain

S.Amdt. 355Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT ADDITIONAL PREMIUM INCREASES FOR TWO YEARS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 354Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO MILITARY READINESS, TRAINING, AND MODERNIZATION WHILE DECREASING RISK OF CASUALTIES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 353Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING LETHAL AID TO UKRAINE IN OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN AGGRESSION wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Pat Roberts

S.Amdt. 351Mar 24, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE DREDGING OF SHALLOW DRAFT PORTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Roy Blunt

S.Amdt. 344Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPORTANCE OF FULLY UTILIZING AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR WATER RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT TO MEET NEEDS OF UNITED STATES PORTS AND HARBOR MAINTENAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 340Mar 23, 2015

Rewrites page 54, lines 1–3

Sponsored by Harry Reid

S.Amdt. 338Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Jerry Moran

S.Amdt. 337Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 336Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 335Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 334Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CALL RESPONSE TIME AT THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 333Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 332Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. __. STATUTORY LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 331Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV PATIENTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 330Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCENTIVES FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO HAVE AND MAINTAIN AN ADVANCE CARE PLAN wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 329Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENCOURAGING THE USE OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND DUAL AND CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 328Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS OF HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 327Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR FUNDING TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE VOTING EXPERIENCE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 326Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THAT CHANGES TO VOTING LAWS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL DO NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDEN THE RIGHT OF RACIAL AND LANGUAGE MINORITIES TO VOT wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 325Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ____. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO A STRONG CIVIL COURTS SYSTEM wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 324Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE STRENGTHENING OF PATENT RIGHTS wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons

S.Amdt. 322Mar 23, 2015

Adds SEC. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF STATES TO PROTECT CITIZENS OF THE STATE FROM DAMAGING REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN AI wherever appropriate

Sponsored by Rob Portman

Floor Debate

24 members

What members said about S.Con.Res. 11 on the floor

9 Republicans14 Democrats1 Independent
John A. Yarmuth
Rep. John A. YarmuthD-KY-3 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to remind my colleague that her vote today to repeal the Affordable Care Act will result in 266,000 people from her State of…

Michael B. Enzi
Sen. Michael B. EnziR-WY · Jan 11, 2017

Madam President, the Congressional Budget Act requires that amendments to a budget resolution be germane. Since this amendment does not meet the standard required by budget law, a point of order lies…

Diane Black
Rep. Diane BlackR-TN-6 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on S. Con. Res. 3. Mr. Chairman, I…

Todd Rokita
Rep. Todd RokitaR-IN-4 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chair, I thank the chairwoman for yielding the time. It is a pleasure to continue our work together on this very important issue. It has taken us 6 years to get to today, the first real step in…

Bernard Sanders
Sen. Bernard SandersI-VT · Jan 11, 2017

Madam President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and…

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Sen. Kirsten E. GillibrandD-NY · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, I rise to oppose the amendment of the Senator from Nebraska. While we all support community health centers, and they are very useful in the State of New York as well, this is just…

Gene Green
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chairman, I oppose the Republican resolution and support the Democratic resolution. We shouldn't deal with affordable care without a solution. Just don't repeal. Let's see what the replacement is…

Sherrod Brown
Sen. Sherrod BrownD-OH · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Hatch amendment. Because of the Affordable Care Act, more than 2 million children have health insurance today that did not have it prior to the Affordable…

Steve Scalise
Rep. Steve ScaliseR-LA-1 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman from Tennessee for bringing this budget resolution to the floor. Mr. Chairman, ObamaCare has failed the American people. And if you go back to the beginning, it was…

Michelle Lujan Grisham
Rep. Michelle Lujan GrishamD-NM-1 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chair, I can tell you who is happy that the budget resolution will likely pass the House today, Big Pharma. Pharmaceutical companies are once again escaping any changes to a system which has…

Suzan K. DelBene
Rep. Suzan K. DelBeneD-WA-1 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this reckless budget resolution. Congress had an opportunity to start on a bipartisan note, to work on creating jobs, building an economy that works for…

Bill Johnson
Rep. Bill JohnsonR-OH-6 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chair, it is amazing to me now that some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are calling to see the replacement before the repeal. What irony that is when--at that time the…

Lamar Alexander
Sen. Lamar AlexanderR-TN · Jan 11, 2017

Madam President, this amendment is an amendment I believe almost every Senator will want to vote for because this is an amendment that guarantees that when you walk into the local drugstore, your…

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Deb Fischer
Sen. Deb FischerR-NE · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 184. Mr. President, this amendment would strengthen community health centers across this country. In Nebraska we have 7 federally qualified health centers…

Jason Lewis
Rep. Jason LewisR-MN-2 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chairman, today, I join many of my colleagues in taking the first steps to repeal and replace ObamaCare. My home State of Minnesota has been hit especially hard by this law. Minnesotans have seen…

Ron Wyden
Sen. Ron WydenD-OR · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 188 and ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number. Mr. President and colleagues, this amendment is supported by a number of Senators because, as the…

Robert Menendez
Sen. Robert MenendezD-NJ · Jan 11, 2017

Madam President, my amendment is to protect the health insurance of 11 million low-income men, women, and children who are currently benefiting from the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. This…

Orrin G. Hatch
Sen. Orrin G. HatchR-UT · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, as I stated, ObamaCare came along when States were already facing difficult fiscal choices, and, sadly, made things worse. ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion exacerbated the pressure on…

Raja Krishnamoorthi
Rep. Raja KrishnamoorthiD-IL-8 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chairman, I am Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, and I represent the hardworking families of Chicago's west and northwest suburbs. I rise today in strong opposition to S. Con. Res. 3. Repealing…

Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Amy KlobucharD-MN · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 178 and ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number. Mr. President, I come to the floor to ask that my colleagues support this very important amendment…

Mike Thompson
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-5 · Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to repeal of the Affordable Care Act. For 7 years, all we have heard from the Republicans regarding health care is repeal and replace. After 7 years and more than 60…

Charles E. Schumer
Sen. Charles E. SchumerD-NY · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, will my friend from Wyoming yield for a question? Since the amendment by Senator Coons from Delaware is not going to be offered, I believe that the Hatch amendment was a side- by-side…

Sheldon Whitehouse
Sen. Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI · Jan 11, 2017

Madam Clerk, how am I recorded? On behalf of 14-year-old Charlie, in Woonsocket, RI, who suffers from neurofibromatosis and can stay on his parents' policy until he is 26-- --and cannot be denied…

Heidi  Heitkamp
Sen. Heidi HeitkampD-ND · Jan 11, 2017

Mr. President, how am I recorded? On behalf of the thousands of people-- --who receive health care in my State in rural hospitals who do not know how they are going to get health care if this passes…

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Enrolled BillIssued May 5, 2015

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of America

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen

S. CON. RES. 11

May 5, 2015

Agreed to

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

1.

Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016

(a)

Declaration

Congress declares that this concurrent resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 and that this concurrent resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.

(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 2016.

TITLE I—Recommended levels and amounts

Subtitle A—Budgetary levels in both Houses

Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts.

Sec. 1102. Major functional categories.

Subtitle B—Levels and amounts in the Senate

Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.

Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the Senate.

TITLE II—Reconciliation

Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate.

Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.

TITLE III—Budget enforcement

Subtitle A—Budget enforcement in both Houses

Sec. 3101. Point of order against increasing long-term deficits or direct spending.

Sec. 3102. Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.

Sec. 3103. Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs.

Sec. 3104. Point of order against provisions that constitute changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund.

Sec. 3105. Fair-value credit estimates.

Sec. 3106. Scoring rule for currency modernization.

Sec. 3107. Long-term scoring of changes in spending limits and extension of highway programs.

Sec. 3108. Requiring clearer reporting of projected Federal spending and deficits.

Sec. 3109. Congressional Budget Office estimates of measures with significant outlay effects.

Sec. 3110. Prohibiting the use of guarantee fees as an offset.

Sec. 3111. Information for Congress and the public about projected Federal outlays, revenues, and deficits.

Sec. 3112. Honest accounting: cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate macroeconomic effects.

Subtitle B—Budget enforcement in the Senate

Sec. 3201. Extension of enforcement of budgetary points of order in the Senate.

Sec. 3202. Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate.

Sec. 3203. Supermajority enforcement of unfunded mandates in the Senate.

Sec. 3204. Repeal of Senate point of order against certain reconciliation legislation.

Sec. 3205. Prohibition on agreeing to legislation without a score in the Senate.

Sec. 3206. Protecting the savings in reported reconciliation bills in the Senate.

Sec. 3207. Scoring rule for certain energy contracts in the Senate.

Sec. 3208. Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding in the Senate.

Subtitle C—Budget enforcement in the House of Representatives

Sec. 3301. Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 3302. Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 3303. Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 3304. Limitation on advance appropriations in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 3305. Certain energy contracts in the House of Representatives.

Subtitle D—Other provisions

Sec. 3401. Submission of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse.

Sec. 3402. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.

Sec. 3403. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates.

Sec. 3404. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.

Sec. 3405. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE IV—Reserve funds

Subtitle A—Reserve Funds in both Houses

Sec. 4101. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans.

Subtitle B—Reserve Funds in the Senate

Sec. 4301. Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase the pace of economic growth and private sector job creation in the United States.

Sec. 4302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen America's priorities.

Sec. 4303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and affordable health care choices for all.

Sec. 4304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving access to the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Sec. 4305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other health reforms.

Sec. 4306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child welfare.

Sec. 4307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers.

Sec. 4308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform and administration.

Sec. 4309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in the infrastructure in America.

Sec. 4310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air transportation.

Sec. 4311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote jobs in the United States through international trade.

Sec. 4312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase employment opportunities for disabled workers.

Sec. 4313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Higher Education Act reform.

Sec. 4314. Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy legislation.

Sec. 4315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform environmental statutes.

Sec. 4316. Spending-neutral reserve fund for water resources legislation.

Sec. 4317. Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral security and mineral rights.

Sec. 4318. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the abandoned mine lands program.

Sec. 4319. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve forest health.

Sec. 4320. Spending-neutral reserve fund to reauthorize funding for payments in lieu of taxes to counties and other units of local government.

Sec. 4321. Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial regulatory system reform.

Sec. 4322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal program administration.

Sec. 4323. Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement agreements with freely associated states.

Sec. 4324. Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect payments to rural hospitals and create sustainable access for rural communities.

Sec. 4325. Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage State medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent living and integrated work for the disabled.

Sec. 4326. Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow pharmacists to be paid for the provision of services under Medicare.

Sec. 4327. Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve our Nation’s community health centers.

Sec. 4328. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the funding of independent agencies, which may include subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the regular appropriations process.

Sec. 4329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform, improve, and enhance 529 college savings plans.

Sec. 4330. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to securing overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States.

Sec. 4331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Sec. 4332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting manufacturing in the United States.

Sec. 4333. Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit aliens without legal status in the United States from qualifying for a refundable tax credit.

Sec. 4334. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report elimination or modification.

Sec. 4335. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address heroin, methamphetamine, and prescription opioid abuse.

Sec. 4336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen our Department of Defense civilian workforce.

Sec. 4337. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department of Defense reform.

Sec. 4338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment programs.

Sec. 4339. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide energy assistance and invest in energy efficiency and conservation.

Sec. 4340. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end Operation Choke Point and protect the Second Amendment.

Sec. 4341. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the use of Federal funds for the bailout of improvident State and local governments.

Sec. 4342. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid.

Sec. 4343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access, choice, and accountability in veterans care through the Veterans Choice Card program.

Sec. 4344. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay.

Sec. 4345. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the United States to protect and strengthen Social Security.

Sec. 4346. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a simplified income-driven student loan repayment option.

Sec. 4347. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to keeping the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on the protection of water quality.

Sec. 4348. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Israel.

Sec. 4349. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to family and medical leave.

Sec. 4350. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health care to veterans who have geographic inaccessibility to care.

Sec. 4351. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal Pell Grant program.

Sec. 4352. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency in health premium billing.

Sec. 4353. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to carbon emissions.

Sec. 4354. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Federal Government to allow states to opt out of Common Core without penalty.

Sec. 4355. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the disposal of certain Federal land.

Sec. 4356. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting funding of international organizations during the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation.

Sec. 4357. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reimposing waived sanctions and imposing new sanctions against Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement.

Sec. 4358. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting United States citizens held hostage in the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981.

Sec. 4359. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.

Sec. 4360. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax.

Sec. 4361. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions.

Sec. 4362. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting privately held water rights and permits.

Sec. 4363. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting awarding of construction contracts based on awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor organizations.

Sec. 4364. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent American jobs from being moved overseas by reducing the corporate income tax rate.

Sec. 4365. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American workers.

Sec. 4366. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Sec. 4367. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring proper economic consideration in designation of critical habitat.

Sec. 4368. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end

too big to fail bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets).

Sec. 4369. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington’s illegal exemption from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Sec. 4370. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Sec. 4371. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sec. 4372. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sec. 4373. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide equity in the tax treatment of public safety officer death benefits.

Sec. 4374. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits.

Sec. 4375. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mixed oxide fuel fabrication.

Sec. 4376. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming Offices of Inspectors General and preventing extended vacancies.

Sec. 4377. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving retirement security.

Sec. 4378. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

Sec. 4379. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat populations and local economic development are compatible.

Sec. 4380. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity.

Sec. 4381. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement agencies.

Sec. 4382. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal agencies.

Sec. 4383. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through small business development centers.

Sec. 4384. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the needs of women veterans.

Sec. 4385. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy.

Sec. 4386. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in States that have decriminalized marijuana.

Sec. 4387. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing mortgage lending to rural areas.

Sec. 4388. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers.

Sec. 4389. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces.

Sec. 4390. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to raising the Family of Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company Program.

Sec. 4391. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet.

Sec. 4392. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the reliability of the electricity grid.

Sec. 4393. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and protect the open Internet.

Sec. 4394. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming the Federal regulatory process.

Sec. 4395. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program.

Sec. 4396. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the modernization of the nuclear command, control, and communications architecture of the United States.

Sec. 4397. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to BARDA and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund.

Sec. 4398. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force.

Sec. 4399. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting economic growth and job creation for small businesses and full funding for at-sea and dockside monitoring for certain fisheries.

Sec. 4400. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the definition of full-time employee.

Sec. 4401. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process.

Sec. 4402. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program.

Sec. 4403. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities.

Sec. 4404. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to patient care, and other management issues of the Department.

Sec. 4405. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit unions.

Sec. 4406. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Sec. 4407. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that Department of Justice attorneys comply with disclosure obligations in criminal prosecutions.

Sec. 4408. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote biomedical research.

Sec. 4409. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing access to necessary equipment for Medicare beneficiaries.

Sec. 4410. Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prioritizing the construction of infrastructure projects that are of national and regional significance and projects in high priority corridors.

Sec. 4411. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the security of NATO.

Sec. 4412. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the investigation and recovery of missing weapons and military equipment provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States Government.

Sec. 4413. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving higher education data and transparency.

Sec. 4414. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Native children.

Sec. 4415. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to provide additional funding for international strategic communications.

Sec. 4416. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for elementary and secondary education.

Sec. 4417. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support research.

Sec. 4418. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to support for Ukraine.

Sec. 4419. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to underground and surface mining safety research.

Sec. 4420. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to saving Medicare.

Subtitle C—Reserve Funds in the House of Representatives

Sec. 4501. Reserve fund for the repeal of the President's health care law.

Sec. 4502. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care reform.

Sec. 4503. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the President's health care law.

Sec. 4504. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Sec. 4505. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education.

Sec. 4506. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements.

Sec. 4507. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code.

Sec. 4508. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures.

Sec. 4509. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation.

Sec. 4510. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform.

Sec. 4511. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for national defense.

TITLE V—Estimates of direct spending in the House of Representatives

Sec. 5001. Direct spending.

TITLE VI—Policy Statements

Subtitle A—Policy statements in both Houses

Sec. 6101. Policy statement on balanced budget amendment.

Sec. 6102. Policy statement on Social Security.

Subtitle B—Policy statement in the House of Representatives

Sec. 6201. Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform.

Sec. 6202. Policy statement on economic growth and job creation.

Sec. 6203. Policy statement on tax reform.

Sec. 6204. Policy statement on trade.

Sec. 6205. Policy statement on repealing the President’s health care law and promoting real health care reform.

Sec. 6206. Policy statement on Medicare.

Sec. 6207. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery and innovation.

Sec. 6208. Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform.

Sec. 6209. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity.

Sec. 6210. Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sec. 6211. Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies.

Sec. 6212. Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and unauthorized spending.

Sec. 6213. Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances.

Sec. 6214. Policy statement on agency fees and spending.

Sec. 6215. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

Sec. 6216. Policy statement on

No Budget, No Pay.

Sec. 6217. Policy statement on national security funding.

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Recommended levels and amounts

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Budgetary levels in both Houses

1101.

Recommended levels and amounts

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2025:

(1)

Federal revenues

For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution:

(A)

The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $2,676,733,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $2,776,156,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $2,870,206,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $2,982,310,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $3,107,111,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $3,247,391,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $3,392,968,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $3,554,412,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $3,723,973,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $3,906,111,000,000.
(B)

The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:

  • 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.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $0.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $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 2016: $3,039,215,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $2,956,581,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $2,970,682,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $3,107,123,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $3,234,011,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $3,313,719,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $3,420,057,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $3,484,446,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $3,504,239,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $3,634,452,000,000.
(3)

Budget outlays

For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $3,091,442,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $2,982,215,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $2,963,926,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $3,086,454,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $3,205,304,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $3,291,249,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $3,434,709,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $3,470,642,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $3,466,541,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $3,610,342,000,000.
(4)

Deficits

For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $414,709,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $206,059,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $93,720,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $104,144,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $98,193,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $43,858,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $41,741,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: −$83,770,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: −$257,432,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: −$295,769,000,000.
(5)

Public debt

Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $19,059,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $19,490,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $19,826,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $20,164,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $20,494,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $20,773,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $21,033,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $21,188,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $21,194,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $21,149,000,000,000.
(6)

Debt held by the public

The appropriate levels of debt held by the public are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $13,842,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $14,124,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $14,307,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $14,523,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $14,757,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $14,965,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $15,204,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $15,354,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $15,374,000,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $15,405,000,000,000.
1102.

Major functional categories

Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2016 through 2025 for each major functional category are:

(1)

National Defense (050):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $531,306,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $564,325,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $544,515,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $549,357,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $557,764,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $548,021,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $571,039,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $560,439,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $585,330,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $572,493,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $599,646,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $585,628,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $632,804,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $615,907,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $646,039,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $628,518,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $659,310,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $638,235,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $673,490,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $658,011,000,000.

(2)

International Affairs (150):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $40,202,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $46,028,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $40,246,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $43,086,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $41,176,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $41,818,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $42,100,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $41,391,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $43,092,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $41,518,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $44,085,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $42,005,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $45,333,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $42,749,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $46,348,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $43,510,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $47,408,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $44,367,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $48,485,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $45,266,000,000.

(3)

General Science, Space, and Technology (250):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $29,187,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $29,555,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $29,771,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $29,707,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $30,432,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $30,162,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $31,104,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $30,647,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $31,805,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $31,283,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $32,508,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $31,875,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $33,242,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $32,579,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $33,978,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $33,306,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $34,743,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $34,053,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $35,517,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $34,815,000,000.

(4)

Energy (270):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, −$3,201,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $1,412,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $1,962,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $1,095,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, −$746,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$2,111,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, −$856,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,936,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, −$884,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,811,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, −$948,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,657,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, −$1,030,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,651,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, −$1,098,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,643,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, −$1,144,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,614,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, −$1,153,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$1,589,000,000.

(5)

Natural Resources and Environment (300):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $36,374,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $39,499,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $37,654,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $40,016,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $38,325,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $39,595,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $38,923,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $39,465,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $40,388,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $40,563,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $41,191,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $41,461,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $41,650,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $41,770,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $42,496,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $42,726,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $43,935,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $43,453,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $45,039,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $44,409,000,000.

(6)

Agriculture (350):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $19,098,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $21,572,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $22,846,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $22,376,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $21,964,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $20,853,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $20,652,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,875,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $19,681,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,132,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $19,545,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,025,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $19,509,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $18,979,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $20,119,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,590,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $20,253,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,699,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $20,540,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $20,028,000,000.

(7)

Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, −$997,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$10,566,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, −$8,697,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$21,748,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, −$8,277,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$25,173,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, −$7,401,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$26,866,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, −$5,156,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$22,499,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, −$4,806,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$19,423,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, −$4,250,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$20,716,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, −$3,613,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$21,520,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, −$2,754,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$21,962,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, −$2,278,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$22,335,000,000.

(8)

Transportation (400):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $72,055,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $87,153,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $72,715,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $82,838,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $73,262,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $79,648,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $73,696,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $78,845,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $74,070,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $78,268,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $74,409,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $77,871,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $55,154,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $73,378,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $56,254,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $66,074,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $56,798,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $62,874,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $57,190,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $61,710,000,000.

(9)

Community and Regional Development (450):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $15,486,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $20,692,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $16,344,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,144,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $16,737,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,692,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $16,973,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $20,450,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $16,984,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $20,702,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $16,903,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $20,682,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $9,965,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $19,034,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $9,947,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $15,892,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $9,993,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $13,220,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $10,077,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $11,515,000,000.

(10)

Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $83,315,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $93,293,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $89,084,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $92,888,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $91,432,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $91,193,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $90,189,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $89,369,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $92,597,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $91,891,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $93,900,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $93,562,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $95,502,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $95,022,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $96,984,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $96,608,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $98,820,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $98,336,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $100,785,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $100,297,000,000.

(11)

Health (550):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $433,064,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $430,917,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $397,209,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $394,211,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $387,638,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $397,302,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $398,203,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $399,888,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $420,326,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $411,116,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $426,184,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $426,218,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $442,681,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $442,701,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $461,378,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $461,378,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $476,599,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $476,631,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $493,913,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $494,059,000,000.

(12)

Medicare (570):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $579,430,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $579,361,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $571,876,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $571,830,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $566,754,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $566,656,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $628,736,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $628,652,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $667,036,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $666,951,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $711,198,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $711,111,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $800,458,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $800,363,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $812,590,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $812,496,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $815,240,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $815,139,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $923,187,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $923,082,000,000.

(13)

Income Security (600):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $523,086,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $523,645,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $496,233,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $492,511,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $485,055,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $476,530,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $476,663,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $471,357,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $484,015,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $478,199,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $489,999,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $484,318,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $498,503,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $497,869,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $503,364,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $499,521,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $510,872,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $501,192,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $517,417,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $511,441,000,000.

(14)

Social Security Retirement and Disability (650):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $33,885,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $33,928,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $36,535,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $36,563,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $39,407,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $39,424,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $42,634,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $42,634,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $46,104,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $46,104,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $49,712,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $49,712,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $53,547,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $53,547,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $57,455,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $57,455,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $61,546,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $61,546,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $65,751,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $65,751,000,000.

(15)

Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $166,261,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $171,862,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $164,546,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $168,559,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $162,740,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $162,753,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $174,599,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $173,869,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $179,485,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $178,581,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $183,721,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $182,821,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $196,041,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $195,056,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $192,637,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $191,640,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $189,442,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $188,356,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $203,290,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $202,189,000,000.

(16)

Administration of Justice (750):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $50,976,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $56,455,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $57,639,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $56,693,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $55,885,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $54,562,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $57,582,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $56,699,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $59,324,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $61,755,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $61,247,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $62,635,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $63,791,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $63,748,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $65,688,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $65,589,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $67,626,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $67,266,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $69,425,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $68,892,000,000.

(17)

General Government (800):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $23,151,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $22,981,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $23,194,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $23,289,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $23,426,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $23,371,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $24,000,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $23,685,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $24,703,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $24,290,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $25,202,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $24,878,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $25,962,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $25,562,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $26,698,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $26,272,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $27,130,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $26,766,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $27,881,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $27,435,000,000.

(18)

Net Interest (900):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $367,542,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $367,542,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $416,418,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $416,418,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $479,446,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $479,446,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $533,121,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $533,121,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $579,344,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $579,344,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $611,558,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $611,558,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $642,888,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $642,888,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $669,066,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $669,066,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $687,195,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $687,195,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $694,215,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $694,215,000,000.

(19)

Allowances (920):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $25,256,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $45,538,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, −$21,661,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$5,856,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, −$50,890,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$40,133,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, −$60,624,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$53,987,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, −$72,620,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$65,480,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, −$104,010,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$98,128,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, −$119,157,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$111,033,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, −$131,418,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$122,924,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, −$168,306,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$160,427,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, −$204,728,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$186,150,000,000.

(20)

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, −$82,548,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$82,548,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, −$96,446,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$96,446,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, −$103,441,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$103,441,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, −$101,796,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$101,796,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, −$101,191,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$101,191,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, −$105,094,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$105,094,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, −$112,536,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$112,536,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, −$120,466,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$120,466,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, −$130,467,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$130,467,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, −$143,591,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, −$143,591,000,000.

(21)

Overseas Contingency Operations (970):

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $96,287,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $48,798,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $64,598,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $65,684,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $62,593,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $63,758,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $57,586,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $60,653,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $49,578,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $54,095,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $47,569,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $50,191,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $0.

(B)

Outlays, $19,493,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $0.

(B)

Outlays, $7,554,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $0.

(B)

Outlays, $2,683,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $0.

(B)

Outlays, $892,000,000.

B

Levels and amounts in the Senate

1201.

Social Security in the Senate

(a)

Social Security Revenues

For purposes of Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $793,987,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $826,098,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $858,899,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $892,421,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $927,413,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $963,896,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $1,002,225,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $1,041,673,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $1,082,208,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $1,124,298,000,000.
(b)

Social Security Outlays

For purposes of Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:

  • Fiscal year 2016: $777,085,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2017: $822,772,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2018: $878,895,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2019: $937,383,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2020: $1,002,161,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2021: $1,070,556,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2022: $1,143,375,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2023: $1,221,800,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2024: $1,305,195,000,000.
  • Fiscal year 2025: $1,393,212,000,000.
(c)

Social Security Administrative Expenses

In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses are as follows:

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $5,146,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $5,205,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $5,296,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $5,296,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $5,469,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $5,440,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $5,645,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $5,614,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $5,827,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $5,795,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $6,012,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $5,980,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $6,205,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $6,172,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $6,399,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $6,365,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $6,600,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $6,565,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $6,805,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $6,769,000,000.

1202.

Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the Senate

In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary administrative expenses are as follows:

Fiscal year 2016:

(A)

New budget authority, $266,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $265,000,000.

Fiscal year 2017:

(A)

New budget authority, $277,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $277,000,000.

Fiscal year 2018:

(A)

New budget authority, $288,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $288,000,000.

Fiscal year 2019:

(A)

New budget authority, $299,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $298,000,000.

Fiscal year 2020:

(A)

New budget authority, $310,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $310,000,000.

Fiscal year 2021:

(A)

New budget authority, $321,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $320,000,000.

Fiscal year 2022:

(A)

New budget authority, $334,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $333,000,000.

Fiscal year 2023:

(A)

New budget authority, $346,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $345,000,000.

Fiscal year 2024:

(A)

New budget authority, $358,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $357,000,000.

Fiscal year 2025:

(A)

New budget authority, $371,000,000.

(B)

Outlays, $370,000,000.

II

Reconciliation

2001.

Reconciliation in the Senate

(a)

In general

(1)

Committee on finance

The Committee on Finance of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

(2)

Committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

(3)

Submissions

In the Senate, not later than July 24, 2015, the Senate Committees named in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. Upon receiving all such recommendations, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.

(b)

Limit on Senate consideration of reconciliation

(1)

Point of order

It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to subsection (a), or an amendment to, conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or joint resolution, which would increase the public debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, during the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

(2)

Waiver

This subsection may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

(3)

Appeals

An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on the point of order raised under this subsection.

2002.

Reconciliation in the House of Representatives

(a)

In general

(1)

Committee on Education and the Workforce

The Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

(2)

Committee on Energy and Commerce

The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

(3)

Committee on Ways and Means

The Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

(4)

Submission providing for deficit reduction

In the House of Representatives, not later than July 24, 2015, the committees named in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives to carry out this section.

(b)

Reconciliation procedures

(1)

Estimating assumptions

(A)

Assumptions

In the House of Representatives, for purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq. and 651 et seq.), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall use the baseline underlying the Congressional Budget Office’s March 2015 update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 (January 2015) when making estimates of any bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation thereto, or conference report thereon. If adjustments to the baseline are made subsequent to the adoption of this concurrent resolution, then such Chairman shall determine whether to use any of these adjustments when making such estimates.

(B)

Intent

The authority set forth in subparagraph (A) should only be exercised if the estimates used to determine the compliance of such measures with the budgetary requirements included in this concurrent resolution are inaccurate because adjustments made to the baseline are inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this concurrent resolution. Such inaccurate adjustments made after the adoption of this concurrent resolution may include selected adjustments for rulemaking, judicial actions, adjudication, and interpretative rules that have major budgetary effects and are inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the budgetary levels set forth in this concurrent resolution.

(C)

Congressional Budget Office estimates

Upon the request of the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare for any measure an estimate based on the baseline determination made by such Chairman pursuant to subparagraph (A).

(2)

Repeal of the president’s health care law through reconciliation

In the House of Representatives, in preparing their submissions under subsection (a) to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, the committees named in subsection (a) shall—

(A)

note the policies discussed in title VI that repeal the Affordable Care Act and the health care related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; and

(B)

determine the most effective methods by which the health care laws referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be repealed in their entirety.

(3)

Revision of budgetary levels

(A)

In general

Upon the submission of a reconciliation recommendation to the House of Representatives or the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the submission of a conference report to the House of Representatives pursuant to this section, in which a committee is deemed to have complied with its directive by virtue of section 310(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(c)), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may file with the House of Representatives appropriately revised allocations, aggregates, and functional levels.

(B)

Revision

Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to this paragraph shall be considered to be allocations and aggregates established by this concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).

III

Budget enforcement

A

Budget enforcement in both Houses

3101.

Point of order against increasing long-term deficits or direct spending

(a)

Congressional budget office analysis of proposals

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a measure would cause, relative to current law, a net increase in on-budget deficits in the Senate, and a net increase in direct spending in the House, in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the budget year provided for in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget—

(1)

in the Senate, for each bill and joint resolution reported by a committee, other than the Committee on Appropriations, and amendments thereto, amendments between the Houses in relation thereto, conference reports thereon, and motions thereon; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for each bill and joint resolution reported by a committee, other than the Committee on Appropriations, and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon.

(b)

Point of order

It shall not be in order—

(1)

in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion that would cause a net increase in on-budget deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (a); and

(2)

in the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described in subsection (a).

(c)

Supermajority waiver and appeal in the Senate

(1)

Waiver

In the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or suspended only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

(2)

Appeal

In the Senate, an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (b).

(d)

Limitation

The provisions of this section shall not apply to—

(1)

in the Senate, any bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, conference reports, or motions for which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate has made adjustments to the allocations, levels, or limits contained in this concurrent resolution pursuant to section 4303(1); and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, any bills or joint resolutions, or amendments thereto or conference reports thereon, for which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of House of Representatives has made adjustments to the allocations, levels, or limits contained in this concurrent resolution pursuant to section 4501, 4502, or 4503.

(e)

Determinations of budget levels

For purposes of this section—

(1)

the levels of net increases in deficits shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate; and

(2)

the levels of net increases in direct spending shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.

(f)

Repeal in the Senate

In the Senate, section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply.

(g)

Sunset in the House of Representatives

In the House of Representatives, this section shall remain in effect through September 30, 2017.

3102.

Allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

(a)

Separate Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism allocation

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, there shall be a separate allocation of new budget authority and outlays provided to the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes of Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, which shall be deemed an allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)). Section 302(a)(3) of such Act shall not apply to such separate allocation.

(b)

302 allocations

The separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) shall be the exclusive allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(b)). The Committee on Appropriations of the applicable House of Congress may provide suballocations of such separate allocation under such section 302(b).

(c)

Application

(1)

In general

For purposes of enforcing the separate allocation referred to in subsection (a) under section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), the first fiscal year and the total of fiscal years shall be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2016. Section 302(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633(c)) shall not apply to such separate allocation.

(2)

Additional Senate enforcement

In the Senate, section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)(2)(A)) shall apply with respect to the separate allocation to the Committee on Appropriations referred to in subsection (a).

(d)

Designations

New budget authority or outlays shall only be counted toward the allocation referred to in subsection (a) if they are designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(B)(A)(ii)).

(e)

Adjustments

For purposes of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2016, 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 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(B)(A)(ii)).

(f)

Adjustments To fund Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels related to Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or the allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations set forth in the joint statement of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution to account for new information.

3103.

Point of order against certain changes in mandatory programs

(a)

Definition

In this section, the term CHIMP means a provision that—

(1)

would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the provision was included in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and

(2)

results in a net decrease in budget authority in the budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

(b)

Points of order

(1)

In the Senate

It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal year, or an amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or motion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3).

(2)

In the House of Representatives

(A)

In general

A provision in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal year that proposes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3), shall not be in order in the House of Representatives.

(B)

Amendments and conference reports

It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider an amendment to, or a conference report on, a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal year if such amendment thereto or conference report thereon proposes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in paragraph (3).

(3)

Amount

The amount specified in this paragraph is—

(A)

for fiscal year 2016, $19,100,000,000;

(B)

for fiscal year 2017, $19,100,000,000;

(C)

for fiscal year 2018, $17,000,000,000; and

(D)

for fiscal year 2019, $15,000,000,000.

(c)

Determination

For purposes of this section, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress.

(d)

Supermajority waiver and appeal in the Senate

In the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (b).

(e)

Repeal

In the Senate, section 314 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply.

3104.

Point of order against provisions that constitute changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund

(a)

Definition

In this section—

(1)

the term CHIMP has the meaning given such term in section 3103(a); and

(2)

the term Crime Victims Fund means the Crime Victims Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).

(b)

Point of order in the Senate

(1)

In general

When the Senate is considering a bill or joint resolution making full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2016, or an amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or motion thereon, if a point of order is made by a Senator against a provision containing a CHIMP affecting the Crime Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000, and the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor.

(2)

Form of the point of order

A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)).

(3)

Conference reports

When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to paragraph (1), and such point of order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.

(4)

Supermajority waiver and appeal

In the Senate, this subsection may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chose and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this subsection.

(5)

Determination

For purposes of this subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

(c)

Points of order in the House

(1)

In general

A provision in a bill or joint resolution making full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that proposes a CHIMP affecting the Crime Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000, shall not be in order in the House of Representatives.

(2)

Amendments and conference reports

It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider an amendment to, or a conference report on, a bill or joint resolution making full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2016 if such amendment thereto or conference report thereon proposes a CHIMP affecting the Crime Victims Fund that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget authority of all CHIMPs affecting the Crime Victims Fund in relation to fiscal year 2016 to be more than $10,800,000,000.

(3)

Determination

For purposes of this subsection, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.

(d)

Review of procedures regarding CHIMPs

The Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall review existing budget enforcement procedures regarding CHIMPs included in appropriations legislation. These committees of jurisdiction should consult with other relevant committees of jurisdiction and other interested parties to review such procedures, including for Crime Victims Fund spending, and include any agreed upon recommendations in subsequent concurrent resolutions on the budget.

3105.

Fair-value credit estimates

(a)

Fair-value estimates

Upon the request of the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office under title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) of the cost of a measure shall include, when practicable, an additional estimate of the cost, measured on a fair-value basis—

(1)

in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon.

(b)

Estimates for housing and student loan programs

Any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office under title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) of the cost of a provision in a measure relating to a housing, residential mortgage, or student loan program shall include an additional estimate of the cost, measured on a fair-value basis—

(1)

in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon.

(c)

Enforcement in the House of Representatives

If the Director of the Congressional Budget Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may use such estimate to determine compliance with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and other budgetary enforcement controls.

3106.

Scoring rule for currency modernization

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for purposes of determining points of order under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution on the budget, any provision contained in a measure relating to a transition from the $1 note to a $1 coin shall—

(1)

in the Senate, for each bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion—

(A)

record the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision in the first year in which the provision takes effect;

(B)

determine the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision based on a net present value estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision over a 30-year period; and

(C)

incorporate the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision due to behavioral changes; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for each bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon—

(A)

record the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision in the first year in which the provision takes effect;

(B)

determine the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision based on a net present value estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision over a 30-year period; and

(C)

incorporate the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the provision due to behavioral changes.

3107.

Long-term scoring of changes in spending limits and extension of highway programs

(a)

Scoring of legislation increasing the discretionary spending limits

Any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office shall provide, in addition to such estimate, an estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues under the legislation over the period of fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2045—

(1)

in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion that increases the discretionary spending limits under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)); and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that increases the discretionary spending limits under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)).

(b)

Scoring of legislation relating to the Highway Trust Fund

Any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office shall provide, in addition to such estimate, an estimate of the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues under the legislation over the period of fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2045—

(1)

in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion that transfers amounts from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that transfers amounts from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund.

3108.

Requiring clearer reporting of projected Federal spending and deficits

When the Congressional Budget Office releases its annual update to the Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office shall provide a projection of Federal revenues, outlays, and deficits for the 30-year period beginning with the budget year, expressed in terms of dollars and as a percent of gross domestic product, as part of its annual update required under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.).

3109.

Congressional Budget Office estimates of measures with significant outlay effects

The Congressional Budget Office shall prepare, to the extent practicable, an estimate of the outlay changes during the second and third decade of enactment for any spending legislative provision—

(1)

which proposes a change or changes to law that the Congressional Budget Office determines has an outlay impact in excess of 0.25 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States during the first decade or in the tenth year; or

(2)

with respect to which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives has requested such an estimate.

3110.

Prohibiting the use of guarantee fees as an offset

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for purposes of determining points of order under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution on the budget, any provision that increases, or extends the increase of, any guarantee fees of the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall not be counted in estimating the level of budget authority, outlays, or revenues—

(1)

in the Senate, for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, conference report, or motion; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon.

3111.

Information for Congress and the public about projected Federal outlays, revenues, and deficits

As part of the annual update to the Budget and Economic Outlook required under section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)), and at any other time the Congressional Budget Office releases projections of Federal deficits over any term of years, the Congressional Budget Office shall publish with its projection a 1-page statement—

(1)

summarizing and categorizing total outlays, receipts, surpluses, and deficits of the Federal Government on a unified basis for that same prospective time period; and

(2)

categorizing and subtotaling separately—

(A)

outlays for mandatory programs and for discretionary programs;

(B)

outlays, payroll tax revenue, and offsetting receipts for Social Security and for Medicare;

(C)

the surplus or deficit of revenues over outlays for Social Security and for Medicare; and

(D)

revenues.

3112.

Honest accounting: cost estimates for major legislation to incorporate macroeconomic effects

(a)

CBO and JCT estimates

During the 114th Congress, any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) or by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 601(f)) for major legislation considered in the House of Representatives or the Senate shall, to the greatest extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such major legislation.

(b)

Contents

Any estimate referred to in subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable, include—

(1)

a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects (including macroeconomic variables described in subsection (a)) of the major legislation in the 20-fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal year of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget that sets forth budgetary levels required under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632); and

(2)

an identification of the critical assumptions and the source of data underlying that estimate.

(c)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Major legislation

The term major legislation means—

(A)

in the Senate, a bill, joint resolution, conference report, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or treaty—

(i)

for which an estimate is required to be prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budgetary effect (before incorporating macroeconomic effects and not including timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of years of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget equal to or greater than—

(I)

0.25 percent of the current projected gross domestic product of the United States for that fiscal year; or

(II)

for a treaty, equal to or greater than $15,000,000,000 for that fiscal year; or

(ii)

designated as such by—

(I)

the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate for all direct spending and revenue legislation; or

(II)

the Senator who is Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue legislation; and

(B)

in the House of Representatives, a bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon—

(i)

for which an estimate is required to be prepared pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budgetary effect (before incorporating macroeconomic effects and not including timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of years of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the current projected gross domestic product of the United States for that fiscal year; or

(ii)

designated as such by—

(I)

the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives for all direct spending and revenue legislation; or

(II)

the Member who is Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue legislation.

(2)

Budgetary effects

The term budgetary effects means changes in revenues, direct spending outlays, and deficits.

(3)

Timing shifts

The term timing shifts means—

(A)

provisions that cause a delay of the date on which outlays flowing from direct spending would otherwise occur from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year; or

(B)

provisions that cause an acceleration of the date on which revenues would otherwise occur from one fiscal year to the prior fiscal year.

B

Budget enforcement in the Senate

3201.

Extension of enforcement of budgetary points of order in the Senate

(a)

Extension of Congressional Budget Act of 1974 points of order

(1)

In general

Notwithstanding any provision of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) shall remain in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement through September 30, 2025.

(2)

Repeal

In the Senate, section 205 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply.

(b)

Other points of order

(1)

Pay-As-You-Go

Section 201(d) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, is repealed.

(2)

Short-term deficits

Section 404(e) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, is repealed.

3202.

Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate

(a)

In general

(1)

Point of order

Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would provide an advance appropriation for a discretionary account.

(2)

Definition

In this section, the term advance appropriation means any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2016 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2016, or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2017.

(b)

Exceptions

Advance appropriations may be provided—

(1)

for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution under the heading Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority in each fiscal year;

(2)

for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and

(3)

for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.

(c)

Supermajority waiver and appeal

(1)

Waiver

In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

(2)

Appeal

An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a).

(d)

Form of point of order

A point of order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)).

(e)

Conference reports

When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.

3203.

Supermajority enforcement of unfunded mandates in the Senate

Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 425(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658d(a)) shall be subject to the waiver and appeal requirements of subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3), respectively, of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note).

3204.

Repeal of Senate point of order against certain reconciliation legislation

Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply in the Senate.

3205.

Prohibition on agreeing to legislation without a score in the Senate

(a)

In general

In the Senate, it shall not be in order to vote on passage of matter that requires an estimate under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653), unless such estimate was made publicly available on the website of the Congressional Budget Office not later than 28 hours before the time the vote commences.

(b)

Supermajority waiver and appeal

(1)

Waiver

In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

(2)

Appeal

An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a).

3206.

Protecting the savings in reported reconciliation bills in the Senate

In the Senate, section 310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(d)(1)) shall apply and may be waived in accordance with the procedures applicable to a point of order raised under section 310(d)(2) of such Act.

3207.

Scoring rule for certain energy contracts in the Senate

(a)

Estimates

In the Senate, for purposes of determining points of order established under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) or any concurrent resolution on the budget, any estimate by the Congressional Budget Office of a provision in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, conference report, or amendment between the Houses that directly or indirectly modifies the use of the authority to enter covered energy savings contracts shall—

(1)

record in the first year in which the provision would become effective, the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues (as estimated in accordance with paragraph (2)) of any modifications to the use of the authority to enter the covered energy savings contracts;

(2)

in estimating the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of the legislation, calculate the costs and savings arising from covered energy savings contracts, including required payments under the covered energy savings contracts, anticipated savings from reductions in energy use, and other anticipated costs and reductions in spending associated with the covered energy savings contracts, on a net present value basis; and

(3)

classify the effects of the provision to be changes in spending subject to the availability of appropriations.

(b)

Rule of construction

Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to modify the methodology for estimating the changes in budget authority, outlays, and revenues of a provision that—

(1)

does not relate to covered energy savings contracts in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, conference report, or amendment between the Houses that contains a provision described in subsection (a); or

(2)

provides appropriations.

(c)

Definition

In this section, the term covered energy savings contract means—

(1)

an energy savings performance contract authorized under section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287); and

(2)

a utility energy service contract, as described in the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum on Federal use of energy savings performance contracting, dated July 25, 1998 (M–98–13), and the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum on the Federal use of energy saving performance contracts and utility energy service contracts, dated September 28, 2012 (M–12–21), or any successor to either memorandum.

3208.

Adjustment for wildfire suppression funding in the Senate

If a measure becomes law that amends the adjustments to discretionary spending limits established under section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) for wildfire suppression funding, which may include criteria for making such an adjustment, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust the allocation called for in section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate, and may adjust all other budgetary aggregates, allocations, levels, and limits contained in this concurrent resolution, as necessary, consistent with such measure.

C

Budget enforcement in the House of Representatives

3301.

Limitation on measures affecting Social Security solvency in the House of Representatives

(a)

In general

For purposes of the enforcement of this concurrent resolution, upon its adoption until the end of fiscal year 2016, it shall not be in order to consider in the House of Representatives a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that reduces the actuarial balance by at least 0.01 percent of the present value of future taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the Social Security Act for the 75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.

(b)

Exception

Subsection (a) shall not apply to a measure that would improve the actuarial balance of the combined balance in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the 75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.

3302.

Limitation on transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund in the House of Representatives

In the House of Representatives, for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), and 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, amounts transferred shall be counted as new budget authority and outlays equal to the amount of the transfer in the fiscal year the transfer occurs.

3303.

Adjustments for improved control of budgetary resources in the House of Representatives

(a)

Adjustments of discretionary and direct spending levels

In the House of Representatives, if a committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto is offered or any conference report thereon is submitted, 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 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 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 2016 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)

Determinations

In the House of Representatives, for the purpose of enforcing this concurrent resolution, the allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2016 and the period of fiscal years 2016 through fiscal year 2025 shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and such Chairman may adjust applicable levels of this concurrent resolution.

3304.

Limitation on advance appropriations in the House of Representatives

(a)

In general

In the House of Representatives, except as provided for in subsection (b), 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.

(b)

Exceptions

An advance appropriation may be provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the report to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint explanatory statement of managers to accompany this concurrent resolution under the heading—

(1)

General

Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations.

(2)

Veterans

Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations.

(c)

Limitations

The aggregate level of advance appropriations shall not exceed—

(1)

General

$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority for all programs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(1).

(2)

Veterans

$63,271,000,000 in new budget authority for programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2).

(d)

Definition

The term advance appropriation means any new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, making general appropriations or continuing appropriations, for the fiscal year following fiscal year 2016.

3305.

Certain energy contracts in the House of Representatives

The House of Representatives shall assess the implementation of section 3207 of this concurrent resolution through a collaborative assessment with the Senate and the Congressional Budget Office of the appropriate scorekeeping methodology for evaluating the budgetary effects of energy savings performance contracts authorized under section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287).

D

Other provisions

3401.

Submission of findings for the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse

(a)

In general

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, all committees are directed to review programs within their jurisdiction to identify waste, fraud, abuse, or duplication, and increase the use of performance data to inform committee work.

(b)

Review

Committees are also directed to review the applicable matters for congressional consideration identified in the Office of Inspector General semiannual reports and the Office of Inspector General's list of unimplemented recommendations and on the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk list and the annual report to reduce program duplication.

(c)

Report

After completing the oversight and performance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction under subsections (a) and (b), the committees are directed to include recommendations for improved governmental performance in their annual views and estimates reports submitted by the committees to the Committees on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)).

3402.

Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses

(a)

In General

Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States Code, 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 of the applicable House of Congress amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration and the United States Postal Service.

(b)

Special Rule

In the Senate and the House of Representatives, for purposes of enforcing sections 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts described in subsection (a).

3403.

Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates

(a)

Application

Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates 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 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as allocations and aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution.

(c)

Budget Committee Determinations

For purposes of this concurrent resolution the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress.

(d)

Aggregates, allocations and application

In the House of Representatives, for purposes of this concurrent resolution and budget enforcement, the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, for which the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives makes adjustments or revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 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 3101 of this concurrent resolution.

3404.

Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions

Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress may make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this concurrent resolution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)).

3405.

Exercise of rulemaking powers

Congress adopts the provisions of this title—

(1)

as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such other rules; and

(2)

with full recognition of the constitutional right of either the Senate or the House of Representatives to change those rules (insofar as they relate to that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the case of any other rule of the Senate or House of Representatives.

IV

Reserve funds

A

Reserve Funds in both Houses

4101.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution—

(1)

in the Senate, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, conference reports, or motions relating to programs or policies designed to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans on the road to personal and financial independence by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would neither adversely impact job creation nor increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025; and

(2)

in the House of Representatives, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, or conference reports relating to programs or policies designed to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans on the road to personal and financial independence by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would neither adversely impact job creation nor increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

B

Reserve Funds in the Senate

4301.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to increase the pace of economic growth and private sector job creation in the United States

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

growing the economy;

(2)

lowering the after-tax costs of investment, savings, and work;

(3)

reducing the costs to business and individuals from the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(4)

reducing the costs borne by economic activity in the United States stemming from Federal regulations, including the costs incurred by individuals in complying with Federal law when starting a business;

(5)

reducing the costs of frivolous lawsuits;

(6)

creating a more competitive financial sector to support economic growth and job creation while enhancing the credit worthiness of lending institutions; or

(7)

improving the ability of policy makers to estimate the economic effects of policy change through the enhanced use of economic models and data in scoring legislation;

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4302.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen America's priorities

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to enhanced funding for national security or domestic discretionary programs by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4303.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect flexible and affordable health care choices for all

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger that are deficit-neutral over 11 years, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

full repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 119) and the health care related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 1029); or

(2)

replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 119) or the health care related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152; 124 Stat. 1029);

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4304.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving access to the State Children's Health Insurance Program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving access to affordable health care for low-income children, including the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4305.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for other health reforms

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

the requirement to individually purchase, or jointly provide, health insurance;

(2)

extending expiring health care provisions;

(3)

the September 11th terrorism attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville Crash site, which may include legislation that extends medical monitoring and treatment services and compensation for first responders, survivors, and their families;

(4)

improvements in medical research, innovation and safety; or

(5)

strengthening program integrity initiatives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal health care programs;

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4306.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child welfare

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

child nutrition programs;

(2)

replacing ineffective policies and programs with evidence-based alternative that improve the welfare of vulnerable children; or

(3)

policies that protect children from sexual predators in our schools or communities;

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4307.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the improvement of the delivery of benefits and services to veterans and servicemembers by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4308.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax reform and administration

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

reforming the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(2)

amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring tax relief provisions;

(3)

innovation and high quality manufacturing jobs, including the repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers; or

(4)

operations and administration of the Department of the Treasury;

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4309.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in the infrastructure in America

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investment in the infrastructure of the United States, including programs that expedite the deployment of broadband to rural areas by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation shall not include transfers from other trust funds but may include transfers from the general fund of the Treasury that are offset, provided further that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4310.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for air transportation

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal spending on civil air traffic control services, which may include air traffic management at airport towers across the United States or at facilities of the Federal Aviation Administration, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4311.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote jobs in the United States through international trade

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

suspending or reducing tariffs on miscellaneous imports;

(2)

reauthorization of trade related Federal agencies;

(3)

implementing international trade agreements;

(4)

reauthorizing or extending trade adjustment assistance programs;

(5)

reauthorizing preference programs; or

(6)

enhancing the protection of United States intellectual property rights at the border and abroad;

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4312.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase employment opportunities for disabled workers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the administration of disability benefits and the improved employment of disabled workers by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4313.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Higher Education Act reform

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4314.

Spending-neutral reserve fund for energy legislation

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

reform of the management of civilian and defense nuclear waste;

(2)

reform and reauthorization of programs at the Department of Energy related to research and development of alternative or renewable forms of energy, fossil fuel exploration and use, clean coal technologies (including carbon capture and sequestration), nuclear energy, or the electricity grid;

(3)

expansion of North American energy production; or

(4)

reform of the permitting and siting processes for energy infrastructure;

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4315.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform environmental statutes

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reform of environmental statutes to promote job growth by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4316.

Spending-neutral reserve fund for water resources legislation

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving flood control, expanding opportunities for commercial navigation, and improving the environmental restoration of the nation’s waterways, assisting the States in carrying out drought prevention plans, strengthening waterborne commerce in the Nation's ports and harbors, or relating to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to designate funds for rural water projects and Indian irrigation and water settlement projects, without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4317.

Spending-neutral reserve fund on mineral security and mineral rights

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

reducing reliance on mineral imports; or

(2)

the authority to deduct certain amounts from mineral revenues payable to States;

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4318.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to reform the abandoned mine lands program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4319.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve forest health

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

increasing timber production from Federal lands and providing bridge funding to counties and other units of local government until timber production levels increase;

(2)

decreasing forest hazardous fuel loads;

(3)

improving stewardship contracting; or

(4)

reform of the process of budgeting for wildfire suppression operations;

without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4320.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to reauthorize funding for payments in lieu of taxes to counties and other units of local government

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT), which may include funding the payments in lieu of taxes program at levels roughly equivalent to lost tax revenues due to the presence of Federal land without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4321.

Spending-neutral reserve fund for financial regulatory system reform

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to regulatory relief for small financial firms, improvements in the effectiveness of the financial regulatory framework, enhancements in oversight and accountability of the Federal Reserve System, and expansions in access to capital markets without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4322.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal program administration

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving the processing of earnings reports for the Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance programs by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4323.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to implement agreements with freely associated states

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the implementation of agreements between the United States and nations with whom it maintains a Compact of Free Association without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4324.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to protect payments to rural hospitals and create sustainable access for rural communities

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to protecting payments to rural hospitals and creating sustainable access for rural communities without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4325.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to encourage State medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent living and integrated work for the disabled

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging State Medicaid demonstration programs to promote independent living and integrated work for the disabled without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4326.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to allow pharmacists to be paid for the provision of services under Medicare

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to payments to pharmacists for the provision of services under Medicare without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4327.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to improve our Nation’s community health centers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to supporting and improving community health centers without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4328.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the funding of independent agencies, which may include subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the regular appropriations process

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the funding of independent agencies, which may include subjecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the regular appropriations process without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4329.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform, improve, and enhance 529 college savings plans

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reforms, improvements, and enhancements of 529 college savings plans by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4330.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to securing overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the security of the overseas diplomatic facilities of the United States by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4331.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to expanding, enhancing, or otherwise improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4332.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting manufacturing in the United States

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to investment in the manufacturing sector in the United States, which may include educational or research and development initiatives, public-private partnerships, or other programs, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4333.

Spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit aliens without legal status in the United States from qualifying for a refundable tax credit

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to benefits for aliens without legal status in the United States, which may include prohibiting qualification for certain tax benefits without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4334.

Deficit-reduction reserve fund for report elimination or modification

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports that achieve savings through the elimination, modification, or the reduction in frequency of congressionally mandated reports from Federal agencies, and reduce the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025. The Chairman may also make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger over 6 and 11 years to ensure that the deficit reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved.

4335.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address heroin, methamphetamine, and prescription opioid abuse

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to addressing efforts to combat heroin, methamphetamine, and prescription opioid abuse by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4336.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen our Department of Defense civilian workforce

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening our civilian workforce by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of either the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4337.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Department of Defense reform

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving Department of Defense financial management, which may include achieving full auditability or eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4338.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment programs

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reducing inefficient overlap, improving access, and enhancing outcomes with Federal workforce development, job training, and reemployment programs by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4339.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide energy assistance and invest in energy efficiency and conservation

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

energy efficiency, which may include weatherization and energy efficiency retrofit programs for low-income individuals;

(2)

the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which may include seasonal assistance and crisis fuel assistance to low-income individuals;

(3)

Federal programs for land and water conservation, including the Land and Water Conservation Fund; or

(4)

the reduction of duplicative Federal green building programs;

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4340.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end Operation Choke Point and protect the Second Amendment

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Department of Justice, which may include ending the Operation Choke Point program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4341.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent the use of Federal funds for the bailout of improvident State and local governments

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to a prohibition, except in the case of Federal assistance provided in response to a natural disaster, on any entity of the Federal Government providing funds to State and local governments to prevent receivership or to facilitate exit from receivership or to prevent default on its obligations by a State government by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4342.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving the health outcomes and lowering the costs of caring for medically complex children in Medicaid, which may include creating or expanding integrated delivery models or improving care coordination, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4343.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access, choice, and accountability in veterans care through the Veterans Choice Card program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to maintaining and enhancing access, choice, and accountability in veterans care through the Veterans Choice Card program by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4344.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to promoting equal pay, which may include preventing discrimination on the basis of sex and preventing retaliation against employees for seeking or discussing wage information, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4345.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the United States to protect and strengthen Social Security

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to legislation submitted to Congress by the President of the United States to protect current beneficiaries of the Social Security program and prevent the insolvency of the program by the amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4346.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a simplified income-driven student loan repayment option

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to addressing student loan debt, which may include reducing overlapping student loan repayment programs and creating a simplified income-driven student loan repayment option, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4347.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to keeping the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on the protection of water quality

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that Federal jurisdiction under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is focused on water quality, which may include limiting jurisdiction based on the movement of birds, mammals, or insects through the air or over the land, the movement of water through the ground, or the movement of rainwater or snowmelt over the land, or limiting jurisdiction over puddles, isolated ponds, roadside ditches, irrigation ditches, stormwater systems, wastewater systems, or water delivery, reuse, or reclamation systems, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4348.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Israel

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to United States policy toward Israel and the prevention of anti-Semitism in Europe, which may include preventing the United Nations and other international institutions, including human rights organizations, from taking unfair or discriminatory action against Israel, and supporting efforts to prevent anti-Semitism in Europe, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4349.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to family and medical leave

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to efforts to improve workplace benefits and reduce health care costs, which may include tax credits for employers providing paid family and medical leave, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4350.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing health care to veterans who have geographic inaccessibility to care

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing health care to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides the care sought by the veteran by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4351.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal Pell Grant program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increasing access to higher education for low-income Americans through the Federal Pell Grant program, which may include allowing for 1 or more additional payment periods during the same award year, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4352.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to transparency in health premium billing

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increased disclosure of any Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) tax in health insurance monthly premium statements by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4353.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to carbon emissions

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports related to carbon emissions, which may include prohibitions on Federal taxes or fees imposed on carbon emissions from any product or entity that is a direct or indirect source of emissions, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4354.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Federal Government to allow states to opt out of Common Core without penalty

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to prohibiting the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, or programs of instruction and allowing States to opt out of the Common Core State Standards without penalty by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4355.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to the disposal of certain Federal land

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to initiatives to sell or transfer to, or exchange with, a State or local government any Federal land that is not within the boundaries of a National Park, National Preserve, or National Monument by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4356.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting funding of international organizations during the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to funding, which may include prohibiting funding for the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat or any international organizations created to support the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty prior to Senate ratification and adoption of implementing legislation, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4357.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reimposing waived sanctions and imposing new sanctions against Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Iran, which may include efforts to immediately reimpose waived sanctions and impose new sanctions against the Government of Iran if the President cannot make a determination and certify that Iran is complying with the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4358.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting United States citizens held hostage in the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to supporting citizens of the United States held hostage in the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, between November 3, 1979, and January 20, 1981, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4359.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to efforts to increase employment opportunities and prevent employment discrimination, which may include measures to prevent employment discrimination against pregnant workers, to provide pregnant workers with a right to workplace accommodations, and to ensure that employers comply with requirements regarding such workplace accommodations for pregnant workers, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4360.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to changes in the Federal income tax laws, which may include eliminating the Federal estate tax, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4361.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions, which may include a prohibition on withholding highway funds from States that refuse to submit State Implementation Plans required under the Clean Power Plan of the Agency, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4362.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting privately held water rights and permits

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to protecting communities, businesses, recreationists, farmers, ranchers, or other groups that rely on privately held water rights and permits from Federal takings by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4363.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting awarding of construction contracts based on awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor organizations

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to a prohibition on the awarding of construction contracts on behalf of the Government based upon any solicitations, bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents that require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations or discriminate against or give preference to such bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors based on their entering or refusing to enter into such agreements by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4364.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent American jobs from being moved overseas by reducing the corporate income tax rate

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preventing American jobs from being moved overseas, which may include a reduction in the corporate income tax rate, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4365.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase wages for American workers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reaffirming the ability of States to adopt minimum wages higher than the Federal minimum wage level commensurate with the cost of living in the State, which may include the adoption of pro-employment and wage-increasing policies by providing pro-growth tax relief and eliminating excessive government mandates, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4366.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to deterring the migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to deterring the attempted migration of unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras into the United States, which may include the expedited removal of unlawful entrants from noncontiguous countries, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4367.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring proper economic consideration in designation of critical habitat

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to critical habitat designations, which may include requirements that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service examine the cumulative economic effects of the designation, such as on land or property uses or values, regional employment, or revenue impacts on States and units of local government, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4368.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to end too big to fail bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets)

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to any bank holding companies with over $500,000,000,000 in total assets to better protect taxpayers, including such measures as capital or leverage requirements, restrictions on the growth, activities, or operations of a company, or divestiture of assets or operations of any company that is unable to present a credible plan to facilitate an orderly bankruptcy or resolution, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4369.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ending Washington’s illegal exemption from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to developing methods that ensure that all Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and all political appointees of the Administration procure their health insurance on the individual exchange in the same way as Americans at the same income level by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4370.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increasing funding for United States embassies, which may include the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4371.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to promoting the return of children who have been legally adopted by United States citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4372.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the development of a new nuclear-capable cruise missile by the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4373.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide equity in the tax treatment of public safety officer death benefits

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing tax equity for death benefits paid to the families of public safety officers who lose their lives in the line of duty by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4374.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to eliminating the backlog of sexual assault evidence kits, which may include auditing the hidden backlog of untested sexual assault kits and ensuring that the collection and processing of DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies from crimes is carried out in an appropriate and timely manner, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4375.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to mixed oxide fuel fabrication

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to mixed oxide fuel fabrication by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4376.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming Offices of Inspectors General and preventing extended vacancies

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening and reforming Federal Offices of Inspectors General, reducing vacancies in such Offices, and providing for improvements in the overall economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Inspectors General by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4377.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving retirement security

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving retirement security by making it easier for small businesses to provide retirement plans for their employees by easing the administrative burden and by encouraging individuals to increase their savings by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4378.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the competitiveness of the United States

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving basic science research and development programs in the United States by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4379.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that the conservation of northern long-eared bat populations and local economic development are compatible

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), which may include requirements that State conservation plans relating to the northern long-eared bat are given maximum flexibility to be successful so as to preserve and protect local and rural economies before any Federal listing decision is made with respect to the northern long-eared bat, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4380.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to increased sharing of cybersecurity threat information while protecting individual privacy and civil liberties interests by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4381.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement agencies

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation entering into joint task forces with tribal and local law enforcement agencies by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4382.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal agencies

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging cost savings in office space used by Federal agencies, which may include encouraging Federal agencies to utilize office space unused by the Federal Government before purchasing or renting additional space, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4383.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through small business development centers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs through small business development centers by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4384.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the needs of women veterans

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs meet the needs of women veterans by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4385.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing funding related to supporting efficient resourcing for the Asia rebalance policy by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4386.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing access to marijuana edibles by children in States that have decriminalized marijuana

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preventing access to edible marijuana products by children in States that have decriminalized marijuana by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4387.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing mortgage lending to rural areas

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing mortgage lending to rural areas by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4388.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the construction of Arctic polar icebreakers by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4389.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to researching health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4390.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to raising the Family of Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company Program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Small Business Investment Company Program of the Small Business Administration, which may include raising the Family of Funds limit of the Small Business Investment Company Program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4391.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to online child sex trafficking, which may include the detection, investigation, and prosecution of the owners and operators of websites who knowingly allow such websites to be used to advertise commercial sex with children over the Internet, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4392.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the reliability of the electricity grid

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or issuing any regulation that would reduce the reliability of the electricity grid by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4393.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve and protect the open Internet

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to protecting the open Internet and promoting further innovation and investment in Internet services, content, infrastructure, and technologies by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4394.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to reforming the Federal regulatory process

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to—

(1)

creating an effective mechanism for the review of the existing Federal regulatory burden to identify rules for repeal or modification that—

(A)

impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness;

(B)

impose disproportionately high costs on small businesses;

(C)

could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs;

(D)

have been rendered obsolete by technological or market changes;

(E)

have achieved their goals and can be repealed without target problems recurring;

(F)

impose the greatest opportunity costs in terms of economic growth;

(G)

are ineffective;

(H)

overlap, duplicate, or conflict with other Federal regulations or with State or local regulations; or

(I)

impose costs that are not justified by benefits produced for society within the United States;

(2)

reforming the process by which new regulations are made by Federal agencies, including independent agencies, for the purposes of—

(A)

prioritizing early public outreach in the rulemaking process;

(B)

ensuring the use of the best available scientific, economic, and technical data;

(C)

preventing the misuse of guidance documents to skirt public input;

(D)

ensuring the use of best practices for regulatory analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, into each step of the rulemaking process;

(E)

facilitating the adoption by Federal agencies of the least costly regulatory alternative that would achieve the goals of the statutory authorization;

(F)

ensuring more careful consideration of proposed high-cost rules;

(G)

ensuring effective oversight of the Federal regulatory program, including independent regulatory commissions, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs;

(H)

improving the consideration of adverse impacts on small businesses;

(I)

providing greater transparency in the rulemaking process; and

(J)

improving compliance with section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2736A–153) (commonly known as the Information Quality Act), the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), and chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act);

(3)

enhancing accountability by facilitating fair and effective judicial review of agency actions; and

(4)

ensuring that Congress can effectively exercise its appropriate role in the regulatory process through legislation and oversight;

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
4395.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing coverage of virtual colonoscopies as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4396.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the modernization of the nuclear command, control, and communications architecture of the United States

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to modernizing the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems, the nuclear command and control system, and the nuclear weapons stockpile, and supporting related infrastructure, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4397.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to BARDA and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to strengthening our national security, which may include fully funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the BioShield Special Reserve Fund, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4398.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the nuclear forces and missions of the Air Force

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the nuclear force improvement program of the Air Force by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4399.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting economic growth and job creation for small businesses and full funding for at-sea and dockside monitoring for certain fisheries

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to promoting economic growth and job creation by making it easier for small businesses to plan their capital investments and reducing the uncertainty of taxation, and supporting at-sea and dockside monitoring for fisheries that have received economic disaster assistance, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4400.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the definition of full-time employee

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports related to the employer penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), which may include changes to the definition of full time employee under that Act, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4401.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal regulatory process by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4402.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to expedite awards under the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the processing of award submissions, which may include the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4403.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging the increased use of performance contracting in Federal facilities by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4404.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to patient care, and other management issues of the Department

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving information sharing by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to investigations relating to substandard health care, delayed and denied health care, patient deaths, other findings that directly relate to patient care, and other management issues of the Department by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4405.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit unions

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to alleviating disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks and credit unions by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4406.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect the Corporation for National and Community Service

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the Corporation for National and Community Service by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4407.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that Department of Justice attorneys comply with disclosure obligations in criminal prosecutions

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to ensuring that all Department of Justice attorneys comply with all legal and ethical obligations in criminal prosecutions, which may include legislation that ensures the disclosure to the defendant in a timely manner of all information known to the Government that tends to negate the guilt of the defendant, mitigate the offense charged or the sentence imposed, or impeach the Government’s witnesses or evidence, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4408.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote biomedical research

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investments in precision medicine and biomedical research, which may include increasing funding to account for inflation, to support finding ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or conditions like Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, and to provide long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4409.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing access to necessary equipment for Medicare beneficiaries

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to developing methods that ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have access to equipment like eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and speech generating devices by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4410.

Spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prioritizing the construction of infrastructure projects that are of national and regional significance and projects in high priority corridors

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the prioritization of the Federal investment in the infrastructure of the United States on projects that are of national and regional significance and projects in high priority corridors of the National Highway System by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not raise new revenue and would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4411.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the security of NATO

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to encouraging the United States' NATO allies to reverse declines in defense spending and bear a more proportionate burden for ensuring the security of NATO by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4412.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the investigation and recovery of missing weapons and military equipment provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States Government

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to the investigation and to the extent practicable the recovery of missing weapons and military equipment provided to the Government of Yemen by the United States Government to ensure that such items are not in the possession of or used by radical extremist groups operating in the country by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4413.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to improving higher education data and transparency

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving higher education data and transparency by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4414.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Native children

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Native children or the construction of Bureau of Indian Education schools, which may include replacement school construction, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4415.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to provide additional funding for international strategic communications

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to funding for international counter-propaganda communications in order to combat misinformation, undermine ideologies of violence and hatred, and ensure moderate voices are heard by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4416.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for elementary and secondary education

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to reforming and strengthening elementary and secondary education by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4417.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund to support research

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to Federal investments in scientific research and development, which may include supporting biomedical research to find ways to prevent, treat, and cure diseases or conditions like Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening or chronic illnesses, providing long-term cost savings to the Federal Government, and supporting national security, basic energy research, innovative solutions, and American competitiveness, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4418.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to support for Ukraine

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to providing support to the Government of Ukraine, which may include the provision of lethal defensive articles, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4419.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to underground and surface mining safety research

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to underground and surface mining safety research by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4420.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to saving Medicare

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to extending the life of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which may include the creation of a point of order against legislation that accelerates the insolvency of such Trust Fund, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

C

Reserve Funds in the House of Representatives

4501.

Reserve fund for the repeal of the President's health care law

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that consists solely of the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the health care related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

4502.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting real health care reform

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that promotes real health care reform, if such measure would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4503.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the Medicare provisions of the President's health care law

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 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 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 2016 through 2025.

4504.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure extends the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4505.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for graduate medical education

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure reforms, expands access to, and improves, as determined by such Chairman, graduate medical education programs, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4506.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade agreements

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 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 2016 through 2025.

4507.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the tax code

In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that reforms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 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 2016 through 2025.

4508.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for revenue measures

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 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 2016 through 2025.

4509.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for transportation

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure maintains the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4510.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Federal retirement reform

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure reforms, improves and updates the Federal retirement system, as determined by such Chairman, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

4511.

Deficit-neutral reserve fund for national defense

In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure supports the following activities: Department of Defense training and maintenance associated with combat readiness, modernization of equipment, auditability of financial statements, or military compensation and benefit reforms, by the amount provided for these purposes, but only if such measure would not increase the deficit (without counting any net revenue increases in that measure) over the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.

V

Estimates of direct spending in the House of Representatives

5001.

Direct spending

(a)

Means-Tested direct spending

(1)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(A)

For means-tested direct spending, the average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 6.8 percent.

(B)

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 2016 is 4.6 percent under current law.

(2)

Proposed reforms

The following reforms are proposed under this concurrent resolution by the House of Representatives 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 5 years following passage, child-poverty rates fell, welfare caseloads fell, and workers’ wages increased. This budget assumes the enactment of proposals to reduce poverty and increase opportunity and upward mobility for struggling Americans on the road to personal and financial independence. Based on the successful welfare reforms of the 1990s, these proposals would improve work requirements and provide flexible funding for States to help those most in need find gainful employment, escape poverty, and move up the economic ladder.

(B)

For Medicaid, this budget is predicated on a framework proposed by the chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate, to modernize and improve the program while increasing State flexibility and protecting the most vulnerable populations. This budget also assumes the repeal of the Medicaid expansions in the President’s health care law.

(b)

Nonmeans-Tested direct spending

(1)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(A)

For nonmeans-tested direct spending, the average rate of growth in the total level of outlays during the 10-year period preceding fiscal year 2016 is 5.4 percent.

(B)

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 2016 is 5.5 percent under current law.

(2)

Medicare reforms

For Medicare, this budget advances policies to put seniors, not the Federal Government, in control of their health care decisions. Putting seniors in charge of how their health care dollars are spent will encourage providers to compete against each other on price and quality. Improvements to Medicare are necessary to extend the life of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and protect the program for future generations.

VI

Policy Statements

A

Policy statements in both Houses

6101.

Policy statement on balanced budget amendment

It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should pass, and send to the States for their approval, a joint resolution amending the Constitution of the United States to require an annual balanced Federal budget.

6102.

Policy statement on Social Security

It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the President and Congress should work together on a bipartisan basis to preserve Social Security for current and future generations. To achieve that goal—

(1)

Congress should enact legislation to prevent the near-term insolvency of the Disability Insurance program, improve the administration and coordination of benefits, and increase employment opportunities for disabled workers; and

(2)

the President should submit legislation to Congress addressing the long-term insolvency of both the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program and the Disability Insurance program, and such legislation should achieve a sustainable annual cash-flow balance between taxes and benefits over the foreseeable future, rather than temporarily increasing and then depleting the balance of Government securities held by each program’s trust fund.

B

Policy statement in the House of Representatives

6201.

Policy statement on budget process and baseline reform

(a)

Findings

(1)

In 1974, after more than 50 years of executive dominance over fiscal policy, Congress acted to reassert its power of the purse, and passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.

(2)

The measure explicitly sought to establish congressional control over the budget process, to provide for annual congressional determination of the appropriate level of taxes and spending, to set important national budget priorities, and to find ways in which Members of Congress could have access to the most accurate, objective, and highest quality information to assist them in discharging their duties.

(3)

Far from achieving its intended purpose, however, the process has instituted a bias toward higher spending and larger government. The behemoth of the Federal Government has largely been financed through either borrowing or taking ever greater amounts of the national income through high taxation.

(4)

The process does not treat programs and policies consistently and shows a bias toward higher spending and higher taxes.

(5)

It assumes extension of spending programs (of more than $50 million per year) scheduled to expire.

(6)

Yet it does not assume the extension of tax policies in the same way. consequently, extending existing tax policies that may be scheduled to expire is characterized as a new tax reduction, requiring offsets to pay for merely keeping tax policy the same even though estimating conventions would not require similar treatment of spending programs.

(7)

The original goals set for the congressional process are admirable in their intent, but because the essential mechanisms of the process have remained the same, and reforms enacted over the past 40 years have largely taken the form of layering greater levels of legal complexity without reforming or reassessing the very fundamental nature of the process.

(b)

Policy statement

It is the policy of this concurrent resolution on the budget that as the primary branch of Government, Congress must:

(1)

Restructure the fundamental procedures of budget decision making.

(2)

Reassert Congress’s power of the purse, and reinforce the balance of powers between Congress and the President, as the 1974 Act intended.

(3)

Create greater incentives for lawmakers to do budgeting as intended by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, especially adopting a budget resolution every year.

(4)

Encourage more effective control over spending, especially currently uncontrolled direct spending.

(5)

Consider innovative fiscal tools such as: zero based budgeting, which would require a department or agency to justify its budget as if it were a new expenditure; and direct spending caps to enhance oversight of automatic pilot spending that increases each year without congressional approval.

(6)

Promote efficient and timely budget actions, so that lawmakers complete their budget actions by the time the new fiscal year begins.

(7)

Provide access to the best analysis of economic conditions available and increase awareness of how fiscal policy directly impacts overall economic growth and job creation.

(8)

Remove layers of complexity that have complicated the procedures designed in 1974, and made budgeting more arcane and opaque.

(9)

Remove existing biases that favor higher spending.

(10)

Include procedures by which current tax laws may be extended and treated on a basis that is not different from the extension of entitlement programs.

(c)

Budget Process Reform

Comprehensive budget process reform should also remove the bias in the baseline against the extension of current tax laws in the following ways:

(1)

Permanent extension of tax laws should not be used as a means to increase taxes on other taxpayers.

(2)

For those expiring tax provisions that are proposed to be permanently extended, Congress should use a more realistic baseline that does not require them to be offset.

(3)

Tax-reform legislation should not include tax increases just to offset the extension of current tax laws.

(d)

Legislation

The Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives intends to draft legislation during the 114th Congress that will rewrite the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to fulfill the goals of making the congressional budget process more effective in ensuring taxpayers’ dollars are spent wisely and efficiently.

6202.

Policy statement on economic growth and job creation

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

Although the United States economy technically emerged from recession more than 5 years ago, the subsequent recovery has felt more like a malaise than a rebound. Real gross domestic product GDP growth over the past 5 years has averaged slightly more than 2 percent, well below the 3.2 percent historical trend rate of growth in the United States. Although the economy has shown some welcome signs of improvement of late, the Nation remains in the midst of the weakest economic recovery of the modern era.

(2)

Looking ahead, CBO expects the economy to grow by an average of just 2.3 percent over the next 10 years. That level of economic growth is simply unacceptable and insufficient to expand opportunities and the incomes of millions of middle-income Americans.

(3)

Sluggish economic growth has also contributed to the country's fiscal woes. Subpar growth means that revenue levels are lower than they would otherwise be while government spending (e.g. welfare and income-support programs) is higher. Clearly, there is a dire need for policies that will spark higher rates of economic growth and greater, higher-quality job opportunities.

(4)

Although job gains have been trending up of late, other aspects of the labor market remain weak. The labor force participation rate, for instance, is hovering just under 63 percent, close to the lowest level since 1978. Long-term unemployment also remains a problem. Of the roughly 8.7 million people who are currently unemployed, 2.7 million (more than 30 percent) have been unemployed for more than 6 months. Long-term unemployment erodes an individual's job skills and detaches them from job opportunities. It also undermines the long-term productive capacity of the economy.

(5)

Perhaps most important, wage gains and income growth have been subpar for middle-class Americans. Average hourly earnings of private-sector workers have increased by just 1.6 percent over the past year. Prior to the recession, average hourly earnings were tracking close to 4 percent. Likewise, average income levels have remained flat in recent years. Real median household income is just under $52,000, one of the lowest levels since 1995.

(6)

The unsustainable fiscal trajectory has cast a shadow on the country’s economic outlook. 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. This debt overhang, and the uncertainty it generates, can weigh on growth, investment, and job creation.

(7)

Nearly all economists, including those at the CBO, conclude that reducing budget deficits (thereby bending the curve on debt levels is a net positive for economic growth over time. The logic is that deficit reduction creates long-term economic benefits because it increases the pool of national savings and boosts investment, thereby raising economic growth and job creation.

(8)

CBO analyzed the House Republican fiscal year 2016 budget resolution and found it would increase real output per capita (a proxy for a country’s standard of living) by about $1,000 in 2025 and roughly $5,000 by 2040 relative to the baseline path. That means more income and greater prosperity for all Americans.

(9)

In contrast, if the Government remains on the current fiscal path, future generations will face ever-higher debt service costs, a decline in national savings, and a crowding out of private investment. This dynamic will eventually lead to a decline in economic output and a diminution in our country's standard of living.

(10)

The key economic challenge is determining how to expand the economic pie, not how best to divide up and re-distribute a shrinking pie.

(11)

A stronger economy is vital to lowering deficit levels and eventually balancing the budget. According to CBO, if annual real GDP growth is just 0.1 percentage point higher over the budget window, deficits would be reduced by $326 billion.

(12)

This budget resolution therefore embraces pro-growth policies, such as fundamental tax reform, that will help foster a stronger economy, greater opportunities and more job creation.

(b)

Policy on Economic Growth and Job Creation

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to promote faster economic growth and job creation. By putting the budget on a sustainable path, this concurrent resolution ends the debt-fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to the tax code will put American businesses and workers in a better position to compete and thrive in the 21st century global economy. This concurrent resolution targets the regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack the deck in favor of special interests. All of the reforms in this concurrent resolution serve as means to the larger end of helping the economy grow and expanding opportunity for all Americans.

6203.

Policy statement on tax reform

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

A world-class tax system should be simple, fair, and promote (rather than impede) economic growth. The United States 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)

Over the past decade alone, there have been 4,107 changes to the tax code, more than one per day. 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 highly complex.

(3)

In addition, these tax preferences are disproportionately used by upper-income individuals.

(4)

The large amount of tax preferences that pervade the code end up narrowing the tax base. A narrow tax base, in turn, requires much higher tax rates to raise a given amount of revenue.

(5)

It is estimated that American taxpayers end up spending $160 billion and roughly 6 billion hours a year complying with the tax code waste of time and resources that could be used in more productive activities.

(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 United States 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 can reach nearly 45 percent. For these reasons, sound economic policy requires lowering marginal rates on these pass-through entities.

(8)

The United States corporate income tax rate (including Federal, State, and local taxes) sums to slightly more than 39 percent, the highest rate in the industrialized world. 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 United States corporate tax restrains economic growth and job creation. The United States 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 United States international taxation essentially taxes earnings of United States firms twice, putting them at a significant competitive disadvantage with competitors with more competitive international tax systems.

(11)

Reforming the United States tax code to a more competitive international system would boost the competitiveness of United States 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 about 17.4 percent of the economy throughout modern American history. Revenues rise above this level under current law to 18.3 percent of the economy by the end of the 10-year budget window.

(14)

Attempting to raise revenue through new tax increases to meet out-of-control spending would sink the economy and Americans’ ability to save for their retirement and their children's education.

(15)

This concurrent resolution also rejects the idea of instituting a carbon tax in the United States, which some have offered as a new source of revenue. Such a plan would damage the economy, cost jobs, and raise prices on American consumers.

(16)

Closing tax loopholes to fund spending does not constitute fundamental tax reform.

(17)

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. Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

(18)

Many economists believe that fundamental tax reform (i.e. a broader tax base and lower tax rates) would lead to greater labor supply and increased investment, which, over time, would have a positive impact on total national output.

(19)

Heretofore, the congressional scorekeepers the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).

(20)

Static scoring implicitly assumes that the size of the economy (and therefore key economic variables such as labor supply and investment) remains fixed throughout the considered budget horizon. This is an abstraction from reality.

(21)

A new House of Representatives rule was adopted at the beginning of the 114th Congress to help correct this problem. This rule requires CBO and JCT to incorporate the macroeconomic effects of major legislation into their official cost estimates.

(22)

This rule seeks to bridge the divide between static estimates and scoring that incorporates economic feedback effects by providing policymakers with a greater amount of information about the likely economic impact of policies under their consideration while at the same time preserving traditional scoring methods and reporting conventions.

(b)

Policy on tax reform

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should enact legislation that provides for a comprehensive reform of the United States tax code to promote economic growth, create American jobs, increase wages, and benefit American consumers, investors, and workers through fundamental tax reform 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 and consolidates the current seven individual income tax brackets into fewer brackets;

(3)

repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax;

(4)

reduces the corporate tax rate; and

(5)

transitions the tax code to a more competitive system of international taxation.

6204.

Policy statement on trade

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

Opening foreign markets to American exports is vital to the United States economy and beneficial to American workers and consumers. The Commerce Department estimates that every $1 billion of United States exports supports more than 5,000 jobs here at home.

(2)

The United States can increase economic opportunities for American workers and businesses through the expansion of trade, adherence to trade agreement rules by the United States and its trading partners, and the elimination of foreign trade barriers to United States goods and services.

(3)

Trade Promotion Authority is a bipartisan and bicameral effort to strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear framework for congressional consideration and implementation of trade agreements.

(4)

Global trade and commerce is not a zero-sum game. The idea that global expansion tends to hollow out United States operations is incorrect. Foreign-affiliate activity tends to complement, not substitute for, key parent activities in the United States such as employment, worker compensation, and capital investment. When United States headquartered multinationals invest and expand operations abroad it often leads to more jobs and economic growth at home.

(5)

Trade agreements have saved the average American family of four more than $10,000 per year, as a result of lower duties. Trade agreements also lower the cost of manufacturing inputs by removing duties.

(6)

American businesses and workers have shown that, on a level playing field, they can excel and surpass the international competition.

(7)

When negotiating trade agreements, United States laws on Intellectual Property (IP) protection should be used as a benchmark for establishing global IP frameworks. Strong IP protections have contributed significantly to the United States status as a world leader in innovation across sectors, including in the development of life-saving biologic medicines. The data protections afforded to biologics in United States law, including 12 years of data protection, allow continued development of pioneering medicines to benefit patients both in the United States and abroad. To maintain the cycle of innovation and achieve truly 21st century trade agreements, it is vital that our negotiators insist on the highest standards for IP protections.

(8)

The status quo of the current tax code also undermines the competitiveness of United States businesses and costs the United States economy investment and jobs.

(9)

The United States currently has an antiquated system of international taxation whereby United States multinationals operating abroad pay both the foreign-country tax and United States corporate taxes. They are essentially taxed twice. This puts them at an obvious competitive disadvantage. A modern and competitive international tax system would facilitate global commerce for United States multinational companies and would encourage foreign business investment and job creation in the United States.

(10)

The ability to defer United States taxes on their foreign operations, which some erroneously refer to as a tax loophole, cushions this disadvantage to a certain extent. Eliminating or restricting this provision (and others like it) would harm United States competitiveness.

(11)

This budget resolution advocates fundamental tax reform that would lower the United States corporate rate, now the highest in the industrialized world, and switch to a more competitive system of international taxation. This would make the United States a much more attractive place to invest and station business activity and would chip away at the incentives for United States companies to keep their profits overseas (because the United States corporate rate is so high).

(b)

Policy on trade

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to pursue international trade, global commerce, and a modern and competitive United States international tax system to promote job creation in the United States. The United States should continue to seek increased economic opportunities for American workers and businesses through the expansion of trade opportunities, adherence to trade agreements and rules by the United States and its trading partners, and the elimination of foreign trade barriers to United States goods and services by opening new markets and by enforcing United States rights. To that end, Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority to strengthen the role of Congress in setting negotiating objectives for trade agreements, to improve consultation with Congress by the Administration, and to provide a clear framework for congressional consideration and implementation of trade agreements.

6205.

Policy statement on repealing the President’s health care law and promoting real health care reform

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

The President’s health care law put Washington’s priorities first, and not patients’. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed to reduce health care premiums as promised; instead, the law mandated benefits and coverage levels, denying patients the opportunity to choose the type of coverage that best suits their health needs and driving up health coverage costs. A typical family’s health care premiums were supposed to decline by $2,500 a year; instead, according to the 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey, health care premiums have increased by 7 percent for individuals and families since 2012.

(2)

The President pledged, If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. Instead, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates 9 million Americans with employment-based health coverage will lose those plans due to the President’s health care law, further limiting patient choice.

(3)

Then-Speaker of the House, Pelosi, said that the President’s health care law would create 4 million jobs over the life of the law and almost 400,000 jobs immediately. Instead, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the reduction in hours worked due to Obamacare represents a decline of about 2.0 to 2.5 million full-time equivalent workers, compared with what would have occurred in the absence of the law. The full impact on labor represents a reduction in employment by 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent, while additional studies show less modest results. A recent study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University estimates that Obamacare will reduce employment by up to 3 percent, or about 4 million full-time equivalent workers.

(4)

The President has charged the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel of unelected bureaucrats, with cutting Medicare by an additional $20.9 billion over the next ten years, according to the President's most recent budget.

(5)

Since ACA was signed into law, the administration has repeatedly failed to implement it as written. The President has unilaterally acted to make a total of 28 changes, delays, and exemptions. The President has signed into law another 17 changes made by Congress. The Supreme Court struck down the forced expansion of Medicaid; ruled the individual mandate could only be characterized as a tax to remain constitutional; and rejected the requirement that closely held companies provide health insurance to their employees if doing so violates these companies’ religious beliefs. Even now, almost five years after enactment, the Supreme Court continues to evaluate the legality of how the President's administration has implemented the law. All of these changes prove the folly underlying the entire program—health care in the United States cannot be run from a centralized bureaucracy.

(6)

The President's health care law is unaffordable, intrusive, overreaching, destructive, and unworkable. Its complex structure of subsidies, mandates, and penalties perversely impact individuals, married couples, and families. The law should be fully repealed, allowing for real, patient-centered health care reform: the development of real health care reforms that puts patients first, that make affordable, quality health care available to all Americans, and that build on the innovation and creativity of all the participants in the health care sector.

(b)

Policy on promoting real health care reform

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that the President's health care law should be fully repealed and real health care reform promoted in accordance with the following principles:

(1)

In general

Health care reform should enhance affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation, choices and responsiveness in health care coverage for all Americans, putting patients, families, and doctors in charge, not Washington, DC. These reforms should encourage increased competition and transparency. Under the President's health care law, government controls Americans’ health care choices. Under true, patient-centered reform, Americans would.

(2)

Affordability

Real reform should be centered on ensuring that all Americans, no matter their age, income, or health status, have the ability to afford health care coverage. The health care delivery structure should be improved, and individuals should not be priced out of the health insurance market due to pre-existing conditions, but nationalized health care is not only unnecessary to accomplish this, it undermines the goal. Individuals should be allowed to join together voluntarily to pool risk through mechanisms such as Individual Membership Associations and Small Employer Membership Associations.

(3)

Accessability

Instead of Washington outlining for Americans the ways they cannot use their health insurance, reforms should make health coverage more portable. Individuals should be able to own their insurance and have it follow them in and out of jobs throughout their career. Small business owners should be permitted to band together across State lines through their membership in bona fide trade or professional associations to purchase health coverage for their families and employees at a low cost. This will increase small businesses’ bargaining power, volume discounts, and administrative efficiencies while giving them freedom from State-mandated benefit packages. Also, insurers licensed to sell policies in one State should be permitted to offer them to residents in any other State, and consumers should be permitted to shop for health insurance across State lines, as they are with other insurance products online, by mail, by phone, or in consultation with an insurance agent.

(4)

Quality

Incentives for providers to deliver high-quality, responsive, and coordinated care will promote patient outcomes and drive down health care costs. Likewise, reforms that work to restore the patient-physician relationship by reducing administrative burdens and allowing physicians to do what they do best—care for patients.

(5)

Choices

Individuals and families should be free to secure the health care coverage that best meets their needs, rather than instituting one-size-fits-all directives from Federal bureaucracies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

(6)

Innovation

Instead of stifling innovation in health care technologies, treatments, medications, and therapies with Federal mandates, taxes, and price controls, a reformed health care system should encourage research, development and innovation.

(7)

Responsiveness

Reform should return authority to States wherever possible to make the system more responsive to patients and their needs. Instead of tying States’ hands with Federal requirements for their Medicaid programs, the Federal Government should return control of this program to the States. Not only does the current Medicaid program drive up Federal debt and threaten to bankrupt State budgets, but States are better positioned to provide quality, affordable care to those who are eligible for the program and to track down and weed out waste, fraud and abuse. Beneficiary choices in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid should be improved. States should make available the purchase of private insurance as an option to their Medicaid and SCHIP populations (though they should not require enrollment).

(8)

Reforms

Reforms should be made to prevent lawsuit abuse and curb the practice of defensive medicine, which are significant drivers increasing health care costs. The burden of proof in medical malpractice cases should be based on compliance with best practice guidelines, and States should be free to implement those policies to best suit their needs.

6206.

Policy statement on Medicare

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives 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 Medicare Trustees Report—

(A)

the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2030 and unable to pay scheduled benefits;

(B)

Medicare enrollment is expected to increase by over 50 percent in the next two decades, as 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age each day;

(C)

enrollees remain in Medicare three times longer than at the outset of the program;

(D)

current workers’ payroll contributions pay for current beneficiaries;

(E)

in 2013, the ratio was 3.2 workers per beneficiary, but this falls to 2.3 in 2030 and continues to decrease over time;

(F)

most Medicare beneficiaries receive about three dollars in Medicare benefits for every one dollar paid into the program; and

(G)

Medicare spending is growing faster than the economy and Medicare outlays are currently rising at a rate of 6.5 percent per year over the next 10 years. According to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2014 Long-Term Budget Outlook, spending on Medicare is projected to reach 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2043 and 9.3 percent of GDP by 2089.

(3)

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

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to preserve the program for those in or near retirement and strengthen Medicare for future beneficiaries.

(c)

Assumptions

This concurrent resolution assumes reform of the Medicare program such that—

(1)

current Medicare benefits are preserved for those in or near retirement;

(2)

permanent reform of the sustainable growth rate is responsibly accounted for to ensure physicians continue to participate in the Medicare program and provide quality health care for beneficiaries;

(3)

when future generations 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;

(4)

Medicare will maintain traditional fee-for-service as a plan option;

(5)

Medicare will provide additional assistance for lower income beneficiaries and those with greater health risks; and

(6)

Medicare spending is put on a sustainable path and the Medicare program becomes solvent over the long-term.

6207.

Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery and innovation

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

For decades, the Nation's commitment to the discovery, development, and delivery of new treatments and cures has made the United States the biomedical innovation capital of the world, bringing life-saving drugs and devices to patients and well over a million high-paying jobs to local communities.

(2)

Thanks to the visionary and determined leadership of innovators throughout America, including industry, academic medical centers, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States has led the way in early discovery. The United States leadership role is being threatened, however, as other countries contribute more to basic research from both public and private sources.

(3)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development predicts that China, for example, will outspend the United States in total research and development by the end of the decade.

(4)

Federal policies should foster innovation in health care, not stifle it. America should maintain its world leadership in medical science by encouraging competitive forces to work through the marketplace in delivering cures and therapies to patients.

(5)

Too often the bureaucracy and red-tape in Washington hold back medical innovation and prevent new lifesaving treatments from reaching patients. This concurrent resolution recognizes the valuable role of the NIH and the indispensable contributions to medical research coming from outside Washington.

(6)

America is the greatest, most innovative Nation on Earth. Her people are innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries, and relentless builders of the future. Americans were responsible for the first telephone, the first airplane, the first computer, for putting the first man on the moon, for creating the first vaccine for polio and for legions of other scientific and medical breakthroughs that have improved and prolonged human health and life for countless people in America and around the world.

(b)

Policy on Medical Innovation

(1)

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to support the important work of medical innovators throughout the country, including private-sector innovators, medical centers and the National Institutes of Health.

(2)

At the same time, the budget calls for continued strong funding for the agencies that engage in valuable research and development, while also urging Washington to get out of the way of researchers, discoverers and innovators all over the country.

6208.

Policy statement on Federal regulatory reform

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

Excessive regulation at the Federal level has hurt job creation and dampened the economy, slowing the Nation’s recovery from the economic recession.

(2)

Since President Obama’s inauguration in 2009, the administration has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations in the Federal Register including 70,066 pages in 2014.

(3)

The National Association of Manufacturers estimates the total cost of regulations is as high as $2.03 trillion per year. Since 2009, the White House has generated more than $494 billion in regulatory activity, with an additional $87.6 billion in regulatory costs currently pending.

(4)

The Dodd-Frank financial services legislation (Public Law 111–203) has resulted in more than $32 billion in compliance costs and saddled job creators with more than 63 million hours of compliance paperwork.

(5)

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act to date has added 132.9 million annual hours of compliance paperwork, imposing $24.3 billion of compliance costs on the private sector and an $8 billion cost burden on the States.

(6)

The highest regulatory costs come from rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); these regulations are primarily targeted at the coal industry. In June 2014, the EPA proposed a rule to cut carbon pollution from the Nation's power plants. The proposed standards are unachievable with current commercially available technology, resulting in a de-facto ban on new coal-fired power plants.

(7)

Coal-fired power plants provide roughly 40 percent of the United States electricity at a low cost. Unfairly targeting the coal industry with costly and unachievable regulations will increase energy prices, disproportionately disadvantaging energy-intensive industries like manufacturing and construction, and will make life more difficult for millions of low-income and middle class families already struggling to pay their bills.

(8)

Three hundred and thirty coal units are being retired or converted as a result of EPA regulations. Combined with the de-facto prohibition on new plants, these retirements and conversions may further increase the cost of electricity.

(9)

A recent study by the energy market analysis group Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. estimates the average energy bill in West Virginia will rise $750 per household by 2020, due in part to EPA regulations. West Virginia receives 95 percent of its electricity from coal.

(10)

The Heritage Foundation found that a phase-out of coal would cost 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, resulting in an aggregate gross domestic product decrease of $2.23 trillion over the entire period and reducing the income of a family of four by $1,200 per year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will come from the manufacturing sector, with California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the highest job losses.

(b)

Policy on federal regulatory reform

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the public burdened by excessive regulation, enact legislation that—

(1)

promotes economic growth and job creation by eliminating unnecessary red tape and streamlining and simplifying Federal regulations;

(2)

requires the implementation of a regulatory budget to be allocated amongst Government agencies, which would require congressional approval and limit the maximum costs of regulations in a given year;

(3)

requires congressional approval of all new major regulations (those with an impact of $100 million or more) before enactment as opposed to current law in which Congress must expressly disapprove of regulation to prevent it from becoming law, which would keep Congress engaged as to pending regulatory policy and prevent costly and unsound policies from being implemented and becoming effective;

(4)

requires a three year retrospective cost-benefit analysis of all new major regulations, to ensure that regulations operate as intended;

(5)

reinforces the requirement of regulatory impact analysis for regulations proposed by executive branch agencies but also expands the requirement to independent agencies so that by law they consider the costs and benefits of proposed regulations rather than merely being encouraged to do so as is current practice; and

(6)

requires a formal rulemaking process for all major regulations, which would increase transparency over the process and allow interested parties to communicate their views on proposed legislation to agency officials.

6209.

Policy statement on higher education and workforce development opportunity

(a)

Findings on Higher Education

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

A well-educated workforce is critical to economic, job, and wage growth.

(2)

Roughly 20 million students are enrolled in American colleges and universities.

(3)

Over the past decade, tuition and fees have been growing at an unsustainable rate. Between the 2004–2005 Academic Year and the 2014–2015 Academic Year—

(A)

published tuition and fees at public 4-year colleges and universities increased at an average rate of 3.5 percent per year above the rate of inflation;

(B)

published tuition and fees at public two-year colleges and universities increased at an average rate of 2.5 percent per year above the rate of inflation; and

(C)

published tuition and fees at private nonprofit 4-year colleges and universities increased at an average rate of 2.2 percent per year above the rate of inflation.

(4)

Federal financial aid for higher education has also seen a dramatic increase. The portion of the Federal student aid portfolio composed of Direct Loans, Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans with outstanding balances grew by 119 percent between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2014.

(5)

This spending has failed to make college more affordable.

(6)

In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama noted: 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 now stands at nearly $1.2 trillion. This makes student loans the second largest balance of consumer debt, 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 2017 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

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent 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 $5,775 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.

(c)

Findings on workforce development

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

8.7 million Americans are currently unemployed.

(2)

Despite billions of dollars in spending, those looking for work are stymied by a broken workforce development system that fails to connect workers with assistance and employers with trained personnel.

(3)

The House Education and Workforce Committee successfully consolidated 15 job training programs in the recently enacted Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(d)

Policy on workforce development

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution to address the failings in the current workforce development system, by—

(1)

further streamlining and consolidating Federal job training programs; and

(2)

empowering states with the flexibility to tailor funding and programs to the specific needs of their workforce, including the development of career scholarships.

6210.

Policy statement on Department of Veterans Affairs

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

For years, there has been serious concern regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) bureaucratic mismanagement and continuous failure to provide veterans timely access to health care and benefits.

(2)

In 2014, reports started breaking across the Nation that VA medical centers were manipulating wait-list documents to hide long delays veterans were facing to receive health care. The VA hospital scandal led to the immediate resignation of then-Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.

(3)

In 2015, for the first time ever, VA health care was added to the high-risk list of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), due to management and oversight failures that have directly resulted in risks to the timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and quality of health care.

(4)

In response to the scandal, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held several oversight hearings and ultimately enacted the Veterans’ Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA) (Public Law 113–146) to address these problems. VACAA provided $15 billion in emergency resources to fund internal health care needs within the department and provided veterans enhanced access to private-sector health care under the new Veterans Choice Program.

(b)

Policy on the department of veterans affairs

This budget supports the continued oversight efforts by the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives to ensure the VA is not only transparent and accountable, but also successful in achieving its goals in providing timely health care and benefits to America’s veterans. The Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives will continue to closely monitor the VA’s progress to ensure resources provided by Congress are sufficient and efficiently used to provide needed benefits and services to veterans.

6211.

Policy statement on Federal accounting methodologies

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

Given the thousands of Federal programs and trillions of dollars the Federal Government spends each year, assessing and accounting for Federal fiscal activities and liabilities is a complex undertaking.

(2)

Current methods of accounting leave much to be desired in capturing the full scope of government and in presenting information in a clear and compelling way that illuminates the best options going forward.

(3)

Most fiscal analysis produced by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is conducted over a relatively short time horizon: 10 or 25 years. While this time frame is useful for most purposes, it fails to consider the fiscal consequences over the longer term.

(4)

Additionally, current accounting methodology does not provide an analysis of how the Federal Government's fiscal situation over the long run affects Americans of various age cohorts.

(5)

Another consideration is how Federal programs should be accounted for. The accrual method of accounting records revenue when it is earned and expenses when they are incurred, while the cash method records revenue and expenses when cash is actually paid or received.

(6)

The Federal budget accounts for most programs using cash accounting. Some programs, however, particularly loan and loan guarantee programs, are accounted for using accrual methods.

(7)

GAO has indicated that accrual accounting may provide a more accurate estimation of the Federal Government's liabilities than cash accounting for some programs specifically those that provide some form of insurance.

(8)

Where accrual accounting is used, it is almost exclusively calculated by CBO according to the methodology outlined in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA). CBO uses fair value methodology instead of FCRA to measure the cost of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for example.

(9)

FCRA methodology, however, understates the risk and thus the true cost of Federal programs. An alternative is fair value methodology, which uses discount rates that incorporate the risk inherent to the type of liability being estimated in addition to Treasury discount rates of the proper maturity length.

(10)

The Congressional Budget Office has concluded that adopting a fair-value approach would provide a more comprehensive way to measure the costs of Federal credit programs and would permit more level comparisons between those costs and the costs of other forms of federal assistance than the current approach under FCRA.

(b)

Policy on Federal accounting methodologies

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the public affected by Federal budgetary choices, adopt Government-wide reforms of budget and accounting practices so the American people and their representatives can more readily understand the fiscal situation of the Government of the United States and the options best suited to improving it. Such reforms may include but should not be limited to the following:

(1)

Providing additional metrics to enhance our current analysis by considering our fiscal situation comprehensively, over an extended time horizon, and as it affects Americans of various age cohorts.

(2)

Expanding the use of accrual accounting where appropriate.

(3)

Accounting for certain Federal credit programs using fair value accounting as opposed to the current approach under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.

6212.

Policy statement on reducing unnecessary, wasteful, and unauthorized spending

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives 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 its report to Congress on Government Efficiency and Effectiveness, the Comptroller General has stated that addressing the identified waste, duplication, and overlap in Federal programs could lead to tens of billions of dollars of additional savings..

(3)

In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the GAO issued reports showing excessive duplication and redundancy in Federal programs including—

(A)

two hundred nine Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education programs in 13 different Federal agencies at a cost of $3 billion annually;

(B)

two hundred separate Department of Justice crime prevention and victim services grant programs with an annual cost of $3.9 billion in 2010;

(C)

twenty 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)

seventeen separate Homeland Security preparedness grant programs that spent $37 billion between fiscal years 2011 and 2012;

(E)

fourteen grant and loan programs, and three tax benefits to reduce diesel emissions;

(F)

ninety-four different initiatives run by 11 different agencies to encourage green building in the private sector; and

(G)

twenty-three agencies implemented approximately 670 renewable energy initiatives in fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 billion.

(4)

The Federal Government spends more than $80 billion each year for approximately 1,400 information technology investments. 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.

(5)

GAO has identified strategic sourcing as a potential source of spending reductions. In 2011 GAO estimated that saving 10 percent of the total or all Federal procurement could generate more than $50 billion in savings annually.

(6)

Federal agencies reported an estimated $106 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2013.

(7)

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.

(8)

According to the Congressional Budget Office, by fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, possibly resulting in $693 billion in unauthorized appropriations. Timely reauthorizations of these laws would ensure assessments of program justification and effectiveness.

(9)

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 on Reducing Unnecessary, Wasteful, and Unauthorized Spending

(1)

Each authorizing committee of the House of Representatives annually should 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 the House of Representatives of programs within the jurisdiction of such committee whose funding should be reduced or eliminated.

(2)

Committees of jurisdiction should review all unauthorized programs funded through annual appropriations to determine if the programs are operating efficiently and effectively.

(3)

Committees should reauthorize those programs that in the committees’ judgment should continue to receive funding.

(4)

For those programs not reauthorized by committees, the House of Representatives should enforce the limitations on funding such unauthorized programs in the House rules. If the strictures of the rules are deemed to be too rapid in prohibiting spending on unauthorized programs, then milder measures should be adopted and enforced until a return to the full prohibition of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House.

6213.

Policy statement on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

According to the most recent estimate from the Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies were expected to hold $844 billion in unobligated balances at the close of fiscal year 2015.

(2)

These funds represent direct and discretionary spending previously made available by Congress that remains available for expenditure.

(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 canceling unobligated balances of funds that are no longer needed.

(b)

Policy on deficit reduction through the cancellation of unobligated balances

In the House of Representatives, committees should 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

The House of Representatives, with the assistance of the Government Accountability Office, the Inspectors General, and other appropriate agencies should continue to make it a high priority to review unobligated balances and identify savings for deficit reduction.

6214.

Policy statement on agency fees and spending

(a)

Findings

Congress finds the following:

(1)

A number of Federal agencies and organizations have permanent authority to collect fees and other offsetting collections and to spend these collected funds.

(2)

The total amount of offsetting fees and offsetting collections is estimated by the Office of Management and Budget to be $525 billion in fiscal year 2016.

(3)

Agency budget justifications are, in some cases, not fully transparent about the amount of program activity funded through offsetting collections or fees. This lack of transparency prevents effective and accountable government.

(b)

Policy on agency fees and spending

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress must reassert its constitutional prerogative to control spending and conduct oversight. To do so, Congress should enact legislation requiring programs that are funded through fees, offsetting receipts, or offsetting collections to be allocated new budget authority annually. Such allocation may arise from—

(1)

legislation originating from the authorizing committee of jurisdiction for the agency or program; or

(2)

fee and account specific allocations included in annual appropriation Acts.

6215.

Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

The budget for the House of Representatives is $188 million less than it was when Republicans became the majority in 2011.

(2)

The House of Representatives has achieved significant savings by consolidating operations and renegotiating contracts.

(b)

Policy on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent 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 of Representatives, 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.

(3)

Retirement benefits for Members of Congress should not include free, taxpayer-funded health care for life.

6216.

Policy statement on No Budget, No Pay

In the House of Representatives, it is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Congress should agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget every year pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. If by April 15, the House of Representatives has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget, the payroll administrator of the House of Representatives should carry out this policy in the same manner as the provisions of Public Law 113–3, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and should place in an escrow account all compensation otherwise required to be made for Members of the House of Representatives. Withheld compensation should be released to Members of the House of Representatives the earlier of the day on which the House of Representatives agrees to a concurrent resolution on the budget, pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or the last day of that Congress.

6217.

Policy statement on national security funding

(a)

Findings

The House of Representatives finds the following:

(1)

Russian aggression, the growing threats of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Middle East, North Korean and Iranian nuclear and missile programs, and continued Chinese investments in high-end military capabilities and cyber warfare shape the parameters of an increasingly complex and challenging security environment.

(2)

All four current service chiefs testified that the National Military Strategy could not be executed at sequestration levels.

(3)

The independent and bipartisan National Defense Panel conducted risk assessments of force structure changes triggered by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) and concluded that in addition to previous cuts to defense dating back to 2009, the sequestration of defense discretionary spending has caused significant shortfalls in U.S. military readiness and both present and future capabilities.

(4)

The President’s fiscal year 2016 budget irresponsibly ignores current law and requests a defense budget $38 billion above the caps for rhetorical gain. By creating an expectation of spending without a plan to avoid the BCA’s guaranteed sequester upon breaching of its caps, the White House’s proposal compounds the fiscal uncertainty that has affected the military’s ability to adequately plan for future contingencies and make investments crucial for the Nation’s defense.

(5)

The President’s budget proposes $1.8 trillion in tax increases, in addition to the $1.7 trillion in tax hikes the Administration has already imposed. The President’s tax increases would further burden economic growth and is not a realistic source for offsets to fund defense sequester replacement.

(b)

Policy on fiscal year 2016 national defense funding

In fiscal year 2015, the House-passed budget resolution anticipated $566 billion for national defense in the discretionary base budget for fiscal year 2016. With no necessary statutory change yet provided by Congress, the BCA statute would require limiting national defense discretionary base funding to $523 billion in fiscal year 2016. However, in total with $90 billion, the House of Representatives Budget estimate for Overseas Contingency Operations funding for the Department of Defense, the fiscal year 2016 budget provides over $613 billion total for defense spending that is higher than the President’s budget request for the fiscal year.

(c)

Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund

(1)

The budget resolution recognizes the need to ensure robust funding for national defense while maintaining overall fiscal discipline. The budget resolution prioritizes our national defense and the needs of the warfighter by providing needed dollars through the creation of the Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund.

(2)

The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund provides the mechanism for Congress to responsibly allocate in a deficit-neutral way the resources the military needs to secure the safety and liberty of United States citizens from threats at home and abroad. The Defense Readiness and Modernization Fund will provide the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives the ability to increase allocations to support legislation that would provide for the Department of Defense warfighting capabilities, modernization, training and maintenance associated with combat readiness, activities to reach full auditability of the Department of Defense’s financial statements, and implementation of military and compensation reforms.

(d)

Sequester Replacement for National Defense

This concurrent resolution encourages an immediate reevaluation of Federal Government priorities to maintain the strength of America’s national security posture. In identifying policies to restructure and stabilize the Government’s major entitlement programs which, along with net interest, will consume all Federal revenue in less than 20 years, the budget also charts a course that can ensure the availability of needed national security resources.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives