Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 109 Part 2.djvu/56

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109 STAT. 1028 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-^JUNE 29, 1995 that no more than 20 percent of the savings be achieved in commodity programs. SEC. 307. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEDI- CARE SOLVENCY COMMISSION. It is the sense of the Senate that, in order to meet the aggregates and levels in this budget resolution— (1) a special bipartisan commission should be established immediately to make recommendations on the most appropriate response to the short-term solvency crisis facing medicare; (2) the commission should report its recommendations under paragraph (1) at the earliest possible date, in order that the committees of jurisdiction may give due consideration to those recommendations in fashioning their response pursuant to section 105 of this resolution; and (3) the commission should study, evaluate, and make recommendations to sustain the long-term viability of the medicare system and should report those recommendations to Congress by February 1, 1996. SEC. 308. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PROTECTION OF CHIL- DREN'S HEALTH. It is the sense of the Senate that, in meeting the aggregates and levels in this resolution, the committees of jurisdiction of the Senate— (1) should give careful consideration to the impact of medicaid reform legislation on children's health; and (2) should encourage States to place a priority on funding for low-income pregnant women and children within any medicaid reform legislation that allows greater flexibility to the States in the delivery of care and in controlling the rate of growth in costs under the program. SEC. 309. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE ASSUMPTIONS. It is the sense of the Senate that the aggregates and functional levels included in this budget resolution assume that— (1) beginning with fiscal year 1997, the Federal government should establish, implement, and maintain a uniform accounting system and provide financial statements in accordance with accepted accounting principles under standards and interpretations recommended by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board; (2) Congress should revise the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that very wealthy individuals are not able to reduce or avoid United States income, estate or gift tax liability by relinquishing their U.S. citizenship and, that, any savings resulting from this revision should be used to reduce the deficit; (3) in furtherance of the goals of the Decade of the Brain, full funding should be provided for research on brain diseases and disorders; (4) the essential air service program should receive sufficient funding to continue to provide air service to small rural communities; (5) funds will be made available to reimburse States for the costs of implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993;and (6) a temporary nonpartisan commission should be established to make recommendations concerning the appropriate-