CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—/^R. 15, 1999 113 STAT. 1993 (2) the House Committee on Appropriations is strongly urged to appropriate such amount for the (pommission. SEC. 312. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE-TO- WORK PROGRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL.— It is the sense of the House that, recognizing the need to maximize the benefit of the Welfare-to-Work Program, the Secretary of Labor should prepare a I'eport on Welfare-to- Work Programs pursuant to section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act. This report should include information on the following— (1) the extent to which the funds available under such section have been used (including the number of States that have not used any of such funds), the t\rpes of programs that have received such funds, the number of and characteristics of the recipients of assistance under such programs, the goals of such programs, the duration of suchi programs, the costs of such programs, any evidence of the efl'ects of such programs on such recipients, and accounting of the 1;otal amount expended by the States from such funds, and the rate at which the Secretary expects such funds to be expended for each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002; (2) with regard to the unused funds allocated for Welfareto-Work for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, identify areas of the Nation that have unmet needs for Welfare-to-Work initiatives; and (3) identify possible Congressional action that may be taken to reprogram Welfare-to-Work funds from States that have not utilized previously allocated funds to places of immet need, including those States that have rejected or otherwise not utilized prior funding. (b) REPORT.— It is the sense of the House that, not later than January 1, 2000, the Secretary of Labor should submit to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, in writing, the report described in subsection (a). Subtitle C—Sense of the Senate Provisions SEC. 321. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INVEST THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS IN PRIVATE FINANCIAL M/VRKETS. It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions underlying the functional totals in this concurrent resolution assume that the Federal Government should not directly invest contributions made to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) in private financial markets. SEC. 322. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. (a) FINDINGS.— The Senate finds the following: (1) The health insurance coverage provided under the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is an integral part of the financial security for retired and disabled individuals, as such coverage protects
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