Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2000 by dedicating Federal surpluses to pay for the Federal debt, freezing non-Social Security outlays at or below current levels for 5 years, cutting Federal spending by a total of $612 billion more in outlays than the resolution over the next seven years, assuming the elimination of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Education, Commerce, and Energy, cutting Medicare by $22.6 billion more than the resolution and called for taking Social Security off budget with any surplus in the Social Security trust funds being used only for Social Security programs.