[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 70 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.70
                                                  Agreed to June 5, 2008

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                          Concurrent Resolution


 
Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for 
                fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009.

    (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009 and that this 
resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 
2008 and for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
    (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009.

                 TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Social Security.
Sec. 103. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses.
Sec. 104. Major functional categories.

                         TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

                     Subtitle A--House Reserve Funds

Sec. 201. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for SCHIP legislation.
Sec. 202. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
          servicemembers.
Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for 
          servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Sec. 204. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure investment.
Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for renewable energy and energy 
          efficiency.
Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for middle-income tax relief and 
          economic equity.
Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative 
          minimum tax.
Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education.
Sec. 209. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing.
Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare improvements.
Sec. 211. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care quality, 
          effectiveness, and efficiency.
Sec. 212. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs.
Sec. 213. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program.
Sec. 214. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade adjustment assistance 
          and unemployment insurance modernization.
Sec. 215. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments legislation.
Sec. 216. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for San Joaquin River restoration 
          and Navajo Nation water rights settlements.
Sec. 217. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the National Park Centennial 
          Fund.
Sec. 218. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support enforcement.
Sec. 219. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for children and families.
Sec. 220. Reserve fund adjustment for revenue measures in the House.

                    Subtitle B--Senate Reserve Funds

Sec. 221. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen and stimulate the 
          American economy and provide economic relief to American 
          families.
Sec. 222. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving education.
Sec. 223. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for investments in America's 
          infrastructure.
Sec. 224. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy, 
          preserve the environment, and provide for certain settlements.
Sec. 225. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
          servicemembers.
Sec. 226. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for 
          servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Sec. 227. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve America's health.
Sec. 228. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative 
          minimum tax.
Sec. 229. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for judicial pay and judgeships.
Sec. 230. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for immigration enforcement and 
          reform.
Sec. 231. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for science parks.
Sec. 232. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to terminate deductions from 
          mineral revenue payments to States.
Sec. 233. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for increased use of recovery 
          audits.
Sec. 234. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for food safety.
Sec. 235. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for demonstration project 
          regarding Medicaid coverage of low-income HIV-infected 
          individuals.
Sec. 236. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reducing the income threshold 
          for the refundable child tax credit, and other selected tax 
          relief policies.
Sec. 237. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program.

                      TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

                Subtitle A--House Enforcement Provisions

Sec. 301. Program integrity initiatives and other adjustments.
Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations.

                Subtitle B--Senate Enforcement Provisions

Sec. 311. Senate point of order against legislation increasing long-term 
          deficits.
Sec. 312. Discretionary spending limits, program integrity initiatives, 
          and other adjustments.
Sec. 313. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 314. Senate point of order against provisions of appropriations 
          legislation that constitute changes in mandatory programs with 
          net costs.
Sec. 315. Senate point of order against legislation increasing short-
          term deficit.

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

Sec. 321. Oversight of government performance.
Sec. 322. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative 
          expenses.
Sec. 323. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
          aggregates.
Sec. 324. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 325. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

                            TITLE IV--POLICY

Sec. 401. Policy of the House on middle-income tax relief.
Sec. 402. Policy on defense priorities.

                TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE AND CONGRESS

                     Subtitle A--Sense of the Senate

Sec. 501. Sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid administrative 
          regulations.

                    Subtitle B--Sense of the Congress

Sec. 511. Sense of the Congress on servicemembers' and veterans' health 
          care and other priorities.
Sec. 512. Sense of the Congress on homeland security.
Sec. 513. Sense of the Congress regarding long-term fiscal reform.
Sec. 514. Sense of the Congress regarding waste, fraud, and abuse.
Sec. 515. Sense of the Congress regarding extension of the statutory 
          pay-as-you-go rule.
Sec. 516. Sense of the Congress on long-term budgeting.
Sec. 517. Sense of the Congress regarding affordable health coverage.
Sec. 518. Sense of the Congress regarding pay parity.
Sec. 519. Sense of the Congress regarding subprime lending and 
          foreclosures.
Sec. 520. Sense of the Congress regarding the need to maintain and build 
          upon efforts to fight hunger.
Sec. 521. Sense of the Congress regarding the importance of child 
          support enforcement.
Sec. 522. Sense of the Congress on the Innovation Agenda and America 
          COMPETES Act.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

    The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013:
        (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
    resolution:
            (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 
        follows:
        Fiscal year 2008: $1,875,392,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $2,029,612,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $2,204,652,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $2,413,249,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $2,506,049,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $2,626,582,000,000.
            (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
        revenues should be changed are as follows:
        Fiscal year 2008: -$4,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: -$67,755,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $21,270,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: -$14,824,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: -$151,572,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: -$123,689,000,000.
        (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
    this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget 
    authority are as follows:
        Fiscal year 2008: $2,563,262,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $2,530,703,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $2,562,856,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $2,693,843,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $2,736,865,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $2,868,813,000,000.
        (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
    resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as 
    follows:
        Fiscal year 2008: $2,465,711,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $2,565,903,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $2,621,939,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $2,712,795,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $2,722,056,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $2,860,225,000,000.
        (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement of 
    this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as 
    follows:
        Fiscal year 2008: $590,319,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $536,291,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $417,287,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $299,546,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $216,007,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $233,643,000,000.
        (5) Debt subject to limit.--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 2008: $9,575,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $10,207,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $10,732,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $11,137,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $11,484,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $11,832,000,000,000.
        (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of debt 
    held by the public are as follows:
        Fiscal year 2008: $5,404,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $5,761,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $5,989,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $6,080,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $6,075,000,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $6,081,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.

    (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 2008: $666,706,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $695,870,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $733,562,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $772,459,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $809,789,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $845,034,000,000.
    (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 2008: $463,746,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009: $493,602,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010: $520,149,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011: $540,478,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012: $566,240,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013: $595,534,000,000.
    (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 2008:
            (A) New budget authority, $5,010,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $4,944,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009:
            (A) New budget authority, $5,233,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $5,160,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010:
            (A) New budget authority, $5,359,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $5,332,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011:
            (A) New budget authority, $5,500,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $5,475,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012:
            (A) New budget authority, $5,653,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $5,626,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013:
            (A) New budget authority, $5,817,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $5,789,000,000.

SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    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 2008:
            (A) New budget authority, $250,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $237,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2009:
            (A) New budget authority, $258,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $258,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2010:
            (A) New budget authority, $267,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $267,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2011:
            (A) New budget authority, $275,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $275,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2012:
            (A) New budget authority, $284,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $284,000,000.
        Fiscal year 2013:
            (A) New budget authority, $293,000,000.
            (B) Outlays, $293,000,000.

SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

    The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of 
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2008 through 2013 for 
each major functional category are:
        (1) National Defense (050):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $590,686,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $576,173,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $542,497,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $573,362,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $550,414,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $560,726,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $557,026,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $560,099,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $565,800,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $556,699,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $576,233,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $568,829,000,000.
        (2) International Affairs (150):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $32,648,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $32,843,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $37,158,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $35,749,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $37,901,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $36,591,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $38,221,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $36,864,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $38,491,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $36,824,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $38,451,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $36,537,000,000.
        (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $27,407,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $26,456,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $30,639,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $29,072,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $31,701,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $31,192,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $32,863,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $32,642,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $34,115,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $33,891,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $35,450,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $34,694,000,000.
        (4) Energy (270):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $3,550,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $1,681,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $6,514,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $2,795,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $6,615,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $4,092,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $6,450,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $4,969,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $6,550,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $5,417,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $6,474,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $5,659,000,000.
        (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $33,169,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $34,723,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $40,515,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $36,868,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $35,278,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $37,472,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $36,307,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $37,865,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $37,396,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $38,356,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $38,033,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $38,923,000,000.
        (6) Agriculture (350):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $24,296,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $22,179,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $22,572,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $22,312,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $22,145,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $21,241,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $22,026,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $21,022,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,889,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $17,463,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $22,304,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $21,606,000,000.
        (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $11,216,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $5,381,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $9,560,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $3,722,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $13,887,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $5,835,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $8,998,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $2,193,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $9,246,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $1,735,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $9,642,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $1,648,000,000.
        (8) Transportation (400):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $80,189,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $77,795,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $74,682,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $80,781,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $77,999,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $84,318,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $78,900,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $86,468,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $79,741,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $88,453,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $80,641,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $90,675,000,000.
        (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,149,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $27,820,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $15,220,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $24,401,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $15,376,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $22,109,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $15,603,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $18,330,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $15,840,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $16,301,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $16,007,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $15,986,000,000.
        (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
    (500):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $90,077,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $90,729,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $94,277,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $91,351,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $103,716,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $99,477,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $105,910,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $103,453,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $107,399,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $103,992,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $100,625,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $102,451,000,000.
        (11) Health (550):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $285,601,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $287,188,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $310,260,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $307,474,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $325,344,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $325,681,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $345,817,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $345,055,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $368,395,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $367,257,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $393,337,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $391,872,000,000.
        (12) Medicare (570):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $390,458,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $390,454,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $420,191,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $419,974,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $445,207,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $445,333,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $494,337,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $494,162,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $491,305,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $491,065,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $552,329,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $552,445,000,000.
        (13) Income Security (600):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $389,926,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $394,161,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $415,547,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $416,039,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $420,430,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $420,710,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $429,946,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $429,463,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $416,447,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $416,044,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $432,148,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $431,699,000,000.
        (14) Social Security (650):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $19,378,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $19,378,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $21,313,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $21,313,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $23,803,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $23,803,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $27,338,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $27,338,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $30,349,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $30,349,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $33,170,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $33,170,000,000.
        (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $86,365,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $83,551,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $93,320,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $92,486,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $96,233,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $95,912,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $102,038,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $101,706,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $99,359,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $98,511,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $105,344,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $104,513,000,000.
        (16) Administration of Justice (750):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $46,237,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $44,282,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $48,303,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $48,097,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $48,673,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $49,291,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $49,348,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $49,763,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $50,139,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $50,172,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $51,051,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $50,767,000,000.
        (17) General Government (800):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $56,407,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $56,920,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $23,987,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $24,411,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $19,929,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $19,974,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $20,470,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $20,369,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $21,004,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $21,026,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $21,463,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $21,251,000,000.
        (18) Net Interest (900):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $349,351,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $349,351,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $334,409,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $334,409,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $370,805,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $370,805,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $407,916,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $407,916,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $433,193,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $433,193,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $448,812,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $448,812,000,000.
        (19) Allowances (920):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $4,426,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $2,075,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, -$13,201,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$6,462,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, -$11,955,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$9,385,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, -$12,307,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$11,769,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, -$12,689,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$13,764,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, -$13,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$13,396,000,000.
        (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, -$86,330,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$86,330,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, -$67,060,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$67,060,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, -$70,645,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$70,645,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, -$73,364,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$73,364,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, -$76,104,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$76,104,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, -$79,691,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, -$79,691,000,000.
        (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities (970):
            Fiscal year 2008:
                (A) New budget authority, $108,056,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $28,901,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009:
                (A) New budget authority, $70,000,000,000.
                (B) Outlays, $74,809,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010:
                (A) New budget authority, $0.
                (B) Outlays, $47,407,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011:
                (A) New budget authority, $0.
                (B) Outlays, $18,251,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012:
                (A) New budget authority, $0.
                (B) Outlays, $5,176,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013:
                (A) New budget authority, $0.
                (B) Outlays, $1,775,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS
                    Subtitle A--House Reserve Funds

SEC. 201. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHIP LEGISLATION.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and 
other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report, which contains matter 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce that 
expands coverage and improves children's health through the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the 
Social Security Act and the program under title XIX of such Act 
(commonly known as Medicaid) and that increases new budget authority 
that will result in no more than $50,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013, and others which contain offsets so designated 
for the purpose of this section within the jurisdiction of another 
committee or committees, if the combined changes would not increase the 
deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 202. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND 
              SERVICEMEMBERS.

    The Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget 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, motions, or conference reports that would--
        (1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or disability 
    benefits for wounded or disabled military personnel or veterans 
    (including measures to expedite the claims process);
        (2) maintain affordable health care for military retirees and 
    veterans;
        (3) expand the number of disabled military retirees who receive 
    both disability compensation and retired pay, or would accelerate 
    the date by which eligible retirees under section 1414 of title 10, 
    United States Code, will fully receive both veterans' disability 
    compensation and retired pay;
        (4) eliminate the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan 
    annuities and Veterans' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation;
        (5) provide for the continuing payment to members of the Armed 
    Forces who are retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a 
    combat-related injury after September 11, 2001, of bonuses that 
    such members were entitled to before the retirement or separation 
    and would continue to be entitled to if such members were not 
    retired or separated;
        (6) enhance programs and activities to increase the 
    availability of health care and other veterans services for 
    veterans living in rural areas; or
        (7) provide or increase benefits for Filipino veterans of World 
    War II or their survivors and dependents
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit or 
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 
or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 203. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR 
              SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    The Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget 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, motions, or conference reports that would--
        (1) enhance educational benefits or assistance for 
    servicemembers and veterans with service on active duty in the 
    Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001;
        (2) allow for the transfer of education benefits from 
    servicemembers to spouses, survivors, or dependents; or
        (3) otherwise enhance education benefits or assistance for 
    servicemembers (including Active Duty, National Guard, and 
    Reserve), veterans, or their spouses, survivors, or dependents
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit or 
decrease the surplus over either the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 or the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 204. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for a robust Federal investment in 
America's infrastructure, which may include projects for transit, rail 
(including high-speed passenger rail), airport, seaport, public 
housing, energy, water, highway, bridge, or other infrastructure 
projects by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 
not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.

SEC. 205. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY 
              EFFICIENCY.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides tax incentives for or otherwise 
encourages the production of renewable energy or increased energy 
efficiency; encourages investment in emerging energy or vehicle 
technologies or carbon capture and sequestration; provides for 
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; or facilitates the training of 
workers for these industries (``green collar jobs'') by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 206. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF AND 
              ECONOMIC EQUITY.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for tax relief for middle-income 
families and taxpayers or enhanced economic equity, such as extension 
of the child tax credit, extension of marriage penalty relief, 
extension of the 10 percent individual income tax bracket, elimination 
of estate taxes on all but a minute fraction of estates by reforming 
and substantially increasing the unified credit, extension of the 
research and experimentation tax credit, extension of the deduction for 
small business expensing, extension of the deduction for State and 
local sales taxes, or a tax credit for school construction bonds, by 
the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 207. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTERNATIVE 
              MINIMUM TAX.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for reform of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 by reducing the tax burden of the alternative minimum tax on 
middle-income families by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 208. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that makes college more affordable or accessible 
through reforms to the Higher Education Act of 1965 or other 
legislation by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 209. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for an affordable housing fund, offset 
by reforming the regulation of certain government-sponsored 
enterprises, by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 210. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IMPROVEMENTS.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that improves the Medicare program for beneficiaries 
and protects access to care, which may include measures such as--
        (1) increasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while 
    protecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases;
        (2) providing for--
            (A) an increase in the asset allowance under the Medicare 
        Part D low-income subsidy program so that individuals with very 
        limited incomes, but modest retirement savings, can obtain the 
        assistance that the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 
        and Modernization Act of 2003 was intended to deliver with 
        respect to the payment of premiums and cost-sharing under the 
        Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit;
            (B) an update in the income and asset allowances under the 
        Medicare Savings Program and an annual inflationary adjustment 
        for those allowances; or
            (C) improved outreach and enrollment under the Medicare 
        Savings Program and the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy 
        program to ensure that low-income senior citizens and other 
        low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the low-income 
        assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the 
        improvements provided for in such legislation;
        (3) reductions in beneficiary cost-sharing for preventive 
    benefits under Medicare Part B; or
        (4) limiting inappropriate or abusive marketing tactics by 
    private insurers and their agents offering Medicare Advantage or 
    Medicare prescription drug plans
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2018.

SEC. 211. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE QUALITY, 
              EFFECTIVENESS, AND EFFICIENCY.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that--
        (1) provides incentives or other support for adoption of modern 
    information technology, including electronic prescribing, to 
    improve quality and protect privacy in health care;
        (2) establishes a new Federal or public-private initiative for 
    research on the comparative effectiveness of different medical 
    interventions;
        (3) provides parity between health insurance coverage of mental 
    health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services, 
    including parity in public programs;
        (4) improves health care, provides quality health insurance for 
    the uninsured and underinsured, and protects individuals with 
    current health coverage; or
        (5) reauthorizes the special diabetes program for Indians and 
    the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2018.

SEC. 212. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

    (a) Regulations and Administrative Actions.--In the House, the 
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any 
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that prevents 
or delays the implementation or administration of regulations or other 
administrative actions that would affect the Medicaid, SCHIP, or other 
programs by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 
not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.
    (b) Transitional Medical Assistance and Qualifying Individuals.--In 
the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 
resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
report that extends the transitional medical assistance program or the 
qualifying individuals program, which are included in title XIX of the 
Social Security Act, by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2018.
    (c) Demonstration Project Regarding Medicaid Coverage of Low-Income 
HIV-Infected Individuals.--In the House, the Chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report that provides for a demonstration 
project under which a State may apply under section 1115 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) to provide medical assistance under a 
State Medicaid program to HIV-infected individuals who are not eligible 
for medical assistance under such program under section 
1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)) by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2018.
    (d) Pediatric Dental Care.--In the House, the Chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and 
other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report that would provide for 
improved access to pediatric dental care for children from low-income 
families by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 
not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.

SEC. 213. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that would establish a program, including medical 
monitoring and treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts linked 
to the September 11, 2001, attacks by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 214. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
              AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE MODERNIZATION.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that reauthorizes the trade adjustment assistance 
program to better meet the challenges of globalization or modernizes 
the unemployment insurance system to improve access to needed benefits 
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2018.

SEC. 215. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COUNTY PAYMENTS LEGISLATION.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for the reauthorization of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106-393) or makes changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94-565) by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SAN JOAQUIN RIVER 
              RESTORATION AND NAVAJO NATION WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that would fulfill the purposes of the San Joaquin 
River Restoration Settlement Act or implement a Navajo Nation water 
rights settlement and other provisions authorized by the Northwestern 
New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 217. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE NATIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL 
              FUND.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that provides for the establishment of the National 
Park Centennial Fund by the amounts provided in such measure for that 
purpose if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the 
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 218. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that improves Federal child support collection 
efforts or results in more collected child support reaching families by 
the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 219. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

    In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report that assists children and families by improving child 
welfare programs, extending and improving provisions in the Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families program, or providing up to 
$5,000,000,000 for the child care entitlement to States by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 220. RESERVE FUND ADJUSTMENT FOR REVENUE MEASURES IN THE HOUSE.

    (a) In the House, with respect to consideration of any bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report that would have the net 
effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for the period 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018 and that would decrease total revenues for the period of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013 below the Congressional Budget Office 
baseline for this concurrent resolution on the budget, the Chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget shall increase the revenue aggregates by 
$340,570,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 if 
the Chairman determines that such legislation does not include language 
consistent with the applicable provision set forth in the joint 
explanatory statement of managers accompanying this concurrent 
resolution. The Chairman may readjust such levels upon disposition of 
any measure under this section.
    (b) Section 321 of S. Con. Res. 21, the Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, shall no longer apply.

                    Subtitle B--Senate Reserve Funds

SEC. 221. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN AND STIMULATE THE 
              AMERICAN ECONOMY AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC RELIEF TO AMERICAN 
              FAMILIES.

    (a) Tax Relief.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget 
may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 
motions, or conference reports that would provide tax relief, including 
extensions of expiring and expired tax relief and refundable tax 
relief, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, 
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (b) Manufacturing.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions, or conference reports, including tax legislation, 
that would revitalize the United States domestic manufacturing sector 
by increasing Federal research and development, by expanding the scope 
and effectiveness of manufacturing programs across the Federal 
government, by increasing efforts to train and retrain manufacturing 
workers, by increasing support for development of alternative fuels and 
leap-ahead automotive and energy technologies, or by establishing tax 
incentives to encourage the continued production in the United States 
of advanced technologies and the infrastructure to support such 
technologies, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those 
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 
or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (c) Housing.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget 
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 
and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would 
provide housing assistance, which may include low income rental 
assistance, or establish an affordable housing fund financed by the 
housing government sponsored enterprises or other sources, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (d) Flood Insurance Reform.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee 
on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
would provide for flood insurance reform and modernization, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (e) Trade.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
conference reports relating to trade, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.
    (f) Economic Relief for American Families.--The Chairman of the 
Senate Committee on the Budget 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, 
motions, or conference reports which--
        (1) reauthorizes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
    supplemental grants or makes improvements to the Temporary 
    Assistance for Needy Families program, child welfare programs, or 
    the child support enforcement program;
        (2) provides up to $5,000,000,000 for the child care 
    entitlement to States;
        (3) provides up to $40,000,000 for the emergency food 
    assistance program established under the Emergency Food Assistance 
    Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.);
        (4) improves the unemployment compensation program; or
        (5) reauthorizes trade adjustment assistance 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 2008 through 2013 or the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (g) America's Farms and Economic Investment in Rural America.--
        (1) Farm bill.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
    Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
    appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
    resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
    provide for the reauthorization of the programs of the Food 
    Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or prior Acts, authorize 
    similar or related programs, provide for revenue changes, or any 
    combination of the preceding purposes, by the amounts provided in 
    such legislation for those purposes up to $15,000,000,000 over the 
    period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, provided 
    that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
    the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
    period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
        (2) County payments.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
    the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
    aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this 
    resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 
    motions, or conference reports that provide for the reauthorization 
    of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
    2000 (Public Law 106-393), make changes to the Payments in Lieu of 
    Taxes Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-565), or both, by the amounts 
    provided by that legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
    legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 
    of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
    total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 222. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels 
and limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would improve 
education, which may include--
        (1) making higher education more accessible or more affordable, 
    which may include increasing funding for the Federal Pell Grant 
    program or increasing Federal student loan limits;
        (2) facilitating modernization of school facilities through 
    renovation or construction bonds, reducing the cost of teachers' 
    out-of-pocket expenses for school supplies, or providing tax 
    incentives for highly-qualified teachers to serve in high-needs 
    schools;
        (3) improving student achievement during secondary education, 
    including middle school completion, increasing high school 
    graduation, and preparing students for higher education and the 
    workforce; or
        (4) promoting flexibility and accountability in Federal 
    education programs
by the amounts provided in such legislation for such purposes, provided 
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of 
the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 223. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN AMERICA'S 
              INFRASTRUCTURE.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels and limits in 
this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 
motions, or conference reports that provide for a robust Federal 
investment in America's infrastructure, which may include projects for 
transit, rail (including high-speed passenger rail), airport, seaport, 
public housing, energy, water, highway, bridge, or other infrastructure 
projects, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those 
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 
or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 224. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INVEST IN CLEAN ENERGY, 
              PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN 
              SETTLEMENTS.

    (a) Energy and the Environment.--The Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or 
committees, aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution 
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
conference reports that would decrease greenhouse gas emissions, reduce 
our Nation's dependence on imported energy, produce green jobs, 
encourage consumers to install smart electricity meters in homes and 
businesses, encourage the capture and storage of carbon dioxide 
emissions from coal projects, or preserve or protect national parks, 
oceans, or coastal 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 2008 
through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
2018. The legislation may include tax legislation such as a proposal to 
extend for 5 years energy tax incentives like the production tax credit 
for electricity produced from renewable resources, the biodiesel 
production tax credit, or the Clean Renewable Energy Bond program, to 
provide a tax credit for clean burning wood stoves, a tax credit for 
production of cellulosic ethanol, a tax credit for plug-in hybrid 
vehicles, or provisions to encourage energy efficient buildings, 
products, and power plants. Tax legislation under this section may be 
paid for by adjustments to section 167(h)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 as it relates to integrated oil companies.
    (b) Settlements.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
Budget 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, motions, or conference 
reports that would fulfill the purposes of the San Joaquin River 
Restoration Settlement Act or implement a Navajo Nation water rights 
settlement and other provisions authorized by the Northwestern New 
Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, by the amounts provided by that 
legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 
not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.

SEC. 225. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND 
              SERVICEMEMBERS.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget 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, motions, or conference reports that would--
        (1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or disability 
    benefits for wounded or disabled military personnel or veterans 
    (including measures to expedite the claims process);
        (2) maintain affordable health care for military retirees and 
    veterans;
        (3) expand the number of disabled military retirees who receive 
    both disability compensation and retired pay, or would accelerate 
    the date by which eligible retirees under section 1414 of title 10, 
    United States Code, will fully receive both veterans' disability 
    compensation and retired pay;
        (4) eliminate the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan 
    annuities and Veterans' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation;
        (5) provide for the continuing payment to members of the Armed 
    Forces who are retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a 
    combat-related injury after September 11, 2001, of bonuses that 
    such members were entitled to before the retirement or separation 
    and would continue to be entitled to if such members were not 
    retired or separated;
        (6) enhance programs and activities to increase the 
    availability of health care and other veterans services for 
    veterans living in rural areas; or
        (7) provide or increase benefits for Filipino veterans of World 
    War II or their survivors and dependents
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
provided that such legislation does not include increased fees charged 
to veterans for pharmacy co-payments, annual enrollment, or third-party 
insurance payment offsets, and further provided that such legislation 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 226. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR 
              SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget 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, motions, or conference reports that would--
        (1) enhance educational benefits or assistance for 
    servicemembers and veterans with service on active duty in the 
    Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001;
        (2) allow for the transfer of education benefits from 
    servicemembers to spouses, survivors, or dependents; or
        (3) otherwise enhance education benefits or assistance for 
    servicemembers (including Active Duty, National Guard, and 
    Reserve), veterans, or their spouses, survivors, or dependents
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 2008 through 2013 or the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 227. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE AMERICA'S HEALTH.

    (a) SCHIP.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in 
this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
conference report that provides up to $50,000,000,000 in outlays over 
the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 for 
reauthorization of SCHIP, if such legislation maintains coverage for 
those currently enrolled in SCHIP, continues efforts to enroll 
uninsured children who are already eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid but 
are not enrolled, or supports States in their efforts to move forward 
in covering more children, by the amounts provided in that legislation 
for those purposes, provided that the outlay adjustment shall not 
exceed $50,000,000,000 in outlays over the period of the total of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013, and provided that such legislation 
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2018.
    (b) Medicare Improvements.--
        (1) Physician payments.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee 
    on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other 
    appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 
    amendment, motion, or conference report that increases the 
    reimbursement rate for physician services under section 1848(d) of 
    the Social Security Act and that includes financial incentives for 
    physicians to improve the quality and efficiency of items and 
    services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries through the use of 
    consensus-based quality measures, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
    fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
        (2) Other improvements to medicare.--The Chairman of the Senate 
    Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and 
    other appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint 
    resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that makes 
    improvements to the Medicare program, which may include--
            (A) reductions in beneficiary cost-sharing for preventive 
        benefits under Medicare Part B;
            (B) the preservation or promotion of payment provisions 
        that support America's rural health care delivery system;
            (C) limits to inappropriate or abusive marketing tactics by 
        private insurers and their agents offering Medicare Advantage 
        or Medicare prescription drug plans by enacting any or all of 
        the recommendations agreed to by leaders of the health 
        insurance industry on March 3, 2008, including prohibitions on 
        cold calling and telephone solicitations for in-home sales 
        appointments with Medicare beneficiaries;
            (D) a three-year extension of the pilot program for 
        national and State background checks on direct patient access 
        employees of long-term care facilities or providers under 
        section 307 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
        Modernization Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 1395aa note) and removing 
        the limit on the number of participating States under such 
        pilot program; or
            (E) measures to encourage physicians to train in primary 
        care residencies and attract more physicians and other health 
        care providers to States that face a shortage of health care 
        providers
    by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes up 
    to $10,000,000,000, provided that such legislation would not 
    increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
    years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 
    2008 through 2018.
        (3) Medicare low-income programs.--The Chairman of the Senate 
    Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and 
    other appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint 
    resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that makes 
    improvements to the Medicare Savings Program and the Medicare Part 
    D low-income subsidy program, which may include the provisions 
    that--
            (A) provide for an increase in the asset allowance under 
        the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program so that 
        individuals with very limited incomes, but modest retirement 
        savings, can obtain the assistance that the Medicare 
        Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
        was intended to deliver with respect to the payment of premiums 
        and cost-sharing under the Medicare Part D prescription drug 
        benefit;
            (B) provide for an update in the income and asset 
        allowances under the Medicare Savings Program and provide for 
        an annual inflationary adjustment for those allowances; and
            (C) improve outreach and enrollment under the Medicare 
        Savings Program and the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy 
        program to ensure that low-income senior citizens and other 
        low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the low-income 
        assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the 
        improvements provided for in such legislation
    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 2008 through 2013 or 
    the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (c) Health Care Quality, Effectiveness, Efficiency, and 
Transparency.--
        (1) Comparative effectiveness research.--The Chairman of the 
    Senate Committee on the Budget 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, motions, or conference reports that establish a new 
    Federal or public-private initiative for comparative effectiveness 
    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 2008 
    through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
    through 2018.
        (2) Improving the health care system.--The Chairman of the 
    Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
    aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill, joint 
    resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that--
            (A) creates a framework and parameters for the use of 
        Medicare data for the purpose of conducting research, public 
        reporting, and other activities to evaluate health care safety, 
        effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and resource utilization in 
        Federal programs and the private health care system; and
            (B) includes provisions to protect beneficiary privacy and 
        to prevent disclosure of proprietary or trade secret 
        information with respect to the transfer and use of such data
    by the amounts provided for those purposes, provided that such 
    legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 
    of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
    total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
        (3) Health information technology and adherence to best 
    practices.--
            (A) Health information technology.--The Chairman of the 
        Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a 
        committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
        levels and limits in this resolution for one or more bills, 
        joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
        that provide incentives or other support for adoption of modern 
        information technology, including incentives or other supports 
        for the adoption of electronic prescribing technology, to 
        improve quality and protect privacy in health care, such as 
        activities by the Department of Defense and the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs to integrate their electronic health record 
        data, 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 
        2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 
        2008 through 2018.
            (B) Adherence to best practices.--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 and limits in this resolution for one or 
        more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
        conference reports that provide incentives for Medicare 
        providers or suppliers to comply with, where available and 
        medically appropriate, clinical protocols identified as best 
        practices, 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 
        2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 
        2008 through 2018.
    (d) Food and Drug Administration.--
        (1) Regulation.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
    Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
    appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 
    motion, amendment, or conference report that authorizes the Food 
    and Drug Administration to regulate products and assess user fees 
    on manufacturers and importers of those products to cover the cost 
    of the Food and Drug Administration's regulatory activities, by the 
    amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
    that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
    the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
    period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
        (2) Drug importation.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
    the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other levels 
    in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
    or conference report that permits the safe importation of 
    prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration 
    from a specified list of 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
    fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (e) Medicaid.--
        (1) Rules or administrative actions.--The Chairman of the 
    Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
    aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for a 
    bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 
    that includes provisions regarding the implementation or 
    administration of regulations or other administrative actions 
    pertaining to Medicaid or SCHIP or includes provisions regarding 
    administrative guidance issued in August 2007 affecting SCHIP or 
    any other administrative action that would affect SCHIP in a 
    similar manner by the amounts provided in that legislation for 
    those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
    the deficit over either the total of the period of fiscal years 
    2008 through 2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 
    through 2018.
        (2) Transitional medical assistance.--The Chairman of the 
    Senate Committee on the Budget 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, motions or conference reports that extend the 
    Transitional Medical Assistance program, included in title XIX of 
    the Social Security Act, by the amounts provided in such 
    legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 
    would not increase the deficit over either the total of the period 
    of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the total of the period of 
    fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (f) Other Improvements in Health.--The Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on the Budget 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, motions, or 
conference reports which--
        (1) make health insurance coverage more affordable or available 
    to small businesses and their employees, through pooling 
    arrangements that provide appropriate consumer protections, or 
    through reducing barriers to cafeteria plans;
        (2) improve health care, provide quality health insurance for 
    the uninsured and underinsured, and protect individuals with 
    current health coverage;
        (3) reauthorize the special diabetes program for Indians and 
    the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes;
        (4) improve long-term care, enhance the safety and dignity of 
    patients, encourage appropriate use of institutional and community-
    based care, promote quality care, or provide for the cost-effective 
    use of public resources; or
        (5) provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental 
    health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services, 
    including parity in public 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 2008 through 2013 or the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
    (g) Pediatric Dental Care.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, motion, or conference report that would provide for improved 
access to pediatric dental care for children from low-income families, 
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 2008 through 2013 or the period of 
the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 228. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTERNATIVE 
              MINIMUM TAX.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a 
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
provides for reform of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by reducing 
the tax burden of the alternative minimum tax on middle-income 
families, by the amounts provided in such measure for that purpose, 
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 229. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR JUDICIAL PAY AND JUDGESHIPS.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels 
in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would authorize salary 
adjustments for justices and judges of the United States or increase 
the number of Federal judgeships, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.

SEC. 230. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND 
              REFORM.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels 
in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions or conference reports that would provide for 
greater border security, enforcement of immigration laws, backlog 
reduction and improvement of immigration services, reimbursement to 
states for the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens, or immigration 
reform, 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 2008 through 2013 or the 
period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 231. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCIENCE PARKS.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels 
and limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide grants 
and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science 
parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology 
activities, 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 2008 through 2013 
or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 232. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO TERMINATE DEDUCTIONS FROM 
              MINERAL REVENUE PAYMENTS TO STATES.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution 
by the amounts provided for those purposes for a bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would 
terminate the authority to deduct certain amounts from mineral revenues 
payable to States under the second undesignated paragraph of the matter 
under the heading ``administrative provisions'' under the heading 
``Minerals Management Service'' of title I of the Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 
(Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 2109), provided that such legislation 
would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018.

SEC. 233. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED USE OF RECOVERY 
              AUDITS.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels 
in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions, or conference reports that achieves savings by 
requiring that agencies increase their use of recovery audits 
authorized under subchapter VI of chapter 35 of title 31, United States 
Code, (commonly referred to as the Erroneous Payments Recovery Act of 
2001) and uses such savings to reduce the deficit, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 234. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FOOD SAFETY.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels 
and limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would expand the level 
of Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture food 
safety inspection services, develop effective approaches to the 
inspection of domestic and imported food products, provide for 
infrastructure and information technology systems to enhance the safety 
of the food supply, expand scientific capacity and training programs, 
invest in improved surveillance and testing technologies, provide for 
foodborne illness awareness and education programs, or enhance the Food 
and Drug Administration's recall authority, by the amounts provided in 
such legislation for such purposes, provided that such legislation 
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 235. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
              REGARDING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF LOW-INCOME HIV-INFECTED 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget 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, motions or conference reports that provide for 
a demonstration project under which a State may apply under section 
1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) to provide medical 
assistance under a State Medicaid program to HIV-infected individuals 
who are not eligible for medical assistance under such program under 
section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)), by the amounts provided in that legislation for 
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the 
deficit over either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2018.

SEC. 236. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REDUCING THE INCOME 
              THRESHOLD FOR THE REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT, AND OTHER 
              SELECTED TAX RELIEF POLICIES.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference 
reports that would reduce the income threshold for the refundable child 
tax credit under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
$10,000 for taxable years 2009 and 2010 with no inflation adjustment; 
extend enhanced charitable giving from individual retirement accounts, 
including life-income gifts; or incentivize utilization of accumulated 
alternative minimum tax and research and development credits, 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 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 237. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
allocations, aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution 
for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report 
that would establish a program, including medical monitoring and 
treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts linked to the 
September 11, 2001 attacks, by the amounts provided in such legislation 
for those purposes, if such legislation would not increase the deficit 
over either the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period 
of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

                     TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
                Subtitle A--House Enforcement Provisions

SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--
        (1) Continuing disability reviews and supplemental security 
    income redeterminations.--In the House, prior to consideration of 
    any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
    appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $264,000,000 
    for continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income 
    redeterminations for the Social Security Administration, and 
    provides an additional appropriation of up to $240,000,000, and the 
    amount is designated for continuing disability reviews and 
    Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social 
    Security Administration, the allocation to the Committee on 
    Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of the additional 
    budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority 
    for fiscal year 2009.
        (2) Internal revenue service tax compliance.--In the House, 
    prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
    conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that 
    appropriates $6,997,000,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and the 
    amount is designated to improve compliance with the provisions of 
    the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an additional 
    appropriation of up to $490,000,000, and the amount is designated 
    to improve compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue 
    Code of 1986, the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations 
    shall be increased by the amount of the additional budget authority 
    and outlays resulting from that budget authority for fiscal year 
    2009.
        (3) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--In the House, 
    prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
    conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that 
    appropriates up to $198,000,000 and the amount is designated to the 
    health care fraud and abuse control program at the Department of 
    Health and Human Services, the allocation to the Committee on 
    Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of additional 
    budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority 
    for fiscal year 2009.
        (4) Unemployment insurance program integrity activities.--In 
    the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 
    amendment, or conference report making appropriations for fiscal 
    year 2009 that appropriates $10,000,000 for in-person reemployment 
    and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper 
    payment reviews for the Department of Labor and provides an 
    additional appropriation of up to $40,000,000, and the amount is 
    designated for in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments 
    and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews for the 
    Department of Labor, the allocation to the Committee on 
    Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of additional 
    budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority 
    for fiscal year 2009.
    (b) Costs of Overseas Deployments and Emergency Needs.--
        (1) Overseas deployments and related activities.--
            (A) In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
        or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal year 2008 
        or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and related 
        activities and such amounts are so designated pursuant to this 
        subparagraph, then the allocation to the Committee on 
        Appropriations may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such 
        legislation for that purpose up to the amounts of budget 
        authority specified in section 104(21) for fiscal year 2008 or 
        fiscal year 2009 and the new outlays resulting therefrom.
            (B) In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
        or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal year 2008 
        or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and related 
        activities above the amounts of budget authority and new 
        outlays specified in subparagraph (A) and such amounts are so 
        designated pursuant to this subparagraph, then new budget 
        authority, outlays, or receipts resulting therefrom shall not 
        count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
        (2) Emergency needs.--In the House, if any bill, joint 
    resolution, amendment, or conference report makes appropriations 
    for discretionary amounts and such amounts are designated as 
    necessary to meet emergency needs, then the new budget authority 
    and outlays resulting therefrom shall not count for the purposes of 
    titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (c) Procedure for Adjustments.--
        (1) In general.--In the House, prior to consideration of any 
    bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report, the 
    Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make the adjustments 
    set forth in subsection (a) for the incremental new budget 
    authority in that measure and the outlays resulting from that 
    budget authority if that measure meets the requirements set forth 
    in subsection (a), except that no adjustment shall be made for 
    provisions exempted for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 under subsection (b) of this 
    section.
        (2) Matters to be adjusted.--The adjustments referred to in 
    paragraph (1) are to be made to the allocations made under this 
    concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 302(a) of 
    the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (d) Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008.--In the 
House, if any measure making supplemental appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 is enacted, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall 
make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to 
reflect the difference between such measure and the corresponding 
levels assumed in this resolution.

SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in subsection 
(b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may not provide for 
advance appropriations.
    (b) Exceptions.--In the House, an advance appropriation may be 
provided for fiscal year 2010 for programs, projects, activities, or 
accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers to 
accompany this resolution under the heading ``Accounts Identified for 
Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 2011, accounts 
separately identified under the same heading.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority provided 
in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or any new 
discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that first becomes 
available for any fiscal year after 2009.

               Subtitle B--Senate Enforcement Provisions

SEC. 311. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION INCREASING LONG-
              TERM DEFICITS.

    (a) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 
practicable, prepare for each bill and joint resolution reported from 
committee (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Appropriations), and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon, 
an estimate of whether the measure would cause, relative to current 
law, a net increase in deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of 
the 4 consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first fiscal year 
that is 10 years after the budget year provided for in the most 
recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
    (b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
report that would cause a net increase in deficits in excess of 
$5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-year periods described in 
subsection (a).
    (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
        (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only by 
    the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen 
    and sworn.
        (2) Appeal.--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 
    this section.
    (d) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this section, 
the levels of net deficit increases shall be determined on the basis of 
estimates provided by the Senate Committee on the Budget.
    (e) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 2017.
    (f) Repeal.--In the Senate, subsections (a) through (d) and 
subsection (f) of section 203 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall 
no longer apply.

SEC. 312. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS, PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES, 
              AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Senate Point of Order.--
        (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
    it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill or 
    joint resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference report on 
    that bill or joint resolution) that would cause the discretionary 
    spending limits in this section to be exceeded.
        (2) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--
            (A) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or suspended in 
        the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
        Members, duly chosen and sworn.
            (B) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
        the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall be 
        limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
        controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or 
        joint resolution. 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 this subsection.
    (b) Senate Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate and as 
used in this section, the term ``discretionary spending limit'' means--
        (1) for fiscal year 2008, $1,050,478,000,000 in new budget 
    authority and $1,094,944,000,000 in outlays; and
        (2) for fiscal year 2009, $1,011,718,000,000 in new budget 
    authority and $1,106,112,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in subsection 
(c).
    (c) Adjustments in the Senate.--
        (1) In general.--After the reporting of a bill or joint 
    resolution relating to any matter described in paragraph (2), or 
    the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of a 
    conference report thereon--
            (A) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
        adjust the discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, 
        and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new budget authority in 
        that measure for that purpose and the outlays flowing 
        therefrom; and
            (B) following any adjustment under subparagraph (A), the 
        Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately 
        revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection.
        (2) Matters described.--Matters referred to in paragraph (1) 
    are as follows:
            (A) Continuing disability reviews and ssi 
        redeterminations.--If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
        making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 
        $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and Supplemental 
        Security Income redeterminations for the Social Security 
        Administration, and provides an additional appropriation of up 
        to $240,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and 
        Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social 
        Security Administration, then the discretionary spending 
        limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
        and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such 
        legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $240,000,000 in 
        budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 
        2009.
            (B) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--If a bill or 
        joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
        year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 for the Internal 
        Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to address the 
        Federal tax gap (taxes owed but not paid) and provides an 
        additional appropriation of up to $490,000,000 for the Internal 
        Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to address the 
        Federal tax gap, then the discretionary spending limits, 
        allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and 
        aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such 
        legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $490,000,000 in 
        budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 
        2009.
            (C) Health care fraud and abuse control.--If a bill or 
        joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
        year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 to the Health 
        Care Fraud and Abuse Control program at the Department of 
        Health and Human Services, then the discretionary spending 
        limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
        and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such 
        legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $198,000,000 in 
        budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 
        2009.
            (D) Unemployment insurance improper payment reviews.--If a 
        bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $10,000,000 for in-person 
        reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
        insurance improper payment reviews, and provides an additional 
        appropriation of up to $40,000,000 for in-person reemployment 
        and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper 
        payment reviews, then the discretionary spending limits, 
        allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and 
        aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in such 
        legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $40,000,000 in 
        budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 
        2009.
        (3) Adjustments for overseas deployments and other 
    activities.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
    adjust the discretionary spending limits, allocations to the Senate 
    Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates for one or more--
            (A) bills reported by the Senate Committee on 
        Appropriations or passed by the House of Representatives;
            (B) joint resolutions or amendments reported by the Senate 
        Committee on Appropriations;
            (C) amendments between the Houses received from the House 
        of Representatives or Senate amendments offered by the 
        authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; or
            (D) conference reports;
    making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 or 2009 for overseas 
    deployments and other activities, by the amounts provided in such 
    legislation for those purposes (and so designated pursuant to this 
    paragraph), up to the amounts of budget authority specified in 
    section 104(21) for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 and the new outlays 
    flowing therefrom.
    (d) Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008.--If 
legislation making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008 is 
enacted, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may make 
the appropriate adjustments in allocations, aggregates, discretionary 
spending limits, and other levels of new budget authority and outlays 
for 2008 and 2009 to reflect the difference between such measure and 
the corresponding levels assumed in this resolution.
    (e) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, subsections (a), (b), (c), 
(e), and (f) of section 207 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall 
no longer apply.

SEC. 313. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

    (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, or conference report that would 
    provide an advance appropriation.
        (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 2009 that 
    first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2009, or any new 
    budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making 
    general appropriations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
    2010, that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2010.
    (b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
        (1) for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for programs, projects, 
    activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory 
    statement of managers accompanying this 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 year; and
        (2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
    (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.
    (e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a 
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation 
to, a bill, 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 shall be deemed 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.
    (f) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 206(a) of S. Con. Res. 
21 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply.

SEC. 314. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
              LEGISLATION THAT CONSTITUTE CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS 
              WITH NET COSTS.

    (a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to 
consider any appropriations legislation, including any amendment 
thereto, motion in relation thereto, or conference report thereon, that 
includes any provision which constitutes a change in a mandatory 
program producing net costs, as defined in subsection (b), that would 
have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under 
section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) were they included in 
legislation other than appropriations legislation. A point of order 
pursuant to this section shall be raised against such provision or 
provisions as described in subsections (e) and (f).
    (b) Changes in Mandatory Programs Producing Net Costs.--A provision 
or provisions shall be subject to a point of order pursuant to this 
section if--
        (1) the provision would increase budget authority in at least 1 
    of the 9 fiscal years that follow the budget year and over the 
    period of the total of the budget year and the 9 fiscal years 
    following the budget year;
        (2) the provision would increase net outlays over the period of 
    the total of the 9 fiscal years following the budget year; and
        (3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in the 
    legislation would increase net outlays as measured over the period 
    of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the budget year.
    (c) Determination.--The determination of whether a provision is 
subject to a point of order pursuant to this section shall be made by 
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
    (d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or 
suspended in the Senate 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 this section.
    (e) General Point of Order.--It shall be in order for a Senator to 
raise a single point of order that several provisions of a bill, 
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report violate this 
section. The Presiding Officer may sustain the point of order as to 
some or all of the provisions against which the Senator raised the 
point of order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of order 
as to some of the provisions (including provisions of an amendment, 
motion, or conference report) against which the Senator raised the 
point of order, then only those provisions (including provision of an 
amendment, motion, or conference report) against which the Presiding 
Officer sustains the point of order shall be deemed stricken pursuant 
to this section. Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of 
order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of order as it 
applies to some or all of the provisions against which the point of 
order was raised. Such a motion to waive is amendable in accordance 
with rules and precedents of the Senate. After the Presiding Officer 
rules on such a point of order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of 
the Presiding Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or 
all of the provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
    (f) Form of the Point of Order.--When the Senate is considering a 
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation 
to, a bill, 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 amendment shall be deemed 
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 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.
    (g) Effectiveness.--This section shall not apply to any provision 
constituting a change in a mandatory program in appropriations 
legislation if such provision has been enacted in each of the 3 fiscal 
years prior to the budget year.
    (h) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 209 of S. Con. Res. 21 
(110th Congress) shall no longer apply.

SEC. 315. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION INCREASING SHORT-
              TERM DEFICIT.

    (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
report (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Appropriations) that would cause a net increase in the deficit in 
excess of $10,000,000,000 in any fiscal year provided for in the most 
recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget unless it is fully 
offset over the period of all fiscal years provided for in the most 
recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
    (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
        (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only by 
    the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen 
    and sworn.
        (2) Appeal.--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 
    this section.
    (c) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this section, 
the levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 
the Senate Committee on the Budget.
    (d) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 2017.

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

SEC. 321. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.

    All committees are directed to review programs within their 
jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, 
giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government 
Accountability Office reports. Based on these oversight efforts and 
committee performance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 
committees are directed to include recommendations for improved 
governmental performance in their annual views and estimates reports 
required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
to the appropriate Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 322. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 
              EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--In the House and Senate, notwithstanding section 
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39, United 
States Code, the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 
conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall 
include in its allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to the Committees on Appropriations amounts for the 
discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security 
Administration and of the Postal Service.
    (b) Special Rule.--In the House, for purposes of applying section 
302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level 
of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure 
shall include any off-budget discretionary amounts.

SEC. 323. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND 
              AGGREGATES.

    (a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates 
made pursuant to this 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 as 
allocations and aggregates contained in this resolution.
    (c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this 
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 appropriate Committee on the Budget.
    (d) Adjustments.--The Chairmen of the Budget Committees in the 
House and the Senate may adjust the aggregates, allocations, and other 
levels in this resolution for legislation which has received final 
Congressional approval in the same form by the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, and is either waiting to be presented to the President 
or awaiting Presidential signature at the time of final consideration 
of this resolution.

SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

    Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing for a 
change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the appropriate 
Committee on the Budget may make adjustments to the levels and 
allocations in this resolution in accordance with section 251(b) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect 
prior to September 30, 2002).

SEC. 325. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

    Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
        (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
    Representatives and the Senate 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 these rules shall supersede other rules 
    only to the extent that they are inconsistent with other such 
    rules; and
        (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
    the House of Representatives or the Senate to change those rules at 
    any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case 
    of any other rule of the House of Representatives or the Senate.

                            TITLE IV--POLICY

SEC. 401. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF.

    It is the policy of the House to--
        (1) minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income families and their 
    children and grandchildren;
        (2) provide immediate relief for the tens of millions of 
    middle-income households who would otherwise be subject to the 
    alternative minimum tax (AMT) under current law, in the context of 
    permanent, revenue-neutral AMT reform; and
        (3) support extension of middle-income tax relief and enhanced 
    economic equity through policies such as--
            (A) extension of the child tax credit;
            (B) extension of marriage penalty relief;
            (C) extension of the 10 percent individual income tax 
        bracket;
            (D) elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute 
        fraction of estates by reforming and substantially increasing 
        the unified tax credit;
            (E) extension of the research and experimentation tax 
        credit;
            (F) extension of the deduction for State and local sales 
        taxes;
            (G) extension of the deduction for small business 
        expensing; and
            (H) enactment of a tax credit for school construction 
        bonds.
The House assumes that the cost of enacting such policies is offset by 
reforms within the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that promote a fairer 
distribution of taxes across families and generations, economic 
efficiency, higher rates of tax compliance to close the tax gap, and 
reduced taxpayer burdens through tax simplification.

SEC. 402. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES.

    It is the policy of this resolution that--
        (1) the Administration's budget requests should comply with 
    section 1008, Public Law 109-364, the John Warner National Defense 
    Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, and the Administration 
    should no longer attempt to fund overseas military operations 
    through emergency supplemental appropriations requests;
        (2) the Department of Defense should exclude nonwar 
    requirements from its funding requests for Iraq and Afghanistan;
        (3) implementing the recommendation of the National Commission 
    on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred to 
    as the 9/11 Commission) to adequately fund cooperative threat 
    reduction and nuclear nonproliferation programs (securing ``loose 
    nukes'') is a high priority and should receive far greater emphasis 
    than the President's budget provides;
        (4) readiness of our troops, particularly the National Guard 
    and Reserve, is a high priority, and that greater emphasis needs to 
    be placed on mitigating equipment and training shortfalls;
        (5) TRICARE fees for military retirees under the age of 65 
    should not be increased as the President's budget proposes;
        (6) military pay and benefits should be enhanced to improve the 
    quality of life of military personnel;
        (7) improving military health care services continues to be a 
    high priority and adequate funding to ensure quality health care 
    for returning combat veterans should be provided;
        (8) sufficient funds should be provided to the military 
    services to expedite review of cases involving servicemembers who 
    could have been erroneously discharged from service for a 
    personality disorder, which resulted in a loss of benefits or care, 
    as a result of a combat-related psychological injury (such as Post 
    Traumatic Stress Disorder) or a closed head injury (such as 
    Traumatic Brain Injury);
        (9) higher priority defense needs could be addressed by funding 
    missile defense at an adequate but lower level, not providing 
    funding for development of space-based missile defense 
    interceptors, and by restraining excessive cost and schedule growth 
    in defense research, development and procurement programs;
        (10) the Department of Defense should reassess current defense 
    plans to ensure that weapons developed to counter Cold War-era 
    threats are not redundant and are applicable to 21st century 
    threats;
        (11) sufficient resources should be provided for the Department 
    of Defense to do an aggressive job of addressing as many as 
    possible of the 1,260 pending recommendations made by the 
    Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the last 7 years to 
    improve practices at the Department of Defense, including 
    investigation of the billions of dollars of obligations, 
    disbursements and overcharges for which the Department of Defense 
    cannot account;
        (12) savings from the actions recommended in paragraphs (9) and 
    (11) of this section should be used to fund the priorities 
    identified in paragraphs (3) through (8);
        (13) the Department of Defense report to Congress on its 
    assessment of cold war weapons and progress on implementing GAO 
    recommendations as outlined in paragraphs (10) and (11) by a time 
    determined by the appropriate authorizing committees; and
        (14) the GAO report to the appropriate congressional committees 
    by the end of the 110th Congress regarding the Department of 
    Defense's progress in implementing its audit recommendations.

               TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE AND CONGRESS
                    Subtitle A--Sense of the Senate

SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE 
              REGULATIONS.

    (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
        (1) The Medicaid program provides essential health care and 
    long-term care services to approximately 60,000,000 low-income 
    children, pregnant women, parents, individuals with disabilities, 
    and senior citizens. It is a Federal guarantee that ensures the 
    most vulnerable will have access to needed medical services.
        (2) Medicaid provides critical access to long-term care and 
    other services for the elderly and individuals living with 
    disabilities, and is the single largest provider of long-term care 
    services. Medicaid also pays for personal care and other supportive 
    services that are typically not provided by private health 
    insurance or Medicare, but are necessary to enable individuals with 
    spinal cord injuries, developmental disabilities, neurological 
    degenerative diseases, serious and persistent mental illnesses, 
    HIV/AIDS, and other chronic conditions to remain in the community, 
    to work, and to maintain independence.
        (3) Medicaid supplements the Medicare program for about 
    7,500,000 low-income elderly or disabled Medicare beneficiaries, 
    assisting them with their Medicare premiums and co-insurance, wrap-
    around benefits, and the costs of nursing home care that Medicare 
    does not cover. The Medicaid program spends over $100,000,000,000 
    on uncovered Medicare services.
        (4) Medicaid provides health insurance for more than one-
    quarter of America's children and is the largest purchaser of 
    maternity care, paying for more than one-third of all the births in 
    the United States each year. Medicaid also provides critical access 
    to care for children with disabilities, covering more than 70 
    percent of poor children with disabilities.
        (5) More than 21,000,000 women depend on Medicaid for their 
    health care. Women comprise the majority of seniors (64 percent) on 
    Medicaid. Half of nonelderly women with permanent mental or 
    physical disabilities have health coverage through Medicaid. 
    Medicaid provides treatment for low-income women diagnosed with 
    breast or cervical cancer in every State.
        (6) Medicaid is the Nation's largest source of payment for 
    mental health services, HIV/AIDS care, and care for children with 
    special needs. Much of this care is either not covered by private 
    insurance or limited in scope or duration. Medicaid is also a 
    critical source of funding for health care for children in foster 
    care and for health services in schools.
        (7) Medicaid funds help ensure access to care for all 
    Americans. Medicaid is the single largest source of revenue for the 
    Nation's safety net hospitals, health centers, and nursing homes, 
    and is critical to the ability of these providers to adequately 
    serve all Americans.
        (8) Medicaid serves a major role in ensuring that the number of 
    Americans without health insurance, approximately 47,000,000 in 
    2006, is not substantially higher. The system of Federal matching 
    for State Medicaid expenditures ensures that Federal funds will 
    grow as State spending increases in response to unmet needs, 
    enabling Medicaid to help buffer the drop in private coverage 
    during recessions.
        (9) The Bush Administration has issued several regulations that 
    shift Medicaid cost burdens onto States and put at risk the 
    continued availability of much-needed services. The regulations 
    relate to Federal payments to public providers, and for graduate 
    medical education, rehabilitation services, school-based 
    administration, school-based transportation, optional case 
    management services.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
administrative regulations should not--
        (1) undermine the role the Medicaid program plays as a critical 
    component of the health care system of the United States;
        (2) cap Federal Medicaid spending, or otherwise shift Medicaid 
    cost burdens to State or local governments and their taxpayers and 
    health providers, forcing a reduction in access to essential health 
    services for low-income elderly individuals, individuals with 
    disabilities, and children and families; or
        (3) undermine the Federal guarantee of health insurance 
    coverage Medicaid provides, which would threaten not only the 
    health care safety net of the United States, but the entire health 
    care system.

                   Subtitle B--Sense of the Congress

SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SERVICEMEMBERS' AND VETERANS' HEALTH 
              CARE AND OTHER PRIORITIES.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) the Congress supports excellent health care for current and 
    former members of the United States Armed Services--they have 
    served well and honorably and have made significant sacrifices for 
    this Nation;
        (2) this resolution provides $48,202,000,000 in discretionary 
    budget authority for 2009 for Function 700 (Veterans Benefits and 
    Services), including veterans' health care, which is $4,940,000,000 
    more than the 2008 level, $3,654,000,000 more than the 
    Congressional Budget Office's baseline level for 2009, and 
    $3,284,000,000 more than the President's budget for 2009; and also 
    provides more discretionary budget authority than the President's 
    budget in every year after 2009;
        (3) this resolution provides funding to continue addressing 
    problems such as those identified at Walter Reed Army Medical 
    Center to improve military and veterans' health care facilities and 
    services;
        (4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the health care 
    enrollment fees and pharmaceutical co-payment increases in the 
    President's budget;
        (5) this resolution provides additional funding above the 
    President's inadequate budget levels for the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs to research and treat veterans' mental health, post-
    traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury; and
        (6) this resolution provides additional funding above the 
    President's inadequate budget levels for the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs to improve the speed and accuracy of its processing of 
    disability compensation claims, including funding to hire 
    additional personnel above the President's requested level.

SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) this resolution assumes additional homeland security 
    funding above the President's requested level for 2009 and every 
    subsequent year;
        (2) this resolution assumes funding above the President's 
    requested level for 2009, and additional amounts in subsequent 
    years, in the four budget functions--Function 400 (Transportation), 
    Function 450 (Community and Regional Development), Function 550 
    (Health), and Function 750 (Administration of Justice)--that fund 
    most nondefense homeland security activities; and
        (3) the homeland security funding provided in this resolution 
    will help to strengthen the security of our Nation's transportation 
    system, particularly our ports where significant security 
    shortfalls still exist and foreign ports, by expanding efforts to 
    identify and scan all high-risk United States-bound cargo, equip, 
    train and support first responders (including enhancing 
    interoperable communications and emergency management), strengthen 
    border patrol, and increase the preparedness of the public health 
    system.

SEC. 513. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING LONG-TERM FISCAL REFORM.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) both the Government Accountability Office and the 
    Congressional Budget Office have warned that the Federal budget is 
    on an unsustainable path of rising deficits and debt;
        (2) using recent trend data and reasonable policy assumptions, 
    CBO has projected that the gap between spending and revenues over 
    the next 75 years will reach 6.9 percent of GDP;
        (3) publicly held debt will rise from 36 percent today to 400 
    percent of GDP by the decade beginning in 2050 under CBO's 
    alternative policy scenario;
        (4) the most significant factor affecting the long-term Federal 
    fiscal landscape is the expectation that total public and private 
    health spending will continue to grow faster than the economy;
        (5) the Congress calls upon governmental and nongovernmental 
    experts to develop specific options to reform the health care 
    system and control costs, that further research and analysis on 
    topics including comparative effectiveness, health information 
    technology, preventative care, and provider incentives is needed, 
    and that of critical importance is the development of a consensus 
    on the appropriate methods for estimating the budgetary impact and 
    health outcome effects of these proposals; and
        (6) immediate policy action is needed to address the long-term 
    fiscal challenges facing the United States, including the rising 
    costs of entitlements, in a manner that is fiscally responsible, 
    equitable, and lasting, and that also honors commitments made to 
    beneficiaries, and that such action should be bipartisan, 
    bicameral, involve both legislative and executive branch 
    participants, as well as public participation, and be conducted in 
    a manner that ensures full, fair, and timely Congressional 
    consideration.

SEC. 514. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) all committees should examine programs within their 
    jurisdiction to identify wasteful and fraudulent spending;
        (2) title III of this resolution includes cap adjustments to 
    provide appropriations for agencies that control programs that 
    accounted for a significant share of improper payments reported by 
    Federal agencies: Social Security Administration Continuing 
    Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health Care Fraud and 
    Abuse Control Program, and Unemployment Insurance Program 
    Integrity;
        (3) title III also includes a cap adjustment for the Internal 
    Revenue Services for tax compliance efforts to close the 
    $345,000,000,000 tax gap;
        (4) the resolution's deficit-neutral reserve funds require 
    authorizing committees to cut lower priority and wasteful spending 
    to accommodate any new high-priority entitlement benefits; and
        (5) title III of the resolution directs all committees to 
    review the performance of programs within their jurisdiction and 
    report recommendations annually to the appropriate Committee on the 
    Budget as part of the views and estimates process required by 
    section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act.

SEC. 515. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE STATUTORY 
              PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE.

    It is the sense of the Congress that to reduce the deficit, 
Congress should extend PAYGO consistent with provisions of the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990.

SEC. 516. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the determination of the 
congressional budget for the United States Government and the 
President's budget request should include consideration of the 
Financial Report of the United States Government, especially its 
information regarding the Government's net operating cost, financial 
position, and long-term liabilities.

SEC. 517. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) nearly 47 million Americans, including nine million 
    children, lack health insurance;
        (2) people without health insurance are more likely to 
    experience problems getting medical care and to be hospitalized for 
    avoidable health problems;
        (3) most Americans receive health coverage through their 
    employers, and a major issue facing all employers is the rising 
    cost of health insurance;
        (4) small businesses, which have generated most of the new jobs 
    annually over the last decade, have an especially difficult time 
    affording health coverage, because of higher administrative costs 
    and fewer people over whom to spread the risk of catastrophic 
    costs;
        (5) because it is especially costly for small businesses to 
    provide health coverage, their employees make up a large proportion 
    of the Nation's uninsured individuals; and
        (6) legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle 
    should be adopted that makes health insurance more affordable and 
    accessible, with attention to the special circumstances affecting 
    employees of small businesses, and that lowers costs and improves 
    the quality of health care by encouraging integration of health 
    information technology tools into the practice of medicine, by 
    expanding comparative effectiveness research, and by promoting 
    improvements in disease management and disease prevention.

SEC. 518. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING PAY PARITY.

    It is the sense of the Congress that rates of compensation for 
civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted at the same 
time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for 
members of the uniformed services.

SEC. 519. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING SUBPRIME LENDING AND 
              FORECLOSURES.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) over the last six months, the Nation has experienced a 
    significant increase in the number of homeowners facing the risk of 
    foreclosure with estimates of as many as 2.8 million subprime and 
    other distressed borrowers facing the loss of their homes over the 
    next five years;
        (2) the rise in foreclosures not only has an immediate, 
    devastating impact on homeowners and their families, but it also 
    has ripple effects--
            (A) local communities experiencing high levels of 
        foreclosures experience deterioration as a result of the large 
        number of vacant foreclosed and abandoned homes;
            (B) rising foreclosure rates can accelerate drops in home 
        prices, affecting all homeowners; and
            (C) home mortgage default and foreclosure rates increase 
        risk for lenders, further restricting the availability of 
        credit, which can in turn slow economic growth; and
        (3) the rise in foreclosures is not only a crisis for subprime 
    borrowers, but a larger problem for communities as a whole, and 
    considering the multi-layered effects of increasing foreclosures, 
    the Congress should consider steps to address this complex problem.

SEC. 520. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND 
              BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO FIGHT HUNGER.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) 35.5 million Americans (12.6 million of them children) are 
    food insecure--uncertain of having, or unable to acquire, enough 
    food, and that 11.1 million Americans are hungry because of lack of 
    food;
        (2) despite the critical contributions of the Department of 
    Agriculture nutrition programs (particularly the food stamp 
    program), which significantly reduced payment error rates while 
    providing help to partially mitigate the effects of rising poverty 
    and unemployment, significant need remains, even among families 
    that receive food stamps;
        (3) nearly 25 million people, including more than nine million 
    children and nearly three million seniors, sought emergency food 
    assistance from food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and local 
    charities last year;
        (4) additional resources are needed to ensure that nutrition 
    assistance keeps up with inflation and rising food prices; and
        (5) Department of Agriculture programs that help us fight 
    hunger should be maintained and the Congress should continue to 
    seize opportunities to reach Americans in need and to fight hunger.

SEC. 521. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD 
              SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) additional legislative action is needed to ensure that 
    States have the necessary resources to collect all child support 
    that is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100 percent of 
    support on to families without financial penalty; and
        (2) when 100 percent of child support payments are passed to 
    the child, rather than administrative expenses, program integrity 
    is improved and child support participation increases.

SEC. 522. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE INNOVATION AGENDA AND AMERICA 
              COMPETES ACT.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) the Congress should provide sufficient funding so that our 
    Nation may continue to be the world leader in education, innovation 
    and economic growth;
        (2) last year, Congress passed and the President signed the 
    America COMPETES Act, bipartisan legislation designed to ensure 
    that American students, teachers, businesses, and workers are 
    prepared to continue leading the world in innovation, research, and 
    technology well into the future;
        (3) this resolution supports the efforts authorized in the 
    America COMPETES Act, providing substantially increased funding 
    above the President's requested level for 2009, and increased 
    amounts after 2009 in Function 250 (General Science, Space and 
    Technology) and other functions;
        (4) additional increases for scientific research and education 
    are included in Function 270 (Energy), Function 300 (Environment 
    and Natural Resources), Function 500 (Education, Employment, 
    Training and Social Services), and Function 550 (Health), all of 
    which receive more funding than the President's budget provides;
        (5) because America's greatest resource for innovation resides 
    within classrooms across the country, the increased funding 
    provided in this resolution will support initiatives within the 
    America COMPETES Act to educate tens of thousands of new 
    scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and place highly 
    qualified teachers in math and science K-12 classrooms; and
        (6) because independent scientific research provides the 
    foundation for innovation and future technologies, this resolution 
    will keep us on the path toward doubling funding for the National 
    Science Foundation, basic research in the physical sciences, and 
    collaborative research partnerships, and toward achieving energy 
    independence through the development of clean and sustainable 
    alternative energy technologies.
Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.

Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.