[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 85 Engrossed in House (EH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 85

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010.

    (a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 and that this 
resolution sets forth the


              

 appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009 and for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014.
    (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.
                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House.
Sec. 202. Reconciliation in the Senate.
                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care reform.
Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for college access, 
                            affordability, and completion.
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing energy 
                            independence.
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
                            servicemembers.
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for certain tax relief.
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program.
Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child nutrition.
Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for structural unemployment 
                            insurance reforms.
Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support.
Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Affordable Housing Trust 
                            Fund.
Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for home visiting.
Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Low-Income Home Energy 
                            Assistance Program trigger.
Sec. 313. Reserve fund for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization.
Sec. 314. Current policy reserve fund for Medicare improvements.
Sec. 315. Current policy reserve fund for middle class tax relief.
Sec. 316. Current policy reserve fund for reform of the alternative 
                            minimum tax (AMT).
Sec. 317. Current policy reserve fund for reform of the Estate and Gift 
                            Tax.
                      TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 401. Adjustments for direct spending and revenues.
Sec. 402. Adjustments to discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 403. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 404. Oversight of Government performance.
Sec. 405. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative 
                            expenses.
Sec. 406. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
                            aggregates.
Sec. 407. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 408. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
                            TITLE V--POLICY

Sec. 501. Policy on middle-class tax relief and revenues.
Sec. 502. Policy on defense priorities.
                      TITLE VI--SENSE OF THE HOUSE

Sec. 601. Sense of the House on veterans' and servicemembers' health 
                            care.
Sec. 602. Sense of the House on homeland security.
Sec. 603. Sense of the House on promoting American innovation and 
                            economic competitiveness.
Sec. 604. Sense of the House regarding pay parity.
Sec. 605. Sense of the House on college affordability.
Sec. 606. Sense of the House on Great Lakes restoration.
Sec. 607. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support 
                            enforcement.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

    The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014:
            (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution:
                    (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are 
                as follows:
            Fiscal year 2009: $1,532,571,000,000
            Fiscal year 2010: $1,659,525,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $1,933,072,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $2,190,099,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: $2,361,429,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: $2,507,846,000,000.
                    (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 
                Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2009: $0.
            Fiscal year 2010: -$6,461,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: -$155,559,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: -$170,294,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: -$153,908,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: -$125,832,000,000.
            (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 2009: $3,675,133,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $2,892,061,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $2,866,329,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $2,913,316,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: $3,095,704,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: $3,286,135,000,000.
            (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 
        are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2009: $3,357,255,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $2,996,234,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $2,981,872,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $2,939,612,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: $3,093,577,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: $3,261,525,000,000.
            (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are 
        as follows:
            Fiscal year 2009: $1,824,684,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $1,336,709,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $1,048,800,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $749,513,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: $732,148,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: $753,679,000,000.
            (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 2009: $12,017,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $13,223,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $14,350,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $15,276,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: $16,162,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: $17,100,000,000,000.
            (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2009: $7,730,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $8,768,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $9,684,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $10,344,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2013: $10,934,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2014: $11,577,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

    The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of 
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2009 through 2014 for 
each major functional category are:
            (1) National Defense (050):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $618,057,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $646,810,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $562,033,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $606,043,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $570,107,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $587,945,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $579,135,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $576,023,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $589,895,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $584,670,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $603,828,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $595,476,000,000.
            (2) International Affairs (150):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $40,885,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $37,797,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $45,320,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $43,461,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $49,146,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $48,642,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $53,742,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $52,123,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $59,160,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $55,773,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $64,388,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $59,292,000,000.
            (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,389,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $30,973,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $31,139,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,467,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $31,493,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,407,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $33,373,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,465,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $34,419,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $33,614,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,686,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $34,835,000,000.
            (4) Energy (270):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $43,919,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $2,952,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,489,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $7,267,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,539,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $11,322,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,732,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,400,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $6,098,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $12,133,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $6,227,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $10,512,000,000.
            (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $56,009,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $36,834,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $37,387,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $40,450,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $38,600,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $40,237,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $39,249,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $40,058,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $39,348,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $39,754,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $40,017,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $39,957,000,000.
            (6) Agriculture (350):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,974,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,070,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,690,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,951,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $24,691,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,998,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,644,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,540,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,497,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,063,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,182,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,150,000,000.
            (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $694,439,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $665,437,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $60,933,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $85,638,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,181,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $37,954,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $9,561,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $8,645,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $17,247,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $5,585,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $11,226,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$2,500,000,000.
            (8) Transportation (400):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $122,457,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $87,784,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $88,151,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $95,695,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $89,071,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $96,474,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $90,047,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $95,851,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $90,866,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $96,150,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $91,809,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $96,793,000,000.
            (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,811,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $29,983,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $18,308,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $29,303,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,232,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $27,530,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,311,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $25,722,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,202,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,155,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,270,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,752,000,000.
            (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
        (500):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $164,276,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $73,219,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $93,689,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $140,300,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $107,858,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $141,108,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $117,121,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $118,391,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $115,931,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $118,888,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $125,788,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $120,959,000,000.
            (11) Health (550):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $380,158,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $354,397,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $383,911,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $388,746,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $364,910,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $367,628,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $369,852,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $368,556,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $389,719,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $384,359,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $400,451,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $400,173,000,000.
            (12) Medicare (570):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $427,076,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $426,736,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $449,653,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $449,784,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $505,171,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $504,962,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $513,824,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $513,591,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $558,235,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $558,381,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $616,315,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $616,150,000,000.
            (13) Income Security (600):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $520,123,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $503,020,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $536,169,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $539,918,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $510,575,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $513,410,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $478,039,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $478,323,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $483,386,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $482,745,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $485,396,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $483,758,000,000.
            (14) Social Security (650):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $31,820,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,264,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $20,255,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,378,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,380,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,513,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $26,478,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,628,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,529,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $29,679,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $32,728,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,728,000,000.
            (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $97,705,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $94,831,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $106,365,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $105,468,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $112,842,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $112,386,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $108,702,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $108,103,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $113,803,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $113,151,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $116,021,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $115,480,000,000.
            (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $55,783,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,853,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $52,857,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $51,630,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $53,892,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $55,503,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $53,738,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $55,441,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $53,569,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $54,526,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $54,247,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $54,058,000,000.
            (17) General Government (800):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $30,405,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,629,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,979,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,757,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,316,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,147,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,737,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,795,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $22,750,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,492,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,415,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,629,000,000.
            (18) Net Interest (900):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $288,955,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $288,955,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $284,085,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $284,085,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $323,266,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $323,266,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $387,483,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $387,483,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $470,452,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $470,452,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $560,137,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $560,137,000,000.
            (19) Allowances (920):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,450,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,788,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $9,422,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,893,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $8,052,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $5,903,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $6,518,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,750,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,543,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,122,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,865,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $2,962,000,000.
            (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$78,206,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$78,206,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$68,774,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$68,774,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$71,993,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$71,993,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$74,970,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$74,970,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$77,945,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$77,945,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$79,861,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$79,861,000,000.
            (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities (970):
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $82,648,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $25,129,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $130,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $92,774,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $76,530,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $67,694,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2013:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $57,830,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2014:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $52,085,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE.

    (a) Health Care Reform.--
            (1) Not later than September 29, 2009, the House Committee 
        on Energy and Commerce shall report changes in laws to reduce 
        the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
        2009 through 2014.
            (2) Not later than September 29, 2009, the House Committee 
        on Ways and Means shall report changes in laws to reduce the 
        deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 
        through 2014.
    (b) Investing in Education.--Not later than September 30, 2009, the 
House Committee on Education and Labor shall report changes in laws to 
reduce the deficit by $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2009 through 2014.
    (c) Single Engrossment.--The House may direct the Clerk to add at 
the end of a bill addressed by this section the text of another measure 
addressed by this section as passed by the House to form a single 
engrossed reconciliation bill within the meaning of section 310 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

SEC. 202. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.

    (Senate reconciliation instructions to be supplied by the Senate.)

                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 301. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM.

    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 improvements to health care in America, which may 
include making affordable health coverage available for all, improving 
the quality of health care, reducing rising health care costs, building 
on and strengthening existing public and private insurance coverage, 
including employer-sponsored coverage, and preserving choice of 
provider and plan by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
either time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COLLEGE ACCESS, 
              AFFORDABILITY, AND COMPLETION.

    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 or that 
increases college enrollment and completion through reforms to the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 or other legislation, including increasing 
the maximum Pell grant award annually by an amount equal to one 
percentage point more than the Consumer Price Index, by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
or decrease the surplus for either time period provided in clause 10 of 
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASING ENERGY 
              INDEPENDENCE.

    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 tax incentives for or otherwise encourages the 
        production of renewable energy or increased energy efficiency;
            (2) encourages investment in emerging energy or vehicle 
        technologies or carbon capture and sequestration;
            (3) limits and provides for reductions in greenhouse gas 
        emissions;
            (4) assists businesses, industries, States, communities, 
        the environment, workers, or households as the United States 
        moves toward reducing and offsetting the impacts of greenhouse 
        gas emissions; or
            (5) 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 either time period 
provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.

SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND 
              SERVICEMEMBERS.

    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) enhances health care for military personnel or 
        veterans;
            (2) maintains the affordability of health care for military 
        retirees or veterans;
            (3) improves disability benefits or evaluations for wounded 
        or disabled military personnel or veterans, including measures 
        to expedite the claims process;
            (4) expands eligibility to permit additional disabled 
        military retirees to receive both disability compensation and 
        retired pay (concurrent receipt); or
            (5) eliminates the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan 
        annuities and veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation; 
        and
does not authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to bill 
private insurance companies for treatment of health conditions that are 
related to veterans' military service, by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for either time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CERTAIN TAX RELIEF.

    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 that supports working families, 
businesses, States, or communities, by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for either time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM.

    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 
either time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD NUTRITION.

    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, expands, or improves child nutrition programs 
by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not 
increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for either time period 
provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.

SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT 
              INSURANCE REFORMS.

    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 structural reforms to make the unemployment insurance 
system respond better to serious economic downturns by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
or decrease the surplus for either time period provided in clause 10 of 
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD SUPPORT.

    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 increases parental support for children, particularly from 
non-custodial parents, including legislation that results in a greater 
share of collected child support reaching the child, by the amounts 
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
or decrease the surplus for either time period provided in clause 10 of 
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST 
              FUND.

    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 capitalizes the existing Affordable Housing Trust Fund by 
the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 
the deficit or decrease the surplus for either time period provided in 
clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HOME VISITING.

    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 funds to states for a program or programs of home 
visits to low-income mothers-to-be and low-income families which will 
produce sizeable, sustained improvements in the health and well-being 
of children and their parents, by the amounts provided in such measure 
if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 
for either time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TRIGGER.

    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 the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program more 
responsive to energy price increases by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for either time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 313. RESERVE FUND FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION.

    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 surface transportation programs or that 
authorizes other transportation-related spending by providing new 
contract authority by the amounts provided in such measure if such 
measure establishes or maintains a solvent Highway Trust Fund over the 
period of fiscal years 2009 through 2015. ``Solvency'' is defined as a 
positive cash balance. Such measure may include a transfer into the 
Highway Trust Fund from other Federal funds, as long as the transfer of 
Federal funds is fully offset.

SEC. 314. CURRENT POLICY RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Procedure.--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 increase outlays by an amount not to 
exceed $87,290,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and, for the 
purposes of the Rules of the House of Representatives, by an amount not 
to exceed $284,970,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 through 2019 by 
reforming the Medicare payment system for physicians to--
            (1) change incentives to encourage efficiency and higher 
        quality care in a way that supports fiscal sustainability;
            (2) improve payment accuracy to encourage efficient use of 
        resources and ensure that primary care receives appropriate 
        compensation;
            (3) improve coordination of care among all providers 
        serving a patient in all appropriate settings; or
            (4) hold providers accountable for their utilization 
        patterns and quality of care.
    (b) Applicability.--For the purposes of section 401(a) of this 
resolution, the revisions made pursuant to this section shall apply 
only to a measure that includes the policies and the amounts described 
in this section.

SEC. 315. CURRENT POLICY RESERVE FUND FOR MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF.

    (a) Procedure.--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 decrease revenues (or increase outlays, as 
appropriate) by an amount not to exceed $698,571,000,000 in fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014 and, for the purposes of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, by an amount not to exceed $1,848,523,000,000 in 
fiscal years 2010 through 2019, by extending certain provisions of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for middle class tax relief, including 
the--
            (1) 10 percent individual income tax bracket;
            (2) marriage penalty relief;
            (3) child credit at $1,000 and partial refundability of the 
        credit;
            (4) education incentives;
            (5) other incentives for middle class families and 
        children;
            (6) other reductions to individual income tax brackets; and
            (7) small business tax relief.
    (b) Applicability.--For the purposes of section 401(a) of this 
resolution, the adjustments made pursuant to this section shall apply 
only to a measure that includes the policies and the amounts described 
in this section.

SEC. 316. CURRENT POLICY RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTERNATIVE 
              MINIMUM TAX (AMT).

    (a) Procedure.--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 decrease revenues by an amount not to 
exceed $68,650,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and fiscal 
years 2010 through 2019 by reforming the AMT so that tens of millions 
of working families will not become subject to it.
    (b) Applicability.--For the purposes of section 401(a) of this 
resolution, the adjustments made pursuant to this section shall apply 
only to a measure that includes the policies and the amounts described 
in this section.

SEC. 317. CURRENT POLICY RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ESTATE AND GIFT 
              TAX.

    (a) Procedure.--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 decrease revenues by an amount not to 
exceed $72,033,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and, for the 
purposes of the Rules of the House of Representatives, by an amount not 
to exceed $256,244,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 through 2019 by 
reforming the Estate and Gift Tax so that only a minute fraction of 
estates owe tax, by extending the law as in effect in 2009 for the 
Estate and Gift Tax.
    (b) Applicability.--For the purposes of section 401(a) of this 
resolution, the adjustments made pursuant to this section shall apply 
only to a measure that includes the policies and the amounts described 
in this section.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. ADJUSTMENTS FOR DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUES.

    (a) Adjustments to Maintain Current Policy.--
            (1) Subject to the condition specified in paragraph (3), 
        when the chairman of the Committee on the Budget evaluates the 
        budgetary effects of a provision in any bill, joint resolution, 
        amendment, or conference report for the purposes of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this resolution, or the Rules 
        of the House of Representatives relative to baseline estimates 
        that are consistent with section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, he shall exclude from 
        his evaluation the budgetary effects of such provision if such 
        effects would have been reflected in a baseline adjusted to 
        maintain current policy.
            (2) Paragraph (1) applies only to a provision with respect 
        to which the chairman of the Committee on the Budget has 
        exercised his authority to make budgetary adjustments under 
        sections 314, 315, 316, and 317 of this resolution.
            (3) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if the House of 
        Representatives has previously passed a bill to impose 
        statutory pay-as-you-go requirements, or the measure containing 
        the provision being evaluated by the chairman of the Committee 
        on the Budget imposes such requirements, and only if such bill 
        is designated as providing statutory pay-as-you-go-requirements 
        under this subsection.
    (b) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).--Prior to 
consideration of a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
report making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 that appropriates 
$3,200,000,000 in funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
program and provides additional appropriations of up to $1,900,000,000 
for that program, then the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the budgetary treatment of such additional amounts and allocate 
such additional budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget 
authority to the Committee on Appropriations.
    (c) Deposit Insurance.--When the chairman of the Budget Committee 
evaluates the budgetary effects of a provision of a bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, or conference report for the purposes of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this resolution, or the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the chairman shall exclude the budgetary 
effects of any provision that affects the full funding of the deposit 
insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment of 
Public Law 110-343, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

SEC. 402. ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

    (a) Program Integrity Initiatives.--
            (1) Social security administration program integrity 
        initiatives.--
                    (A) In general.--Prior to consideration of any 
                bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 
                making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 that 
                appropriates $273,000,000 for continuing disability 
                reviews and Supplemental Security Income 
                redeterminations for the Social Security Administration 
                and (except as provided in subparagraph (B)) provides 
                an additional appropriation of up to $485,000,000, and 
                that 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 2010.
                    (B) Asset verification.--The additional 
                appropriation of $485,000,000 may also provide that a 
                portion of that amount, not to exceed $34,000,000, 
                instead may be used for asset verification for 
                Supplemental Security Income recipients, but only if 
                and to the extent that the Office of the Chief Actuary 
                estimates that the initiative would be at least as cost 
                effective as the redeterminations of eligibility 
                described in subparagraph (A).
            (2) Internal revenue service tax compliance.--Prior to 
        consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
        that appropriates $5,117,000,000 to the Internal Revenue 
        Service for Enforcement and provides an additional 
        appropriation of up to $387,000,000 for Enforcement to address 
        the Federal tax gap, and provides that such sums as may be 
        necessary shall be available from the Operations Support 
        account in the Internal Revenue Service to fully support these 
        Enforcement activities, 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 2010.
            (3) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--Prior to 
        consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
        that appropriates up to $311,000,000, 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 2010.
            (4) Unemployment insurance program integrity activities.--
        Prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 
        amendment, or conference report making appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2010 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 $50,000,000, 
        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 2010.
            (5) Partnership fund for program integrity innovation.--
        Prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 
        amendment, or conference report that provides discretionary 
        budget authority for a Partnership Fund for Program Integrity 
        Innovation in the Office of Management and Budget in an amount 
        not to exceed $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and that 
        designates the amount for the Partnership Fund for Program 
        Integrity Innovation in the Office of Management and Budget, 
        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 
        2010.
            (6) Procedure for adjustments.--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 this subsection 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 this subsection.
    (b) Costs of Overseas Deployments and Emergency Needs.--
            (1) Overseas deployments and related activities.--If any 
        bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes 
        appropriations for fiscal year 2009 or fiscal year 2010 for 
        overseas deployments and related activities 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 the Congressional Budget 
        Act of 1974 or this resolution.
            (2) Emergency needs.--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 new budget authority 
        and outlays resulting therefrom shall not count for the 
        purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or this 
        resolution.

SEC. 403. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--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.--An advance appropriation may be provided for 
fiscal year 2011 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts 
identified in the report to accompany this resolution or 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 2012, 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 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2010 that first 
becomes available for any fiscal year after 2010.

SEC. 404. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.

    All committees are encouraged to conduct rigorous oversight 
hearings to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in all aspects of Federal 
spending and Government operations, giving particular scrutiny to 
issues raised by the Federal Office of the Inspector General or the 
Comptroller General of the United States. Based upon these oversight 
efforts, the committees are encouraged to make recommendations to 
reduce wasteful Federal spending to promote deficit reduction and long-
term fiscal responsibility. Such recommendations should be submitted to 
the Committee on the Budget in the views and estimates reports prepared 
by committees as required under 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974.

SEC. 405. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 
              EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the 
budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations 
amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social 
Security Administration and of the Postal Service.
    (b) Special Rule.--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. 406. 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 included 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 Committee on the Budget.
    (d) Adjustments.--The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 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, but has yet 
to be presented to or signed by the President at the time of final 
consideration of this resolution.

SEC. 407. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

    Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing for a 
change in budgetary concepts or definitions, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget shall adjust any appropriate levels and 
allocations in this resolution accordingly.

SEC. 408. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

    The House adopts the provisions of this title--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives and as such they shall be considered as part of 
        the rules of the House, 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 
        the House of Representatives 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.

                            TITLE V--POLICY

SEC. 501. POLICY ON MIDDLE-CLASS TAX RELIEF AND REVENUES.

    It is the policy of this resolution to minimize fiscal burdens on 
working families and their children and grandchildren. It is the policy 
of this resolution to extend the following tax relief consistent with 
current policy--
            (1) relief for the tens of millions of middle-income 
        households who would otherwise be subject to the Alternative 
        Minimum Tax (AMT) under current law;
            (2) middle-class tax relief; and
            (3) elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute 
        fraction of estates by reforming and substantially increasing 
        the unified tax credit.
In total, this resolution supports the extension of $1,700,000,000,000 
in tax relief to individuals and families relative to current law. This 
resolution supports additional, deficit-neutral tax relief, including 
the extension of AMT relief, the research and experimentation tax 
credit, the deduction for State and local sales taxes, the enactment of 
a tax credit for school construction bonds, and other tax relief for 
working families. The cost of enacting such policies may be offset by 
reforms within the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that produce higher 
rates of tax compliance to close the ``tax gap'' and reduce taxpayer 
burdens through tax simplification. The President's budget proposes a 
variety of other revenue offsets. Unless expressly provided, this 
resolution does not assume any of the specific revenue offset proposals 
provided for in the President's budget. Decisions about specific 
revenue offsets are made by the Ways and Means Committee, which is the 
tax-writing committee.

SEC. 502. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES.

    It is the policy of this resolution that--
            (1) there is no higher priority than the defense of our 
        Nation, and therefore the Administration and Congress will make 
        the necessary investments and reforms to strengthen our 
        military so that it can successfully meet the threats of the 
        21st century;
            (2) acquisition reform is needed at the Department of 
        Defense to end excessive cost growth in the development of new 
        weapons systems and to ensure that weapons systems are 
        delivered on time and in adequate quantities to equip our 
        servicemen and servicewomen;
            (3) the Department of Defense should review defense plans 
        to ensure that weapons developed to counter Cold War-era 
        threats are not redundant and are applicable to 21st century 
        threats;
            (4) sufficient resources should be provided for the 
        Department of Defense to aggressively address the 758 
        unimplemented recommendations made by the Government 
        Accountability Office (GAO) since 2001 to improve practices at 
        the Department of Defense, which could save billions of dollars 
        that could be applied to priorities identified in this section;
            (5) the Department of Defense should review the role that 
        contractors play in its operations, including the degree to 
        which contractors are performing inherently governmental 
        functions, to ensure it has the most effective mix of 
        government and contracted personnel;
            (6) the Department of Defense report to Congress on its 
        assessment of Cold War-era weaponry, its progress on 
        implementing GAO recommendations, and its review of contractors 
        at the Department as outlined in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) 
        by a date to be determined by the appropriate committees;
            (7) the GAO provide a report to the appropriate 
        congressional committees by December 31, 2009, on the 
        Department of Defense's progress in implementing its audit 
        recommendations;
            (8) ballistic missile defense technologies that are not 
        proven to work through adequate testing and that are not 
        operationally viable should not be deployed, and that no 
        funding should be provided for the research or development of 
        space-based interceptors;
            (9) cooperative threat reduction and other nonproliferation 
        programs (securing ``loose nukes'' and other materials used in 
        weapons of mass destruction), which were highlighted as high 
        priorities by the 9/11 Commission, need to be funded at a level 
        that is commensurate with the evolving threat;
            (10) readiness of our troops, particularly the National 
        Guard and Reserves, is a high priority, and that continued 
        emphasis is needed to ensure adequate equipment and training;
            (11) improving military health care services and ensuring 
        quality health care for returning combat veterans is a high 
        priority;
            (12) military pay and benefits should be enhanced to 
        improve the quality of life for military personnel and their 
        families;
            (13) the Department of Defense should make every effort to 
        investigate the national security benefits of energy 
        independence, including those that may be associated with 
        alternative energy sources and energy efficiency conversions;
            (14) the Administration's budget requests should continue 
        to comply with section 1008, Public Law 109-364, the John 
        Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 
        and that to the extent practicable overseas military operations 
        should no longer be funded through emergency supplemental 
        appropriations; and
            (15) when assessing security threats and reviewing the 
        programs and funding needed to counter these threats, the 
        Administration should do so in a comprehensive manner that 
        includes all agencies involved in our national security.

                      TITLE VI--SENSE OF THE HOUSE

SEC. 601. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON VETERANS' AND SERVICEMEMBERS' HEALTH 
              CARE.

    It is the sense of the House that--
            (1) the House 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) the President's budget will improve health care for 
        veterans by increasing appropriations for VA by 10 percent more 
        than the 2009 level, increasing VA's appropriated resources for 
        every year after 2010, and restoring health care eligibility to 
        additional nondisabled veterans with modest incomes;
            (3) VA is not and should not be authorized to bill private 
        insurance companies for treatment of health conditions that are 
        related to veterans' military service;
            (4) VA may find it difficult to realize the level of 
        increase in medical care collections estimated in the 
        President's budget for 2010 using existing authorities; 
        therefore, this resolution provides $540,000,000 more for 
        Function 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services) than the 
        President's budget to safeguard the provision of health care to 
        veterans;
            (5) it is important to continue providing sufficient and 
        timely funding for veterans' and servicemembers' health care; 
        and
            (6) this resolution provides additional funding above the 
        2009 levels for VA to research and treat mental health, post-
        traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury.

SEC. 602. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

    It is the sense of the House that because making the country safer 
and more secure is such a critical priority, the resolution therefore 
provides robust resources 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 that can be used 
to address our key security priorities, including--
            (1) safeguarding the Nation's transportation systems, 
        including rail, mass transit, ports, and airports;
            (2) continuing with efforts to identify and to screen for 
        threats bound for the United States;
            (3) strengthening border security;
            (4) enhancing emergency preparedness and training and 
        equipping first responders;
            (5) helping to make critical infrastructure more secure and 
        resilient against the threat of terrorism and natural 
        disasters;
            (6) making the Nation's cyber infrastructure resistive to 
        attack; and
            (7) increasing the preparedness of the public health 
        system.

SEC. 603. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON PROMOTING AMERICAN INNOVATION AND 
              ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.

    It is the sense of the House that--
            (1) the House should provide sufficient investments to 
        enable our Nation to continue to be the world leader in 
        education, innovation, and economic growth as envisioned in the 
        goals of the America COMPETES Act;
            (2) this resolution builds on significant funding provided 
        in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for scientific 
        research and education in Function 250 (General Science, Space 
        and Technology), Function 270 (Energy), Function 300 (Natural 
        Resources and Environment), Function 500 (Education, Training, 
        Employment, and Social Services), and Function 550 (Health);
            (3) the House also should pursue policies 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; and
            (4) this resolution recognizes the importance of the 
        extension of investments and tax policies that promote research 
        and development and encourage innovation and future 
        technologies that will ensure American economic 
        competitiveness.

SEC. 604. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY.

    It is the sense of the House 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. 605. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY.

    It is the sense of the House that nothing in this resolution should 
be construed to reduce any assistance that makes college more 
affordable and accessible for students, including but not limited to 
student aid programs and services provided by nonprofit State agencies.

SEC. 606. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON GREAT LAKES RESTORATION.

    It is the sense of the House that this resolution recognizes the 
importance of funding for an interagency initiative to address regional 
environmental issues that affect the Great Lakes, and that coordinated 
planning and implementation among the Federal, State, and local 
government and nongovernmental stakeholders is essential to more 
effectively addressing the most significant problems within the Great 
Lakes basin.

SEC. 607. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT 
              ENFORCEMENT.

    It is the sense of the House 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 2, 2009.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                            H. CON. RES. 85

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for 
                fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.