[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H4177]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                H.R. 249

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF OFFSETS.

       (a) In General.--No authorization of appropriations made by 
     this Act or other provision of this Act that results in costs 
     to the Federal Government shall be effective except to the 
     extent that this Act provides for offsetting decreases in 
     spending of this Act does not either increase the Federal 
     deficit or reduce the Federal surplus.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``deficit'' 
     and ``surplus'' have the meanings given such terms in the 
     Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
     U.S.C. 621 et seq.).