[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 39 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1747-S1754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 70--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

  Mr. CONRAD from the Committee on the Budget; submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was placed on the calendar:

                            S. Con. Res. 70

       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 years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     concurrent resolution is as follows:

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--BUDGET PROCESS

                Subtitle A--Direct Spending and Receipts

Sec. 201. Senate point of order against legislation increasing long-
              term deficits.

                   Subtitle B--Discretionary Spending

Sec. 211. Discretionary spending limits, program integrity initiatives, 
              and other adjustments.
Sec. 212. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 213. Senate point of order against provisions of appropriations 
              legislation that constitute changes in mandatory programs 
              with net costs.
Sec. 214. Discretionary administrative expenses of the Postal Service.

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

Sec. 221. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
              aggregates.
Sec. 222. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 223. Debt disclosure requirement.
Sec. 224. Debt disclosures.
Sec. 225. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen and stimulate the 
              American economy and provide economic relief to American 
              families.
Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving education.
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for investments in America's 
              infrastructure.
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy, 
              preserve the environment, and provide for certain 
              settlements.
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
              wounded servicemembers and for a post 9/11 G.I. bill.
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve America's health.
Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for judicial pay and judgeships.

                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: $1,871,888,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,013,878,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,199,989,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,432,588,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,656,131,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,755,116,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be changed are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: -$7,652,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: -$83,246,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $17,125,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $4,563,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,816,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $376,000,000.
       (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: $2,579,255,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,533,732,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,555,303,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,687,125,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,726,134,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,846,988,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget 
     outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $2,476,755,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,575,712,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,616,270,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,708,326,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,717,061,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,838,995,000,000.
       (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
     resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:

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       Fiscal year 2008: $604,867,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $561,834,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $416,281,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $275,738,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $60,930,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $83,879,000,000.
       (5) Public debt.--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: $9,618,792,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $10,276,776,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $10,801,592,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $11,182,340,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $11,375,053,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $11,573,680,000,000.
       (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
     debt held by the public are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $5,418,643,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $5,801,633,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $6,029,151,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $6,096,509,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $5,936,083,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $5,793,011,000,000.

     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: $666,705,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $695,876,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $733,571,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $772,468,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $809,798,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $845,044,000,000.
       (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: $493,607,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $520,158,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $540,487,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $566,249,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $595,544,000,000.
       (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, $5,160,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,989,000,000.
     Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,473,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,476,000,000.
     Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,623,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,581,000,000.
     Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,788,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,759,000,000.
     Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,962,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,932,000,000.
     Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,147,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,115,000,000.

     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.

       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, $693,273,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $604,289,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $612,497,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $645,433,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $550,414,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $607,032,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $557,026,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $577,925,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $565,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $561,666,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $576,223,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $570,503,000,000.
       (2) International Affairs (150):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $38,608,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,771,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $34,472,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,324,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $35,663,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,898,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,322,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,514,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,866,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,415,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $37,024,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,082,000,000.
       (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, $29,936,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $28,681,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,369,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $30,280,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,848,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $31,107,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $31,332,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $31,638,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $31,816,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $31,623,000,000.
       (4) Energy (270):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,548,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,681,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,026,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,843,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,935,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,533,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,916,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,481,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,895,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,981,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,858,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,159,000,000.
       (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $32,560,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $34,440,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $39,748,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $36,230,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $34,705,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,014,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $35,399,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,193,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,086,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,370,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,787,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,732,000,000.
       (6) Agriculture (350):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,423,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,495,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,377,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,127,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,532,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,501,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,665,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,659,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,994,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,176,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,307,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,513,000,000.
       (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,516,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,441,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $9,350,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $3,764,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,133,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $3,562,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,713,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $824,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $8,028,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $492,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $8,254,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $195,000,000.
       (8) Transportation (400):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $83,789,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $77,870,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $75,131,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $83,311,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,075,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $85,504,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,913,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $86,779,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $79,763,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $88,515,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $80,640,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $90,534,000,000.
       (9) Community and Regional Development (450):

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       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $20,029,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $27,819,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,024,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,392,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,235,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,080,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,473,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $18,202,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,716,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $16,159,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,949,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,847,000,000.
       (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
     (500):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $91,381,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $90,912,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $94,141,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $91,112,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $103,891,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $98,377,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $106,486,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $103,694,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $108,255,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $104,858,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $101,660,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $103,626,000,000.
       (11) Health (550):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $286,108,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $287,211,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $309,404,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $307,274,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $324,863,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $325,285,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $345,558,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $344,735,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $368,273,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $367,091,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $393,283,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $391,805,000,000.
       (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, $420,389,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $420,150,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $445,380,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $445,513,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $494,477,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $494,305,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $491,399,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $491,163,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $551,039,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $551,161,000,000.
       (13) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $393,591,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $394,613,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $411,748,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $417,187,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $416,312,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $418,131,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $425,425,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $426,180,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $411,458,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $411,587,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $426,718,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $426,609,000,000.
       (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, $21,308,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,308,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,794,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,794,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,330,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $27,330,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,342,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $30,342,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $33,162,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000.
       (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, $93,268,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $92,352,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $95,615,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $95,394,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $100,959,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $100,748,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $97,782,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $97,064,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $103,241,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $102,521,000,000.
       (16) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,282,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $44,322,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,498,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,411,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $47,977,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,155,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,866,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,680,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,778,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,751,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,727,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,425,000,000.
       (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, $24,474,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,432,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,966,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,166,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $20,387,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,399,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $20,788,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,932,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,103,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,987,000,000.
       (18) Net Interest (900):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $349,462,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $349,462,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $335,088,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $335,088,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $372,156,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $372,156,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $408,964,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $408,964,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $430,098,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $430,098,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $438,484,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $438,484,000,000.
       (19) Allowances (920):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $13,000,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $13,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$1,087,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,351,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,067,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$7,460,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,239,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$8,030,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,416,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$8,134,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,596,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$9,281,000,000.
       (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.

                        TITLE II--BUDGET PROCESS

                Subtitle A--Direct Spending and Receipts

     SEC. 201. 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 $0 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 $0 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

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     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.

                   Subtitle B--Discretionary Spending

     SEC. 211. 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, $1,055,478,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and $1,093,343,000,000 in outlays; and
       (2) for fiscal year 2009, $1,008,482,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and $1,108,449,000,000 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.
       (E) Comparative effectiveness research at the agency for 
     healthcare research and quality.--If a bill or joint 
     resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year 
     2009 that appropriates $30,000,000 for comparative 
     effectiveness research as authorized under section 1013 of 
     the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization 
     Act of 2003, and provides an additional appropriation of up 
     to $70,000,000 for that purpose, 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 $70,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 2009 
     and the outlays flowing therefrom.
       (F) Reducing waste in defense contracting.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates up to $100,000,000 to the 
     Department of Defense for additional activities to reduce 
     waste, fraud, abuse, and overpayments in defense contracting; 
     achieve the legal requirement to submit auditable financial 
     statements; or reduce waste by improving accounting for and 
     ordering of spare parts, then the discretionary spending 
     limits, allocation to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to 
     exceed $100,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (3) Adjustments for costs of the wars in iraq and 
     afghanistan.--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 the 
     wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes (and so designated pursuant to 
     this paragraph), up to $108,056,000,000 in budget authority 
     for fiscal year 2008 and the new outlays flowing therefrom, 
     and up to $70,000,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 
     2009 and the new outlays flowing therefrom.
       (d) Oversight of Government Performance.--In the Senate, 
     all committees are directed to review programs within their 
     jurisdictions 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 jurisdictions, 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 Committees on the Budget.
       (e) 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 shall make the appropriate adjustments in 
     allocations, aggregates, discretionary spending limits, and 
     other levels of new budget authority and outlays to reflect 
     the difference between such measure and the corresponding 
     levels assumed in this resolution.
       (f) 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. 212. 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--

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       (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 $29,352,000,000 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. 213. 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.

     SEC. 214. DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE POSTAL 
                   SERVICE.

       In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 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 Committee on Appropriations amounts for the 
     discretionary administrative expenses of the Postal Service.

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

     SEC. 221. 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 Senate Committee on the Budget.

     SEC. 222. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND 
                   DEFINITIONS.

       Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing 
     for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the 
     Senate 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. 223. DEBT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

       (a) In General.--It shall not be in order to consider a 
     budget resolution in the Senate unless it contains a debt 
     disclosure section including all, and only, the following 
     disclosures regarding debt:

     ``SEC. __. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

       ``(a) In General.--The levels assumed in this  budget 
     resolution allow the gross Federal debt of the nation to 
     rise/fall by $______ from the current year, fiscal year 20__, 
     to the fifth year of the budget window, fiscal year 20__.
       ``(b) Per Person.--The levels assumed in this  budget 
     resolution allow the gross Federal debt of the nation to 
     rise/fall by $____ on every United States citizen from the 
     current year, fiscal year 20__ to the fifth year of the 
     budget window, fiscal year 20__.
       ``(c) Social Security.--The levels assumed in this budget 
     resolution project that $____ of the Social Security surplus 
     will be spent over the 5-year budget window, fiscal years 
     20__-20__, on things other than Social Security which 
     represents __ percent of the projected Social Security 
     surplus over this period.''.
       (b) Social Security.--If any portion of the Social Security 
     surplus is projected to be spent and/or the gross Federal 
     debt in the fifth year of the budget window is greater than 
     the debt projected in the current year, as described in the 
     debt disclosure section described in subsection (a) of this 
     section, the report, print, or statement of managers 
     accompanying the budget resolution shall contain a section 
     that--
       (1) details the circumstances making it in the national 
     interest to allow Federal debt to increase rather than taking 
     steps to reduce the debt; and
       (2) provides a justification for allowing the surpluses in 
     the Social Security Trust Fund to be spent on other functions 
     of Government even as the baby boom generation retires, 
     program costs are projected to rise dramatically, the debt 
     owed to Social Security is about to come due, and the Trust 
     Fund is projected to go insolvent.

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       (c) Definitions.--The term ``gross Federal debt'' described 
     above represents nominal increases in gross Federal debt 
     measured at the end of each fiscal year during the period of 
     the budget, not debt as a percentage of gross domestic 
     product, and not levels relative to baseline projections.

     SEC. 224. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

       (a) In General.--The levels assumed in this budget 
     resolution allow the gross Federal debt of the nation to rise 
     by $2,000,000,000,000 from the current year, fiscal year 
     2008, to the fifth year of the budget window, fiscal year 
     2013.
       (b) Per Person.--The levels assumed in this budget 
     resolution allow the gross Federal debt of the nation to rise 
     by $6,440 on every United States citizen from the current 
     year, fiscal year 2008, to the fifth year of the budget 
     window, fiscal year 2013.
       (c) Social Security.--The levels assumed in this budget 
     resolution project $800,000,000,000 of the Social Security 
     surplus will be spent over the 5-year budget window, fiscal 
     years 2009-2013, on things other than Social Security, which 
     represents 70 percent of the projected Social Security 
     surplus over this period.

     SEC. 225. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

     SEC. 301. 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 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 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 agreements, preferences, sanctions, 
     enforcement, or customs, 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) improves the unemployment compensation program; or
       (4) reauthorizes the 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. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING 
                   EDUCATION.

       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 make higher education more accessible or more 
     affordable, which may include increasing funding for the 
     Federal Pell Grant program, facilitate modernization of 
     school facilities through renovation or construction bonds, 
     reduce the cost of teachers' out-of-pocket expenses for 
     school supplies, or provide tax incentives for highly-
     qualified teachers to serve in high-needs schools, 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 benefits and 
     other revenue provisions.

     SEC. 303. 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, 
     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. 304. 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, 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 energy tax 
     incentives like the production tax credit for electricity 
     produced from renewable resources, the Clean

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     Renewable Energy Bond program, or provisions to encourage 
     energy efficient buildings, products, and power plants.
       (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. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS 
                   AND WOUNDED SERVICEMEMBERS AND FOR A POST 9/11 
                   G.I. BILL.

       (a) Veterans and Wounded 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 
     which would--
       (1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or 
     disability benefits for wounded or disabled military 
     personnel or veterans;
       (2) provide for or increase benefits to Filipino veterans 
     of World War II, their survivors and dependents; or
       (3) allow for the transfer of education benefits from 
     servicemembers to family members;

     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 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) Post 9/11 G.I. Bill.--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 
     would enhance educational benefits of service members and 
     veterans with service on active duty in the Armed Forces on 
     or after September 11, 2001, 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. 306. 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 improvements to the prescription 
     drug benefit under Medicare Part D, adjustments to the 
     Medicare Savings Program, and reductions in beneficiary cost-
     sharing for preventive benefits under Medicare Part B, or 
     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.
       (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;

     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 2008 
     through 2018.
       (3) Health information technology and adherence to best 
     practices.--
       (A) Health information technology.--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 1 
     or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that provide incentives or other support 
     for adoption of modern information 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 1 
     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 in the Senate 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 
     final rule published on May 29, 2007, on pages 29748 through 
     29836 of volume 72, Federal Register (relating to parts 433, 
     447, and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations) or any 
     other rule or other administrative action that would affect 
     the Medicaid program or SCHIP in a similar manner, or place 
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     coverage of or payment for graduate medical education, 
     rehabilitation services, or school-based administration, 
     school-based transportation, or optional case management 
     services under title XIX of the Social Security Act, 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;
       (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 heath 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 Committee 
     on the Budget of the Senate 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. 307. 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.

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