[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 43 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2168-S2186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4285. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 58, line 24, insert after ``family members'' the 
     following: ``or veterans (including the elimination of the 
     offset between Survivor Benefit Plan annuities and veterans' 
     dependency and indemnity compensation)''.
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  SA 4286. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 58, line 23, strike ``family members;'' and insert 
     ``family members; or
       (4) enhance programs and activities to increase the 
     availability of health care and other veterans services for 
     veterans living in rural areas;
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4287. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 
                   YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS 
                   OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     would provide for the implementation of the Yellow Ribbon 
     Reintegration Program for members of the National Guard and 
     Reserve under section 582 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4288. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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

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through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of Sec. 302, insert the following:
       (b) 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 increase funding 
     for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program by up 
     to $1 billion, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4289. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF EXTENSION OF THE $1,000 CHILD TAX 
                   CREDIT FROM POINTS OF ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of the $1,000 child tax 
     credit amount under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4290. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF EXTENSION OF INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL INCOME 
                   TAX RATE REDUCTIONS FROM POINTS OF ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of the reduction of 
     individual Federal income tax rates under section 1(i) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4291. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF FROM POINTS OF 
                   ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of any temporary marriage 
     penalty relief under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4292. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF EXTENSION OF THE ADOPTION TAX CREDIT 
                   FROM POINTS OF ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of the increased limitation 
     on the adoption tax credit under section 23 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4293. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF ESTATE TAX RELIEF FROM POINTS OF 
                   ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of estate tax relief under 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4294. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF EXTENSION OF 10 PERCENT FEDERAL INCOME 
                   TAX BRACKET FROM POINTS OF ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of the 10 percent Federal 
     income tax bracket under section 1(i) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4295. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF EXTENSION OF CAPITAL GAINS AND 
                   DIVIDEND TAX RATE REDUCTIONS FROM POINTS OF 
                   ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of reductions in the capital 
     gains and dividend tax rates under the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4296. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF TAX RELIEF FROM POINTS OF ORDER.

       Section 201 of this resolution (relating to long-term 
     deficits), sections 201 and 202 of the Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, S. Con. Res. 21 (relating 
     to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and reconciliation) and 
     sections 302, 311(a)(2)(B), and 313 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 shall not apply to any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide for the extension of the tax relief provided in 
     the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
     2001, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
     2003, sections 101 and 102 of the Tax Increase Prevention and 
     Reconciliation Act of 2005, and the Tax Increase Prevention 
     Act of 2007.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4297. Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Kennedy), and Mrs. Clinton) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 
2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN 
                   INJURY.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports that provide at 
     least $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 to funds traumatic 
     brain injury programs under sections 393A, 393B, 1252, and 
     1253 of the Public Health Service Act, if 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4298. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 50, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT RAISES 
                   INCOME TAX RATES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, FAMILY 
                   FARMS, OR FAMILY RANCHES.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that it should not be in order in the Senate to consider any 
     bill, resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, 
     motion, or conference report that includes a Federal income 
     tax rate increase on incomes generated by small businesses 
     (within the meaning of section 474(c) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986) or family farms or family ranches (within the 
     meaning of section 2032A of such Code) (regardless of the 
     manner by which such businesses, farms and ranches are 
     organized).
       (b) Federal Income Tax Rate Increase.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' 
     means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) 
     of section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate 
     of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any 
     such section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4299. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NEED FOR 
                   COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE THE 
                   IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FROM HIGHLY 
                   INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WITH SAFE 
                   PHARMACEUTICAL INFRASTRUCTURES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States is the world's largest market for 
     pharmaceuticals, yet consumers still pay the world's highest 
     prices.
       (2) In 2000, Congress took action to legalize the 
     importation of prescription drugs from other countries by 
     United States wholesalers and pharmacists, and before such a 
     program can go into effect, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services (HHS) must certify that the program would have no 
     adverse impact on safety and that it would reduce costs for 
     American consumers.
       (3) Since 2000, no Secretary of HHS has made the 
     certification required to permit the implementation of a 
     program for importation of prescription drugs.
       (4) In July 2006, the Senate approved by a vote of 68-32 an 
     amendment to the Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2007, that prohibits Customs and Border 
     Protection from preventing individuals not in the business of 
     importing prescription drugs from carrying them across the 
     border with Canada.
       (5) In July 2007, the Senate adopted language similar to 
     the 2007 amendment in the Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2008.
       (6) In October 2007, the Senate adopted language in the 
     Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, 
     that prohibits anti-reimportation activities within HHS.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the leadership of the Senate should bring to the floor 
     for full debate in 2008 comprehensive legislation that 
     legalizes the importation of prescription drugs from highly 
     industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical 
     infrastructures and creates a regulatory pathway to ensure 
     that such drugs are safe;
       (2) such legislation should be given an up or down vote on 
     the floor of the Senate; and
       (3) previous Senate approval of 3 amendments in support of 
     prescription drug importation shows the Senate's strong 
     support for passage of comprehensive importation legislation.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4300. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Kennedy) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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

       If the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions reports out legislation to 
     establish a program, including medical monitoring and 
     treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts linked to 
     the September 11, 2001 attacks, and if the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions makes a finding that 
     previously spent World Trade Center Health Program funds were 
     used to provide screening, monitoring and treatment services, 
     and directly related program support, the Chairman of the 
     Senate Budget Committee may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, 
     if 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4301. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RECAPTURING EXCESS 
                   PROFITS AND INVESTING IN ROADS (REPAIR).

       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 create a special temporary levy 
     on the excess profits of United States oil companies (and 
     foreign companies that do substantial business in the United 
     States), in order to supplement the Highway Trust Fund and 
     raise additional funds for infrastructure investment, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4302. Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Cornyn, 
Mr. Burr, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
Thune, Mr. Allard, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Corker, 
Mr. Vitter, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Crapo, 
Mr. Coleman, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Graham, Mr. Bunning, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
Sununu, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. 
Salazar) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ACCESS TO QUALITY 
                   AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
       (1) promotes choice and competition to drive down costs and 
     improve access to health care for all Americans without 
     increasing taxes;
       (2) strengthens health care quality by promoting wellness 
     and empowering consumers with accurate and comprehensive 
     information on quality and cost;
       (3) protects Americans' economic security from catastrophic 
     events by expanding insurance options and improving health 
     insurance portability; and
       (4) promotes the advanced research and development of new 
     treatments and cures to enhance health care quality;

     if 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4303. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE 
                   MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
       (1) addresses the national crisis facing patients who are 
     losing access to quality health care due to skyrocketing 
     insurance premiums driven by frivolous lawsuits;
       (2) encourages the national adoption of proven standards to 
     make the medical liability system more fair, predictable, and 
     timely;
       (3) protects the ability of injured patients to get quick, 
     unlimited compensation for their economic losses while 
     setting reasonable limits for pain, suffering, and non-
     compensatory damages;
       (4) promotes the reduction of frivolous lawsuits and allows 
     doctors to practice medicine in a manner that is patient-
     focused and not lawsuit-driven; and
       (5) maintains State flexibility;

     if 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4304. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTHY MOTHERS AND 
                   HEALTHY BABIES.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
       (1) addresses the national crisis facing women and children 
     who are losing access to quality pre-natal and maternal care 
     due to skyrocketing insurance premiums driven by frivolous 
     lawsuits;
       (2) encourages the national adoption of proven standards to 
     make the medical liability system more fair, predictable, and 
     timely;
       (3) protects the ability of injured families to get quick, 
     unlimited compensation for their economic losses while 
     setting reasonable limits for pain, suffering, and non-
     compensatory damages;
       (4) allows doctors to practice medicine in a manner that is 
     family-focused and not lawsuit-driven; and
       (5) maintains State flexibility;

     if 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4305. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 11, increase the amount by $268,000,000.
       On page 3, line 12, decrease the amount by $1,538,000,000.
       On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $17,673,000,000.
       On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $20,049,000,000.
       On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $40,873,000,000.
       On page 3, line 20., increase the amount by $268,000,000.
       On page 3, line 21, decrease the amount by $1,538,000,000.
       On page 3, line 22, decrease the amount by $17,673,000,000.
       On page 3, line 23, decrease the amount by $20,049,000,000.
       On page 3, line 24, decrease the amount by $40,873,000,000.
       On page 4, line 5, decrease the amount by $3,404,000.
       On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $23,386,000.
       On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $489,542,000.
       On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $1,435,229,000.
       On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $2,997,020,000.
       On page 4, line 14, decrease the amount by $3,404,000.
       On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $23,386,000.
       On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $489,542,000.
       On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $1,435,229,000.
       On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $2,997,020,000.
       On page 4, line 23, decrease the amount by $271,404,000.
       On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $1,561,386,000.
       On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $18,162,542,000.
       On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $21,484,229,000.
       On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $43,870,020,000.
       On page 5, line 8, decrease the amount by $271,404,000.
       On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $1,289,983,000.
       On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $19,452,525,000.
       On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $40,936,754,000.
       On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by $84,806,774,000.
       On page 5, line 16, decrease the amount by $271,404,000.
       On page 5, line 17, increase the amount by $1,289,983,000.
       On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $19,452,525,000.
       On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $40,936,754,000.
       On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $84,806,774,000.
       On page 26, line 16, decrease the amount by $3,404,000.
       On page 26, line 17, decrease the amount by $3,404,000.
       On page 26, line 20, increase the amount by $23,386,000.
       On page 26, line 21, increase the amount by $23,386,000.
       On page 26, line 24, increase the amount by $489,542,000.
       On page 26, line 25, increase the amount by $489,542,000.
       On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $1,435,229,000.
       On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $1,435,229,000.
       On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $2,997,020,000.
       On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $2,997,020,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4306. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY 
                   AND VISAS FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AND 
                   NURSES.

       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 1 or more 
     bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference 
     reports that--
       (1) provide up to $750,000,000 for improvements to border 
     security, including the construction of fencing along the 
     international border between the United States and Mexico;
       (2) provide for the recapture and use of visas that could 
     have been issued to nonimmigrants described in section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) in prior fiscal years;
       (3) provide for the recapture and use of immigrant visas 
     that could have been issued to employment-based immigrants 
     described in section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) in 
     prior fiscal years;
       (4) provide for the retention of an alien who--
       (A) is employed in the United States; and
       (B) is seeking an employment-based immigrant visa pursuant 
     to such section 203(b);
       (5) establish new fees for the issuance of such recaptured 
     nonimmigrant visas pursuant to such section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and of such recaptured immigrant visas 
     pursuant to such section 203(b) that would result in the 
     collection of an additional $750,000,000 of such fees; and
       (6) establish reasonable, additional enforcement measures 
     relating to the use of visas for nonimmigrants described in 
     such section 101(a)(5)(H)(i)(B);

     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4307. Mr. BUNNING (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and Mr. 
DeMint) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
concurrent resolution S. Res. Con. 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; which

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was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $113,000,000.
       On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $386,000,000.
       On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $414,000,000.
       On page 3, line 22, decrease the amount by $113,000,000.
       On page 3, line 23, decrease the amount by $386,000,000.
       On page 3, line 24, decrease the amount by $414,000,000.
       On page 4, line 7, decrease the amount by $113,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, decrease the amount by $386,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, decrease the amount by $414,000,000.
       On page 4, line 16, decrease the amount by $113,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, decrease the amount by $386,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, decrease the amount by $414,000,000.
       On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $113,000,000.
       On page 27, line 25, decrease the amount by $113,000,000.
       On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $386,000,000.
       On page 28, line 4, decrease the amount by $386,000,000.
       On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $414,000,000.
       On page 28, line 8, decrease the amount by $414,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4308. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 10, line 12, reduce the amount by $4,900,000.
       On page 10, line 13, reduce the amount by $4,900,000.
       On page 24, line 16, increase the amount by $4,900,000.
       On page 24, line 17, increase the amount by $4,900,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4309. Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 69, after line 25, add the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PREVENT FUNDING FOR 
                   SANCTUARY CITIES.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 
     that would ensure that funds appropriated for the Community 
     Oriented Policing Services Program are not used in violation 
     of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)), 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over--
       (1) the 6-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013; or
       (2) the 11-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4310. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Brown) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of Title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PATRIOT EMPLOYERS 
                   TAX CUT.

       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 enable a reduction in the 
     corporate tax rate for entities designated as Patriot 
     Employers because they invest in American jobs for American 
     workers, pay each employee wages sufficient to support a 
     family, remain neutral in employee organizing drives, prepare 
     workers for retirement with defined benefit or adequate 
     defined contribution plans, provide health insurance, and pay 
     the difference between regular salary and military salary for 
     all National Guard and Reserve employees who are called for 
     active duty, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4311. Mr. ALEXANDER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 18, line 16, increase the amount by $300,000,000.
       On page 18, line 17, increase the amount by $15,000,000.
       On page 18, line 21, increase the amount by $135,000,000.
       On page 18, line 25, increase the amount by $105,000,000.
       On page 19, line 4, increase the amount by $45,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $300,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $15,000,000.
       On page 27, line 21 decrease the amount by $135,000,000.
       On page 27, line 25, decrease the amount by $105,000,000.
       On page 28, line 4, decrease the amount by $45,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4312. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title II, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REQUIREMENT THAT LEGISLATION BE AVAILABLE AND SCORED 
                   7 DAYS BEFORE CONSIDERATION.

       (a) In General.--It shall not be in order to consider a 
     bill or resolution unless the text and Congressional Budget 
     Office budget score of the legislation are available on a 
     subsidy accessible congressional website 7 days before such 
     consideration.
       (b) 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4313. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title II, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SENATORS NECESSARY TO WAIVE 
                   PAYGO POINT OF ORDER FROM 60 TO 100.

       Section 201(b) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) is 
     amended by striking ``three-fifths'' both places it appears 
     and inserting ``all''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4314. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title II, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION 
                   LEGISLATION THAT FAILS TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT 
                   SPENDING.

       (a) Point of Order.--In the Senate, it shall not be in 
     order to consider any reconciliation bill, joint resolution, 
     motion, amendment, or any conference report on, or an 
     amendment between the Houses in relation to, a reconciliation 
     bill pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974, that produces an increase in gross outlays for any 
     account if taking into consideration the effect of the bill, 
     the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total 
     amount of mandatory outlays in each year over the period of 
     the reconciliation bill will exceed the 30-year average, as a 
     percentage of the United States Gross Domestic Product in any 
     year over the period of the reconciliation bill,
       (b) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended 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 subsection (a).
       (c) Determination.--For purposes of this section, the level 
     of mandatory outlays and United States Gross Domestic Product 
     shall

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     be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4315. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. STOP GROWING THE DEBT.

       (a) Stop Growing the Debt.--The concurrent resolution on 
     the budget for the budget year shall include spending and 
     revenue levels that result in the gross debt for the budget 
     year and any subsequent fiscal year covered by those 
     projections that is less than its historical thirty-year 
     average, as a percentage of the United States Gross Domestic 
     Product and shall include such provisions as are necessary to 
     protect Social Security and facilitate debt reduction.
       (b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget or any 
     conference report thereon that fails to project the gross 
     debt to be less than its historical 30-year average, as a 
     percentage of the United States Gross Domestic Product.
       (c) Suspension of Requirement During War or Low Economic 
     Growth.--
       (1) Low growth.--If the most recent of the Department of 
     Commerce's advance, preliminary, or final reports of actual 
     real economic growth indicate that the rate of real economic 
     growth (as measured by real GDP) for each of the most 
     recently reported quarter and the immediately preceding 
     quarter is less than 1 percent, this section is suspended.
       (2) War.--If a declaration of war is in effect, this 
     section is suspended.
       (d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeals.--
       (1) Waiver.--Subsections (b) and (c) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) 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, as the case may be. 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.
       (e) Budget Year.--In this section, the term ``budget year'' 
     shall have the same meaning as in section 250(c)(12) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4316. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Chambliss, and 
Mr. Isakson) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RESERVE FUND FOR SUNSET COMMISSION LEGISLATION.

       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--
       (1) provides for a bipartisan sunset commission that will 
     review Federal programs, focusing on unauthorized and low-
     performing programs;
       (2) provides for a process that will help abolish obsolete 
     and duplicative Federal programs; and
       (3) provides for improved Government accountability and 
     greater openness in Government decisionmaking;

     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4317. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
                   RESOURCES RELATED TO UNDOCUMENTED CRIMINAL 
                   ALIENS.

       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--
       (1) provides for increased Federal, State, and local 
     detention and prosecution of undocumented criminal aliens who 
     are apprehended in the United States;
       (2) provides for technology upgrades and new systems needed 
     for effective 2-way secure communication between State and 
     local law enforcement agencies and Federal law enforcement 
     agencies that handle immigration matters;
       (3) creates real-time information sharing between Federal, 
     State, and local governments and law enforcement agencies who 
     detect, apprehend, and remove undocumented criminal aliens, 
     alien absconders, and visa overstays from the United States;
       (4) strengthens cooperation between Federal, State, and 
     local law enforcement entities through enforcement 
     initiatives that train, equip, and support border law 
     enforcement officers and that fund costs associated with such 
     activities at every level; and
       (5) increases border-region personnel, including Federal 
     prosecutors and judges, who handle criminal alien immigration 
     cases and assist in the prosecution and removal of such 
     aliens from the United States;
     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4318. Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 15, line 13, increase the amount by $21,000,000.
       On page 15, line 14, increase the amount by $16,000,000.
       On page 15, line 18, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 15, line 22, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $21,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $16,000,000.
       On page 27, line 21, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 27, line 25, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4319. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 11, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 3, line 12, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
       On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
       On page 3, line 20, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 3, line 21, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
       On page 3, line 22, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
       On page 4, line 5, increase the amount by $17,000,000.
       On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $16,000,000.
       On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $9,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 4, line 14, increase the amount by $17,000,000.
       On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $16,000,000.
       On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $9,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 4, line 23, increase the amount by $20,000,000.
       On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $18,000,000.
       On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $11,000,000.
       On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by $20,000,000.
       On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $38,000,000.
       On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $49,000,000.
       On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $52,000,000.
       On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
       On page 5, line 16, increase the amount by $20,000,000.
       On page 5, line 17, increase the amount by $38,000,000.
       On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $49,000,000
       On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $52,000,000.

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       On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
       On page 21, line 16, increase the amount by $17,000,000.
       On page 21, line 17, increase the amount by $17,000,000.
       On page 21, line 20, increase the amount by $16,000,000
       On page 21, line 21, increase the amount by $16,000,000.
       On page 21, line 24, increase the amount by $9,000,000.
       On page 21, line 25, increase the amount by $9,000,000.
       On page 22, line 3, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 22, line 4, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 22, line 7, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
       On page 22, line 8, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4320. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM TAX RELIEF FUND.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would extend for 5 years the election to treat combat pay 
     excluded from gross income as earned income under the earned 
     income tax credit under section 32 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4321. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 32, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       (3) Inapplicability during declaration of war by 
     congress.--This subsection shall not apply if a declaration 
     of war by Congress is in effect.
       On page 32, strike lines 10 through 12 and insert the 
     following:
       (2) for fiscal year 2009, for the defense category, 
     $537,669,000,000 in new budget authority, for the non-defense 
     category, $470,813,000,000 in new budget authority, and 
     $1,108,449,000,000 in outlays for the defense and non-defense 
     categories combined;
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4322. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 30, after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. 202. DYNAMIC SCOREKEEPING.

       (a) Estimates of the Congressional Budget Office.--In 
     addition to any other estimates it may prepare of any 
     proposed change in Federal revenue law, a fiscal estimate 
     shall be prepared by the Congressional Budget Office of each 
     such proposed change on the basis of assumptions that 
     estimate the probable behavioral responses of personal and 
     business taxpayers and other relevant entities to that 
     proposed change and the dynamic macroeconomic feedback 
     effects of that proposed change. The preceding sentence shall 
     apply only to a proposed change that the Congressional Budget 
     Office determines, pursuant to a static fiscal estimate, has 
     a fiscal impact in excess of $250,000,000 in any fiscal year.
       (b) Disclosure of Assumptions.--Any report to Congress or 
     the public made by the Congressional Budget Office that 
     contains an estimate made under this Act of the effect that 
     any legislation will have on revenues shall be accompanied 
     by--
       (1) a written statement fully disclosing the economic, 
     technical, and behavioral assumptions that were made in 
     producing that estimate, and
       (2) the static fiscal estimate made with respect to the 
     same legislation and a written statement of the economic, 
     technical, and behavioral assumptions that were made in 
     producing that estimate.
       (c) Contracting Authority.--In performing the tasks 
     specified in this section, the Congressional Budget Office 
     may, subject to the availability of appropriations, enter 
     into contracts with universities or other private or public 
     organizations to perform such estimations or to develop 
     protocols and models for making such estimates.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4323. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 25, line 16, increase the amount by $229,000,000.
       On page 25, line 17, increase the amount by $229,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $229,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $229,000,000.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4324. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 69, after line 25, insert the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO 
                   VERIFY THE LEGAL STATUS OF ALL DRIVER'S LICENSE 
                   APPLICANTS.

       (a) In General.--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 in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports by 
     the amounts provided in such legislation for the purposes 
     described in paragraphs (1) through (3) if the legislation--
       (1) encourages States to verify the legal status of all 
     driver's license applicants;
       (2) instructs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 
     10 percent of the amount apportioned for highway construction 
     and maintenance under section 104(b) of title 23, United 
     States Code, from States that do not verify the legal status 
     of all driver's license applicants; and
       (3) redistributes funds withheld from States under 
     paragraph (2) to States that verify the legal status of all 
     driver's license applicants, in the same ratio as the 
     original apportionments under section 104(b) of title 23, 
     United States Code.
       (b) Limitation.--Revisions under subsection (a) may not be 
     made unless the legislation described in subsection (a) would 
     not increase the deficit over--
       (1) the 6-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013; or
       (2) the 11-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4325. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. DeMint) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 69, after line 25, add the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THE RIGHT OF 
                   SECRET BALLOTS.

       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 ensure that every election conducted 
     by the National Labor Relations Board is a secret-ballot 
     election designed to protect the democratic rights of every 
     employee, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4326. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                   SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT DOES NOT 
                   FULLY FUND COMPLETION OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER 
                   FENCE.

       (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
     consider any bill, resolution, amendment, amendment between 
     the Houses, motion, or conference report that provides 
     appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security that 
     does not fully fund the completion of the 700 miles of 
     pedestrian fencing required under section 102(b)(1)

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     of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
     Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note).
       (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the 
     Senate only by an affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members, 
     duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members of 
     the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the 
     Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4327. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY 
                   AND VISAS FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AND 
                   NURSES.

       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 1 or more 
     bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference 
     reports that--
       (1) provide $750,000,000 for improvements to border 
     security, including the construction of fencing along the 
     international border between the United States and Mexico;
       (2) provide for the recapture and use of visas that could 
     have been issued to nonimmigrants described in section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) in prior fiscal years;
       (3) provide for the recapture and use of immigrant visas 
     that could have been issued to employment-based immigrants 
     described in section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) in 
     prior fiscal years;
       (4) provide for the retention of an alien who--
       (A) is employed in the United States; and
       (B) is seeking an employment-based immigrant visa pursuant 
     to such section 203(b);
       (5) establish new fees for the issuance of such recaptured 
     nonimmigrant visas pursuant to such section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and of such recaptured immigrant visas 
     pursuant to such section 203(b) that would result in the 
     collection of an additional $750,000,000 of such fees; and
       (6) establish reasonable, additional enforcement measures 
     relating to the use of visas for nonimmigrants described in 
     such section 101(a)(5)(H)(i)(B);

     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4328. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. __. RESERVE FUND FOR SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM.

       If the Senate Committee on Finance reports a bill or joint 
     resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto, or a 
     conference report is submitted thereon, that provides changes 
     to the Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance 
     Benefits Program established under title II of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) by--
       (1) requiring that the Federal Old Age and Survivors Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are to 
     be used only to finance expenditures to provide retirement 
     income of future beneficiaries of such program;
       (2) ensuring that there is no change to current law 
     scheduled benefits for individuals born before January 1, 
     1952;
       (3) providing participants with the benefits of savings and 
     investment while permitting the pre-funding of at least some 
     portion of future benefits; and
       (4) ensuring that the funds made available to finance such 
     legislation do not exceed the amounts of the Chief Actuary of 
     the Social Security Administration's intermediate actuarial 
     estimates of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Trust Fund and 
     the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as published in 
     the most recent report of the Board of Trustees of such Trust 
     Funds;

     the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise 
     the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution by the amounts provided by such legislation, 
     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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4329. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
Salazar, and Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE ENERGY 
                   EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would 
     encourage--
       (1) consumers to replace old conventional wood stoves with 
     new clean wood, pellet, or corn stoves certified by the 
     Environmental Protection Agency;
       (2) consumers to install smart electricity meters in homes 
     and businesses;
       (3) the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions 
     from coal projects; and
       (4) the development of oil and natural gas resources 
     beneath the outer Continental Shelf in areas not covered by a 
     Presidential or Congressional moratorium.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4330. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. 
Clinton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 9, line 13, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
       On page 9, line 14, increase the amount by $4,000,000.
       On page 9, line 18, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $5,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $4,000,000.
       On page 27, line 21, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4331. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the Title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __ DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO BAN MEDICARE 
                   ADVANTAGE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN SALES AND 
                   MARKETING ABUSES.

       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 limit inappropriate or abusive 
     marketing tactics by private insurers and their agents 
     offering Medicare Advantage or Medicare prescription drug 
     plans by enacting any or all of the recommendations agreed to 
     by leaders of the health insurance industry on March 3, 2008, 
     including prohibitions on cold calling and telephone 
     solicitations for in-home sales appointments with Medicare 
     beneficiaries, free meals and inducements at sales events, 
     cross-selling of non-health products, and up-selling of 
     Medicare insurance products without prior consent of 
     beneficiaries, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4332. Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
Snowe, and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; as follows:

       On page 64, line 1, insert ``, including incentives or 
     other supports for the adoption of electronic prescribing 
     technology,'' after ``technology''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4333. Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The Medicaid program provides essential health care and 
     long-term care services to approximately 60,000,000 low-
     income children, pregnant women, parents, individuals with 
     disabilities, and senior citizens. It is a Federal guarantee 
     that ensures the most vulnerable will have access to needed 
     medical services.
       (2) Medicaid provides critical access to long-term care and 
     other services for the elderly and individuals living with 
     disabilities, and is the single largest provider of long-term 
     care services. Medicaid also pays for personal care and other 
     supportive services that are typically not provided by 
     private health insurance or Medicare, but are necessary to 
     enable individuals with spinal cord injuries, developmental 
     disabilities, neurological degenerative diseases, serious and 
     persistent mental illnesses, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic 
     conditions to remain in the community, to work, and to 
     maintain independence.
       (3) Medicaid supplements the Medicare program for about 
     7,500,000 low-income elderly or disabled Medicare 
     beneficiaries, assisting them with their Medicare premiums 
     and co-insurance, wrap-around benefits, and the costs of 
     nursing home care that Medicare does not cover. The Medicaid 
     program spends over $100,000,000,000 on uncovered Medicare 
     services.
       (4) Medicaid provides health insurance for more than one-
     quarter of America's children and is the largest purchaser of 
     maternity care, paying for more than one-third of all the 
     births in the United States each year. Medicaid also provides 
     critical access to care for children with disabilities, 
     covering more than 70 percent of poor children with 
     disabilities.
       (5) More than 21,000,000 women depend on Medicaid for their 
     health care. Women comprise the majority of seniors (64 
     percent) on Medicaid. Half of nonelderly women with permanent 
     mental or physical disabilities have health coverage through 
     Medicaid. Medicaid provides treatment for low-income women 
     diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer in every State.
       (6) Medicaid is the Nation's largest source of payment for 
     mental health services, HIV/AIDS care, and care for children 
     with special needs. Much of this care is either not covered 
     by private insurance or limited in scope or duration. 
     Medicaid is also a critical source of funding for health care 
     for children in foster care and for health services in 
     schools.
       (7) Medicaid funds help ensure access to care for all 
     Americans. Medicaid is the single largest source of revenue 
     for the Nation's safety net hospitals, health centers, and 
     nursing homes, and is critical to the ability of these 
     providers to adequately serve all Americans.
       (8) Medicaid serves a major role in ensuring that the 
     number of Americans without health insurance, approximately 
     47,000,000 in 2006, is not substantially higher. The system 
     of Federal matching for State Medicaid expenditures ensures 
     that Federal funds will grow as State spending increases in 
     response to unmet needs, enabling Medicaid to help buffer the 
     drop in private coverage during recessions.
       (9) The Bush Administration has issued several regulations 
     that shift Medicaid cost burdens onto States and put at risk 
     the continued availability of much-needed services. The 
     regulations relate to Federal payments to public providers, 
     and for graduate medical education, rehabilitation services, 
     school-based administration, school-based transportation, 
     optional case management services.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that administrative regulations should not--
       (1) undermine the role the Medicaid program plays as a 
     critical component of the health care system of the United 
     States;
       (2) cap Federal Medicaid spending, or otherwise shift 
     Medicaid cost burdens to State or local governments and their 
     taxpayers and health providers, forcing a reduction in access 
     to essential health services for low-income elderly 
     individuals, individuals with disabilities, and children and 
     families; or
       (3) undermine the Federal guarantee of health insurance 
     coverage Medicaid provides, which would threaten not only the 
     health care safety net of the United States, but the entire 
     health care system.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4334. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 18, line 16, increase the amount by $184,000,000.
       On page 18, line 17, increase the amount by $91,000,000.
       On page 18, line 21, increase the amount by $86,000,000.
       On page 18, line 25, increase the amount by $5,400,000.
       On page 19, line 4, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $184,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $91,000,000.
       On page 27, line 21, decrease the amount by $86,000,000.
       On page 27, line 25, decrease the amount by $5,400,000.
       On page 28, line 4, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4335. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 24, line 16, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
       On page 24, line 17, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4336. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. DeMint) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 69, after line 25, add the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THE RIGHT OF 
                   SECRET BALLOTS.

       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 ensure the right of employees to a 
     secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor 
     Relations Board, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4337. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ELIMINATING THE 
                   PERMANENT TARIFF AND TEMPORARY DUTY ON ETHANOL.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that provides for the 
     elimination of the permanent tariff on ethanol and the 
     temporary duty on ethanol without increasing taxes.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4338. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SARBANES-OXLEY 
                   REFORM.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would make 
     voluntary section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
     and the rules issued thereunder for smaller public companies.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in

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     subsection (a) would not increase the deficit over the period 
     of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period 
     of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4339. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROVIDING AN ABOVE 
                   THE LINE FEDERAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR 
                   INDIVIDUALS PURCHASING HEALTH INSURANCE OUTSIDE 
                   THE WORKPLACE.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would provide an above the line Federal income tax deduction 
     under section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
     individuals who do not receive health insurance through an 
     employer and who purchase such insurance on the private 
     market, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     taxes and 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4340. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of the resolution, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE 
                   NATIONAL AVERAGE FUEL PRICES FOR AUTOMOBILES.

       (a) Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--If the Senate is considering legislation, 
     upon a point of order being made by any Senator against 
     legislation, or any part of the legislation, that it has been 
     determined in accordance with paragraph (2) that the 
     legislation, if enacted, would result in an increase in the 
     national average fuel price for automobiles, and the point of 
     order is sustained by the Presiding Officer, the Senate shall 
     cease consideration of the legislation.
       (2) Determination.--The determination described in this 
     paragraph means a determination by the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office, in consultation with the Energy 
     Information Administration and other appropriate Government 
     agencies, that is made upon the request of a Senator for 
     review of legislation, that the legislation, or part of the 
     legislation, would, if enacted, result in an increase in the 
     national average fuel price for automobiles.
       (3) Legislation.--In this section the term ``legislation'' 
     means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report.
       (b) Waivers and Appeals.--
       (1) Waivers.--Before the Presiding Officer rules on a point 
     of order described in subsection (a)(1), any Senator may move 
     to waive the point of order and the motion to waive shall not 
     be subject to amendment. A point of order described in 
     subsection (a)(1) is waived only by the affirmative vote of 
     60 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeals.--After the Presiding Officer rules on a point 
     of order described in subsection (a)(1), any Senator may 
     appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on the point of 
     order as it applies to some or all of the provisions on which 
     the Presiding Officer ruled. A ruling of the Presiding 
     Officer on a point of order described in subsection (a)(1) is 
     sustained unless 60 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 
     sworn, vote not to sustain the ruling.
       (3) Debate.--Debate on the motion to waive under paragraph 
     (1) or on an appeal of the ruling of the Presiding Officer 
     under paragraph (2) shall be limited to 1 hour. The time 
     shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
     Majority leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate, or 
     their designees.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4341. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN 
                   NUCLEAR REPOSITORY.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would open the 
     Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository and provide for the 
     expanded use of clean, non-carbon emitting nuclear energy in 
     the United States.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4342. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE PREVENTION OF 
                   GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

       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 establish a process for continuing appropriations to 
     prevent Government shutdowns in any fiscal year in which an 
     appropriations Act is not timely enacted, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4343. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT REDUCTION PROTECTION POINT OF ORDER.

       (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
     consider any appropriations bill that does not include the 
     following provision:
       ``Sec. __.  For deposit of an additional amount into the 
     account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United 
     States Code, to reduce the public debt $____.''.
       (b) Enforcement.--For purposes of enforcing allocations 
     pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, any amendment that transfers budget authority (and the 
     outlays flowing therefrom) into the debt reduction account 
     provided by subsection (a) shall be scored so that the budget 
     authority continues to count towards the section 302(b) 
     allocation (with the outlays scored at the same level as 
     scored in the original account).
       (c) Waiver and Appeal.--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. 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).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4344. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM WITHIN THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels and limits in this resolution for a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     provides for reform within the United Nations, including 
     increased accountability in United Nations accounting, to 
     include an external audit of United Nations finances and the 
     requirement of an annual financial report, streamlining of 
     the United Nations bureaucracy, term limits for Secretaries 
     General of the United Nations, and increased contributions to 
     the budget of the United Nations by other leading member 
     states 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4345. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States

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Government for fiscal year 2009 and including appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION REFORM.

       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 
     promote flexibility in existing Federal education programs, 
     restore State and local authority in education, ensure that 
     public schools are held accountable for results to parents 
     and the public, and prevent discrimination against 
     homeschoolers, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4346. Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Hatch) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AN ABOVE-THE-LINE 
                   FEDERAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE PURCHASE 
                   OF HEALTH INSURANCE.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, 
     or conference report that provides for an above-the-line 
     Federal income tax deduction for the purchase of health 
     insurance by individuals ineligible for employer-provided 
     coverage, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4347. Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
Coburn, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Corker, Mr. Burr, Mr. Graham, Mr. Obama, Mrs. 
Clinton, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Barrasso, 
and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2009 and including appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 
and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FISCAL YEAR 2009 EARMARK MORATORIUM.

       (a) Bills and Joint Resolutions.--
       (1) Point of order.--It shall not be in order to--
       (A) consider a bill or joint resolution reported by any 
     committee that includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, or 
     limited tariff benefit; or
       (B) a Senate bill or joint resolution not reported by 
     committee that includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, or 
     limited tariff benefit.
       (2) Return to the calendar.--If a point of order is 
     sustained under this subsection, the bill or joint resolution 
     shall be returned to the calendar until compliance with this 
     subsection has been achieved.
       (b) Conference Report.--
       (1) Point of order.--It shall not be in order to vote on 
     the adoption of a report of a committee of conference if the 
     report includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited 
     tariff benefit.
       (2) Return to the calendar.--If a point of order is 
     sustained under this subsection, the conference report shall 
     be returned to the calendar.
       (c) Floor Amendment.--It shall not be in order to consider 
     an amendment to a bill or joint resolution if the amendment 
     contains an earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff 
     benefit.
       (d) Amendment Between the Houses.--
       (1) In general.--It shall not be in order to consider an 
     amendment between the Houses if that amendment includes an 
     earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit.
       (2) Return to the calendar.--If a point of order is 
     sustained under this subsection, the amendment between the 
     Houses shall be returned to the calendar until compliance 
     with this subsection has been achieved.
       (e) Waiver.--Any Senator may move to waive any or all 
     points of order under this section by an affirmative vote of 
     two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (f) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section--
       (1) the term ``earmark'' means a provision or report 
     language included primarily at the request of a Senator or 
     Member of the House of Representatives providing, 
     authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of 
     discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other 
     spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, 
     grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an 
     entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or 
     Congressional district, other than through a statutory or 
     administrative formula-driven or competitive award process;
       (2) the term ``limited tax benefit'' means any revenue 
     provision that--
       (A) provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or 
     preference to a particular beneficiary or limited group of 
     beneficiaries under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
       (B) contains eligibility criteria that are not uniform in 
     application with respect to potential beneficiaries of such 
     provision; and
       (3) the term ``limited tariff benefit'' means a provision 
     modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
     in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities.
       (g) Fiscal Year 2009.--The point of order under this 
     section shall only apply to legislation providing or 
     authorizing discretionary budget authority, credit authority 
     or other spending authority, providing a federal tax 
     deduction, credit, or exclusion, or modifying the Harmonized 
     Tariff Schedule in fiscal year 2009.
       (h) Application.--This rule shall not apply to any 
     authorization of appropriations to a Federal entity if such 
     authorization is not specifically targeted to a State, 
     locality or congressional district.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4348. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 10, decrease the amount by $3,692,000,000.
       On page 3, line 11, decrease the amount by $10,346,000,000.
       On page 3, line 12, decrease the amount by $8,659,000,000.
       On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $2,396,000,000.
       On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $1,855,000,000.
       On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $1,696,000,000.
       On page 3, line 19, decrease the amount by $3,692,000,000.
       On page 3, line 20, decrease the amount by $10,346,000,000.
       On page 3, line 21, decrease the amount by $8,659,000,000.
       On page 3, line 22, decrease the amount by $2,396,000,000.
       On page 3, line 23, decrease the amount by $1,855,000,000.
       On page 3, line 24, decrease the amount by $1,696,000,000.
       On page 4, line 4, increase the amount by $28,000,000.
       On page 4, line 5, increase the amount by $223,000,000.
       On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $675,000,000.
       On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $1,068,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $1,277,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $1,446,000,000.
       On page 4, line 13, increase the amount by $28,000,000.
       On page 4, line 14, increase the amount by $223,000,000.
       On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $675,000,000.
       On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $1,068,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $1,277,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $1,446,000,000.
       On page 4, line 22, increase the amount by $3,720,000,000.
       On page 4, line 23, increase the amount by $10,569,000,000.
       On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $9,334,000,000.
       On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $3,464,000,000.
       On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $3,132,000,000.
       On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $3,142,000,000.
       On page 5, line 7, increase the amount by $3,720,000,000.
       On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by $14,289,000,000.
       On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $23,623,000,000.
       On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $27,087,000,000.
       On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $30,218,000,000.
       On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by $33,360,000,000.
       On page 5, line 15, increase the amount by $3,720,000,000.
       On page 5, line 16, increase the amount by $14,289,000,000.
       On page 5, line 17, increase the amount by $23,623,000,000.
       On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $27,087,000,000.
       On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $30,218,000,000.
       On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $33,360,000,000.

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       On page 26, line 12, increase the amount by $28,000,000.
       On page 26, line 13, increase the amount by $28,000,000.
       On page 26, line 16, increase the amount by $223,000,000.
       On page 26, line 17, increase the amount by $223,000,000.
       On page 26, line 20, increase the amount by $675,000,000.
       On page 26, line 21, increase the amount by $675,000,000.
       On page 26, line 24, increase the amount by $1,068,000,000.
       On page 26, line 25, increase the amount by $1,068,000,000.
       On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $1,277,000,000.
       On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $1,277,000,000.
       On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $1,446,000,000.
       On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $1,446,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4349. Mrs. DOLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2009 and including appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 
and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 17, line 14, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 17, line 15, increase the amount by $2,700,000.
       On page 17, line 18, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 17, line 19, increase the amount by $11,400,000.
       On page 17, line 22, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 17, line 23, increase the amount by $18,900,000.
       On page 18, line 2, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 18, line 3, increase the amount by $22,800,000.
       On page 18, line 6, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 18, line 7, increase the amount by $25,800,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $2,700,000.
       On page 27, line 20, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 27, line 21, decrease the amount by $11,400,000.
       On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 27, line 25, decrease the amount by $18,900,000.
       On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 28, line 4, decrease the amount by $22,800,000.
       On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
       On page 28, line 8, decrease the amount by $25,800,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4350. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; as follows:

       On page 18 line 16, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 18, line 17, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4351. Mr. OBAMA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 10, line 12, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
       On page 10, line 13, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4352. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, and Mr. 
Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

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

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would expand the level of Food and 
     Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture food safety 
     inspection services, develop risk-based approaches to the 
     inspection of domestic and imported food products, provide 
     for infrastructure and information technology systems to 
     enhance the safety of the food supply, expand scientific 
     capacity and training programs, invest in improved 
     surveillance and testing technologies, provide for foodborne 
     illness awareness and education programs, and enhance the 
     Food and Drug Administration's recall authority, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for such purposes 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4353. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON FUNDING OF FAMILY ADVOCACY 
                   PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) According to the 2007 American Psychological 
     Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment 
     Services for Youth, Families and Service Members--
       (A) Members of the United States Armed Forces and their 
     families face challenges and stressful conditions that are 
     unprecedented in recent history, including unrelenting 
     operational demands and recurring deployments in combat 
     zones;
       (B) having a primary caretaker deployed to a war zone for 
     an indeterminate period is among the more stressful events a 
     child can experience; and
       (C) hardships for military families may include marital 
     problems, financial difficulties, destabilization of family 
     relationships, potential infidelity, mental health issues, 
     academic problems for their children, and substandard 
     communications conditions during deployment.
       (2) A study sponsored by the Army and published in the 
     August 2007 Journal of the American Medical Association 
     reports--
       (A) that ``[a]mong families of enlisted soldiers in the US 
     Army with substantiated reports of child maltreatment, rates 
     of maltreatment are greater when the soldiers are on combat-
     related deployments. Enhanced support services may be needed 
     for military families during periods of increased stress''; 
     and
       (B) that ``among Army families of enlisted soldiers with at 
     least 1 substantiated report of child maltreatment who 
     experienced deployments, the rate of child maltreatment was 
     42% greater during deployments compared with times when 
     soldiers were not deployed''.
       (3) Increased numbers of members of the Armed Forces and 
     their families are making use of nonmedical counseling 
     services provided by the Family Advocacy Program of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (4) Programs such as the Family Advocacy Program directly 
     affect military retention and are essential to the health and 
     welfare of the members of the Armed Forces, their families, 
     and the communities in which they live.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the funding levels in this resolution for fiscal year 2009 
     for national defense (050) assume that not less than 
     $401,000,000 should be made available for the Family Advocacy 
     Program of the Department of Defense.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4354. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 50 after line 9 insert the following:

     SEC. __. BUDGET SCOPE OF CONFERENCE POINT OF ORDER.

       (a) Point of Order.--It is not in order for the Senate to 
     consider a bill reported pursuant to reconciliation 
     directives in the most recently agreed to budget resolution 
     (or a conference report on that measure) if the Senate did 
     not originally commit reconciliation directives to the 
     conferees on the budget resolution.
       (b) Waiver.--Any Senator may move to waive the point of 
     order by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 
     duly chosen and sworn.
       (c) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required in the

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     Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on the 
     point of order raised under this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4355. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED 
                   RESCISSIONS.

       (a) Introduction.--
       (1) Bill.--The Committee on Appropriations may report a 
     bill implementing the rescissions proposed in a special 
     message transmitted by the President under part B of title X 
     of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to be considered under 
     the procedures provided in this section.
       (2) Member introduced.--If the President transmits a 
     special message under part B of title X of the Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974 and the Committee on Appropriations fails 
     to report a bill under paragraph (1) not later than 5 session 
     days after the message is transmitted, any Member may 
     introduce a bill implementing the rescissions proposed in 
     that special message which shall be considered under the 
     procedures provided in this section.
       (3) Limitation.--Not more than 4 bills may be considered 
     under this section in any calendar year.
       (4) Resubmittal rejected.--If Congress rejects a bill 
     introduced under this section or if an item is stricken under 
     subsection (d)(2), that item or any of the dollar amounts of 
     discretionary budget authority may not be reconsidered under 
     this section.
       (5) Analysis by congressional budget office.--
       (A) In general.--Upon the reporting or introduction of any 
     bill under this subsection, the Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office shall prepare an estimate of the savings in 
     budget authority or outlays resulting from the proposed 
     rescissions in such bill.
       (B) Methodology.--The estimates required by subparagraph 
     (A) shall be made relative to the most recent levels 
     calculated consistent with the methodology used to calculate 
     a baseline under section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Control Act of 1985 and included with a budget 
     submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code, and transmitted to the chairmen of the Committees on 
     the Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate.
       (6) Enactment of rescission bill.--
       (A) Deficit reduction.--Amounts of budget authority that 
     are rescinded pursuant to enactment of a bill as provided 
     under this section shall be dedicated only to deficit 
     reduction and shall not be used as an offset for other 
     spending increases.
       (B) Adjustment of budget targets.--Not later than 5 days 
     after the date of enactment of a rescission bill as provided 
     under this section, the chairs of the Committees on the 
     Budget of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall 
     revise spending and revenue levels under section 311(a) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and adjust the committee 
     allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 or any other adjustments as may be appropriate to 
     reflect the rescission. The appropriate committees shall 
     report revised allocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the revised allocations and aggregates 
     shall be considered to have been made under a concurrent 
     resolution on the budget agreed to under the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 and shall be enforced under the procedures 
     of that Act.
       (b) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
       (1) In general.--A vote on final passage of the bill 
     introduced or reported under subsection (a) shall be taken in 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives on or before the 
     close of the 10th day of session of that House after the date 
     of the introduction of the bill in that House. If the bill is 
     passed, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause 
     the bill to be transmitted to the Senate before the close of 
     the next day of session of the House.
       (2) Consideration in the house of representatives.--
       (A) Motion to proceed to consideration.--A motion in the 
     House of Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a 
     bill under this subsection shall be highly privileged and not 
     debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 
     nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
     which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
       (B) Limits on debate.--Debate in the House of 
     Representatives on a bill under this subsection shall not 
     exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally between those 
     favoring and those opposing the bill. A motion further to 
     limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order 
     to move to recommit a bill under this subsection or to move 
     to reconsider the vote by which the bill is agreed to or 
     disagreed to.
       (C) Appeals.--Appeals from decisions of the chair relating 
     to the application of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill under 
     this section shall be decided without debate.
       (D) Application of house rules.--Except to the extent 
     specifically provided in this section, consideration of a 
     bill under this section shall be governed by the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives. It shall not be in order in the 
     House of Representatives to consider any bill introduced 
     pursuant to the provisions of this section under a suspension 
     of the rules or under a special rule.
       (3) Consideration in the senate.--
       (A) Motion to proceed to consideration.--A motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of a bill under this subsection 
     in the Senate shall not be debatable. A motion to proceed to 
     consideration of the bill may be made even though a previous 
     motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. It shall not 
     be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
     motion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed to.
       (B) Limits on debate.--Debate in the Senate on a bill under 
     this subsection, and all debatable motions and appeals in 
     connection therewith, shall not exceed a total of 10 hours, 
     equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
       (C) Debatable motions and appeals.--Debate in the Senate on 
     any debatable motion or appeal in connection with a bill 
     under this subsection shall be limited to not more than 1 
     hour from the time allotted for debate, to be equally divided 
     and controlled in the usual form.
       (D) Motion to limit debate.--A motion in the Senate to 
     further limit debate on a bill under this subsection is not 
     debatable.
       (E) Motion to recommit.--A motion to recommit a bill under 
     this subsection is not in order.
       (F) Consideration of the house bill.--
       (i) In general.--If the Senate has received the House 
     companion bill to the bill introduced in the Senate prior to 
     the vote required under paragraph (1)(C), then the Senate 
     shall consider, and the vote under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
     occur on, the House companion bill.
       (ii) Procedure after vote on senate bill.--If the Senate 
     votes, pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), on the bill introduced 
     in the Senate, the Senate bill shall be held pending receipt 
     of the House message on the bill. Upon receipt of the House 
     companion bill, the House bill shall be deemed to be 
     considered, read for the third time, and the vote on passage 
     of the Senate bill shall be considered to be the vote on the 
     bill received from the House.
       (4) Conference.--
       (A) Proceeding to conference.--If, after a bill is agreed 
     to in the Senate or House of Representatives, the bill has 
     been amended, the bill shall be deemed to be at a stage of 
     disagreement and motions to proceed to conference are deemed 
     to be agreed to. There shall be no motions to instruct. The 
     Senate and the House of Representatives shall appoint 
     conferees not later than 1 day of session after the vote of 
     the second House under paragraph (1)(C). Debate on any 
     debatable motion in relation to the conference report shall 
     be limited to 1 hour to be equally divided between and 
     controlled by the mover and manager of a bill, or their 
     designees.
       (B) Period of consideration.--A conference report on a bill 
     considered under this section shall be reported out not later 
     than 3 days of session after the vote of the second House 
     under paragraph (1)(C). If the 2 Houses are unable to agree 
     in conference, the committee on conference shall report out 
     the text of the President's original bill.
       (C) Scope of conference.--The matter committed to 
     conference for purposes of scope of conference shall be 
     limited to the matter stricken from the text of the bills 
     passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.
       (D) Procedure.--Debate on a conference report on any bill 
     considered under this section shall be limited to 2 hours 
     equally divided between the manager of the conference report 
     and the minority leader, or his designee.
       (E) Final passage.--A vote on final passage of the 
     conference report shall be taken in the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives on or before the close of the 2nd day of 
     session of that House after the date the conference report is 
     submitted in that House. If the conference report is passed, 
     the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives, as the case may be, shall cause the 
     conference report to be transmitted to the other House before 
     the close of the next day of session of that House.
       (F) Action of second house.--
       (i) In general.--If the Senate has received from the House, 
     the conference report in relation to the special message from 
     the President, prior to the vote required under subparagraph 
     (E), then the Senate shall consider, and the vote under 
     subparagraph (E) shall occur on the House conference report.
       (ii) Procedure after vote on senate conference report.--If 
     the Senate votes, pursuant to subparagraph (E), on the 
     conference report in relation to the special message from the 
     President, then immediately following that vote, or upon 
     receipt of the House conference report, the House conference 
     report shall be deemed to be considered, read the third time, 
     and the vote on passage of the Senate conference report shall 
     be considered to be the vote on the conference report 
     received from the House.
       (c) Amendments and Divisions Prohibited.--

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       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
     amendment to a bill considered under this section shall be in 
     order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
       (2) Motion to strike.--
       (A) Senate.--During consideration of a bill in the Senate, 
     any Member of the Senate may move to strike any proposed 
     rescission of a dollar amount of discretionary budget 
     authority if supported by 11 other Members.
       (B) House.--During consideration of a bill in the House of 
     Representatives, any Member of the House of Representatives 
     may move to strike any proposed rescission of a dollar amount 
     of discretionary budget authority if supported by 49 other 
     Members.
       (3) No division.--It shall not be in order to demand a 
     division of any motions to strike in the Senate, or the 
     division of the question in the House of Representatives (or 
     in a Committee of the Whole).
       (4) No suspension.--No motion to suspend the application of 
     this subsection shall be in order in the Senate or in the 
     House of Representatives, nor shall it be in order in the 
     House of Representatives to suspend the application of this 
     subsection by unanimous consent.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriation law.--The term ``appropriation law'' 
     means any general or special appropriation Act, and any Act 
     or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or 
     continuing appropriations.
       (2) Calendar day.--The term ``calendar day'' means a 
     standard 24-hour period beginning at midnight.
       (3) Days of session.--The term ``days of session'' means 
     only those days on which both Houses of Congress are in 
     session.
       (4) Dollar amount of discretionary budget authority.--The 
     term ``dollar amount of discretionary budget authority'' 
     means the dollar amount of budget authority and obligation 
     limitations--
       (A) specified in an appropriation law, or the dollar amount 
     of budget authority required to be allocated by a specific 
     proviso in an appropriation law for which a specific dollar 
     figure was not included;
       (B) represented separately in any table, chart, or 
     explanatory text included in the statement of managers or the 
     governing committee report accompanying such law;
       (C) required to be allocated for a specific program, 
     project, or activity in a law (other than an appropriation 
     law) that mandates obligations from or within accounts, 
     programs, projects, or activities for which budget authority 
     or an obligation limitation is provided in an appropriation 
     law;
       (D) represented by the product of the estimated procurement 
     cost and the total quantity of items specified in an 
     appropriation law or included in the statement of managers or 
     the governing committee report accompanying such law; or
       (E) represented by the product of the estimated procurement 
     cost and the total quantity of items required to be provided 
     in a law (other than an appropriation law) that mandates 
     obligations from accounts, programs, projects, or activities 
     for which dollar amount of discretionary budget authority or 
     an obligation limitation is provided in an appropriation law.
       (5) Rescind or rescission.--The term ``rescind'' or 
     ``rescission'' means to reduce or repeal a provision of law 
     to prevent that budget authority or obligation limitation 
     from having legal force or effect.
       (e) Effective Date and Expiration.--
       (1) Effective date.--This section shall--
       (A) take effect on the date of adoption of this resolution; 
     and
       (B) apply to any dollar amount of discretionary budget 
     authority provided in an Act enacted on or after the date of 
     adoption of this resolution.
       (2) Expiration.--This section shall expire on December 31, 
     2011.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4356. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 30, after line 23 insert the following:

     SEC.__. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that 
     would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget 
     deficit for any one of the three applicable time periods as 
     measured in paragraphs (5) and (6).
       (2) Applicable time periods.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``applicable time period'' means any 1 
     of the 3 following periods:
       (A) The first year covered by the most recently adopted 
     concurrent resolution on the budget.
       (B) The period of the first 5 fiscal years covered by the 
     most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
       (C) The period of the 5 fiscal years following the first 5 
     fiscal years covered in the most recently adopted concurrent 
     resolution on the budget.
       (3) Direct-spending legislation.--For purposes of this 
     subsection and except as provided in paragraph (4), the term 
     ``direct-spending legislation'' means any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     affects direct spending as that term is defined by, and 
     interpreted for purposes of, the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       (4) Exclusion.--For purposes of this subsection, the terms 
     ``direct-spending legislation'' and ``revenue legislation'' 
     do not include--
       (A) any concurrent resolution on the budget; or
       (B) any provision of legislation that affects the full 
     funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance 
     guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment of 
     the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
       (5) Baseline.--Estimates prepared pursuant to this section 
     shall--
       (A) use the baseline surplus or deficit used for the most 
     recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget as 
     adjusted for any changes in revenues or direct spending 
     assumed by such resolution; and
       (B) be calculated consistent with the requirements of 
     subsections (b) through (d) of section 257 of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal 
     years beyond those covered by that concurrent resolution on 
     the budget.
       (6) Prior surplus.--If direct spending or revenue 
     legislation increases the on-budget deficit or causes an on-
     budget deficit when taken individually, it must also increase 
     the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit when 
     taken together with all direct spending and revenue 
     legislation enacted since the beginning of the calendar year 
     not accounted for in the baseline under paragraph (5)(A), 
     except that direct spending or revenue effects resulting in 
     net deficit reduction enacted pursuant to reconciliation 
     instructions since the beginning of that same calendar year 
     shall not be available.
       (b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the 
     Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (c) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
     the Chair relating to any provision of this section 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, as the case may be. 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.
       (d) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and 
     revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis 
     of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate.
       (e) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 
     2017.
       (f) Repeal.--In the Senate, subsection (a) through (d) of 
     section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall no 
     longer apply.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4357. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 30 after line 23 insert the following:

     SEC.  . POINT OF ORDER--20% LIMIT ON NEW DIRECT SPENDING IN 
                   RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION.

       (a) (1) In the Senate, it shall not be in order to consider 
     any reconciliation bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     or any conference report on, or an amendment between the 
     Houses in relation to, a reconciliation bill pursuant to 
     section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, that 
     produces an increase in outlays, if--
       (A) the effect of all the provisions in the jurisdiction of 
     any committee is to create gross new direct spending that 
     exceeds 20% of the total savings instruction to the 
     committee; or
       (B) the effect of the adoption of an amendment would result 
     in gross new direct spending that exceeds 20% of the total 
     savings instruction to the committee.
       (2)(A) A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised 
     by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (B) Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended 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 paragraph (1).
       (C) If a point of order is sustained under paragraph (1) 
     against a conference report in the Senate, the report shall 
     be disposed of as provided in section 313( d) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4358. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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

[[Page S2182]]

through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 30 after line 23 insert the following:

     SEC.  . SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SPENDING RECONCILIATION 
                   DIRECTIVES THAT DO NOT PROVIDE FOR DE MINIMIS 
                   AMOUNT IN SAVINGS.

       (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
     consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget 
     year or any amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or 
     conference report thereon that provides reconciliation 
     directives, pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, that do not instruct committees to 
     achieve savings in their jurisdictions that total at least 
     0.5% of on-budget mandatory outlays, excluding net interest, 
     over the budget resolution budget window.
       (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate--
       (1) Waiver.--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.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
     the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
       (c) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of mandatory spending and reductions 
     therefrom shall be determined by the Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget on the basis of estimates provided by 
     the Congressional Budget Office.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4359. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 30 after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST TAX INCREASE MEASURES.

       (a) In the Senate, it shall not be in order to consider any 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
     report that includes a Federal income tax rate increase. In 
     this paragraph the term ``Federal income tax rate increase'' 
     means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) 
     of Section 1, or to Section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage as a rate 
     of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax imposed by any 
     such section.
       (b) Effectiveness.--This section shall not apply to any 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
     report if the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint 
     Committee on Taxation submit a report to the Chairman of the 
     Budget Committee certifying that all of the $290 billion 
     annual tax gap has been recovered by the United States 
     Treasury.
       (c) Waiver.--If no report referred to in section (b) is 
     received, this section may be waived or suspended only by an 
     affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen 
     and sworn.
       (d) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
     the Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be 
     limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, as 
     the case may be. 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4360. Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of Title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE MEDICARE 
                   ADVANTAGE.

       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 limit inappropriate and abusive 
     marketing tactics by private health insurers and their agents 
     offering Medicare Advantage plans, require Private Fee-For-
     Service plans that offer individual policies under the 
     Medicare Advantage program to contract with a sufficient 
     number of health care providers in areas where at least two 
     Medicare Advantage plan has a provider network in place, 
     address issues related to Private Fee-For-Service plans 
     sponsored by employers, require Private Fee-for-Service and 
     Special Needs Plans to report appropriate quality measures, 
     or make other such reforms that improve the quality and 
     integrity of the Medicare Advantage program, while promoting 
     accurate information for Medicare beneficiaries about 
     Medicare Advantage, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4361. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Brown) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 21, line 16, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 21, line 17, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4362. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ESTABLISHING A 
                   COMMISSION TO CALCULATE THE PORTION OF THE 
                   NATIONAL DEBT THAT HAS RESULTED FROM PRESIDENT 
                   BUSH'S FISCAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO 
                   RECOMMEND EQUITABLE METHODS FOR PAYING DOWN 
                   THAT PORTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would establish a commission to calculate and study the 
     portion of the national debt that resulted from President 
     George W. Bush's fiscal and economic policies, including the 
     tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and the funding and operation of 
     the war in Iraq, and to recommend equitable methods for 
     paying down that portion of the national debt, 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.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4363. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 18, line 16, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 18, line 17, increase the amount by $11,830,000.
       On page 18, line 20, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 18, line 21, increase the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 18, line 24, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 18, line 25, increase the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 19, line 3, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 19, line 4, increase the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 19, line 7, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 19, line 8, increase the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $11,830,000.
       On page 27, line 20, decrease the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 27, line 21, decrease the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 27, line 25, decrease the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 28, line 4, decrease the amount by $12,870,000.
       On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $13,000,000.
       On page 28, line 8, decrease the amount by $12,870,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4364. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for

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fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions 
     or conference reports that provide for a demonstration 
     project under which a State may apply under section 1115 of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) to provide medical 
     assistance under a State Medicaid program to HIV-infected 
     individuals who are not eligible for medical assistance under 
     such program under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)), by the amounts 
     provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4365. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mrs. Dole) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 49, strike line 24 and insert the following:

     SEC. 225. ENERGY TAX EXTENDERS.

       Section 201(a)(4) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) any provision of legislation that extends or modifies 
     a tax provision that was amended in or enacted by subtitles A 
     through E of title XIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     (Public Law 109-58; 119 Stat. 594) for any taxable year 
     beginning after December 31, 2008.''.

     SEC. 226. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4366. Mr. ROBERTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 45, after line 25, insert the following:

     SEC. 215. POINT OF ORDER LIMITING NEW EDUCATION LEGISLATION.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that establishes or contains an 
     authorization for a Federal elementary or secondary education 
     program that was not in existence on the day preceding the 
     date of adoption of this resolution, until the amount 
     appropriated to carry out part B of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) for a 
     fiscal year is sufficient to provide to all States the 
     maximum amount of grants the States are eligible to receive 
     under section 611(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(a)(2)) 
     for such fiscal year.
       (b) Limitation.--The point of order described in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply with respect to legislation containing an 
     authorization for a Federal elementary or secondary education 
     program that was in existence on the date of adoption of this 
     resolution.
       (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended only 
     by the affirmative vote of three fifths of the Members, duly 
     chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
     an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 
     raised under subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4367. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION UNTIL OUR 
                   TROOPS ARE SUPPORTED.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Point of order.--For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, it 
     shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, 
     resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or 
     conference report after the last day of May of the current 
     fiscal year, unless a supplemental appropriations bill that 
     fully funds the Armed Forces of the United States deployed 
     for Operation Iraqi Freedom or operation Enduring Freedom is 
     passed by the Senate.
       (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``supplemental appropriations'' shall mean any bill, 
     amendment, amendment between house, or provision that 
     provides emergency supplemental funding for the Departments 
     of Defense, State, and Homeland Security.
       (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--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.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
     the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4368. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; as follows:

       On page 24, line 16, increase amount by $50,000,000.
       On page 24, line 17, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
       On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4369. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

  At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION CONTAINING NON-
                   TRANSPARENT EARMARKS.

       (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, conference report, or 
     message between Houses if such legislation or its 
     accompanying report language or joint explanatory statement 
     provides or recommends funding for a congressionally directed 
     spending item, limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff 
     benefit.
       (2) Definition.--In this section, the terms 
     ``congressionally directed spending item'', ``limited tax 
     benefit'', and ``limited tariff benefit'' shall have the same 
     meanings as in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
       (b) Exceptions.--Congressionally directed spending items, 
     limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits, may be 
     provided or recommended if the following items are disclosed 
     on the Internet in a searchable format next to each 
     congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, 
     or limited tariff benefit at least 48 hours prior to the 
     consideration of legislation containing such congressionally 
     directed spending items, limited tax benefits, or limited 
     tariff benefits--
       (1) the names and addresses of the intended recipients of 
     requested congressionally directed spending items, limited 
     tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits;
       (2) all Federal campaign contributions in each of the 
     previous 2 years received by the official campaign or 
     political action committees of the Senator who requested the 
     congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, 
     or limited tariff benefit from the employees, executives, 
     board members, and trustees of the following--
       (A) the intended recipient of each requested 
     congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, 
     or limited tariff benefit; and
       (B) any organization hired to lobby for Federal funding for 
     the intended recipient of each requested congressionally 
     directed spending item, limited tax benefit, or limited 
     tariff benefit;
       (3) whether the Senator or the immediate family (son, 
     daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 
     mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, 
     father-in-law, brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister), 
     staff, or immediate family (son, daughter, stepson, 
     stepdaughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father, 
     stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, 
     brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister) of the staff of 
     the Senator who requested the congressionally directed 
     spending items, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff 
     benefits can be reasonably expected to benefit financially 
     from the enactment of each requested congressionally directed 
     spending item, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff 
     benefit.
       (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.

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       (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 he 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.
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  SA 4370. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Obama, 
Mr. Pryor, Ms. Collins, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
Kennedy, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. Clinton) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 62, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       (3) Medicare low-income programs.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that makes improvements to the Medicare 
     Savings Program and the Medicare part D low-income subsidy 
     program, which may include the provisions that--
       (A) provide for an increase in the asset allowance under 
     the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program so that 
     individuals with very limited incomes, but modest retirement 
     savings, can obtain the assistance that the Medicare 
     Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
     was intended to deliver with respect to the payment of 
     premiums and cost-sharing under the Medicare part D 
     prescription drug benefit;
       (B) provide for an update in the income and asset 
     allowances under the Medicare Savings Program and provide for 
     an annual inflationary adjustment for those allowances; and
       (C) improve outreach and enrollment under the Medicare 
     Savings Program and the Medicare part D low-income subsidy 
     program to ensure that low-income senior citizens and other 
     low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the low-income 
     assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the 
     improvements provided for in such legislation,

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
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  SA 4371. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. DeMint) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A BALANCED BUDGET 
                   AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) On January 26, 1996, the House of Representatives 
     passed H.J. Res. 1, the Balanced Budget Amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, by the necessary two-third 
     majority (300-32);
       (2) On June 6, 1996, the Senate fell three votes short of 
     the two-thirds majority vote needed to pass the Balanced 
     Budget Amendment; and
       (3) Since the House of Representatives and Senate last 
     voted on the Balanced Budget Amendment, the debt held by the 
     public has grown from $3,700,000,000,000 to more than 
     $5,000,000,000,000.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that a 
     Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States should be voted on at the earliest opportunity.
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  SA 4372. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 12, decrease the amount by $500,000,000.
       On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $19,500,000,000.
       On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $18,600,000,000.
       On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $19,900,000,000.
       On page 3, line 21, decrease the amount by $500,000,000.
       On page 3, line 22, decrease the amount by 
     $19,500,000,000..
       On page 3, line 23, decrease the amount by $18,600,000,000.
       On page 3, line 24, decrease the amount by $19,900,000,000.
       On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $11,000,000.
       On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $499,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $1,453,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $2,468,000,000.
       On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $11,000,000.
       On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $499,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $1,453,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $2,468,000,000.
       On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $511,000,000.
       On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $19,999,000,000.
       On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $20,053,000,000.
       On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $22,368,000,000.
       On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $511,000,000.
       On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $20,509,000,000.
       On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $40,563,000,000.
       On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by $62,930,000,000.
       On page 5, line 17, increase the amount by $511,000,000.
       On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $20,509,000,000.
       On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $40,563,000,000.
       On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $62,930,000,000.
       On page 26, line 20, increase the amount by $11,000,000.
       On page 26, line 21, increase the amount by $11,000,000.
       On page 26, line 24, increase the amount by $499,000,000.
       On page 26, line 25, increase the amount by $499,000,000.
       On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $1,453,000,000.
       On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $1,453,000,000.
       On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $2,468,000,000.
       On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $2,468,000,000.
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  SA 4373. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; as 
follows:

       On page 69, after line 25, add the following:

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR STUDYING THE 
                   EFFECT OF COOPERATION WITH LOCAL LAW 
                   ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for the purposes described in 
     this subsection, that would require an assessment of the 
     impact of local ordinances that prohibit cooperation with the 
     Department of Homeland Security, with respect to--
       (1) the effectiveness of law enforcement, success rates of 
     criminal prosecutions, reporting of criminal activity by 
     immigrant victims of crime, and level of public safety;
       (2) changes in the number of reported incidents or 
     complaints of racial profiling; or
       (3) wrongful detention of United States Citizens and Lawful 
     Permanent Residents.
       (b) Limitation.--The authority under subsection (a) may not 
     be used unless the legislation described in subsection (a) 
     would not increase the deficit over--
       (1) the total period comprised of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013; or
       (2) the total period comprised of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4374. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S.

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Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert:

     SEC.__. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TOUGHER INSPECTION 
                   OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD AND TO ENFORCE OF OUR TRADE 
                   LAWS SHRIMP, CRAWFISH, AND OTHER SEAFOOD.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), 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--
       (1) Would enforce tougher inspection requirements for 
     imported seafood products to ensure that imported seafood 
     products do not contain chemicals, antibiotics, or any 
     treatments that are banned in the United States; or
       (2) Would increase the enforcement of our trade laws, 
     especially focusing on the problem of antidumping duties that 
     are owed but are not collected, especially on crawfish from 
     China and other seafood products.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) 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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  SA 4375. Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following
       Expressing the Sense of the Senate regarding extending the 
     ``Moving to Work Agreement'' between the Philadelphia Housing 
     Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development under the same terms and conditions for a period 
     of one-year.
       Whereas, the current ``Moving to Work Agreement'' between 
     the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development is set to expire on March 31, 
     2008;
       Whereas, Philadelphia Housing Authority has used this 
     agreement to leverage private and public resources to develop 
     mixed-income communities that address the needs of the very 
     poor while reshaping entire communities, and estimates that 
     it will lose $50 million dollars as a result of the agreement 
     expiring;
       Whereas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development has refused to grant Philadelphia Housing 
     Authority a 1-year extension of its current agreement under 
     the same terms and conditions;
       Whereas, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development alleges that Philadelphia Housing Authority is in 
     violation of fair housing requirements;
       Whereas, Philadelphia Housing Authority denies this 
     assertion and is challenging the matter in Federal District 
     Court;
       Whereas, there is a suspicion of retaliation with regard to 
     the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 
     refusal to grant a one-year extension of Philadelphia Housing 
     Authorities current agreement under the same terms and 
     conditions;
       Whereas, it was discovered that two senior level officials 
     at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development had 
     the following email exchange, referring to Philadelphia 
     Housing Authority Executive Director Carl R. Greene:
       Then-Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 
     Orlando J. Cabrera wrote, ``Would you like me to make his 
     life less happy? If so, how?''
       Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
     Kim Kendrick wrote, ``Take away all of his Federal dollars?''
       Then-Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 
     Orlando J. Cabrera wrote, ``Let me look into that 
     possibility.''
       Whereas, these emails were the subject of questioning by 
     Senator Casey to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson at a March 12, 2008 
     hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and 
     Urban Affairs; and by Senator Specter to Secretary Jackson at 
     a March 13, 2008 hearing before the Senate Appropriations 
     Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 
     and Related Agencies;
       Whereas, Philadelphia Housing Authority's allegation of 
     retaliation appears to be substantiated by these newly 
     discovered emails;
       Whereas, the expiration of the current agreement is 
     imminent and will negatively impact 84,000 low-income 
     residents of Philadelphia: Now, therefore, be it:
       Resolved, That it is the Sense of the Senate that 
     Philadelphia Housing Authority should be granted a one-year 
     extension of its ``Moving to Work Agreement'' with the U.S. 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development under the same 
     terms and conditions as the current agreement.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4376. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; as follows:

       On page 68, line 4, insert ``, and through reducing 
     barriers to cafeteria plans'' after ``consumer protections''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4377. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

     SEC. __. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR--

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise allocations, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution by the 
     amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
     motion, or conference report that would apply the provisions 
     of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to 
     military recruitment centers.
       (b) deficit neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4378. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 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; as follows:

       On page 3, line 12, increase the amount by $4,297,000,000.
       On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $655,000,000.
       On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $2,645,000,000.
       On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $1,030,000,000.
       On page 3, line 21, increase the amount by $4,297,000,000.
       On page 3, line 22, decrease the amount by $655,000,000.
       On page 3, line 23, decrease the amount by $2,645,000,000.
       On page 3, line 24, decrease the amount by $1,030,000,000.
       On page 4, line 6, decrease the amount by $91,000,000.
       On page 4, line 7, decrease the amount by $180,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, decrease the amount by $114,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, decrease the amount by $35,000,000.
       On page 4, line 15, decrease the amount by $91,000,000.
       On page 4, line 16, decrease the amount by $180,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, decrease the amount by $114,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, decrease the amount by $35,000,000.
       On page 4, line 24, decrease the amount by $4,388,000,000.
       On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $475,000,000.
       On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $2,531,000,000.
       On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $995,000,000.
       On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $4,388,000,000.
       On page 5, line 10, decrease the amount by $3,913,000,000.
       On page 5, line 11, decrease the amount by $1,382,000,000.
       On page 5, line 12, decrease the amount by $387,000,000.
       On page 5, line 17, decrease the amount by $4,388,000,000.
       On page 5, line 18, decrease the amount by $3,913,000,000.
       On page 5, line 19, decrease the amount by $1,382,000,000.
       On page 5, line 20, decrease the amount by $387,000,000.
       On page 26, line 20, decrease the amount by $91,000,000.
       On page 26, line 21, decrease the amount by $91,000,000.
       On page 26, line 24, decrease the amount by $180,000,000.
       On page 26, line 25, decrease the amount by $180,000,000.
       On page 27, line 3, decrease the amount by $114,000,000.
       On page 27, line 4, decrease the amount by $114,000,000.
       On page 27, line 7, decrease the amount by $35,000,000.
       On page 27, line 8, decrease the amount by $35,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4379. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
herm to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States

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Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; as follows:

       On page 60, line 8, insert ``or pregnant women'' after 
     ``children''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4380. Mr. DeMINT proposed an amendment to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 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; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RESERVE FUND FOR BERKELEY RESCISSIONS AND FUNDING 
                   THE MARINE CORPS.

       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 rescind any congressionally directed spending item for 
     the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in 
     such city, and transfer such funds to the Marine Corps, 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.

                          ____________________