[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 49 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2238-S2250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                                  2009

  On Thursday, March 13, 2008, the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 70, as 
amended, as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 70

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

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

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

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

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

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

                        TITLE II--BUDGET PROCESS

                Subtitle A--Direct Spending and Receipts

Sec. 201. Senate point of order against legislation increasing long-
              term deficits.
Sec. 202. Point of order--20 percent limit on new direct spending in 
              reconciliation legislation.

                   Subtitle B--Discretionary Spending

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

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

Sec. 221. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
              aggregates.
Sec. 222. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 223. Debt disclosure requirement.
Sec. 224. Debt disclosures.
Sec. 225. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
Sec. 226. Circuit breaker to protect social security.

                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen and stimulate the 
              American economy and provide economic relief to American 
              families.
Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving education.
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for investments in America's 
              infrastructure.
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy, 
              preserve the environment, and provide for certain 
              settlements.
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
              wounded servicemembers and for a post 9/11 GI bill.
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve America's health.
Sec. 307. Sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid administrative 
              regulations.
Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for judicial pay and judgeships.
Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the alternative 
              minimum tax for individuals.
Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase 
              in the income tax on social security benefits.
Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and 
              production.
Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for immigration reform and 
              enforcement.
Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration 
              enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.
Sec. 314. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for science parks.
Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for 3-year extension of pilot 
              program for national and state background checks on 
              direct patient access employees of long-term care 
              facilities or providers.
Sec. 316. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for studying the effect of 
              cooperation with local law enforcement.
Sec. 317. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to terminate deductions from 
              mineral revenue payments to States.
Sec. 318. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the establishment of State 
              Internet sites for the disclosure of information relating 
              to payments made under the State Medicaid program.
Sec. 319. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for traumatic brain injury.
Sec. 320. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve animal health and 
              disease program.
Sec. 321. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for implementation of Yellow 
              Ribbon Reintegration Program for members of the National 
              Guard and Reserve.

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Sec. 322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reimbursing States for the 
              costs of housing undocumented criminal aliens.
Sec. 323. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for acceleration of phased-in 
              eligibility for concurrent receipt of benefits.
Sec. 324. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for increased use of recovery 
              audits.
Sec. 325. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for food safety.
Sec. 326. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for demonstration project 
              regarding Medicaid coverage of low-income HIV-infected 
              individuals.
Sec. 327. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reducing income threshold 
              for refundable child tax credit to $10,000 with no 
              inflation adjustment.
Sec. 328. Sense of the Senate regarding the diversion of funds set 
              aside for USPTO.
Sec. 329. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education reform.
Sec. 330. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for processing naturalization 
              applications.
Sec. 331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for access to quality and 
              affordable health insurance.
Sec. 332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program.
Sec. 333. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to ban medicare advantage and 
              prescription drug plan sales and marketing abuses.
Sec. 334. 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.
Sec. 335. Sense of the Senate regarding a balanced budget amendment to 
              the constitution of the United States.
Sec. 336. 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.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

     SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

       The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013:
       (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution:
       (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 
     follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $1,871,888,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,012,123,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,198,259,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,404,151,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,488,673,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,613,013,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be changed are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: -$7,652,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: -$85,001,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $15,395,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: -$23,874,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: -$164,642,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: -$141,727,000,000.
       (2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement 
     of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new 
     budget authority are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $2,579,255,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,533,754,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,555,400,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,687,858,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,731,412,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,860,070,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget 
     outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $2,476,755,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,575,733,417,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,616,367,415,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,709,059,134,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,722,339,034,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,852,077,000,000.
       (4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this 
     resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $604,867,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $563,610,417,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $418,108,415,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $304,908,134,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $233,666,034,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $239,064,000,000.
       (5) Public debt.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of 
     the public debt are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $9,618,792,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $10,278,552,417,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $10,805,195,832,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $11,215,113,966,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $11,580,563,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $11,934,375,000,000.
       (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
     debt held by the public are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $5,418,643,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $5,803,409,417,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $6,032,754,832,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $6,129,282,966,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $6,141,593,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $6,153,706,000,000.

     SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.

       (a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate 
     enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $666,705,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $695,876,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $733,571,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $772,468,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $809,798,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $845,044,000,000.
       (b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate 
     enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $463,746,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $493,607,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $520,158,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $540,487,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $566,249,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $595,544,000,000.
       (c) Social Security Administrative Expenses.--In the 
     Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget 
     outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for 
     administrative expenses are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,160,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,989,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,473,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,476,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,623,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,581,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,788,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,759,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $5,962,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,932,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,147,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,115,000,000.

     SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 
                   EXPENSES.

       In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and 
     budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary 
     administrative expenses are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $250,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $237,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $258,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $258,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $267,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $267,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $275,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $275,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $284,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $284,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $293,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $293,000,000.

     SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

       Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 
     levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 
     2008 through 2013 for each major functional category are:
       (1) National Defense (050):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $693,273,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $604,289,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $612,502,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $645,437,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $550,414,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $607,033,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $557,026,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $577,925,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $565,800,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $561,666,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $576,223,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $570,503,000,000.
       (2) International Affairs (150):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $38,608,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,771,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $38,609,416,000.
       (B) Outlays, $39,449,416,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $35,663,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,040,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,322,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,932,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,866,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,705,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $37,024,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $35,243,000,000.
       (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,407,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $26,456,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,536,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $28,987,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,369,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $30,490,000,000.

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       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,848,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $31,167,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $31,332,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $31,650,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $31,816,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $31,635,000,000.
       (4) Energy (270):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $3,548,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $1,681,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,026,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $2,843,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,935,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $4,533,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,916,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,481,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,895,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,981,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $6,858,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $6,159,000,000.
       (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $32,560,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $34,440,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $39,835,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $36,309,500,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $34,730,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,039,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $35,424,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,217,875,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,111,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,394,875,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $36,812,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $37,756,875,000.
       (6) Agriculture (350):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,423,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,495,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,377,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,127,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,532,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,501,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,665,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,659,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,994,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,176,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $22,307,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,513,000,000.
       (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,516,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $5,441,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $9,350,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $3,764,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $11,133,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $3,562,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $7,713,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $824,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $8,028,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $492,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $8,254,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $195,000,000.
       (8) Transportation (400):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $87,289,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $81,370,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $75,131,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $83,311,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,075,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $85,504,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $78,913,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $86,779,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $79,763,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $88,515,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $80,640,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $90,534,000,000.
       (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $20,029,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $27,819,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,195,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,486,700,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,265,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $22,115,400,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,503,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $18,240,900,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,746,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $16,186,800,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $15,979,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $15,872,800,000.
       (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
     (500):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $91,381,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $90,912,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $94,679,670,000.
       (B) Outlays, $91,253,020,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $103,891,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $98,615,482,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $106,486,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $103,806,534,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $108,255,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $104,904,034,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $101,660,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $103,626,000,000.
       (11) Health (550):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $286,108,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $287,211,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $313,109,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $310,603,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $324,863,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $325,576,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $345,558,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $344,795,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $368,273,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $367,110,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $393,283,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $391,805,000,000.
       (12) Medicare (570):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $390,458,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $390,454,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $420,389,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $420,150,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $445,380,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $445,513,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $494,477,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $494,305,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $491,399,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $491,163,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $551,039,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $551,161,000,000.
       (13) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $393,591,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $394,613,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $414,369,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $419,023,200,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $416,322,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $418,871,200,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $425,435,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $426,242,100,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $411,468,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $411,597,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $426,718,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $426,611,400,000.
       (14) Social Security (650):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,378,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $19,378,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,308,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,308,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,794,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,794,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,330,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $27,330,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,342,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $30,342,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $33,162,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000.
       (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $86,365,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $83,551,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $93,319,584,000.
       (B) Outlays, $92,397,584,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $95,615,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $95,399,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $100,959,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $100,749,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $97,782,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $97,064,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $103,241,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $102,521,000,000.
       (16) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,282,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $44,322,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,432,330,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,896,297,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,018,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,714,333,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,907,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,113,500,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,819,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,089,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,768,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,706,000,000.
       (17) General Government (800):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $56,407,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $56,920,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:

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       (A) New budget authority, $24,477,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $24,435,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,972,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,172,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $20,395,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,407,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $20,796,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,940,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,107,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $20,991,000,000.
       (18) Net Interest (900):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $349,462,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $349,462,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $335,110,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $335,110,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $372,253,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $372,253,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $409,810,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $409,810,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $435,762,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $435,762,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $451,980,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $451,980,000,000.
       (19) Allowances (920):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $9,500,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $9,500,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$14,941,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$4,099,300,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,179,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$10,713,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,466,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$9,360,775,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, -$8,916,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$9,295,675,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, -$9,110,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$10,206,075,000.
       (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, -$86,330,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$86,330,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, -$67,060,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$67,060,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, -$70,645,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$70,645,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, -$73,364,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$73,364,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, -$76,104,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$76,104,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, -$79,691,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, -$79,691,000,000.

                        TITLE II--BUDGET PROCESS

                Subtitle A--Direct Spending and Receipts

     SEC. 201. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION 
                   INCREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS.

       (a) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the 
     extent practicable, prepare for each bill and joint 
     resolution reported from committee (except measures within 
     the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations), and 
     amendments thereto and conference reports thereon, an 
     estimate of whether the measure would cause, relative to 
     current law, a net increase in deficits in excess of $0 in 
     any of the 4 consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the 
     first fiscal year that is 10 years after the budget year 
     provided for in the most recently adopted concurrent 
     resolution on the budget.
       (b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that would cause a net increase in deficits 
     in excess of $0 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-year periods 
     described in subsection (a).
       (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
       (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only 
     by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
     chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
     an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 
     raised under this section.
       (d) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of net deficit increases shall be 
     determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget.
       (e) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 
     2017.
       (f) Repeal.--In the Senate, subsections (a) through (d) and 
     subsection (f) of section 203 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th 
     Congress) shall no longer apply.

     SEC. 202. POINT OF ORDER--20 PERCENT 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--
       (2) the effect of all the provisions in the jurisdiction of 
     any committee is to create gross new direct spending that 
     exceeds 20 percent of the total savings instruction to the 
     committee; or
       (3) the effect of the adoption of an amendment would result 
     in gross new direct spending that exceeds 20 percent of the 
     total savings instruction to the committee.
       (b) 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.
       (1) 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).
       (2) 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.

                   Subtitle B--Discretionary Spending

     SEC. 211. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS, PROGRAM INTEGRITY 
                   INITIATIVES, AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

       (a) Senate Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
     any bill or joint resolution (or amendment, motion, or 
     conference report on that bill or joint resolution) that 
     would cause the discretionary spending limits in this section 
     to be exceeded.
       (2) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--
       (A) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or suspended in 
     the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
     the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (B) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
     the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall 
     be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or 
     joint resolution. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under this subsection.
       (b) Senate Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate 
     and as used in this section, the term ``discretionary 
     spending limit'' means--
       (1) for fiscal year 2008, $1,055,478,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and $1,093,343,000,000 in outlays; and
       (2) for fiscal year 2009, $1,008,482,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and $1,108,449,000,000 in outlays;

     as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in 
     subsection (c).
       (c) Adjustments in the Senate.--
       (1) In general.--After the reporting of a bill or joint 
     resolution relating to any matter described in paragraph (2), 
     or the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of 
     a conference report thereon--
       (A) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     adjust the discretionary spending limits, budgetary 
     aggregates, and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new budget 
     authority in that measure for that purpose and the outlays 
     flowing therefrom; and
       (B) following any adjustment under subparagraph (A), the 
     Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately 
     revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this 
     subsection.
       (2) Matters described.--Matters referred to in paragraph 
     (1) are as follows:
       (A) Continuing disability reviews and ssi 
     redeterminations.--If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
     making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 
     $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and 
     Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social 
     Security Administration, and provides an additional 
     appropriation of up to $240,000,000 for continuing disability 
     reviews and Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for 
     the Social Security Administration, then the discretionary 
     spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to 
     exceed $240,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (B) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 for the Internal 
     Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to address the 
     Federal tax gap (taxes owed but not paid) and provides an 
     additional appropriation of up to $490,000,000 for the 
     Internal Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to 
     address the Federal tax gap, then the discretionary spending 
     limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
     and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed 
     $490,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (C) Health care fraud and abuse control.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 to the

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     Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program at the Department 
     of Health and Human Services, then the discretionary spending 
     limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
     and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed 
     $198,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (D) Unemployment insurance improper payment reviews.--If a 
     bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations 
     for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $10,000,000 for in-
     person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 
     unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, and provides 
     an additional appropriation of up to $40,000,000 for in-
     person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 
     unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, then the 
     discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Senate 
     Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, 
     but not to exceed $40,000,000 in budget authority and outlays 
     flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (E) Comparative effectiveness research at the agency for 
     healthcare research and quality.--If a bill or joint 
     resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year 
     2009 that appropriates $30,000,000 for comparative 
     effectiveness research as authorized under section 1013 of 
     the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization 
     Act of 2003, and provides an additional appropriation of up 
     to $70,000,000 for that purpose, then the discretionary 
     spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to 
     exceed $70,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 2009 
     and the outlays flowing therefrom.
       (F) Reducing waste in defense contracting.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates up to $100,000,000 to the 
     Department of Defense for additional activities to reduce 
     waste, fraud, abuse, and overpayments in defense contracting; 
     achieve the legal requirement to submit auditable financial 
     statements; or reduce waste by improving accounting for and 
     ordering of spare parts; subject contracts performed outside 
     the United States to the same ethics, control, and reporting 
     requirements as those performed domestically, then the 
     discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and aggregates may be adjusted 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, 
     but not to exceed $100,000,000 in budget authority and 
     outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (3) Adjustments for costs of the wars in iraq and 
     afghanistan.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget may adjust the discretionary spending limits, 
     allocations to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and 
     aggregates for one or more--
       (A) bills reported by the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations or passed by the House of Representatives;
       (B) joint resolutions or amendments reported by the Senate 
     Committee on Appropriations;
       (C) amendments between the Houses received from the House 
     of Representatives or Senate amendments offered by the 
     authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; or
       (D) conference reports;

     making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 or 2009 for the 
     wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes (and so designated pursuant to 
     this paragraph), up to $108,056,000,000 in budget authority 
     for fiscal year 2008 and the new outlays flowing therefrom, 
     and up to $70,000,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 
     2009 and the new outlays flowing therefrom.
       (d) Oversight of Government Performance.--In the Senate, 
     all committees are directed to review programs within their 
     jurisdictions to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program 
     spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by 
     Government Accountability Office reports. Based on these 
     oversight efforts and committee performance reviews of 
     programs within their jurisdictions, committees are directed 
     to include recommendations for improved governmental 
     performance in their annual views and estimates reports 
     required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974 to the Committees on the Budget.
       (e) Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008.--If 
     legislation making supplemental appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2008 is enacted, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
     the Budget shall make the appropriate adjustments in 
     allocations, aggregates, discretionary spending limits, and 
     other levels of new budget authority and outlays to reflect 
     the difference between such measure and the corresponding 
     levels assumed in this resolution.
       (f) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, subsections (a), (b), 
     (c), (e), and (f) of section 207 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th 
     Congress) shall no longer apply.

     SEC. 212. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Point of order.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, 
     joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report 
     that would provide an advance appropriation.
       (2) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
     appropriation'' means any new budget authority provided in a 
     bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that first becomes available for any fiscal year 
     after 2009, or any new budget authority provided in a bill or 
     joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2010, that first becomes 
     available for any fiscal year after 2010.
       (b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
       (1) for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for programs, projects, 
     activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory 
     statement of managers accompanying this resolution under the 
     heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in 
     an aggregate amount not to exceed $29,352,000,000 in new 
     budget authority in each year; and
       (2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
       (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under subsection (a).
       (d) Form of Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
     section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a 
     conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any 
     Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order 
     being sustained, such material contained in such conference 
     report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 
     to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede 
     from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or 
     concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as 
     the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of 
     only that portion of the conference report or House 
     amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such 
     motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which 
     such point of order is sustained against a conference report 
     (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by 
     operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be 
     in order.
       (f) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 206(a) of S. 
     Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply.

     SEC. 213. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS OF 
                   APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION THAT CONSTITUTE 
                   CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS WITH NET COSTS.

       (a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to 
     consider any appropriations legislation, including any 
     amendment thereto, motion in relation thereto, or conference 
     report thereon, that includes any provision which constitutes 
     a change in a mandatory program producing net costs, as 
     defined in subsection (b), that would have been estimated as 
     affecting direct spending or receipts under section 252 of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) were they included 
     in legislation other than appropriations legislation. A point 
     of order pursuant to this section shall be raised against 
     such provision or provisions as described in subsections (e) 
     and (f).
       (b) Changes in Mandatory Programs Producing Net Costs.--A 
     provision or provisions shall be subject to a point of order 
     pursuant to this section if--
       (1) the provision would increase budget authority in at 
     least 1 of the 9 fiscal years that follow the budget year and 
     over the period of the total of the budget year and the 9 
     fiscal years following the budget year;
       (2) the provision would increase net outlays over the 
     period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the 
     budget year; and
       (3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in 
     the legislation would increase net outlays as measured over 
     the period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the 
     budget year.
       (c) Determination.--The determination of whether a 
     provision is subject to a point of order pursuant to this 
     section shall be made by the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate.
       (d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be 
     waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote 
     of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An 
     affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the 
     Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
     an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 
     raised under this section.
       (e) General Point of Order.--It shall be in order for a 
     Senator to raise a single point of order that several 
     provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer 
     may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the 
     provisions against which the Senator raised the point of 
     order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of 
     order as to some of the provisions (including provisions of 
     an amendment, motion, or conference report) against which the 
     Senator raised the point of order, then only those

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     provisions (including provision of an amendment, motion, or 
     conference report) against which the Presiding Officer 
     sustains the point of order shall be deemed stricken pursuant 
     to this section. Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a 
     point of order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of 
     order as it applies to some or all of the provisions against 
     which the point of order was raised. Such a motion to waive 
     is amendable in accordance with rules and precedents of the 
     Senate. After the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of 
     order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding 
     Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or all 
     of the provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
       (f) Form of the Point of Order.--When the Senate is 
     considering a conference report on, or an amendment between 
     the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order 
     being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such 
     point of order being sustained, such material contained in 
     such conference report or amendment shall be deemed stricken, 
     and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of 
     whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur 
     with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment 
     with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 
     amendment shall consist of only that portion of the 
     conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not 
     so stricken. Any such motion shall be debatable. In any case 
     in which such point of order is sustained against a 
     conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such 
     conference report by operation of this subsection), no 
     further amendment shall be in order.
       (g) Effectiveness.--This section shall not apply to any 
     provision constituting a change in a mandatory program in 
     appropriations legislation if such provision has been enacted 
     in each of the 3 fiscal years prior to the budget year.

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

       In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 2009a of title 
     39, United States Code, the joint explanatory statement 
     accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
     resolution on the budget shall include in its allocations 
     under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the 
     discretionary administrative expenses of the Postal Service.

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

     SEC. 221. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 
                   AND AGGREGATES.

       (a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and 
     aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall--
       (1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
       (2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
       (3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 
     practicable.
       (b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised 
     allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments 
     shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in 
     this resolution.
       (c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this 
     resolution the levels of new budget authority, outlays, 
     direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, 
     deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal 
     years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget.

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

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

     SEC. 223. DEBT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

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

     ``SEC. __. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

       ``(a) In General.--The levels assumed in this  budget 
     resolution allow the gross Federal debt of the nation to 
     rise/fall by $______ from the current year, fiscal year 20__, 
     to the fifth year of the budget window, fiscal year 20__.
       ``(b) Per Person.--The levels assumed in this  budget 
     resolution allow the gross Federal debt of the nation to 
     rise/fall by $____ on every United States citizen from the 
     current year, fiscal year 20__ to the fifth year of the 
     budget window, fiscal year 20__.
       ``(c) Social Security.--The levels assumed in this budget 
     resolution project that $____ of the Social Security surplus 
     will be spent over the 5-year budget window, fiscal years 
     20__-20__, on things other than Social Security which 
     represents __ percent of the projected Social Security 
     surplus over this period.''.
       (b) Social Security.--If any portion of the Social Security 
     surplus is projected to be spent and/or the gross Federal 
     debt in the fifth year of the budget window is greater than 
     the debt projected in the current year, as described in the 
     debt disclosure section described in subsection (a) of this 
     section, the report, print, or statement of managers 
     accompanying the budget resolution shall contain a section 
     that--
       (1) details the circumstances making it in the national 
     interest to allow Federal debt to increase rather than taking 
     steps to reduce the debt; and
       (2) provides a justification for allowing the surpluses in 
     the Social Security Trust Fund to be spent on other functions 
     of Government even as the baby boom generation retires, 
     program costs are projected to rise dramatically, the debt 
     owed to Social Security is about to come due, and the Trust 
     Fund is projected to go insolvent.
       (c) Definitions.--The term ``gross Federal debt'' described 
     above represents nominal increases in gross Federal debt 
     measured at the end of each fiscal year during the period of 
     the budget, not debt as a percentage of gross domestic 
     product, and not levels relative to baseline projections.

     SEC. 224. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

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

     SEC. 225. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

     SEC. 226. CIRCUIT BREAKER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.

       (a) Circuit Breaker.--If in any year the Congressional 
     Budget Office, in its report pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 projects an on-budget 
     deficit (excluding Social Security) for the budget year or 
     any subsequent fiscal year covered by those projections, then 
     the concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget year 
     shall reduce on-budget deficits relative to the projections 
     of Congressional Budget Office and put the budget on a path 
     to achieve on-budget balance within 5 years, and shall 
     include such provisions as are necessary to protect Social 
     Security and facilitate deficit reduction, except it shall 
     not contain any reduction in Social Security benefits.
       (b) Point of Order.--If in any year the Congressional 
     Budget Office, in its report pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 projects an on-budget 
     deficit for the budget year or any subsequent fiscal year 
     covered by those projections, it shall not be in order in the 
     Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     the budget year or any conference report thereon that fails 
     to reduce on-budget deficits relative to the projections of 
     Congressional Budget Office and put the budget on a path to 
     achieve on-budget balance within 5 years.
       (c) Amendments to Budget Resolution.--If in any year the 
     Congressional Budget Office, in its report pursuant to 
     section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     projects an on-budget deficit for the budget year or any 
     subsequent fiscal year covered by those projections, it shall 
     not be in order in the Senate to consider an amendment to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget that would increase on-
     budget deficits relative to the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget in any fiscal year covered by that concurrent 
     resolution on the budget or cause the budget to fail to 
     achieve on-budget balance within 5 years.
       (d) 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 the real gross domestic product) for 
     each of the most recently reported quarter and the 
     immediately preceding quarter is less than zero percent, this 
     section is suspended.
       (2) War.--If a declaration of war is in effect, this 
     section is suspended.
       (e) 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

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     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.
       (f) 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.

                        TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

     SEC. 301. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN AND 
                   STIMULATE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND PROVIDE 
                   ECONOMIC RELIEF TO AMERICAN FAMILIES.

       (a) Tax Relief.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
     the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     that would provide tax relief, including extensions of 
     expiring tax relief, reinstatement of expired tax relief, 
     such as enhanced charitable giving from individual retirement 
     accounts, including life-income gifts, and refundable tax 
     relief and incentivizing utilization of accumulated 
     alternative minimum tax and research and development credits, 
     by the amounts provided in that legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (b) Manufacturing.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
     the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference 
     reports, including tax legislation, that would revitalize the 
     United States domestic manufacturing sector by increasing 
     Federal research and development, by expanding the scope and 
     effectiveness of manufacturing programs across the Federal 
     government, by increasing efforts to train and retrain 
     manufacturing workers, by increasing support for development 
     of alternative fuels and leap-ahead automotive and energy 
     technologies, or by establishing tax incentives to encourage 
     the continued production in the United States of advanced 
     technologies and the infrastructure to support such 
     technologies, by the amounts provided in that legislation for 
     those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (c) Housing.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or 
     committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 
     motions, or conference reports that would provide housing 
     assistance, which may include low income rental assistance, 
     or establish an affordable housing fund financed by the 
     housing government sponsored enterprises or other sources, by 
     the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
       (d) Flood Insurance Reform.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide 
     for flood insurance reform and modernization, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
       (e) Trade.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     relating to trade agreements, preferences, sanctions, 
     enforcement, or customs, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (f) Economic Relief for American Families.--The Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations 
     of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     which--
       (1) reauthorizes the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
     Families supplemental grants or makes improvements to the 
     Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, child 
     welfare programs, or the child support enforcement program;
       (2) provides up to $5,000,000,000 for the child care 
     entitlement to States;
       (3) provides up to $40,000,000 for the emergency food 
     assistance program established under the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.);
       (4) improves the unemployment compensation program; or
       (5) reauthorizes the trade adjustment assistance programs;

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (g) America's Farms and Economic Investment in Rural 
     America.--
       (1) Farm bill.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     that provide for the reauthorization of the programs of the 
     Food Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or prior Acts, 
     authorize similar or related programs, provide for revenue 
     changes, or any combination of the preceding purposes, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes up to 
     $15,000,000,000 over the period of the total of fiscal years 
     2008 through 2013, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (2) County payments.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee 
     on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or 
     committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 
     limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     provide for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools 
     and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
     393), make changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 
     1976 (Public Law 94-565), or both, by the amounts provided by 
     that legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING 
                   EDUCATION.

       (a) Federal Pell Grant.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 
     motions, or conference reports that would make higher 
     education more accessible or more affordable, which may 
     include increasing funding for the Federal Pell Grant program 
     or increasing Federal student loan limits, facilitate 
     modernization of school facilities through renovation or 
     construction bonds, reduce the cost of teachers' out-of-
     pocket expenses for school supplies, or provide tax 
     incentives for highly-qualified teachers to serve in high-
     needs schools, by the amounts provided in such legislation 
     for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2018. The legislation may include 
     tax benefits and other revenue provisions.
       (b) Improving Education.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels and 
     limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     would improve student achievement during secondary education, 
     including middle school completion, high school graduation 
     and preparing students for higher education and the 
     workforce, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     such purpose, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN 
                   AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

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

     SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INVEST IN CLEAN 
                   ENERGY, PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PROVIDE 
                   FOR CERTAIN SETTLEMENTS.

       (a) Energy and the Environment.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels and 
     limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     would decrease greenhouse gas emissions, reduce our Nation's 
     dependence on imported energy, produce green jobs, or 
     preserve or protect national parks, oceans, or coastal areas, 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018. The legislation may include tax 
     legislation such as a proposal to extend for 5 years energy 
     tax incentives like the production tax credit for electricity 
     produced from renewable resources,

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     the biodiesel production tax credit, or the Clean Renewable 
     Energy Bond program, to provide a tax credit for clean 
     burning wood stoves, a tax credit for production of 
     cellulosic ethanol, a tax credit for plug-in hybrid vehicles, 
     or provisions to encourage energy efficient buildings, 
     products, and power plants. Tax legislation under this 
     section may be paid for by adjustments to sections 167(h)(1) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as it relates to 
     integrated oil companies.
       (b) Settlements.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
     the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or 
     committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports that would fulfill 
     the purposes of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement 
     Act or implement a Navajo Nation water rights settlement and 
     other provisions authorized by the Northwestern New Mexico 
     Rural Water Projects Act, by the amounts provided by that 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS 
                   AND WOUNDED SERVICEMEMBERS AND FOR A POST 9/11 
                   GI BILL.

       (a) Veterans and Wounded Servicemembers.--The Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations 
     of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     which would--
       (1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or 
     disability benefits for wounded or disabled military 
     personnel or veterans;
       (2) provide for or increase benefits to Filipino veterans 
     of World War II, their survivors and dependents;
       (3) allow for the transfer of education benefits from 
     servicemembers to family members or veterans (including the 
     elimination of the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan 
     annuities and veterans' dependency and indemnity 
     compensation);
       (4) providing for the continuing payment to members of the 
     Armed Forces who are retired or separated from the Armed 
     Forces due to a combat-related injury after September 11, 
     2001, of bonuses that such members were entitled to before 
     the retirement or separation and would continue to be 
     entitled to such members were not retired or separated; or
       (5) enhance programs and activities to increase the 
     availability of health care and other veterans services for 
     veterans living in rural areas;

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation does not include 
     increased fees charged to veterans for pharmacy co-payments, 
     annual enrollment, or third-party insurance payment offsets, 
     and further provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (b) Post 9/11 GI Bill.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports which 
     would enhance educational benefits of service members and 
     veterans with service on active duty in the Armed Forces on 
     or after September 11, 2001, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE AMERICA'S 
                   HEALTH.

       (a) SCHIP.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     provides up to $50,000,000,000 in outlays over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 for 
     reauthorization of SCHIP, if such legislation maintains 
     coverage for those currently enrolled in SCHIP, continues 
     efforts to enroll uninsured children who are already eligible 
     for SCHIP or Medicaid but are not enrolled, or supports 
     States in their efforts to move forward in covering more 
     children or pregnant women, by the amounts provided in that 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that the outlay 
     adjustment shall not exceed $50,000,000,000 in outlays over 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, 
     and provided that such legislation would not increase the 
     deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 
     2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 
     2008 through 2018.
       (b) Medicare Improvements.--
       (1) Physician payments.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that increases the reimbursement rate for 
     physician services under section 1848(d) of the Social 
     Security Act and that includes financial incentives for 
     physicians to improve the quality and efficiency of items and 
     services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries through the use 
     of consensus-based quality measures, by the amounts provided 
     in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (2) Other improvements to medicare.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that makes improvements to the Medicare 
     program, which may include improvements to the prescription 
     drug benefit under Medicare Part D, adjustments to the 
     Medicare Savings Program, and reductions in beneficiary cost-
     sharing for preventive benefits under Medicare Part B, or 
     measures to encourage physicians to train in primary care 
     residencies and attract more physicians and other health care 
     providers to States that face a shortage of health care 
     providers, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     those purposes up to $10,000,000,000, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (3) Electronic prescribing.--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 promote the deployment and use of 
     electronic prescribing technologies through financial 
     incentives, including grants and bonus payments, and 
     potential adjustments in the Medicare reimbursement 
     mechanisms for physicians, 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.
       (4) Rural equity payment policies.--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--
       (A) preserves existing Medicare payment provisions 
     supporting America's rural health care delivery system; and
       (B) promotes Medicare payment policies that increase access 
     to quality health care in isolated and underserved rural 
     areas,

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (5) Medicare low-income programs.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that makes improvements to the Medicare 
     Savings Program and the Medicare part D low-income subsidy 
     program, which may include the provisions that--
       (A) provide for an increase in the asset allowance under 
     the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program so that 
     individuals with very limited incomes, but modest retirement 
     savings, can obtain the assistance that the Medicare 
     Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
     was intended to deliver with respect to the payment of 
     premiums and cost-sharing under the Medicare part D 
     prescription drug benefit;
       (B) provide for an update in the income and asset 
     allowances under the Medicare Savings Program and provide for 
     an annual inflationary adjustment for those allowances; and
       (C) improve outreach and enrollment under the Medicare 
     Savings Program and the Medicare part D low-income subsidy 
     program to ensure that low-income senior citizens and other 
     low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the low-income 
     assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the 
     improvements provided for in such legislation,

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (c) Health Care Quality, Effectiveness, Efficiency, and 
     Transparency.--
       (1) Comparative effectiveness research.--The Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations 
     of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     that establish a new Federal or public-private initiative for 
     comparative effectiveness research, by the amounts provided 
     in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (2) Improving the health care system.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill, 
     joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report 
     that--
       (A) creates a framework and parameters for the use of 
     Medicare data for the purpose of conducting research, public 
     reporting, and

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     other activities to evaluate health care safety, 
     effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and resource utilization 
     in Federal programs and the private health care system; and
       (B) includes provisions to protect beneficiary privacy and 
     to prevent disclosure of proprietary or trade secret 
     information with respect to the transfer and use of such 
     data;

     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 2008 
     through 2018.
       (3) Health information technology and adherence to best 
     practices.--
       (A) Health information technology.--The Chairman of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the 
     allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and 
     other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution for 1 
     or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that provide incentives or other support 
     for adoption of modern information technology, including 
     incentives or other supports for the adoption of electronic 
     prescribing technology, to improve quality and protect 
     privacy in health care, such as activities by the Department 
     of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
     integrate their electronic health record data, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 
     such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (B) Adherence to best practices.--The Chairman of the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the 
     allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and 
     other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution for 1 
     or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that provide incentives for Medicare 
     providers or suppliers to comply with, where available and 
     medically appropriate, clinical protocols identified as best 
     practices, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     that purpose, provided in the Senate that such legislation 
     would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (d) Food and Drug Administration.--
       (1) Regulation.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
     the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint 
     resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that 
     authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to regulate 
     products and assess user fees on manufacturers and importers 
     of those products to cover the cost of the Food and Drug 
     Administration's regulatory activities, by the amounts 
     provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
       (2) Drug importation.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee 
     on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and 
     other levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 
     motion, amendment, or conference report that permits the safe 
     importation of prescription drugs approved by the Food and 
     Drug Administration from a specified list of countries, by 
     the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.
       (e) Medicaid.--
       (1) Rules or administrative actions.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that includes provisions regarding the 
     final rule published on May 29, 2007, on pages 29748 through 
     29836 of volume 72, Federal Register (relating to parts 433, 
     447, and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations) or any 
     other rule or other administrative action that would affect 
     the Medicaid program or SCHIP in a similar manner, or place 
     restrictions on coverage of or payment for graduate medical 
     education, rehabilitation services, or school-based 
     administration, school-based transportation, or optional case 
     management services under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act, or includes provisions regarding administrative guidance 
     issued in August 2007 affecting SCHIP or any other 
     administrative action that would affect SCHIP in a similar 
     manner, so long as no provision in such bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion or conference report shall be 
     construed as prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services from promulgating or implementing any rule, action, 
     or guidance designed to prevent fraud and protect the 
     integrity of the Medicaid program or SCHIP or reduce 
     inappropriate spending under such programs, by the amounts 
     provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
       (2) Transitional medical assistance.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of 
     a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions or conference reports that 
     extend the Transitional Medical Assistance program, included 
     in title XIX of the Social Security Act, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
       (f) Other Improvements in Health.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of 
     a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     which--
       (1) make health insurance coverage more affordable or 
     available to small businesses and their employees, through 
     pooling arrangements that provide appropriate consumer 
     protections, and through reducing barriers to cafeteria 
     plans;
       (2) improve health care, provide quality health insurance 
     for the uninsured and underinsured, and protect individuals 
     with current health coverage;
       (3) reauthorize the special diabetes program for Indians 
     and the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes;
       (4) improve long-term care, enhance the safety and dignity 
     of patients, encourage appropriate use of institutional and 
     community-based care, promote quality care, or provide for 
     the cost-effective use of public resources; or
       (5) provide parity between heath insurance coverage of 
     mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical 
     services, including parity in public programs;

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (g) Pediatric Dental Care.--The Chairman of the Committee 
     on the Budget of the Senate may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that would provide for improved access to 
     pediatric dental care for children from low-income families, 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

     SEC. 307. 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

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     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.

     SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR JUDICIAL PAY AND 
                   JUDGESHIPS.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would authorize salary adjustments 
     for justices and judges of the United States or increase the 
     number of Federal judgeships, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORMING THE 
                   ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX FOR INDIVIDUALS.

       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 reinstate the pre-1993 rates 
     for the alternative minimum tax for individuals, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

     SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REPEALING THE 1993 
                   INCREASE IN THE INCOME TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY 
                   BENEFITS.

       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 repeal the 1993 increase in the 
     income tax on Social Security benefits, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that 
     such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 311. 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.

     SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM 
                   AND 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 
     paragraphs (1) through (7), that--
       (1) provide for increased border security, enforcement of 
     immigration laws, greater staffing, and immigration reform 
     measures;
       (2) increase criminal and civil penalties against employers 
     who hire undocumented immigrants;
       (3) prohibit employers who hire undocumented immigrants 
     from receiving Federal contracts;
       (4) provide funding for the enforcement of the employer 
     sanctions described in paragraphs (2) and (3) and other 
     employer sanctions for hiring undocumented immigrants;
       (5) deploy an appropriate number of National Guard troops 
     to the southern or northern border of the United States 
     provided that--
       (A) the Secretary of Defense certifies that the deployment 
     would not negatively impact the safety of American forces in 
     Iraq and Afghanistan; and
       (B) the Governor of the National Guard's home State 
     certifies that the deployment would not have a negative 
     impact on the safety and security of that State;
       (6) evaluate the Federal, State, and local prison 
     populations that are noncitizens in order to identify 
     removable criminal aliens; or
       (7) implement the exit data portion of the US-VISIT entry 
     and exit data system at airports, seaports, and land ports of 
     entry.
       (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.

     SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY, 
                   IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, AND CRIMINAL ALIEN 
                   REMOVAL PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of 1 or more 
     committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 
     resolution by the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     the programs described in paragraphs (1) through (6) in 1 or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that funds border security, immigration 
     enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs, including 
     programs that--
       (1) expand the zero tolerance prosecution policy for 
     illegal entry (commonly known as ``Operation Streamline'') to 
     all 20 border sectors;
       (2) complete the 700 miles of pedestrian fencing required 
     under section 102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note);
       (3) deploy up to 6,000 National Guard members to the 
     southern border of the United States;
       (4) evaluate the 27 percent of the Federal, State, and 
     local prison populations who are noncitizens in order to 
     identify removable criminal aliens;
       (5) train and reimburse State and local law enforcement 
     officers under Memorandums of Understanding entered into 
     under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); or
       (6) implement the exit data portion of the US-VISIT entry 
     and exit data system at airports, seaports, and land ports of 
     entry.
       (b) Limitation.--The authority under subsection (a) may not 
     be used unless the appropriations in 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.

     SEC. 314. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCIENCE PARKS.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would provide grants and loan 
     guarantees for the development and construction of science 
     parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high 
     technology activities, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for such purpose, provided that such legislation 
     would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR 3-YEAR EXTENSION 
                   OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL AND STATE 
                   BACKGROUND CHECKS ON DIRECT PATIENT ACCESS 
                   EMPLOYEES OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES OR 
                   PROVIDERS.

       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 for a 3-year 
     extension of the pilot program for national and State 
     background checks on direct patient access employees of long-
     term care facilities or providers under section 307 of the 
     Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
     Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 1395aa note) and removes the limit on 
     the number of participating States under such pilot program, 
     the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise 
     the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in 
     this resolution by the amounts provided in such legislation 
     for those purposes up to $160,000,000, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

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     SEC. 316. 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.

     SEC. 317. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO TERMINATE 
                   DEDUCTIONS FROM MINERAL REVENUE PAYMENTS TO 
                   STATES.

       (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 terminate 
     the authority to deduct certain amounts from mineral revenues 
     payable to States under the second undesignated paragraph of 
     the matter under the heading ``administrative provisions'' 
     under the heading ``Minerals Management Service'' of title I 
     of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 
     Stat. 2109).
       (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.

     SEC. 318. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT 
                   OF STATE INTERNET SITES FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF 
                   INFORMATION RELATING TO PAYMENTS MADE UNDER THE 
                   STATE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

       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 for States to 
     disclose, through a publicly accessible Internet site, each 
     hospital, nursing facility, outpatient surgery center, 
     intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, 
     institution for mental diseases, or other institutional 
     provider that receives payment under the State Medicaid 
     program, the total amount paid to each such provider each 
     fiscal year, the number of patients treated by each such 
     provider, and the amount of dollars paid per patient to each 
     such provider, and provided that the Committee is within its 
     allocation as provided under section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments 
     in the allocations and aggregates to reflect such legislation 
     if any such measure would not increase the deficit over 
     either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.

     SEC. 319. 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.

     SEC. 320. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE ANIMAL 
                   HEALTH AND DISEASE PROGRAM.

       (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 ensure 
     that the animal health and disease program established under 
     section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3195) is 
     fully funded.
       (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.

     SEC. 321. 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.

     SEC. 322. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REIMBURSING STATES 
                   FOR THE COSTS OF HOUSING UNDOCUMENTED CRIMINAL 
                   ALIENS.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     would reimburse States and units of local government for 
     costs incurred to house undocumented criminal aliens, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

     SEC. 323. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ACCELERATION OF 
                   PHASED-IN ELIGIBILITY FOR CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF 
                   BENEFITS.

       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 changing the date by which eligibility of 
     members of the Armed Forces for concurrent receipt of retired 
     pay and veterans' disability compensation under section 1414 
     of title 10, United States Code, is fully phased in from 
     December 31, 2013, to September 30, 2008, by the amounts 
     provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.

     SEC. 324. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED USE OF 
                   RECOVERY AUDITS.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that achieves savings by requiring that 
     agencies increase their use of recovery audits authorized 
     under subchapter VI of chapter 35 of title 31, United States 
     Code, (commonly referred to as the Erroneous Payments 
     Recovery Act of 2001) and uses such savings to reduce the 
     deficit, by the amounts provided in such legislation for such 
     purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 325. 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.

     SEC. 326. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEMONSTRATION 
                   PROJECT REGARDING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF LOW-
                   INCOME HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS.

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

     SEC. 327. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REDUCING INCOME 
                   THRESHOLD FOR REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT TO 
                   $10,000 WITH NO INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution

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     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would reduce the 
     income threshold for the refundable child tax credit under 
     section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to $10,000 
     for taxable years 2009 and 2010 with no inflation adjustment, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

     SEC. 328. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE DIVERSION OF 
                   FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR USPTO.

       It is the sense of the Senate that none of the funds 
     recommended by this resolution, or appropriated or otherwise 
     made available under any other Act, to the United States 
     Patent and Trademark Office shall be diverted, redirected, 
     transferred, or used for any other purpose than for which 
     such funds were intended.

     SEC. 329. 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.

     SEC. 330. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROCESSING 
                   NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would provide for the adjudication of 
     name check and security clearances by October 1, 2008 by the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigations for individuals who have 
     submitted or submit applications for naturalization before 
     March 1, 2008 or provide for the adjudication of 
     applications, including the interviewing and swearing-in of 
     applicants, by October 1, 2008 by the Department of Homeland 
     Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for 
     individuals who apply or have applied for naturalization 
     before March 1, 2008, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for such purpose, provided that such legislation 
     would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 331. 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.

     SEC. 332. 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.

     SEC. 333. 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.

     SEC. 334. 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.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) 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.
       (2) The 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 $50,000,000 as a result of the agreement 
     expiring.
       (3) 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.
       (4) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     alleges that Philadelphia Housing Authority is in violation 
     of fair housing requirements.
       (5) The Philadelphia Housing Authority denies this 
     assertion and is challenging the matter in Federal District 
     Court.
       (6) That 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.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that 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--
       (1) 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?''
       (2) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
     Opportunity Kim Kendrick wrote, ``Take away all of his 
     Federal dollars?''
       (3) Then-Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 
     Orlando J. Cabrera wrote, ``Let me look into that 
     possibility.''
       (A) That 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.
       (B) That the Philadelphia Housing Authority's allegation of 
     retaliation appears to be substantiated by these newly 
     discovered emails.
       (C) That the expiration of the current agreement is 
     imminent and will negatively impact 84,000 low-income 
     residents of Philadelphia.
       (4) 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.

     SEC. 335. 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-
     thirds majority (300-132);
       (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 the 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 earliest opportunity.

     SEC. 336. 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:

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       (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.

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