Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 79 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)

[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H3824-H3846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF S. CON. RES. 70, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I
call up House Resolution 1190 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 1190

Resolved, That the House hereby (1) takes from the
Speaker's table the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 70)
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013,
(2) adopts an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of House Concurrent Resolution 312, as
adopted by the House, (3) adopts such Senate concurrent
resolution, as amended; (4) insists on its amendment; and (5)
requests a conference with the Senate thereon.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts is
recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield
the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Washington, my very,
very good friend, Mr. Hastings. All time yielded during consideration
of the rule is for debate only.

General Leave

Mr. McGOVERN. I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5
legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and
insert extraneous materials into the Record.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, H. Res. 1190 provides for the adoption of the Senate
budget resolution, S. Con. Res. 70, with an amendment consisting of the
House-passed budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 312. It also provides that
the House request a conference with the Senate.
This rule simply allows the House to move quickly and efficiently to
a conference on the budget resolution. Let me be clear, the minority
still has the right to offer a motion to instruct conferees, and they
still have the ability to defeat this rule, denying the opportunity to
begin a conference on the budget resolution.
It's a simple and straightforward rule that allows the House to do
what the American people sent us here to do, legislate. The American
people don't want the partisan infighting that is being perpetrated by
the minority in this Chamber. Time after time the American people have
spoken, and their voices are being heard loud and clear. They want
action, not disruption. They want us to do our job. And this rule will
allow us to do just that.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my very,
very, very good friend from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for yielding
me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself as much time as I may
consume.
(Mr. HASTINGS of Washington asked and was given permission to revise
and extend his remarks.)
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, this rule is redundant and
totally unnecessary. The House doesn't need to pass this rule to go to
conference with the Senate. Democrats already have all the power they
need to go to conference on the budget. The Budget Committee chairman
already has the ability to make a motion to go to conference, and a
rule that this House passed 2 months ago also provides that authority.
We have already done this with the rule, H. Res. 1036, which my very,
very, very good friend, Mr. McGovern, managed only a couple of months
ago. There is no reason for the House to be considering this rule,
except perhaps one, Mr. Speaker, and that's so that the Democrat
majority can deny Republicans their rights as the minority party.
Democrats are going to get their way at the end of the day;
majorities always do that. But in putting this rule on the floor,
Democrats are saying that they needn't even bother with respecting
minority rights. This rule exists solely as an abuse of power.
Mr. Speaker, when Democrats won control of the Congress in 2006, they
promised the American people that they would run the most open and
honest House in history. They would seek to work in a bipartisan
manner. Instead of keeping that promise, the Democrat majority has
stooped to depths and gone to extremes that no previous majority in the
House has ever dared. When it comes time to shutting down debate,
silencing ideas, restricting minority rights, ignoring rules they
themselves wrote, and running the House in a top-down, shut-up, sit-
down manner, this Democrat majority has no peer.
The Democrat promise to run the most open, honest House in history
has been revealed as a hollow charade. They have passed more closed
rules that block all amendments and debate than any House in history.
They wrote new rules to prohibit votes from being held open to change
the vote's outcome, and then violated that rule time after time. They
passed new rules to ensure House and Senate conference committees are
more open and public, but instead they turn around and retreat even
further behind closed doors. They almost totally abandon even holding
conference committees.
Mr. Speaker, why is this rule suddenly on the House floor today? Why
the sudden interest of Democrats in the House to go to conference with
the Senate on a budget? The House passed their version of the budget on
March 13. The Senate passed their version on March 14. Today is May 14.
Why didn't we go to conference 2 months ago? Never mind, of course,
that the law sets April 15 as the deadline for Congress to pass a final
budget resolution. The facts are that this House could and should have
gone to conference 2 months ago. But Democrats have instead hid behind
closed doors to negotiate, bargain and cut deals to write a final
budget.
By reading media reports, Mr. Speaker, it appears the Democrat
majority in the House and Senate have reached a final agreement on the
final budget for fiscal year 2009. That agreement will apparently
increase spending by billions of dollars and include the largest tax
increase in history. So now they apparently are going to go to a phony
conference after all the true tax and spend work has been done in
secret. Mr. Speaker, they aren't doing this to be more open and honest.
They are doing this to force through their plan to massively increase
taxes and increase government spending.
Mr. Speaker, the news media also reports that the Democrat majority
has abandoned another of their promises it made to the American people
when they wrote the new law for the House that is known as PAYGO. This
is a rule that was sought by the Blue Dog Democrats. This rule places a
blanket requirement that any bill that lowers taxes or increases
spending must be correspondingly offset. Under the secret budget
agreement, it appears that the Democrat PAYGO rule was jettisoned.
Blue Dog Democrats have given up on their rule and their PAYGO
principle. They traded an enforceable House rule for a meaningless
promise from a Senator. It's meaningless because everyone knows that
this one Senator will in all likelihood be overridden by his Senate
colleagues. Mr. Speaker, one can respect my colleagues

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on the other side of the aisle for standing on principle, but this is a
principle that's being abandoned.
This rule isn't necessary. The Democrats already have all the power
they need to go to conference. So the only reason we are here is
because the majority is trying to restrict the rights of the minority
to be heard and for the Republicans to have a fair opportunity to offer
alternative proposals to legislation Americans care about most, taxing
and spending.
We are being blocked, shut down, and unfairly restricted in our
rights. And as a result, our constituents will potentially be subjected
to higher taxes and more government spending. I really don't think
Americans want that.
When it comes to Democrat plans for billions of dollars in new
government spending, Republicans have the right to protest, to demand
votes in the House, to have the voices of Members representing almost
half of this country to be heard.

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We especially have the right to protest the Democrat majority's
writing of a $200 billion appropriations bill that just completely
skips over any hearing or markup in the Appropriations Committee.
Instead of passing a bill to fund our troops who are fighting to
protect America, Democrats are short-circuiting the legislative
process, shutting out Republicans and larding the bill up with billions
and billions of dollars of unrelated spending.
Right now, Mr. Speaker, upstairs in the Capitol on the third floor,
the House Rules Committee is meeting to consider this massive $200
billion supplemental spending bill. The text of this bill was just
released an hour before the committee met. It never went before the
Appropriations Committee. Republicans have obviously just had minutes
to read the bill. This is wrong and is abuse of power by the Democrat
majority. The American people deserve to have a more open process on
how their tax dollars are spent.
So, Mr. Speaker, I repeat again that this rule is totally
unnecessary. Democrats already have the power to go to conference.
They're just 2 months late in doing so. The Democrats have broken their
promise to the American people to operate the House in an open and
honest manner. They are conspiring in secret to write a budget that
increases taxes by the largest amount in history and use a vital troop
funding bill to try to pass billions and billions of new dollars in
unrelated government spending.
So for these reasons, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose
this rule.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3
minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. David Davis).
Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee. I would like to thank the gentleman for
yielding time.
Mr. Speaker, I'm glad we're talking about the budget, but I will tell
you the budget I want to talk about right now is the budget of the
American family and small businesses and the middle class across
America.
I was just in Elizabethton, Tennessee, over the weekend back at
Whitson's Barber Shop, and I can tell you the issue that is on people's
minds right now is not more taxes and more spending; it's the need for
a true energy policy in America. An energy policy that actually uses
American energy. We need a policy that will stop taxing and spending.
We need an energy policy that will break our dependence on foreign oil.
Right now we're buying our energy from people that hate us, hate our
freedoms, and, quite frankly, hate our religion. We need to go back to
the drawing board and have an energy plan that uses American energy.
I'm talking about clean coal technology. I'm talking about drilling off
the Outer Continental Shelf. I'm talking about drilling in ANWR. I'm
talking about wind technology. I'm talking about building safe nuclear
plants. Those are the things that will bring down the cost at the
pumps.
We have moms and dads right now that are worried about how they're
going to get their children to school in the mornings. They're worried
about how they're going to put food on their kitchen table. That's the
budget that the American people are concerned about. The American
people are looking for solutions. They are not looking for big
government, inside the beltway in Washington. The American people are
looking for solutions to make sure that we keep government as small as
possible, and they're looking to make sure that we pass an energy
policy that actually uses American energy. It's time for no more
excuses. It's time for us to pass an energy bill that will give some
relief to the American family.
It's basic economics. I talk to schools all across my district when I
go home, and it's basic economics. You can talk to any high school
student. They will understand supply and demand. If you have a lot of a
supply and a little bit of demand, the cost will go down; and,
conversely, if you have a lot of demand for a limited supply, cost will
go up. Right now we have a demand for a lot of energy, a lot of oil.
And right now we're dependent on the Middle East, on Venezuela, on
Russia, other countries; and we're actually begging the Middle East to
increase their energy production. And we have policies here in
Washington that won't allow us to use our own American natural
resources in energy.
The American people want solutions. They want solutions now. And they
don't want it in taxing and spending. It's time for no more excuses. We
need an energy plan that uses American energy.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I would inquire from my very
good friend from Massachusetts if he has any more requests for time on
his side.
Mr. McGOVERN. Thank you for inquiring. I'm it.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance
of my time.
I would like to ask my good friend from Massachusetts just a very
straight-up question, and I will be happy to yield to him.
Why are we addressing and debating this redundant rule today?
I yield to my friend.
Mr. McGOVERN. Thank you for yielding.
We are debating this rule today to do the people's business, to
expedite the process so we can move to a conference on the budget
resolution.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, of
course, which we already did on H. Res. 1036, which my good friend
managed on the floor here just a couple of months ago.
Mr. Speaker, let me talk about an issue that's been talked a great
deal about here on the House floor by colleagues on both sides of the
aisle, and I certainly hear about it when I go home.
Mr. Speaker, since the Democrats took control of Congress in January
of 2007, the cost of gasoline has risen to record-setting prices. In
fact, the cost of gasoline has gone up more in 16 months than it had
gone up in the prior 6 years. According to a report from just 2 days
ago by AAA in my State of Washington, the price for a gallon of
gasoline is at a record $3.80. That's 26 cents higher than it was just
last month. The average price of a gallon of diesel is $4.53, which is
$1.46 higher than a year ago.
Speaker Pelosi made a promise that the Democrats had a ``commonsense
plan'' to ``lower the price at the pump.'' But this Congress has done
nothing and has only seen fuel prices rise.
Mr. Speaker, I really believe it's time for the House to act. It's
time for the House to debate ideas for lowering prices, and it's time
for the Democrats to reveal their promised plan.
So by defeating the previous question, this House can finally
consider solutions to rising energy costs. When the previous question
is defeated, I will move to add a section to the rule, not rewrite the
entire rule, just to add a section to the rule, that would allow the
House to consider H.R. 5984, the Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008,
introduced by Representative Bartlett of Maryland, as well as ``any
amendment which the proponent asserts, if enacted, would have the
effect of lowering the national average price per gallon of regular
unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel by increasing the domestic supply of
oil by permitting the extraction of oil in the Outer Continental
Shelf.''
Mr. Speaker, the United States is the only developed nation in the
world that

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forbids safe energy production on its Outer Continental Shelf. This
puts our country and economy at a disadvantage to other countries.
According to the U.S. Minerals Management Service, America's deep seas
on the Outer Continental Shelf contain 420 trillion cubic feet of
natural gas and 86 billion barrels of oil. Let me repeat that, Mr.
Speaker. The Outer Continental Shelf contains 420 trillion cubic feet
of natural gas and 86 billion barrels of oil. That's 86 billion barrels
of American oil that sits waiting while we import a little over 4\1/2\
billion barrels from foreign countries each year.
So, Mr. Speaker, if we are serious about addressing gas prices and
energy costs in America, we need to get serious about accessing our
country's energy resources.
Some will declare that it's unsafe to produce energy from reserves
beneath the ocean in the Outer Continental Shelf. But other countries
do it safely all around the world. As a matter of fact, our country
utilizes deep sea production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Speaker, this technology was severely tested, severely tested,
and proven safe when two back-to-back category five storms hit the Gulf
of Mexico in 2005. Almost 3,000 offshore platforms were in the direct
path of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Some experienced 5 to 6 hours of
sustained winds at 170 miles per hour and gusts over 200 miles per
hour.
Now, to be sure, production was halted and platform workers were
evacuated during these terrible hurricanes; so there was no loss of
life.
But, Mr. Speaker, do you know how many of these rigs ruptured? The
answer is zero. Zero. Some tops fell off but no platforms ruptured. So
I think we must make a distinction between concerns that production can
be done safely and scare tactics that oppose efforts to make use of
America's resources and reduce imports from foreign nations.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have the text of the
amendment and extraneous material inserted into the Record prior to the
vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Washington?
There was no objection.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to
defeat the previous question so that we can consider this vitally
important issue for America's families; workers; truckers; small
businesses; and, for that matter, our entire economy.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate hearing from my very
good friend from Washington State explain his rationale on various
issues. But let me just say a couple of things.
If we want to have a serious discussion about the cost of energy in
this country, let's understand one thing. The Republicans had been in
control of this Congress for 12 years and the Republicans have
controlled the White House for nearly 8 years. When George Bush went
into office on January 22, 2001, the cost of a gallon of gas was $1.47.
As of last week, it was $3.61. It's gone up since last week, and part
of that is because of the failed, the failed policies of this
administration and the Republican Congress.
Yesterday, thanks to the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, we voted on a
bill to instruct the President not to continue putting oil in the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. And guess what. President Bush said he's
going to veto it. He's going to veto a measure that will bring down
prices for oil and gas in the short term. That's where their priorities
are. Siding with Big Oil against the consumer. So enough is enough.
And I would say, Mr. Speaker, that what we're trying to do here today
is expedite consideration of a budget resolution. After nearly 8 years,
the Bush legacy is the highest deficits in our Nation's history. That
is what he has left our children and our grandchildren, the greatest
amount of national debt in our Nation's history. Future generations,
our kids and our grandchildren, will be forced to pay the price for
this unprecedented rise in debt and the Republicans' fiscally reckless
and irresponsible policies.
The budget resolution that Chairman Spratt, our leader here in the
House, has fashioned and the one that he is going to conference with is
a budget with a conscience. That's something we had not had when the
Republicans were in control of this Congress. It is a budget that
doesn't cut Medicare and doesn't cut Medicaid and doesn't cut the
Community Development Block Grant program and doesn't cut LIHEAP. It is
a budget that understands that average people have suffered under the
12 years that Republicans controlled this Congress and under the 8
years that George Bush has been in office. It is a budget that protects
priorities like SCHIP, infrastructure needs, homeland security,
innovation, energy, education, health care, veterans, and the
environment. It protects middle class tax relief, including the
alternative minimum tax, the child tax credit, and the marriage
penalties. In short, what the Democrats are trying to do is get a
budget passed that charts a new direction for a stronger, safer, more
compassionate America, a direction very different from the one that
this President and the previous Republican Congress has brought us
down.
Let me finally say, Mr. Speaker, this will be the first budget
resolution conference report to be considered in an election year since
Bill Clinton was in office. So for all the talk about process, the fact
of the matter is we have a Congress, a Democratic Congress, that is
actually committed to getting things done, including a budget
resolution.

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And again, when we bring the budget resolution to the floor, it will
be the first budget resolution conference report to be considered in an
election year since Bill Clinton was in office. And that is something I
think we all can be proud of and the American people can be proud of a
finished product which will be a budget that will reflect their
priorities.
So, Mr. Speaker, I would urge a ``yes'' vote on the previous question
and on the rule.
The material previously referred to by Mr. Hastings of Washington is
as follows:

Amendment to H. Res. 1190 Offered by Mr. Hastings of Washington

At the end of the resolution, add the following:
Sec. 2. That upon adoption of this resolution the Speaker
shall, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5984)
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the
limited continuation of clean energy production incentives
and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to
prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a
lapse in the tax law. The first reading of the bill shall he
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of
the bill are waived. General debate shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. All points of order against
provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment to the bill
shall be in order except any amendment which the proponent
asserts, if enacted, would have the effect of lowering the
national average price per gallon of regular unleaded
gasoline and diesel fuel by increasing the domestic supply of
oil by permitting the extraction of oil in the Outer
Continental Shelf. Such amendments shall be considered as
read, shall be debatable for thirty minutes equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments are
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have been adopted. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
motion except one motion to recommit with or without
instructions.
____

(The information contained herein was provided by
Democratic Minority on multiple occasions throughout the
109th Congress.)

The Vote on the Previous Question: What It Really Means

This vote, the vote on whether to order the previous
question on a special rule, is not merely a procedural vote.
A vote against ordering the previous question is a vote
against the Democratic majority agenda and a vote to allow
the opposition, at least for the moment, to offer an
alternative plan. It is a vote about what the House should be
debating.
Mr. Clarence Cannon's Precedents of the House of
Representatives, (VI, 308-311) describes the vote on the
previous question on

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the rule as ``a motion to direct or control the consideration
of the subject before the House being made by the Member in
charge.'' To defeat the previous question is to give the
opposition a chance to decide the subject before the House.
Cannon cites the Speaker's ruling of January 13, 1920, to the
effect that ``the refusal of the House to sustain the demand
for the previous question passes the control of the
resolution to the opposition'' in order to offer an
amendment. On March 15, 1909, a member of the majority party
offered a rule resolution. The House defeated the previous
question and a member of the opposition rose to a
parliamentary inquiry, asking who was entitled to
recognition. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said:
``The previous question having been refused, the gentleman
from New York, Mr. Fitzgerald, who had asked the gentleman to
yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to the first
recognition.''
Because the vote today may look bad for the Democratic
majority they will say ``the vote on the previous question is
simply a vote on whether to proceed to an immediate vote on
adopting the resolution . . . [and] has no substantive
legislative or policy implications whatsoever.'' But that is
not what they have always said. Listen to the definition of
the previous question used in the Floor Procedures Manual
published by the Rules Committee in the 109th Congress, (page
56). Here's how the Rules Committee described the rule using
information form Congressional Quarterly's ``American
Congressional Dictionary'': ``If the previous question is
defeated, control of debate shifts to the leading opposition
member (usually the minority Floor Manager) who then manages
an hour of debate and may offer a germane amendment to the
pending business.''
Deschler's Procedure in the U.S. House of Representatives,
the subchapter titled ``Amending Special Rules'' states: ``a
refusal to order the previous question on such a rule [a
special rule reported from the Committee on Rules] opens the
resolution to amendment and further debate.'' (Chapter 21,
section 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: Upon rejection of the
motion for the previous question on a resolution reported
from the Committee on Rules, control shifts to the Member
leading the opposition to the previous question, who may
offer a proper amendment or motion and who controls the time
for debate thereon.''
Clearly, the vote on the previous question on a rule does
have substantive policy implications. It is one of the only
available tools for those who oppose the Democratic
majority's agenda and allows those with alternative views the
opportunity to offer an alternative plan.

Mr. McGOVERN. I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the
previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the
ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a
quorum is not present.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on
ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on
adoption of H. Res. 1190; and motion to suspend the rules on H. Res.
1173.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 225,
nays 187, not voting 21, as follows:

[Roll No. 317]

YEAS--225

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castle
Castor
Chandler
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
DeFazio
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Giffords
Gillibrand
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
Kirk
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

NAYS--187

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cazayoux
Chabot
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Donnelly
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gilchrest
Gingrey
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Hall (TX)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Keller
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lamborn
Lampson
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Nunes
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sali
Saxton
Scalise
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stark
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Westmoreland
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--21

Andrews
Bono Mack
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
DeGette
Gerlach
Gohmert
Hinojosa
Lewis (KY)
Mack
Meeks (NY)
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Rush
Schmidt
Shuler
Weller
Wilson (NM)
Wynn

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are less than 2
minutes remaining in this vote.

{time} 1711

Messrs. UPTON, CANNON, SMITH of Nebraska, CAZAYOUX, YOUNG of Alaska
and SESSIONS changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. KIRK, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Ms. CLARKE and Ms.
ROS-LEHTINEN changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 317, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
Stated against:
Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 317, I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

personal explanation

Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I wish to clarify my
vote on Ordering

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the Previous Question on the Rule for the Conference Report on S. Con.
Res. 70, the Budget Resolution.
I have always strongly supported the current ban and worked to
protect Florida's beaches by helping to enact Public Law 109-432. With
the energy needs our Nation is facing, other States may decide to
explore for more energy sources and I support their right to drill off
of their coasts if that is what they choose to do.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas
and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 214,
nays 203, not voting 17, as follows:

[Roll No. 318]

YEAS--214

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Altmire
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castor
Chandler
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
DeFazio
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Ellison
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Gillibrand
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Tsongas
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

NAYS--203

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bean
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Cazayoux
Chabot
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Donnelly
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Ellsworth
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Hall (TX)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Keller
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Lamborn
Lampson
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Neugebauer
Nunes
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Sali
Saxton
Scalise
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shays
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stark
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield (KY)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman (VA)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--17

Andrews
Bono Mack
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cubin
DeGette
Gerlach
Honda
Lewis (KY)
Mack
Meeks (NY)
Myrick
Pickering
Rush
Schmidt
Wilson (NM)
Wynn

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are reminded there
are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

{time} 1719

Mr. CAZAYOUX changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1190, Senate
Concurrent Resolution 70, as amended, is considered as adopted and the
House is considered to have insisted on its amendment and requested a
conference with the Senate thereon.
Without objection, House Concurrent Resolution 312 is laid on the
table.
There was no objection.
The text of the Senate concurrent resolution is 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.

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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.
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.

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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.
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):

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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:
(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),
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of an amendment thereto or the submission of a conference
report thereon--
(A) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
adjust the discretionary spending limits, budgetary
aggregates, and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new budget
authority in that measure for that purpose and the outlays
flowing therefrom; and
(B) following any adjustment under subparagraph (A), the
Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately
revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this
subsection.
(2) Matters described.--Matters referred to in paragraph
(1) are as follows:
(A) Continuing disability reviews and ssi
redeterminations.--If a bill or joint resolution is reported
making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates
$264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and
Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social
Security Administration, and provides an additional
appropriation of up to $240,000,000 for continuing disability
reviews and Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for
the Social Security Administration, then the discretionary
spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts
provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to
exceed $240,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
(B) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--If a bill or
joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal
year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 for the Internal
Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to address the
Federal tax gap (taxes owed but not paid) and provides an
additional appropriation of up to $490,000,000 for the
Internal Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to
address the Federal tax gap, then the discretionary spending
limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations,
and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in
such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed
$490,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
(C) Health care fraud and abuse control.--If a bill or
joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal
year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 to the Health
Care Fraud and Abuse Control program at the Department of
Health and Human Services, then the discretionary spending
limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations,
and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in
such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed
$198,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
(D) Unemployment insurance improper payment reviews.--If a
bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations
for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $10,000,000 for in-
person reemployment and eligibility assessments and
unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, and provides
an additional appropriation of up to $40,000,000 for in-
person reemployment and eligibility assessments and
unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, then the
discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted
by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,
but not to exceed $40,000,000 in budget authority and outlays
flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
(E) Comparative effectiveness research at the agency for
healthcare research and quality.--If a bill or joint
resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year
2009 that appropriates $30,000,000 for comparative
effectiveness research as authorized under section 1013 of
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act of 2003, and provides an additional appropriation of up
to $70,000,000 for that purpose, then the discretionary
spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts
provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to
exceed $70,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 2009
and the outlays flowing therefrom.
(F) Reducing waste in defense contracting.--If a bill or
joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal
year 2009 that appropriates up to $100,000,000 to the
Department of Defense for additional activities to reduce
waste, fraud, abuse, and overpayments in defense contracting;
achieve the legal requirement to submit auditable financial
statements; or reduce waste by improving accounting for and
ordering of spare parts; 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
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legislation, including any amendment thereto, motion in
relation thereto, or conference report thereon, that includes
any provision which constitutes a change in a mandatory
program producing net costs, as defined in subsection (b),
that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending
or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to
September 30, 2002) were they included in legislation other
than appropriations legislation. A point of order pursuant to
this section shall be raised against such provision or
provisions as described in subsections (e) and (f).
(b) Changes in Mandatory Programs Producing Net Costs.--A
provision or provisions shall be subject to a point of order
pursuant to this section if--
(1) the provision would increase budget authority in at
least 1 of the 9 fiscal years that follow the budget year and
over the period of the total of the budget year and the 9
fiscal years following the budget year;
(2) the provision would increase net outlays over the
period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the
budget year; and
(3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in
the legislation would increase net outlays as measured over
the period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the
budget year.
(c) Determination.--The determination of whether a
provision is subject to a point of order pursuant to this
section shall be made by the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate.
(d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be
waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote
of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the
Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain
an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order
raised under this section.
(e) General Point of Order.--It shall be in order for a
Senator to raise a single point of order that several
provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer
may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the
provisions against which the Senator raised the point of
order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of
order as to some of the provisions (including provisions of
an amendment, motion, or conference report) against which the
Senator raised the point of order, then only those provisions
(including provision of an amendment, motion, or conference
report) against which the Presiding Officer sustains the
point of order shall be deemed stricken pursuant to this
section. Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a point
of order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of order
as it applies to some or all of the provisions against which
the point of order was raised. Such a motion to waive is
amendable in accordance with rules and precedents of the
Senate. After the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of
order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding
Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or all
of the provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
(f) Form of the Point of Order.--When the Senate is
considering a conference report on, or an amendment between
the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order
being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such
point of order being sustained, such material contained in
such conference report or amendment shall be deemed stricken,
and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of
whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur
with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment
with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further
amendment shall consist of only that portion of the
conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not
so stricken. Any such motion shall be debatable. In any case
in which such point of order is sustained against a
conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such
conference report by operation of this subsection), no
further amendment shall be in order.
(g) Effectiveness.--This section shall not apply to any
provision constituting a change in a mandatory program in
appropriations legislation if such provision has been enacted
in each of the 3 fiscal years prior to the budget year.

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

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

Subtitle C--Other Provisions

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

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

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

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

SEC. 223. DEBT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

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

``SEC. __. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

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

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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, 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,
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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 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;

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

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

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.

(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

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(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.

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.

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.

(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.

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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 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 Investigation 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
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(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:
(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.

The text of the Senate concurrent resolution, as amended, is as
follows:

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

(a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008
is revised and replaced and that this is the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, including
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through
2013.
(b) Table of Contents.--

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. Major functional categories.

TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.

TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for SCHIP legislation.
Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers.
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for
servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure investment.
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for renewable energy and energy
efficiency.
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for middle-income tax relief and
economic equity.
Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative
minimum tax.
Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education.
Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing.
Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for medicare improvements.
Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care quality,
effectiveness, and efficiency.
Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs.
Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade adjustment assistance
and unemployment insurance modernization.
Sec. 314. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments legislation.
Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for San Joaquin River
restoration and Navajo Nation water rights settlements.
Sec. 316. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the National Park Centennial
Fund.
Sec. 317. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support enforcement.

TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 401. Program integrity initiatives.
Sec. 402. Oversight of government performance.
Sec. 403. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 404. Overseas deployments and emergency needs.
Sec. 405. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative
expenses.
Sec. 406. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 407. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 408. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE V--POLICY

Sec. 501. Policy on middle-income tax relief.
Sec. 502. Policy on defense priorities.

TITLE VI--SENSE OF THE HOUSE

Sec. 601. Sense of the House on the Innovation Agenda and America
Competes Act.
Sec. 602. Sense of the House on servicemembers' and veterans' health
care and other priorities.
Sec. 603. Sense of the House on homeland security.
Sec. 604. Sense of the House regarding long-term fiscal reform.
Sec. 605. Sense of the House regarding waste, fraud, and abuse.
Sec. 606. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-
as-you-go rule.
Sec. 607. Sense of the House on long-term budgeting.
Sec. 608. Sense of the House regarding the need to maintain and build
upon efforts to fight hunger.
Sec. 609. Sense of the House regarding affordable health coverage.
Sec. 610. Sense of the House regarding pay parity.
Sec. 611. Sense of the House regarding subprime lending and
foreclosures.
Sec. 612. Sense of House regarding the importance of child support
enforcement.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

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Fiscal year 2008: $2,462,616,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,563,380,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,622,295,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,716,979,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,728,965,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,857,394,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget)
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $583,076,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $536,256,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $416,431,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $274,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $59,650,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $85,654,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate
levels of the debt subject to limit are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $9,567,484,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $10,199,551,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $10,724,264,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $11,103,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $11,295,107,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $11,495,218,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $5,396,807,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,753,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $5,981,334,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $6,047,654,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $5,885,687,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $5,744,120,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2008 through 2013 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $590,686,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $576,173,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $542,497,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $573,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $550,414,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $560,726,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $557,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $560,099,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $565,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $556,699,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $576,223,000,000.
(B) Outlays, 568,829,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $32,648,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $37,111,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,702,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $38,516,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,918,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $39,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,679,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $40,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,154,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $40,677,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,346,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $27,407,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,456,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $29,934,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $31,165,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,604,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $32,474,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,201,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $33,853,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,564,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $35,298,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,477,000,000.
(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, $4,674,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $4,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $4,712,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,371,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $4,803,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,738,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $4,895,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,020,000,000.
(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, $38,651,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,576,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $33,782,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $34,670,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,420,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $35,568,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,745,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $36,490,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,299,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $22,456,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,528,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $21,529,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,279,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $21,719,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,680,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $21,891,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,876,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $22,263,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,435,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $22,621,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,816,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $11,216,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,381,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $9,560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,722,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $13,887,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,835,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $8,998,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,193,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $9,246,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $9,642,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,648,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $79,794,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $73,444,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $77,507,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $83,861,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $78,534,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,062,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $79,485,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,134,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $80,478,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,443,000,000.
(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, $14,553,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $14,826,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,816,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $15,134,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,874,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $15,450,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,817,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $15,755,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,561,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $90,077,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,729,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $95,235,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,947,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $102,594,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,345,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $105,612,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $103,135,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $107,828,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $104,397,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $101,690,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $103,490,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $285,101,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $286,688,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $306,795,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,334,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $323,767,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $324,138,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $344,749,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $343,718,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $367,766,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $366,312,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $393,085,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $391,326,000,000.
(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, $420,191,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $419,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $445,225,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $445,349,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $494,370,000,000.

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(B) Outlays, $494,193,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $491,353,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $491,110,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $552,389,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $552,503,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $389,865,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $394,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $411,699,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $414,032,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $417,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $418,617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $426,924,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $427,541,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $412,355,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $412,831,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $427,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $427,703,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $19,378,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $21,308,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $23,794,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,794,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $27,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $30,342,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,342,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $33,162,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $86,365,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $83,551,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $93,268,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $92,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $96,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,710,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $101,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,475,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $99,115,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,271,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $105,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $104,266,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $46,237,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,282,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $48,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,936,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $49,101,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,602,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $50,338,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,596,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $51,622,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,501,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $52,967,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,542,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $56,407,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,920,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $23,520,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,890,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $19,961,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,987,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $20,611,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,496,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $21,319,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $22,007,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,787,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $349,296,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $349,296,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $334,233,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $334,233,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $370,534,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,534,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $406,997,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $406,997,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $427,954,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $427,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $436,292,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $436,292,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $1,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $531,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $307,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$53,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$178,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, -$200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$200,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, -$86,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$86,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$67,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$67,060,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$70,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$70,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$73,364,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$73,364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, -$76,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$76,104,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, -$79,691,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$79,691,000,000.
(21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities (970):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $108,056,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,901,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $70,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,809,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $47,407,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $18,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $5,176,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $1,775,000,000.

TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) Changes in Mandatory Spending.--Not later than
September 12, 2008, the House Committee on Ways and Means
shall report a reconciliation bill making changes in laws
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending
by $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2013.
(b) Changes in Revenue.--Not later than July 15, 2008, the
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report a
reconciliation bill making changes in laws within its
jurisdiction that will reduce total revenues by
$70,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and will increase total
revenues by $70,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2010 through 2013.
(c) Adjustments to Allocations and Aggregates.--
(1) Upon the reporting to the House of any bill that has
complied with reconciliation instructions, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may file with the House
appropriately revised allocations under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and revised functional
levels and aggregates.
(2) Upon the submission to the House of any conference
report recommending a reconciliation bill in which a
committee has complied with its reconciliation instructions,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may file with the
House appropriately revised allocations under section 302(a)
of such Act and revised functional levels and aggregates.
(3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to this
subsection shall be considered to be allocations and
aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the
budget pursuant to section 301 of such Act.

TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 301. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHIP LEGISLATION.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference
report, which contains matter within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Energy and Commerce that expands coverage and
improves children's health through the State Childrens Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social
Security Act and the program under title XIX of such Act
(commonly known as Medicaid) and that increases new budget
authority that will result in no more than $50,000,000,000 in
outlays in fiscal years 2008 through 2013, and others which
contain offsets so designated for the purpose of this section
within the jurisdiction of another committee or committees,
if the combined changes would not increase the deficit or
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.

SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VETERANS AND
SERVICEMEMBERS.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that--
(1) enhances medical care for wounded or disabled military
personnel or veterans;
(2) maintains affordable health care for military retirees
and veterans;
(3) improves disability benefits or evaluations for wounded
or disabled military personnel or veterans, including
measures to expedite the claims process;
(4) expands eligibility to permit additional disabled
military retirees to receive both disability compensation and
retired pay;

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(5) eliminates the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan
annuities and veterans' dependency and indemnity
compensation; or
(6) provides or increases benefits for Filipino veterans of
World War II or their survivors and dependents;

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would
not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS
FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR
FAMILIES.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that enhances education
benefits or assistance for servicemembers (including Active
Duty, National Guard, and Reserve), veterans, or their
spouses, survivors, or dependents by the amounts provided in
such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit
or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.

SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that provides for increased
investment in infrastructure projects by the amounts provided
in such measure if such measure would not increase the
deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that provides tax incentives
for or otherwise encourages the production of renewable
energy or increased energy efficiency; encourages investment
in emerging energy or vehicle technologies or carbon capture
and sequestration; provides for reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions; or facilitates the training of workers for these
industries (``green collar jobs'') by the amounts provided in
such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit
or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.

SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MIDDLE-INCOME TAX
RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that provides for tax relief
for middle-income families and taxpayers or enhanced economic
equity, such as extension of the child tax credit, extension
of marriage penalty relief, extension of the 10 percent
individual income tax bracket, elimination of estate taxes on
all but a minute fraction of estates by reforming and
substantially increasing the unified credit, extension of the
research and experimentation tax credit, extension of the
deduction for small business expensing, extension of the
deduction for State and local sales taxes, and a tax credit
for school construction bonds, by the amounts provided in
such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit
or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.

SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE
ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that provides for reform of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by reducing the tax burden
of the alternative minimum tax on middle-income families by
the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would
not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that makes college more
affordable or accessible through reforms to the Higher
Education Act of 1965 or other legislation by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that provides for an
affordable housing fund, offset by reforming the regulation
of certain government-sponsored enterprises, by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE
IMPROVEMENTS.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that improves the Medicare
program for beneficiaries and protects access to care,
through measures such as increasing the reimbursement rate
for physicians while protecting beneficiaries from associated
premium increases and making improvements to the prescription
drug program under part D, by the amounts provided in such
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.

SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE
QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND EFFICIENCY.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that--
(1) provides incentives or other support for adoption of
modern information technology, including electronic
prescribing, to improve quality and protect privacy in health
care;
(2) establishes a new Federal or public-private initiative
for research on the comparative effectiveness of different
medical interventions; or
(3) provides parity between health insurance coverage of
mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical
services, including parity in public programs;

SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID AND OTHER
PROGRAMS.

(a) Regulations and Administrative Actions.--In the House,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this
resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that prevents or delays the implementation
or administration of regulations or other administrative
actions that would affect the Medicaid, SCHIP, or other
programs by the amounts provided in such measure if such
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or
for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
(b) Transitional Medical Assistance and Qualifying
Individuals.--In the House, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report that extends the
transitional medical assistance program or the qualifying
individuals program, which are included in title XIX of the
Social Security Act, by the amounts provided in such measure
if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease
the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013
or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
MODERNIZATION.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that reauthorizes the trade
adjustment assistance program to better meet the challenges
of globalization or modernizes the unemployment insurance
system to improve access to needed benefits by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure would not increase
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2018.

SEC. 314. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COUNTY PAYMENTS
LEGISLATION.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that provides for the
reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) or makes
changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 (Public
Law 94-565) by the amounts provided in such measure if such
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or
for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
RESTORATION AND NAVAJO NATION WATER RIGHTS
SETTLEMENTS.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that would fulfill the
purposes of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act
or implement a Navajo Nation water rights settlement as
authorized by the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water
Projects Act by the amounts provided in such measure if such
measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or
for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 316. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE NATIONAL PARK
CENTENNIAL FUND.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment,

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or conference report that provides for the establishment of
the National Parks Centennial Fund by the amounts provided in
such measure for that purpose if such measure would not
increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal
years 2008 through 2018

SEC. 317. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT.

In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that improves Federal child
support collection efforts or results in more collected child
support reaching families by the amounts provided in such
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.

TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES.

(a) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--
(1) Continuing disability reviews and supplemental security
income redeterminations.--In the House, prior to
consideration of a bill or joint resolution 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, and the amount is
designated for continuing disability reviews and Supplemental
Security Income redeterminations for the Social Security
Administration, the allocation to the Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of the
additional budget authority and outlays resulting from that
budget authority for fiscal year 2009.
(2) Internal revenue service tax compliance.--In the House,
prior to consideration of a bill or joint resolution making
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates
$6,997,000,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and the amount
is designated to improve compliance with the provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an additional
appropriation of up to $490,000,000, and the amount is
designated to improve compliance with the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the allocation to the
Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount
of the additional budget authority and outlays resulting from
that budget authority for fiscal year 2009.
(3) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--In the
House, prior to consideration of a bill or joint resolution
making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates
up to $198,000,000 and the amount is designated to the health
care fraud and abuse control program at the Department of
Health and Human Services, the allocation to the Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of additional
budget authority and outlays resulting from that budget
authority for fiscal year 2009.
(4) Unemployment insurance program integrity activities.--
In the House, prior to consideration of a bill or joint
resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that
appropriates $10,000,000 for in-person reemployment and
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper
payment reviews for the Department of Labor and provides an
additional appropriation of up to $40,000,000, and the amount
is designated for in-person reemployment and eligibility
assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment
reviews for the Department of Labor, the allocation to the
Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount
of additional budget authority and outlays resulting from
that budget authority for fiscal year 2009.
(b) Procedure for Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--In the House, prior to consideration of a
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make the
adjustments set forth in subsection (a) for the incremental
new budget authority in that measure and the outlays
resulting from that budget authority if that measure meets
the requirements set forth in subsection (a), except that no
adjustment shall be made for provisions exempted for the
purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 under section 404 of this resolution.
(2) Matters to be adjusted.--The adjustments referred to in
paragraph (1) are to be made to--
(A) the allocations made pursuant to the appropriate
concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(B) the budgetary aggregates as set forth in this
resolution.

SEC. 402. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.

In the House, all committees are directed to review
programs within their jurisdiction 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 jurisdiction, 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 Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 403. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in
subsection (b), a bill or joint resolution making a general
appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an amendment
thereto or a conference report thereon, may not provide for
advance appropriations.
(b) Exceptions.--In the House, an advance appropriation may
be provided for fiscal year 2010 for programs, projects,
activities, or accounts identified in the report to accompany
this resolution or the joint explanatory statement of
managers to accompany this resolution under the heading
``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $27,558,000,000 in new budget
authority, and for 2011, accounts separately identified under
the same heading.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority
provided in a bill or joint resolution making general
appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority
provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2009.

SEC. 404. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY NEEDS.

(a) Overseas Deployments and Related Activities.--In the
House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report makes appropriations for fiscal year 2008
or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and related
activities, and such amounts are so designated pursuant to
this subsection, then new budget authority and outlays
resulting therefrom shall not count for the purposes of
titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(b) Emergency Needs.--In the House, if any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report makes
appropriations for discretionary amounts, and such amounts
are designated as necessary to meet emergency needs, then the
new budget authority and outlays resulting therefrom shall
not count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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

(a) In General.--In the House, notwithstanding section
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 4001
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the joint
explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on
any concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its
allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for
the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social
Security Administration and of the Postal Service.
(b) Special Rule.--In the House, for purposes of applying
section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
estimates of the level of total new budget authority and
total outlays provided by a measure shall include any off-
budget discretionary amounts.

SEC. 406. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS
AND AGGREGATES.

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

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

In the House, upon the enactment of any bill or joint
resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions,
the chairman of the 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. 408. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

TITLE V--POLICY

SEC. 501. POLICY ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF.

It is the policy of this resolution to--
(1) minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income families and
their children and grandchildren;
(2) provide immediate relief for the tens of millions of
middle-income households who would otherwise be subject to
the alternative minimum tax (AMT) under current law, in the
context of permanent, revenue-neutral AMT reform; and
(3) support extension of middle-income tax relief and
enhanced economic equity through policies such as--
(A) extension of the child tax credit;
(B) extension of marriage penalty relief;
(C) extension of the 10 percent individual income tax
bracket;

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(D) elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute
fraction of estates by reforming and substantially increasing
the unified tax credit;
(E) extension of the research and experimentation tax
credit;
(F) extension of the deduction for State and local sales
taxes;
(G) extension of the deduction for small business
expensing; and
(H) enactment of a tax credit for school construction
bonds.

This resolution assumes that the cost of enacting such
policies is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes
across families and generations, economic efficiency, higher
rates of tax compliance to close the ``tax gap,'' and reduced
taxpayer burdens through tax simplification.

SEC. 502. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES.

It is the policy of this resolution that--
(1) the Administration's budget requests should comply with
section 1008, Public Law 109-364, the John Warner National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, and the
Administration should no longer attempt to fund overseas
military operations through emergency supplemental
appropriations requests;
(2) the Department of Defense should exclude nonwar
requirements from its funding requests for Iraq and
Afghanistan;
(3) implementing the recommendation of the National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
(commonly referred to as the 9/11 Commission) to adequately
fund cooperative threat reduction and nuclear
nonproliferation programs (securing ``loose nukes'') is a
high priority and should receive far greater emphasis than
the President's budget provides;
(4) readiness of our troops, particularly the National
Guard and Reserve, is a high priority, and that greater
emphasis needs to be placed on mitigating equipment and
training shortfalls;
(5) TRICARE fees for military retirees under the age of 65
should not be increased as the President's budget proposes;
(6) military pay and benefits should be enhanced to improve
the quality of life of military personnel;
(7) improving military health care services continues to be
a high priority and adequate funding to ensure quality health
care for returning combat veterans should be provided;
(8) higher priority defense needs could be addressed by
funding missile defense at an adequate but lower level, not
providing funding for development of space-based missile
defense interceptors, and by restraining excessive cost and
schedule growth in defense research, development and
procurement programs;
(9) the Department of Defense should reassess current
defense plans to ensure that weapons developed to counter
cold war-era threats are not redundant and are applicable to
21st century threats;
(10) sufficient resources should be provided for the
Department of Defense to do an aggressive job of addressing
as many as possible of the 1,260 unimplemented
recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) over the last 7 years to improve practices at the
Department of Defense, including investigation of the
billions of dollars of obligations, disbursements and
overcharges for which the Department of Defense cannot
account;
(11) savings from the actions recommended in paragraphs (8)
and (10) of this section should be used to fund the
priorities identified in paragraphs (3) through (7);
(12) the Department of Defense report to Congress on its
assessment of cold war weapons and progress on implementing
GAO recommendations as outlined in paragraphs (9) and (10) by
a time determined by the appropriate authorizing committees;
and
(13) the GAO report to the appropriate congressional
committees by the end of the 110th Congress regarding the
Department of Defense's progress in implementing its audit
recommendations.

TITLE VI--SENSE OF THE HOUSE

SEC. 601. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INNOVATION AGENDA AND
AMERICA COMPETES ACT.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) the House should provide sufficient funding so that our
Nation may continue to be the world leader in education,
innovation and economic growth;
(2) last year, Congress passed and the President signed the
America COMPETES Act, bipartisan legislation designed to
ensure that American students, teachers, businesses, and
workers are prepared to continue leading the world in
innovation, research, and technology well into the future;
(3) this resolution supports the efforts authorized in the
America COMPETES Act, providing substantially increased
funding above the President's requested level for 2009, and
increased amounts after 2009 in Function 250 (General
Science, Space and Technology) and Function 270 (Energy);
(4) additional increases for scientific research and
education are included in Function 500 (Education,
Employment, Training and Social Services), Function 550
(Health), Function 300 (Environment and Natural Resources),
and Function 370 (Commerce and Housing Credit), all of which
receive more funding than the President's budget provides;
(5) because America's greatest resource for innovation
resides within classrooms across the country, the increased
funding provided in this resolution will support initiatives
within the America COMPETES Act to educate tens of thousands
of new scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and place
highly qualified teachers in math and science K-12
classrooms; and
(6) because independent scientific research provides the
foundation for innovation and future technologies, this
resolution will keep us on the path toward doubling funding
for the National Science Foundation, basic research in the
physical sciences, and collaborative research partnerships,
and toward achieving energy independence through the
development of clean and sustainable alternative energy
technologies.

SEC. 602. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SERVICEMEMBERS' AND VETERANS'
HEALTH CARE AND OTHER PRIORITIES.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) the House supports excellent health care for current
and former members of the United States Armed Services--they
have served well and honorably and have made significant
sacrifices for this Nation;
(2) this resolution provides $48,150,000,000 in
discretionary budget authority for 2009 for Function 700
(Veterans Benefits and Services), including veterans' health
care, which is $4,888,000,000 more than the 2008 level,
$3,602,000,000 more than the Congressional Budget Office's
baseline level for 2009, and $3,232,000,000 more than the
President's budget for 2009; and also provides more
discretionary budget authority than the President's budget in
every year after 2009;
(3) this resolution provides funding to continue addressing
problems such as those identified at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center to improve military and veterans' health care
facilities and services;
(4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the health
care enrollment fees and pharmaceutical co-payment increases
in the President's budget;
(5) this resolution provides additional funding above the
President's inadequate budget levels for the Department of
Veterans Affairs to research and treat veterans' mental
health, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain
injury; and
(6) this resolution provides additional funding above the
President's inadequate budget levels for the Department of
Veterans Affairs to improve the speed and accuracy of its
processing of disability compensation claims, including
funding to hire additional personnel above the President's
requested level.

SEC. 603. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) this resolution assumes additional homeland security
funding above the President's requested level for 2009 and
every subsequent year;
(2) this resolution assumes funding above the President's
requested level for 2009, and additional amounts in
subsequent years, in the four budget functions--Function 400
(Transportation), Function 450 (Community and Regional
Development), Function 550 (Health), and Function 750
(Administration of Justice)--that fund most nondefense
homeland security activities; and
(3) the homeland security funding provided in this
resolution will help to strengthen the security of our
Nation's transportation system, particularly our ports where
significant security shortfalls still exist and foreign
ports, by expanding efforts to identify and scan all high-
risk United States-bound cargo, equip, train and support
first responders (including enhancing interoperable
communications and emergency management), strengthen border
patrol, and increase the preparedness of the public health
system.

SEC. 604. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LONG-TERM FISCAL
REFORM.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) both the Government Accountability Office and the
Congressional Budget Office have warned that the Federal
budget is on an unsustainable path of rising deficits and
debt;
(2) using recent trend data and reasonable policy
assumptions, CBO has projected that the gap between spending
and revenues over the next 75 years will reach 6.9 percent of
GDP;
(3) publicly held debt will rise from 36 percent today to
400 percent of GDP by the decade beginning in 2050 under
CBO's alternative policy scenario;
(4) the most significant factor affecting the long-term
Federal fiscal landscape is the expectation that total public
and private health spending will continue to grow faster than
the economy;
(5) the House calls upon governmental and nongovernmental
experts to develop specific options to reform the health care
system and control costs, that further research and analysis
on topics including comparative effectiveness, health
information technology, preventative care, and provider
incentives is needed, and that of critical importance is the
development of a consensus on the appropriate methods for
estimating the budgetary impact and health outcome effects of
these proposals; and
(6) immediate policy action is needed to address the long-
term fiscal challenges facing the United States, including
the rising costs of entitlements, in a manner that is
fiscally responsible, equitable, and lasting, and that also
honors commitments made to beneficiaries, and that such
action should be bipartisan, bicameral, involve both
legislative and executive branch participants, as well as
public participation, and be conducted in a manner that
ensures full, fair, and timely Congressional consideration.

SEC. 605. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING WASTE, FRAUD, AND
ABUSE.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) all committees should examine programs within their
jurisdiction to identify wasteful and fraudulent spending;
(2) title IV of this resolution includes cap adjustments to
provide appropriations for agencies that control programs
that accounted for a significant share of improper payments
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Federal agencies: Social Security Administration Continuing
Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health Care Fraud
and Abuse Control Program, and Unemployment Insurance Program
Integrity;
(3) title IV also includes a cap adjustment for the
Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance efforts to close
the $300,000,000,000 tax gap;
(4) the resolution's deficit-neutral reserve funds require
authorizing committees to cut lower priority and wasteful
spending to accommodate any new high-priority entitlement
benefits; and
(5) title IV of the resolution directs all committees to
review the performance of programs within their jurisdiction
and report recommendations annually to the Committee on the
Budget as part of the views and estimates process required by
section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act.

SEC. 606. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE
STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE.

It is the sense of the House that to reduce the deficit,
Congress should extend the PAYGO rules originally enacted in
the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.

SEC. 607. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING.

It is the sense of the Congress that the determination of
the congressional budget for the United States Government and
the President's budget request should include consideration
of the Financial Report of the United States Government,
especially its information regarding the Governments net
operating cost, financial position, and long-term
liabilities.

SEC. 608. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NEED TO MAINTAIN
AND BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO FIGHT HUNGER.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) 35.5 million Americans (12.6 million of them children)
are food insecure--uncertain of having, or unable to acquire,
enough food, and that 11.1 million Americans are hungry
because of lack of food;
(2) despite the critical contributions of the Department of
Agriculture nutrition programs (particularly the food stamp
program), which significantly reduced payment error rates
while providing help to partially mitigate the effects of
rising poverty and unemployment, significant need remains,
even among families that receive food stamps;
(3) nearly 25 million people, including more than nine
million children and nearly three million seniors, sought
emergency food assistance from food pantries, soup kitchens,
shelters, and local charities last year;
(4) legislation that passed the House with bipartisan
support was an appropriate first step toward ensuring that
nutrition assistance keeps up with inflation and rising food
prices; and
(5) Department of Agriculture programs that help us fight
hunger should be maintained and that the House should
continue to seize opportunities to reach Americans in need
and to fight hunger.

SEC. 609. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH
COVERAGE.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) nearly 47 million Americans, including nine million
children, lack health insurance;
(2) people without health insurance are more likely to
experience problems getting medical care and to be
hospitalized for avoidable health problems;
(3) most Americans receive health coverage through their
employers, and a major issue facing all employers is the
rising cost of health insurance;
(4) small businesses, which have generated most of the new
jobs annually over the last decade, have an especially
difficult time affording health coverage, because of higher
administrative costs and fewer people over whom to spread the
risk of catastrophic costs;
(5) because it is especially costly for small businesses to
provide health coverage, their employees make up a large
proportion of the Nation's uninsured individuals; and
(6) legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle
should be adopted that makes health insurance more affordable
and accessible, with attention to the special circumstances
affecting employees of small businesses, and that lowers
costs and improves the quality of health care by encouraging
integration of health information technology tools into the
practice of medicine, and by promoting improvements in
disease management and disease prevention.

SEC. 610. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY.

It is the sense of the House that rates of compensation for
civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted at
the same time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of
compensation for members of the uniformed services.

SEC. 611. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SUBPRIME LENDING AND
FORECLOSURES.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) over the last six months, the Nation has experienced a
significant increase in the number of homeowners facing the
risk of foreclosure with estimates of as many as 2.8 million
subprime and other distressed borrowers facing the loss of
their homes over the next five years;
(2) the rise in foreclosures not only has an immediate,
devastating impact on homeowners and their families, but it
also has ripple effects--
(A) local communities experiencing high levels of
foreclosures experience deterioration as a result of the
large number of vacant foreclosed and abandoned homes;
(B) rising foreclosure rates can accelerate drops in home
prices, affecting all homeowners; and
(C) home mortgage default and foreclosure rates increase
risk for lenders, further restricting the availability of
credit, which can in turn slow economic growth; and
(3) the rise in foreclosures is not only a crisis for
subprime borrowers, but a larger problem for communities as a
whole, and considering the multi-layered effects of
increasing foreclosures, the House should consider steps to
address this complex problem.

SEC. 612. SENSE OF HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

It is the sense of the House that--
(1) additional legislative action is needed to ensure that
States have the necessary resources to collect all child
support that is owed to families and to allow them to pass
100 percent of support on to families without financial
penalty; and
(2) when 100 percent of child support payments are passed
to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program
integrity is improved and child support participation
increases.

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