[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20899]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS REPORTING THIRTEEN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS BY 
                        JULY 31, 2002--Continued

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, what is the pending business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. S. Res. 304.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Conrad amendment be 
modified with the changes at the desk; that the amendment, as modified, 
be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; and the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4886), as modified, is as follows:

       Strike all after the Resolved Clause and insert the 
     following:

     , That the Senate encouraging the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations to report thirteen, fiscally responsible, 
     bipartisan appropriations bills to the Senate not later than 
     July 31, 2002.

     SEC. __. BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Extension of Supermajority Enforcement.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, subsections (c)(2) and 
     (d)(3) of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     shall remain in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement 
     through April 15, 2003.
       (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
     enforcement of section 302(f)(2)(B) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974.
       (b) Pay-As-You-Go Rule in the Senate.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of Senate enforcement, 
     section 207 of H.Con.Res.68 (106th Congress, 1st Session) 
     shall be construed as follows:
       (A) In subsection (b)(6), by inserting after ``paragraph 
     (5)(A)'' the following: ``, except that direct spending or 
     revenue effects resulting in net deficit reduction enacted 
     pursuant to reconciliation instructions since the beginning 
     of that same calendar year shall not be available''.
       (B) In subsection (g), by striking ``September 30, 2002'' 
     and inserting ``April 15, 2003''.
       (2) Scorecard.--For purposes of enforcing section 207 of 
     House Concurrent Resolution 68 (106th Congress), upon the 
     adoption of this section the Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate shall adjust balances of direct spending 
     and receipts for all fiscal years to zero.
       (3) Application to appropriations.--For the purposes of 
     enforcing this resolution, notwithstanding rule 3 of the 
     Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint 
     explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
     accompanying Conference Report 105-217, during the 
     consideration of any appropriations Act, provisions of an 
     amendment (other than an amendment reported by the Committee 
     on Appropriations including routine and ongoing direct 
     spending or receipts), a motion, or a conference report 
     thereon (only to the extent that such provision was not 
     committed to conference), that would have been estimated as 
     changing 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 
     an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as 
     direct spending or receipts legislation, as appropriate, 
     under section 207 of H. Con. Res. 68 (106th Congress, 1st 
     Session) as amended by this resolution.

  The amendment (No. 4886), as modified, was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 304), as amended, was agreed to as follows:
  (The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this resolution has been cleared by the 
minority. I said earlier today how much I appreciate the bipartisan 
work done on this measure by Senators Domenici and Conrad. It is an 
example of what can be accomplished when we work together. This is 
extremely important for the country. As I said earlier today, those two 
Senators, together with the two leaders, are to be commended.

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