[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
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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. 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 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 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.


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  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 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
     
     
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     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 the Previous Question on the Rule for the 


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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.
              
             
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Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving education.
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for investments in America's 
              infrastructure.
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy, 
              preserve the environment, and provide for certain 
              settlements.
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and 
              wounded servicemembers and for a post 9/11 GI bill.
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve America's health.
Sec. 307. Sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid administrative 
              regulations.
Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for judicial pay and judgeships.
Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reforming the alternative 
              minimum tax for individuals.
Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase 
              in the income tax on social security benefits.
Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and 
              production.
Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for immigration reform and 
              enforcement.
Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration 
              enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.
Sec. 314. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for science parks.
Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for 3-year extension of pilot 
              program for national and state background checks on 
              direct patient access employees of long-term care 
              facilities or providers.
Sec. 316. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for studying the effect of 
              cooperation with local law enforcement.
Sec. 317. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to terminate deductions from 
              mineral revenue payments to States.
Sec. 318. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the establishment of State 
              Internet sites for the disclosure of information relating 
              to payments made under the State Medicaid program.
Sec. 319. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for traumatic brain injury.
Sec. 320. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve animal health and 
              disease program.
Sec. 321. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for implementation of Yellow 
              Ribbon Reintegration Program for members of the National 
              Guard and Reserve.
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.
       
       
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     SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 
                   EXPENSES.

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

     SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

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

       
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       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $494,477,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $494,305,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $491,399,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $491,163,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $551,039,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $551,161,000,000.
       (13) Income Security (600):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $393,591,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $394,613,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $414,369,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $419,023,200,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $416,322,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $418,871,200,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $425,435,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $426,242,100,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $411,468,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $411,597,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $426,718,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $426,611,400,000.
       (14) Social Security (650):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $19,378,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $19,378,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $21,308,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $21,308,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $23,794,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $23,794,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $27,330,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $27,330,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $30,342,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $30,342,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $33,162,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000.
       (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $86,365,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $83,551,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $93,319,584,000.
       (B) Outlays, $92,397,584,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $95,615,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $95,399,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $100,959,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $100,749,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $97,782,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $97,064,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $103,241,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $102,521,000,000.
       (16) Administration of Justice (750):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $46,282,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $44,322,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,432,330,000.
       (B) Outlays, $46,896,297,000.
       Fiscal year 2010:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,018,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $49,714,333,000.
       Fiscal year 2011:
       (A) New budget authority, $48,907,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,113,500,000.
       Fiscal year 2012:
       (A) New budget authority, $49,819,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,089,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013:
       (A) New budget authority, $50,768,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $50,706,000,000.
       (17) General Government (800):
       Fiscal year 2008:
       (A) New budget authority, $56,407,000,000.
       (B) Outlays, $56,920,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009:
       (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.--
       
       
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       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
     any bill or joint resolution (or amendment, motion, or 
     conference report on that bill or joint resolution) that 
     would cause the discretionary spending limits in this section 
     to be exceeded.
       (2) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--
       (A) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or suspended in 
     the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
     the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (B) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
     the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall 
     be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or 
     joint resolution. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under this subsection.
       (b) Senate Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate 
     and as used in this section, the term ``discretionary 
     spending limit'' means--
       (1) for fiscal year 2008, $1,055,478,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and $1,093,343,000,000 in outlays; and
       (2) for fiscal year 2009, $1,008,482,000,000 in new budget 
     authority and $1,108,449,000,000 in outlays;

     as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in 
     subsection (c).
       (c) Adjustments in the Senate.--
       (1) In general.--After the reporting of a bill or joint 
     resolution relating to any matter described in paragraph (2), 
     or the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of 
     a conference report thereon--
       (A) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     adjust the discretionary spending limits, budgetary 
     aggregates, and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new budget 
     authority in that measure for that purpose and the outlays 
     flowing therefrom; and
       (B) following any adjustment under subparagraph (A), the 
     Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately 
     revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this 
     subsection.
       (2) Matters described.--Matters referred to in paragraph 
     (1) are as follows:
       (A) Continuing disability reviews and ssi 
     redeterminations.--If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
     making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 
     $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and 
     Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social 
     Security Administration, and provides an additional 
     appropriation of up to $240,000,000 for continuing disability 
     reviews and Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for 
     the Social Security Administration, then the discretionary 
     spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to 
     exceed $240,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (B) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 for the Internal 
     Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to address the 
     Federal tax gap (taxes owed but not paid) and provides an 
     additional appropriation of up to $490,000,000 for the 
     Internal Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to 
     address the Federal tax gap, then the discretionary spending 
     limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
     and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed 
     $490,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (C) Health care fraud and abuse control.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 to the Health 
     Care Fraud and Abuse Control program at the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, then the discretionary spending 
     limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
     and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed 
     $198,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing 
     therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (D) Unemployment insurance improper payment reviews.--If a 
     bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations 
     for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $10,000,000 for in-
     person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 
     unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, and provides 
     an additional appropriation of up to $40,000,000 for in-
     person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 
     unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, then the 
     discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Senate 
     Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, 
     but not to exceed $40,000,000 in budget authority and outlays 
     flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009.
       (E) Comparative effectiveness research at the agency for 
     healthcare research and quality.--If a bill or joint 
     resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year 
     2009 that appropriates $30,000,000 for comparative 
     effectiveness research as authorized under section 1013 of 
     the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization 
     Act of 2003, and provides an additional appropriation of up 
     to $70,000,000 for that purpose, then the discretionary 
     spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to 
     exceed $70,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 2009 
     and the outlays flowing therefrom.
       (F) Reducing waste in defense contracting.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2009 that appropriates up to $100,000,000 to the 
     Department of Defense for additional activities to reduce 
     waste, fraud, abuse, and overpayments in defense contracting; 
     achieve the legal requirement to submit auditable financial 
     statements; or reduce waste by improving accounting for and 
     ordering of spare parts; 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 
     
     
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     amount not to exceed $29,352,000,000 in new 
     budget authority in each year; and
       (2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
       (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
     point of order raised under subsection (a).
       (d) Form of Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
     section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a 
     conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any 
     Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order 
     being sustained, such material contained in such conference 
     report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 
     to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede 
     from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or 
     concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as 
     the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of 
     only that portion of the conference report or House 
     amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such 
     motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which 
     such point of order is sustained against a conference report 
     (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by 
     operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be 
     in order.
       (f) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 206(a) of S. 
     Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply.

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

       (a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to 
     consider any appropriations legislation, including any 
     amendment thereto, motion in relation thereto, or conference 
     report thereon, that includes any provision which constitutes 
     a change in a mandatory program producing net costs, as 
     defined in subsection (b), that would have been estimated as 
     affecting direct spending or receipts under section 252 of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) were they included 
     in legislation other than appropriations legislation. A point 
     of order pursuant to this section shall be raised against 
     such provision or provisions as described in subsections (e) 
     and (f).
       (b) Changes in Mandatory Programs Producing Net Costs.--A 
     provision or provisions shall be subject to a point of order 
     pursuant to this section if--
       (1) the provision would increase budget authority in at 
     least 1 of the 9 fiscal years that follow the budget year and 
     over the period of the total of the budget year and the 9 
     fiscal years following the budget year;
       (2) the provision would increase net outlays over the 
     period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the 
     budget year; and
       (3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in 
     the legislation would increase net outlays as measured over 
     the period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the 
     budget year.
       (c) Determination.--The determination of whether a 
     provision is subject to a point of order pursuant to this 
     section shall be made by the Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate.
       (d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be 
     waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote 
     of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An 
     affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the 
     Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
     an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 
     raised under this section.
       (e) General Point of Order.--It shall be in order for a 
     Senator to raise a single point of order that several 
     provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer 
     may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the 
     provisions against which the Senator raised the point of 
     order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of 
     order as to some of the provisions (including provisions of 
     an amendment, motion, or conference report) against which the 
     Senator raised the point of order, then only those provisions 
     (including provision of an amendment, motion, or conference 
     report) against which the Presiding Officer sustains the 
     point of order shall be deemed stricken pursuant to this 
     section. Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a point 
     of order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of order 
     as it applies to some or all of the provisions against which 
     the point of order was raised. Such a motion to waive is 
     amendable in accordance with rules and precedents of the 
     Senate. After the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of 
     order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding 
     Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or all 
     of the provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
       (f) Form of the Point of Order.--When the Senate is 
     considering a conference report on, or an amendment between 
     the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order 
     being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such 
     point of order being sustained, such material contained in 
     such conference report or amendment shall be deemed stricken, 
     and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of 
     whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur 
     with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment 
     with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 
     amendment shall consist of only that portion of the 
     conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not 
     so stricken. Any such motion shall be debatable. In any case 
     in which such point of order is sustained against a 
     conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such 
     conference report by operation of this subsection), no 
     further amendment shall be in order.
       (g) Effectiveness.--This section shall not apply to any 
     provision constituting a change in a mandatory program in 
     appropriations legislation if such provision has been enacted 
     in each of the 3 fiscal years prior to the budget year.

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

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

                      Subtitle C--Other Provisions

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

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

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

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

     SEC. 223. DEBT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

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

     ``SEC. __. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

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

     SEC. 224. DEBT DISCLOSURES.

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

     SEC. 225. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

     SEC. 226. CIRCUIT BREAKER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.

       (a) Circuit Breaker.--If in any year the Congressional 
     Budget Office, in its report pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 projects an on-budget 
     deficit (excluding Social Security) for the budget year or 
     any subsequent fiscal year covered by those projections, then 
     the concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget year 
     shall reduce on-budget deficits relative to the projections 
     of Congressional Budget Office and put the budget on a path 
     to achieve on-budget balance within 5 years, and shall 
     include such provisions as are necessary to protect Social 
     Security and facilitate deficit reduction, except it shall 
     not contain any reduction in Social Security benefits.
       (b) Point of Order.--If in any year the Congressional 
     Budget Office, in its report pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 projects an on-budget 
     deficit for the budget year or any subsequent fiscal year 
     covered by those projections, it shall not be in order in the 
     Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     the budget year or any conference report thereon that fails 
     to reduce on-budget deficits relative to the projections of 
     Congressional Budget Office and put the budget on a path to 
     achieve on-budget balance within 5 years.
       (c) Amendments to Budget Resolution.--If in any year the 
     Congressional Budget Office, in its report pursuant to 
     section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     projects an on-budget deficit for the budget year or any 
     subsequent fiscal year covered by those projections, it shall 
     not be in order in the Senate to consider an amendment to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget that would increase on-
     budget deficits relative to the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget in any fiscal year covered by that concurrent 
     resolution on the budget or cause the budget to fail to 
     achieve on-budget balance within 5 years.
       (d) Suspension of Requirement During War or Low Economic 
     Growth.--
       (1) Low growth.--If the most recent of the Department of 
     Commerce's advance, preliminary, or final reports of actual 
     real economic growth indicate that the rate of real economic 
     growth (as measured by the real gross domestic product) for 
     each of the most recently reported quarter and the 
     immediately preceding quarter is less than zero percent, this 
     section is suspended.
       (2) War.--If a declaration of war is in effect, this 
     section is suspended.
       (e) Supermajority Waiver and Appeals.--
       (1) Waiver.--Subsections (b) and (c) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
     the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall 
     be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the appellant and the manager 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.
     
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       (g) America's Farms and Economic Investment in Rural 
     America.--
       (1) Farm bill.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     that provide for the reauthorization of the programs of the 
     Food Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or prior Acts, 
     authorize similar or related programs, provide for revenue 
     changes, or any combination of the preceding purposes, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes up to 
     $15,000,000,000 over the period of the total of fiscal years 
     2008 through 2013, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (2) County payments.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee 
     on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or 
     committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 
     limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     provide for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools 
     and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
     393), make changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 
     1976 (Public Law 94-565), or both, by the amounts provided by 
     that legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

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

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

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

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

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

       (a) Energy and the Environment.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels and 
     limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     would decrease greenhouse gas emissions, reduce our Nation's 
     dependence on imported energy, produce green jobs, or 
     preserve or protect national parks, oceans, or coastal areas, 
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018. The legislation may include tax 
     legislation such as a proposal to extend for 5 years energy 
     tax incentives like the production tax credit for electricity 
     produced from renewable resources, 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
     
     
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     revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that increases the reimbursement rate for 
     physician services under section 1848(d) of the Social 
     Security Act and that includes financial incentives for 
     physicians to improve the quality and efficiency of items and 
     services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries through the use 
     of consensus-based quality measures, by the amounts provided 
     in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (2) Other improvements to medicare.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that makes improvements to the Medicare 
     program, which may include improvements to the prescription 
     drug benefit under Medicare Part D, adjustments to the 
     Medicare Savings Program, and reductions in beneficiary cost-
     sharing for preventive benefits under Medicare Part B, or 
     measures to encourage physicians to train in primary care 
     residencies and attract more physicians and other health care 
     providers to States that face a shortage of health care 
     providers, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     those purposes up to $10,000,000,000, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (3) Electronic prescribing.--The Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that promote the deployment and use of 
     electronic prescribing technologies through financial 
     incentives, including grants and bonus payments, and 
     potential adjustments in the Medicare reimbursement 
     mechanisms for physicians, by the amounts provided in such 
     legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (4) Rural equity payment policies.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that--
       (A) preserves existing Medicare payment provisions 
     supporting America's rural health care delivery system; and
       (B) promotes Medicare payment policies that increase access 
     to quality health care in isolated and underserved rural 
     areas,
     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (5) Medicare low-income programs.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
     conference report that makes improvements to the Medicare 
     Savings Program and the Medicare part D low-income subsidy 
     program, which may include the provisions that--
       (A) provide for an increase in the asset allowance under 
     the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program so that 
     individuals with very limited incomes, but modest retirement 
     savings, can obtain the assistance that the Medicare 
     Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
     was intended to deliver with respect to the payment of 
     premiums and cost-sharing under the Medicare part D 
     prescription drug benefit;
       (B) provide for an update in the income and asset 
     allowances under the Medicare Savings Program and provide for 
     an annual inflationary adjustment for those allowances; and
       (C) improve outreach and enrollment under the Medicare 
     Savings Program and the Medicare part D low-income subsidy 
     program to ensure that low-income senior citizens and other 
     low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the low-income 
     assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the 
     improvements provided for in such legislation,

     by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 
     purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 
     the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2008 through 2018.
       (c) Health Care Quality, Effectiveness, Efficiency, and 
     Transparency.--
       (1) Comparative effectiveness research.--The Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations 
     of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other 
     appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, 
     joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     that establish a new Federal or public-private initiative for 
     comparative effectiveness research, by the amounts provided 
     in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
       (2) Improving the health care system.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill, 
     joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report 
     that--
       (A) creates a framework and parameters for the use of 
     Medicare data for the purpose of conducting research, public 
     reporting, and 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 
     
     
     
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     Services from promulgating or implementing any rule, action, 
     or guidance designed to prevent fraud and protect the 
     integrity of the Medicaid program or SCHIP or reduce 
     inappropriate spending under such programs, by the amounts 
     provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
       (2) Transitional medical assistance.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of 
     a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions or conference reports that 
     extend the Transitional Medical Assistance program, included 
     in title XIX of the Social Security Act, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the total of the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.
       (f) Other Improvements in Health.--The Chairman of the 
     Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of 
     a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
     which--
       (1) make health insurance coverage more affordable or 
     available to small businesses and their employees, through 
     pooling arrangements that provide appropriate consumer 
     protections, and through reducing barriers to cafeteria 
     plans;
       (2) improve health care, provide quality health insurance 
     for the uninsured and underinsured, and protect individuals 
     with current health coverage;
       (3) reauthorize the special diabetes program for Indians 
     and the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes;
       (4) improve long-term care, enhance the safety and dignity 
     of patients, encourage appropriate use of institutional and 
     community-based care, promote quality care, or provide for 
     the cost-effective use of public resources; or
       (5) provide parity between heath insurance coverage of 
     mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical 
     services, including parity in public programs;

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

     SEC. 307. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MEDICAID 
                   ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS.

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

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

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

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

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would reinstate the pre-1993 rates 
     for the alternative minimum tax for individuals, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

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

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would repeal the 1993 increase in the 
     income tax on Social Security benefits, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that 
     such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 
     the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.





     SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE ENERGY 
                   EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would 
     encourage--
       (1) consumers to replace old conventional wood stoves with 
     new clean wood, pellet, or corn stoves certified by the 
     Environmental Protection Agency;
       (2) consumers to install smart electricity meters in homes 
     and businesses;
       (3) the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions 
     from coal projects; and
     
     
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       (4) the development of oil and natural gas resources 
     beneath the outer Continental Shelf in areas not covered by a 
     Presidential or Congressional moratorium.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

     SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM 
                   AND ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, motions, or conference reports, by the amounts 
     provided in such legislation for the purposes described in 
     paragraphs (1) through (7), that--
       (1) provide for increased border security, enforcement of 
     immigration laws, greater staffing, and immigration reform 
     measures;
       (2) increase criminal and civil penalties against employers 
     who hire undocumented immigrants;
       (3) prohibit employers who hire undocumented immigrants 
     from receiving Federal contracts;
       (4) provide funding for the enforcement of the employer 
     sanctions described in paragraphs (2) and (3) and other 
     employer sanctions for hiring undocumented immigrants;
       (5) deploy an appropriate number of National Guard troops 
     to the southern or northern border of the United States 
     provided that--
       (A) the Secretary of Defense certifies that the deployment 
     would not negatively impact the safety of American forces in 
     Iraq and Afghanistan; and
       (B) the Governor of the National Guard's home State 
     certifies that the deployment would not have a negative 
     impact on the safety and security of that State;
       (6) evaluate the Federal, State, and local prison 
     populations that are noncitizens in order to identify 
     removable criminal aliens; or
       (7) implement the exit data portion of the US-VISIT entry 
     and exit data system at airports, seaports, and land ports of 
     entry.
       (b) Limitation.--The authority under subsection (a) may not 
     be used unless the legislation described in subsection (a) 
     would not increase the deficit over--
       (1) the total period comprised of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013; or
       (2) the total period comprised of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.

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

       (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of 1 or more 
     committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 
     resolution by the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     the programs described in paragraphs (1) through (6) in 1 or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that funds border security, immigration 
     enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs, including 
     programs that--
       (1) expand the zero tolerance prosecution policy for 
     illegal entry (commonly known as ``Operation Streamline'') to 
     all 20 border sectors;
       (2) complete the 700 miles of pedestrian fencing required 
     under section 102(b)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note);
       (3) deploy up to 6,000 National Guard members to the 
     southern border of the United States;
       (4) evaluate the 27 percent of the Federal, State, and 
     local prison populations who are noncitizens in order to 
     identify removable criminal aliens;
       (5) train and reimburse State and local law enforcement 
     officers under Memorandums of Understanding entered into 
     under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); or
       (6) implement the exit data portion of the US-VISIT entry 
     and exit data system at airports, seaports, and land ports of 
     entry.
       (b) Limitation.--The authority under subsection (a) may not 
     be used unless the appropriations in the legislation 
     described in subsection (a) would not increase the deficit 
     over--
       (1) the 6-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013; or
       (2) the 11-year period comprised of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

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

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

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

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

     SEC. 316. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR STUDYING THE 
                   EFFECT OF COOPERATION WITH LOCAL LAW 
                   ENFORCEMENT.

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

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

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would terminate 
     the authority to deduct certain amounts from mineral revenues 
     payable to States under the second undesignated paragraph of 
     the matter under the heading ``administrative provisions'' 
     under the heading ``Minerals Management Service'' of title I 
     of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 
     Stat. 2109).
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

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

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

     SEC. 319. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN 
                   INJURY.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
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     that provide at least $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 to funds traumatic 
     brain injury programs under sections 393A, 393B, 1252, and 
     1253 of the Public Health Service Act, if such legislation 
     would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 
     total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

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

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that would ensure 
     that the animal health and disease program established under 
     section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3195) is 
     fully funded.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

     SEC. 321. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 
                   YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS 
                   OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE.

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

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

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

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

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels and limits in this resolution for a bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     provides for changing the date by which eligibility of 
     members of the Armed Forces for concurrent receipt of retired 
     pay and veterans' disability compensation under section 1414 
     of title 10, United States Code, is fully phased in from 
     December 31, 2013, to September 30, 2008, by the amounts 
     provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 
     that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.

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

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

     SEC. 325. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FOOD SAFETY.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would expand the level of Food and 
     Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture food safety 
     inspection services, develop risk-based approaches to the 
     inspection of domestic and imported food products, provide 
     for infrastructure and information technology systems to 
     enhance the safety of the food supply, expand scientific 
     capacity and training programs, invest in improved 
     surveillance and testing technologies, provide for foodborne 
     illness awareness and education programs, and enhance the 
     Food and Drug Administration's recall authority, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for such purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 
     through 2018.

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

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

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

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this 
     resolution 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 
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     with accurate and comprehensive information on quality and cost;
       (3) protects Americans' economic security from catastrophic 
     events by expanding insurance options and improving health 
     insurance portability; and
       (4) promotes the advanced research and development of new 
     treatments and cures to enhance health care quality;



     if such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.

     SEC. 332. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH 
                   PROGRAM.

       If the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions reports out legislation to 
     establish a program, including medical monitoring and 
     treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts linked to 
     the September 11, 2001 attacks, and if the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions makes a finding that 
     previously spent World Trade Center Health Program funds were 
     used to provide screening, monitoring and treatment services, 
     and directly related program support, the Chairman of the 
     Senate Budget Committee may revise the aggregates, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, 
     if such legislation would not increase the deficit over 
     either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
     2018.

     SEC. 333. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO BAN MEDICARE 
                   ADVANTAGE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN SALES AND 
                   MARKETING ABUSES.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 
     conference reports that would limit inappropriate or abusive 
     marketing tactics by private insurers and their agents 
     offering Medicare Advantage or Medicare prescription drug 
     plans by enacting any or all of the recommendations agreed to 
     by leaders of the health insurance industry on March 3, 2008, 
     including prohibitions on cold calling and telephone 
     solicitations for in-home sales appointments with Medicare 
     beneficiaries, free meals and inducements at sales events, 
     cross-selling of non-health products, and up-selling of 
     Medicare insurance products without prior consent of 
     beneficiaries, by the amounts provided in such legislation 
     for such purpose, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

     SEC. 334. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING EXTENDING THE 
                   ``MOVING TO WORK AGREEMENT'' BETWEEN THE 
                   PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE U.S. 
                   DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
                   UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR A 
                   PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.

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

     SEC. 335. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A BALANCED BUDGET 
                   AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) On January 26, 1996, the House of Representatives 
     passed H.J. Res. 1, the Balanced Budget Amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, by the necessary two-
     thirds majority (300-132);
       (2) On June 6, 1996, the Senate fell three votes short of 
     the two-thirds majority vote needed to pass the Balanced 
     Budget Amendment; and
       (3) Since the House of Representatives and Senate last 
     voted on the Balanced Budget Amendment, the debt held by the 
     public has grown from $3,700,000,000,000 to more than 
     $5,000,000,000,000.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States should be voted on at earliest opportunity.

     SEC. 336. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NEED FOR 
                   COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE THE 
                   IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FROM HIGHLY 
                   INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WITH SAFE 
                   PHARMACEUTICAL INFRASTRUCTURES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (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.




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                        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.

       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: $1,879,540,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,027,124,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,205,864,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,442,025,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,669,315,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,771,740,000,000.
       (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal 
     revenues should be adjusted are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $0.
       Fiscal year 2009: -$70,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $23,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $14,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $16,000,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $17,000,000,000.
       (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: $2,556,254,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2009: $2,529,246,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2010: $2,564,161,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2011: $2,698,039,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2012: $2,740,065,000,000.
       Fiscal year 2013: $2,866,862,000,000.
       (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
     this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget 
     outlays are as follows:
       Fiscal year 2008: $2,462,616,000,000.
       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.

 
 
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        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.
       (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.
       
       
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       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;
       (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 
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     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;

     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. 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, 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 
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     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;
       (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 
     
     
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     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 
     reported by 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;
     
     
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       (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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