[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
[NOTE: June 5, 2008 -  [S.Con.Res.70]   FEDERAL BUDGET--FISCAL YEAR
2009


 
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.

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 year
2008 and 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. Social Security.
Sec. 103. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses.
Sec. 104. Major functional categories.

TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

Subtitle A--House Reserve Funds

Sec. 201. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for SCHIP legislation.
Sec. 202. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and
servicemembers.
Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for
servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Sec. 204. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure investment.
Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for renewable energy and energy
efficiency.

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Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for middle-income tax relief and
economic equity.
Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative
minimum tax.
Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education.
Sec. 209. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing.
Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare improvements.
Sec. 211. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care quality,
effectiveness, and efficiency.
Sec. 212. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs.
Sec. 213. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program.
Sec. 214. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade adjustment assistance
and unemployment insurance modernization.
Sec. 215. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments legislation.
Sec. 216. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for San Joaquin River restoration
and Navajo Nation water rights settlements.
Sec. 217. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the National Park Centennial
Fund.
Sec. 218. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support enforcement.
Sec. 219. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for children and families.
Sec. 220. Reserve fund adjustment for revenue measures in the House.

Subtitle B--Senate Reserve Funds

Sec. 221. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen and stimulate the
American economy and provide economic relief to American
families.
Sec. 222. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving education.
Sec. 223. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for investments in America's
infrastructure.
Sec. 224. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy,
preserve the environment, and provide for certain
settlements.
Sec. 225. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and
servicemembers.
Sec. 226. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for
servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Sec. 227. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve America's health.
Sec. 228. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative
minimum tax.
Sec. 229. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for judicial pay and judgeships.
Sec. 230. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for immigration enforcement and
reform.
Sec. 231. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for science parks.
Sec. 232. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to terminate deductions from
mineral revenue payments to States.
Sec. 233. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for increased use of recovery
audits.
Sec. 234. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for food safety.
Sec. 235. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for demonstration project
regarding Medicaid coverage of low-income HIV-infected
individuals.
Sec. 236. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reducing the income threshold
for the refundable child tax credit, and other selected tax
relief policies.
Sec. 237. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program.

TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Subtitle A--House Enforcement Provisions

Sec. 301. Program integrity initiatives and other adjustments.
Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations.

Subtitle B--Senate Enforcement Provisions

Sec. 311. Senate point of order against legislation increasing long-term
deficits.
Sec. 312. Discretionary spending limits, program integrity initiatives,
and other adjustments.
Sec. 313. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 314. Senate point of order against provisions of appropriations
legislation that constitute changes in mandatory programs
with net costs.
Sec. 315. Senate point of order against legislation increasing short-
term deficit.

Subtitle C--Other Provisions

Sec. 321. Oversight of government performance.
Sec. 322. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative
expenses.
Sec. 323. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 324. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 325. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE IV--POLICY

Sec. 401. Policy of the House on middle-income tax relief.
Sec. 402. Policy on defense priorities.

TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE AND CONGRESS

Subtitle A--Sense of the Senate

Sec. 501. Sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid administrative
regulations.

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Subtitle B--Sense of the Congress

Sec. 511. Sense of the Congress on servicemembers' and veterans' health
care and other priorities.
Sec. 512. Sense of the Congress on homeland security.
Sec. 513. Sense of the Congress regarding long-term fiscal reform.
Sec. 514. Sense of the Congress regarding waste, fraud, and abuse.
Sec. 515. Sense of the Congress regarding extension of the statutory
pay-as-you-go rule.
Sec. 516. Sense of the Congress on long-term budgeting.
Sec. 517. Sense of the Congress regarding affordable health coverage.
Sec. 518. Sense of the Congress regarding pay parity.
Sec. 519. Sense of the Congress regarding subprime lending and
foreclosures.
Sec. 520. Sense of the Congress regarding the need to maintain and build
upon efforts to fight hunger.
Sec. 521. Sense of the Congress regarding the importance of child
support enforcement.
Sec. 522. Sense of the Congress on the Innovation Agenda and America
COMPETES Act.

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: $1,875,392,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,029,612,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,204,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,413,249,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,506,049,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,626,582,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: -$4,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: -$67,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $21,270,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: -$14,824,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: -$151,572,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: -$123,689,000,000.
(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: $2,563,262,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,530,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,562,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,693,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,736,865,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,868,813,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,465,711,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,565,903,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,621,939,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,712,795,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2012: $2,722,056,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,860,225,000,000.
(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: $590,319,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $536,291,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $417,287,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $299,546,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $216,007,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $233,643,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $9,575,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $10,207,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $10,732,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $11,137,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $11,484,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $11,832,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of debt
held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $5,404,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,761,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $5,989,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $6,080,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $6,075,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $6,081,000,000,000.

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: $666,706,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $695,870,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $733,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $772,459,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $809,789,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $845,034,000,000.
(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: $493,602,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $520,149,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $540,478,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $566,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $595,534,000,000.
(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:

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Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $5,010,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,944,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $5,233,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,160,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $5,359,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $5,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,475,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $5,653,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,626,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $5,817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,789,000,000.

SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

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

SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

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:

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(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, $576,233,000,000.
(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, $37,158,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $37,901,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,591,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $38,221,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,864,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $38,491,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,824,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $38,451,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,537,000,000.
(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, $30,639,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,072,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $31,701,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $32,863,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,642,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $34,115,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,891,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $35,450,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,694,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $3,550,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,681,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $6,514,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $6,615,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,092,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:

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(A) New budget authority, $6,450,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,969,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $6,550,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,417,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $6,474,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,659,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $33,169,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,723,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $40,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,868,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $35,278,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,472,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $36,307,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,865,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $37,396,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,356,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $38,033,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,923,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $24,296,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,179,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $22,572,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,312,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $22,145,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,241,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $22,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,022,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $20,889,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,463,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $22,304,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,606,000,000.
(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:

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(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, $80,189,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $74,682,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,781,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $77,999,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,318,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $78,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,468,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $79,741,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,453,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $80,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,675,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $20,149,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,820,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $15,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,401,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $15,376,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,109,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $15,603,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $15,840,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,301,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $16,007,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,986,000,000.
(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, $94,277,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,351,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $103,716,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $99,477,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $105,910,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $103,453,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $107,399,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $103,992,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $100,625,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $102,451,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $285,601,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $287,188,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $310,260,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $307,474,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $325,344,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $325,681,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $345,817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $345,055,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $368,395,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $367,257,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $393,337,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $391,872,000,000.
(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, $445,207,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $445,333,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $494,337,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $494,162,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $491,305,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $491,065,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $552,329,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $552,445,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $389,926,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $394,161,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $415,547,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $416,039,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $420,430,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $420,710,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $429,946,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $429,463,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $416,447,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $416,044,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $432,148,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $431,699,000,000.
(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, $21,313,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $23,803,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,803,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $27,338,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,338,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $30,349,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,349,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $33,170,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,170,000,000.
(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, $93,320,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $92,486,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $96,233,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,912,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $102,038,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,706,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $99,359,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $98,511,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $105,344,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $104,513,000,000.
(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, $48,303,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,097,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $48,673,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,291,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $49,348,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,763,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $50,139,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,172,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $51,051,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,767,000,000.
(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, $23,987,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,411,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $19,929,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $20,470,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,369,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $21,004,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,026,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $21,463,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,251,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $349,351,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $349,351,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $334,409,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $334,409,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $370,805,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,805,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $407,916,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $407,916,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $433,193,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $433,193,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $448,812,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $448,812,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $4,426,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,075,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$13,201,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$6,462,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$11,955,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$9,385,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$12,307,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$11,769,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, -$12,689,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$13,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, -$13,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$13,396,000,000.
(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--RESERVE FUNDS

Subtitle A--House Reserve Funds

SEC. 201. 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

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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
Children's 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. 202. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND
SERVICEMEMBERS.

The Chairman of the House 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--
(1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or
disability benefits for wounded or disabled military personnel
or veterans (including measures to expedite the claims process);
(2) maintain affordable health care for military retirees
and veterans;
(3) expand the number of disabled military retirees who
receive both disability compensation and retired pay, or would
accelerate the date by which eligible retirees under section
1414 of title 10, United States Code, will fully receive both
veterans' disability compensation and retired pay;
(4) eliminate the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan
annuities and Veterans' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation;
(5) provide 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 if such
members were not retired or separated;
(6) enhance programs and activities to increase the
availability of health care and other veterans services for
veterans living in rural areas; or
(7) provide or increase benefits for Filipino veterans of
World War II or their survivors and dependents

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation 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. 203. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR
SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

The Chairman of the House 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--

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(1) enhance educational benefits or assistance for
servicemembers and veterans with service on active duty in the
Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001;
(2) allow for the transfer of education benefits from
servicemembers to spouses, survivors, or dependents; or
(3) otherwise enhance 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 legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit or decrease the
surplus over either the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

SEC. 204. 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 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 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. 205. 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. 206. 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, or a tax credit for school construction bonds, by the amounts
provided in such measure if such measure

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

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

SEC. 208. 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. 209. 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. 210. 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, which may include measures such as--
(1) increasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while
protecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases;
(2) providing for--
(A) 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;

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(B) an update in the income and asset allowances
under the Medicare Savings Program and an annual
inflationary adjustment for those allowances; or
(C) improved 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;
(3) reductions in beneficiary cost-sharing for preventive
benefits under Medicare Part B; or
(4) limiting inappropriate or abusive marketing tactics by
private insurers and their agents offering Medicare Advantage or
Medicare prescription drug plans

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. 211. 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;
(3) provides parity between health insurance coverage of
mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical
services, including parity in public programs;
(4) improves health care, provides quality health insurance
for the uninsured and underinsured, and protects individuals
with current health coverage; or
(5) reauthorizes the special diabetes program for Indians
and the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes

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. 212. 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.

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(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.
(c) Demonstration Project Regarding Medicaid Coverage of Low-Income
HIV-Infected 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 provides 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 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.
(d) Pediatric Dental Care.--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 provide for
improved access to pediatric dental care for children from low-income
families by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would
not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2018.

SEC. 213. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM.

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 establish a program, including medical monitoring and
treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts linked to the September
11, 2001, attacks 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. 214. 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

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of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2018.

SEC. 215. 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. 216. 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 and other provisions 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. 217. 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 Park
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. 218. 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.

SEC. 219. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise
the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels

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in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report that assists children and families by improving child
welfare programs, extending and improving provisions in the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families program, or providing up to $5,000,000,000
for the child care entitlement to States 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. 220. RESERVE FUND ADJUSTMENT FOR REVENUE MEASURES IN THE HOUSE.

(a) In the House, with respect to consideration of any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report that would have the net
effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for the period
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2018 and that would decrease total revenues for the period of
fiscal years 2009 through 2013 below the Congressional Budget Office
baseline for this concurrent resolution on the budget, the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget shall increase the revenue aggregates by
$340,570,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 if the
Chairman determines that such legislation does not include language
consistent with the applicable provision set forth in the joint
explanatory statement of managers accompanying this concurrent
resolution. The Chairman may readjust such levels upon disposition of
any measure under this section.
(b) Section 321 of S. Con. Res. 21, the Concurrent Resolution on the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, shall no longer apply.

Subtitle B--Senate Reserve Funds

SEC. 221. 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 and expired tax relief and refundable tax relief,
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

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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, 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 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. 222. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR 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 education,
which may include--
(1) making higher education more accessible or more
affordable, which may include increasing funding for the Federal
Pell Grant program or increasing Federal student loan limits;
(2) facilitating modernization of school facilities through
renovation or construction bonds, reducing the cost of teachers'
out-of-pocket expenses for school supplies, or providing tax
incentives for highly-qualified teachers to serve in high-needs
schools;
(3) improving student achievement during secondary
education, including middle school completion, increasing high
school graduation, and preparing students for higher education
and the workforce; or
(4) promoting flexibility and accountability in Federal
education programs

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.

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SEC. 223. 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. 224. 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,
encourage consumers to install smart electricity meters in homes and
businesses, encourage the capture and storage of carbon dioxide
emissions from coal projects, 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 section 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.

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SEC. 225. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS AND
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 that would--
(1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or
disability benefits for wounded or disabled military personnel
or veterans (including measures to expedite the claims process);
(2) maintain affordable health care for military retirees
and veterans;
(3) expand the number of disabled military retirees who
receive both disability compensation and retired pay, or would
accelerate the date by which eligible retirees under section
1414 of title 10, United States Code, will fully receive both
veterans' disability compensation and retired pay;
(4) eliminate the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan
annuities and Veterans' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation;
(5) provide 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 if such
members were not retired or separated;
(6) enhance programs and activities to increase the
availability of health care and other veterans services for
veterans living in rural areas; or
(7) provide or increase benefits for Filipino veterans of
World War II or their survivors and dependents

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 or decrease the surplus for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008
through 2018.

SEC. 226. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR
SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR 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 that would--
(1) enhance educational benefits or assistance for
servicemembers and veterans with service on active duty in the
Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001;
(2) allow for the transfer of education benefits from
servicemembers to spouses, survivors, or dependents; or
(3) otherwise enhance 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 legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over

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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. 227. 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, by the amounts provided in that legislation for
those purposes, provided that the outlay adjustment shall not exceed
$50,000,000,000 in outlays over the period of the total of fiscal years
2008 through 2013, and provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through
2018.
(b) Medicare Improvements.--
(1) Physician payments.--The Chairman of the Senate
Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations,
and other appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill,
joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that
increases the reimbursement rate for physician services under
section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act and that includes
financial incentives for physicians to improve the quality and
efficiency of items and services furnished to Medicare
beneficiaries through the use of consensus-based quality
measures, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008
through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008
through 2018.
(2) Other improvements to medicare.--The Chairman of the
Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates,
allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for
a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference
report that makes improvements to the Medicare program, which
may include--
(A) reductions in beneficiary cost-sharing for
preventive benefits under Medicare Part B;
(B) the preservation or promotion of payment
provisions that support America's rural health care
delivery system;
(C) limits to 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;

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(D) a three-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 removing the limit on the number
of participating States under such pilot program; or
(E) 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) 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

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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
by the amounts provided 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.
(3) Health information technology and adherence to best
practices.--
(A) Health information technology.--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
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 one 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 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,

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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 implementation or
administration of regulations or other administrative actions
pertaining to Medicaid or SCHIP 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 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, or through reducing barriers to cafeteria plans;

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(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 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 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 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 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. 228. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTERNATIVE
MINIMUM TAX.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill,
joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that provides
for 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 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.

SEC. 229. 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. 230. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND
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

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resolutions, amendments, motions or conference reports that would
provide for greater border security, enforcement of immigration laws,
backlog reduction and improvement of immigration services, reimbursement
to states for the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens, or immigration
reform, 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. 231. 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
and limits 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. 232. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO TERMINATE DEDUCTIONS FROM
MINERAL REVENUE PAYMENTS TO STATES.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution
by the amounts provided for those purposes for 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), provided that such legislation 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. 233. DEFICIT-REDUCTION 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. 234. 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
and limits in this resolution for one or more

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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
effective 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, or 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. 235. 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. 236. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REDUCING THE INCOME THRESHOLD
FOR THE REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT, AND OTHER SELECTED TAX
RELIEF POLICIES.

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 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;
extend enhanced charitable giving from individual retirement accounts,
including life-income gifts; or incentivize utilization of accumulated
alternative minimum tax and research and development credits, 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. 237. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution
for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report
that would establish a program, including medical monitoring and
treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts

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linked to the September 11, 2001 attacks, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, if such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.

TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Subtitle A--House Enforcement Provisions

SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

(a) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--
(1) Continuing disability reviews and supplemental security
income redeterminations.--In the House, prior to consideration
of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report
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 any bill, joint resolution, amendment,
or conference report 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 any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report 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 any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report 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

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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) Costs of Overseas Deployments and Emergency Needs.--
(1) Overseas deployments and related activities.--
(A) 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 subparagraph, then the
allocation to the Committee on Appropriations may be
adjusted by the amounts provided in such legislation for
that purpose up to the amounts of budget authority
specified in section 104(21) for fiscal year 2008 or
fiscal year 2009 and the new outlays resulting
therefrom.
(B) 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 above the amounts of
budget authority and new outlays specified in
subparagraph (A) and such amounts are so designated
pursuant to this subparagraph, then new budget
authority, outlays, or receipts resulting therefrom
shall not count for the purposes of titles III and IV of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) 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.
(c) Procedure for Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--In the House, prior to consideration of any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report, the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make the
adjustments set forth in subsection (a) for the incremental new
budget authority in that measure and the outlays resulting from
that budget authority if that measure meets the requirements set
forth in subsection (a), except that no adjustment shall be made
for provisions exempted for the purposes of titles III and IV of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 under subsection (b) of
this section.
(2) Matters to be adjusted.--The adjustments referred to in
paragraph (1) are to be made to the allocations made under this
concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 302(a)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(d) Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008.--In the House,
if any measure making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008
is enacted, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make the
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and aggregates to reflect the difference between such measure and the
corresponding levels assumed in this resolution.

SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in subsection (b),
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making a
general appropriation or continuing appropriation 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 joint explanatory statement of managers to
accompany this resolution under the heading ``Accounts Identified for
Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$28,852,000,000 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.

Subtitle B--Senate Enforcement Provisions

SEC. 311. 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 $5,000,000,000 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
$5,000,000,000 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.

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(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. 312. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS, PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES,
AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

(a) Senate Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
section, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any
bill or joint resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference
report on that bill or joint resolution) that would cause the
discretionary spending limits in this section to be exceeded.
(2) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--
(A) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(B) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the
decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this
subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally
divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and
the manager of the bill or joint resolution. An
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the
Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to
sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point
of order raised under this subsection.
(b) Senate Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate and as used
in this section, the term ``discretionary spending limit'' means--
(1) for fiscal year 2008, $1,050,478,000,000 in new budget
authority and $1,094,944,000,000 in outlays; and
(2) for fiscal year 2009, $1,011,718,000,000 in new budget
authority and $1,106,112,000,000 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

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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.
(3) Adjustments for overseas deployments and other
activities.--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;

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(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 overseas
deployments and other activities, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes (and so designated pursuant
to this paragraph), up to the amounts of budget authority
specified in section 104(21) for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 and
the new outlays flowing therefrom.
(d) 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 may make the
appropriate adjustments in allocations, aggregates, discretionary
spending limits, and other levels of new budget authority and outlays
for 2008 and 2009 to reflect the difference between such measure and the
corresponding levels assumed in this resolution.
(e) 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. 313. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--
(1) Point of order.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill,
joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that
would provide an advance appropriation.
(2) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any new budget authority provided in a
bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year
2009 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after
2009, or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint
resolution making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2010, that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2010.
(b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
(1) for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for programs, projects,
activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory
statement of managers accompanying this resolution under the
heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 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.

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(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. 314. 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.

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(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.
(h) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 209 of S. Con. Res. 21
(110th Congress) shall no longer apply.

SEC. 315. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION INCREASING SHORT-
TERM DEFICIT.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference
report (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on
Appropriations) that would cause a net increase in the deficit in excess
of $10,000,000,000 in any fiscal year provided for in the most recently
adopted concurrent resolution on the budget unless it is fully offset
over the period of all fiscal years provided for in the most recently
adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
(b) 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.

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(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.
(c) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this section,
the levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the
Senate Committee on the Budget.
(d) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 2017.

Subtitle C--Other Provisions

SEC. 321. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.

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
appropriate Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 322. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.

(a) In General.--In the House and Senate, notwithstanding section
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, 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 Committees 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. 323. 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

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on the basis of estimates made by the appropriate Committee on the
Budget.
(d) Adjustments.--The Chairmen of the Budget Committees in the House
and the Senate may adjust the aggregates, allocations, and other levels
in this resolution for legislation which has received final
Congressional approval in the same form by the House of Representatives
and the Senate, and is either waiting to be presented to the President
or awaiting Presidential signature at the time of final consideration of
this resolution.

SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing for a
change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the appropriate
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. 325. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of
Representatives and the Senate and as such they shall be
considered as part of the rules of each House or of that House
to which they specifically apply, and these rules shall
supersede other rules only to the extent that they are
inconsistent with other such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either the House of Representatives or the Senate 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 of
Representatives or the Senate.

TITLE IV--POLICY

SEC. 401. POLICY OF THE HOUSE ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF.

It is the policy of the House 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;

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(G) extension of the deduction for small business
expensing; and
(H) enactment of a tax credit for school
construction bonds.

The House 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. 402. 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) sufficient funds should be provided to the military
services to expedite review of cases involving servicemembers
who could have been erroneously discharged from service for a
personality disorder, which resulted in a loss of benefits or
care, as a result of a combat-related psychological injury (such
as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or a closed head injury (such
as Traumatic Brain Injury);
(9) 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;
(10) 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;

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(11) 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 pending 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;
(12) savings from the actions recommended in paragraphs (9)
and (11) of this section should be used to fund the priorities
identified in paragraphs (3) through (8);
(13) the Department of Defense report to Congress on its
assessment of cold war weapons and progress on implementing GAO
recommendations as outlined in paragraphs (10) and (11) by a
time determined by the appropriate authorizing committees; and
(14) the GAO report to the appropriate congressional
committees by the end of the 110th Congress regarding the
Department of Defense's progress in implementing its audit
recommendations.

TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE AND CONGRESS

Subtitle A--Sense of the Senate

SEC. 501. 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

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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.

Subtitle B--Sense of the Congress

SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SERVICEMEMBERS' AND VETERANS' HEALTH
CARE AND OTHER PRIORITIES.

It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the Congress supports excellent health care for current
and former members of the United States Armed Services--

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they have served well and honorably and have made significant
sacrifices for this Nation;
(2) this resolution provides $48,202,000,000 in
discretionary budget authority for 2009 for Function 700
(Veterans Benefits and Services), including veterans' health
care, which is $4,940,000,000 more than the 2008 level,
$3,654,000,000 more than the Congressional Budget Office's
baseline level for 2009, and $3,284,000,000 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. 512. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

It is the sense of the Congress 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. 513. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING LONG-TERM FISCAL REFORM.

It is the sense of the Congress 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

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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 Congress 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. 514. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) all committees should examine programs within their
jurisdiction to identify wasteful and fraudulent spending;
(2) title III 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 III also includes a cap adjustment for the
Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance efforts to close
the $345,000,000,000 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 III of the resolution directs all committees to
review the performance of programs within their jurisdiction and
report recommendations annually to the appropriate Committee on
the Budget as part of the views and estimates process required
by section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act.

SEC. 515. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE STATUTORY
PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE.

It is the sense of the Congress that to reduce the deficit, Congress
should extend PAYGO consistent with provisions of the Budget Enforcement
Act of 1990.

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SEC. 516. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS 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 Government's net operating cost, financial position, and
long-term liabilities.

SEC. 517. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE.

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

SEC. 518. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING PAY PARITY.

It is the sense of the Congress 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. 519. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING SUBPRIME LENDING AND
FORECLOSURES.

It is the sense of the Congress 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;

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(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 Congress should consider steps to address this
complex problem.

SEC. 520. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD
UPON EFFORTS TO FIGHT HUNGER.

It is the sense of the Congress 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) additional resources are needed to ensure 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 the Congress should continue to
seize opportunities to reach Americans in need and to fight
hunger.

SEC. 521. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

It is the sense of the Congress 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.

SEC. 522. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE INNOVATION AGENDA AND AMERICA
COMPETES ACT.

It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the Congress 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;

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(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 other functions;
(4) additional increases for scientific research and
education are included in Function 270 (Energy), Function 300
(Environment and Natural Resources), Function 500 (Education,
Employment, Training and Social Services), and Function 550
(Health), 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.

Agreed to June 5, 2008.