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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–79 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. 

CON. RES. 99) REVISING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007, ESTABLISHING 

THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008, AND SETTING FORTH APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY 

LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2012 

MARCH 27, 2007.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SUTTON, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 275] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 275, by a record vote of 9 to 3 report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 99, the 

Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2008, under a structured rule. The rule provides a total of four hours of general debate, three hours to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on the subject of economic goals and policies to be 

equally divided and controlled by Representative Maloney of New 

York and Representative Saxton of New Jersey. The rule waives all 

points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution 

and provides that the concurrent resolution shall be considered as 

read. 

The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in this 

report. The amendments made in order may be offered only in the 

order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of 

the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All 

points of order against the amendments are waived except that the 

adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution 


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for amendment. The rule permits the Chairman of the Budget 

Committee to offer amendments in the House to achieve mathematical consistency. Finally the rule provides that the concurrent 

resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question of its adoption. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of the concurrent resolution, the Committee is not aware of any 

specific points of order. The waiver of all points of order against 

consideration of the concurrent resolution is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 110 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment in the nature of a substitute by Rep. 

Cooper (TN), #6. This substitute mirrors the president’s defense request, as well as the increased veterans funding offered by the reported bill for defense discretionary spending. Non-defense discretionary spending grows at a rate equal to one percentage point 

above the CBO baseline. This level is below the reported bill’s nondefense discretionary growth, but higher than the President’s request. It also proposes to curb the growth of entitlement programs 

by directing the Ways & Means Committee to find inefficiencies in 

service delivery that create real and significant savings to stretch 

over the lifetime of the ten-year budget. Additionally, it provides 

for the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program at $50 billion over 5 years. While the reported bill assumes scheduled expiration in 2010 of the majority of the president’s tax cuts, and provides for only a one-year fix to the Alternative Minimum Tax, this substitute prioritizes those tax rates 

that most directly benefit middle class working families. By permanently extending the 10% tax bracket, $1,000 child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, capital gains and dividends rates, State and 

local sales tax deduction, and minimizing any negative effect on the 

economy by phasing in marginal changes over three years, keeps 

over 50% of the tax cuts set to expire. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 111 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 


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Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Conaway (TX) #14 concerning 

earmark disclosure. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay: 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 112 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Porter (NV) #15 concerning 

Yucca Mountain funding. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 113 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. McCaul (TX) #16 concerning 

Customs and Border protection funding. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 114 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Murphy, Tim (PA)/Heller (NV) 

#17 concerning the child tax credit. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 115 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA). 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Burgess (TX) #10 concerning 

malpractice lawsuits. 


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Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 116 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA). 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Brown-Waite (FL) #13 concerning the Department of Veteran’s Affairs funding. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 117 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA). 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Foxx (NC) #22 concerning the 

Legislative Line-item Veto Act. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 118 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA). 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for the amendments en bloc by Reps. Shays (CT) #8 concerning capital gains and dividends; Jordan (OH) #9 concerning reduced marginal income tax rates; Weller (IL)/Bachmann (MN) #11 

concerning marriage penalty tax; Brady, Kevin (TX) #19 concerning 

State and local sales tax deductions; Hulshof (MO)/Bachmann 

(MN)/Lamborn (CO) #21 concerning the estate tax. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 119 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Sessions. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

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presses the sense of the House that the money the Federal Government spends is not the Government’s, but rather the hard-earned 

dollars of the American taxpayer, that Congress has a duty to scrutinize the way it spends this money to guard against waste and excessive spending, that Congress should balance the federal budget 

and that Congress should act expeditiously to pass a Constitutional 

amendment requiring a balanced budget. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 120 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Sessions. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Kirk (IL)/Dent (PA) #5, which 

requires the Chairman or Ranking Member of the Budget Committee to hold hearings on budget process reform and introduce 

budget reform legislation by Sept. 30, 2007. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 121 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Sessions. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Akin (MO) #7 concerning extension of tax provisions. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; 

Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 122 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Sessions. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Gingrey (GA) #18 concerning 

reauthorization of SCHIP. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; 

Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA) Sessions—Yea;; Slaughter—Nay. 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 123 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. Sessions. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Drake (VA) #20 concerning 

BRAC funding. 

Results: Defeated 3–9. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL) Nay; Matsui—

Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Castor—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Sutton—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Hastings (WA) Sessions—Yea; Slaughter—

Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 124 

Date: March 27, 2007. 

Measure: H. Con. Res. 99. 

Motion by: Mr. McGovern. 

Summary of motion: To report the rule. 

Results: Adopted 9–3. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Yea; Hastings (FL) Yea; Matsui—

Yea; Cardoza—Yea; Welch—Yea; Castor—Yea; Arcuri—Yea; Sutton—Yea; Dreier—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; 

Slaughter—Yea. 

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE MADE

IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

(Summaries derived from information provided by sponsors.) 

1. Scott, Robert (VA)/Kilpatrick (MI), Amendment in the Nature 

of a Substitute. This substitute balances the budget in FY 2012, 

and produces a total cumulative deficit that is $339 billion lower 

than that of the President’s budget. It also funds essential programs and services, especially in the areas of health care, education and Gulf Coast reconstruction. It also provides for additional 

services for veterans and homeland security, including port and rail 

security.—40 minutes 

2. Woolsey (CA), Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. This 

substitute has a nondefense, domestic discretionary spending number of just over $483 billion. It balances the budget by FY 2010. 

It spends $395 billion on defense while projecting complete U.S. 

military redeployment out of Iraq during 2007. It also projects enactment of the Common Sense Budget Act, which would save at 

least $60 billion per year on largely obsolete Cold War weapons 

systems plus tens of billions more in waste, fraud, and abuse in 

DOD spending identified by the nonpartisan Government Accounting Office (GAO). It repeals the Bush tax cuts for the top 1% of taxpayers and cracks down on corporate welfare by eliminating certain 

tax breaks and corporate loopholes. It includes the SMART Security Alternative to Preemption Doctrine, which shifts some spending and increases other non-military spending to enhance homeland security and fight the root causes of terrorism through 21st 

century diplomacy and meeting basic human needs (e.g. HIV/AIDS/ 

TB, universal basic education for all). It provides funding for immediate, cost-effective steps to redress global warming and the rapid 

acceleration of renewable energy development. It fully funds NCLB 


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and IDEA to improve Teacher Corps and job training. It also fully 

funds the S–CHIP program to ensure every American child eligible 

is covered for basic health insurance. It ensures whatever federal 

funding is needed to provide health care (including mental health 

care) for all American veterans (including but not limited to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan military operations). Finally, the 

substitute increases funding for Community Development Block 

Grants, Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction, community 

policing, and priority clean-up of leaking underground storage 

tanks that threaten the drinking water of nearly half of all Americans.—40 minutes 

3. Ryan, Paul (WI), Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. 

This substitute retains the 2001 and 2003 tax provisions, and provides for one-year extensions of alternative minimum tax [AMT] relief, the State and local sales tax deduction, and the research and 

experimentation [R&E] tax credit. It sets discretionary spending at 

$1,079.6 billion in fiscal year 2008 and $5,079.8 billion over 5 

years. Defense discretionary spending equals the President’s request for 2008 and 2009—including funds for overseas operations 

in Iraq and Afghanistan. Non-defense discretionary spending totals 

$433.9 billion in 2008, essentially freezing the 2007 level (excluding 

emergencies). Within this amount, the budget accommodates priority increases above the freeze for Homeland Security, Veterans’ Health Care, National Institutes of Health, Community Development Block Grants, and Science and Technology. Additionally, the 

budget calls for continued reforms to make the government’s major 

entitlements more responsive, flexible, and sustainable—and in the 

process saves $279 billion over 5 years. Finally, the substitute includes emergency set-aside, Legislative Line Item Veto, PAYGO for 

spending only, and discretionary spending caps.—40 minutes 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE MADE IN

ORDER UNDER THE RULE

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT OF

VIRGINIA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 40 MINUTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2008. 

The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the 

budget for fiscal year 2008 is hereby established and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012 are 

set forth. 

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 2012: 

(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

this resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 


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Fiscal year 2008: $2,125,897,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,195,626,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,257,721,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,434,651,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,618,596,000,000.00. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $75,100,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $88,700,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $94,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $40,100,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $21,500,000,000.00. 

(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: $2,563,074,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,569,841,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,612,809,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,719,483,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,746,964,000,000.00. 

(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 

are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $2,503,314,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,620,443,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,647,959,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,730,582,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,734,344,000,000.00. 

(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: $¥377,417,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $¥424,817,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $¥390,237,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $¥295,931,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $¥115,749,000,000.00. 

(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: $9,423,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $9,965,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $10,473,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $10,882,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $11,124,000,000,000.00. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $5,231,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: $5,452,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: $5,625,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: $5,686,000,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: $5,556,000,000,000.00. 


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SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2008 

through 2012 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $506,955,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $514,401,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $534,705,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $524,384,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $545,171,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $536,433,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $550,944,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $547,624,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $559,799,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $548,169,000,000.00. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,745,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $34,785,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,577,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $34,660,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,127,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $34,466,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,136,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $34,405,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $37,267,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $34,592,000,000.00. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $27,772,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $26,561,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $28,754,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $28,521,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $29,923,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $29,578,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $31,158,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $30,162,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $32,477,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $31,418,000,000.00. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $3,494,000,000.00. 


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(B) Outlays, $1,194,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $3,229,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $1,627,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $3,260,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $1,800,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $3,315,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $1,821,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $3,368,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $2,084,000,000.00. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $33,895,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $35,459,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $34,286,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $36,073,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $35,013,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $36,201,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $35,180,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $36,256,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $36,214,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $36,653,000,000.00. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $20,945,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $19,972,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,328,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $20,496,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,414,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $20,418,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,349,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $20,650,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,537,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $21,013,000,000.00. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $10,610,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $3,074,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $10,989,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $2,121,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,486,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $4,248,000,000.00. 


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Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $9,320,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $2,482,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $9,171,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $1,483,000,000.00. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $83,657,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $81,202,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $77,043,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $84,628,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $77,751,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $86,753,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $78,632,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $87,506,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $79,409,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $89,103,000,000.00. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $17,166,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $22,551,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $15,422,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $21,488,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $15,175,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $20,463,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $15,060,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $18,946,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,040,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $16,039,000,000.00. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $121,203,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $101,179,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $121,552,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $119,883,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $120,276,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $120,003,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $117,706,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $118,433,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $116,785,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $115,930,000,000.00. 


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(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $302,810,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $298,678,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $322,072,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $320,093,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $338,846,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $339,499,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $359,694,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $359,503,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $382,231,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $381,804,000,000.00 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $389,886,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $389,996,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $417,031,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $416,682,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $442,669,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $442,889,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $489,400,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $489,409,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $487,128,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $486,740,000,000.00 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $384,558,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $387,232,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $394,570,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $397,238,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $404,132,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $405,323,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $419,163,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $419,193,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $404,632,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $403,985,000,000.00 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,644,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,518,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000.00 


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Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $23,701,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $27,009,000,000.00 

(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000.00 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $29,898,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000.00. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $88,602,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $85,330,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $90,174,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $90,324,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $92,085,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $91,560,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $97,203,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $96,705,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $94,144,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $93,505,000,000.00. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $49,267,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $47,900,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $47,740,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $49,114,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $48,308,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $48,766,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $49,177,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $49,048,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $50,169,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $49,826,000,000.00. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,114,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $19,373,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,614,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $19,716,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,131,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $20,036,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,819,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $20,560,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 


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(A) New budget authority, $21,479,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $21,326,000,000.00. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $368,582,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $368,582,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $386,707,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $386,707,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $408,810,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $408,810,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $425,770,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $425,770,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $437,358,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $437,358,000,000.00. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $2,985,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $2,269,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $2,090,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $2,313,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $1,463,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $1,619,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $1,024,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $1,134,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $717,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $793,000,000.00. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥70,979,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $¥70,979,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥66,560,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $¥66,569,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥66,933,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $¥66,933,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥69,575,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $¥69,575,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥71,857,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $¥71,860,000,000.00. 

(21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities (970): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $145,163,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $114,914,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2009: 


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(A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000.00. 

(B) Outlays, $109,425,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $00.00. 

(B) Outlays, $42,324,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $00.00. 

(B) Outlays, $13,561,000,000.00. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $00.00. 

(B) Outlays, $4,485,000,000.00. 

TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 

PROVISIONS 

SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

(1) between 2001 and 2006, GAO provided the Department 

of Defense with 2544 recommendations, many related to improving their business practices and, to date, the Department 

of Defense has implemented 1014 recommendations and closed 

152 recommendations without implementation; and 

(2) the GAO estimates that the 1014 implemented recommendations have yielded the Department of Defense a savings of $52.7 billion between fiscal years 2001 and 2006. 

(b) ASSUMPTION; REPORT.—

(1) ASSUMPTION.—This resolution assumes $300,000,000 to 

be used by the Department of Defense to implement the remaining 1378 recommendations of the Government Accountability Office. 

(2) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense should submit a report to Congress within 90 days that demonstrates how each 

such recommendation will be implemented, and, in the case of 

any such recommendation that cannot be implemented, a detailed reason for such inability to implement such recommendation. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOLSEY

OF CALIFORNIA, OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 40 MINUTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2008. 

The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the 

budget for fiscal year 2008 is hereby established and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2017 are 

set forth. 


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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 2017: 

(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

this resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $2,150,937,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,222,766,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,310,761,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,540,991,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,644,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $2,734,699,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: $2,865,665,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,006,549,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,156,674,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,317,482,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $100,140,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $115,840,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $147,040,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $146,440,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $47,340,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $27,640,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: $27,440,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $27,140,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $27,140,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $27,140,000,000. 

(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: $2,353,935,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,442,610,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,535,026,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,652,452,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,717,674,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $2,828,667,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: $2,937,865,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,055,071,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,217,325,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,322,445,000,000. 

(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 

are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $2,402,616,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,465,058,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,538,061,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,646,858,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,697,966,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $2,810,051,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2014: $2,918,322,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $3,034,657,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $3,202,993,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,303,257,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS OR SURPLUSES (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 

the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

(on-budget) are as follows: Fiscal year 2008: $¥251,678,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $¥242,291,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $¥227,299,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $¥105,868,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $¥53,530,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $¥75,352,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: $¥52,656,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $¥28,107,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $¥46,320,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $14,224,000,000. 

(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: $9,295,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $9,654,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $10,000,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $10,219,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $10,399,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $10,599,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: $10,778,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $10,934,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $11,102,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $11,209,000,000,000. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2008: $5,104,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $5,142,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $5,152,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $5,023,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $4,831,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $4,653,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: $4,448,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: $4,215,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: $4,000,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: $3,727,000,000,000. 

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2008 

through 2017 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $398,744,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $493,286,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $409,871,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $446,218,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $421,524,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $430,322,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $433,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $435,605,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $445,237,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $435,975,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $457,936,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $451,495,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $470,915,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $464,070,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $484,527,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $477,291,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $497,989,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $495,508,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $512,131,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $504,943,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $53,558,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $45,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $54,617,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,046,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $55,138,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,298,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $55,936,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $51,663,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,714,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $53,721,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $57,548,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $54,368,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $58,435,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,018,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $59,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,822,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $60,033,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,603,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $60,898,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,403,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2008: 


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(A) New budget authority, $25,619,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,449,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $26,126,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,764,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $26,656,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,764,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $27,192,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,669,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $27,732,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,182,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $28,298,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,731,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $28,868,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,291,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $29,468,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,871,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $30,047,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,453,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $30,654,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,045,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $32,126,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $12,764,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,937,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,691,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,022,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,250,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,114,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,583,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,193,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,883,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,288,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,858,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,381,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,182,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,479,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,417,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 


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(A) New budget authority, $32,573,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,532,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $32,679,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,649,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $32,713,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,681,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $33,429,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,798,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $34,383,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,769,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $35,052,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,963,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $36,094,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,443,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $37,066,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,441,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $38,147,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $38,536,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $38,843,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $39,189,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $41,159,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $41,481,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $43,384,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $43,664,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,481,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,047,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,033,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,146,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,238,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,207,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,256,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,534,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,502,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,963,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,843,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,341,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $22,323,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,813,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $21,855,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,376,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $22,478,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,959,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $23,072,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,478,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $8,847,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,836,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $8,652,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $189,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $8,616,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $222,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $8,641,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $8,822,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $557,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $8,952,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $563,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $9,002,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $358,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,226,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $264,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,271,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $14,397,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,090,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $92,701,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $85,871,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $84,918,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $91,260,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $85,736,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $93,558,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $86,664,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $94,170,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $87,544,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $95,773,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $88,465,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $97,245,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $89,401,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $99,052,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $90,400,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $101,080,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $91,406,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,132,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $92,440,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $105,218,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $18,792,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,590,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $17,755,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,471,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $18,028,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,599,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $18,300,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,218,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $18,571,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,455,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $18,854,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,519,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,141,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,344,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,441,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,626,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,730,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,927,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,029,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,230,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $114,824,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $102,279,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $118,436,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $112,310,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $122,096,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $117,654,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $124,407,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $121,544,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $127,025,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $123,668,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $129,926,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $126,517,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $133,423,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $129,974,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $137,070,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $133,574,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $140,884,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $137,381,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $144,874,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $141,298,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $310,767,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $305,039,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $331,814,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $328,766,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $349,838,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $349,457,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $371,549,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $370,401,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $394,682,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $393,687,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $405,069,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $403,648,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $432,515,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $430,676,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $462,190,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $459,904,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $494,433,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $491,703,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $534,065,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $531,073,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $389,566,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $389,685,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $416,710,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $416,364,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $442,347,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $442,569,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $489,077,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $489,087,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $486,804,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $486,417,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $540,509,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $540,743,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $578,438,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $578,437,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $621,256,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $620,761,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $697,785,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $698,014,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $729,187,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $729,166,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $384,578,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $388,437,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $397,573,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $399,481,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $408,429,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $409,273,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $424,216,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $424,074,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $410,464,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $409,717,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $426,369,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $425,129,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $438,065,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $436,839,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $449,761,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $448,287,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $466,647,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $465,168,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $473,677,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $471,998,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $19,644,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $21,518,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $23,701,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $27,009,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $29,898,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $32,656,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,656,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $35,652,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,652,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $38,900,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $38,900,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $42,535,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $42,535,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $46,483,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,483,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $90,207,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $90,887,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $91,641,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $91,619,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $93,063,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $93,024,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $97,416,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $97,409,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 


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(A) New budget authority, $128,472,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $128,297,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $132,946,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $132,770,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $134,557,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,405,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $136,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $136,087,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $141,593,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $141,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $140,005,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $140,030,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $46,220,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,091,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $45,797,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,024,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $46,968,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,258,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $48,179,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $47,941,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $49,410,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,998,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $50,659,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,142,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $51,959,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $51,440,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,434,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $55,893,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $58,153,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $57,619,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $59,826,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $59,276,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,126,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,058,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,776,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,752,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $20,398,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,292,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $21,159,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,890,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $21,871,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,706,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $22,578,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,177,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $23,299,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,888,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $23,885,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,498,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $24,638,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,418,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $25,415,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,984,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $365,581,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $365,581,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $376,713,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $376,713,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $390,894,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $390,894,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $399,750,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $399,750,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $405,529,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $405,529,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $411,266,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $411,266,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $418,293,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $418,293,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $424,021,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $424,021,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: 

(A) New budget authority, $429,637,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $429,637,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: 

(A) New budget authority, $432,297,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $432,297,000,000. 


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(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $820,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $808,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $854,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $852,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $884,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $883,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $921,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $921,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $957,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $957,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $996,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $996,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $1,033,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,033,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $1,075,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,075,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $1,115,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,115,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $1,160,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,160,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $¥70,979,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥70,979,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥66,560,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥66,569,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥66,933,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥66,933,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥69,575,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥69,595,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥71,857,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥71,860,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥75,557,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥75,555,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2014: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥77,982,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥77,979,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2015: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥81,282,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $¥81,279,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $¥84,781,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥84,780,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $¥94,228,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥94,228,000,000. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RYAN OF

WISCONSIN, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 40 MINUTES

Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2008. 

(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress declares that the concurrent 

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 is hereby established 

and that the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 

through 2012 are set forth. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENTS 

Sec. 301. Policy of the United States Congress on taxation. 

Sec. 302. Policy of the United States Congress on entitlement spending. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 401. Restrictions on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 402. Contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism and for unanticipated defense needs. 

Sec. 403. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 404. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 405. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

Sec. 406. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

Sec. 407. Adjustments for tax legislation. 

Sec. 408. Repeal of the Gephardt rule. 

Sec. 409. Budget compliance statements. 

Sec. 410. Cost estimates for conference reports and unreported measures. 

Sec. 411. Roll call votes for new spending. 

Sec. 412. Budget process reform. 

Sec. 413. Treasury Department study and report. 

Sec. 414. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives. 

Sec. 415. Budgetary treatment of the National Flood Insurance Program. 

TITLE V—EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND 

Sec. 501. Nondefense reserve fund for emergencies. 

Sec. 502. Emergency criteria. 

Sec. 503. Development of guidelines for application of emergency definition. 

Sec. 504. Committee notification of emergency legislation. 

Sec. 505. Up-to-date tabulations. 

TITLE VI—LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY 

Sec. 601. Presidential recommendations. 

Sec. 602. Procedures in United States Congress. 

Sec. 603. Identification of targeted tax benefits. 

Sec. 604. Additional matters. 


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Sec. 605. Expiration. 

Sec. 606. Sense of Congress on deferral authority. 

Sec. 607. Sense of Congress on abuse of proposed cancellations. 

TITLE VII—EARMARK TRANSPARENCY 

Sec. 701. Prohibition on obligation of funds for earmarks included only in congressional reports. 

Sec. 702. Definitions. 

TITLE VIII—PAY-AS-YOU-GO 

Sec. 801. Pay-as-you-go point of order. 

TITLE IX—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS 

Sec. 901. Discretionary spending limits in the House. 

TITLE X—SENSES OF CONGRESS 

Sec. 1001. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support enforcement. 

Sec. 1002. Sense of the House on State veterans cemetaries. 

Sec. 1003. Sense of Congress on health insurance reform. 

Sec. 1004. Sense of the House on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

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 2012: 

(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

this resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as 

follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $2,002,088,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,097,634,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,148,718,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,244,002,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,374,337,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be decreased are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $48,912,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $9,366,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $15,282,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $150,998,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $222,663,000,000. 

(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: $2,452,253,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,432,323,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,464,843,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,575,993,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,613,919,000,000. 

(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the enforcement of 

this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 

are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: $2,427,922,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,484,251,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,468,400,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2011: $2,529,608,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,530,737,000,000. 

(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: $425,834,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $386,617,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $319,682,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $285,609,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $156,400,000,000. 

(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: $9,476,349,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $9,979,952,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $10,418,522,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $10,820,002,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $11,105,786,000,000. 

(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appropriate levels of 

debt held by the public are as follows: Fiscal year 2008: $5,284,759,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $5,467,610,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $5,570,986,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $5,624,371,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $5,537,610,000,000. 

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2008 

through 2012 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $648,770,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $617,792,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $584,705,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $626,892,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $550,790,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $561,384,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $564,117,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $536,057,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $579,375,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $525,407,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $31,989,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $32,387,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,263,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $32,199,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,873,000,000. 


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Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $32,268,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,679,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $32,336,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,774,000,000. 

(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $27,461,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,413,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $25,083,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,674,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $25,083,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $25,531,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $25,083,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,915,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $25,083,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,894,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $1,513,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥488,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $2,751,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,258,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $2,754,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,340,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $2,748,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,294,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $2,726,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,499,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,564,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,700,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,425,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,411,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,958,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,754,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,365,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,129,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $29,250,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,890,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 


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Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $20,330,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,401,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $20,183,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,412,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $19,988,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,120,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $19,502,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,876,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $19,099,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,645,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $8,127,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,237,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $8,020,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥413,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $7,731,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $÷638,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $7,486,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥1,105,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $7,384,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥845,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $79,363,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $79,252,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,326,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $80,458,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,419,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $80,553,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,445,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $79,371,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $73,441,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $79,041,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $13,376,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,123,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $11,020,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,179,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 


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(A) New budget authority, $10,930,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,106,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $10,968,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $15,695,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $11,052,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $12,306,000,000. 

(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 

(500): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $84,465,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $84,263,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $87,802,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $86,146,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $88,652,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $86,697,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $87,541,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $86,709,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $87,560,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $85,480,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $276,635,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $277,551,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $289,549,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $289,960,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $301,940,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $302,472,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $316,550,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $317,366,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $332,483,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $334,000,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $379,676,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $379,821,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $398,904,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $398,592,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $414,261,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $414,518,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $450,100,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $450,147,000,000. 

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(A) New budget authority, $436,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $435,845,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $376,258,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $381,323,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $383,853,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $383,617,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $392,348,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $391,046,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $406,091,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $403,954,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $405,114,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $402,614,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $19,644,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $21,518,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $23,701,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $27,009,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $29,898,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $84,493,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $84,512,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $89,019,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $89,033,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $92,397,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $90,798,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $98,286,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $96,779,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $96,528,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $94,838,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $45,765,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,432,000,000. 

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(A) New budget authority, $45,471,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,631,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $45,742,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,466,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $45,995,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,323,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $46,198,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $46,166,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $17,873,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,353,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $17,844,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,013,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $20,270,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,262,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $17,801,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,649,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $18,264,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,230,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $370,521,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $370,421,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $388,836,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $387,436,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $410,258,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $405,258,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $431,411,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $421,411,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $450,561,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $434,561,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,439,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,544,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥11,795,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥6,242,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥5,709,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥6,972,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥150,000,000. 


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(B) Outlays, $¥3,007,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $4,167,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,286,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥71,009,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥71,009,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥66,578,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥66,587,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥71,869,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥71,869,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥69,623,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥69,643,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $¥72,789,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $¥72,792,000,000. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) SUBMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFORM OF MANDATORY

SPENDING.—(1) Not later than June 8, 2007, the House committees 

named in paragraph (2) shall submit their recommendations to the 

House Committee on the Budget. After receiving those recommendations, the House Committee on the Budget shall report to 

the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without substantive revision. 

(2) INSTRUCTIONS.—

(A) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.—The House Committee on Agriculture shall report changes in laws within 

its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending by 

$452,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $3,277,000,000 for fiscal 

year 2012, and $9,849,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

2008 through 2012. 

(B) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.—The House Committee on Armed Services shall report changes in laws 

within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending 

by $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $100,000,000 for fiscal 

year 2012, and $410,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

2008 through 2012. 

(C) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ON LABOR.—The House 

Committee on Education and the Labor shall report 

changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce 

direct spending by $3,456,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 

$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $4,906,000,000 for 

the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

(D) COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE.—The 

House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall report 

changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce 

direct spending by $8,344,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 


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$30,602,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $97,359,000,000 

for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

(E) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.—The House 

Committee on Financial Services shall report changes in 

laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

spending by $00,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $140,000,000 

for fiscal year 2012, and $400,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

(F) COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.—The House 

Committee on Foreign Relations shall report changes in 

laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

spending by $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $90,000,000 

for fiscal year 2012, and $250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

(G) COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.—The House Committee on the Judiciary shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending by 

$265,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $1,010,000,000 for fiscal 

year 2012, and $3,515,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

2008 through 2012. 

(H) COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.—The House 

Committee on Natural Resources shall report changes in 

laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

spending by $1,507,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 

$535,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $4,647,000,000 for 

the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

(I) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.—The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending by $460,000,000 

for fiscal year 2008, $1,063,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, 

and $4,272,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 

through 2012. 

(J) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The House Committee on Ways and Means shall report changes in laws 

within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending 

by $10,109,000 for fiscal year 2008, $41,543,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $153,122,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2012, sufficient to reduce revenues by 

not more than $48,912,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and by 

not more than $447,221,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2012. 

(b) SUBMISSION OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—(1) Upon the submission to the Committee on the Budget of the House of a recommendation that has complied with its reconciliation instructions 

solely by virtue of section 310(c) of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, the chairman of that committee may file with the House 

appropriately revised allocations under section 302(a) of such Act 

and revised functional levels and aggregates. 

(2) Upon the submission to the House of a conference report 

recommending a reconciliation bill or resolution in which a 

committee has complied with its reconciliation instructions 

solely by virtue of this section, the chairman of the Committee 

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priately revised allocations under section 302(a) of such Act 

and revised functional levels and aggregates. 

(3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to this subsection shall be considered to be allocations and aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant 

to section 301 of such Act. 

TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENTS 

SEC. 301. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON TAXATION. 

The United States Congress reaffirms the statement of principle 

that the Federal Government should not raise taxes on American 

families or reverse the policies that have led to strong growth in 

the United States economy, and instead should move towards balancing the budget by reigning in the Federal Government’s spending; it is further the policy assumption underlying this resolution 

that the tax relief enacted in 2001 and 2003 should be continued. 

SEC. 302. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON ENTITLEMENT SPENDING. 

(a) FINDINGS.—

(1) Entitlement growth is unsustainable. Entitlements are 

currently growing at 6 percent per year significantly faster 

than our entire economy, and more than twice the rate of inflation. 

(2) Entitlements currently consume more than half of the entire Federal budget. If simply left on ‘‘auto-pilot’’ (assuming no 

new entitlement spending or benefits): 

(A) By 2015 in less than a decade 

(B) By 2040 social security, medicare, and medicaid 

alone will consume 20 percent of our economy 

(C) By 2040 Americans will have to pay twice the current rate of taxes 

(3) Entitlements must be reformed to survive with the retirement of the baby boomers, the situation will only get worse, 

making the necessary reforms more sudden and severe. 

(4) Entitlements aren’t all that’s at risk. If left unreformed, 

these programs will also impose a crushing burden on both the 

budget and the economy. Our now strong economy, which has 

created millions of jobs and been the key factor in reducing the 

deficit. Entitlements will eventually crowd out all other priorities such as education, veterans, science, agriculture, environment, even defense and homeland security. 

(5) The rising costs of government entitlements are a ‘‘fiscal 

cancer’’ that threaten ‘‘catastrophic consequences for our country’’ and could ‘‘bankrupt America’’ said America’s chief accountant, U.S. Comptroller General David Walker. 

(6) Without ‘‘early and meaningful action’’ to address the 

rapid growth of entitlements, ‘‘the U.S. economy could be seriously weakened, with future generations bearing much of the 

cost’’ warned Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. 

(7) Spending is the problem. Massive Tax Hikes are Not the 

Solution. Even if taxes are raised to balance the budget in the 

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(8) The U.S. Comptroller General testified that the United 

States Government ‘‘cannot grow [its] way out of this problem; 

eliminating earmarks will not solve the problem; wiping out 

fraud, waste, and abuse will not solve the problem; ending the 

war or cutting way back on defense will not solve the problem’’. 

(9) The budget must drive entitlement reform. Entitlement 

programs are well-intended, and provide a critical safety net 

for millions of Americans, but their costs are out of control, 

and growing worse every year typically without regular reform 

or congressional oversight. Congress must use the budget process to promote reforms that will make these programs better, 

more efficient, and more sustainable for the long term. 

(b) POLICY ON ENTITLEMENTS.—It is the policy of this resolution 

that Congress must immediately address the out-of-control growth 

of entitlement spending that may do substantial harm to the 

United States economy and hurt the standard of living of future 

generations. Furthermore, Congress must also commit itself to consider during this fiscal year fundamental reform packages to secure 

the long-term solvency of medicare, medicaid and social security. 

SEC. 303. BONNEVILLE POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION. 

It is the policy of this resolution that it does not specifically assume any savings from the President’s proposal related to the Bonneville Power Marketing Administrations and the Energy and 

Commerce Committee will determine its own policies subject to the 

applicable numerical allocation limits and reconciliation directives. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL BUDGET 

ENFORCEMENT 

SEC. 401. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In the House, except as provided in subsection (b), an advance appropriation may not be reported in a bill 

or joint resolution making a general appropriation or continuing 

appropriation, and may not be in order as an amendment thereto. 

(2) Managers on the part of the House may not agree to a Senate 

amendment that would violate paragraph (1) unless specific authority to agree to the amendment first is given by the House by 

a separate vote with respect thereto. 

(b) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—In the House, an advance appropriation may be provided for the fiscal years 2009 and 2010 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 $23,565,000,000 in 

new budget authority in each year. 

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 

resolution making general appropriations or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes available for 

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SEC. 402. CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS RELATED TO THE GLOBAL WAR 

ON TERRORISM AND FOR UNANTICIPATED DEFENSE 

NEEDS. 

(a) EXEMPTION OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS RELATED TO THE

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM AND FOR UNANTICIPATED DEFENSE

NEEDS.—In the House, if any bill or joint resolution is reported, or 

an amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is filed 

thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for contingency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism, 

and other unanticipated defense-related operations, then the new 

budget authority, new entitlement authority, outlays, or receipts 

resulting therefrom shall not count for purposes of titles III or IV 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

(b) CURRENT LEVEL.—Amounts included in this resolution for the 

purpose set forth in this section shall be considered to be current 

law for purposes of the preparation of the current level of budget 

authority and outlays and the appropriate levels shall be adjusted 

upon the enactment of such bill. 

SEC. 403. 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—

(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the appropriate Committee on the Budget; and 

(2) such chairman may make any other necessary adjustments to such levels to reflect the timing of responses to reconciliation directives pursuant to section 201 of this resolution. 

SEC. 404. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND 

DEFINITIONS. 

Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing for a 

change in concepts or definitions, the appropriate chairman of the 

Committee on the Budget shall 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. 405. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and the Senate, notwithstanding 

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rent resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under 

section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration. 

(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 discretionary amounts provided for 

the Social Security Administration. 

SEC. 406. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

Congress adopts the provisions of this title—

(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and 

the House, respectively, 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 such rules shall supersede other 

rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; 

and 

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 

House to change those rules (so far as they relate to that 

House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. 

SEC. 407. ADJUSTMENTS FOR TAX LEGISLATION. 

In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a bill 

or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, that amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by extending the expiration dates for Federal 

tax policies that expired during fiscal year 2008 or that expire during the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, then the chairman 

of the Committee on the Budget may make appropriate adjustments in the allocations and aggregates of budget authority, outlays, and revenue set forth in this resolution to reflect the budgetary effects of such legislation, but only to the extent the adjustments would not cause the level of revenue to be less than the level 

of revenue provided for in this resolution for the period of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2012 and would not cause the deficit to exceed 

the appropriate level of deficits provided for in this resolution for 

the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

SEC. 408. REPEAL OF THE GEPHARDT RULE. 

With respect to the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, the clerk of the House 

shall not prepare an engrossment of a joint resolution increasing 

or decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory limit on the public 

debt. 

SEC. 409. BUDGET COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS. 

Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution shall contain a budget compliance statement prepared by the 

chairman of the Committee on the Budget, if timely submitted 

prior to the filing of the report, which shall include assessment by 

such chairman as to whether the bill or joint resolution complies 

with the requirements of sections 302, 303, 306, 311, and 401 of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 


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SEC. 410. COST ESTIMATES FOR CONFERENCE REPORTS AND UNREPORTED MEASURES. 

It shall not be in order to consider a conference report or an unreported bill or joint resolution unless an estimate of costs as described in clause 3(d)(2) of Rule XIII has been printed in the Congressional Record at least one day before its consideration. 

SEC. 411. ROLL CALL VOTES FOR NEW SPENDING. 

The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when the 

Speaker puts the question on passage of a bill or joint resolution, 

or on adoption of a conference report, for which the chairman of the 

Budget Committee has advised the Speaker that such bill, joint 

resolution or conference report authorizes or provides new budget 

authority of not less than $50,000,000. The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent request or motion to suspend this section. 

SEC. 412. BUDGET PROCESS REFORM. 

Before September 30, 2007, the chairman or ranking minority 

member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall introduce, and the committee shall conduct hearings on, budget reform legislation that includes the following provisions: 

(1) Statutory discretionary spending limits. 

(2) Provisions to slow the growth of entitlement spending by 

requiring offsets for new benefits, and examining programs 

with annual increases higher than the rate of inflation. 

(3) Presidential legislative line item veto authority that preserves Congress’ constitutional power of the purse by requiring 

an expedited up or down vote on the President’s proposals. 

(4) Enforcement tools that restrict the definition of ‘‘emergency’’ so that emergency supplemental appropriation bills include only needs that are sudden, urgent, unforeseen, unpredictable, unanticipated, and temporary in nature. 

(5) Accrual accounting of the Government’s long-term obligations. 

(6) Periodic reporting from the Government Accountability 

Office that examine the causes of long-term deficits and 

present options to reduce these deficits. 

(7) Annual audit summaries from the Federal Accounting 

Standards Advisory Board for all departments of the Government that represent more than 20 percent of discretionary 

spending, with recommendations on how to improve the quality 

of financial information available to Congress. 

SEC. 413. TREASURY DEPARTMENT STUDY AND REPORT. 

(a) REQUEST.—Not later than June 1, 2007, the chairman or 

ranking member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

Representatives shall submit a request to the Secretary of the 

Treasury for a study of the impact of the current United States tort 

system on global competition and gross domestic product (GDP) 

growth. 

(b) SUBMISSION OF STUDY.—The results of the study described in 

subsection (a) shall be submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury 

to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 

not later than September 30, 2007. 


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SEC. 414. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the 

chairman of each authorizing committee of the House and Senate 

shall request the head of each Federal agency which administers 

the laws or parts of laws under the jurisdiction of such committee, 

to provide to such committee such studies, information, analyses, 

reports, and assistance. 

(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the 

chairman of each authorizing committee of the House and Senate 

shall request of the head of any agency under his committee’s jurisdiction, to furnish to such committee documentation, containing information received, compiled, or maintained by the agency as part 

of the operation or administration of a program, or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support of a review of a program, 

as may be requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of such committee. 

(c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Within thirty days 

after the receipt of a request from a chairman and ranking minority member of a standing committee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and studied by such committee under this 

section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish 

to such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has completed during the preceding six years. 

(d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with their duties 

and functions under law, the Comptroller General of the United 

States, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to each standing committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and ranking 

minority member may request to assist the committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs under this section. 

SEC. 415. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

(a) TREATMENT.—For purposes of the allocations and aggregates 

in this resolution, the reconciliation directives established by this 

resolution, and for any other purpose under titles III and IV of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the budgetary effects of any bill 

or joint resolution, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, or any recommendations submitted pursuant to section 201 

that includes the reforms set forth in subsection (b) shall be scored 

without regard to the obligations resulting from the enactment of 

Public Law 109–208. Such estimate shall assume the liquidating of 

the National Flood Insurance Fund’s remaining contractual obligations resulting from claims made as a result of floods that occurred 

in 2005. 

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(1) establish more actuarially sound rates on policies issued 

by the National Flood Insurance Program; and 

(2) end flood insurance subsidies on pre-FIRM structures not 

used as primary residences. 

TITLE V—EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND 

SEC. 501. NONDEFENSE RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES. 

(a) NONDEFENSE SET ASIDE.—

(1) DISCRETIONARY SET ASIDE FUND.—In the House and except as provided by subsection (b), if a bill or joint resolution 

is reported, or an amendment is offered thereto (or considered 

as adopted) or a conference report is filed thereon, that provides new discretionary budget authority (and outlays flowing 

therefrom), and such provision is designated as an emergency 

pursuant to this section, the chairman of the Committee on the 

Budget shall make adjustments to the allocations and aggregates set forth in this resolution up to the amount of such provisions if the requirements set forth in section 504 are met, but 

the sum of all adjustments made under this paragraph shall 

not exceed $6,450,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 

(2) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—In the House, if a bill or joint resolution is reported or a conference report is filed thereon, and 

a direct spending or receipt provision included therein is designated as an emergency pursuant to this paragraph, the 

chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make adjustments to the allocations and aggregates set forth in this resolution. 

(b) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES.—In the House, before 

any adjustment is made pursuant to this section for any bill, joint 

resolution, or conference report that designates a provision an 

emergency, the enactment of which would cause the total amount 

of the set aside fund set forth in subsection (a)(1) for fiscal year 

2008 to be exceeded: 

(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall convene a meeting of that committee, where it shall be in order, 

subject to the terms set forth in this section, for one motion described in paragraph (2) to be made to authorize the chairman 

to make adjustments above the maximum amount of adjustments set forth in subsection (a). If the Chairman does not call 

such a meeting within 24 hours of a committee reporting such 

a measure, any member of the Committee may call such a 

meeting. 

(2) The motion referred to in paragraph (1) shall be in the 

following form: ‘‘I move that the chairman of the Committee on 

the Budget be authorized to adjust the allocations and aggregates set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

fiscal year 2008 by the following amount: $lllll for fiscal 

year 2008.’’, with the blank being filled in with amount determined by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget. For 

any measure referred to in subsection (a)(1), such amount shall 

not exceed the total amount for fiscal year 2008 designated as 

an emergency in excess of the applicable amount remaining in 

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(3) The motion set forth in paragraph (2) shall be open for 

debate and amendment, but any amendment offered thereto is 

only in order if limited to changing an amount in the motion. 

(4) Except as provided by paragraph (5), the chairman of the 

Committee on the Budget may not make any adjustments 

under subsection (a) or subsection (b) unless or until the committee filing a report or joint statement of managers on a conference report on a measure including an emergency designation fulfills the terms set forth in section 504. 

(5) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall 

make any adjustments he deems necessary under this section 

if he determines the enactment of the provision or provisions 

designated as an emergency is essential to respond to an urgent and imminent need, the chairman determines the exceptional circumstances referred to in rule 3 of the rules of the 

committee are met and the committee cannot convene to consider the motion referred to in this section in a timely fashion. 

(c) APPLICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments made pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall 

(1) apply while that bill, joint resolution, conference report or 

amendment is under consideration; 

(2) take effect upon the enactment of that legislation; and 

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable. 

SEC. 502. EMERGENCY CRITERIA. 

As used in this title: 

(1) The term ‘‘emergency’’ means a situation that—

(A) requires new budget authority and outlays (or new 

budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom) for 

the prevention or mitigation of, or response to, loss of life 

or property, or a threat to national security; and 

(B) is unanticipated. 

(2) The term ‘‘unanticipated’’ means that the underlying situation is—

(A) Sudden, which means quickly coming into being or 

not building up over time; 

(B) Urgent, which means a pressing and compelling need 

requiring immediate action; 

(C) Unforeseen, which means not predicted or anticipated as an emerging need; and 

(D) Temporary, which means not of a permanent duration. 

SEC. 503. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION OF 

EMERGENCY DEFINITION. 

In the House, as soon as practicable after the adoption of this 

resolution, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall, 

after consultation with the chairmen of the applicable committees, 

the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget, and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, prepare additional guidelines for application of the definition of an emergency and shall 

issue a committee print from the Committee on the Budget for this 

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SEC. 504. COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

(a) COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION.—Whenever a committee of the 

House (including a committee of conference) reports any bill or 

joint resolution that includes a provision designated as an emergency pursuant to this title, the report accompanying that bill or 

joint resolution (or the joint explanatory statement of managers in 

the case of a conference report on any such bill or joint resolution) 

shall identify all provisions that provide amounts designated as an 

emergency and shall provide an explanation of the manner in 

which the provision meets the criteria set forth in section 502. 

(b) CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.—If such a measure is to be considered by the House without being reported by the committee of jurisdiction, then the committee shall cause the explanation to be 

published in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable. 

SEC. 505. UP-TO-DATE TABULATIONS. 

The Committee on the Budget of the House shall publish in the 

Congressional Record up-to-date tabulations of amounts remaining 

in the set aside fund set forth in section 501, or authorized in excess thereof, as soon as practicable after the enactment of such 

amounts designated as emergencies. 

TITLE VI—LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM 

VETO AUTHORITY 

SEC. 601. PRESIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 

(a) PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.—If, within 45 calendar days after 

the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing any discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff 

benefit, or targeted tax benefit, the President proposes, in the manner provided in subsection (b), the cancellation of any dollar 

amount of such discretionary budget authority, item of direct 

spending, or targeted tax benefit, such recommendation shall be introduced as a freestanding measure consistent with the terms of 

this title and shall be eligible for the expedited procedures set forth 

herein. If the 45 calendar-day period expires during a period where 

either House of Congress stands adjourned sine die at the end of 

a Congress or for a period greater than 45 calendar days, the President may propose a cancellation under this section and transmit a 

special message under subsection (b) on the first calendar day of 

session following such a period of adjournment. 

(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— (1) SPECIAL MESSAGE.— (A) CONTENTS OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—Each special message shall specify, with respect to the discretionary budget 

authority, items of direct spending proposed, limited tariff 

benefits, or targeted tax benefits to be canceled—

(i) the dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, the specific item of direct spending (that OMB, 

after consultation with CBO, estimates to increase 

budget authority or outlays as required by section 

1017(9)), the limited tariff benefit, or the targeted tax 

benefit that the President proposes be canceled; 

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thority is available for obligation, and the specific 

project or governmental functions involved; 

(iii) the reasons why such discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, 

or targeted tax benefit should be canceled; 

(iv) to the maximum extent practicable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect (including 

the effect on outlays and receipts in each fiscal year) 

of the proposed cancellation; 

(v) to the maximum extent practicable, all facts, circumstances, and considerations relating to or bearing 

upon the proposed cancellation and the decision to 

propose the cancellation, and the estimated effect of 

the proposed cancellation upon the objects, purposes, 

or programs for which the discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, 

or the targeted tax benefit is provided; 

(vi) a numbered list of cancellations to be included 

in an approval bill that, if enacted, would cancel discretionary budget authority, items of direct spending, 

limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefits proposed 

in that special message; and 

(vii) if the special message is transmitted subsequent to or at the same time as another special message, a detailed explanation why the proposed cancellations are not substantially similar to any other 

proposed cancellation in such other message. 

(C) DUPLICATIVE PROPOSALS PROHIBITED.—The President 

may not propose to cancel the same or substantially similar discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, 

limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit more than one 

time under this Act. 

(D) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIAL MESSAGES.—The 

President may not transmit to the Congress more than 5 

special messages under this subsection related to any bill 

or joint resolution described in subsection (a), but may 

transmit not more than 10 special messages for any omnibus budget reconciliation or appropriation measure. 

(2) ENACTMENT OF APPROVAL BILL.—

(A) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Amounts of budget authority, 

items of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted 

tax benefits which are canceled pursuant to enactment of 

a bill as provided under this section shall be dedicated 

only to reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus. 

(B) ADJUSTMENT OF LEVELS IN THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.—Not later than 5 days after the 

date of enactment of an approval bill as provided under 

this section, the chairs of the Committees on the Budget 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall revise allocations and aggregates and other appropriate levels under the appropriate concurrent resolution on the 

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(C) TRUST FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 

subparagraph (A), nothing in this title shall be construed 

to require or allow the deposit of amounts derived from a 

trust fund or special fund which are canceled pursuant to 

enactment of a bill as provided under this section to any 

other fund. 

SEC. 602. PROCEDURES IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS. 

(a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The majority leader or minority leader of 

each House or his designee shall (by request) introduce an approval bill as defined in section 1017 not later than the third 

day of session of that House after the date of receipt of a special message transmitted to the Congress under section 

1011(b). If the bill is not introduced as provided in the preceding sentence in either House, then, on the fourth day of session of that House after the date of receipt of the special message, any Member of that House may introduce the bill. 

(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— (A) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any committee of the 

House of Representatives to which an approval bill is referred shall report it to the House without amendment not 

later than the seventh legislative day after the date of its 

introduction. If a committee fails to report the bill within 

that period or the House has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a 

Congress, such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall 

be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After an approval 

bill is reported by or discharged from committee or the 

House has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for 

adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, it shall be 

in order to move to proceed to consider the approval bill 

in the House. Such a motion shall be in order only at a 

time designated by the Speaker in the legislative schedule 

within two legislative days after the day on which the proponent announces his intention to offer the motion. Such 

a motion shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to that special 

message. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening 

motion. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. 

(C) CONSIDERATION.—The approval bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against an approval bill 

and against its consideration are waived. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on an approval bill 

to its passage without intervening motion except five hours 

of debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent 

and an opponent and one motion to limit debate on the 

bill. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the bill 

shall not be in order. 

(D) SENATE BILL.—An approval bill received from the 

Senate shall not be referred to committee. 

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(A) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION.—A motion 

to proceed to the consideration of a bill under this subsection in the Senate shall not be debatable. It shall not 

be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 

motion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed to. 

(B) LIMITS ON DEBATE.—Debate in the Senate on a bill 

under this subsection, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith (including debate pursuant 

to subparagraph (D)), shall not exceed 10 hours, equally 

divided and controlled in the usual form. 

(C) APPEALS.—Debate in the Senate on any debatable 

motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this subsection shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be 

equally divided and controlled in the usual form. 

(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A motion in the Senate 

to further limit debate on a bill under this subsection is 

not debatable. 

(E) MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to recommit a bill 

under this subsection is not in order. 

(F) CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSE BILL.— (i) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate has received the 

House companion bill to the bill introduced in the Senate prior to the vote required under paragraph (1)(C), 

then the Senate may consider, and the vote under 

paragraph (1)(C) may occur on, the House companion 

bill. 

(ii) PROCEDURES AFTER VOTE ON SENATE BILL.—If 

the Senate votes, pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), on the 

bill introduced in the Senate, then immediately following that vote, or upon receipt of the House companion bill, the House bill shall be deemed to be considered, read the third time, and the vote on passage 

of the Senate bill shall be considered to be the vote on 

the bill received from the House. 

(b) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment to, or motion to 

strike a provision from, a bill considered under this section shall 

be in order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 603. IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETED TAX BENEFITS. 

(a) STATEMENT.—The chairman of the Committee on Ways and 

Means of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the 

Committee on Finance of the Senate acting jointly (hereafter in 

this subsection referred to as ‘‘the chairmen’’ shall review any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution which includes any 

amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is being prepared for filing by a committee of conference of the two Houses, 

and shall identify whether such bill or joint resolution contains any 

targeted tax benefits. The chairmen shall provide to the committee 

of conference a statement identifying any such targeted tax benefits or declaring that the bill or joint resolution does not contain 

any targeted tax benefits. Any such statement shall be made available to any Member of Congress by the chairmen immediately upon 

request. 

(b) STATEMENT INCLUDED IN LEGISLATION.—

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ate, any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution which 

includes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

reported by a committee of conference of the two Houses may 

include, as a separate section of such bill or joint resolution, 

the information contained in the statement of the chairmen, 

but only in the manner set forth in paragraph (2). 

(2) APPLICABILITY.—The separate section permitted under 

subparagraph (A) shall read as follows: ‘‘Section 1021 of the 

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

shall llllll apply to llllll,llllll,000,000’’, with the blank spaces 

being filled in with— (A) in any case in which the chairmen identify targeted 

tax benefits in the statement required under subsection 

(a), the word ‘‘only’’ in the first blank space and a list of 

all of the specific provisions of the bill or joint resolution 

in the second blank space; or 

(B) in any case in which the chairmen declare that there 

are no targeted tax benefits in the statement required 

under subsection (a), the word ‘‘not’’ in the first blank 

space and the phrase ‘‘any provision of this Act’’ in the second blank space. 

(c) IDENTIFICATION IN REVENUE ESTIMATE.—With respect to any 

revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution with respect to 

which the chairmen provide a statement under subsection (a), the 

Joint Committee on Taxation shall— (1) in the case of a statement described in subsection 

(b)(2)(A), list the targeted tax benefits in any revenue estimate 

prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation for any conference report which accompanies such bill or joint resolution, 

or 

(2) in the case of a statement described in section 13(b)(2)(B), 

indicate in such revenue estimate that no provision in such bill 

or joint resolution has been identified as a targeted tax benefit. 

(d) PRESIDENT’S AUTHORITY.—If any revenue or reconciliation bill 

or joint resolution is signed into law— (1) with a separate section described in subsection (b)(2), 

then the President may use the authority granted in this section only with respect to any targeted tax benefit in that law, 

if any, identified in such separate section; or 

(2) without a separate section described in subsection (b)(2), 

then the President may use the authority granted in this section with respect to any targeted tax benefit in that law. 

SEC. 604. ADDITIONAL MATTERS. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—

(1) APPROPRIATION LAW.—The term ‘‘appropriation law’’

means an Act referred to in section 105 of title I, United States 

Code, including any general or special appropriation Act, or 

any Act making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations, that has been signed into law pursuant to Article I, 

section 7, of the Constitution of the United States. 

(2) APPROVAL BILL.—The term ‘‘approval bill’’ means a bill or 

joint resolution which only approves proposed cancellations of 

dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority, items of new 

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in a special message transmitted by the President under this 

part and—(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A bill approving the 

proposed cancellations transmitted by the President on 

llll’’, the blank space being filled in with the date of 

transmission of the relevant special message and the public law number to which the message relates; 

(B) which does not have a preamble; and 

(C) which provides only the following after the enacting 

clause: That the Congress approves of proposed cancellations llll, the blank space being filled in with a list 

of the cancellations contained in the President’s special 

message, as transmitted by the President in a special message on llll, the blank space being filled in with the 

appropriate date, regarding llll, the blank space 

being filled in with the Public Law number to which the 

special message relates; 

(D) which only includes proposed cancellations that are 

estimated by CBO to meet the definition of discretionary 

budgetary authority or items of direct spending, or limited 

tariff benefits, or that are identified as targeted tax benefits pursuant to section 1014; 

(E) if any proposed cancellation other than discretionary 

budget authority or targeted tax benefits is estimated by 

CBO to not meet the definition of item of direct spending, 

then the approval bill shall include at the end: The President shall cease the suspension of the implementation of 

the following under section 1013 of the Legislative Line 

Item Veto Act of 2006: llll, the blank space being 

filled in with the list of such proposed cancellations; and 

(F) if no CBO estimate is available, then the entire list 

of legislative provisions proposed by the President is inserted in the second blank space in subparagraph (C). 

(3) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘‘calendar day’’ means a standard 24-hour period beginning at midnight. 

(4) CANCEL OR CANCELLATION.—The terms ‘‘cancel’’ or ‘‘cancellation’’ means to prevent— (A) budget authority from having legal force or effect; 

(B) in the case of entitlement authority, to prevent the 

specific legal obligation of the United States from having 

legal force or effect; 

(C) in the case of the food stamp program, to prevent the 

specific provision of law that provides such benefit from 

having legal force or effect; or 

(D) a limited tariff benefit from having legal force or effect, and to make any necessary, conforming statutory 

change to ensure that such limited tariff benefit is not implemented; or 

(E) a targeted tax benefit from having legal force or effect, and to make any necessary, conforming statutory 

change to ensure that such targeted tax benefit is not implemented and that any budgetary resources are appropriately canceled. 

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(6) DIRECT SPENDING.—The term ‘‘direct spending’’ means—

(A) budget authority provided by law (other than an appropriation law); 

(B) entitlement authority; and 

(C) the food stamp program. 

(7) DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY.—

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘dollar 

amount of discretionary budget authority’’ means the entire 

dollar amount of budget authority—

(i) specified in an appropriation law, or the entire dollar 

amount of budget authority or obligation limitation required to be allocated by a specific proviso in an appropriation law for which a specific dollar figure was not included; 

(ii) represented separately in any table, chart, or explanatory text included in the statement of managers or the 

governing committee report accompanying such law; 

(iii) required to be allocated for a specific program, 

project, or activity in a law (other than an appropriation 

law) that mandates the expenditure of budget authority 

from accounts, programs, projects, or activities for which 

budget authority is provided in an appropriation law; 

(iv) represented by the product of the estimated procurement cost and the total quantity of items specified in an 

appropriation law or included in the statement of managers or the governing committee report accompanying 

such law; or 

(v) represented by the product of the estimated procurement cost and the total quantity of items required to be 

provided in a law (other than an appropriation law) that 

mandates the expenditure of budget authority from accounts, programs, projects, or activities for which budget 

authority is provided in an appropriation law. 

(B) The term ‘‘dollar amount of discretionary budget authority’’ does not include—

(i) direct spending; 

(ii) budget authority in an appropriation law which 

funds direct spending provided for in other law; 

(iii) any existing budget authority canceled in an appropriation law; or 

(iv) any restriction, condition, or limitation in an appropriation law or the accompanying statement of 

managers or committee reports on the expenditure of 

budget authority for an account, program, project, or 

activity, or on activities involving such expenditure. 

(8) ITEM OF DIRECT SPENDING.—The term ‘‘item of direct 

spending’’ means any provision of law that results in an increase in budget authority or outlays for direct spending relative to the most recent levels calculated consistent with the 

methodology used to calculate a baseline under section 257 of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985 and included with a budget submission under section 

1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, in the first year or the 

5-year period for which the item is effective. However, such 

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ing direct spending, but instead only refers to provisions of law 

that increase such direct spending. 

(9) LIMITED TARIFF BENEFIT.—The term ‘‘limited tariff benefit’’ means any provision of law that modifies the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States in a manner that benefits 

10 or fewer entities (as defined in paragraph (12)(B)). 

(10) OMB.—The term ‘‘OMB’’ means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

(11) OMNIBUS RECONCILIATION OR APPROPRIATION MEAS- URE.—The term ‘‘omnibus reconciliation’’ or ‘‘appropriation 

measure’’ means— (A) in the case of a reconciliation bill, any such bill that 

is reported to its House by the Committee on the Budget; 

or 

(B) in the case of an appropriation measure, any such 

measure that provides appropriations for programs, 

projects, or activities falling within 2 or more section 

302(b) suballocations. 

(12) TARGETED TAX BENEFIT.—

(A) The ‘‘term targeted tax benefit’’ means any revenuelosing provision that provides a Federal tax deduction, 

credit, exclusion, or preference to ten or fewer beneficiaries 

(determined with respect to either present law or any provision of which the provision is a part) under the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for which the provision 

is in effect; 

(B) FOR PURPOSES OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A).— (i) all businesses and associations that are members 

of the same controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986) shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(ii) all shareholders, partners, members, or beneficiaries of a corporation, partnership, association, or 

trust or estate, respectively, shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(iii) all employees of an employer shall be treated as 

a single beneficiary; 

(iv) all qualified plans of an employer shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(v) all beneficiaries of a qualified plan shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(vi) all contributors to a charitable organization 

shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(vii) all holders of the same bond issue shall be 

treated as a single beneficiary; and 

(viii) if a corporation, partnership, association, trust 

or estate is the beneficiary of a provision, the shareholders of the corporation, the partners of the partnership, the members of the association, or the beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not also be treated 

as beneficiaries of such provision; 

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sion of which the provision is a part) for any one of the two 

following periods—

(i) the first fiscal year for which the provision is effective; or 

(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years beginning with 

the first fiscal year for which the provision is effective; 

(D) the ‘‘term targeted tax benefit’’ does not include any 

provision which applies uniformly to an entire industry; 

and 

(E) the terms used in this paragraph shall have the 

same meaning as those terms have generally in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, unless otherwise expressly provided. 

SEC. 605. EXPIRATION. 

This title shall have no force or effect on or after October 1, 2012. 

SEC. 606. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFERRAL AUTHORITY. 

It is the sense of Congress that legislation providing the authority to temporarily defer spending on proposed rescissions should be 

enacted. 

SEC. 607. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ABUSE OF PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS. 

It is the sense of Congress that no President or any executive 

branch official should condition the inclusion or exclusion or threaten to condition the inclusion or exclusion of any proposed cancellation in any special message under this title upon any vote cast or 

to be cast by any Member of either House of Congress. 

TITLE VII—EARMARK TRANSPARENCY 

SEC. 701. PROHIBITION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR EARMARKS 

INCLUDED ONLY IN CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS. 

(a) REQUIREMENT THAT EARMARKS MUST BE IN LEGISLATIVE

TEXT.—Notwithstanding any other rule of the House, in addition to 

the requirements set forth in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives, it shall not be in order to consider 

any bill, joint resolution, amendment thereto, or conference report 

thereon, unless the list of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits, required by clause 9(a)of rule XXI 

are also set forth in the text of such measure. 

(b) AVAILABILITY ON THE INTERNET.—Notwithstanding any other 

rule of the House, in addition to the requirements set forth in 

clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 

it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, or conference report thereon, unless the lists required by paragraphs (1), 

(2), and (4) of clause 9 of rule XXI are made available on the Internet in a searchable format to the general public for at least 48 

hours before consideration. 

SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 

(a) CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK.—The term ‘‘congressional earmark’’ means a provision or report language included primarily at 

the request of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator providing, authorizing or recommending a specific amount of 

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authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or Congressional district, other than through a 

statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award 

process. 

(b) LIMITED BENEFITS.— (1) LIMITED TARIFF BENEFIT.—The term ‘‘limited tariff benefit’’ means any provision of law that modifies the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States in a manner that benefits 

10 or fewer entities (as defined in paragraph (12)(B)). 

(2) LIMITED TAX BENEFIT.—(A) The term ‘‘limited tax benefit’’ means any revenue-losing provision that provides a Federal 

tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or preference to ten or fewer 

beneficiaries (determined with respect to either present law or 

any provision of which the provision is a part) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for which the provision 

is in effect; 

(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)— (i) all businesses and associations that are members 

of the same controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986) shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(ii) all shareholders, partners, members, or beneficiaries of a corporation, partnership, association, or 

trust or estate, respectively, shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(iii) all employees of an employer shall be treated as 

a single beneficiary; 

(iv) all qualified plans of an employer shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(v) all beneficiaries of a qualified plan shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(vi) all contributors to a charitable organization 

shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

(vii) all holders of the same bond issue shall be 

treated as a single beneficiary; and 

(viii) if a corporation, partnership, association, trust 

or estate is the beneficiary of a provision, the shareholders of the corporation, the partners of the partnership, the members of the association, or the beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not also be treated 

as beneficiaries of such provision; 

(C) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term ‘‘revenue-losing provision’’ means any provision that is estimated to result in a reduction in federal tax revenues (determined with respect to either present law or any provision of which the provision is a part) for any one of the two 

following periods—

(i) the first fiscal year for which the provision is effective; or 

(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years beginning with 

the first fiscal year for which the provision is effective; 

(D) the term ‘‘limited tax benefit’’ does not include any 

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apply for congressional earmarks, limited tariff benefits, and limited tax benefits. 

TITLE VIII—PAY-AS-YOU-GO 

SEC. 801. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER 

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the House or the 

Senate to consider any direct spending legislation, excluding 

the impact of any revenue provisions, that would increase the 

on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for any 1 of 4 

applicable time periods as measured in paragraphs (5) and (6). 

(2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘applicable time period’’ means any 1 of the 

4 following periods: 

(A) The current fiscal year. 

(B) The budget year. 

(C) The period of the 5 fiscal years following the current 

fiscal year. 

(D) The period of the 5 fiscal years following the 5 fiscal 

years referred to in subparagraph (C). 

(3) DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For purposes of this subsection and except as provided in paragraph (4), the term ‘‘direct spending legislation’’ means any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, motion, or conference report that affects direct 

spending as that term is defined by, and interpreted for purposes of, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985. 

(4) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant to this subsection shall—

(A) use the most recent baseline estimates supplied by 

the Congressional Budget Office consistent with section 

257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985 used in considering a concurrent resolution on 

the budget; or 

(B) after the beginning of a new calendar year and before consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget, 

the most recent baseline estimates supplied by the Congressional Budget Office consistent with section 257 of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985. 

(5) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or revenue legislation 

increases the on-budget deficit or causes an on-budget deficit 

when taken individually, it must also increase the on-budget 

deficit or cause an on-budget deficit when taken together with 

all direct spending and revenue legislation enacted since the 

beginning of the calendar year not accounted for in the baseline under paragraph (5)(A), except that direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net deficit reduction enacted in any 

bill pursuant to a reconciliation instruction since the beginning 

of that same calendar year shall never be made available on 

the pay-as-you-go ledger and shall be dedicated only for deficit 

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(b) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this 

section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and revenues 

for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made 

by the Committees on the Budget. 

(c) POINT OF ORDER PROTECTION IN THE HOUSE.—In the House, 

it shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that waives the 

application of subsection (a). As disposition of a point of order 

under this paragraph, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the rule or order that waives the application 

of subsection (a). The question of consideration shall be debatable 

for 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point of order and for 

10 minutes by an opponent, but shall otherwise be decided without 

intervening motion except one that the House adjourn. 

TITLE IX—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 

LIMITS 

SEC. 901. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS IN THE HOUSE 

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the House to 

consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto, that 

provides new budget authority that would cause the discretionary 

spending limits to be exceeded for any fiscal year. 

(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In the House and as used 

in this section, the term ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’ means—

(1) with respect to fiscal year 2008, for the discretionary category: $1,079,593,000,000 in new budget authority and 

$1,127,623,000,000 in outlays; 

(2) with respect to fiscal year 2009, for the discretionary category: $1,004,865,000,000 in new budget authority and 

$1,121,730,000,000 in outlays; 

(3) with respect to fiscal year 2010, for the discretionary category: $977,058,000,000 in new budget authority and 

$1,050,106,000,000 in outlays; 

as adjusted in conformance with subsection (c). 

(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—

(A) CHAIRMAN.—After the reporting of a bill or joint resolution, the offering of an amendment thereto, or the submission of a conference report thereon, the chairman of the 

Committee on the Budget may make the adjustments set 

forth in subparagraph (B) for the amount of new budget 

authority in that measure (if that measure meets the requirements set forth in paragraph (2)) and the outlays 

flowing from that budget authority. The chairman of the 

Committee on the Budget may also make appropriate adjustments for the reserve funds set forth in this resolution. 

(B) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjustments referred to in subparagraph (A) are to be made to—

(i) the discretionary spending limits, if any, set forth 

in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget; 

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(i) the discretionary spending limits, if any, set forth 

in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget; 

(ii) the allocations made pursuant to the appropriate 

concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

and 

(iii) the budgetary aggregates as set forth in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget. 

(2) AMOUNTS OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustment referred to 

in paragraph (1) shall be an amount provided and designated 

as an emergency requirement; 

(3) APPLICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments made 

for legislation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—

(A) apply while that legislation is under consideration; 

(B) take effect upon the enactment of that legislation; 

and 

(C) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 

practicable. 

(4) APPLICATION OF THIS SECTION.—The provisions of this 

section shall apply to legislation providing new budget authority for fiscal years 2008 through 2010. 

(d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—

(1) WAIVER PROTECTION.—It shall not be in order in the 

House of Representatives to consider a rule or order that 

waives the application of this section. 

(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.—

(A) This subsection shall apply only to the House of Representatives. 

(B) In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a point of 

order under this section must specify the precise language 

on which it is premised. 

(C) As disposition of points of order under this section, 

the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the proposition that is the subject of the points of 

order. 

(D) A question of consideration under this section shall 

be debatable for 10 minutes by each Member initiating a 

point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent on each 

point of order, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn or 

that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the case may be. 

(E) The disposition of the question of consideration 

under this subsection with respect to a bill or joint resolution shall be considered also to determine the question of 

consideration under this subsection with respect to an 

amendment made in order as original text. 

(3) EXTENSION OF SPENDING LIMITS.—It shall not be in order 

in the House of Representatives to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget as described in section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 unless such resolution incudes discretionary spending limits that are in the same amounts or 

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TITLE X—SENSES OF CONGRESS 

SEC. 1001. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF 

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

It is the Sense of the House that 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. It 

is further the Sense of the House that when 100 percent of child 

support payments are passed on to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program integrity is improved and child support 

participation increases. 

SEC. 1002. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON STATE VETERANS CEMETARIES. 

It is the sense of the House that the Federal Government should 

pay the plot allowance for the internment in a State veterans cemetery of any spouse or eligible child of a veteran, consistent with the 

pay-as-you-go principle. 

SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM. 

It is the sense of the Congress that legislation should be considered that does the following: 

(1) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual 

taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs 

paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse, and 

dependents. 

(2) Requires business taxpayers who receive payments for 

certain employee health insurance coverage to file informational returns. 

(3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance 

payments of health insurance tax credit amounts to health insurance providers. 

(4) Limits the tax exclusion for employer-provided health 

care coverage. 

SEC. 1004. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 

OF 1986. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE TERMINATION OF THE INTERNAL

REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—No tax shall be imposed by the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986— (1) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2010; 

and 

(2) in the case of any tax not imposed on the basis of a taxable year, on any taxable event or for any period after December 31, 2010. 

(b) EXCEPTION.—It is further the sense of the House of Representatives that legislation enacted pursuant to subsection (a) 

shall not apply to taxes imposed by— (1) chapter 2 of such Code (relating to tax on self-employment income); 

(2) chapter 21 of such Code (relating to Federal Insurance 

Contributions Act); and 

(3) chapter 22 of such Code (relating to Railroad Retirement 

Tax Act). 

(c) STRUCTURE OF A NEW FEDERAL TAX SYSTEM.—Congress declares that any new Federal tax system should be a simple and fair 

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(1) applies a low rate to all Americans; 

(2) provides tax relief for working Americans; 

(3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection 

abuses; 

(4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment; 

(5) promotes economic growth and job creation; and 

(6) does not penalize marriage or families. 

(d) TIMING OF IMPLEMENTATION.—In order to ensure an easy 

transition and effective implementation, the Congress hereby declares that any new Federal tax system should be approved by 

Congress in its final form no later than July 4, 2010. 

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