S. Con. Res. 70 Agreed to June 5, 2008

One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eight 

Concurrent Resolution 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal 

year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 

and 2010 through 2013.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2009. 

(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this resolution is 

the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009 and 

that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal year 2008 and for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Social Security. 

Sec. 103. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 104. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Subtitle A—House Reserve Funds 

Sec. 201. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for SCHIP legislation. 

Sec. 202. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America’s veterans and servicemembers. 

Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for servicemembers, 

veterans, and their families. Sec. 204. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure investment. 

Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for renewable energy and energy efficiency. 

Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for middle-income tax relief and economic equity. Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative minimum tax. 

Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education. 

Sec. 209. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing. 

Sec. 210. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare improvements. 

Sec. 211. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. Sec. 212. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs. 

Sec. 213. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program. 

Sec. 214. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade adjustment assistance and unemployment insurance modernization. Sec. 215. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments legislation. 

Sec. 216. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for San Joaquin River restoration and Navajo 

Nation water rights settlements. Sec. 217. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the National Park Centennial Fund. 

Sec. 218. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support enforcement. 

Sec. 219. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for children and families. 

Sec. 220. Reserve fund adjustment for revenue measures in the House. 

Subtitle B—Senate Reserve Funds 

Sec. 221. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen and stimulate the American 

economy and provide economic relief to American families. 
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Sec. 222. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for improving education. 

Sec. 223. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for investments in America’s infrastructure. 

Sec. 224. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy, preserve the environment, and provide for certain settlements. 

Sec. 225. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for America’s veterans and servicemembers. 

Sec. 226. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for servicemembers, 

veterans, and their families. 

Sec. 227. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve America’s health. 

Sec. 228. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative minimum tax. 

Sec. 229. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for judicial pay and judgeships. 

Sec. 230. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for immigration enforcement and reform. 

Sec. 231. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for science parks. 

Sec. 232. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to terminate deductions from mineral revenue payments to States. 

Sec. 233. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for increased use of recovery audits. 

Sec. 234. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for food safety. 

Sec. 235. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for demonstration project regarding Medicaid 

coverage of low-income HIV-infected individuals. 

Sec. 236. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reducing the income threshold for the refundable child tax credit, and other selected tax relief policies. 

Sec. 237. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 9/11 health program. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Subtitle A—House Enforcement Provisions 

Sec. 301. Program integrity initiatives and other adjustments. 

Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Senate Enforcement Provisions 

Sec. 311. Senate point of order against legislation increasing long-term deficits. 

Sec. 312. Discretionary spending limits, program integrity initiatives, and other adjustments. 

Sec. 313. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 314. Senate point of order against provisions of appropriations legislation that 

constitute changes in mandatory programs with net costs. 

Sec. 315. Senate point of order against legislation increasing short-term deficit. 

Subtitle C—Other Provisions 

Sec. 321. Oversight of government performance. 

Sec. 322. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 323. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 324. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 325. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—POLICY 

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

Sec. 402. Policy on defense priorities. 

TITLE V—SENSE OF THE SENATE AND CONGRESS 

Subtitle A—Sense of the Senate 

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

Subtitle B—Sense of the Congress 

Sec. 511. Sense of the Congress on servicemembers’ and veterans’ health care and 

other priorities. 

Sec. 512. Sense of the Congress on homeland security. 

Sec. 513. Sense of the Congress regarding long-term fiscal reform. 

Sec. 514. Sense of the Congress regarding waste, fraud, and abuse. 

Sec. 515. Sense of the Congress regarding extension of the statutory pay-as-you-go 

rule. 

Sec. 516. Sense of the Congress on long-term budgeting. 

Sec. 517. Sense of the Congress regarding affordable health coverage. 

Sec. 518. Sense of the Congress regarding pay parity. 

Sec. 519. Sense of the Congress regarding subprime lending and foreclosures. 

Sec. 520. Sense of the Congress regarding the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger. 

Sec. 521. Sense of the Congress regarding the importance of child support enforcement. 

Sec. 522. Sense of the Congress on the Innovation Agenda and America COMPETES Act.
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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 2013: 

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

of this resolution: 

(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are 

as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: $1,875,392,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,029,612,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,204,652,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,413,249,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,506,049,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $2,626,582,000,000. 

(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 

Federal revenues should be changed are as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: –$4,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: –$67,755,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $21,270,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: –$14,824,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: –$151,572,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: –$123,689,000,000. 

(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new 

budget authority are as follows: Fiscal year 2008: $2,563,262,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,530,703,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,562,856,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,693,843,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,736,865,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $2,868,813,000,000. 

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

of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 

are as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: $2,465,711,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $2,565,903,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $2,621,939,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $2,712,795,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $2,722,056,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $2,860,225,000,000. 

(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) 

are as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: $590,319,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $536,291,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $417,287,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $299,546,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $216,007,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $233,643,000,000. 

(5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels 

of the public debt are as follows: Fiscal year 2008: $9,575,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $10,207,000,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2010: $10,732,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $11,137,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $11,484,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $11,832,000,000,000. 

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

of debt held by the public are as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: $5,404,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $5,761,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $5,989,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $6,080,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $6,075,000,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $6,081,000,000,000. 

SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

(a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of Senate 

enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal OldAge and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 

Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: $666,706,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $695,870,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $733,562,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $772,459,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $809,789,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $845,034,000,000. 

(b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:

Fiscal year 2008: $463,746,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: $493,602,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: $520,149,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: $540,478,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: $566,240,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: $595,534,000,000. 

(c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In the 

Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays 

of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative 

expenses are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,010,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,944,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,233,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,160,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,359,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,332,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,500,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,475,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $5,653,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,626,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 
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(A) New budget authority, $5,817,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,789,000,000. 

SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE 

EXPENSES. 

In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget 

outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary administrative 

expenses are as follows: 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $250,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $237,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $258,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $267,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $267,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $275,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $275,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $284,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $284,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $293,000,000. 

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

SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate 

levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2008 

through 2013 for each major functional category are: 

(1) National Defense (050): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $590,686,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $576,173,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $542,497,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $573,362,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $550,414,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $560,726,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $557,026,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $560,099,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $565,800,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $556,699,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $576,233,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $568,829,000,000. 

(2) International Affairs (150): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,648,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,843,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,158,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $35,749,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 
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(A) New budget authority, $37,901,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,591,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,221,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,864,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,491,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,824,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,451,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,537,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $27,407,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $26,456,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,639,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $29,072,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $31,701,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $31,192,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $32,863,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $32,642,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $34,115,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,891,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $35,450,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,694,000,000. 

(4) Energy (270): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $3,550,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,681,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $6,514,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,795,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $6,615,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,092,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $6,450,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $4,969,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $6,550,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,417,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $6,474,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,659,000,000. 

(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,169,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $34,723,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $40,515,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $36,868,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 
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(A) New budget authority, $35,278,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,472,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $36,307,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $37,865,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $37,396,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $38,356,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $38,033,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $38,923,000,000. 

(6) Agriculture (350): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $24,296,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,179,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,572,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,312,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,145,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,241,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $22,026,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,022,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,889,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $17,463,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $22,304,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,606,000,000. 

(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $11,216,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,381,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $9,560,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $3,722,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $13,887,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $5,835,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $8,998,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: (A) New budget authority, $9,246,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,735,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $9,642,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $1,648,000,000. 

(8) Transportation (400): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $80,189,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $77,795,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $74,682,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $80,781,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 
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(A) New budget authority, $77,999,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $84,318,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $78,900,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $86,468,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $79,741,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $88,453,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $80,641,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $90,675,000,000. 

(9) Community and Regional Development (450): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,149,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,820,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,220,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,401,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,376,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $22,109,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,603,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $18,330,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $15,840,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $16,301,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $16,007,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $15,986,000,000. 

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

(500): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $90,077,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $90,729,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $94,277,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $91,351,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $103,716,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $99,477,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $105,910,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,453,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $107,399,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $103,992,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $100,625,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $102,451,000,000. 

(11) Health (550): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $285,601,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $287,188,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $310,260,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $307,474,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $325,344,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $325,681,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $345,817,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $345,055,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $368,395,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $367,257,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $393,337,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $391,872,000,000. 

(12) Medicare (570): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $390,458,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $390,454,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $420,191,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $419,974,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $445,207,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $445,333,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $494,337,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $494,162,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $491,305,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $491,065,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $552,329,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $552,445,000,000. 

(13) Income Security (600): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $389,926,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $394,161,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $415,547,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $416,039,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $420,430,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $420,710,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $429,946,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $429,463,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $416,447,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $416,044,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $432,148,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $431,699,000,000. 

(14) Social Security (650): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,378,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,378,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,313,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,313,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,803,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $23,803,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $27,338,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $27,338,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $30,349,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $30,349,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $33,170,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $33,170,000,000. 

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $86,365,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $83,551,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $93,320,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $92,486,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $96,233,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $95,912,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $102,038,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $101,706,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $99,359,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $98,511,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $105,344,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $104,513,000,000. 

(16) Administration of Justice (750): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $46,237,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $44,282,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: (A) New budget authority, $48,303,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $48,097,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: (A) New budget authority, $48,673,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,291,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: (A) New budget authority, $49,348,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $49,763,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $50,139,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,172,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $51,051,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $50,767,000,000. 

(17) General Government (800): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $56,407,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $56,920,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $23,987,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $24,411,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 70—11

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $19,929,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $19,974,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $20,470,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $20,369,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,004,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,026,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $21,463,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $21,251,000,000. 

(18) Net Interest (900): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $349,351,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $349,351,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $334,409,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $334,409,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $370,805,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $370,805,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $407,916,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $407,916,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $433,193,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $433,193,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: (A) New budget authority, $448,812,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $448,812,000,000. 

(19) Allowances (920): 

Fiscal year 2008: (A) New budget authority, $4,426,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $2,075,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, –$13,201,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$6,462,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, –$11,955,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$9,385,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, –$12,307,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$11,769,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, –$12,689,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$13,764,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, –$13,000,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$13,396,000,000. 

(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, –$86,330,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$86,330,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, –$67,060,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$67,060,000,000. 
S. Con. Res. 70—12

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, –$70,645,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$70,645,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, –$73,364,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$73,364,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, –$76,104,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$76,104,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, –$79,691,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, –$79,691,000,000. 

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

Fiscal year 2008: 

(A) New budget authority, $108,056,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $28,901,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2009: 

(A) New budget authority, $70,000,000,000. 

(B) Outlays, $74,809,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2010: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $47,407,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2011: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $18,251,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2012: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $5,176,000,000. 

Fiscal year 2013: 

(A) New budget authority, $0. 

(B) Outlays, $1,775,000,000. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Subtitle A—House Reserve Funds 

SEC. 201. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHIP LEGISLATION. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint 

resolution, amendment, or conference report, which contains matter 

within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

that expands coverage and improves children’s health through the 

State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title 

XXI of the Social Security Act and the program under title XIX 

of such Act (commonly known as Medicaid) and that increases 

new budget authority that will result in no more than 

$50,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 2008 through 2013, and 

others which contain offsets so designated for the purpose of this 

section within the jurisdiction of another committee or committees, 

if the combined changes would not increase the deficit or decrease 

the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 

for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 
S. Con. Res. 70—13

SEC. 202. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA’S VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 

The Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would—

(1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or disability benefits for wounded or disabled military personnel or 

veterans (including measures to expedite the claims process); 

(2) maintain affordable health care for military retirees 

and veterans; 

(3) expand the number of disabled military retirees who 

receive both disability compensation and retired pay, or would 

accelerate the date by which eligible retirees under section 

1414 of title 10, United States Code, will fully receive both 

veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay; 

(4) eliminate the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan 

annuities and Veterans’ Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 

(5) provide for the continuing payment to members of the 

Armed Forces who are retired or separated from the Armed 

Forces due to a combat-related injury after September 11, 2001, 

of bonuses that such members were entitled to before the 

retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled 

to if such members were not retired or separated; 

(6) enhance programs and activities to increase the availability of health care and other veterans services for veterans 

living in rural areas; or 

(7) provide or increase benefits for Filipino veterans of 

World War II or their survivors and dependents 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit or 

decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

SEC. 203. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR 

FAMILIES. 

The Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would—

(1) enhance educational benefits or assistance for 

servicemembers and veterans with service on active duty in 

the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001; 

(2) allow for the transfer of education benefits from 

servicemembers to spouses, survivors, or dependents; or 

(3) otherwise enhance education benefits or assistance for 

servicemembers (including Active Duty, National Guard, and 

Reserve), veterans, or their spouses, survivors, or dependents 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit or 

decrease the surplus over either the period of fiscal years 2008 

through 2013 or the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 
S. Con. Res. 70—14

SEC. 204. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 

INVESTMENT. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides for a robust Federal investment 

in America’s infrastructure, which may include projects for transit, 

rail (including high-speed passenger rail), airport, seaport, public 

housing, energy, water, highway, bridge, or other infrastructure 

projects by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 205. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY 

AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides tax incentives for or otherwise 

encourages the production of renewable energy or increased energy 

efficiency; encourages investment in emerging energy or vehicle 

technologies or carbon capture and sequestration; provides for 

reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; or facilitates the training 

of workers for these industries (‘‘green collar jobs’’) by the amounts 

provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

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

2018. 

SEC. 206. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MIDDLE-INCOME TAX 

RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides for tax relief for middle-income 

families and taxpayers or enhanced economic equity, such as extension of the child tax credit, extension of marriage penalty relief, 

extension of the 10 percent individual income tax bracket, elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute fraction of estates by 

reforming and substantially increasing the unified credit, extension 

of the research and experimentation tax credit, extension of the 

deduction for small business expensing, extension of the deduction 

for State and local sales taxes, or a tax credit for school construction 

bonds, by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 207. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE 

ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides for reform of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 by reducing the tax burden of the alternative minimum 

tax on middle-income families by the amounts provided in such 

measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease 
S. Con. Res. 70—15

the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 

for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 208. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that makes college more affordable or accessible 

through reforms to the Higher Education Act of 1965 or other 

legislation by the amounts provided in such measure if such 

measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 

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

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 209. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE 

HOUSING. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides for an affordable housing fund, 

offset by reforming the regulation of certain government-sponsored 

enterprises, by the amounts provided in such measure if such 

measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 

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

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 210. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE IMPROVEMENTS. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that improves the Medicare program for beneficiaries and protects access to care, which may include measures 

such as—

(1) increasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while 

protecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases; 

(2) providing for—

(A) an increase in the asset allowance under the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program so that individuals 

with very limited incomes, but modest retirement savings, 

can obtain the assistance that the Medicare Prescription 

Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 was 

intended to deliver with respect to the payment of premiums and cost-sharing under the Medicare Part D 

prescription drug benefit; 

(B) an update in the income and asset allowances 

under the Medicare Savings Program and an annual inflationary adjustment for those allowances; or 

(C) improved outreach and enrollment under the Medicare Savings Program and the Medicare Part D low-income 

subsidy program to ensure that low-income senior citizens 

and other low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the 

low-income assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the improvements provided for in such legislation; 

(3) reductions in beneficiary cost-sharing for preventive 

benefits under Medicare Part B; or 
S. Con. Res. 70—16

(4) limiting inappropriate or abusive marketing tactics by 

private insurers and their agents offering Medicare Advantage 

or Medicare prescription drug plans 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 211. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE 

QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND EFFICIENCY. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that— (1) provides incentives or other support for adoption of 

modern information technology, including electronic prescribing, to improve quality and protect privacy in health care; 

(2) establishes a new Federal or public-private initiative 

for research on the comparative effectiveness of different medical interventions; 

(3) provides parity between health insurance coverage of 

mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical 

services, including parity in public programs; 

(4) improves health care, provides quality health insurance 

for the uninsured and underinsured, and protects individuals 

with current health coverage; or 

(5) reauthorizes the special diabetes program for Indians 

and the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 212. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID AND 

OTHER PROGRAMS. 

(a) REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.—In the House, 

the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 

allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 

that prevents or delays the implementation or administration of 

regulations or other administrative actions that would affect the 

Medicaid, SCHIP, or other programs by the amounts provided in 

such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or 

decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

(b) TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND QUALIFYING

INDIVIDUALS.—In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on 

the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that extends the transitional medical 

assistance program or the qualifying individuals program, which 

are included in title XIX of the Social Security Act, by the amounts 

provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

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

2018. 

(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT REGARDING MEDICAID COVERAGE

OF LOW-INCOME HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS.—In the House, the 
S. Con. Res. 70—17

Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 

for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

provides for a demonstration project under which a State may 

apply under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1315) to provide medical assistance under a State Medicaid program 

to HIV-infected individuals who are not eligible for medical assistance under such program under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)) by the amounts 

provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

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

2018. 

(d) PEDIATRIC DENTAL CARE.—In the House, the Chairman 

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

joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that would provide for improved access to pediatric dental care for children from 

low-income families by the amounts provided in such measure if 

such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 

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

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

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

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that would establish a program, including medical 

monitoring and treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts 

linked to the September 11, 2001, attacks by the amounts provided 

in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 

or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

SEC. 214. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT 

ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE MODERNIZATION. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that reauthorizes the trade adjustment assistance 

program to better meet the challenges of globalization or modernizes 

the unemployment insurance system to improve access to needed 

benefits by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 215. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COUNTY PAYMENTS 

LEGISLATION. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides for the reauthorization of the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 2000 

(Public Law 106–393) or makes changes to the Payments in Lieu 

of Taxes Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–565) by the amounts provided 
S. Con. Res. 70—18

in such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 

or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SAN JOAQUIN RIVER 

RESTORATION AND NAVAJO NATION WATER RIGHTS 

SETTLEMENTS. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that would fulfill the purposes of the San Joaquin 

River Restoration Settlement Act or implement a Navajo Nation 

water rights settlement and other provisions authorized by the 

Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act by the amounts 

provided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

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

2018. 

SEC. 217. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE NATIONAL PARK 

CENTENNIAL FUND. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that provides for the establishment of the National 

Park Centennial Fund by the amounts provided in such measure 

for that purpose if such measure would not increase the deficit 

or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

SEC. 218. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD SUPPORT 

ENFORCEMENT. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that improves Federal child support collection 

efforts or results in more collected child support reaching families 

by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 

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

FAMILIES. 

In the House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

conference report that assists children and families by improving 

child welfare programs, extending and improving provisions in the 

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, or providing 

up to $5,000,000,000 for the child care entitlement to States by 

the amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

2008 through 2018. 
S. Con. Res. 70—19

SEC. 220. RESERVE FUND ADJUSTMENT FOR REVENUE MEASURES IN 

THE HOUSE. 

(a) In the House, with respect to consideration of any bill, 

joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that would have 

the net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus 

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

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018 and that would decrease total 

revenues for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 below 

the Congressional Budget Office baseline for this concurrent resolution on the budget, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

shall increase the revenue aggregates by $340,570,000,000 for the 

period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 if the Chairman determines 

that such legislation does not include language consistent with 

the applicable provision set forth in the joint explanatory statement 

of managers accompanying this concurrent resolution. The Chairman may readjust such levels upon disposition of any measure 

under this section. 

(b) Section 321 of S. Con. Res. 21, the Concurrent Resolution 

on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, shall no longer apply. 

Subtitle B—Senate Reserve Funds 

SEC. 221. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO STRENGTHEN AND 

STIMULATE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND PROVIDE 

ECONOMIC RELIEF TO AMERICAN FAMILIES. 

(a) TAX RELIEF.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on 

the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide 

tax relief, including extensions of expiring and expired tax relief 

and refundable tax relief, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2018. 

(b) MANUFACTURING.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee 

on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 

resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports, including 

tax legislation, that would revitalize the United States domestic 

manufacturing sector by increasing Federal research and development, by expanding the scope and effectiveness of manufacturing 

programs across the Federal government, by increasing efforts to 

train and retrain manufacturing workers, by increasing support 

for development of alternative fuels and leap-ahead automotive 

and energy technologies, or by establishing tax incentives to encourage the continued production in the United States of advanced 

technologies and the infrastructure to support such technologies, 

by the amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(c) HOUSING.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 

aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 
S. Con. Res. 70—20

that would provide housing assistance, which may include low 

income rental assistance, or establish an affordable housing fund 

financed by the housing government sponsored enterprises or other 

sources, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the 

deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

(d) FLOOD INSURANCE REFORM.—The Chairman of the Senate 

Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee 

or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for 

one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide for flood insurance reform and 

modernization, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 

through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

2018. 

(e) TRADE.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels 

in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports relating to trade, by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(f) ECONOMIC RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES.—The Chairman 

of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations 

of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 

levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, motions, or conference reports which—

(1) reauthorizes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families supplemental grants or makes improvements to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, child welfare 

programs, or the child support enforcement program; 

(2) provides up to $5,000,000,000 for the child care entitlement to States; 

(3) provides up to $40,000,000 for the emergency food 

assistance program established under the Emergency Food 

Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.); 

(4) improves the unemployment compensation program; or 

(5) reauthorizes trade adjustment assistance programs 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(g) AMERICA’S FARMS AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN RURAL

AMERICA.—

(1) FARM BILL.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee 

on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 

resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

provide for the reauthorization of the programs of the Food 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or prior Acts, 

authorize similar or related programs, provide for revenue 

changes, or any combination of the preceding purposes, by 

the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes 

up to $15,000,000,000 over the period of the total of fiscal 
S. Con. Res. 70—21

years 2008 through 2013, provided that such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(2) COUNTY PAYMENTS.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee 

or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, motions, or conference reports that provide for 

the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393), make 

changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 (Public 

Law 94–565), or both, by the amounts provided by that legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 222. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other levels and limits in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would improve education, which may include— (1) making higher education more accessible or more affordable, which may include increasing funding for the Federal 

Pell Grant program or increasing Federal student loan limits; 

(2) facilitating modernization of school facilities through 

renovation or construction bonds, reducing the cost of teachers’ out-of-pocket expenses for school supplies, or providing tax 

incentives for highly-qualified teachers to serve in high-needs 

schools; 

(3) improving student achievement during secondary education, including middle school completion, increasing high 

school graduation, and preparing students for higher education 

and the workforce; or 

(4) promoting flexibility and accountability in Federal education programs 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for such purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 223. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN 

AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels and 

limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, motions, or conference reports that provide for a 

robust Federal investment in America’s infrastructure, which may 

include projects for transit, rail (including high-speed passenger 

rail), airport, seaport, public housing, energy, water, highway, 

bridge, or other infrastructure projects, by the amounts provided 

in that legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 
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SEC. 224. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO INVEST IN CLEAN 

ENERGY, PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PROVIDE 

FOR CERTAIN SETTLEMENTS. 

(a) ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.—The Chairman of the 

Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of 

a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels and limits 

in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would decrease greenhouse gas emissions, reduce our Nation’s dependence on imported 

energy, produce green jobs, encourage consumers to install smart 

electricity meters in homes and businesses, encourage the capture 

and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from coal projects, or preserve or protect national parks, oceans, or coastal areas, by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. The legislation 

may include tax legislation such as a proposal to extend for 5 

years energy tax incentives like the production tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources, the biodiesel production 

tax credit, or the Clean Renewable Energy Bond program, to provide 

a tax credit for clean burning wood stoves, a tax credit for production of cellulosic ethanol, a tax credit for plug-in hybrid vehicles, 

or provisions to encourage energy efficient buildings, products, and 

power plants. Tax legislation under this section may be paid for 

by adjustments to section 167(h)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 as it relates to integrated oil companies. 

(b) SETTLEMENTS.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee 

on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 

for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 

conference reports that would fulfill the purposes of the San Joaquin 

River Restoration Settlement Act or implement a Navajo Nation 

water rights settlement and other provisions authorized by the 

Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, by the 

amounts provided by that legislation for those purposes, provided 

that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either 

the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the 

period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 225. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA’S VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would—

(1) enhance medical care, disability evaluations, or disability benefits for wounded or disabled military personnel or 

veterans (including measures to expedite the claims process); 

(2) maintain affordable health care for military retirees 

and veterans; 

(3) expand the number of disabled military retirees who 

receive both disability compensation and retired pay, or would 

accelerate the date by which eligible retirees under section 

1414 of title 10, United States Code, will fully receive both 

veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay; 
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(4) eliminate the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan 

annuities and Veterans’ Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 

(5) provide for the continuing payment to members of the 

Armed Forces who are retired or separated from the Armed 

Forces due to a combat-related injury after September 11, 2001, 

of bonuses that such members were entitled to before the 

retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled 

to if such members were not retired or separated; 

(6) enhance programs and activities to increase the availability of health care and other veterans services for veterans 

living in rural areas; or 

(7) provide or increase benefits for Filipino veterans of 

World War II or their survivors and dependents 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation does not include increased fees 

charged to veterans for pharmacy co-payments, annual enrollment, 

or third-party insurance payment offsets, and further provided that 

such legislation would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the 

period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 226. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR 

FAMILIES. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would—(1) enhance educational benefits or assistance for 

servicemembers and veterans with service on active duty in 

the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001; 

(2) allow for the transfer of education benefits from 

servicemembers to spouses, survivors, or dependents; or 

(3) otherwise enhance education benefits or assistance for 

servicemembers (including Active Duty, National Guard, and 

Reserve), veterans, or their spouses, survivors, or dependents 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 227. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE AMERICA’S 

HEALTH. 

(a) SCHIP.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that provides up to 

$50,000,000,000 in outlays over the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 for reauthorization of SCHIP, if such 

legislation maintains coverage for those currently enrolled in 

SCHIP, continues efforts to enroll uninsured children who are 

already eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid but are not enrolled, or 

supports States in their efforts to move forward in covering more 

children, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those 

purposes, provided that the outlay adjustment shall not exceed 

$50,000,000,000 in outlays over the period of the total of fiscal 
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years 2008 through 2013, and provided that such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2018. 

(b) MEDICARE IMPROVEMENTS.—

(1) PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS.—The Chairman of the Senate 

Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for a 

bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 

that increases the reimbursement rate for physician services 

under section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act and that 

includes financial incentives for physicians to improve the 

quality and efficiency of items and services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries through the use of consensus-based quality 

measures, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those 

purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2018. 

(2) OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICARE.—The Chairman 

of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 

for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 

report that makes improvements to the Medicare program, 

which may include— (A) reductions in beneficiary cost-sharing for preventive 

benefits under Medicare Part B; 

(B) the preservation or promotion of payment provisions that support America’s rural health care delivery 

system; 

(C) limits to inappropriate or abusive marketing tactics 

by private insurers and their agents offering Medicare 

Advantage or Medicare prescription drug plans by enacting 

any or all of the recommendations agreed to by leaders 

of the health insurance industry on March 3, 2008, 

including prohibitions on cold calling and telephone solicitations for in-home sales appointments with Medicare beneficiaries; 

(D) a three-year extension of the pilot program for 

national and State background checks on direct patient 

access employees of long-term care facilities or providers 

under section 307 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 

1395aa note) and removing the limit on the number of 

participating States under such pilot program; or 

(E) measures to encourage physicians to train in primary care residencies and attract more physicians and 

other health care providers to States that face a shortage 

of health care providers 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes 

up to $10,000,000,000, provided that such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(3) MEDICARE LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS.—The Chairman of 

the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, 

allocations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for 
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a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 

that makes improvements to the Medicare Savings Program 

and the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program, which 

may include the provisions that—

(A) provide for an increase in the asset allowance under 

the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program so that 

individuals with very limited incomes, but modest retirement savings, can obtain the assistance that the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 

of 2003 was intended to deliver with respect to the payment 

of premiums and cost-sharing under the Medicare Part 

D prescription drug benefit; 

(B) provide for an update in the income and asset 

allowances under the Medicare Savings Program and provide for an annual inflationary adjustment for those allowances; and 

(C) improve outreach and enrollment under the Medicare Savings Program and the Medicare Part D low-income 

subsidy program to ensure that low-income senior citizens 

and other low-income Medicare beneficiaries receive the 

low-income assistance for which they are eligible in accordance with the improvements provided for in such legislation 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

2018. 

(c) HEALTH CARE QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND

TRANSPARENCY.—

(1) COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the 

allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other 

appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 

resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

establish a new Federal or public-private initiative for comparative effectiveness research, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 

total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the 

total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(2) IMPROVING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.—The Chairman 

of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill, 

joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report 

that—

(A) creates a framework and parameters for the use 

of Medicare data for the purpose of conducting research, 

public reporting, and other activities to evaluate health 

care safety, effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and resource 

utilization in Federal programs and the private health 

care system; and 

(B) includes provisions to protect beneficiary privacy 

and to prevent disclosure of proprietary or trade secret 

information with respect to the transfer and use of such 

data 

by the amounts provided for those purposes, provided that 

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

period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(3) HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ADHERENCE TO

BEST PRACTICES.—

(A) HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise 

the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution 

for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 

motions, or conference reports that provide incentives or 

other support for adoption of modern information technology, including incentives or other supports for the adoption of electronic prescribing technology, to improve quality 

and protect privacy in health care, such as activities by 

the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 

Affairs to integrate their electronic health record data, 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(B) ADHERENCE TO BEST PRACTICES.—The Chairman 

of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise 

the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution 

for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 

motions, or conference reports that provide incentives for 

Medicare providers or suppliers to comply with, where 

available and medically appropriate, clinical protocols 

identified as best practices, by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(d) FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.—

(1) REGULATION.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee 

on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

motion, amendment, or conference report that authorizes the 

Food and Drug Administration to regulate products and assess 

user fees on manufacturers and importers of those products 

to cover the cost of the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory activities, by the amounts provided in that legislation 

for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2018. 

(2) DRUG IMPORTATION.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, 

and other levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

motion, amendment, or conference report that permits the safe 

importation of prescription drugs approved by the Food and 

Drug Administration from a specified list of countries, by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 
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2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

2018. 

(e) MEDICAID.—

(1) RULES OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.—The Chairman of 

the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, 

aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for 

a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 

that includes provisions regarding the implementation or 

administration of regulations or other administrative actions 

pertaining to Medicaid or SCHIP or includes provisions 

regarding administrative guidance issued in August 2007 

affecting SCHIP or any other administrative action that would 

affect SCHIP in a similar manner by the amounts provided 

in that legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the total of 

the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the total of 

the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(2) TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Chairman of 

the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations 

of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 

levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, motions or conference reports that extend the 

Transitional Medical Assistance program, included in title XIX 

of the Social Security Act, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

would not increase the deficit over either the total of the period 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the total of the period 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(f) OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH.—The Chairman of the 

Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of 

a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels 

in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports which—

(1) make health insurance coverage more affordable or 

available to small businesses and their employees, through 

pooling arrangements that provide appropriate consumer 

protections, or through reducing barriers to cafeteria plans; 

(2) improve health care, provide quality health insurance 

for the uninsured and underinsured, and protect individuals 

with current health coverage; 

(3) reauthorize the special diabetes program for Indians 

and the special diabetes programs for Type 1 diabetes; 

(4) improve long-term care, enhance the safety and dignity 

of patients, encourage appropriate use of institutional and 

community-based care, promote quality care, or provide for 

the cost-effective use of public resources; or 

(5) provide parity between health insurance coverage of 

mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical 

services, including parity in public programs 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 

provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

(g) PEDIATRIC DENTAL CARE.—The Chairman of the Senate 

Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, 

and other appropriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint 

resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would 
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provide for improved access to pediatric dental care for children 

from low-income families, by the amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that such legislation would not 

increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 228. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE 

ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 

for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 

that provides for reform of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

by reducing the tax burden of the alternative minimum tax on 

middle-income families, by the amounts provided in such measure 

for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase 

the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 

through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

2018. 

SEC. 229. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR JUDICIAL PAY AND 

JUDGESHIPS. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 

resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would 

authorize salary adjustments for justices and judges of the United 

States or increase the number of Federal judgeships, by the amounts 

provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period 

of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of 

the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 230. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR IMMIGRATION 

ENFORCEMENT AND REFORM. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 

resolutions, amendments, motions or conference reports that would 

provide for greater border security, enforcement of immigration 

laws, backlog reduction and improvement of immigration services, 

reimbursement to states for the costs of incarcerating criminal 

aliens, or immigration reform, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 231. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCIENCE PARKS. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other levels and limits in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would provide grants and loan guarantees for the development 

and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of 

innovation through high technology activities, by the amounts provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the 
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total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 232. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO TERMINATE DEDUCTIONS FROM MINERAL REVENUE PAYMENTS TO STATES. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels and limits in 

this resolution by the amounts provided for those purposes for 

a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 

that would terminate the authority to deduct certain amounts from 

mineral revenues payable to States under the second undesignated 

paragraph of the matter under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE’’ of 

title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 

2109), provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 233. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED USE 

OF RECOVERY AUDITS. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 

resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

achieves savings by requiring that agencies increase their use of 

recovery audits authorized under subchapter VI of chapter 35 of 

title 31, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Erroneous 

Payments Recovery Act of 2001) and uses such savings to reduce 

the deficit, by the amounts provided in such legislation for such 

purpose, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

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

SEC. 234. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FOOD SAFETY. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 

and other levels and limits in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

that would expand the level of Food and Drug Administration 

and Department of Agriculture food safety inspection services, 

develop effective approaches to the inspection of domestic and 

imported food products, provide for infrastructure and information 

technology systems to enhance the safety of the food supply, expand 

scientific capacity and training programs, invest in improved 

surveillance and testing technologies, provide for foodborne illness 

awareness and education programs, or enhance the Food and Drug 

Administration’s recall authority, by the amounts provided in such 

legislation for such purposes, provided that such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal 

years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 

2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 235. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEMONSTRATION 

PROJECT REGARDING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF LOWINCOME HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, 
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and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more 

bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions or conference reports 

that provide for a demonstration project under which a State may 

apply under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1315) to provide medical assistance under a State Medicaid program 

to HIV-infected individuals who are not eligible for medical assistance under such program under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)), by the amounts 

provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided that such 

legislation would not increase the deficit over either the total of 

the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the total of the 

period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 236. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REDUCING THE 

INCOME THRESHOLD FOR THE REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX 

CREDIT, AND OTHER SELECTED TAX RELIEF POLICIES. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 

for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or 

conference reports that would reduce the income threshold for the 

refundable child tax credit under section 24 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 to $10,000 for taxable years 2009 and 2010 with 

no inflation adjustment; extend enhanced charitable giving from 

individual retirement accounts, including life-income gifts; or 

incentivize utilization of accumulated alternative minimum tax and 

research and development credits, by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation 

would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total 

of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of 

fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

SEC. 237. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM. 

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels and limits in 

this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or 

conference report that would establish a program, including medical 

monitoring and treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts 

linked to the September 11, 2001 attacks, by the amounts provided 

in such legislation for those purposes, if such legislation would 

not increase the deficit over either the period of fiscal years 2008 

through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 

2018. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Subtitle A—House Enforcement Provisions 

SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. 

(a) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.— (1) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

SECURITY INCOME REDETERMINATIONS.—In the House, prior to 

consideration of any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that 

appropriates $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and 
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Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social 

Security Administration, and provides an additional appropriation of up to $240,000,000, and the amount is designated for 

continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security 

Income redeterminations for the Social Security Administration, 

the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations shall be 

increased by the amount of the additional budget authority 

and outlays resulting from that budget authority for fiscal 

year 2009. 

(2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLIANCE.—In the 

House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, or conference report making appropriations for 

fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 to the 

Internal Revenue Service and the amount is designated to 

improve compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and provides an additional appropriation of up 

to $490,000,000, and the amount is designated to improve 

compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986, the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations 

shall be increased by the amount of the additional budget 

authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority 

for fiscal year 2009. 

(3) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL PROGRAM.— In the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint resolution, 

amendment, or conference report making appropriations for 

fiscal year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 and the 

amount is designated to the health care fraud and abuse control 

program at the Department of Health and Human Services, 

the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations shall be 

increased by the amount of additional budget authority and 

outlays resulting from that budget authority for fiscal year 

2009. 

(4) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM INTEGRITY ACTIVITIES.—In the House, prior to consideration of any bill, joint 

resolution, amendment, or conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $10,000,000 for 

in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 

unemployment insurance improper payment reviews for the 

Department of Labor and provides an additional appropriation 

of up to $40,000,000, and the amount is designated for inperson reemployment and eligibility assessments and 

unemployment insurance improper payment reviews for the 

Department of Labor, the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of additional budget 

authority and outlays resulting from that budget authority 

for fiscal year 2009. 

(b) COSTS OF OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY

NEEDS.—

(1) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.—

(A) In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal 

year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments 

and related activities and such amounts are so designated 

pursuant to this subparagraph, then the allocation to the 

Committee on Appropriations may be adjusted by the 

amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose up 

to the amounts of budget authority specified in section 
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104(21) for fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 and the 

new outlays resulting therefrom. 

(B) In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal 

year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments 

and related activities above the amounts of budget 

authority and new outlays specified in subparagraph (A) 

and such amounts are so designated pursuant to this 

subparagraph, then new budget authority, outlays, or 

receipts resulting therefrom shall not count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974. 

(2) EMERGENCY NEEDS.—In the House, if any bill, joint 

resolution, amendment, or conference report makes appropriations for discretionary amounts and such amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency needs, then the new 

budget authority and outlays resulting therefrom shall not 

count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974. 

(c) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In the House, prior to consideration of 

any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report, 

the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make 

the adjustments set forth in subsection (a) for the incremental 

new budget authority in that measure and the outlays resulting 

from that budget authority if that measure meets the requirements set forth in subsection (a), except that no adjustment 

shall be made for provisions exempted for the purposes of 

titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

under subsection (b) of this section. 

(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjustments referred 

to in paragraph (1) are to be made to the allocations made 

under this concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 

section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

(d) SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.—

In the House, if any measure making supplemental appropriations 

for fiscal year 2008 is enacted, the Chairman of the Committee 

on the Budget shall make the appropriate adjustments in allocations 

and aggregates to reflect the difference between such measure 

and the corresponding levels assumed in this resolution. 

SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided in subsection 

(b), any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 

making a general appropriation or continuing appropriation may 

not provide for advance appropriations. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—In the House, an advance appropriation may 

be provided for fiscal year 2010 for programs, projects, activities, 

or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers to accompany this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts 

Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate amount 

not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 

2011, accounts separately identified under the same heading. 

(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 

a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or any 
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new discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that first becomes 

available for any fiscal year after 2009. 

Subtitle B—Senate Enforcement 

Provisions 

SEC. 311. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION 

INCREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS. 

(a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.— The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 

practicable, prepare for each bill and joint resolution reported from 

committee (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations), and amendments thereto and conference 

reports thereon, an estimate of whether the measure would cause, 

relative to current law, a net increase in deficits in excess of 

$5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-year periods beginning 

with the first fiscal year that is 10 years after the budget year 

provided for in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution 

on the budget. 

(b) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the Senate 

to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause a net increase in deficits in excess 

of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-year periods 

described in subsection (a). 

(c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—

(1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or suspended 

only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

duly chosen and sworn. 

(2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an 

appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

under this section. 

(d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this 

section, the levels of net deficit increases shall be determined on 

the basis of estimates provided by the Senate Committee on the 

Budget. 

(e) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on September 30, 2017. 

(f) REPEAL.—In the Senate, subsections (a) through (d) and 

subsection (f) of section 203 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) 

shall no longer apply. 

SEC. 312. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS, PROGRAM INTEGRITY 

INITIATIVES, AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. 

(a) SENATE POINT OF ORDER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any 

bill or joint resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference 

report on that bill or joint resolution) that would cause the 

discretionary spending limits in this section to be exceeded. 

(2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.—

(A) WAIVER.—This subsection may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions 

of the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection 
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shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 

and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

bill or joint resolution. An affirmative vote of three-fifths 

of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, 

shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 

the Chair on a point of order raised under this subsection. 

(b) SENATE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In the Senate 

and as used in this section, the term ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’

means—

(1) for fiscal year 2008, $1,050,478,000,000 in new budget 

authority and $1,094,944,000,000 in outlays; and 

(2) for fiscal year 2009, $1,011,718,000,000 in new budget 

authority and $1,106,112,000,000 in outlays; 

as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in 

subsection (c). 

(c) ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SENATE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—After the reporting of a bill or joint resolution relating to any matter described in paragraph (2), or the 

offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of a conference report thereon—

(A) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

Budget may adjust the discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount 

of new budget authority in that measure for that purpose 

and the outlays flowing therefrom; and 

(B) following any adjustment under subparagraph (A), 

the Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this 

subsection. 

(2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—Matters referred to in paragraph 

(1) are as follows: 

(A) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND SSI REDETERMINATIONS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported making 

appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 

$264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social 

Security Administration, and provides an additional appropriation of up to $240,000,000 for continuing disability 

reviews and Supplemental Security Income redeterminations for the Social Security Administration, then the 

discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted 

by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $240,000,000 in budget authority 

and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009. 

(B) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX ENFORCEMENT.—

If a bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 

for the Internal Revenue Service for enhanced tax enforcement to address the Federal tax gap (taxes owed but not 

paid) and provides an additional appropriation of up to 

$490,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Service for enhanced 

tax enforcement to address the Federal tax gap, then the 

discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted 
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by the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed $490,000,000 in budget authority 

and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009. 

(C) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL.—If a 

bill or joint resolution is reported making appropriations 

for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 

to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program 

at the Department of Health and Human Services, then 

the discretionary spending limits, allocation to the Senate 

Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be 

adjusted by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

that purpose, but not to exceed $198,000,000 in budget 

authority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 

2009. 

(D) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IMPROPER PAYMENT

REVIEWS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported making 

appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 

$10,000,000 for in-person reemployment and eligibility 

assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews, and provides an additional appropriation 

of up to $40,000,000 for in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper 

payment reviews, then the discretionary spending limits, 

allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and 

aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for that purpose, but not to exceed 

$40,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2009. 

(3) ADJUSTMENTS FOR OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND OTHER

ACTIVITIES.—The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

Budget may adjust the discretionary spending limits, allocations to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates for one or more—

(A) bills reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations or passed by the House of Representatives; 

(B) joint resolutions or amendments reported by the 

Senate Committee on Appropriations; 

(C) amendments between the Houses received from 

the House of Representatives or Senate amendments 

offered by the authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; or 

(D) conference reports; 

making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 or 2009 for overseas 

deployments and other activities, by the amounts provided in 

such legislation for those purposes (and so designated pursuant 

to this paragraph), up to the amounts of budget authority 

specified in section 104(21) for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 

and the new outlays flowing therefrom. 

(d) SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.—

If legislation making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 

2008 is enacted, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations, aggregates, discretionary spending limits, and other levels of new budget 

authority and outlays for 2008 and 2009 to reflect the difference 

between such measure and the corresponding levels assumed in 

this resolution. 
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(e) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, subsections (a), (b), (c), 

(e), and (f) of section 207 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) 

shall no longer apply. 

SEC. 313. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in subsection 

(b), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any 

bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report 

that would provide an advance appropriation. 

(2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided in a bill 

or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 

that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2009, 

or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 

making general appropriations or continuing appropriations for 

fiscal year 2010, that first becomes available for any fiscal 

year after 2010. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be provided—

(1) for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for programs, projects, 

activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this resolution under the 

heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in 

an aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new 

budget authority in each year; and 

(2) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

(c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

(1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived 

or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

of order raised under subsection (a). 

(d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 

313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

(e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is considering 

a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses 

in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any 

Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order being 

sustained, such material contained in such conference report shall 

be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 

question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment 

and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House 

amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which 

further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so 

stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In 

any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference 

report by operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall 

be in order. 

(f) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 206(a) of S. Con. 

Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply. 
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SEC. 314. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION THAT CONSTITUTE CHANGES 

IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS WITH NET COSTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be in order to 

consider any appropriations legislation, including any amendment 

thereto, motion in relation thereto, or conference report thereon, 

that includes any provision which constitutes a change in a mandatory program producing net costs, as defined in subsection (b), 

that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or 

receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 

2002) were they included in legislation other than appropriations 

legislation. A point of order pursuant to this section shall be raised 

against such provision or provisions as described in subsections 

(e) and (f). 

(b) CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS PRODUCING NET

COSTS.—A provision or provisions shall be subject to a point of 

order pursuant to this section if—

(1) the provision would increase budget authority in at 

least 1 of the 9 fiscal years that follow the budget year and 

over the period of the total of the budget year and the 9 

fiscal years following the budget year; 

(2) the provision would increase net outlays over the period 

of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the budget year; 

and 

(3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs 

in the legislation would increase net outlays as measured over 

the period of the total of the 9 fiscal years following the budget 

year. 

(c) DETERMINATION.—The determination of whether a provision 

is subject to a point of order pursuant to this section shall be 

made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

(d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This section may 

be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote 

of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen 

and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 

of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section. 

(e) GENERAL POINT OF ORDER.—It shall be in order for a Senator 

to raise a single point of order that several provisions of a bill, 

resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report violate this 

section. The Presiding Officer may sustain the point of order as 

to some or all of the provisions against which the Senator raised 

the point of order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point 

of order as to some of the provisions (including provisions of an 

amendment, motion, or conference report) against which the Senator 

raised the point of order, then only those provisions (including 

provision of an amendment, motion, or conference report) against 

which the Presiding Officer sustains the point of order shall be 

deemed stricken pursuant to this section. Before the Presiding 

Officer rules on such a point of order, any Senator may move 

to waive such a point of order as it applies to some or all of 

the provisions against which the point of order was raised. Such 

a motion to waive is amendable in accordance with rules and 

precedents of the Senate. After the Presiding Officer rules on such 

a point of order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding 
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Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or all of 

the provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled. 

(f) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses 

in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any 

Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order being 

sustained, such material contained in such conference report or 

amendment shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 

to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from 

its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur 

in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case 

may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion 

of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may 

be, not so stricken. Any such motion shall be debatable. In any 

case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference 

report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report 

by operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be 

in order. 

(g) EFFECTIVENESS.—This section shall not apply to any provision constituting a change in a mandatory program in appropriations legislation if such provision has been enacted in each of 

the 3 fiscal years prior to the budget year. 

(h) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 209 of S. Con. 

Res. 21 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply. 

SEC. 315. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION 

INCREASING SHORT-TERM DEFICIT. 

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the Senate 

to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations) that would cause a net increase in the 

deficit in excess of $10,000,000,000 in any fiscal year provided 

for in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget 

unless it is fully offset over the period of all fiscal years provided 

for in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget. 

(b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—

(1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or suspended 

only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

duly chosen and sworn. 

(2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an 

appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

under this section. 

(c) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For purposes of this 

section, the levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

provided by the Senate Committee on the Budget. 

(d) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on September 30, 2017. 

Subtitle C—Other Provisions 

SEC. 321. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

All committees are directed to review programs within their 

jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, 

giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office reports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee performance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 
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committees are directed to include recommendations for improved 

governmental performance in their annual views and estimates 

reports required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 to the appropriate Committee on the Budget. 

SEC. 322. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and Senate, notwithstanding 

section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 

13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 2009a 

of title 39, United States Code, the joint explanatory statement 

accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution 

on the budget shall include in its allocations under section 302(a) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committees on 

Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative 

expenses of the Social Security Administration and of the Postal 

Service. 

(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of applying 

section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates 

of the level of total new budget authority and total outlays provided 

by a measure shall include any off-budget discretionary amounts. 

SEC. 323. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 

AND AGGREGATES. 

(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—

(1) apply while that measure is under consideration; 

(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and 

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as 

practicable. 

(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES.—

Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates contained in 

this resolution. 

(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this 

resolution, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct 

spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined 

on the basis of estimates made by the appropriate Committee 

on the Budget. 

(d) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Chairmen of the Budget Committees 

in the House and the Senate may adjust the aggregates, allocations, 

and other levels in this resolution for legislation which has received 

final Congressional approval in the same form by the House of 

Representatives and the Senate, and is either waiting to be presented to the President or awaiting Presidential signature at the 

time of final consideration of this resolution. 

SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND 

DEFINITIONS. 

Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing 

for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the appropriate Committee on the Budget may make adjustments to the 

levels and allocations in this resolution in accordance with section 

251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 
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SEC. 325. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

Congress adopts the provisions of this title—

(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate and as such they shall 

be considered as part of the rules of each House or of that 

House to which they specifically apply, and these rules shall 

supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with other such rules; and 

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 

the House of Representatives or the Senate to change those 

rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same 

extent as in the case of any other rule of the House of Representatives or the Senate. 

TITLE IV—POLICY 

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

It is the policy of the House to—

(1) minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income families and 

their children and grandchildren; 

(2) provide immediate relief for the tens of millions of 

middle-income households who would otherwise be subject to 

the alternative minimum tax (AMT) under current law, in 

the context of permanent, revenue-neutral AMT reform; and 

(3) support extension of middle-income tax relief and 

enhanced economic equity through policies such as—

(A) extension of the child tax credit; 

(B) extension of marriage penalty relief; 

(C) extension of the 10 percent individual income tax 

bracket; 

(D) elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute 

fraction of estates by reforming and substantially 

increasing the unified tax credit; 

(E) extension of the research and experimentation tax 

credit; 

(F) extension of the deduction for State and local sales 

taxes; 

(G) extension of the deduction for small business 

expensing; and 

(H) enactment of a tax credit for school construction 

bonds. 

The House assumes that the cost of enacting such policies is offset 

by reforms within the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that promote 

a fairer distribution of taxes across families and generations, economic efficiency, higher rates of tax compliance to close the tax 

gap, and reduced taxpayer burdens through tax simplification. 

SEC. 402. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 

It is the policy of this resolution that— (1) the Administration’s budget requests should comply 

with section 1008, Public Law 109–364, the John Warner 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, and 

the Administration should no longer attempt to fund overseas 

military operations through emergency supplemental appropriations requests; 
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(2) the Department of Defense should exclude nonwar 

requirements from its funding requests for Iraq and Afghanistan; 

(3) implementing the recommendation of the National 

Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred to as the 9/11 Commission) to adequately fund 

cooperative threat reduction and nuclear nonproliferation programs (securing ‘‘loose nukes’’) is a high priority and should 

receive far greater emphasis than the President’s budget provides; 

(4) readiness of our troops, particularly the National Guard 

and Reserve, is a high priority, and that greater emphasis 

needs to be placed on mitigating equipment and training shortfalls; 

(5) TRICARE fees for military retirees under the age of 

65 should not be increased as the President’s budget proposes; 

(6) military pay and benefits should be enhanced to improve 

the quality of life of military personnel; 

(7) improving military health care services continues to 

be a high priority and adequate funding to ensure quality 

health care for returning combat veterans should be provided; 

(8) sufficient funds should be provided to the military services to expedite review of cases involving servicemembers who 

could have been erroneously discharged from service for a 

personality disorder, which resulted in a loss of benefits or 

care, as a result of a combat-related psychological injury (such 

as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or a closed head injury 

(such as Traumatic Brain Injury); 

(9) higher priority defense needs could be addressed by 

funding missile defense at an adequate but lower level, not 

providing funding for development of space-based missile 

defense interceptors, and by restraining excessive cost and 

schedule growth in defense research, development and procurement programs; 

(10) the Department of Defense should reassess current 

defense plans to ensure that weapons developed to counter 

Cold War-era threats are not redundant and are applicable 

to 21st century threats; 

(11) sufficient resources should be provided for the Department of Defense to do an aggressive job of addressing as many 

as possible of the 1,260 pending recommendations made by 

the Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the last 7 

years to improve practices at the Department of Defense, 

including investigation of the billions of dollars of obligations, 

disbursements and overcharges for which the Department of 

Defense cannot account; 

(12) savings from the actions recommended in paragraphs 

(9) and (11) of this section should be used to fund the priorities 

identified in paragraphs (3) through (8); 

(13) the Department of Defense report to Congress on its 

assessment of cold war weapons and progress on implementing 

GAO recommendations as outlined in paragraphs (10) and (11) 

by a time determined by the appropriate authorizing committees; and 

(14) the GAO report to the appropriate congressional 

committees by the end of the 110th Congress regarding the 
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Department of Defense’s progress in implementing its audit 

recommendations. 

TITLE V—SENSE OF THE SENATE AND 

CONGRESS 

Subtitle A—Sense of the Senate 

SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following findings: 

(1) The Medicaid program provides essential health care 

and long-term care services to approximately 60,000,000 lowincome children, pregnant women, parents, individuals with 

disabilities, and senior citizens. It is a Federal guarantee that 

ensures the most vulnerable will have access to needed medical 

services. 

(2) Medicaid provides critical access to long-term care and 

other services for the elderly and individuals living with disabilities, and is the single largest provider of long-term care services. Medicaid also pays for personal care and other supportive 

services that are typically not provided by private health insurance or Medicare, but are necessary to enable individuals with 

spinal cord injuries, developmental disabilities, neurological 

degenerative diseases, serious and persistent mental illnesses, 

HIV/AIDS, and other chronic conditions to remain in the 

community, to work, and to maintain independence. 

(3) Medicaid supplements the Medicare program for about 

7,500,000 low-income elderly or disabled Medicare beneficiaries, 

assisting them with their Medicare premiums and co-insurance, 

wrap-around benefits, and the costs of nursing home care that 

Medicare does not cover. The Medicaid program spends over 

$100,000,000,000 on uncovered Medicare services. 

(4) Medicaid provides health insurance for more than onequarter of America’s children and is the largest purchaser 

of maternity care, paying for more than one-third of all the 

births in the United States each year. Medicaid also provides 

critical access to care for children with disabilities, covering 

more than 70 percent of poor children with disabilities. 

(5) More than 21,000,000 women depend on Medicaid for 

their health care. Women comprise the majority of seniors 

(64 percent) on Medicaid. Half of nonelderly women with permanent mental or physical disabilities have health coverage 

through Medicaid. Medicaid provides treatment for low-income 

women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer in every State. 

(6) Medicaid is the Nation’s largest source of payment 

for mental health services, HIV/AIDS care, and care for children 

with special needs. Much of this care is either not covered 

by private insurance or limited in scope or duration. Medicaid 

is also a critical source of funding for health care for children 

in foster care and for health services in schools. 

(7) Medicaid funds help ensure access to care for all Americans. Medicaid is the single largest source of revenue for the 

Nation’s safety net hospitals, health centers, and nursing 
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homes, and is critical to the ability of these providers to adequately serve all Americans. 

(8) Medicaid serves a major role in ensuring that the 

number of Americans without health insurance, approximately 

47,000,000 in 2006, is not substantially higher. The system 

of Federal matching for State Medicaid expenditures ensures 

that Federal funds will grow as State spending increases in 

response to unmet needs, enabling Medicaid to help buffer 

the drop in private coverage during recessions. 

(9) The Bush Administration has issued several regulations 

that shift Medicaid cost burdens onto States and put at risk 

the continued availability of much-needed services. The regulations relate to Federal payments to public providers, and for 

graduate medical education, rehabilitation services, schoolbased administration, school-based transportation, optional case 

management services. 

(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that 

administrative regulations should not—

(1) undermine the role the Medicaid program plays as 

a critical component of the health care system of the United 

States; 

(2) cap Federal Medicaid spending, or otherwise shift Medicaid cost burdens to State or local governments and their 

taxpayers and health providers, forcing a reduction in access 

to essential health services for low-income elderly individuals, 

individuals with disabilities, and children and families; or 

(3) undermine the Federal guarantee of health insurance 

coverage Medicaid provides, which would threaten not only 

the health care safety net of the United States, but the entire 

health care system. 

Subtitle B—Sense of the Congress 

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

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) the Congress supports excellent health care for current 

and former members of the United States Armed Services—

they have served well and honorably and have made significant 

sacrifices for this Nation; 

(2) this resolution provides $48,202,000,000 in discretionary 

budget authority for 2009 for Function 700 (Veterans Benefits 

and Services), including veterans’ health care, which is 

$4,940,000,000 more than the 2008 level, $3,654,000,000 more 

than the Congressional Budget Office’s baseline level for 2009, 

and $3,284,000,000 more than the President’s budget for 2009; 

and also provides more discretionary budget authority than 

the President’s budget in every year after 2009; 

(3) this resolution provides funding to continue addressing 

problems such as those identified at Walter Reed Army Medical 

Center to improve military and veterans’ health care facilities 

and services; 

(4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the health care 

enrollment fees and pharmaceutical co-payment increases in 

the President’s budget; 
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(5) this resolution provides additional funding above the 

President’s inadequate budget levels for the Department of 

Veterans Affairs to research and treat veterans’ mental health, 

post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury; and 

(6) this resolution provides additional funding above the 

President’s inadequate budget levels for the Department of 

Veterans Affairs to improve the speed and accuracy of its 

processing of disability compensation claims, including funding 

to hire additional personnel above the President’s requested 

level. 

SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON HOMELAND SECURITY. 

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) this resolution assumes additional homeland security 

funding above the President’s requested level for 2009 and 

every subsequent year; 

(2) this resolution assumes funding above the President’s 

requested level for 2009, and additional amounts in subsequent 

years, in the four budget functions—Function 400 (Transportation), Function 450 (Community and Regional Development), 

Function 550 (Health), and Function 750 (Administration of 

Justice)—that fund most nondefense homeland security activities; and 

(3) the homeland security funding provided in this resolution will help to strengthen the security of our Nation’s 

transportation system, particularly our ports where significant 

security shortfalls still exist and foreign ports, by expanding 

efforts to identify and scan all high-risk United States-bound 

cargo, equip, train and support first responders (including 

enhancing interoperable communications and emergency 

management), strengthen border patrol, and increase the 

preparedness of the public health system. 

SEC. 513. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING LONG-TERM FISCAL 

REFORM. 

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) both the Government Accountability Office and the 

Congressional Budget Office have warned that the Federal 

budget is on an unsustainable path of rising deficits and debt; 

(2) using recent trend data and reasonable policy assumptions, CBO has projected that the gap between spending and 

revenues over the next 75 years will reach 6.9 percent of 

GDP; 

(3) publicly held debt will rise from 36 percent today to 

400 percent of GDP by the decade beginning in 2050 under 

CBO’s alternative policy scenario; 

(4) the most significant factor affecting the long-term Federal fiscal landscape is the expectation that total public and 

private health spending will continue to grow faster than the 

economy; 

(5) the Congress calls upon governmental and nongovernmental experts to develop specific options to reform the health 

care system and control costs, that further research and analysis on topics including comparative effectiveness, health 

information technology, preventative care, and provider incentives is needed, and that of critical importance is the development of a consensus on the appropriate methods for estimating 
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the budgetary impact and health outcome effects of these proposals; and 

(6) immediate policy action is needed to address the longterm fiscal challenges facing the United States, including the 

rising costs of entitlements, in a manner that is fiscally responsible, equitable, and lasting, and that also honors commitments 

made to beneficiaries, and that such action should be bipartisan, bicameral, involve both legislative and executive branch 

participants, as well as public participation, and be conducted 

in a manner that ensures full, fair, and timely Congressional 

consideration. 

SEC. 514. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING WASTE, FRAUD, AND 

ABUSE. 

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) all committees should examine programs within their 

jurisdiction to identify wasteful and fraudulent spending; 

(2) title III of this resolution includes cap adjustments 

to provide appropriations for agencies that control programs 

that accounted for a significant share of improper payments 

reported by Federal agencies: Social Security Administration 

Continuing Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health 

Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Unemployment 

Insurance Program Integrity; 

(3) title III also includes a cap adjustment for the Internal 

Revenue Services for tax compliance efforts to close the 

$345,000,000,000 tax gap; 

(4) the resolution’s deficit-neutral reserve funds require 

authorizing committees to cut lower priority and wasteful 

spending to accommodate any new high-priority entitlement 

benefits; and 

(5) title III of the resolution directs all committees to review 

the performance of programs within their jurisdiction and 

report recommendations annually to the appropriate Committee 

on the Budget as part of the views and estimates process 

required by section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act. 

SEC. 515. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE 

STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE. 

It is the sense of the Congress that to reduce the deficit, 

Congress should extend PAYGO consistent with provisions of the 

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

SEC. 516. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING. 

It is the sense of the Congress that the determination of the 

congressional budget for the United States Government and the 

President’s budget request should include consideration of the 

Financial Report of the United States Government, especially its 

information regarding the Government’s net operating cost, financial position, and long-term liabilities. 

SEC. 517. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING AFFORDABLE 

HEALTH COVERAGE. 

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) nearly 47 million Americans, including nine million 

children, lack health insurance; 
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(2) people without health insurance are more likely to 

experience problems getting medical care and to be hospitalized 

for avoidable health problems; 

(3) most Americans receive health coverage through their 

employers, and a major issue facing all employers is the rising 

cost of health insurance; 

(4) small businesses, which have generated most of the 

new jobs annually over the last decade, have an especially 

difficult time affording health coverage, because of higher 

administrative costs and fewer people over whom to spread 

the risk of catastrophic costs; 

(5) because it is especially costly for small businesses to 

provide health coverage, their employees make up a large 

proportion of the Nation’s uninsured individuals; and 

(6) legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle 

should be adopted that makes health insurance more affordable 

and accessible, with attention to the special circumstances 

affecting employees of small businesses, and that lowers costs 

and improves the quality of health care by encouraging integration of health information technology tools into the practice 

of medicine, by expanding comparative effectiveness research, 

and by promoting improvements in disease management and 

disease prevention. 

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

It is the sense of the Congress that rates of compensation 

for civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted 

at the same time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of 

compensation for members of the uniformed services. 

SEC. 519. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING SUBPRIME LENDING 

AND FORECLOSURES. 

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) over the last six months, the Nation has experienced 

a significant increase in the number of homeowners facing 

the risk of foreclosure with estimates of as many as 2.8 million 

subprime and other distressed borrowers facing the loss of 

their homes over the next five years; 

(2) the rise in foreclosures not only has an immediate, 

devastating impact on homeowners and their families, but it 

also has ripple effects—

(A) local communities experiencing high levels of foreclosures experience deterioration as a result of the large 

number of vacant foreclosed and abandoned homes; 

(B) rising foreclosure rates can accelerate drops in 

home prices, affecting all homeowners; and 

(C) home mortgage default and foreclosure rates 

increase risk for lenders, further restricting the availability 

of credit, which can in turn slow economic growth; and 

(3) the rise in foreclosures is not only a crisis for subprime 

borrowers, but a larger problem for communities as a whole, 

and considering the multi-layered effects of increasing foreclosures, the Congress should consider steps to address this 

complex problem. 

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

It is the sense of the Congress that—
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(1) 35.5 million Americans (12.6 million of them children) 

are food insecure—uncertain of having, or unable to acquire, 

enough food, and that 11.1 million Americans are hungry 

because of lack of food; 

(2) despite the critical contributions of the Department 

of Agriculture nutrition programs (particularly the food stamp 

program), which significantly reduced payment error rates 

while providing help to partially mitigate the effects of rising 

poverty and unemployment, significant need remains, even 

among families that receive food stamps; 

(3) nearly 25 million people, including more than nine 

million children and nearly three million seniors, sought emergency food assistance from food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and local charities last year; 

(4) additional resources are needed to ensure that nutrition 

assistance keeps up with inflation and rising food prices; and 

(5) Department of Agriculture programs that help us fight 

hunger should be maintained and the Congress should continue 

to seize opportunities to reach Americans in need and to fight 

hunger. 

SEC. 521. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE 

OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) additional legislative action is needed to ensure that 

States have the necessary resources to collect all child support 

that is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100 percent 

of support on to families without financial penalty; and 

(2) when 100 percent of child support payments are passed 

to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program 

integrity is improved and child support participation increases. 

SEC. 522. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE INNOVATION AGENDA 

AND AMERICA COMPETES ACT. 

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) the Congress should provide sufficient funding so that 

our Nation may continue to be the world leader in education, 

innovation and economic growth; 

(2) last year, Congress passed and the President signed 

the America COMPETES Act, bipartisan legislation designed 

to ensure that American students, teachers, businesses, and 

workers are prepared to continue leading the world in innovation, research, and technology well into the future; 

(3) this resolution supports the efforts authorized in the 

America COMPETES Act, providing substantially increased 

funding above the President’s requested level for 2009, and 

increased amounts after 2009 in Function 250 (General Science, 

Space and Technology) and other functions; 

(4) additional increases for scientific research and education 

are included in Function 270 (Energy), Function 300 (Environment and Natural Resources), Function 500 (Education, 

Employment, Training and Social Services), and Function 550 

(Health), all of which receive more funding than the President’s 

budget provides; 

(5) because America’s greatest resource for innovation 

resides within classrooms across the country, the increased 

funding provided in this resolution will support initiatives 
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within the America COMPETES Act to educate tens of thousands of new scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and 

place highly qualified teachers in math and science K–12 classrooms; and 

(6) because independent scientific research provides the 

foundation for innovation and future technologies, this resolution will keep us on the path toward doubling funding for 

the National Science Foundation, basic research in the physical 

sciences, and collaborative research partnerships, and toward 

achieving energy independence through the development of 

clean and sustainable alternative energy technologies. 

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate.

Attest:

Clerk of the House of Representatives.