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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 21 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                           May 8, 2007.
      Resolved, That the resolution from the Senate (S. Con. Res. 21) 
entitled ``Concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 
2012'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.

    (a) Declaration.--The Congress determines and declares that the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007 is revised and 
replaced and that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2008, including appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this resolution 
is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.

                        TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 201. Reserve fund for the State Children's Health Insurance 
                            Program.
Sec. 202. Reserve fund for reform of the alternative minimum tax.
Sec. 203. Reserve fund to provide for middle-income tax relief and 
                            economic equity.
Sec. 204. Reserve fund for agriculture.
Sec. 205. Reserve fund for higher education.
Sec. 206. Reserve fund for improvements in medicare.
Sec. 207. Reserve fund for creating long-term energy alternatives.
Sec. 208. Reserve fund for affordable housing.
Sec. 209. Reserve fund for equitable benefits for Filipino veterans of 
                            World War II.
Sec. 210. Reserve fund for Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
                            Determination Act reauthorization.
Sec. 211. Reserve fund for receipts from the Bonneville Power 
                            Administration.
Sec. 212. Reserve fund for Transitional Medical Assistance.

                     TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 301. Program integrity initiatives.
Sec. 302. Advance appropriations.
Sec. 303. Overseas deployments and emergency needs.
Sec. 304. Application and effect of changes in allocations and 
                            aggregates.
Sec. 305. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 306. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act 
                            of 1990.
Sec. 307. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

                            TITLE IV--POLICY

Sec. 401. Policy on middle-income tax relief.
Sec. 402. Policy on defense priorities.
Sec. 403. Policy on college affordability.

                      TITLE V--SENSE OF THE HOUSE

Sec. 501. Sense of the House on servicemembers' and veterans' health 
                            care and other priorities.
Sec. 502. Sense of the House on the Innovation Agenda: A commitment to 
                            competitiveness to keep America #1.
Sec. 503. Sense of the House on homeland security.
Sec. 504. Sense of the House regarding the ongoing need to respond to 
                            Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Sec. 505. Sense of the House regarding long-term sustainability of 
                            entitlements.
Sec. 506. Sense of the House regarding the need to maintain and build 
                            upon efforts to fight hunger.
Sec. 507. Sense of the House regarding affordable health coverage.
Sec. 508. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-
                            as-you-go rule.
Sec. 509. Sense of the House on long-term budgeting.
Sec. 510. Sense of the House regarding pay parity.
Sec. 511. Sense of the House regarding waste, fraud, and abuse.
Sec. 512. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support 
                            enforcement.
Sec. 513. Sense of the House on State veterans cemeteries.

                        TITLE VI--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 601. Reconciliation.

                TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

    The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2012:
            (1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution:
                    (A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are 
                as follows:
            Fiscal year 2007: $1,904,706,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2008: $2,050,797,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009: $2,106,926,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $2,163,721,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $2,394,551,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $2,597,096,000,000.
                    (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of 
                Federal revenues should be adjusted are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2007: $0.
            Fiscal year 2008: $0.
            Fiscal year 2009: $0.
            Fiscal year 2010: $0.
            Fiscal year 2011: $0.
            Fiscal year 2012: $0.
            (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 2007: $2,380,614,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2008: $2,495,291,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009: $2,516,301,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $2,569,952,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $2,684,936,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $2,716,188,000,000.
            (3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of 
        this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays 
        are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2007: $2,300,065,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2008: $2,465,888,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009: $2,565,305,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $2,600,718,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $2,691,358,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $2,700,809,000,000.
            (4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement 
        of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are 
        as follows:
            Fiscal year 2007: -$395,359,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2008: -$415,091,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009: -$458,379,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: -$436,997,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: -$296,807,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: -$103,713,000,000.
            (5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate levels 
        of the debt subject to limit are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2007: $8,927,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2008: $9,461,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009: $10,036,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $10,591,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $11,001,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $11,231,000,000,000.
            (6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of 
        debt held by the public are as follows:
            Fiscal year 2007: $5,042,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2008: $5,269,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2009: $5,524,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2010: $5,743,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2011: $5,805,000,000,000.
            Fiscal year 2012: $5,663,000,000,000.

SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

    The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of 
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for 
each major functional category are:
            (1) National Defense (050):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $525,797,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $534,270,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $506,995,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $514,401,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $534,705,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $524,384,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $545,171,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $536,433,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $550,944,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $547,624,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $559,799,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $548,169,000,000.
            (2) International Affairs (150):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $28,795,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,308,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $34,675,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $33,096,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,428,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,557,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,623,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,687,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $36,083,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $33,006,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $36,530,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $33,613,000,000.
            (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $25,079,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $24,516,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $27,611,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $26,472,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $28,641,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $28,411,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,844,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $29,485,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $31,103,00,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $30,089,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $32,438,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,367,000,000.
            (4) Energy (270):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $2,943,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,369,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,240,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,092,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,051,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,454,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,136,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,641,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,228,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,697,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $3,307,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,997,000,000.
            (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $31,332,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $32,919,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $32,813,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $34,864,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $33,529,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $35,332,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $34,483,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $35,574,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $35,152,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $35,952,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $36,194,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $36,543,000,000.
            (6) Agriculture (350):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,471,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,738,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $20,381,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,549,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $20,933,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,059,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,138,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,112,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,156,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,436,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,402,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,863,000,000.
            (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $5,515,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$3,522,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $9,158,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,985,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $9,973,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $996,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,775,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $3,460,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $8,822,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,931,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $8,822,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $1,097,000,000.
            (8) Transportation (400):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $81,282,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $74,739,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $82,657,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $80,802,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $76,343,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $83,948,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $77,261,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $86,127,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $78,289,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $87,018,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $79,169,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $88,761,000,000.
            (9) Community and Regional Development (450):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $15,717,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $28,281,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $15,032,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $22,017,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $13,928,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,474,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,129,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,220,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,328,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $17,649,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $14,528,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $15,131,000,000.
            (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services 
        (500):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $92,780,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $92,224,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $92,461,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $91,119,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $96,810,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $93,978,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $98,333,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $96,041,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $98,409,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $97,276,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $98,654,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $96,909,000,000.
            (11) Health (550):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $267,892,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $268,197,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $286,767,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $286,261,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $307,842,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $305,984,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $325,885,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $325,716,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $347,621,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $346,553,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $370,780,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $369,739,000,000.
            (12) Medicare (570):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $365,152,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $370,180,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $389,586,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $389,696,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $416,731,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $416,382,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $442,369,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $442,589,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $489,100,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $489,109,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $468,828,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $486,440,000,000.
            (13) Income Security (600):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $360,365,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $364,204,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $379,927,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $383,546,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $391,073,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $393,458,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $401,429,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $402,422,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $417,016,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $416,907,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $402,874,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $402,130,000,000.
            (14) Social Security (650):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $19,089,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,089,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $19,644,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,518,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $23,701,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $27,009,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $29,898,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000.
            (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $73,896,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $72,342,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $85,192,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $82,772,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $87,787,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $87,681,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $90,414,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $89,710,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $96,033,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $95,410,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $93,325,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $92,599,000,000.
            (16) Administration of Justice (750):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $45,504,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $44,659,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $46,940,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $46,155,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $46,111,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,311,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $47,168,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $47,504,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $48,379,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $48,164,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $49,610,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $49,207,000,000.
            (17) General Government (800):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $18,193,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $18,574,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $18,614,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $18,998,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $19,264,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,328,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $19,886,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $19,765,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $20,647,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $20,370,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $21,359,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $21,193,000,000.
            (18) Net Interest (900):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $344,431,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $344,431,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $369,454,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $369,454,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $389,194,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $389,194,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $413,140,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $413,140,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $431,192,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $431,192,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $442,528,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $442,528,000,000.
            (19) Allowances (920):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $785,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $755,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $30,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $0.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $0.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $0.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $0.
            (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$69,714,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$69,714,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$70,979,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$70,979,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$66,560,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$66,569,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$66,933,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$66,933,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$69,575,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$69,595,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, -$71,857,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, -$71,860,000,000.
            (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities (970):
                    Fiscal year 2007:
                            (A) New budget authority, $124,310,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $31,506,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2008:
                            (A) New budget authority, $145,163,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $114,914,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2009:
                            (A) New budget authority, $50,000,000,000.
                            (B) Outlays, $109,425,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2010:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $42,324,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2011:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $13,561,000,000.
                    Fiscal year 2012:
                            (A) New budget authority, $0.
                            (B) Outlays, $4,485,000,000.

                        TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 201. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment to or a conference report submitted on such a bill or joint 
resolution) reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce that 
increases new budget authority that would result in no more than 
$50,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for 
expanding coverage and improving 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), the chairman of the Committee on Budget 
may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, and in budget authority and outlays of other 
committees as may be necessary pursuant to such adjustment for the 
Committee on Energy andCommerce, and budgetary aggregates, but only to 
the extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case 
of an amendment) in the form placed before the House by the Committee 
on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule 
providing for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is 
filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 
amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference report is 
submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.

    In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) 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, the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in 
allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but 
only to the extent that such bills or joint resolutions (as amended, in 
the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever 
a rule providing for consideration of such bills or joint resolutions 
is filed, such bills or joint resolutions are placed on any calendar, 
or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such bills or joint resolutions.

SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE FOR MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF AND 
              ECONOMIC EQUITY.

    In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that provides for tax 
relief for middle-income families and taxpayers and 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, modification of the Alternative Minimum Tax, 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 
State and local sales taxes, and a tax credit for school construction 
bonds, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the 
appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees and 
budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such bills or joint 
resolutions (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the form 
placed before the House by the Committee on Rules would not increase 
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The 
adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration of 
such bills or joint resolutions are filed, such bills or joint 
resolutions are placed on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or 
considered as adopted or a conference report is submitted on such bills 
or joint resolutions.

SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that provides for the 
reauthorization of the programs of the Food Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 or prior Acts, authorizes similar programs, or 
both, that increases new budget authority by no more than 
$20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 
adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary 
aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolution 
(as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 
House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or 
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 
and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may 
be made whenever a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or 
joint resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on 
any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a 
conference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 205. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that makes college more 
affordable through reforms to the Higher Education Act of 1965, the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 
adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary 
aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolution 
(as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 
House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or 
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 
and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may 
be made whenever a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or 
joint resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on 
any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a 
conference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICARE.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that improves the 
medicare program for beneficiaries and protects access to care, through 
measures such as increasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while 
protecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases and making 
improvements to the prescription drug program under part D, the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 
adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary 
aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolution 
(as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 
House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or 
decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 
and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may 
be made whenever a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or 
joint resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on 
any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a 
conference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 207. RESERVE FUND FOR CREATING LONG-TERM ENERGY ALTERNATIVES.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that fulfills the 
purposes of section 301(a) of H.R. 6, the Clean Energy Act of 2007:
            (1) The chairman of the Committee on Budget may make the 
        appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee or 
        committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent 
        that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of 
        an amendment) would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
        surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and 
        the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
        made under this paragraph may be made whenever a rule is filed 
        for a bill or joint resolution that attributes the offsets 
        included in H.R. 6 to the bill or joint resolution.
            (2) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 
        appropriate adjustments to the allocations provided for under 
        section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 
        Committee on Appropriations to the extent a bill or joint 
        resolution in the form placed before the House by the Committee 
        on Rules provides budget authority for purposes set forth in 
        section 301(a) of H.R. 6 in excess of the amounts provided for 
        those purposes in fiscal year 2007. Any adjustments made under 
        this paragraph shall not include revenues attributable to 
        changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and shall not 
        exceed the receipts estimated by the Congressional Budget 
        Office that are attributable to H.R. 6 for the year in which 
        the adjustments are made.

SEC. 208. RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that provides for an 
affordable housing fund, offset by reforming the regulation of certain 
government-sponsored enterprises, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a 
committee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the 
extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of 
an amendment) in the form placed before the House by the Committee on 
Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule 
providing for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is 
filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 
amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference report is 
submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 209. RESERVE FUND FOR EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO VETERANS OF 
              WORLD WAR II.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that would provide for 
or increase benefits to Filipino veterans of World War II, their 
survivors and dependents, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee or 
committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 
bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in 
the form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules would not 
increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing for 
consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill 
or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amendment is 
offered or considered as adopted or a conference report is submitted on 
such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 210. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
              DETERMINATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that provides for the 
reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act (Public Law 106-393), the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a 
committee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the 
extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of 
an amendment) in the form placed before the House by the Committee on 
Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule 
providing for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is 
filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 
amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference report is 
submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS FROM THE BONNEVILLE POWER 
              ADMINISTRATION.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that prohibits the 
Bonneville Power Administration from making early payments on its 
Federal Bond Debt to the Department of the Treasury, the chairman of 
the Committee on Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in 
allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but 
only to the extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in 
the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever 
a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution 
is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or 
an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference report 
is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

    In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution (or an 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that extends the 
Transitional Medical Assistance program, included in title 19 of the 
Social Security Act, through fiscal year 2008, the chairman of the 
Committee on Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations 
of a committee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the 
extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of 
an amendment) in the form placed before the House by the Committee on 
Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the 
period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule 
providing for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is 
filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 
amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference report is 
submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.

                     TITLE III--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES.

    (a) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--
            (1) Continuing disability reviews and supplemental security 
        income redeterminations.--If a bill or joint resolution is 
        reported making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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 $213,000,000 and the amount is 
        designated for continuing disability reviews and Supplemental 
        Security Income redeterminations for the Social Security 
        Administration, then the allocation to the House Committee on 
        Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of the 
        additional budget authority and outlays flowing from that 
        budget authority for fiscal year 2008.
            (2) Internal revenue service tax compliance.--If a bill or 
        joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
        year 2008 that appropriates up to $6,822,000,000 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 
        $406,000,000, and the amount is designated to improve 
        compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986, then the allocation to the House Committee on 
        Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of the 
        additional budget authority and outlays flowing from that 
        budget authority for fiscal year 2008.
            (3) Healthcare fraud and abuse control program.--If a bill 
        or joint resolution is reported making appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2008 that appropriates up to $183,000,000 and the 
        amount is designated to the healthcare fraud and abuse control 
        program at the Department of Health and Human Services, then 
        the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations shall 
        be increased by the amount of additional budget authority and 
        outlays flowing from that budget authority for fiscal year 
        2008.
            (4) Unemployment insurance improper payments.--If a bill or 
        joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
        year 2008 that appropriates $10,000,000 for 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 unemployment insurance 
        improper payment reviews for the Department of Labor, then the 
        allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations shall be 
        increased by the amount of the additional budget authority and 
        outlays flowing from that budget authority for fiscal year 
        2008.
    (b) Procedure for Adjustments.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Chairman.--After the reporting of a bill or 
                joint resolution, or the offering of an amendment 
                thereto or the submission of a conference report 
                thereon, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
                shall make the adjustments set forth in subparagraph 
                (B) for the incremental new budget authority in that 
                measure (if that measure meets the requirements set 
                forth in paragraph (2)) and the outlays flowing from 
                that budget authority.
                    (B) Matters to be adjusted.--The adjustments 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) are to be made to--
                            (i) the allocations made pursuant to the 
                        appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 
                        pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
                        Budget Act of 1974; and
                            (ii) the budgetary aggregates as set forth 
                        in this resolution.
    (c) Oversight of Government Performance.--In the House, all 
committees are directed to review programs within their jurisdiction to 
root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular 
scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office reports. 
Based on these oversight efforts and committee performance reviews of 
programs within their jurisdiction, committees are directed to include 
recommendations for improved governmental performance in their annual 
views and estimates reports required under section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 302. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In the House, except as provided in subsection 
(b), a bill or joint resolution making a general appropriation or 
continuing appropriation, or an amendment thereto may not provide for 
advance appropriations.
    (b) Advance Appropriation.--In the House, an advance appropriation 
may be provided for fiscal year 2009 or 2010 for programs, projects, 
activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement 
of managers accompanying this resolution under the heading ``Accounts 
Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $25,558,000,000 in new budget authority.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance 
appropriation'' means any new discretionary budget authority provided 
in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or any new 
discretionary budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes 
available for any fiscal year after 2008.

SEC. 303. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY NEEDS.

    (a) Overseas Deployments and Related Activities.--In the House, any 
bill or joint resolution or amendment offered or considered as adopted 
or a conference report thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and related 
activities, and such amounts are so designated pursuant to this 
subsection, then new budget authority, outlays or receipts resulting 
therefrom shall not count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (b) Emergency Needs.--In the House, any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment offered or considered as adopted or conference report 
thereon, that makes appropriations for nondefense discretionary 
amounts, and such amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency 
needs, then the new budget authority, outlays, or receipts resulting 
therefrom shall not be counted for the purposes of titles III and IV of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

SEC. 304. 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) Committee on the Budget 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 Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 305. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

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

SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT 
              OF 1990.

    (a) In General.--In the House and the Senate, notwithstanding 
section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 
Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of 
the Social Security Administration.
    (b) Special Rule.--In the House, for purposes of applying section 
302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level 
of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure 
shall include any discretionary amounts provided for the Social 
Security Administration.

SEC. 307. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

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

                            TITLE IV--POLICY

SEC. 401. POLICY ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF.

    It is the policy of this resolution to minimize fiscal burdens on 
middle-income families and their children and grandchildren. It is the 
policy of this resolution to 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. Furthermore, it is the policy of 
this resolution to support extension of middle-income tax relief and 
enhanced economic equity through policies such as--
            (1) extension of the child tax credit;
            (2) extension of marriage penalty relief;
            (3) extension of the 10 percent individual income tax 
        bracket;
            (4) elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute 
        fraction of estates by reforming and substantially increasing 
        the unified tax credit;
            (5) extension of the research and experimentation tax 
        credit;
            (6) extension of the deduction for State and local sales 
        taxes;
            (7) extension of the deduction for small business 
        expensing; and
            (8) enactment of a tax credit for school construction 
        bonds.
This resolution assumes 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) recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist 
        Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred to as the 9/
        11 Commission) to fund cooperative threat reduction and nuclear 
        nonproliferation programs at a level commensurate with the risk 
        is a high priority, and the President's budget should have 
        requested sufficient funding for these programs;
            (2) ensuring that the TRICARE fees for military retirees 
        under the age of 65 remain at current levels;
            (3) funds be provided for increasing pay to ensure 
        retention of experienced personnel and for improving military 
        benefits in general;
            (4) the Missile Defense Agency should be funded at an 
        adequate but lower level and the elimination of space-based 
        interceptor development will ensure a more prudent acquisition 
        strategy, yet still support a robust ballistic missile defense 
        program;
            (5) satellite research, development, and procurement be 
        funded at a level below the amount requested for fiscal year 
        2008, which amounts to a 26 percent increase above the current 
        level, but at a level sufficient to develop new satellite 
        technologies while ensuring a more prudent acquisition 
        strategy;
            (6) sufficient resources be provided to implement 
        Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations, such as 
        improving financial management and contracting practices at the 
        Department of Defense (DOD), and that substantial savings 
        should result from the identification of billions of dollars of 
        obligations and disbursements and Government overcharges for 
        which the Department of Defense cannot account;
            (7) that the Department of Defense should do a more careful 
        job of addressing the 1,378 Government Accountability Office 
        recommendations made to the Department of Defense and its 
        components over the last six years that have yet to be 
        implemented, which could produce billions of dollars in 
        savings; and
            (8) accruing all savings from the actions recommended in 
        paragraphs (4) through (7) should be used to fund higher 
        priorities within Function 050 (Defense), and especially those 
        high priorities identified in paragraphs (1) through (3) and to 
        help fund recommendations of the bipartisan ``Walter Reed 
        Commission'' (the President's Commission on Care for America's 
        Returning Wounded Warriors) and other United States Government 
        investigations into military healthcare facilities and 
        services.

SEC. 403. POLICY ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY.

    It is the policy of this resolution that the reconciliation 
directive to the Committee on Education and Labor shall not be 
construed to reduce any assistance that makes college more affordable 
for students, including but not limited to assistance to student aid 
programs run by nonprofit state agencies.

                      TITLE V--SENSE OF THE HOUSE

SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SERVICEMEMBERS' AND VETERANS' HEALTH 
              CARE AND OTHER PRIORITIES.

    It is the sense of the House that--
            (1) the House supports excellent health care for current 
        and former members of the United States Armed Services, who 
        have served well and honorably and have made significant 
        sacrifices for this Nation;
            (2) this resolution provides $43,055,000,000 in 
        discretionary budget authority for 2008 for Function 700 
        (Veterans Benefits and Services), including veterans' health 
        care, which is $6,598,000,000 more than the 2007 level, 
        $5,404,000,000 more than the Congressional Budget Office's 
        baseline level for 2008, and $3,506,000,000 more than the 
        President's budget for 2008;
            (3) this resolution provides funding to implement, in part, 
        recommendations of the bi-partisan ``Walter Reed Commission'' 
        (the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning 
        Wounded Warriors) and other United States Government 
        investigations into military and veterans health care 
        facilities and services;
            (4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the enrollment 
        fees and co-payment increases in the President's budget;
            (5) this resolution provides additional funding above the 
        President's inadequate budget levels for the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs to research and treat veterans' mental health, 
        post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain and spinal 
        cord injuries; 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. 502. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INNOVATION AGENDA: A COMMITMENT TO 
              COMPETITIVENESS TO KEEP AMERICA #1.

    (a) It is the sense of the House to provide sufficient funding that 
our Nation may continue to be the world leader in education, innovation 
and economic growth. This resolution provides $450,000,000 above the 
President's requested level for 2008, and additional amounts in 
subsequent years in Function 250 (General Science, Space and 
Technology) and Function 270 (Energy). Additional increases for 
scientific research and education are included in Function 500 
(Education, Employment, Training, and Social Services), Function 550 
(Health), Function 300 (Environment and Natural Resources), Function 
350 (Agriculture), Function 400 (Transportation), and Function 370 
(Commerce and Housing Credit), all of which receive more funding than 
the President requested.
    (b) America's greatest resource for innovation resides within 
classrooms across the country. The increased funding provided in this 
resolution will support important initiatives to educate 100,000 new 
scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and place highly qualified 
teachers in math and science K-12 classrooms.
    (c) Independent scientific research provides the foundation for 
innovation and future technologies. This resolution will put us on the 
path toward doubling funding for the National Science Foundation, basic 
research in the physical sciences across all agencies, and 
collaborative research partnerships; and toward achieving energy 
independence through the development of clean and sustainable 
alternative energy technologies.

SEC. 503. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

    It is the sense of the House that--
            (1) this resolution assumes additional homeland security 
        funding above the President's requested level for 2008 and 
        every subsequent year;
            (2) this resolution assumes funding above the President's 
        requested level for 2008, 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 first responders, strengthen border patrol, and 
        increase the preparedness of the public health system.

SEC. 504. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE ONGOING NEED TO RESPOND TO 
              HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA.

    It is the sense of the House that:
            (1) Critical needs in the Gulf Coast region should be 
        addressed without further delay. The budget resolution creates 
        a reserve fund that would allow for affordable housing that may 
        be used to focus on areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and 
        Rita, as well as new funding for additional recovery 
        priorities.
            (2) Additional oversight and investigation is needed to 
        ensure that recovery efforts are on track, develop legislation 
        to reform the contracting process, and better prepare for 
        future disasters. Those efforts should be made in close 
        consultation with residents of affected areas. The budget 
        resolution provides additional 2007 funding for the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency, some of which may be used for this 
        purpose.

SEC. 505. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF 
              ENTITLEMENTS.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) The aging of the United States population is going to 
        put unprecedented pressure on the Nation's retirement and 
        health care systems.
            (2) The long-term strength of social security would be 
        improved through a fiscally responsible policy of reducing the 
        deficit and paying down the debt that has accumulated since 
        2001, thus reducing debt service payments and freeing up 
        billions of dollars that can be dedicated to meeting social 
        security's obligations.
            (3) A policy of reducing and eventually eliminating the 
        deficit and paying down the debt is a key factor in improving 
        the long-term strength of the economy as a whole, because a 
        lower debt burden frees up resources for productive investments 
        that will result in higher economic growth, provide a higher 
        standard of living for future generations, and enhance the 
        Nation's ability to meet its commitments to its senior 
        citizens.
            (4) The most significant factor affecting the Nation's 
        entitlement programs is the rapid increase in health care 
        costs. The projected increasing costs of medicare and medicaid 
        are not unique to these programs but rather are part of a 
        pattern of rising costs for the health sector as a whole.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that the 
growing cost of entitlements should be addressed in a way that is 
fiscally responsible and promotes economic growth, that addresses the 
causes of cost growth in the broader health care system, and that 
protects beneficiaries without leaving a legacy of debt to future 
generations.

SEC. 506. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD 
              UPON EFFORTS TO FIGHT HUNGER.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) More than 35 million individuals (12.4 million of them 
        children) are food insecure, uncertain of having, or unable to 
        acquire enough food. 10.8 million Americans are hungry because 
        of lack of food.
            (2) Despite the critical contributions of the Department of 
        Agriculture nutrition programs and particularly the food stamp 
        program that significantly reduced payment error rates while 
        increasing enrollment to partially mitigate the impact of 
        recent increases in the poverty rate, significant need remains.
            (3) Nearly 25 million people, including nine million 
        children and three million seniors, sought emergency food 
        assistance from food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and 
        local charities last year.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that the 
Department of Agriculture programs that help fight hunger should be 
maintained and that the House should seize opportunities to enhance 
those programs to reach people in need and to fight hunger.

SEC. 507. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE.

    (a) Findings.--The House finds the following:
            (1) More than 46 million Americans, including nine million 
        children, lack health insurance. People without health 
        insurance are more likely to experience problems getting 
        medical care and to be hospitalized for avoidable health 
        problems.
            (2) Most Americans receive health coverage through their 
        employers. A major issue facing all employers is the rising 
        cost of health insurance. Small businesses, which have 
        generated most of the new jobs annually over the last decade, 
        have an especially difficult time affording health coverage, 
        due to higher administrative costs and fewer people over whom 
        to spread the risk of catastrophic costs. 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.
    (b) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House that 
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 needs of small businesses, and that 
lowers costs and improves the quality of health care by encouraging 
integration of health information technology tools into the practice of 
medicine, and promoting improvements in disease management and disease 
prevention.

SEC. 508. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE STATUTORY PAY-
              AS-YOU-GO RULE.

    It is the sense of the House that in order to reduce the deficit 
Congress should extend PAYGO in its original form in the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990.

SEC. 509. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING.

    It is the sense of 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. 510. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY.

    It is the sense of the House that rates of compensation for 
civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted at the same 
time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for 
members of the uniformed services.

SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

    It is the sense of the House that all committees should examine 
programs within their jurisdiction to identify wasteful and fraudulent 
spending. To this end, section 301 of this resolution includes cap 
adjustments to provide appropriations for three programs that accounted 
for a significant share of improper payments reported by Federal 
agencies in 2006: Social Security Administration Continuing Disability 
Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
Program, and Unemployment Insurance. Section 301 also includes a cap 
adjustment for the Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance efforts 
to close the $300,000,000,000 tax gap. In addition, the resolution's 
deficit-neutral reserve funds require authorizing committees to cut 
lower priority and wasteful spending to accommodate new high-priority 
entitlement benefits. Finally, section 301 of the resolution directs 
all committees to review the performance of programs within their 
jurisdiction and report recommendations annually to the Committee on 
the Budget as part of the views and estimates process required by 
section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act.

SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT 
              ENFORCEMENT.

    It is the sense of the House that--
            (1) additional legislative action is needed to ensure that 
        States have the necessary resources to collect all child 
        support that is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100 
        percent of support on to families without financial penalty; 
        and
            (2) when 100 percent of child support payments are passed 
        to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program 
        integrity is improved and child support participation 
        increases.

SEC. 513. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES.

    It is the sense of the House that the Federal Government should pay 
the plot allowance for the interment in a State veterans cemetery of 
any spouse or eligible child of a veteran, consistent with the pay-as-
you-go principle.

                        TITLE VI--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 601. RECONCILIATION.

    (a) Instructions.--The House Committee on Education and Labor shall 
report changes in laws to reduce the deficit by $75,000,000 for the 
period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.
    (b) Mandatory Savings.--Not later than September 10, 2007, the 
House Committee on Education and Labor shall submit its recommendations 
to the House of Representatives.
    (c) Submission of Revised Allocations.--Upon the submission to the 
House of a reconciliation bill or conference report thereon, that 
complies with this reconciliation instruction, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget may file with the House appropriately revised 
allocations and budgetary aggregates. Such revisions shall be 
considered to be the allocations and aggregates established by the 
concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                            S. CON. RES. 21

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                               Amendment
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