110TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 21

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.

5 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress declares that this

6 resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for

7 fiscal year 2008 and that the appropriate budgetary levels

8 for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012 are set forth.

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for

10 this concurrent 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. Social Security.

Sec. 103. Major functional categories.

TITLE II—BUDGET PROCESS

Sec. 201. Pay-as-you-go point of order in the Senate.

Sec. 202. Point of order against reconciliation legislation that would increase

the deficit or reduce a surplus.

Sec. 203. Point of order against legislation increasing long-term deficits.

Sec. 204. Emergency legislation.

Sec. 205. Extension of enforcement of budgetary points of order.

Sec. 206. Point of order against advance appropriations.

Sec. 207. Discretionary spending limits.

Sec. 208. Application of previous allocations in the Senate.

Sec. 209. Point of order to Save Social Security First.
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Sec. 210. Point of order against legislation that raises income tax rates.

Sec. 211. Circuit breaker to protect Social Security.

Sec. 212. Point of order—20% limit on new direct spending in reconciliation

legislation.

Sec. 213. Point of order against legislation that raises income tax rates for

small businesses, family farms, or family ranches.

Sec. 214. Point of order against provisions of appropriations legislation that

constitutes changes in mandatory programs with net costs.

Sec. 215. Disclosure of interest costs.

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS AND ADJUSTMENTS

Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for SCHIP legislation.

Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for care of wounded service members.

Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief.

Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for comparative effectiveness research.

Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education.

Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Farm Bill.

Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for energy legislation.

Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicare.

Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for small business health insurance.

Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments for Secure Rural

Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 reauthorization.

Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for terrorism risk insurance reauthorization.

Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing.

Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for receipts from Bonneville Power Administration.

Sec. 314. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Indian claims settlement.

Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Food and Drug Administration.

Sec. 316. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care reform.

Sec. 317. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for enhancement of veterans’ benefits.

Sec. 318. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for long-term care.

Sec. 319. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health information technology.

Sec. 320. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child care.

Sec. 321. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for comprehensive immigration reform.

Sec. 322. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for mental health parity.

Sec. 323. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for preschool opportunities.

Sec. 324. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the safe importation of FDA-approved prescription drugs.

Sec. 325. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates.

Sec. 326. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.

Sec. 327. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

Sec. 328. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for expansion of above-the-line deduction

for teacher classroom supplies.

Sec. 329. Adjustment for Smithsonian Institution salaries and expenses.

Sec. 330. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for reduction of improper payments.

Sec. 331. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for extension of the deduction for State

and local sales taxes.

Sec. 332. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for extension of certain energy tax incentives.

Sec. 333. Reserve fund to provide additional training for physicians and attract

more physicians in States that face a shortage of physicians in

training.
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Sec. 334. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for repeal of the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security Benefits.

Sec. 335. Sense of Congress on the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

Sec. 336. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for eliminating military retirement and

disability offset.

Sec. 337. Deficit-neutral reserve for asbestos reform legislation.

Sec. 338. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for manufacturing initiatives.

Sec. 339. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for increased use of recovery audits.

Sec. 340. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a delay in the implementation of a

proposed rule relating to the Federal-State Financial Partnerships under Medicaid and SCHIP.

Sec. 341. Reserve fund to improve the health care system.

Sec. 342. Reserve fund to improve Medicare hospital payment accuracy.

Sec. 343. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health insurance.

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for

5 each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012:

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

7 enforcement of this resolution:

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal

9 revenues are as follows:

10 Fiscal year 2007: $1,900,706,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2008: $2,008,975,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2009: $2,122,544,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2010: $2,221,229,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2011: $2,357,776,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2012: $2,426,691,000,000.

16 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate

17 levels of Federal revenues should be changed

18 are as follows:

19 Fiscal year 2007: –$4,000,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2008: –$41,821,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2009: $15,618,000,000.

3 Fiscal year 2010: $57,508,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011: –$36,774,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012: –$170,405,000,000.

6 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes

7 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate

8 levels of total new budget authority are as follows:

9 Fiscal year 2007: $2,364,566,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2008: $2,490,185,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2009: $2,506,314,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2010: $2,555,623,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2011: $2,669,264,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2012: $2,696,288,000,000.

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

16 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels

17 of total budget outlays are as follows:

18 Fiscal year 2007: $2,298,846,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2008: $2,460,251,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2009: $2,555,575,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2010: $2,587,173,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2011: $2,675,133,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2012: $2,682,375,000,000.
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1 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce2 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits

3 are as follows:

4 Fiscal year 2007: $398,140,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2008: $451,276,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2009: $433,031,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2010: $365,944,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2011: $317,357,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2012: $255,684,000,000.

10 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of

11 the public debt are as follows:

12 Fiscal year 2007: $8,960,830,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2008: $9,529,811,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2009: $10,079,488,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2010: $10,562,973,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2011: $10,993,669,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2012: $11,375,583,000,000.

18 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro19 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows:

20 Fiscal year 2007: $5,045,226,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2008: $5,308,213,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2009: $5,537,687,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2010: $5,686,479,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2011: $5,769,579,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2012: $5,779,399,000,000.
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1 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.

2 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—The amounts of

3 revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

4 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust

5 Fund are as follows:

6 Fiscal year 2007: $637,586,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2008: $668,998,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2009: $702,851,000,000.

9 Fiscal year 2010: $737,589,000,000.

10 Fiscal year 2011: $772,605,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2012: $807,928,000,000.

12 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—The amounts of

13 outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

14 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust

15 Fund are as follows:

16 Fiscal year 2007: $441,676,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008: $460,224,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009: $478,578,000,000.

19 Fiscal year 2010: $499,655,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2011: $520,743,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2012: $546,082,000,000.

22 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX23 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au24 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and

25 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis-
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1 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses

2 are as follows:

3 Fiscal year 2007:

4 (A) New budget authority,

5 $4,692,000,000.

6 (B) Outlays, $4,727,000,000.

7 Fiscal year 2008:

8 (A) New budget authority,

9 $5,130,000,000.

10 (B) Outlays, $5,105,000,000.

11 Fiscal year 2009:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $5,284,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $5,244,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2010:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $5,444,000,000.

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

19 Fiscal year 2011:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $5,612,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $5,583,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2012:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $5,783,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $5,753,000,000.

2 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

3 The Congress determines and declares that the ap4 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for

5 fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for each major functional

6 category are:

7 (1) National Defense (050):

8 Fiscal year 2007:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $619,363,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $560,462,000,000.

12 Fiscal year 2008:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $648,820,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $617,842,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2009:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $584,775,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $626,962,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2010:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $545,251,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $572,856,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2011:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $551,054,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $558,381,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2012:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $559,899,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $551,763,000,000.

8 (2) International Affairs (150):

9 Fiscal year 2007:

10 (A) New budget authority,

11 $34,790,000,000.

12 (B) Outlays, $32,015,000,000.

13 Fiscal year 2008:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $39,214,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $36,944,400,000.

17 Fiscal year 2009:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $34,555,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $35,101,600,000.

21 Fiscal year 2010:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $34,859,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $33,497,400,000.

25 Fiscal year 2011:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $35,432,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $33,376,600,000.

4 Fiscal year 2012:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $35,984,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $33,335,000,000.

8 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology

9 (250):

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $25,079,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $24,516,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2008:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $27,583,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $26,353,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $26,925,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $27,529,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2010:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $27,289,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $27,651,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2011:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $27,654,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $27,267,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $28,020,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $27,593,000,000.

9 (4) Energy (270):

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $2,958,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $1,384,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2008:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $3,662,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $1,256,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $3,142,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $1,659,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2010:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $3,198,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $1,778,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2011:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $3,258,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $1,766,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $3,306,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $2,032,000,000.

9 (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $31,332,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $32,905,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2008:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $32,933,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $34,927,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $33,331,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $35,250,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2010:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $33,999,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $35,264,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2011:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $34,365,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $35,337,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $35,098,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $35,624,000,000.

9 (6) Agriculture (350):

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $26,207,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $22,580,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2008:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $20,481,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $21,497,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $20,984,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $20,108,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2010:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $21,137,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $20,118,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2011:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $21,099,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $20,390,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $21,288,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $20,763,000,000.

9 (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $5,515,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, –$3,522,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2008:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $8,915,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $1,882,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $8,602,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $159,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2010:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $8,566,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $178,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2011:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $8,591,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, –$27,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $8,772,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $507,000,000.

9 (8) Transportation (400):

10 Fiscal year 2007:

11 (A) New budget authority,

12 $81,282,000,000.

13 (B) Outlays, $74,739,000,000.

14 Fiscal year 2008:

15 (A) New budget authority,

16 $83,872,000,000.

17 (B) Outlays, $81,383,000,000.

18 Fiscal year 2009:

19 (A) New budget authority,

20 $75,700,000,000.

21 (B) Outlays, $84,032,000,000.

22 Fiscal year 2010:

23 (A) New budget authority,

24 $76,253,000,000.

25 (B) Outlays, $85,893,000,000.
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1 Fiscal year 2011:

2 (A) New budget authority,

3 $76,887,000,000.

4 (B) Outlays, $86,307,000,000.

5 Fiscal year 2012:

6 (A) New budget authority,

7 $77,476,000,000.

8 (B) Outlays, $87,721,000,000.

9 (9) Community and Regional Development

10 (450):

11 Fiscal year 2007:

12 (A) New budget authority,

13 $19,117,000,000.

14 (B) Outlays, $28,281,000,000.

15 Fiscal year 2008:

16 (A) New budget authority,

17 $15,415,000,000.

18 (B) Outlays, $22,461,500,000.

19 Fiscal year 2009:

20 (A) New budget authority,

21 $13,561,000,000.

22 (B) Outlays, $21,264,000,000.

23 Fiscal year 2010:

24 (A) New budget authority,

25 $13,742,000,000.
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1 (B) Outlays, $20,059,000,000.

2 Fiscal year 2011:

3 (A) New budget authority,

4 $13,921,000,000.

5 (B) Outlays, $18,076,000,000.

6 Fiscal year 2012:

7 (A) New budget authority,

8 $14,098,000,000.

9 (B) Outlays, $15,084,000,000.

10 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and

11 Social Services (500):

12 Fiscal year 2007:

13 (A) New budget authority,

14 $92,780,000,000.

15 (B) Outlays, $92,224,000,000.

16 Fiscal year 2008:

17 (A) New budget authority,

18 $93,889,000,000.

19 (B) Outlays, $90,399,000,000.

20 Fiscal year 2009:

21 (A) New budget authority,

22 $97,592,000,000.

23 (B) Outlays, $93,948,000,000.

24 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $99,366,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $96,896,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $99,650,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $98,473,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $100,104,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $98,307,000,000.

12 (11) Health (550):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $268,340,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $268,645,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $291,266,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $290,234,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $310,068,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $308,329,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $333,219,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $333,355,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $356,057,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $355,356,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $379,814,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $379,151,000,000.

12 (12) Medicare (570):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $365,152,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $370,180,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $389,969,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $390,035,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $414,779,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $414,440,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $439,862,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $440,092,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $484,792,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $484,811,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $481,008,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $480,632,000,000.

12 (13) Income Security (600):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $360,365,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $364,204,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $379,759,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $383,609,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $390,801,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $393,118,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $400,706,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $401,774,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $415,851,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $415,874,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $401,275,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $400,684,000,000.

12 (14) Social Security (650):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $19,089,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $19,089,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $19,644,000,000.

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

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $21,518,000,000.

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

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $23,701,000,000.

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

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $27,009,000,000.

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

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $29,898,000,000.

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

12 (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $73,896,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $72,342,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $85,262,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $84,424,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $87,372,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $87,943,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $89,559,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $89,210,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $94,707,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $94,314,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $91,513,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $90,957,000,000.

12 (16) Administration of Justice (750):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $45,559,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $44,709,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $48,796,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $47,090,500,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $47,333,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $48,622,900,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $48,106,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $48,669,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $48,895,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $48,976,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $49,686,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $49,583,000,000.

12 (17) General Government (800):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $18,196,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $18,577,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $18,758,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $19,118,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $19,214,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $19,313,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $19,657,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $19,573,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $20,222,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $19,987,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $20,725,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $20,606,000,000.

12 (18) Net Interest (900):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $344,475,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $344,475,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 $370,425,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, $370,425,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 $390,393,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, $390,393,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 $412,002,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, $412,002,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 $427,476,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, $427,476,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 $438,455,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, $438,455,000,000.

12 (19) Allowances (920):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 $785,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, $755,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 –$16,724,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, –$7,519,400,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 –$7,296,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, –$7,068,500,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 –$7,390,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, –$7,935,400,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 –$7,481,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, –$7,823,600,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 –$7,574,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, –$7,761,000,000.

12 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

13 Fiscal year 2007:

14 (A) New budget authority,

15 –$69,714,000,000.

16 (B) Outlays, –$69,714,000,000.

17 Fiscal year 2008:

18 (A) New budget authority,

19 –$71,754,000,000.

20 (B) Outlays, –$71,754,000,000.

21 Fiscal year 2009:

22 (A) New budget authority,

23 –$67,035,000,000.

24 (B) Outlays, –$67,044,000,000.

25 Fiscal year 2010:
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1 (A) New budget authority,

2 –$67,458,000,000.

3 (B) Outlays, –$67,458,000,000.

4 Fiscal year 2011:

5 (A) New budget authority,

6 –$70,175,000,000.

7 (B) Outlays, –$70,195,000,000.

8 Fiscal year 2012:

9 (A) New budget authority,

10 –$72,557,000,000.

11 (B) Outlays, –$72,560,000,000.

12 TITLE II—BUDGET PROCESS

13 SEC. 201. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.

14 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in

16 the Senate to consider any direct spending or rev17 enue legislation that would increase the on-budget

18 deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for any 1 of 4

19 applicable time periods as measured in paragraphs

20 (5) and (6).

21 (2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes

22 of this subsection, the term ‘‘applicable time period’’

23 means any 1 of the 4 following periods:

24 (A) The current fiscal year.

25 (B) The budget year.
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1 (C) The period of the 5 fiscal years fol2 lowing the current fiscal year.

3 (D) The period of the 5 fiscal years fol4 lowing the 5 fiscal years referred to in subpara5 graph (C).

6 (3) DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For pur7 poses of this subsection and except as provided in

8 paragraph (4), the term ‘‘direct spending legisla9 tion’’ means any bill, joint resolution, amendment,

10 motion, or conference report that affects direct

11 spending as that term is defined by, and interpreted

12 for purposes of, the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

14 (4) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sub15 section, the terms ‘‘direct spending legislation’’ and

16 ‘‘revenue legislation’’ do not include—

17 (A) any concurrent resolution on the budg18 et; or

19 (B) any provision of legislation that affects

20 the full funding of, and continuation of, the de21 posit insurance guarantee commitment in effect

22 on the date of enactment of the Budget En23 forcement Act of 1990.

24 (5) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant

25 to this subsection shall—
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1 (A) use the baseline surplus or deficit used

2 for the most recently adopted concurrent resolu3 tion on the budget; and

4 (B) be calculated under the requirements

5 of subsections (b) through (d) of section 257 of

6 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

7 Control Act of 1985 for fiscal years beyond

8 those covered by that concurrent resolution on

9 the budget.

10 (6) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or rev11 enue legislation increases the on-budget deficit or

12 causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually,

13 it must also increase the on-budget deficit or cause

14 an on-budget deficit when taken together with all di15 rect spending and revenue legislation enacted since

16 the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for

17 in the baseline under paragraph (5)(A), except that

18 direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net

19 deficit reduction enacted in any bill pursuant to a

20 reconciliation instruction since the beginning of that

21 same calendar year shall never be made available on

22 the pay-as-you-go ledger and shall be dedicated only

23 for deficit reduction.

24 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.—
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1 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or

2 suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote

3 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

4 sworn.

5 (2) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the

6 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of

7 this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally

8 divided between, and controlled by, the appellant

9 and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as

10 the case may be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths

11 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and

12 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the

13 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under

14 this section.

15 (c) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For pur16 poses of this section, the levels of new budget authority,

17 outlays, and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined

18 on the basis of estimates made by the Senate Committee

19 on the Budget.

20 (d) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on September

21 30, 2017.

22 (e) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 505 of H. Con.

23 Res. 95 (108th Congress), the fiscal year 2004 concurrent

24 resolution on the budget, shall no longer apply.
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1 SEC. 202. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION

2 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE

3 DEFICIT OR REDUCE A SURPLUS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Sen5 ate to consider any reconciliation bill, resolution, amend6 ment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference

7 report pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budg8 et Act of 1974 that would cause or increase a deficit or

9 reduce a surplus in the current fiscal year, the budget

10 year, the period of the first 5 fiscal years following the

11 current fiscal year, or the period of the second 5 fiscal

12 years following the current fiscal year.

13 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

14 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or

15 suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote

16 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

17 sworn.

18 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three19 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and

20 sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an

21 appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order

22 raised under this section.

23 SEC. 203. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION IN24 CREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS.

25 (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF

26 PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget
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1 Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare for each bill

2 and joint resolution reported from committee (except

3 measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ap4 propriations), and amendments thereto and conference re5 ports thereon, an estimate of whether the measure would

6 cause, relative to current law, a net increase in deficits

7 in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the four 10-year

8 periods beginning in fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year

9 2057.

10 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—In the Senate, it shall not

11 be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, amend12 ment, motion, or conference report that would cause a net

13 increase in deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of

14 the four 10-year periods beginning in 2018 through 2057.

15 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

16 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or

17 suspended only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths

18 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

19 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three20 fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall

21 be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the

22 Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

23 (d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For

24 purposes of this section, the levels of net deficit increases
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1 shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by

2 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

3 (e) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 407 of H. Con.

4 Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on

5 the budget for fiscal year 2006, shall no longer apply.

6 (f) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on September

7 30, 2017.

8 SEC. 204. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.

9 (a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—With respect to a

10 provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or ap11 propriations for discretionary accounts that the Congress

12 designates as an emergency requirement in such measure,

13 the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts

14 in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be

15 treated as an emergency requirement for the purpose of

16 this section, except that the authority to designate shall

17 not apply to funding for spinach producers on a supple18 mental appropriations bill pursuant to subsection (f)(1)

19 that is designated to supplement funding for ongoing com20 bat operations.

21 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any

22 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from

23 any provision designated as an emergency requirement,

24 pursuant to this section, in any bill, joint resolution,

25 amendment, or conference report shall not count for pur-
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1 poses of sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budg2 et Act of 1974 and sections 201 and 207 of this resolution

3 (relating to pay-as-you-go in the Senate and discretionary

4 spending limits).

5 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legislation is

6 designated as an emergency requirement under this sec7 tion, the committee report and any statement of managers

8 accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation

9 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria

10 in subsection (f).

11 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘direct

12 spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and ‘‘appropriations for discre13 tionary accounts’’ means any provision of a bill, joint reso14 lution, amendment, motion, or conference report that af15 fects direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as those

16 terms have been defined and interpreted for purposes of

17 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

18 of 1985.

19 (e) POINT OF ORDER.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid21 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con22 ference report, if a point of order is made by a Sen23 ator against an emergency designation in that meas24 ure, that provision making such a designation shall
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1 be stricken from the measure and may not be of2 fered as an amendment from the floor.

3 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.—

4 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be

5 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an

6 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,

7 duly chosen and sworn.

8 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate

9 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any

10 provision of this subsection shall be limited to

11 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con12 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the

13 bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An

14 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members

15 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be

16 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of

17 the Chair on a point of order raised under this

18 subsection.

19 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA20 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision

21 shall be considered an emergency designation if it

22 designates any item as an emergency requirement

23 pursuant to this subsection.

24 (4) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point

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1 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

3 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate

4 is considering a conference report on, or an amend5 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon

6 a point of order being made by any Senator pursu7 ant to this section, and such point of order being

8 sustained, such material contained in such con9 ference report shall be deemed stricken, and the

10 Senate shall proceed to consider the question of

11 whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment

12 and concur with a further amendment, or concur in

13 the House amendment with a further amendment,

14 as the case may be, which further amendment shall

15 consist of only that portion of the conference report

16 or House amendment, as the case may be, not so

17 stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be de18 batable. In any case in which such point of order is

19 sustained against a conference report (or Senate

20 amendment derived from such conference report by

21 operation of this subsection), no further amendment

22 shall be in order.

23 (f) CRITERIA.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section,

2 any provision is an emergency requirement if the sit3 uation addressed by such provision is—

4 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere5 ly useful or beneficial);

6 (B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and

7 not building up over time;

8 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling

9 need requiring immediate action;

10 (D) subject to paragraph (2), unforeseen,

11 unpredictable, and unanticipated; and

12 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature.

13 (2) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part

14 of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies,

15 particularly when normally estimated in advance, is

16 not unforeseen.

17 (g) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 402 of H. Con.

18 Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on

19 the budget for fiscal year 2006, shall no longer apply.

20 SEC. 205. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY

21 POINTS OF ORDER.

22 Notwithstanding any provision of the Congressional

23 Budget Act of 1974 and section 403 of H. Con. Res. 95

24 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget

25 for fiscal year 2006, subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of sec-
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1 tion 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and

2 section 403 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress) shall

3 remain in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement

4 through September 30, 2017.

5 SEC. 206. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA6 TIONS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—

8 (1) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in

9 subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate

10 to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend11 ment, or conference report that would provide an ad12 vance appropriation.

13 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term

14 ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget au15 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making

16 general appropriations or continuing appropriations

17 for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes available for

18 any fiscal year after 2008, or any new budget au19 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making

20 general appropriations or continuing appropriations

21 for fiscal year 2009, that first becomes available for

22 any fiscal year after 2009.

23 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be

24 provided—
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1 (1) for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 for pro2 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in

3 the joint explanatory statement of managers accom4 panying this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts

5 Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggre6 gate amount not to exceed $25,158,000,000 in new

7 budget authority in each year; and

8 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broad9 casting.

10 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

11 (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a)

12 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative

13 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

14 sworn.

15 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three16 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and

17 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the

18 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under

19 paragraph (a).

20 (d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order

21 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro22 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act

23 of 1974.

24 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is

25 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be-
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1 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of

2 order being made by any Senator pursuant to this section,

3 and such point of order being sustained, such material

4 contained in such conference report shall be deemed

5 stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the

6 question of whether the Senate shall recede from its

7 amendment and concur with a further amendment, or con8 cur in the House amendment with a further amendment,

9 as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist

10 of only that portion of the conference report or House

11 amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such

12 motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in

13 which such point of order is sustained against a conference

14 report (or Senate amendment derived from such con15 ference report by operation of this subsection), no further

16 amendment shall be in order.

17 (f) REPEAL.—In the Senate, section 401 of H. Con.

18 Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on

19 the budget for fiscal year 2006, shall no longer apply.

20 SEC. 207. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

21 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro23 vided in this section, it shall not be in order in the

24 Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or

25 amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill
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1 or joint resolution) that would cause the discre2 tionary spending limits in this section to be exceed3 ed.

4 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.—

5 (A) WAIVER.—This subsection may be

6 waived or suspended in the Senate only by the

7 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,

8 duly chosen and sworn.

9 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate

10 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any

11 provision of this subsection shall be limited to

12 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con13 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the

14 bill or joint resolution. An affirmative vote of

15 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly

16 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain

17 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point

18 of order raised under this subsection.

19 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In the Sen20 ate and as used in this section, the term ‘‘discretionary

21 spending limit’’ means—

22 (1) for fiscal year 2007, $951,140,000,000 in

23 new budget authority and $1,029,456,000,000 in

24 outlays; and
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1 (2) for fiscal year 2008, $942,295,000,000 in

2 new budget authority and $1,021,392,000,000 in

3 outlays;

4 as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment proce5 dures in subsection (c).

6 (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the reporting of a bill

8 or joint resolution relating to any matter described

9 in paragraph (2), or the offering of an amendment

10 thereto or the submission of a conference report

11 thereon—

12 (A) the chairman of the Senate Committee

13 on the Budget may adjust the discretionary

14 spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allo15 cations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Con16 gressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount

17 of new budget authority in that measure for

18 that purpose and the outlays flowing therefrom;

19 and

20 (B) following any adjustment under sub21 paragraph (A), the Senate Committee on Ap22 propriations may report appropriately revised

23 suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out

25 this subsection.
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1 (2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—Matters referred to

2 in paragraph (1) are as follows:

3 (A) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS

4 AND SSI REDETERMINATIONS.—If a bill or joint

5 resolution is reported making appropriations for

6 fiscal year 2008 that appropriates

7 $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews

8 and Supplemental Security Income redeter9 minations for the Social Security Administra10 tion, and provides an additional appropriation

11 of up to $213,000,000 for continuing disability

12 reviews and Supplemental Security Income re13 determinations for the Social Security Adminis14 tration, then the discretionary spending limits,

15 allocation to the Senate Committee on Appro16 priations, and aggregates may be adjusted by

17 the amounts provided in such legislation for

18 that purpose, but not to exceed $213,000,000

19 in budget authority and outlays flowing there20 from for fiscal year 2008.

21 (B) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX EN22 FORCEMENT.—If a bill or joint resolution is re23 ported making appropriations for fiscal year

24 2008 that appropriates $6,822,000,000 for the

25 Internal Revenue Service for enhanced tax en-
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1 forcement to address the Federal tax gap (taxes

2 owed but not paid) and provides an additional

3 appropriation of up to $406,000,000 for the In4 ternal Revenue Service for enhanced tax en5 forcement to address the Federal tax gap, then

6 the discretionary spending limits, allocation to

7 the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and

8 aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts

9 provided in such legislation for that purpose,

10 but not to exceed $406,000,000 in budget au11 thority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal

12 year 2008.

13 (C) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE

14 CONTROL.—If a bill or joint resolution is re15 ported making appropriations for fiscal year

16 2008 that appropriates up to $383,000,000 to

17 the health care fraud and abuse control pro18 gram at the Department of Health and Human

19 Services, then the discretionary spending limits,

20 allocation to the Senate Committee on Appro21 priations, and aggregates may be adjusted by

22 the amounts provided in such legislation for

23 that purpose, but not to exceed $383,000,000

24 in budget authority and outlays flowing there25 from for fiscal year 2008.
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1 (D) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IM2 PROPER PAYMENTS REVIEWS.—If a bill or joint

3 resolution is reported making appropriations for

4 fiscal year 2008 that appropriates $10,000,000

5 for unemployment insurance improper pay6 ments reviews for the Department of Labor,

7 and provides an additional appropriation of up

8 to $40,000,000 for unemployment insurance

9 improper payments reviews for the Department

10 of Labor, then the discretionary spending lim11 its, allocation to the Senate Committee on Ap12 propriations, and aggregates may be adjusted

13 by the amounts provided in such legislation for

14 that purpose, but not to exceed $40,000,000 in

15 budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom

16 for fiscal year 2008.

17 (E) WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION.—

18 (i) DEFINITION.—For this subpara19 graph, the term ‘‘base amount’’ refers to

20 the average of the obligations of the pre21 ceding 10 years for wildfire suppression in

22 the Forest Service and the Department of

23 the Interior, calculated as of the date of

24 the applicable year’s budget request is sub25 mitted by the President to Congress.
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1 (ii) ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR

2 2008.—If the amount appropriated for

3 Wildland Fire Suppression in fiscal year

4 2008 is not less than the base amount,

5 then the chairman of the Senate Com6 mittee on the Budget may adjust the ap7 propriate allocations, aggregates, discre8 tionary spending limits, and other budg9 etary levels in this resolution for any bill,

10 joint resolution, amendment, motion, or

11 conference report that provides additional

12 funding for wildland fire suppression, by

13 the amounts provided in such legislation

14 for such purpose, but not to exceed the fol15 lowing amounts in budget authority and

16 the outlays flowing therefrom:

17 (I) for the Forest Service, for fis18 cal year 2008, $400,000,000; and

19 (II) for the Department of the

20 Interior, for fiscal year 2008,

21 $100,000,000.

22 (F) COSTS OF GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.—

23 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the

24 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,

25 and discretionary spending limits for one or
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1 more bills, joint resolutions, motions, amend2 ments, or conference reports that make discre3 tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2008 or

4 2009 in excess of the levels assumed in this res5 olution for expenses related to the global war on

6 terror, but not to exceed the following amounts:

7 (i) For fiscal year 2008,

8 $145,162,000,000 in budget authority and

9 the outlays flowing therefrom.

10 (ii) For fiscal year 2009,

11 $50,000,000,000 in budget authority and

12 the outlays flowing therefrom.

13 (G) ADJUSTMENT FOR UNITED STATES

14 FORCES IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—

15 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the

16 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates,

17 and discretionary spending limits for one or

18 more bills, joint resolutions, motions, amend19 ments, or conference reports that make discre20 tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for

21 an amount appropriated, but not to exceed

22 $5,000,000,000 in budgetary authority and out23 lays flowing therefrom, to—

24 (i) address training, equipment, force

25 protection, logistics, or other matters nec-
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1 essary for the protection of United States

2 forces; or

3 (ii) address deficiencies at Walter

4 Reed Army Medical Center and other fa5 cilities within the military medical system

6 providing treatment to service members in7 jured while performing their duties in the

8 Global War on Terrorism.

9 SEC. 208. APPLICATION OF PREVIOUS ALLOCATIONS IN

10 THE SENATE.

11 Section 7035 of Public Law 109–234 shall no longer

12 apply in the Senate.

13 SEC. 209. POINT OF ORDER TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY

14 FIRST.

15 (a) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—It shall not

16 be in order in the Senate to consider any legislation that

17 would increase the on-budget deficit in any fiscal year

18 until the President submits legislation to Congress and

19 Congress enacts legislation which would restore 75-year

20 solvency to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insur21 ance Trust Funds as certified by the Social Security Ad22 ministration actuaries.

23 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This

24 section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only

25 by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
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1 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of

2 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall

3 be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the rul4 ing of the Chair on a point of order raised under this sec5 tion.

6 SEC. 210. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT

7 RAISES INCOME TAX RATES.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Sen9 ate to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, amend10 ment between Houses, motion, or conference report that

11 includes a Federal income tax rate increase. In this sub12 section, the term ‘‘Federal income tax rate increase’’

13 means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or

14 (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Inter15 nal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage

16 as a rate of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax

17 imposed by any such section.

18 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

19 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or

20 suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote

21 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

22 sworn.

23 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three24 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and

25 sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an
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1 appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order

2 raised under this section.

3 SEC. 211. CIRCUIT BREAKER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECU4 RITY.

5 (a) CIRCUIT BREAKER.—If in any year the Congres6 sional Budget Office, in its report pursuant to section

7 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

8 projects an on-budget deficit (excluding Social Security)

9 for the budget year or any subsequent fiscal year covered

10 by those projections, then the concurrent resolution on the

11 budget for the budget year shall reduce on-budget deficits

12 relative to the projections of Congressional Budget Office

13 and put the budget on a path to achieve on-budget balance

14 within 5 years, and shall include such provisions as are

15 necessary to protect Social Security and facilitate deficit

16 reduction, except it shall not contain any reduction in So17 cial Security benefits.

18 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—If in any year the Congres19 sional Budget Office, in its report pursuant to section

20 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

21 projects an on-budget deficit for the budget year or any

22 subsequent fiscal year covered by those projections, it shall

23 not be in order in the Senate to consider a concurrent

24 resolution on the budget for the budget year or any con25 ference report thereon that fails to reduce on-budget defi-
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1 cits relative to the projections of Congressional Budget Of2 fice and put the budget on a path to achieve on-budget

3 balance within 5 years.

4 (c) AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.—If in

5 any year the Congressional Budget Office, in its report

6 pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget

7 Act of 1974 projects an on-budget deficit for the budget

8 year or any subsequent fiscal year covered by those projec9 tions, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider

10 an amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget

11 that would increase on-budget deficits relative to the con12 current resolution on the budget in any fiscal year covered

13 by that concurrent resolution on the budget or cause the

14 budget to fail to achieve on-budget balance within 5 years.

15 (d) SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENT DURING WAR OR

16 LOW ECONOMIC GROWTH.—

17 (1) LOW GROWTH.—If the most recent of the

18 Department of Commerce’s advance, preliminary, or

19 final reports of actual real economic growth indicate

20 that the rate of real economic growth (as measured

21 by real GDP) for each of the most recently reported

22 quarter and the immediately preceding quarter is

23 less than 1 percent, this section is suspended.

24 (2) WAR.—If a declaration of war is in effect,

25 this section is suspended.
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1 (e) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.—

2 (1) WAIVER.—Subsections (b) and (c) may be

3 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an af4 firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly

5 chosen and sworn.

6 (2) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the

7 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of

8 this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be

9 equally divided between, and controlled by, the ap10 pellant and the manager of the bill or joint resolu11 tion, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of

12 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly cho13 sen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an ap14 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order

15 raised under this subsection.

16 (f) BUDGET YEAR.—In this section, the term ‘‘budg17 et year’’ shall have the same meaning as in section

18 250(c)(12) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def19 icit Control Act of 1985.

20 SEC. 212. POINT OF ORDER—20% LIMIT ON NEW DIRECT

21 SPENDING IN RECONCILIATION LEGISLA22 TION.

23 (1) IN THE SENATE.—It shall not be in order

24 to consider any reconciliation bill, joint resolution,

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1 an amendment between the Houses in relation to a

2 reconciliation bill pursuant to section 310 of the

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that produces an

4 increase in outlays, if—

5 (A) the effect of all the provisions in the

6 jurisdiction of any committee is to create gross

7 new direct spending that exceeds 20% of the

8 total savings instruction to the committee; or

9 (B) the effect of the adoption of an amend10 ment would result in gross new direct spending

11 that exceeds 20% of the total savings instruc12 tion to the committee.

13 (2)(A) A point of order under paragraph (1)

14 may be raised by a Senator as provided in section

15 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

16 (B) Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended

17 only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the

18 Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative

19 vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate,

20 duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain

21 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of

22 order raised under paragraph (1).

23 (C) If a point of order is sustained under para24 graph (1) against a conference report in the Senate,
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1 the report shall be disposed of as provided in section

2 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

3 SEC. 213. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT

4 RAISES INCOME TAX RATES FOR SMALL BUSI5 NESSES, FAMILY FARMS, OR FAMILY

6 RANCHES.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Sen8 ate to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, amend9 ment between Houses, motion, or conference report that

10 includes a Federal income tax rate increase on incomes

11 generated by small businesses (within the meaning of sec12 tion 474(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or fam13 ily farms or family ranches (within the meaning of section

14 2032A of such Code) (regardless of the manner by which

15 such businesses, farms and ranches are organized). In this

16 subsection, the term ‘‘Federal income tax rate increase’’

17 means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or

18 (e) of section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Inter19 nal Revenue Code of 1986, that imposes a new percentage

20 as a rate of tax and thereby increases the amount of tax

21 imposed by any such section.

22 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

23 (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or

24 suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote
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1 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

2 sworn.

3 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three4 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and

5 sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an

6 appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order

7 raised under this section.

8 SEC. 214. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS OF AP9 PROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION THAT CON10 STITUTES CHANGES IN MANDATORY PRO11 GRAMS WITH NET COSTS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Sen13 ate to consider any appropriations legislation, including

14 any amendment thereto, motion in relation thereto, or

15 conference report thereon, which includes one or more pro16 visions that would have been estimated as affecting direct

17 spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as

19 in effect prior to September 30, 2002) were they included

20 in legislation other than appropriations legislation, if such

21 provision has a net cost over the total of the period of

22 the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years cov23 ered under the most recently adopted concurrent resolu24 tion on the budget.
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1 (b) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section,

2 the determination of whether a provision violates para3 graph (a) shall be made by the Committee on the Budget

4 of the Senate.

5 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This

6 section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative

7 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

8 sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members

9 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required

10 to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point

11 of order raised under this section.

12 (d) GENERAL POINT OF ORDER.—It shall be in order

13 for a Senator to raise a single point of order that several

14 provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con15 ference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer

16 may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the

17 provisions against which the Senator raised the point of

18 order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of

19 order as to some of the provisions (including provisions

20 of an amendment, motion, or conference report) against

21 which the Senator raised the point of order, then only

22 those provisions (including provision of an amendment,

23 motion, or conference report) against which the Presiding

24 Officer sustains the point of order shall be deemed strick25 en pursuant to this section. Before the Presiding Officer
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1 rules on such a point of order, any Senator may move to

2 waive such a point of order as it applies to some or all

3 of the provisions against which the point of order was

4 raised. Such a motion to waive is amendable in accordance

5 with rules and precedents of the Senate. After the Pre6 siding Officer rules on such a point of order, any Senator

7 may appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on such

8 a point of order as it applies to some or all of the provi9 sions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.

10 (e) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—When the

11 Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amend12 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a

13 point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to this

14 section, and such point of order being sustained, such ma15 terial contained in such conference report or amendment

16 shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to

17 consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede

18 from its amendment and concur with a further amend19 ment, or concur in the House amendment with a further

20 amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment

21 shall consist of only that portion of the conference report

22 or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken.

23 Any such motion shall be debatable. In any case in which

24 such point of order is sustained against a conference re25 port (or Senate amendment derived from such conference
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1 report by operation of this subsection), no further amend2 ment shall be in order.

3 SEC. 215. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST COSTS.

4 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in

5 the Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue leg6 islation that is required to contain the statement described

7 in section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

8 1974, unless such statement contains a projection by the

9 Congressional Budget Office of the cost of the debt serv10 icing that would be caused by such legislation for such

11 fiscal year (or fiscal years) and each of the 4 ensuing fiscal

12 years.

13 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—

14 (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a)

15 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative

16 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and

17 sworn.

18 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three19 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and

20 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the

21 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under

22 subsection (a).
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1 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS AND

2 ADJUSTMENTS

3 SEC. 301. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHIP

4 LEGISLATION.

5 (a) PRIORITY.—The Senate establishes the following

6 priorities and makes the following findings:

7 (1) The Senate shall make the enactment of

8 legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health

9 Insurance Program (SCHIP) a top priority for the

10 remainder of fiscal year 2007, during the first ses11 sion of the 110th Congress.

12 (2) Extending health care coverage to the Na13 tion’s vulnerable uninsured children is an urgent pri14 ority for the Senate.

15 (3) SCHIP has proven itself a successful pro16 gram for covering previously uninsured children.

17 (4) More than 6 million children are enrolled in

18 this landmark program, which has enjoyed broad bi19 partisan support in Congress, among our Nation’s

20 governors, and within state and local governments.

21 (5) SCHIP reduces the percentage of children

22 with unmet health care needs.

23 (6) Since SCHIP was created, enormous

24 progress has been made in reducing disparities in

25 children’s coverage rates.
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1 (7) Uninsured children who gain coverage

2 through SCHIP receive more preventive care and

3 their parents report better access to providers and

4 improved communications with their children’s doc5 tors.

6 (8) Congress has a responsibility to reauthorize

7 SCHIP before the expiration of its current author8 ization.

9 (b) RESERVE FUND.—The Chairman of the Senate

10 Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag11 gregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution

12 for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con13 ference report that provides up to $50,000,000,000 for re14 authorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance

15 Program (SCHIP), if such legislation maintains coverage

16 for those currently enrolled in SCHIP, continues efforts

17 to reach uninsured children who are already eligible for

18 SCHIP or Medicaid but are not enrolled, and supports

19 States in their efforts to move forward in covering more

20 children, by the amounts provided in that legislation for

21 those purposes up to $20,000,000,000 over the total of

22 fiscal years 2007 through 2012, provided that such legisla23 tion would not increase the deficit over the total of the

24 period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. Among the pol25 icy changes that could be considered to achieve offsets to
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1 the cost of reauthorizing the State Children’s Health In2 surance Program and expanding coverage for children is

3 an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate with all

4 revenue generated by such increase dedicated to such re5 authorization and expansion.

6 SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CARE OF

7 WOUNDED SERVICE MEMBERS.

8 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg9 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro10 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

11 amendment, motion, or conference report which improves

12 the medical care of or disability benefits for wounded or

13 disabled military personnel or veterans (including the

14 elimination of the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan

15 annuities and veterans’ dependency and indemnity com16 pensation) or improves the disability evaluations of mili17 tary personnel or veterans to expedite the claims process,

18 by the amounts provided in that legislation for that pur19 pose, provided that such legislation would not increase the

20 deficit over the total of the period of fiscal years 2007

21 through 2012.

22 SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TAX RE23 LIEF.

24 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg25 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro-
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1 priate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint

2 resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports

3 that would provide tax relief, including extensions of expir4 ing tax relief, such as enhanced charitable giving from in5 dividual retirement accounts, and refundable tax relief and

6 including the reauthorization of the new markets tax cred7 it under section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of

8 1986 for an additional 5 years, by the amounts provided

9 in that legislation for those purposes, provided that such

10 legislation would not increase the deficit over the total of

11 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

12 SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COM13 PARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH.

14 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg15 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro16 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

17 amendment, motion, or conference report that establishes

18 a new federal or public-private initiative for comparative

19 effectiveness research, by the amounts provided in such

20 legislation for that purpose, provided that such legislation

21 would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years

22 2007 through 2012.
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1 SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER

2 EDUCATION.

3 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg4 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro5 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

6 amendment, motion, or conference report, including tax

7 legislation, that would make higher education more acces8 sible and more affordable, by the amounts provided in

9 such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legis10 lation would not increase the deficit over the total of the

11 period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

12 SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE

13 FARM BILL.

14 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg15 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro16 priate levels and limits in this resolution for a bill, joint

17 resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report

18 that—

19 (1) reauthorizes the Food Security and Rural

20 Investment Act of 2002;

21 (2) strengthens our agriculture and rural econo22 mies and critical nutrition programs;

23 (3) provides agriculture-related tax relief;

24 (4) improves our environment by reducing our

25 Nation’s dependence on foreign sources of energy
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1 through expanded production and use of alternative

2 fuels; or

3 (5) combines any of the purposes provided in

4 paragraphs (1) through (4);

5 by the amounts provided in that legislation for those pur6 poses up to $15,000,000,000 over the total of fiscal years

7 2007 through 2012, provided that such legislation would

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

9 years 2007 through 2012.

10 SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ENERGY

11 LEGISLATION.

12 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg13 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro14 priate levels and limits in this resolution for one or more

15 bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or con16 ference reports, including tax legislation, that would re17 duce our Nation’s dependence on foreign sources of en18 ergy, expand production and use of alternative fuels and

19 alternative fuel vehicles, promote renewable energy devel20 opment, improve electricity transmission, encourage re21 sponsible development of domestic oil and natural gas re22 sources, or reward conservation and efficiency, by the

23 amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes,

24 provided that such legislation would not increase the def-
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1 icit over the total of the period of fiscal years 2007

2 through 2012.

3 SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDI4 CARE.

5 (a) PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.—The Chairman of the

6 Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggre7 gates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in this reso8 lution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or

9 conference report that repeals the prohibition in section

10 1860D–11(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

11 1395w–111(i)(1)) while preserving access to prescription

12 drugs and price competition without requiring a particular

13 formulary or instituting a price structure for reimburse14 ment of covered Part D drugs, provided that such legisla15 tion would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal

16 years 2007 through 2012 and provided further that any

17 savings from the measure are to be used either to improve

18 the Medicare Part D benefit or for deficit reduction.

19 (b) PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS.—The Chairman of the

20 Senate Budget Committee may revise the aggregates, allo21 cations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for

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

23 report that increases the reimbursement rate for physician

24 services under section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act

25 and that includes financial incentives for physicians to im-
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1 prove the quality and efficiency of items and services fur2 nished to Medicare beneficiaries through the use of con3 sensus-based quality measures, by the amounts provided

4 in such legislation for that purpose, provided that the leg5 islation would not increase the deficit over the total of fis6 cal years 2007 through 2012.

7 (c) IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICARE PART D.—The

8 Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may revise the

9 aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in

10 this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo11 tion, or conference report that makes improvements to the

12 prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part D, by the

13 amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose up

14 to $5,000,000,000, provided that the legislation would not

15 increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007

16 through 2012.

17 SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SMALL

18 BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE.

19 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg20 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro21 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

22 motion, amendment, or conference report that makes

23 health insurance coverage more affordable or available to

24 small businesses and their employees without weakening

25 rating rules or reducing covered benefits, by the amounts
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1 provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that

2 the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total

3 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

4 SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COUNTY

5 PAYMENTS FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS

6 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT

7 OF 2000 REAUTHORIZATION.

8 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg9 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro10 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

11 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides for

12 the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Com13 munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–

14 393), by the amounts provided by that legislation for that

15 purpose, but not to exceed $440,000,000 in new budget

16 authority for fiscal year 2008 and the outlays flowing from

17 that budget authority and $2,240,000,000 in new budget

18 authority for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012

19 and the outlays flowing from that budget authority, pro20 vided that such legislation would not increase the deficit

21 over the total of the period of fiscal years 2007 through

22 2012.
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1 SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TER2 RORISM RISK INSURANCE REAUTHORIZA3 TION.

4 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may

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

6 resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

7 or conference report that provides for a continued Federal

8 role in ensuring the availability of terrorism insurance

9 after the expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Ex10 tension Act, by the amounts provided in such legislation

11 for that purpose, provided that such legislation is deficit12 neutral over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

13 SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORD14 ABLE HOUSING.

15 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may

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

17 resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

18 or conference report that would establish an affordable

19 housing fund financed by the housing government-spon20 sored enterprises, by the amounts provided in such legisla21 tion for that purpose, provided that the legislation is def22 icit-neutral over the total of fiscal years 2007 through

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1 SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS

2 FROM BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRA3 TION.

4 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg5 et may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other ap6 propriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolu7 tion, motion, amendment, or conference report that pro8 hibits the Bonneville Power Administration from making

9 early payments on its Federal Bond Debt to the United

10 States Treasury, by the amounts provided by that legisla11 tion for that purpose, provided that such legislation would

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

13 years 2007 through 2012.

14 SEC. 314. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INDIAN

15 CLAIMS SETTLEMENT.

16 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg17 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro18 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

19 amendment, motion, or conference report that—

20 (1) creates an Indian claims settlement fund for

21 trust accounting and management deficiencies re22 lated to Individual Indian Moneys and assets; and

23 (2) extinguishes all claims arising before the

24 date of enactment for losses resulting from account25 ing errors, mismanagement of assets, or interest
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1 owed in connection with Individual Indian Moneys

2 accounts;

3 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur4 poses up to $8,000,000,000, provided that such legislation

5 does not increase the deficit over the total of the period

6 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

7 SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FOOD

8 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

9 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg10 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro11 priate levels and limits in this resolution for a bill, joint

12 resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that

13 authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to regulate

14 tobacco products and assess user fees on tobacco manufac15 turers and importers to cover the cost of the Food and

16 Drug Administration’s regulatory activities, by the

17 amounts provided in that legislation for that purpose, pro18 vided that such legislation is deficit-neutral over the total

19 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

20 SEC. 316. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH

21 CARE REFORM.

22 If an SCHIP reauthorization bill is enacted, then the

23 Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may

24 revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate

25 levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion,
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1 amendment, or conference report to improve health care,

2 and provide quality health insurance for the uninsured and

3 underinsured, and protect individuals with current health

4 coverage, by the amounts provided in that legislation for

5 that purpose, provided that such legislation would not in6 crease the deficit over the total of the period of fiscal years

7 2007 through 2012.

8 SEC. 317. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EN9 HANCEMENT OF VETERANS’ BENEFITS.

10 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may

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

12 resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

13 or conference report that would enhance benefits for vet14 erans, including services for low-vision and blinded vet15 erans, including GI educational benefits, by the amounts

16 provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that

17 such legislation is deficit-neutral over the total of fiscal

18 years 2007 through 2012.

19 SEC. 318. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LONG20 TERM CARE.

21 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may

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

23 resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

24 or conference report that would improve long-term care,

25 enhance the safety and dignity of patients, encourage ap-
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1 propriate use of institutional and non-institutional care,

2 promote quality care, and provide for the cost-effective use

3 of public resources, by the amounts provided in such legis4 lation for that purpose, provided that the legislation would

5 not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007

6 through 2012.

7 SEC. 319. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH

8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

9 (a) The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee

10 may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro11 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

12 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides in13 centives or other support for adoption of modern informa14 tion technology to improve quality and protect privacy in

15 health care, by the amounts provided in such legislation

16 for that purpose, provided that the legislation would not

17 increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007

18 through 2012.

19 (b) The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee

20 may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro21 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

22 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides for

23 payments that are based on adherence to accepted clinical

24 protocols identified as best practices, by the amounts pro25 vided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that
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1 the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total

2 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

3 SEC. 320. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD

4 CARE.

5 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg6 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels

7 in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment,

8 motion, or conference report that provides up to

9 $5,000,000,000 for the child care entitlement to States,

10 by the amounts provided by such legislation for that pur11 pose, provided that the legislation would not increase the

12 deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

13 SEC. 321. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COM14 PREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

15 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg16 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro17 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

18 amendment, motion or conference report that—

19 (1) provides for comprehensive immigration re20 form;

21 (2) provides for increased interior enforcement,

22 through an effective electronic employment

23 verification system which accurately establishes the

24 employment authorization of individuals; and
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1 (3) provides for increased border security and

2 enhanced information technology systems;

3 provided that such legislation would not increase the def4 icit for the fiscal year 2008 and for the period of fiscal

5 years 2008 through 2012.

6 SEC. 322. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MENTAL

7 HEALTH PARITY.

8 If the Senate Committee on Health, Education,

9 Labor, and Pensions reports a bill or joint resolution, or

10 an amendment is offered thereto, or a conference report

11 is submitted thereon, that provides parity between health

12 insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits

13 for medical and surgical services, the chairman of the

14 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make the

15 appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to

16 the extent that such legislation would not increase the def17 icit for fiscal year 2008 and for the period of fiscal years

18 2008 through 2012.

19 SEC. 323. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PRE20 SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES.

21 If the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and

22 Pensions of the Senate, reports a bill or a joint resolution,

23 or an amendment is offered in the Senate to such a bill

24 or joint resolution, or a conference report is submitted to

25 the Senate on a such a bill or joint resolution, that aug-
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1 ments or establishes a Federal program that provides as2 sistance to States that offer or expand preschool to chil3 dren of low-income families, the Chairman of the Com4 mittee on the Budget of the Senate may revisit the aggre5 gates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in this reso6 lution by amounts provided in such measure for that pur7 pose, provided that such legislation would not increase the

8 deficit for the total of the period of fiscal years 2007

9 through 2012.

10 SEC. 324. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE SAFE

11 IMPORTATION OF FDA-APPROVED PRESCRIP12 TION DRUGS.

13 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg14 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other levels

15 in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion,

16 amendment, or conference report that permits the safe im17 portation of prescription drugs approved by the Food and

18 Drug Administration from a specified list of countries, by

19 the amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose,

20 provided that such legislation would not increase the def21 icit over the total of the period of fiscal years 2007

22 through 2012.
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1 SEC. 325. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO2 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.

3 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations

4 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—

5 (1) apply while that measure is under consider6 ation;

7 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that

8 measure; and

9 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as

10 soon as practicable.

11 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG12 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting

13 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur14 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca15 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.

16 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For

17 purposes of this resolution the levels of new budget au18 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author19 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or

20 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of

21 estimates made by the Senate Committee on the Budget.

22 SEC. 326. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON23 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

24 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro25 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the chair26 man of the Senate Committee on the Budget may make
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1 adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution

2 in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect

4 prior to September 30, 2002).

5 SEC. 327. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

6 Congress adopts the provisions of this title—

7 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of

8 the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as

9 part of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall

10 supersede other rules only to the extent that they

11 are inconsistent with such other rules; and

12 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional

13 right of the Senate to change those rules (so far as

14 they relate to that house) at any time, in the same

15 manner, and to the same extent as is the case of any

16 other rule of the Senate.

17 SEC. 328. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXPAN18 SION OF ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR

19 TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLIES.

20 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg21 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels

22 in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint

23 resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that

24 would permanently extend and increase to $400 the above25 the-line deduction for teacher classroom supplies and ex-
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1 pand such deduction to include qualified professional de2 velopment expenses, provided that such legislation would

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

4 years 2007 through 2012.

5 SEC. 329. ADJUSTMENT FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of the Senate

8 Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, ag9 gregates, and discretionary spending limits for one or

10 more bills, joint resolutions, motions, amendments, or con11 ference reports that make discretionary appropriations for

12 fiscal year 2008 for an amount appropriated, but not to

13 exceed $17,000,000 in budgetary authority and outlays

14 flowing therefrom, once the Comptroller General of the

15 United States has submitted a certification to Congress

16 that since April 1, 2007—

17 (1) the Smithsonian Institution does not pro18 vide total annual compensation for any officer or

19 employee of the Smithsonian Institution greater

20 than the total annual compensation of the President

21 of the United States;

22 (2) the Smithsonian Institution does not pro23 vide deferred compensation for any such officer or

24 employee greater than the deferred compensation of

25 the President of the United States;
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1 (3) all Smithsonian Institution travel expendi2 tures conform with Federal Government guidelines

3 and limitations applicable to the Smithsonian Insti4 tution; and,

5 (4) all Smithsonian Institution officers and em6 ployees are subject to ethics rules similar to the eth7 ics rules widely applicable to Federal Government

8 employees.

9 (b) CRITERIA FOR CERTIFICATION.—In making the

10 certification described in subsection (a), the Comptroller

11 General of the United States should take into account the

12 following:

13 (1) The Smithsonian Institution is a premier

14 educational, historical, artistic, research, and cul15 tural organization for the American people.

16 (2) The Inspector General for the Smithsonian

17 Institution recently issued a report regarding an in18 vestigation of unauthorized and excessive authorized

19 compensation, benefits, and expenditures by the Sec20 retary of the Smithsonian Institution.

21 (3) The Inspector General’s findings indicate

22 that the actions of the Secretary of the Smithsonian

23 Institution are not in keeping with the public trust

24 of the office of the Secretary of the Smithsonian In25 stitution.
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1 (4) Priority should be given to funding for nec2 essary repairs to maintain and repair Smithsonian

3 Institution buildings and infrastructure and protect

4 America’s treasures.

5 (5) Priority should be given to full funding for

6 the Office of the Inspector General for the Smithso7 nian Institution so that the American people and

8 Congress have renewed confidence that tax-preferred

9 donations and Federal funds are being spent appro10 priately and in keeping with the best practices of the

11 charitable sector.

12 SEC. 330. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR RE13 DUCTION OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS.

14 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg15 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, functional totals,

16 and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution

17 upon enactment of legislation that achieves savings by

18 eliminating or reducing improper payments made by agen19 cies reporting improper payments estimates under the Im20 proper Payments Information Act of 2002 and uses such

21 savings to reduce the deficit, provided that the legislation

22 would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years

23 2007 through 2012.
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1 SEC. 331. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXTEN2 SION OF THE DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND

3 LOCAL SALES TAXES.

4 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may

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

6 resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

7 or conference report that would provide for extension of

8 the deduction for State and local sales taxes, provided that

9 such legislation would not increase the deficit over the

10 total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

11 SEC. 332. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EXTEN12 SION OF CERTAIN ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES.

13 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg14 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other levels

15 in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion,

16 amendment, or conference report that would extend

17 through 2015 energy tax incentives, including the produc18 tion tax credit for electricity produced from renewable re19 sources, the Clean Renewable Energy Bond program, and

20 the provisions to encourage energy efficient buildings,

21 products and power plants, provided that such legislation

22 would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years

23 2007 through 2012.
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1 SEC. 333. RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAIN2 ING FOR PHYSICIANS AND ATTRACT MORE

3 PHYSICIANS IN STATES THAT FACE A SHORT4 AGE OF PHYSICIANS IN TRAINING.

5 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may

6 revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate

7 levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amend8 ment, motion, or conference report that provides addi9 tional training for physicians and attracts more physicians

10 in States that face a shortage of physicians in training,

11 provided that the legislation would not increase the deficit

12 over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

13 SEC. 334. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REPEAL

14 OF THE 1993 INCREASE IN THE INCOME TAX

15 ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

16 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg17 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels

18 in this resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint

19 resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that

20 would repeal the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social

21 Security benefits, provided that such legislation would not

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

23 years 2007 through 2012.
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1 SEC. 335. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE STATE CRIMINAL

2 ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find4 ings:

5 (1) Control of illegal immigration is a Federal

6 responsibility.

7 (2) The State Criminal Alien Assistance Pro8 gram (referred to in this section as ‘‘SCAAP’’) car9 ried out pursuant to section 241(i) of the Immigra10 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) provides

11 critical funding to States and localities for reim12 bursement of costs incurred as a result of housing

13 undocumented criminal aliens.

14 (3) Congress appropriated $300,000,000 for

15 SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments

16 for those costs in fiscal year 2004.

17 (4) Congress appropriated $305,000,000 for

18 SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments

19 for those costs in fiscal year 2005.

20 (5) Congress appropriated $405,000,000 for

21 SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments

22 for those costs in fiscal year 2006.

23 (6) Congress appropriated $399,000,000 for

24 SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments

25 for those costs in fiscal year 2007.
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1 (7) Congress has authorized to be appropriated

2 $950,000,000 to carry out SCAAP for each of the

3 fiscal years 2008 through 2011.

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that the budgetary totals in this resolution assume

6 that $950,000,000 should be made available for SCAAP

7 for fiscal year 2008.

8 SEC. 336. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ELIMI9 NATING MILITARY RETIREMENT AND DIS10 ABILITY OFFSET.

11 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg12 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels

13 in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment,

14 motion, or conference report that would expand eligibility

15 for Combat-Related Special Compensation to permit addi16 tional disabled retirees to receive both disability compensa17 tion and retired pay, by the amounts provided by such leg18 islation for that purpose, provided that the legislation

19 would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years

20 2007 through 2012.

21 SEC. 337. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FOR ASBESTOS RE22 FORM LEGISLATION.

23 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg24 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro25 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,
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1 amendment, motion, or conference report regarding asbes2 tos reform, that—

3 (i) either provides monetary compensation to

4 impaired victims of mesothelioma or provides mone5 tary compensation to impaired victims of asbestos6 related disease who can establish that asbestos expo7 sure is a substantial contributing factor in causing

8 their condition,

9 (ii) does not provide monetary compensation to

10 unimpaired claimants or those suffering from a dis11 ease who cannot establish that asbestos exposure

12 was a substantial contributing factor in causing

13 their condition, and

14 (iii) is estimated to remain funded from nontax15 payer sources for the life of the fund, by the

16 amounts provided in such legislation for that pur17 pose, provided that such legislation would not in18 crease the deficit over the total of the period of fiscal

19 years 2007 through 2057.

20 SEC. 338. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MANU21 FACTURING INITIATIVES.

22 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg23 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro24 priate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint

25 resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports,
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1 including tax legislation, that would revitalize the United

2 States domestic manufacturing sector by increasing Fed3 eral research and development, by expanding the scope

4 and effectiveness of manufacturing programs across the

5 Federal government, by increasing support for develop6 ment of alternative fuels and leap-ahead automotive and

7 energy technologies, and by establishing tax incentives to

8 encourage the continued production in the United States

9 of advanced technologies and the infrastructure to support

10 such technologies, by the amounts provided in that legisla11 tion for those purposes, provided that such legislation

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

13 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

14 SEC. 339. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR IN15 CREASED USE OF RECOVERY AUDITS.

16 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg17 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, functional totals,

18 and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution

19 upon enactment of legislation that achieves savings by re20 quiring that agencies increase their use of the recovery

21 audits authorized by the Erroneous Payments Recovery

22 Act of 2001 (section 831 of the National Defense Author23 ization Act for fiscal year 2002) and uses such savings

24 to reduce the deficit, provided that the legislation would
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1 not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007

2 through 2012.

3 SEC. 340. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A DELAY

4 IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROPOSED

5 RULE RELATING TO THE FEDERAL-STATE FI6 NANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS UNDER MEDICAID

7 AND SCHIP.

8 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg9 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro10 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,

11 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides for

12 a delay in the implementation of the proposed rule pub13 lished on January 18, 2007, on pages 2236 through 2248

14 of volume 72, Federal Register (relating to parts 433,

15 447, and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations)

16 or any other rule that would affect the Medicaid program

17 and SCHIP in a similar manner, by the amounts provided

18 in that legislation for that purpose, provided that such leg19 islation would not increase the deficit over the total of the

20 period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

21 SEC. 341. RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE

22 SYSTEM.

23 If the Senate Committee on Finance—
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1 (1) reports a bill, or if an amendment is offered

2 thereto, or if a conference report is submitted there3 on, that—

4 (A) creates a framework and parameters

5 for the use of Medicare data for the purpose of

6 conducting research, public reporting, and other

7 activities to evaluate health care safety, effec8 tiveness, efficiency, quality, and resource utili9 zation in Federal programs and the private

10 health care system; and

11 (B) includes provisions to protect bene12 ficiary privacy and to prevent disclosure of pro13 prietary or trade secret information with re14 spect to the transfer and use of such data; and

15 (2) is within its allocation as provided under

16 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

17 1974,

18 the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget

19 may revise allocations of new budget authority and out20 lays, the revenue aggregates, and other appropriate meas21 ures to reflect such legislation provided that such legisla22 tion would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2008,

23 and for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
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1 SEC. 342. RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE MEDICARE HOS2 PITAL PAYMENT ACCURACY.

3 If the Senate Committee on Finance—

4 (1) reports a bill, or if an amendment is offered

5 thereto, or if a conference report is submitted there6 on, that—

7 (A) addresses the wide and inequitable dis8 parity in the reimbursement of hospitals under

9 the Medicare program;

10 (B) includes provisions to reform the area

11 wage index used to adjust payments to hos12 pitals under the Medicare hospital inpatient

13 prospective payment system under section

14 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

15 1395ww(d)); and

16 (C) includes a transition to the reform de17 scribed in subparagraph (B); and

18 (2) is within its allocation as provided under

19 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

20 1974,

21 the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget

22 may revise allocations of new budget authority and out23 lays, the revenue aggregates, and other appropriate meas24 ures to reflect such legislation provided that such legisla25 tion would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal

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1 SEC. 343. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE

2 HEALTH INSURANCE.

3 If a Senate committee reports a bill or joint resolu4 tion, or if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a con5 ference report is submitted thereon, that, with appropriate

6 protections for consumers, reduces growth in the number

7 of uninsured Americans, improves access to affordable and

8 meaningful health insurance coverage, improves health

9 care quality, or reduces growth in the cost of private

10 health insurance by facilitating market-based pooling, in11 cluding across State lines, and a bill or joint resolution,

12 or if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a conference

13 report is submitted thereon, that, with appropriate protec14 tions for consumers, provides funding for State high risk

15 pools or financial assistance, whether directly, or through

16 grants to States to enhance the effectiveness of such pool17 ing or to provide other assistance to small businesses or

18 individuals, including financial assistance, for the pur19 chase of private insurance coverage, the Chairman of the

20 Committee on the Budget may make appropriate adjust21 ments in allocations and aggregates for fiscal year 2007

22 and for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, pro23 vided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
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1 over the total of the period of fiscal years 2007 through

2 2012.

Passed the Senate March 23, 2007.

Attest:

Secretary.
110TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 21

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Setting forth the congressional budget for the

for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.and including the appropriate budgetary levelsUnited States Government for fiscal year 2008