In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 14, 2008. 

Resolved, That the resolution from the Senate (S. Con. 

Res. 70) entitled ‘‘Concurrent resolution setting forth the 

congressional budget for the United States Government for 

fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013’’, do pass 

with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Srike out all after the resolving clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009. 

3 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and de4 clares that the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

5 year 2008 is revised and replaced and that this is the con6 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, in7 cluding appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 

8 through 2013. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 
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TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers. 

Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for education benefits for servicemembers, 

veterans, and their families. 

Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure investment. 

Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for renewable energy and energy efficiency. 

Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for middle-income tax relief and economic 

equity. 

Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative minimum tax. 

Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education. 

Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing. 

Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for medicare improvements. 

Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. 

Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs. 

Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade adjustment assistance and unemployment insurance modernization. 

Sec. 314. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments legislation. 

Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for San Joaquin River restoration and 

Navajo Nation water rights settlements. 

Sec. 316. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the National Park Centennial Fund. 

Sec. 317. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support enforcement. 

TITLE IV—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 401. Program integrity initiatives. 

Sec. 402. Oversight of government performance. 

Sec. 403. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 404. Overseas deployments and emergency needs. 

Sec. 405. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 406. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 407. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 408. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE V—POLICY 

Sec. 501. Policy on middle-income tax relief. 

Sec. 502. Policy on defense priorities. 

TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

Sec. 601. Sense of the House on the Innovation Agenda and America Competes 

Act. 

Sec. 602. Sense of the House on servicemembers’ and veterans’ health care and 

other priorities. 

Sec. 603. Sense of the House on homeland security. 

Sec. 604. Sense of the House regarding long-term fiscal reform. 

Sec. 605. Sense of the House regarding waste, fraud, and abuse. 

Sec. 606. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-as-you-go 

rule. 

Sec. 607. Sense of the House on long-term budgeting. 
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Sec. 608. Sense of the House regarding the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger. 

Sec. 609. Sense of the House regarding affordable health coverage. 

Sec. 610. Sense of the House regarding pay parity. 

Sec. 611. Sense of the House regarding subprime lending and foreclosures. 

Sec. 612. Sense of House regarding the importance of child support enforcement. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each 

5 of fiscal years 2008 through 2013: 

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

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal reve9 nues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2008: $1,879,540,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: $2,027,124,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2010: $2,205,864,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: $2,442,025,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2012: $2,669,315,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2013: $2,771,740,000,000. 

16 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

17 levels of Federal revenues should be adjusted are 

18 as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2008: $0. 

20 Fiscal year 2009: ¥$70,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2010: $23,000,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: $14,000,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: $16,000,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: $17,000,000,000. 

3 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of 

4 the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate lev5 els of total new budget authority are as follows: 

6 Fiscal year 2008: $2,556,254,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2009: $2,529,246,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2010: $2,564,161,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2011: $2,698,039,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: $2,740,065,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2013: $2,866,862,000,000. 

12 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the en13 forcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of 

14 total budget outlays are as follows: 

15 Fiscal year 2008: $2,462,616,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2009: $2,563,380,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: $2,622,295,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: $2,716,979,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2012: $2,728,965,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2013: $2,857,394,000,000. 

21 (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of the 

22 enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the defi23 cits (on-budget) are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2008: $583,076,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2009: $536,256,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2010: $416,431,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2011: $274,954,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2012: $59,650,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: $85,654,000,000. 

5 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to sec6 tion 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

7 1974, the appropriate levels of the debt subject to 

8 limit are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2008: $9,567,484,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2009: $10,199,551,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2010: $10,724,264,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2011: $11,103,954,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2012: $11,295,107,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: $11,495,218,000,000. 

15 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro16 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

17 Fiscal year 2008: $5,396,807,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2009: $5,753,900,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2010: $5,981,334,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: $6,047,654,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2012: $5,885,687,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2013: $5,744,120,000,000. 

23 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

24 The Congress determines and declares that the appro25 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 
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1 years 2008 through 2013 for each major functional category 

2 are: 

3 (1) National Defense (050): 

4 Fiscal year 2008: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $590,686,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2009: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $542,497,000,000. 

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

12 Fiscal year 2010: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $550,414,000,000. 

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

16 Fiscal year 2011: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $557,026,000,000. 

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

20 Fiscal year 2012: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $565,800,000,000. 

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

24 Fiscal year 2013: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $576,223,000,000. 

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

4 (2) International Affairs (150): 

5 Fiscal year 2008: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $32,648,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2009: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $37,111,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $35,702,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2010: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $38,516,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $36,918,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2011: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $39,433,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $37,679,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $40,247,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $38,154,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $40,677,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $38,346,000,000. 

4 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

5 (250): 

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $27,407,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $29,934,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $28,700,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $31,165,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $30,604,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $32,474,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $32,201,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $33,853,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $33,564,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $35,298,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $34,477,000,000. 

5 (4) Energy (270): 

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $3,548,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $4,674,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $2,192,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $4,645,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $2,878,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $4,712,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $3,371,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $4,803,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $3,738,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $4,895,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $4,020,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $32,560,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $34,440,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $38,651,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $35,576,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $33,782,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $36,192,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $34,670,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $36,420,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $35,568,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $36,745,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $36,490,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $37,299,000,000. 

5 (6) Agriculture (350): 

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $22,456,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $21,528,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $21,529,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $21,279,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $21,719,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $20,680,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $21,891,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $20,876,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $22,263,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $21,435,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $22,621,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $21,816,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $11,216,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $9,560,000,000. 

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

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $13,887,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $8,998,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $9,246,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $1,735,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $9,642,000,000. 

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

5 (8) Transportation (400): 

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $79,794,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $73,444,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $80,443,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $77,507,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $83,861,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $78,534,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $86,062,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $79,485,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $88,134,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $80,478,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $90,443,000,000. 

5 (9) Community and Regional Development 

6 (450): 

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $20,029,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $27,819,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $14,553,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $24,251,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $14,826,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $21,816,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $15,134,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $17,874,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $15,450,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $15,817,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $15,755,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $15,561,000,000. 

6 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and So7 cial Services (500): 

8 Fiscal year 2008: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $90,077,000,000. 

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

12 Fiscal year 2009: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $95,235,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $90,947,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $102,594,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $98,345,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $105,612,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $103,135,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $107,828,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $104,397,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $101,690,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $103,490,000,000. 

8 (11) Health (550): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $285,101,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $286,688,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $306,795,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $305,334,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $323,767,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $324,138,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $344,749,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $343,718,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $367,766,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $366,312,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $393,085,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $391,326,000,000. 

8 (12) Medicare (570): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $390,458,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $420,191,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $445,225,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $445,349,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $494,370,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $494,193,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $491,353,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $491,110,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $552,389,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $552,503,000,000. 

8 (13) Income Security (600): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $389,865,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $394,100,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $411,699,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $414,032,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $417,519,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $418,617,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $426,924,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $427,541,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $412,355,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $412,831,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $427,988,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $427,703,000,000. 

8 (14) Social Security (650): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $19,378,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $21,308,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $21,308,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $23,794,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $23,794,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $27,330,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $27,330,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $30,342,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $30,342,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $33,162,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $33,162,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $86,365,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $93,268,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $92,443,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $96,000,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $95,710,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $101,800,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $101,475,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $99,115,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $98,271,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $105,094,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $104,266,000,000. 

8 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $46,237,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $48,104,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $47,936,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $49,101,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $49,602,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $50,338,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $50,596,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $51,622,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $51,501,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $52,967,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $52,542,000,000. 

8 (17) General Government (800): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $56,407,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $23,520,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $23,890,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $19,961,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $20,611,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,319,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $21,332,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $22,007,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $21,787,000,000. 

8 (18) Net Interest (900): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $349,296,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $349,296,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $334,233,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $334,233,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $370,534,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $370,534,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $406,997,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $406,997,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $427,954,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $427,954,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $436,292,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $436,292,000,000. 

8 (19) Allowances (920): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $1,000,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

15 (B) Outlays, $307,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$150,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$53,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 ¥$200,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, ¥$164,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$200,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$178,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$200,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$200,000,000. 

8 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 ¥$86,330,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, ¥$86,330,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 ¥$67,060,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, ¥$67,060,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 ¥$70,645,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$70,645,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$73,364,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$73,364,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2012: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$76,104,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$76,104,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2013: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$79,691,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$79,691,000,000. 

8 (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities 

9 (970): 

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $108,056,000,000. 

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

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $70,000,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2011: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

24 Fiscal year 2012: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $0. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $5,176,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

5 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

6 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT7 ATIVES. 

8 (a) CHANGES IN MANDATORY SPENDING.—Not later 

9 than September 12, 2008, the House Committee on Ways 

10 and Means shall report a reconciliation bill making changes 

11 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

12 spending by $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 

13 through 2013. 

14 (b) CHANGES IN REVENUE.—Not later than July 15, 

15 2008, the House Committee on Ways and Means shall re16 port a reconciliation bill making changes in laws within 

17 its jurisdiction that will reduce total revenues by 

18 $70,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and will increase total 

19 revenues by $70,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

20 2010 through 2013. 

21 (c) ADJUSTMENTS TO ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE22 GATES.— 

23 (1) Upon the reporting to the House of any bill 

24 that has complied with reconciliation instructions, the 

25 chairman of the Committee on the Budget may file 
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1 with the House appropriately revised allocations 

2 under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 

3 of 1974 and revised functional levels and aggregates. 

4 (2) Upon the submission to the House of any 

5 conference report recommending a reconciliation bill 

6 in which a committee has complied with its reconcili7 ation instructions, the chairman of the Committee on 

8 the Budget may file with the House appropriately re9 vised allocations under section 302(a) of such Act and 

10 revised functional levels and aggregates. 

11 (3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant 

12 to this subsection shall be considered to be allocations 

13 and aggregates established by the concurrent resolu14 tion on the budget pursuant to section 301 of such 

15 Act. 

16 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

18 LEGISLATION. 

19 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

20 Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or com21 mittees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this res22 olution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con23 ference report, which contains matter within the jurisdic24 tion of the Committee on Energy and Commerce that ex25 pands coverage and improves children’s health through the 
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1 State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under 

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

3 title XIX of such Act (commonly known as Medicaid) and 

4 that increases new budget authority that will result in no 

5 more than $50,000,000,000 in outlays in fiscal years 2008 

6 through 2013, and others which contain offsets so designated 

7 for the purpose of this section within the jurisdiction of an8 other committee or committees, if the combined changes 

9 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

10 the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the pe11 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

12 SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VET13 ERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 

14 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

15 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap16 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu17 tion, amendment, or conference report that— 

18 (1) enhances medical care for wounded or dis19 abled military personnel or veterans; 

20 (2) maintains affordable health care for military 

21 retirees and veterans; 

22 (3) improves disability benefits or evaluations 

23 for wounded or disabled military personnel or vet24 erans, including measures to expedite the claims proc25 ess; 
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1 (4) expands eligibility to permit additional dis2 abled military retirees to receive both disability com3 pensation and retired pay; 

4 (5) eliminates the offset between Survivor Benefit 

5 Plan annuities and veterans’ dependency and indem6 nity compensation; or 

7 (6) provides or increases benefits for Filipino 

8 veterans of World War II or their survivors and de9 pendents; 

10 by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

11 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

12 the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the pe13 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

14 SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDU15 CATION BENEFITS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, 

16 VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. 

17 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

18 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap19 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu20 tion, amendment, or conference report that enhances edu21 cation benefits or assistance for servicemembers (including 

22 Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve), veterans, or 

23 their spouses, survivors, or dependents by the amounts pro24 vided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

25 the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
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1 years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 

2 2008 through 2018. 

3 SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFRA4 STRUCTURE INVESTMENT. 

5 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

6 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap7 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu8 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides for in9 creased investment in infrastructure projects by the 

10 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

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

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

13 years 2008 through 2018. 

14 SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RENEW15 ABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 

16 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

17 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap18 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu19 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides tax in20 centives for or otherwise encourages the production of re21 newable energy or increased energy efficiency; encourages 

22 investment in emerging energy or vehicle technologies or 

23 carbon capture and sequestration; provides for reductions 

24 in greenhouse gas emissions; or facilitates the training of 

25 workers for these industries (‘‘green collar jobs’’) by the 
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1 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

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

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

4 years 2008 through 2018. 

5 SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MIDDLE6 INCOME TAX RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. 

7 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

8 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap9 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu10 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides for tax 

11 relief for middle-income families and taxpayers or enhanced 

12 economic equity, such as extension of the child tax credit, 

13 extension of marriage penalty relief, extension of the 10 per14 cent individual income tax bracket, elimination of estate 

15 taxes on all but a minute fraction of estates by reforming 

16 and substantially increasing the unified credit, extension 

17 of the research and experimentation tax credit, extension 

18 of the deduction for small business expensing, extension of 

19 the deduction for State and local sales taxes, and a tax cred20 it for school construction bonds, by the amounts provided 

21 in such measure if such measure would not increase the def22 icit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

23 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 

24 through 2018. 
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1 SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM 

2 OF THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 

3 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

4 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap5 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu6 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides for re7 form of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by reducing the 

8 tax burden of the alternative minimum tax on middle-in9 come families by the amounts provided in such measure if 

10 such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 

11 surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

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

13 SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER 

14 EDUCATION. 

15 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

16 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap17 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu18 tion, amendment, or conference report that makes college 

19 more affordable or accessible through reforms to the Higher 

20 Education Act of 1965 or other legislation by the amounts 

21 provided in such measure if such measure would not in22 crease the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of 

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

24 years 2008 through 2018. 
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1 SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORD2 ABLE HOUSING. 

3 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

4 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap5 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu6 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides for an 

7 affordable housing fund, offset by reforming the regulation 

8 of certain government-sponsored enterprises, by the 

9 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

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

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

12 years 2008 through 2018. 

13 SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDI14 CARE IMPROVEMENTS. 

15 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

16 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap17 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu18 tion, amendment, or conference report that improves the 

19 Medicare program for beneficiaries and protects access to 

20 care, through measures such as increasing the reimburse21 ment rate for physicians while protecting beneficiaries from 

22 associated premium increases and making improvements to 

23 the prescription drug program under part D, by the 

24 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

25 not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 
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1 of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal 

2 years 2008 through 2018. 

3 SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH 

4 CARE QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND EFFI5 CIENCY. 

6 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

7 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap8 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu9 tion, amendment, or conference report that— 

10 (1) provides incentives or other support for adop11 tion of modern information technology, including 

12 electronic prescribing, to improve quality and protect 

13 privacy in health care; 

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

15 initiative for research on the comparative effectiveness 

16 of different medical interventions; or 

17 (3) provides parity between health insurance cov18 erage of mental health benefits and benefits for med19 ical and surgical services, including parity in public 

20 programs; 

21 by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

22 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

23 the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the pe24 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 
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1 SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID 

2 AND OTHER PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 

4 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

5 may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro6 priate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolution, 

7 amendment, or conference report that prevents or delays the 

8 implementation or administration of regulations or other 

9 administrative actions that would affect the Medicaid, 

10 SCHIP, or other programs by the amounts provided in such 

11 measure if such measure would not increase the deficit or 

12 decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 

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

14 2018. 

15 (b) TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND QUALI16 FYING INDIVIDUALS.—In the House, the chairman of the 

17 Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggre18 gates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for any 

19 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

20 extends the transitional medical assistance program or the 

21 qualifying individuals program, which are included in title 

22 XIX of the Social Security Act, by the amounts provided 

23 in such measure if such measure would not increase the def24 icit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

25 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 

26 through 2018. 
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1 SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE 

2 ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOY3 MENT INSURANCE MODERNIZATION. 

4 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

5 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap6 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu7 tion, amendment, or conference report that reauthorizes the 

8 trade adjustment assistance program to better meet the 

9 challenges of globalization or modernizes the unemployment 

10 insurance system to improve access to needed benefits by 

11 the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

12 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

13 the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the pe14 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

15 SEC. 314. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COUNTY 

16 PAYMENTS LEGISLATION. 

17 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

18 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap19 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu20 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides for the 

21 reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Commu22 nity Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393) 

23 or makes changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act 

24 of 1976 (Public Law 94–565) by the amounts provided in 

25 such measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 

26 or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 
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1 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

2 2018. 

3 SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SAN JOA4 QUIN RIVER RESTORATION AND NAVAJO NA5 TION WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS. 

6 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

7 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap8 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu9 tion, amendment, or conference report that would fulfill the 

10 purposes of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement 

11 Act or implement a Navajo Nation water rights settlement 

12 as authorized by the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 

13 Projects Act by the amounts provided in such measure if 

14 such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease the 

15 surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 

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

17 SEC. 316. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE NA18 TIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL FUND. 

19 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

20 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap21 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu22 tion, amendment, or conference report that provides for the 

23 establishment of the National Parks Centennial Fund by 

24 the amounts provided in such measure for that purpose if 

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

2 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018 

3 SEC. 317. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD 

4 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

5 In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 

6 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other ap7 propriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint resolu8 tion, amendment, or conference report that improves Fed9 eral child support collection efforts or results in more col10 lected child support reaching families by the amounts pro11 vided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

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

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

14 2008 through 2018. 

15 TITLE IV—BUDGET 

16 ENFORCEMENT 

17 SEC. 401. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 

18 (a) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM19 ITS.— 

20 (1) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND SUP21 PLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME REDETERMINA22 TIONS.—In the House, prior to consideration of a bill 

23 or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 

24 year 2009 that appropriates $264,000,000 for con25 tinuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security 
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1 Income redeterminations for the Social Security Ad2 ministration, and provides an additional appropria3 tion of up to $240,000,000, and the amount is des4 ignated for continuing disability reviews and Supple5 mental Security Income redeterminations for the So6 cial Security Administration, the allocation to the 

7 Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by 

8 the amount of the additional budget authority and 

9 outlays resulting from that budget authority for fiscal 

10 year 2009. 

11 (2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI12 ANCE.—In the House, prior to consideration of a bill 

13 or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 

14 year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 to the In15 ternal Revenue Service and the amount is designated 

16 to improve compliance with the provisions of the In17 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an addi18 tional appropriation of up to $490,000,000, and the 

19 amount is designated to improve compliance with the 

20 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the 

21 allocation to the Committee on Appropriations shall 

22 be increased by the amount of the additional budget 

23 authority and outlays resulting from that budget au24 thority for fiscal year 2009. 
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1 (3) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL

2 PROGRAM.—In the House, prior to consideration of a 

3 bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fis4 cal year 2009 that appropriates up to $198,000,000 

5 and the amount is designated to the health care fraud 

6 and abuse control program at the Department of 

7 Health and Human Services, the allocation to the 

8 Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by 

9 the amount of additional budget authority and out10 lays resulting from that budget authority for fiscal 

11 year 2009. 

12 (4) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM IN13 TEGRITY ACTIVITIES.—In the House, prior to consid14 eration of a bill or joint resolution making appro15 priations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 

16 $10,000,000 for in-person reemployment and eligi17 bility assessments and unemployment insurance im18 proper payment reviews for the Department of Labor 

19 and provides an additional appropriation of up to 

20 $40,000,000, and the amount is designated for in-per21 son reemployment and eligibility assessments and un22 employment insurance improper payment reviews for 

23 the Department of Labor, the allocation to the Com24 mittee on Appropriations shall be increased by the 

25 amount of additional budget authority and outlays 
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1 resulting from that budget authority for fiscal year 

2 2009. 

3 (b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the House, prior to consid5 eration of a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con6 ference report, the chairman of the Committee on the 

7 Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in sub8 section (a) for the incremental new budget authority 

9 in that measure and the outlays resulting from that 

10 budget authority if that measure meets the require11 ments set forth in subsection (a), except that no ad12 justment shall be made for provisions exempted for 

13 the purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional 

14 Budget Act of 1974 under section 404 of this resolu15 tion. 

16 (2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjust17 ments referred to in paragraph (1) are to be made 

18 to— 

19 (A) the allocations made pursuant to the 

20 appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 

21 pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 

22 Budget Act of 1974; and 

23 (B) the budgetary aggregates as set forth in 

24 this resolution. 
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1 SEC. 402. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

2 In the House, all committees are directed to review 

3 programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, 

4 and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny 

5 to issues raised by Government Accountability Office re6 ports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee per7 formance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 

8 committees are directed to include recommendations for im9 proved governmental performance in their annual views 

10 and estimates reports required under section 301(d) of the 

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on the 

12 Budget. 

13 SEC. 403. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA14 TIONS. 

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

16 in subsection (b), a bill or joint resolution making a general 

17 appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an amend18 ment thereto or a conference report thereon, may not pro19 vide for advance appropriations. 

20 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—In the House, an advance appro21 priation may be provided for fiscal year 2010 for programs, 

22 projects, activities, or accounts identified in the report to 

23 accompany this resolution or the joint explanatory state24 ment of managers to accompany this resolution under the 

25 heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ 

26 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $27,558,000,000 in 
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1 new budget authority, and for 2011, accounts separately 

2 identified under the same heading. 

3 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 

4 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au5 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making general 

6 appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority 

7 provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing appropria8 tions for fiscal year 2009 that first becomes available for 

9 any fiscal year after 2009. 

10 SEC. 404. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY 

11 NEEDS. 

12 (a) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVI13 TIES.—In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amend14 ment, or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal 

15 year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and 

16 related activities, and such amounts are so designated pur17 suant to this subsection, then new budget authority and out18 lays resulting therefrom shall not count for the purposes of 

19 titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

20 (b) EMERGENCY NEEDS.—In the House, if any bill, 

21 joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes ap22 propriations for discretionary amounts, and such amounts 

23 are designated as necessary to meet emergency needs, then 

24 the new budget authority and outlays resulting therefrom 
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1 shall not count for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

3 SEC. 405. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE4 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding sec6 tion 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sec7 tion 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and sec8 tion 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

9 1989, the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 

10 conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budg11 et shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of 

12 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 

13 Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administra14 tive expenses of the Social Security Administration and of 

15 the Postal Service. 

16 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of ap17 plying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

18 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority 

19 and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 

20 off-budget discretionary amounts. 

21 SEC. 406. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO22 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

23 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

24 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 
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1 (1) apply while that measure is under consider2 ation; 

3 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that meas4 ure; and 

5 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

6 soon as practicable. 

7 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE8 GATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 

9 these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the 

10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggre11 gates contained in this resolution. 

12 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—In the 

13 House, for purposes of this resolution, the levels of new 

14 budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement 

15 authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year 

16 or period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis 

17 of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget. 

18 SEC. 407. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON19 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

20 In the House, upon the enactment of any bill or joint 

21 resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions, 

22 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

23 adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution 

24 in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 
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1 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect 

2 prior to September 30, 2002). 

3 SEC. 408. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

4 The House adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

6 House and as such they shall be considered as part 

7 of the rules of the House, and these rules shall super8 sede other rules of the House only to the extent that 

9 they are inconsistent with other such rules of the 

10 House; and 

11 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

12 right of the House to change those rules at any time, 

13 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 

14 case of any other rule of the House. 

15 TITLE V—POLICY 

16 SEC. 501. POLICY ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF. 

17 It is the policy of this resolution to— 

18 (1) minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income 

19 families and their children and grandchildren; 

20 (2) provide immediate relief for the tens of mil21 lions of middle-income households who would other22 wise be subject to the alternative minimum tax 

23 (AMT) under current law, in the context of perma24 nent, revenue-neutral AMT reform; and 
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1 (3) support extension of middle-income tax relief 

2 and enhanced economic equity through policies such 

3 as— 

4 (A) extension of the child tax credit; 

5 (B) extension of marriage penalty relief; 

6 (C) extension of the 10 percent individual 

7 income tax bracket; 

8 (D) elimination of estate taxes on all but a 

9 minute fraction of estates by reforming and sub10 stantially increasing the unified tax credit; 

11 (E) extension of the research and experi12 mentation tax credit; 

13 (F) extension of the deduction for State and 

14 local sales taxes; 

15 (G) extension of the deduction for small 

16 business expensing; and 

17 (H) enactment of a tax credit for school 

18 construction bonds. 

19 This resolution assumes that the cost of enacting such poli20 cies is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue Code 

21 of 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes across 

22 families and generations, economic efficiency, higher rates 

23 of tax compliance to close the ‘‘tax gap,’’ and reduced tax24 payer burdens through tax simplification. 
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1 SEC. 502. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 

2 It is the policy of this resolution that— 

3 (1) the Administration’s budget requests should 

4 comply with section 1008, Public Law 109–364, the 

5 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2007, and the Administration should no 

7 longer attempt to fund overseas military operations 

8 through emergency supplemental appropriations re9 quests; 

10 (2) the Department of Defense should exclude 

11 nonwar requirements from its funding requests for 

12 Iraq and Afghanistan; 

13 (3) implementing the recommendation of the Na14 tional Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the 

15 United States (commonly referred to as the 9/11 Com16 mission) to adequately fund cooperative threat reduc17 tion and nuclear nonproliferation programs (securing 

18 ‘‘loose nukes’’) is a high priority and should receive 

19 far greater emphasis than the President’s budget pro20 vides; 

21 (4) readiness of our troops, particularly the Na22 tional Guard and Reserve, is a high priority, and 

23 that greater emphasis needs to be placed on miti24 gating equipment and training shortfalls; 
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1 (5) TRICARE fees for military retirees under 

2 the age of 65 should not be increased as the Presi3 dent’s budget proposes; 

4 (6) military pay and benefits should be enhanced 

5 to improve the quality of life of military personnel; 

6 (7) improving military health care services con7 tinues to be a high priority and adequate funding to 

8 ensure quality health care for returning combat vet9 erans should be provided; 

10 (8) higher priority defense needs could be ad11 dressed by funding missile defense at an adequate but 

12 lower level, not providing funding for development of 

13 space-based missile defense interceptors, and by re14 straining excessive cost and schedule growth in de15 fense research, development and procurement pro16 grams; 

17 (9) the Department of Defense should reassess 

18 current defense plans to ensure that weapons devel19 oped to counter cold war-era threats are not redun20 dant and are applicable to 21st century threats; 

21 (10) sufficient resources should be provided for 

22 the Department of Defense to do an aggressive job of 

23 addressing as many as possible of the 1,260 

24 unimplemented recommendations made by the Gov25 ernment Accountability Office (GAO) over the last 7 
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1 years to improve practices at the Department of De2 fense, including investigation of the billions of dollars 

3 of obligations, disbursements and overcharges for 

4 which the Department of Defense cannot account; 

5 (11) savings from the actions recommended in 

6 paragraphs (8) and (10) of this section should be used 

7 to fund the priorities identified in paragraphs (3) 

8 through (7); 

9 (12) the Department of Defense report to Con10 gress on its assessment of cold war weapons and 

11 progress on implementing GAO recommendations as 

12 outlined in paragraphs (9) and (10) by a time deter13 mined by the appropriate authorizing committees; 

14 and 

15 (13) the GAO report to the appropriate congres16 sional committees by the end of the 110th Congress re17 garding the Department of Defense’s progress in im18 plementing its audit recommendations. 

19 TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

20 SEC. 601. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INNOVATION 

21 AGENDA AND AMERICA COMPETES ACT. 

22 It is the sense of the House that— 

23 (1) the House should provide sufficient funding 

24 so that our Nation may continue to be the world lead25 er in education, innovation and economic growth; 
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1 (2) last year, Congress passed and the President 

2 signed the America COMPETES Act, bipartisan leg3 islation designed to ensure that American students, 

4 teachers, businesses, and workers are prepared to con5 tinue leading the world in innovation, research, and 

6 technology well into the future; 

7 (3) this resolution supports the efforts authorized 

8 in the America COMPETES Act, providing substan9 tially increased funding above the President’s re10 quested level for 2009, and increased amounts after 

11 2009 in Function 250 (General Science, Space and 

12 Technology) and Function 270 (Energy); 

13 (4) additional increases for scientific research 

14 and education are included in Function 500 (Edu15 cation, Employment, Training and Social Services), 

16 Function 550 (Health), Function 300 (Environment 

17 and Natural Resources), and Function 370 (Com18 merce and Housing Credit), all of which receive more 

19 funding than the President’s budget provides; 

20 (5) because America’s greatest resource for inno21 vation resides within classrooms across the country, 

22 the increased funding provided in this resolution will 

23 support initiatives within the America COMPETES 

24 Act to educate tens of thousands of new scientists, en25 gineers, and mathematicians, and place highly quali-
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1 fied teachers in math and science K–12 classrooms; 

2 and 

3 (6) because independent scientific research pro4 vides the foundation for innovation and future tech5 nologies, this resolution will keep us on the path to6 ward doubling funding for the National Science 

7 Foundation, basic research in the physical sciences, 

8 and collaborative research partnerships, and toward 

9 achieving energy independence through the develop10 ment of clean and sustainable alternative energy tech11 nologies. 

12 SEC. 602. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SERVICEMEMBERS’ AND 

13 VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE AND OTHER PRIOR14 ITIES. 

15 It is the sense of the House that— 

16 (1) the House supports excellent health care for 

17 current and former members of the United States 

18 Armed Services—they have served well and honorably 

19 and have made significant sacrifices for this Nation; 

20 (2) this resolution provides $48,150,000,000 in 

21 discretionary budget authority for 2009 for Function 

22 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services), including vet23 erans’ health care, which is $4,888,000,000 more than 

24 the 2008 level, $3,602,000,000 more than the Congres25 sional Budget Office’s baseline level for 2009, and 
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1 $3,232,000,000 more than the President’s budget for 

2 2009; and also provides more discretionary budget 

3 authority than the President’s budget in every year 

4 after 2009; 

5 (3) this resolution provides funding to continue 

6 addressing problems such as those identified at Walter 

7 Reed Army Medical Center to improve military and 

8 veterans’ health care facilities and services; 

9 (4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the 

10 health care enrollment fees and pharmaceutical co11 payment increases in the President’s budget; 

12 (5) this resolution provides additional funding 

13 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for the 

14 Department of Veterans Affairs to research and treat 

15 veterans’ mental health, post-traumatic stress dis16 order, and traumatic brain injury; and 

17 (6) this resolution provides additional funding 

18 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for the 

19 Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the speed 

20 and accuracy of its processing of disability compensa21 tion claims, including funding to hire additional per22 sonnel above the President’s requested level. 

23 SEC. 603. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON HOMELAND SECURITY. 

24 It is the sense of the House that— 
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1 (1) this resolution assumes additional homeland 

2 security funding above the President’s requested level 

3 for 2009 and every subsequent year; 

4 (2) this resolution assumes funding above the 

5 President’s requested level for 2009, and additional 

6 amounts in subsequent years, in the four budget func7 tions—Function 400 (Transportation), Function 450 

8 (Community and Regional Development), Function 

9 550 (Health), and Function 750 (Administration of 

10 Justice)—that fund most nondefense homeland secu11 rity activities; and 

12 (3) the homeland security funding provided in 

13 this resolution will help to strengthen the security of 

14 our Nation’s transportation system, particularly our 

15 ports where significant security shortfalls still exist 

16 and foreign ports, by expanding efforts to identify 

17 and scan all high-risk United States-bound cargo, 

18 equip, train and support first responders (including 

19 enhancing interoperable communications and emer20 gency management), strengthen border patrol, and in21 crease the preparedness of the public health system. 

22 SEC. 604. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LONG-TERM 

23 FISCAL REFORM. 

24 It is the sense of the House that— 
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1 (1) both the Government Accountability Office 

2 and the Congressional Budget Office have warned that 

3 the Federal budget is on an unsustainable path of ris4 ing deficits and debt; 

5 (2) using recent trend data and reasonable pol6 icy assumptions, CBO has projected that the gap be7 tween spending and revenues over the next 75 years 

8 will reach 6.9 percent of GDP; 

9 (3) publicly held debt will rise from 36 percent 

10 today to 400 percent of GDP by the decade beginning 

11 in 2050 under CBO’s alternative policy scenario; 

12 (4) the most significant factor affecting the long13 term Federal fiscal landscape is the expectation that 

14 total public and private health spending will continue 

15 to grow faster than the economy; 

16 (5) the House calls upon governmental and non17 governmental experts to develop specific options to re18 form the health care system and control costs, that 

19 further research and analysis on topics including 

20 comparative effectiveness, health information tech21 nology, preventative care, and provider incentives is 

22 needed, and that of critical importance is the develop23 ment of a consensus on the appropriate methods for 

24 estimating the budgetary impact and health outcome 

25 effects of these proposals; and 
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1 (6) immediate policy action is needed to address 

2 the long-term fiscal challenges facing the United 

3 States, including the rising costs of entitlements, in a 

4 manner that is fiscally responsible, equitable, and 

5 lasting, and that also honors commitments made to 

6 beneficiaries, and that such action should be bipar7 tisan, bicameral, involve both legislative and executive 

8 branch participants, as well as public participation, 

9 and be conducted in a manner that ensures full, fair, 

10 and timely Congressional consideration. 

11 SEC. 605. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING WASTE, 

12 FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 

13 It is the sense of the House that— 

14 (1) all committees should examine programs 

15 within their jurisdiction to identify wasteful and 

16 fraudulent spending; 

17 (2) title IV of this resolution includes cap adjust18 ments to provide appropriations for agencies that 

19 control programs that accounted for a significant 

20 share of improper payments reported by Federal 

21 agencies: Social Security Administration Continuing 

22 Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health 

23 Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Unem24 ployment Insurance Program Integrity; 
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1 (3) title IV also includes a cap adjustment for 

2 the Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance ef3 forts to close the $300,000,000,000 tax gap; 

4 (4) the resolution’s deficit-neutral reserve funds 

5 require authorizing committees to cut lower priority 

6 and wasteful spending to accommodate any new high7 priority entitlement benefits; and 

8 (5) title IV of the resolution directs all commit9 tees to review the performance of programs within 

10 their jurisdiction and report recommendations annu11 ally to the Committee on the Budget as part of the 

12 views and estimates process required by section 

13 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act. 

14 SEC. 606. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION 

15 OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE. 

16 It is the sense of the House that to reduce the deficit, 

17 Congress should extend the PAYGO rules originally enacted 

18 in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

19 SEC. 607. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON LONG-TERM BUDG20 ETING. 

21 It is the sense of the Congress that the determination 

22 of the congressional budget for the United States Govern23 ment and the President’s budget request should include con24 sideration of the Financial Report of the United States Gov25 ernment, especially its information regarding the Govern-
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1 ments net operating cost, financial position, and long-term 

2 liabilities. 

3 SEC. 608. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NEED TO 

4 MAINTAIN AND BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO 

5 FIGHT HUNGER. 

6 It is the sense of the House that— 

7 (1) 35.5 million Americans (12.6 million of them 

8 children) are food insecure—uncertain of having, or 

9 unable to acquire, enough food, and that 11.1 million 

10 Americans are hungry because of lack of food; 

11 (2) despite the critical contributions of the De12 partment of Agriculture nutrition programs (particu13 larly the food stamp program), which significantly 

14 reduced payment error rates while providing help to 

15 partially mitigate the effects of rising poverty and 

16 unemployment, significant need remains, even among 

17 families that receive food stamps; 

18 (3) nearly 25 million people, including more 

19 than nine million children and nearly three million 

20 seniors, sought emergency food assistance from food 

21 pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and local charities 

22 last year; 

23 (4) legislation that passed the House with bipar24 tisan support was an appropriate first step toward 
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1 ensuring that nutrition assistance keeps up with in2 flation and rising food prices; and 

3 (5) Department of Agriculture programs that 

4 help us fight hunger should be maintained and that 

5 the House should continue to seize opportunities to 

6 reach Americans in need and to fight hunger. 

7 SEC. 609. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE 

8 HEALTH COVERAGE. 

9 It is the sense of the House that— 

10 (1) nearly 47 million Americans, including nine 

11 million children, lack health insurance; 

12 (2) people without health insurance are more 

13 likely to experience problems getting medical care and 

14 to be hospitalized for avoidable health problems; 

15 (3) most Americans receive health coverage 

16 through their employers, and a major issue facing all 

17 employers is the rising cost of health insurance; 

18 (4) small businesses, which have generated most 

19 of the new jobs annually over the last decade, have an 

20 especially difficult time affording health coverage, be21 cause of higher administrative costs and fewer people 

22 over whom to spread the risk of catastrophic costs; 

23 (5) because it is especially costly for small busi24 nesses to provide health coverage, their employees 
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1 make up a large proportion of the Nation’s uninsured 

2 individuals; and 

3 (6) legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go 

4 principle should be adopted that makes health insur5 ance more affordable and accessible, with attention to 

6 the special circumstances affecting employees of small 

7 businesses, and that lowers costs and improves the 

8 quality of health care by encouraging integration of 

9 health information technology tools into the practice 

10 of medicine, and by promoting improvements in dis11 ease management and disease prevention. 

12 SEC. 610. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY. 

13 It is the sense of the House that rates of compensation 

14 for civilian employees of the United States should be ad15 justed at the same time, and in the same proportion, as 

16 are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed 

17 services. 

18 SEC. 611. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SUBPRIME 

19 LENDING AND FORECLOSURES. 

20 It is the sense of the House that— 

21 (1) over the last six months, the Nation has expe22 rienced a significant increase in the number of home23 owners facing the risk of foreclosure with estimates of 

24 as many as 2.8 million subprime and other distressed 
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1 borrowers facing the loss of their homes over the next 

2 five years; 

3 (2) the rise in foreclosures not only has an im4 mediate, devastating impact on homeowners and their 

5 families, but it also has ripple effects— 

6 (A) local communities experiencing high 

7 levels of foreclosures experience deterioration as a 

8 result of the large number of vacant foreclosed 

9 and abandoned homes; 

10 (B) rising foreclosure rates can accelerate 

11 drops in home prices, affecting all homeowners; 

12 and 

13 (C) home mortgage default and foreclosure 

14 rates increase risk for lenders, further restricting 

15 the availability of credit, which can in turn slow 

16 economic growth; and 

17 (3) the rise in foreclosures is not only a crisis for 

18 subprime borrowers, but a larger problem for commu19 nities as a whole, and considering the multi-layered 

20 effects of increasing foreclosures, the House should 

21 consider steps to address this complex problem. 

22 SEC. 612. SENSE OF HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE 

23 OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

24 It is the sense of the House that— 
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1 (1) additional legislative action is needed to en2 sure that States have the necessary resources to collect 

3 all child support that is owed to families and to allow 

4 them to pass 100 percent of support on to families 

5 without financial penalty; and 

6 (2) when 100 percent of child support payments 

7 are passed to the child, rather than administrative ex8 penses, program integrity is improved and child sup9 port participation increases. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. Con. Res. 70 

AMENDMENT