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Calendar No. 82 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 21 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for 

fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2007 

Mr. CONRAD, from the Committee on the Budget, reported under authority 

of the order of the Senate of March 15, 2007, the following original concurrent resolution; which was placed on the calendar 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 

through 2012. 

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 


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1 fiscal year 2008 and that the appropriate budgetary levels 

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

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

4 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 Senate. 

Sec. 209. Point of order to Save Social Security First. 

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. 


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

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

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

Sec. 325. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

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: $2,009,096,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2009: $2,123,326,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2010: $2,221,621,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2011: $2,410,150,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2012: $2,552,896,000,000. 

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. 

20 Fiscal year 2008: –$41,700,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2009: $16,400,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2010: $57,900,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2011: $15,600,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: –$44,200,000,000. 

2 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

3 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

4 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

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

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

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

8 Fiscal year 2010: $2,550,622,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2011: $2,664,262,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: $2,691,285,000,000. 

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

12 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

13 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

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

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

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

17 Fiscal year 2010: $2,582,172,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: $2,670,131,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2012: $2,677,372,000,000. 

20 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce21 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

22 are as follows: 

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

24 Fiscal year 2008: $451,155,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2009: $432,249,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2010: $360,551,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2011: $259,981,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2012: $124,476,000,000. 

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

5 the public debt are as follows: 

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

7 Fiscal year 2008: $9,529,690,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2009: $10,078,585,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: $10,556,677,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: $10,929,998,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2012: $11,180,704,000,000. 

12 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro13 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

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

15 Fiscal year 2008: $5,308,092,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2009: $5,536,784,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2010: $5,680,183,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: $5,705,908,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2012: $5,584,520,000,000. 

20 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

22 revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

23 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

24 Fund are as follows: 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

7 outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

8 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

9 Fund are as follows: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX17 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au18 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

19 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis20 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

21 are as follows: 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $4,692,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $5,130,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $5,284,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $5,444,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $5,612,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2012: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $5,783,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $5,753,000,000. 

21 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

22 The Congress determines and declares that the ap23 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 

24 fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for each major functional 

25 category are: 


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1 (1) National Defense (050): 

2 Fiscal year 2007: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $619,363,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $648,820,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $584,775,000,000. 

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

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $545,251,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $551,054,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $559,899,000,000. 

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


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1 (2) International Affairs (150): 

2 Fiscal year 2007: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $34,790,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $37,004,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $35,887,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $34,555,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $34,533,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $34,859,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $33,272,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $35,432,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $33,227,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $35,984,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $33,214,000,000. 


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1 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

2 (250): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $25,079,000,000. 

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

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $26,535,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $25,885,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $26,885,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $27,144,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $27,249,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $27,432,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $27,614,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $27,192,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $27,980,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $27,535,000,000. 

2 (4) Energy (270): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $2,958,000,000. 

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

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $3,337,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $1,150,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $3,142,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $1,539,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $3,198,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $1,715,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $3,258,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $1,750,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $3,306,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $2,022,000,000. 

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

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $31,332,000,000. 

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

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $32,883,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $34,887,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $33,331,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $35,240,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $33,999,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $35,264,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $34,365,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $35,098,000,000. 


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

2 (6) Agriculture (350): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $26,207,000,000. 

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

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $20,481,000,000. 

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

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $20,984,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $21,137,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $21,099,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $21,288,000,000. 


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

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

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $5,515,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, –$3,522,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $8,797,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $1,790,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $8,602,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $139,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $8,566,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $8,591,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, –$28,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $8,772,000,000. 


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

2 (8) Transportation (400): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $81,282,000,000. 

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

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $83,709,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $81,220,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $75,700,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $76,253,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $85,893,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $76,887,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $77,476,000,000. 


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

2 (9) Community and Regional Development 

3 (450): 

4 Fiscal year 2007: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $19,117,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2008: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $14,634,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $22,298,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2009: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $13,511,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $21,017,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $13,692,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,848,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $13,871,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $17,903,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2012: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $14,048,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $15,006,000,000. 

4 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

5 Social Services (500): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $92,780,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $93,789,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $90,397,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $97,592,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $93,890,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $99,366,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $96,866,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $99,650,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $98,463,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $100,104,000,000. 

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

5 (11) Health (550): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $268,340,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $288,836,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $287,893,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $310,058,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $308,255,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $328,209,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $328,322,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $351,047,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $350,346,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $374,804,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $374,141,000,000. 

5 (12) Medicare (570): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $365,152,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $389,969,000,000. 

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

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $414,779,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $439,862,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $484,792,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $481,008,000,000. 

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

5 (13) Income Security (600): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $360,365,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $379,046,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $383,072,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $390,791,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $392,946,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $400,703,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $401,757,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $415,851,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $401,275,000,000. 

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

5 (14) Social Security (650): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $19,089,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $19,644,000,000. 

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

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $21,518,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $23,701,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $27,009,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $29,898,000,000. 

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

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

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $73,896,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $85,192,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $84,362,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $87,372,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $87,935,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $89,559,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $94,707,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $91,513,000,000. 

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

5 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $45,559,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $47,180,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $46,514,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $47,333,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $48,234,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $48,106,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $48,397,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $48,895,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $49,686,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $49,414,000,000. 

5 (17) General Government (800): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $18,196,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $18,745,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $19,107,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $19,208,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $19,306,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $19,649,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $19,564,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $20,214,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $19,979,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $20,721,000,000. 

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

5 (18) Net Interest (900): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $344,475,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $370,425,000,000. 

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

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $390,393,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $412,001,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $412,001,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $427,474,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $427,474,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $438,452,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $438,452,000,000. 

5 (19) Allowances (920): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $785,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 –$7,087,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, –$1,901,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 –$7,180,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, –$5,010,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 –$7,279,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, –$6,851,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 –$7,373,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, –$7,171,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 –$7,470,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, –$7,311,000,000. 

5 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 –$69,714,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, –$69,714,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 –$71,754,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, –$71,754,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 –$67,035,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, –$67,044,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 –$67,458,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, –$67,458,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 –$70,175,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, –$70,195,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 –$72,557,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, –$72,560,000,000. 

5 TITLE II—BUDGET PROCESS 

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

7 (a) POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

9 the Senate to consider any direct spending or rev10 enue legislation that would increase the on-budget 

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

12 applicable time periods as measured in paragraphs 

13 (5) and (6). 

14 (2) APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS.—For purposes 

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

16 means any 1 of the 4 following periods: 

17 (A) The current fiscal year. 

18 (B) The budget year. 

19 (C) The period of the 5 fiscal years fol20 lowing the current fiscal year. 

21 (D) The period of the 5 fiscal years fol22 lowing the 5 fiscal years referred to in subpara23 graph (C). 

24 (3) DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION.—For pur25 poses of this subsection and except as provided in 


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1 paragraph (4), the term ‘‘direct spending legisla2 tion’’ means any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

3 motion, or conference report that affects direct 

4 spending as that term is defined by, and interpreted 

5 for purposes of, the Balanced Budget and Emer6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 (4) EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sub8 section, the terms ‘‘direct spending legislation’’ and 

9 ‘‘revenue legislation’’ do not include— 

10 (A) any concurrent resolution on the budg11 et; or 

12 (B) any provision of legislation that affects 

13 the full funding of, and continuation of, the de14 posit insurance guarantee commitment in effect 

15 on the date of enactment of the Budget En16 forcement Act of 1990. 

17 (5) BASELINE.—Estimates prepared pursuant 

18 to this subsection shall— 

19 (A) use the baseline surplus or deficit used 

20 for the most recently adopted concurrent resolu21 tion on the budget; and 

22 (B) be calculated under the requirements 

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

24 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

25 Control Act of 1985 for fiscal years beyond 


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1 those covered by that concurrent resolution on 

2 the budget. 

3 (6) PRIOR SURPLUS.—If direct spending or rev4 enue legislation increases the on-budget deficit or 

5 causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually, 

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

7 an on-budget deficit when taken together with all di8 rect spending and revenue legislation enacted since 

9 the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for 

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

11 direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net 

12 deficit reduction enacted in any bill pursuant to a 

13 reconciliation instruction since the beginning of that 

14 same calendar year shall never be made available on 

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

16 for deficit reduction. 

17 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

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

19 suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote 

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

21 sworn. 

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

23 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of 

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

25 divided between, and controlled by, the appellant 


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

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

3 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

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

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

6 this section. 

7 (c) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For pur8 poses of this section, the levels of new budget authority, 

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

10 on the basis of estimates made by the Senate Committee 

11 on the Budget. 

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

13 30, 2017. 

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

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

16 resolution on the budget, shall no longer apply. 

17 SEC. 202. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION 

18 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE 

19 DEFICIT OR REDUCE A SURPLUS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Sen21 ate to consider any reconciliation bill, resolution, amend22 ment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference 

23 report pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budg24 et Act of 1974 that would cause or increase a deficit or 

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


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

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

3 years following the current fiscal year. 

4 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

6 suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote 

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

8 sworn. 

9 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three10 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

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

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

13 raised under this section. 

14 SEC. 203. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION IN15 CREASING LONG-TERM DEFICITS. 

16 (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF

17 PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget 

18 Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare for each bill 

19 and joint resolution reported from committee (except 

20 measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ap21 propriations), and amendments thereto and conference re22 ports thereon, an estimate of whether the measure would 

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

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


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1 periods beginning in fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 

2 2057. 

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

4 be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, amend5 ment, motion, or conference report that would cause a net 

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

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

8 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

10 suspended only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths 

11 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

12 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three13 fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

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

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

16 (d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 

17 purposes of this section, the levels of net deficit increases 

18 shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 

19 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

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

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

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

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

24 30, 2017. 


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1 SEC. 204. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

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

3 provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or ap4 propriations for discretionary accounts that the Congress 

5 designates as an emergency requirement in such measure, 

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

7 in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be 

8 treated as an emergency requirement for the purpose of 

9 this section. 

10 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any 

11 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from 

12 any provision designated as an emergency requirement, 

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

14 amendment, or conference report shall not count for pur15 poses of sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budg16 et Act of 1974 and sections 201 and 207 of this resolution 

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

18 spending limits). 

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

20 designated as an emergency requirement under this sec21 tion, the committee report and any statement of managers 

22 accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation 

23 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria 

24 in subsection (f). 

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

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1 tionary accounts’’ means any provision of a bill, joint reso2 lution, amendment, motion, or conference report that af3 fects direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as those 

4 terms have been defined and interpreted for purposes of 

5 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

6 of 1985. 

7 (e) POINT OF ORDER.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid9 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con10 ference report, if a point of order is made by a Sen11 ator against an emergency designation in that meas12 ure, that provision making such a designation shall 

13 be stricken from the measure and may not be of14 fered as an amendment from the floor. 

15 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

16 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be 

17 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an 

18 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

19 duly chosen and sworn. 

20 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

21 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

22 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

23 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con24 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

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


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1 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 

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

3 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 

4 the Chair on a point of order raised under this 

5 subsection. 

6 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA7 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision 

8 shall be considered an emergency designation if it 

9 designates any item as an emergency requirement 

10 pursuant to this subsection. 

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

12 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

13 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con14 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

15 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—If a point of 

16 order is sustained under paragraph (1) against a 

17 conference report, the report shall be disposed of as 

18 provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974. 

20 (f) CRITERIA.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

22 any provision is an emergency requirement if the sit23 uation addressed by such provision is— 

24 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere25 ly useful or beneficial); 


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

2 not building up over time; 

3 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 

4 need requiring immediate action; 

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

6 unpredictable, and unanticipated; and 

7 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature. 

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

9 of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, 

10 particularly when normally estimated in advance, is 

11 not unforeseen. 

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

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

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

15 SEC. 205. EXTENSION OF ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY 

16 POINTS OF ORDER. 

17 Notwithstanding any provision of the Congressional 

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

19 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 

20 for fiscal year 2006, subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of sec21 tion 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 

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

23 remain in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement 

24 through September 30, 2017. 


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1 SEC. 206. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA2 TIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

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

6 to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend7 ment, or conference report that would provide an ad8 vance appropriation. 

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

10 ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget au11 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making 

12 general appropriations or continuing appropriations 

13 for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes available for 

14 any fiscal year after 2008, or any new budget au15 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making 

16 general appropriations or continuing appropriations 

17 for fiscal year 2009, that first becomes available for 

18 any fiscal year after 2009. 

19 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be 

20 provided— 

21 (1) for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 for pro22 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in 

23 the joint explanatory statement of managers accom24 panying this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts 

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1 gate amount not to exceed $25,158,000,000 in new 

2 budget authority in each year; and 

3 (2) for the Corporation for Public Broad4 casting. 

5 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

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

7 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative 

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

9 sworn. 

10 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three11 fifths 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 paragraph (a). 

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

16 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro17 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act 

18 of 1974. 

19 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—If a point of order is 

20 sustained under subsection (a) against a conference report 

21 in the Senate, the report shall be disposed of as provided 

22 in section 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974. 


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

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

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

4 SEC. 207. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

5 (a) POINT OF ORDER.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro7 vided in this section, it shall not be in order in the 

8 Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or 

9 amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill 

10 or joint resolution) that would cause the discre11 tionary spending limits in this section to be exceed12 ed. 

13 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

14 (A) WAIVER.—This subsection may be 

15 waived or suspended in the Senate only by the 

16 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

17 duly chosen and sworn. 

18 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

19 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

20 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

21 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con22 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

23 bill or joint resolution. An affirmative vote of 

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

25 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 


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

2 of order raised under this subsection. 

3 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In the Sen4 ate and as used in this section, the term ‘‘discretionary 

5 spending limit’’ means— 

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

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

8 outlays; and 

9 (2) for fiscal year 2008, $942,312,000,000 in 

10 new budget authority and $1,021,407,000,000 in 

11 outlays; 

12 as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment proce13 dures in subsection (c). 

14 (c) ADJUSTMENTS.— 

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

16 or joint resolution relating to any matter described 

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

18 thereto or the submission of a conference report 

19 thereon— 

20 (A) the chairman of the Senate Committee 

21 on the Budget may adjust the discretionary 

22 spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allo23 cations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount 

25 of new budget authority in that measure for 


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1 that purpose and the outlays flowing therefrom; 

2 and 

3 (B) following any adjustment under sub4 paragraph (A), the Senate Committee on Ap5 propriations may report appropriately revised 

6 suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the 

7 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out 

8 this subsection. 

9 (2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—Matters referred to 

10 in paragraph (1) are as follows: 

11 (A) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS

12 AND SSI REDETERMINATIONS.—If a bill or joint 

13 resolution is reported making appropriations for 

14 fiscal year 2008 that appropriates 

15 $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews 

16 and Supplemental Security Income redeter17 minations for the Social Security Administra18 tion, and provides an additional appropriation 

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

20 reviews and Supplemental Security Income re21 determinations for the Social Security Adminis22 tration, then the discretionary spending limits, 

23 allocation to the Senate Committee on Appro24 priations, and aggregates may be adjusted by 

25 the amounts provided in such legislation for 


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

2 in budget authority and outlays flowing there3 from for fiscal year 2008. 

4 (B) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX EN5 FORCEMENT.—If a bill or joint resolution is re6 ported making appropriations for fiscal year 

7 2008 that appropriates $6,822,000,000 for the 

8 Internal Revenue Service for enhanced tax en9 forcement to address the Federal tax gap (taxes 

10 owed but not paid) and provides an additional 

11 appropriation of up to $406,000,000 for the In12 ternal Revenue Service for enhanced tax en13 forcement to address the Federal tax gap, then 

14 the discretionary spending limits, allocation to 

15 the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and 

16 aggregates may be adjusted by the amounts 

17 provided in such legislation for that purpose, 

18 but not to exceed $406,000,000 in budget au19 thority and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal 

20 year 2008. 

21 (C) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE

22 CONTROL.—If a bill or joint resolution is re23 ported making appropriations for fiscal year 

24 2008 that appropriates up to $383,000,000 to 

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1 gram at the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services, then the discretionary spending limits, 

3 allocation to the Senate Committee on Appro4 priations, and aggregates may be adjusted by 

5 the amounts provided in such legislation for 

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

7 in budget authority and outlays flowing there8 from for fiscal year 2008. 

9 (D) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IM10 PROPER PAYMENTS REVIEWS.—If a bill or joint 

11 resolution is reported making appropriations for 

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

13 for unemployment insurance improper pay14 ments reviews for the Department of Labor, 

15 and provides an additional appropriation of up 

16 to $40,000,000 for unemployment insurance 

17 improper payments reviews for the Department 

18 of Labor, then the discretionary spending lim19 its, allocation to the Senate Committee on Ap20 propriations, and aggregates may be adjusted 

21 by the amounts provided in such legislation for 

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

23 budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom 

24 for fiscal year 2008. 

25 (E) WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION.— 


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1 (i) DEFINITION.—For this subpara2 graph, the term ‘‘base amount’’ refers to 

3 the average of the obligations of the pre4 ceding 10 years for wildfire suppression in 

5 the Forest Service and the Department of 

6 the Interior, calculated as of the date of 

7 the applicable year’s budget request is sub8 mitted by the President to Congress. 

9 (ii) ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR

10 2008.—If the amount appropriated for 

11 Wildland Fire Suppression in fiscal year 

12 2008 is not less than the base amount, 

13 then the chairman of the Senate Com14 mittee on the Budget may adjust the ap15 propriate allocations, aggregates, discre16 tionary spending limits, and other budg17 etary levels in this resolution for any bill, 

18 joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

19 conference report that provides additional 

20 funding for wildland fire suppression, by 

21 the amounts provided in such legislation 

22 for such purpose, but not to exceed the fol23 lowing amounts in budget authority and 

24 the outlays flowing therefrom: 


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1 (I) for the Forest Service, for fis2 cal year 2008, $400,000,000 ; and 

3 (II) for the Department of the 

4 Interior, for fiscal year 2008, 

5 $100,000,000. 

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

7 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

8 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, 

9 and discretionary spending limits for one or 

10 more bills, joint resolutions, motions, amend11 ments, or conference reports that make discre12 tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2008 or 

13 2009 in excess of the levels assumed in this res14 olution for expenses related to the global war on 

15 terror, but not to exceed the following amounts: 

16 (i) For fiscal year 2008, 

17 $145,162,000,000 in budget authority and 

18 the outlays flowing therefrom. 

19 (ii) For fiscal year 2009, 

20 $50,000,000,000 in budget authority and 

21 the outlays flowing therefrom. 

22 (G) ADJUSTMENT FOR UNITED STATES

23 FORCES IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.— 

24 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 

25 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, 


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1 and discretionary spending limits for one or 

2 more bills, joint resolutions, motions, amend3 ments, or conference reports that make discre4 tionary appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for 

5 an amount appropriated, but not to exceed 

6 $5,000,000,000 in budgetary authority and out7 lays flowing therefrom, to— 

8 (i) address training, equipment, force 

9 protection, logistics, or other matters nec10 essary for the protection of United States 

11 forces; or 

12 (ii) address deficiencies at Walter 

13 Reed Army Medical Center and other fa14 cilities within the military medical system 

15 providing treatment to service members in16 jured while performing their duties in the 

17 Global War on Terrorism. 

18 SEC. 208. APPLICATION OF PREVIOUS ALLOCATIONS IN 

19 SENATE. 

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

21 apply in the Senate. 

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

23 FIRST. 

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

25 be in order in the Senate to consider any direct spending 


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1 or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget 

2 deficit in any fiscal year until the President submits legis3 lation to Congress and Congress enacts legislation which 

4 would restore 75-year solvency to the Old-Age, Survivors, 

5 and Disability Insurance Trust Funds as certified by the 

6 Social Security Administration actuaries. 

7 (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This 

8 section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 

9 by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

10 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

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

12 be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the rul13 ing of the Chair on a point of order raised under this sec14 tion. 

15 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS AND 

16 ADJUSTMENTS 

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

18 LEGISLATION. 

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 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides up 

23 to $50,000,000,000 for reauthorization of the State Chil24 dren’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), if such legis25 lation maintains coverage for those currently enrolled in 


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1 SCHIP, continues efforts to reach uninsured children who 

2 are already eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid but are not 

3 enrolled, and supports States in their efforts to move for4 ward in covering more children, by the amounts provided 

5 in that legislation for those purposes up to 

6 $35,000,000,000 over the total of fiscal years 2007 

7 through 2012, provided that such legislation would not in8 crease the deficit over the total of the period of fiscal years 

9 2007 through 2012. 

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

11 WOUNDED SERVICE MEMBERS. 

12 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg13 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro14 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

15 amendment, motion, or conference report which improves 

16 the medical care of or disability benefits for wounded or 

17 disabled military personnel or improves the disability eval18 uations of military personnel or veterans to expedite the 

19 claims process, by the amounts provided in that legislation 

20 for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not 

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

22 years 2007 through 2012. 


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1 SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TAX RE2 LIEF. 

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 one or more bills, joint 

6 resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports 

7 that would provide tax relief, including extensions of expir8 ing tax relief and refundable tax relief, by the amounts 

9 provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided 

10 that such legislation would not increase the deficit over 

11 the total of 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. 

23 SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER 

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1 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

2 amendment, motion, or conference report, including tax 

3 legislation, that would make higher education more acces4 sible and more affordable, by the amounts provided in 

5 such legislation for that purpose, provided that such legis6 lation would not increase the deficit over the total of the 

7 period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 

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

9 FARM BILL. 

10 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg11 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro12 priate levels and limits in this resolution for a bill, joint 

13 resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 

14 that— 

15 (1) reauthorizes the Food Security and Rural 

16 Investment Act of 2002; 

17 (2) strengthens our agriculture and rural econo18 mies and critical nutrition programs; 

19 (3) provides agriculture-related tax relief; 

20 (4) improves our environment by reducing our 

21 Nation’s dependence on foreign sources of energy 

22 through expanded production and use of alternative 

23 fuels; or 

24 (5) combines any of the purposes provided in 

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1 by the amounts provided in that legislation for those pur2 poses up to $15,000,000,000 over the total of fiscal years 

3 2007 through 2012, provided that such legislation would 

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

5 years 2007 through 2012. 

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

7 LEGISLATION. 

8 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg9 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro10 priate levels and limits in this resolution for one or more 

11 bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or con12 ference reports, including tax legislation, that would re13 duce our Nation’s dependence on foreign sources of en14 ergy, expand production and use of alternative fuels and 

15 alternative fuel vehicles, promote renewable energy devel16 opment, improve electricity transmission, encourage re17 sponsible development of domestic oil and natural gas re18 sources, or reward conservation and efficiency, by the 

19 amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, 

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

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1 SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDI2 CARE. 

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

4 Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggre5 gates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in this reso6 lution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

7 conference report that repeals the prohibition in section 

8 1860D–11(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 1395w–111(i)(1)) while preserving access to prescription 

10 drugs and price competition without requiring a particular 

11 formulary or instituting a price structure for reimburse12 ment of covered Part D drugs, provided that such legisla13 tion would not increase the deficit over the total of fiscal 

14 years 2007 through 2012 and provided further that any 

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

16 the Medicare Part D benefit or for deficit reduction. 

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

18 Senate Budget Committee may revise the aggregates, allo19 cations, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for 

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

21 report that increases the reimbursement rate for physician 

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

23 by the amounts provided in such legislation for that pur24 pose, provided that the legislation would not increase the 

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

2 Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may revise the 

3 aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate levels in 

4 this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo5 tion, or conference report that makes improvements to the 

6 prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part D, by the 

7 amounts provided in such legislation for that purpose up 

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

9 increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007 

10 through 2012. 

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

12 BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE. 

13 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg14 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro15 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

16 motion, amendment, or conference report that makes 

17 health insurance coverage more affordable or available to 

18 small businesses and their employees without weakening 

19 rating rules or reducing covered benefits, by the amounts 

20 provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

21 the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total 

22 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 


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

2 PAYMENTS FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

3 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 

4 OF 2000 REAUTHORIZATION. 

5 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg6 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro7 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

8 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides for 

9 the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Com10 munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 

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

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

13 authority for fiscal year 2008 and the outlays flowing from 

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

15 authority for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 

16 and the outlays flowing from that budget authority, pro17 vided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 

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

19 2012. 

20 SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TER21 RORISM RISK INSURANCE REAUTHORIZA22 TION. 

23 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may 

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

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

26 or conference report that provides for a continued Federal 


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1 role in ensuring the availability of terrorism insurance 

2 after the expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Ex3 tension Act, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

4 for that purpose, provided that such legislation is deficit5 neutral over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 

6 SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORD7 ABLE HOUSING. 

8 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may 

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

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

11 or conference report that would establish an affordable 

12 housing fund financed by the housing government-spon13 sored enterprises, by the amounts provided in such legisla14 tion for that purpose, provided that the legislation is def15 icit-neutral over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 

16 2012. 

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

18 FROM BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRA19 TION. 

20 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg21 et may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other ap22 propriate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolu23 tion, motion, amendment, or conference report that pro24 hibits the Bonneville Power Administration from making 

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1 States Treasury, by the amounts provided by that legisla2 tion for that purpose, 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. 314. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INDIAN 

6 CLAIMS SETTLEMENT. 

7 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg8 et may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appro9 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

10 amendment, motion, or conference report that— 

11 (1) creates an Indian claims settlement fund for 

12 trust accounting and management deficiencies re13 lated to Individual Indian Moneys and assets; and 

14 (2) extinguishes all claims arising before the 

15 date of enactment for losses resulting from account16 ing errors, mismanagement of assets, or interest 

17 owed in connection with Individual Indian Moneys 

18 accounts; 

19 by the amounts provided in such legislation for those pur20 poses up to $8,000,000,000, provided that such legislation 

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

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

2 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. 

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

6 resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that 

7 authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to regulate 

8 tobacco products and assess user fees on tobacco manufac9 turers and importers to cover the cost of the Food and 

10 Drug Administration’s regulatory activities, by the 

11 amounts provided in that legislation for that purpose, pro12 vided that such legislation is deficit-neutral over the total 

13 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 

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

15 CARE REFORM. 

16 If an SCHIP reauthorization bill is enacted, then the 

17 Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 

18 revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate 

19 levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, motion, 

20 amendment, or conference report to improve health care, 

21 and provide quality health insurance for the uninsured and 

22 underinsured, and protect individuals with current health 

23 coverage, by the amounts provided in that legislation for 

24 that purpose, provided that such legislation would not in25 crease the deficit over the total of the period of fiscal years 

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1 SEC. 317. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EN2 HANCEMENT OF VETERANS’ BENEFITS. 

3 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may 

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

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

6 or conference report that would enhance benefits for vet7 erans, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that 

8 purpose, provided that such legislation is deficit-neutral 

9 over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 

10 SEC. 318. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LONG11 TERM CARE. 

12 The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may 

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

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

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

16 enhance the safety and dignity of patients, encourage ap17 propriate use of institutional and non-institutional care, 

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

19 of public resources, by the amounts provided in such legis20 lation for that purpose, provided that the legislation would 

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

22 through 2012. 

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

24 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 

25 (a) The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee 

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1 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

2 amendment, motion, or conference report that provides in3 centives or other support for adoption of modern informa4 tion technology to improve quality and protect privacy in 

5 health care, by the amounts provided in such legislation 

6 for that purpose, provided that the legislation would not 

7 increase the deficit over the total of fiscal years 2007 

8 through 2012. 

9 (b) 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 for 

13 payments that are based on adherence to accepted clinical 

14 protocols identified as best practices, by the amounts pro15 vided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that 

16 the legislation would not increase the deficit over the total 

17 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. 

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

19 CARE. 

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

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

23 motion, or conference report that provides up to 

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1 pose, provided that the legislation would not increase the 

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

3 SEC. 321. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COM4 PREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. 

5 The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budg6 et may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appro7 priate levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution, 

8 amendment, motion or conference report that— 

9 (1) provides for comprehensive immigration re10 form; 

11 (2) provides for increased interior enforcement, 

12 through an effective electronic employment 

13 verification system which accurately establishes the 

14 employment authorization of individuals; and 

15 (3) provides for increased border security and 

16 enhanced information technology systems; 

17 provided that such legislation would not increase the def18 icit for the fiscal year 2008 and for the period of fiscal 

19 years 2008 through 2012. 

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

21 HEALTH PARITY. 

22 If the Senate Committee on Health, Education, 

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

24 an amendment is offered thereto, or a conference report 

25 is submitted thereon, that provides parity between health 


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1 insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits 

2 for medical and surgical services, the chairman of the 

3 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make the 

4 appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to 

5 the extent that such legislation would not increase the def6 icit for fiscal year 2008 and for the period of fiscal years 

7 2008 through 2012. 

8 SEC. 323. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO9 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

10 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

11 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

12 (1) apply while that measure is under consider13 ation; 

14 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

15 measure; and 

16 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

17 soon as practicable. 

18 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG19 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

20 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur21 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca22 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

23 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

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1 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

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

3 estimates made by the Senate Committee on the Budget. 

4 SEC. 324. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON5 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

6 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro7 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the chair8 man of the Senate Committee on the Budget may make 

9 adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution 

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

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

12 prior to September 30, 2002). 

13 SEC. 325. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

14 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

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

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

18 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

19 are inconsistent with such other rules; and 

20 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

24 other rule of the Senate. 


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Calendar No. 82 

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 levels United States Government for fiscal year 2008 

MARCH 16, 2007 

Placed on the calendar 


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