In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 8, 2007. 

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

Res. 21) entitled ‘‘Concurrent resolution setting forth the 

congressional budget for the United States Government for 

fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012’’, do pass 

with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008. 

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

5 year 2007 is revised and replaced and that this is the con6 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, in7 cluding appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 

8 through 2012. 

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

10 this resolution is as follows: 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

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

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 201. Reserve fund for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 

Sec. 202. Reserve fund for reform of the alternative minimum tax. 

Sec. 203. Reserve fund to provide for middle-income tax relief and economic equity. 

Sec. 204. Reserve fund for agriculture. 

Sec. 205. Reserve fund for higher education. 

Sec. 206. Reserve fund for improvements in medicare. 

Sec. 207. Reserve fund for creating long-term energy alternatives. 

Sec. 208. Reserve fund for affordable housing. 

Sec. 209. Reserve fund for equitable benefits for Filipino veterans of World War 

II. 

Sec. 210. Reserve fund for Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act reauthorization. 

Sec. 211. Reserve fund for receipts from the Bonneville Power Administration. 

Sec. 212. Reserve fund for Transitional Medical Assistance. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 301. Program integrity initiatives. 

Sec. 302. Advance appropriations. 

Sec. 303. Overseas deployments and emergency needs. 

Sec. 304. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 305. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 306. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

Sec. 307. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—POLICY 

Sec. 401. Policy on middle-income tax relief. 

Sec. 402. Policy on defense priorities. 

Sec. 403. Policy on college affordability. 

TITLE V—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

Sec. 501. Sense of the House on servicemembers’ and veterans’ health care and 

other priorities. 

Sec. 502. Sense of the House on the Innovation Agenda: A commitment to competitiveness to keep America #1. 

Sec. 503. Sense of the House on homeland security. 

Sec. 504. Sense of the House regarding the ongoing need to respond to Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita. 

Sec. 505. Sense of the House regarding long-term sustainability of entitlements. 

Sec. 506. Sense of the House regarding the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger. 

Sec. 507. Sense of the House regarding affordable health coverage. 

Sec. 508. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-as-you-go 

rule. 

Sec. 509. Sense of the House on long-term budgeting. 

Sec. 510. Sense of the House regarding pay parity. 

Sec. 511. Sense of the House regarding waste, fraud, and abuse. 

Sec. 512. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support enforcement. 

Sec. 513. Sense of the House on State veterans cemeteries. 
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TITLE VI—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 601. Reconciliation. 

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 2007 through 2012: 

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 2007: $1,904,706,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2008: $2,050,797,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2009: $2,106,926,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2010: $2,163,721,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2011: $2,394,551,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2012: $2,597,096,000,000. 

16 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

17 levels of Federal revenues should be adjusted are 

18 as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2007: $0. 

20 Fiscal year 2008: $0. 

21 Fiscal year 2009: $0. 

22 Fiscal year 2010: $0. 

23 Fiscal year 2011: $0. 

24 Fiscal year 2012: $0. 
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1 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes of 

2 the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate lev3 els of total new budget authority are as follows: 

4 Fiscal year 2007: $2,380,614,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2008: $2,495,291,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2009: $2,516,301,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2010: $2,569,952,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2011: $2,684,936,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2012: $2,716,188,000,000. 

10 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the en11 forcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels of 

12 total budget outlays are as follows: 

13 Fiscal year 2007: $2,300,065,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2008: $2,465,888,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2009: $2,565,305,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: $2,600,718,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2011: $2,691,358,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2012: $2,700,809,000,000. 

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

20 enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the defi21 cits (on-budget) are as follows: 

22 Fiscal year 2007: –$395,359,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: –$415,091,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2009: –$458,379,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2010: –$436,997,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2011: –$296,807,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2012: –$103,713,000,000. 

3 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to sec4 tion 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

5 1974, the appropriate levels of the debt subject to 

6 limit are as follows: 

7 Fiscal year 2007: $8,927,000,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2008: $9,461,000,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2009: $10,036,000,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2010: $10,591,000,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2011: $11,001,000,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2012: $11,231,000,000,000. 

13 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro14 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

15 Fiscal year 2007: $5,042,000,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2008: $5,269,000,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2009: $5,524,000,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: $5,743,000,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: $5,805,000,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2012: $5,663,000,000,000. 

21 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

22 The Congress determines and declares that the appro23 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

24 years 2007 through 2012 for each major functional category 

25 are: 
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1 (1) National Defense (050): 

2 Fiscal year 2007: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $525,797,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $534,270,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $506,995,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $514,401,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $534,705,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $524,384,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $545,171,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $536,433,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $550,944,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $547,624,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $559,799,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $548,169,000,000. 
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1 (2) International Affairs (150): 

2 Fiscal year 2007: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $28,795,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $31,308,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2008: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $34,675,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $33,096,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2009: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $35,428,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $32,557,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2010: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $35,623,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $32,687,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $36,083,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $33,006,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $36,530,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $33,613,000,000. 
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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 $27,611,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $26,472,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $28,641,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $28,411,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $29,844,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $29,485,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $31,103,00,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $30,089,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $32,438,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $31,367,000,000. 

2 (4) Energy (270): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $2,943,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $1,369,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $3,240,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $1,092,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $3,051,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $1,454,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $3,136,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $1,641,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $3,228,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $1,697,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $3,307,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $1,997,000,000. 

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

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $31,332,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $32,919,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $32,813,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $34,864,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $33,529,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $35,332,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $34,483,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $35,574,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $35,152,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $35,952,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $36,194,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $36,543,000,000. 

2 (6) Agriculture (350): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $21,471,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $19,738,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $20,381,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $19,549,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $20,933,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $20,059,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $21,138,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $20,112,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $21,156,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $20,436,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $21,402,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $20,863,000,000. 

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 $9,158,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $1,985,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $9,973,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $996,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $13,775,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $3,460,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $8,822,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $1,931,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $8,822,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $1,097,000,000. 

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 $82,657,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $80,802,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $76,343,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $83,948,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $77,261,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $86,127,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $78,289,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $87,018,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $79,169,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $88,761,000,000. 

2 (9) Community and Regional Development 

3 (450): 

4 Fiscal year 2007: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $15,717,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2008: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $15,032,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $22,017,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2009: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $13,928,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $20,474,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $14,129,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,220,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $14,328,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $17,649,000,000. 

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

2 $14,528,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $15,131,000,000. 

4 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and So5 cial 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 $92,461,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $91,119,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $96,810,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $93,978,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $98,333,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $96,041,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $98,409,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $97,276,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $98,654,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $96,909,000,000. 

5 (11) Health (550): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $267,892,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $268,197,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $286,767,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $286,261,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $307,842,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $305,984,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $325,885,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $325,716,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $347,621,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $346,553,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $370,780,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $369,739,000,000. 

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 $389,586,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $389,696,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $416,731,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $416,382,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $442,369,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $442,589,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $489,100,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $489,109,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $468,828,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $486,440,000,000. 

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 $379,927,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $383,546,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $391,073,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $393,458,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $401,429,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $402,422,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $417,016,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $416,907,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $402,874,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $402,130,000,000. 

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, $82,772,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $87,787,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $87,681,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $90,414,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $89,710,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $96,033,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $95,410,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $93,325,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $92,599,000,000. 

5 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $45,504,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $44,659,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $46,940,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $46,155,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $46,111,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $47,311,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $47,168,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $47,504,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $48,379,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $48,164,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $49,610,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $49,207,000,000. 

5 (17) General Government (800): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $18,193,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $18,574,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $18,614,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $18,998,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $19,264,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $19,328,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $19,886,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $19,765,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $20,647,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $20,370,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $21,359,000,000. 

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

5 (18) Net Interest (900): 

6 Fiscal year 2007: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $344,431,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $344,431,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2008: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $369,454,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $369,454,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2009: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $389,194,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $389,194,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $413,140,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $413,140,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2011: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $431,192,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $431,192,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $442,528,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $442,528,000,000. 

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, $0. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2009: 

14 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

15 (B) Outlays, $0. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: 

17 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

18 (B) Outlays, $0. 

19 Fiscal year 2011: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

21 (B) Outlays, $0. 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

24 (B) Outlays, $0. 

25 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 
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1 Fiscal year 2007: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 –$69,714,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, –$69,714,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2008: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 –$70,979,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, –$70,979,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2009: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 –$66,560,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, –$66,569,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2010: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 –$66,933,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, –$66,933,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2011: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 –$69,575,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, –$69,595,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 –$71,857,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, –$71,860,000,000. 
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1 (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities 

2 (970): 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 (A) New budget authority, 

5 $124,310,000,000. 

6 (B) Outlays, $31,506,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2008: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $145,163,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $114,914,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $50,000,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $109,425,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: 

16 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

17 (B) Outlays, $42,324,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2011: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

20 (B) Outlays, $13,561,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2012: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

23 (B) Outlays, $4,485,000,000. 
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1 TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

2 SEC. 201. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S 

3 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

4 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

5 (or an amendment to or a conference report submitted on 

6 such a bill or joint resolution) reported from the Committee 

7 on Energy and Commerce that increases new budget author8 ity that would result in no more than $50,000,000,000 in 

9 outlays for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for expanding 

10 coverage and improving children’s health through the State 

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

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

13 XIX of such Act (commonly known as medicaid), the chair14 man of the Committee on Budget may make the appropriate 

15 adjustments in allocations of the Committee on Energy and 

16 Commerce, and in budget authority and outlays of other 

17 committees as may be necessary pursuant to such adjust18 ment for the Committee on Energy andCommerce, and 

19 budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill 

20 or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend21 ment) in the form placed before the House by the Committee 

22 on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the sur23 plus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and 

24 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjust25 ments may be made whenever a rule providing for consider-
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1 ation of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill 

2 or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend3 ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference re4 port is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 

5 SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTER6 NATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 

7 In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolu8 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) 

9 that provides for reform of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986 by reducing the tax burden of the alternative min11 imum tax on middle-income families, the chairman of the 

12 Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate adjust13 ments in allocations of a committee or committees and 

14 budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such bills 

15 or joint resolutions (as amended, in the case of an amend16 ment) in the form placed before the House by the Committee 

17 on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the sur18 plus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and 

19 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjust20 ments may be made whenever a rule providing for consider21 ation of such bills or joint resolutions is filed, such bills 

22 or joint resolutions are placed on any calendar, or an 

23 amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a con24 ference report is submitted on such bills or joint resolutions. 
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1 SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE FOR MIDDLE-IN2 COME TAX RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. 

3 In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolu4 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) 

5 that provides for tax relief for middle-income families and 

6 taxpayers and enhanced economic equity, such as extension 

7 of the child tax credit, extension of marriage penalty relief, 

8 extension of the 10 percent individual income tax bracket, 

9 modification of the Alternative Minimum Tax, elimination 

10 of estate taxes on all but a minute fraction of estates by 

11 reforming and substantially increasing the unified credit, 

12 extension of the research and experimentation tax credit, 

13 extension of the deduction for State and local sales taxes, 

14 and a tax credit for school construction bonds, the chairman 

15 of the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 

16 adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees 

17 and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 

18 bills or joint resolutions (as amended, in the case of an 

19 amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 

20 Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de21 crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

22 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The 

23 adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing for 

24 consideration of such bills or joint resolutions are filed, such 

25 bills or joint resolutions are placed on any calendar, or an 
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1 amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a con2 ference report is submitted on such bills or joint resolutions. 

3 SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE. 

4 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

5 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

6 provides for the reauthorization of the programs of the Food 

7 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or prior Acts, 

8 authorizes similar programs, or both, that increases new 

9 budget authority by no more than $20,000,000,000 for the 

10 period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, the chairman of 

11 the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 

12 adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees 

13 and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 

14 bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an 

15 amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 

16 Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de17 crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

18 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The 

19 adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing for 

20 consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such 

21 a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 

22 amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a con23 ference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
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1 SEC. 205. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 

2 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

3 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

4 makes college more affordable through reforms to the Higher 

5 Education Act of 1965, the chairman of the Committee on 

6 the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo7 cations of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre8 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolution 

9 (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the form 

10 placed before the House by the Committee on Rules would 

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

12 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal 

13 years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made 

14 whenever a rule providing for consideration of such a bill 

15 or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution 

16 is placed on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or 

17 considered as adopted or a conference report is submitted 

18 on such a bill or joint resolution. 

19 SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDI20 CARE. 

21 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

22 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

23 improves the medicare program for beneficiaries and pro24 tects access to care, through measures such as increasing 

25 the reimbursement rate for physicians while protecting 

26 beneficiaries from associated premium increases and mak-
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1 ing improvements to the prescription drug program under 

2 part D, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 

3 make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a com4 mittee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only 

5 to the extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, 

6 in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 

7 House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the 

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

9 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 

10 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a 

11 rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint reso12 lution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on 

13 any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 

14 adopted or a conference report is submitted on such a bill 

15 or joint resolution. 

16 SEC. 207. RESERVE FUND FOR CREATING LONG-TERM EN17 ERGY ALTERNATIVES. 

18 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

19 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

20 fulfills the purposes of section 301(a) of H.R. 6, the Clean 

21 Energy Act of 2007: 

22 (1) The chairman of the Committee on Budget 

23 may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations 

24 of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre25 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint res-
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1 olution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) 

2 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 

3 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and 

4 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The ad5 justments made under this paragraph may be made 

6 whenever a rule is filed for a bill or joint resolution 

7 that attributes the offsets included in H.R. 6 to the 

8 bill or joint resolution. 

9 (2) The chairman of the Committee on the Budg10 et may make appropriate adjustments to the alloca11 tions provided for under section 302(a) of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 

13 Appropriations to the extent a bill or joint resolution 

14 in the form placed before the House by the Committee 

15 on Rules provides budget authority for purposes set 

16 forth in section 301(a) of H.R. 6 in excess of the 

17 amounts provided for those purposes in fiscal year 

18 2007. Any adjustments made under this paragraph 

19 shall not include revenues attributable to changes in 

20 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and shall not ex21 ceed the receipts estimated by the Congressional Budg22 et Office that are attributable to H.R. 6 for the year 

23 in which the adjustments are made. 
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1 SEC. 208. RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 

2 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

3 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

4 provides for an affordable housing fund, offset by reforming 

5 the regulation of certain government-sponsored enterprises, 

6 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

7 the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee 

8 or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the ex9 tent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the 

10 case of an amendment) in the form placed before the House 

11 by the Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit 

12 or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 

13 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

14 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule pro15 viding for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution 

16 is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any cal17 endar, or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted 

18 or a conference report is submitted on such a bill or joint 

19 resolution. 

20 SEC. 209. RESERVE FUND FOR EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR 

21 FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. 

22 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

23 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

24 would provide for or increase benefits to Filipino veterans 

25 of World War II, their survivors and dependents, the chair26 man of the Committee on the Budget may make the appro-
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1 priate adjustments in allocations of a committee or commit2 tees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that 

3 such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an 

4 amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 

5 Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de6 crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

7 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The 

8 adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing for 

9 consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such 

10 a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 

11 amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a con12 ference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 

13 SEC. 210. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

14 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 

15 REAUTHORIZATION. 

16 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

17 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

18 provides for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools 

19 and Community Self-Determination Act (Public Law 106– 

20 393), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 

21 make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a com22 mittee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only 

23 to the extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, 

24 in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 

25 House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the 
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1 deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

2 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 

3 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a 

4 rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint reso5 lution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on 

6 any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 

7 adopted or a conference report is submitted on such a bill 

8 or joint resolution. 

9 SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS FROM THE BONNE10 VILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 

11 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

12 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

13 prohibits the Bonneville Power Administration from mak14 ing early payments on its Federal Bond Debt to the Depart15 ment of the Treasury, the chairman of the Committee on 

16 Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca17 tions of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre18 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolution 

19 (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the form 

20 placed before the House by the Committee on Rules would 

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

22 of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal 

23 years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made 

24 whenever a rule providing for consideration of such a bill 

25 or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution 
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1 is placed on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or 

2 considered as adopted or a conference report is submitted 

3 on such a bill or joint resolution. 

4 SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL AS5 SISTANCE. 

6 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolution 

7 (or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon) that 

8 extends the Transitional Medical Assistance program, in9 cluded in title 19 of the Social Security Act, through fiscal 

10 year 2008, the chairman of the Committee on Budget may 

11 make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a com12 mittee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only 

13 to the extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, 

14 in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 

15 House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the 

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

17 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 

18 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a 

19 rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint reso20 lution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on 

21 any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 

22 adopted or a conference report is submitted on such a bill 

23 or joint resolution. 
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1 TITLE III—BUDGET 

2 ENFORCEMENT 

3 SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 

4 (a) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM5 ITS.— 

6 (1) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND SUP7 PLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME REDETERMINA8 TIONS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak9 ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro10 priates $264,000,000 for continuing disability reviews 

11 and Supplemental Security Income redeterminations 

12 for the Social Security Administration, and provides 

13 an additional appropriation of up to $213,000,000 

14 and the amount is designated for continuing dis15 ability reviews and Supplemental Security Income 

16 redeterminations for the Social Security Administra17 tion, then the allocation to the House Committee on 

18 Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of 

19 the additional budget authority and outlays flowing 

20 from that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 

21 (2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI22 ANCE.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak23 ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro24 priates up to $6,822,000,000 to the Internal Revenue 

25 Service and the amount is designated to improve 
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1 compliance with the provisions of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986 and provides an additional appro3 priation of up to $406,000,000, and the amount is 

4 designated to improve compliance with the provisions 

5 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, then the alloca6 tion to the House Committee on Appropriations shall 

7 be increased by the amount of the additional budget 

8 authority and outlays flowing from that budget au9 thority for fiscal year 2008. 

10 (3) HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL

11 PROGRAM.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported 

12 making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap13 propriates up to $183,000,000 and the amount is des14 ignated to the healthcare fraud and abuse control pro15 gram at the Department of Health and Human Serv16 ices, then the allocation to the House Committee on 

17 Appropriations shall be increased by the amount of 

18 additional budget authority and outlays flowing from 

19 that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 

20 (4) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IMPROPER PAY21 MENTS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak22 ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro23 priates $10,000,000 for unemployment insurance im24 proper payment reviews for the Department of Labor, 

25 and provides an additional appropriation of up to 
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1 $40,000,000 and the amount is designated for unem2 ployment insurance improper payment reviews for 

3 the Department of Labor, then the allocation to the 

4 House Committee on Appropriations shall be in5 creased by the amount of the additional budget au6 thority and outlays flowing from that budget author7 ity for fiscal year 2008. 

8 (b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

10 (A) CHAIRMAN.—After the reporting of a 

11 bill or joint resolution, or the offering of an 

12 amendment thereto or the submission of a con13 ference report thereon, the chairman of the Com14 mittee on the Budget shall make the adjustments 

15 set forth in subparagraph (B) for the incre16 mental new budget authority in that measure (if 

17 that measure meets the requirements set forth in 

18 paragraph (2)) and the outlays flowing from 

19 that budget authority. 

20 (B) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The ad21 justments referred to in subparagraph (A) are to 

22 be made to— 

23 (i) the allocations made pursuant to 

24 the appropriate concurrent resolution on the 
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1 budget pursuant to section 302(a) of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

3 (ii) the budgetary aggregates as set 

4 forth in this resolution. 

5 (c) OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.—In 

6 the House, all committees are directed to review programs 

7 within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse 

8 in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues 

9 raised by Government Accountability Office reports. Based 

10 on these oversight efforts and committee performance re11 views of programs within their jurisdiction, committees are 

12 directed to include recommendations for improved govern13 mental performance in their annual views and estimates 

14 reports required under section 301(d) of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on the Budget. 

16 SEC. 302. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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

19 appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an amend20 ment thereto may not provide for advance appropriations. 

21 (b) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—In the House, an ad22 vance appropriation may be provided for fiscal year 2009 

23 or 2010 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts iden24 tified in the joint explanatory statement of managers ac25 companying this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts 
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1 Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate 

2 amount not to exceed $25,558,000,000 in new budget au3 thority. 

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

5 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au6 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making general 

7 appropriations or any new discretionary budget authority 

8 provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing appropria9 tions for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes available for 

10 any fiscal year after 2008. 

11 SEC. 303. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY 

12 NEEDS. 

13 (a) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVI14 TIES.—In the House, any bill or joint resolution or amend15 ment offered or considered as adopted or a conference report 

16 thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal year 2008 or 

17 fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and related ac18 tivities, and such amounts are so designated pursuant to 

19 this subsection, then new budget authority, outlays or re20 ceipts resulting therefrom shall not count for the purposes 

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

22 (b) EMERGENCY NEEDS.—In the House, any bill or 

23 joint resolution, or amendment offered or considered as 

24 adopted or conference report thereon, that makes appropria25 tions for nondefense discretionary amounts, and such 
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1 amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency 

2 needs, then the new budget authority, outlays, or receipts 

3 resulting therefrom shall not be counted for the purposes 

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

5 SEC. 304. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO6 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

7 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

8 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

9 (1) apply while that measure is under consider10 ation; 

11 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that meas12 ure; and 

13 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

14 soon as practicable. 

15 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE16 GATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from 

17 these adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggre19 gates contained in this resolution. 

20 (c) COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET DETERMINATIONS.— 

21 For purposes of this resolution, the levels of new budget au22 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, 

23 revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period 

24 of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates 

25 made by the Committee on the Budget. 
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1 SEC. 305. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON2 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

3 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro4 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the chairman 

5 of the Committee on the Budget shall make adjustments to 

6 the levels and allocations in this resolution in accordance 

7 with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect on September 30, 

9 2002). 

10 SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDG11 ET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and the Senate, not13 withstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget 

14 Act of 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement 

15 Act of 1990, the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

16 the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the 

17 budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) 

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee 

19 on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary adminis20 trative expenses of the Social Security Administration. 

21 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of ap22 plying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority 

24 and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 

25 discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security Ad26 ministration. 
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1 SEC. 307. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

2 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

4 House and as such they shall be considered as part 

5 of the rules of the House, and such rules shall super6 sede other rules only to the extent that they are incon7 sistent therewith; and 

8 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

11 case of any other rule of the House. 

12 TITLE IV—POLICY 

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

14 It is the policy of this resolution to minimize fiscal 

15 burdens on middle-income families and their children and 

16 grandchildren. It is the policy of this resolution to provide 

17 immediate relief for the tens of millions of middle-income 

18 households who would otherwise be subject to the Alternative 

19 Minimum Tax (AMT) under current law in the context of 

20 permanent, revenue-neutral AMT reform. Furthermore, it 

21 is the policy of this resolution to support extension of mid22 dle-income tax relief and enhanced economic equity through 

23 policies such as— 

24 (1) extension of the child tax credit; 

25 (2) extension of marriage penalty relief; 
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1 (3) extension of the 10 percent individual income 

2 tax bracket; 

3 (4) elimination of estate taxes on all but a 

4 minute fraction of estates by reforming and substan5 tially increasing the unified tax credit; 

6 (5) extension of the research and experimentation 

7 tax credit; 

8 (6) extension of the deduction for State and local 

9 sales taxes; 

10 (7) extension of the deduction for small business 

11 expensing; and 

12 (8) enactment of a tax credit for school construc13 tion bonds. 

14 This resolution assumes the cost of enacting such policies 

15 is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes across fam17 ilies and generations, economic efficiency, higher rates of 

18 tax compliance to close the ‘‘tax gap’’, and reduced taxpayer 

19 burdens through tax simplification. 

20 SEC. 402. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 

21 It is the policy of this resolution that— 

22 (1) recommendations of the National Commis23 sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 

24 (commonly referred to as the 9/11 Commission) to 

25 fund cooperative threat reduction and nuclear non-
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1 proliferation programs at a level commensurate with 

2 the risk is a high priority, and the President’s budget 

3 should have requested sufficient funding for these pro4 grams; 

5 (2) ensuring that the TRICARE fees for military 

6 retirees under the age of 65 remain at current levels; 

7 (3) funds be provided for increasing pay to en8 sure retention of experienced personnel and for im9 proving military benefits in general; 

10 (4) the Missile Defense Agency should be funded 

11 at an adequate but lower level and the elimination of 

12 space-based interceptor development will ensure a 

13 more prudent acquisition strategy, yet still support a 

14 robust ballistic missile defense program; 

15 (5) satellite research, development, and procure16 ment be funded at a level below the amount requested 

17 for fiscal year 2008, which amounts to a 26 percent 

18 increase above the current level, but at a level suffi19 cient to develop new satellite technologies while ensur20 ing a more prudent acquisition strategy; 

21 (6) sufficient resources be provided to implement 

22 Government Accountability Office (GAO) rec23 ommendations, such as improving financial manage24 ment and contracting practices at the Department of 

25 Defense (DOD), and that substantial savings should 
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1 result from the identification of billions of dollars of 

2 obligations and disbursements and Government over3 charges for which the Department of Defense cannot 

4 account; 

5 (7) that the Department of Defense should do a 

6 more careful job of addressing the 1,378 Government 

7 Accountability Office recommendations made to the 

8 Department of Defense and its components over the 

9 last six years that have yet to be implemented, which 

10 could produce billions of dollars in savings; and 

11 (8) accruing all savings from the actions rec12 ommended in paragraphs (4) through (7) should be 

13 used to fund higher priorities within Function 050 

14 (Defense), and especially those high priorities identi15 fied in paragraphs (1) through (3) and to help fund 

16 recommendations of the bipartisan ‘‘Walter Reed 

17 Commission’’ (the President’s Commission on Care 

18 for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors) and 

19 other United States Government investigations into 

20 military healthcare facilities and services. 

21 SEC. 403. POLICY ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY. 

22 It is the policy of this resolution that the reconciliation 

23 directive to the Committee on Education and Labor shall 

24 not be construed to reduce any assistance that makes college 

25 more affordable for students, including but not limited to 
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1 assistance to student aid programs run by nonprofit state 

2 agencies. 

3 TITLE V—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

4 SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SERVICEMEMBERS’ AND 

5 VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE AND OTHER PRIOR6 ITIES. 

7 It is the sense of the House that— 

8 (1) the House supports excellent health care for 

9 current and former members of the United States 

10 Armed Services, who have served well and honorably 

11 and have made significant sacrifices for this Nation; 

12 (2) this resolution provides $43,055,000,000 in 

13 discretionary budget authority for 2008 for Function 

14 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services), including vet15 erans’ health care, which is $6,598,000,000 more than 

16 the 2007 level, $5,404,000,000 more than the Congres17 sional Budget Office’s baseline level for 2008, and 

18 $3,506,000,000 more than the President’s budget for 

19 2008; 

20 (3) this resolution provides funding to imple21 ment, in part, recommendations of the bi-partisan 

22 ‘‘Walter Reed Commission’’ (the President’s Commis23 sion on Care for America’s Returning Wounded War24 riors) and other United States Government investiga-
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1 tions into military and veterans health care facilities 

2 and services; 

3 (4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the 

4 enrollment fees and co-payment increases in the 

5 President’s budget; 

6 (5) this resolution provides additional funding 

7 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for the 

8 Department of Veterans Affairs to research and treat 

9 veterans’ mental health, post-traumatic stress dis10 order, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries; 

11 and 

12 (6) this resolution provides additional funding 

13 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for the 

14 Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the speed 

15 and accuracy of its processing of disability compensa16 tion claims, including funding to hire additional per17 sonnel above the President’s requested level. 

18 SEC. 502. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INNOVATION 

19 AGENDA: A COMMITMENT TO COMPETITIVE20 NESS TO KEEP AMERICA #1. 

21 (a) It is the sense of the House to provide sufficient 

22 funding that our Nation may continue to be the world lead23 er in education, innovation and economic growth. This res24 olution provides $450,000,000 above the President’s re25 quested level for 2008, and additional amounts in subse-
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1 quent years in Function 250 (General Science, Space and 

2 Technology) and Function 270 (Energy). Additional in3 creases for scientific research and education are included 

4 in Function 500 (Education, Employment, Training, and 

5 Social Services), Function 550 (Health), Function 300 (En6 vironment and Natural Resources), Function 350 (Agri7 culture), Function 400 (Transportation), and Function 370 

8 (Commerce and Housing Credit), all of which receive more 

9 funding than the President requested. 

10 (b) America’s greatest resource for innovation resides 

11 within classrooms across the country. The increased funding 

12 provided in this resolution will support important initia13 tives to educate 100,000 new scientists, engineers, and 

14 mathematicians, and place highly qualified teachers in 

15 math and science K–12 classrooms. 

16 (c) Independent scientific research provides the foun17 dation for innovation and future technologies. This resolu18 tion will put us on the path toward doubling funding for 

19 the National Science Foundation, basic research in the 

20 physical sciences across all agencies, and collaborative re21 search partnerships; and toward achieving energy inde22 pendence through the development of clean and sustainable 

23 alternative energy technologies. 

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

25 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 2008 and every subsequent year; 

4 (2) this resolution assumes funding above the 

5 President’s requested level for 2008, 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 security 

11 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 first responders, strengthen border patrol, and 

19 increase the preparedness of the public health system. 

20 SEC. 504. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE ONGOING 

21 NEED TO RESPOND TO HURRICANES KATRINA 

22 AND RITA. 

23 It is the sense of the House that: 

24 (1) Critical needs in the Gulf Coast region 

25 should be addressed without further delay. The budget 
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1 resolution creates a reserve fund that would allow for 

2 affordable housing that may be used to focus on areas 

3 devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well 

4 as new funding for additional recovery priorities. 

5 (2) Additional oversight and investigation is 

6 needed to ensure that recovery efforts are on track, de7 velop legislation to reform the contracting process, 

8 and better prepare for future disasters. Those efforts 

9 should be made in close consultation with residents of 

10 affected areas. The budget resolution provides addi11 tional 2007 funding for the Federal Emergency Man12 agement Agency, some of which may be used for this 

13 purpose. 

14 SEC. 505. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LONG-TERM 

15 SUSTAINABILITY OF ENTITLEMENTS. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

17 (1) The aging of the United States population is 

18 going to put unprecedented pressure on the Nation’s 

19 retirement and health care systems. 

20 (2) The long-term strength of social security 

21 would be improved through a fiscally responsible pol22 icy of reducing the deficit and paying down the debt 

23 that has accumulated since 2001, thus reducing debt 

24 service payments and freeing up billions of dollars 
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1 that can be dedicated to meeting social security’s obli2 gations. 

3 (3) A policy of reducing and eventually elimi4 nating the deficit and paying down the debt is a key 

5 factor in improving the long-term strength of the 

6 economy as a whole, because a lower debt burden frees 

7 up resources for productive investments that will re8 sult in higher economic growth, provide a higher 

9 standard of living for future generations, and enhance 

10 the Nation’s ability to meet its commitments to its 

11 senior citizens. 

12 (4) The most significant factor affecting the Na13 tion’s entitlement programs is the rapid increase in 

14 health care costs. The projected increasing costs of 

15 medicare and medicaid are not unique to these pro16 grams but rather are part of a pattern of rising costs 

17 for the health sector as a whole. 

18 (b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the 

19 House that the growing cost of entitlements should be ad20 dressed in a way that is fiscally responsible and promotes 

21 economic growth, that addresses the causes of cost growth 

22 in the broader health care system, and that protects bene23 ficiaries without leaving a legacy of debt to future genera24 tions. 
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1 SEC. 506. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NEED TO 

2 MAINTAIN AND BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO 

3 FIGHT HUNGER. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 

5 (1) More than 35 million individuals (12.4 mil6 lion of them children) are food insecure, uncertain of 

7 having, or unable to acquire enough food. 10.8 million 

8 Americans are hungry because of lack of food. 

9 (2) Despite the critical contributions of the De10 partment of Agriculture nutrition programs and par11 ticularly the food stamp program that significantly 

12 reduced payment error rates while increasing enroll13 ment to partially mitigate the impact of recent in14 creases in the poverty rate, significant need remains. 

15 (3) Nearly 25 million people, including nine 

16 million children and three million seniors, sought 

17 emergency food assistance from food pantries, soup 

18 kitchens, shelters, and local charities last year. 

19 (b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the 

20 House that the Department of Agriculture programs that 

21 help fight hunger should be maintained and that the House 

22 should seize opportunities to enhance those programs to 

23 reach people in need and to fight hunger. 

24 SEC. 507. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE 

25 HEALTH COVERAGE. 

26 (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
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1 (1) More than 46 million Americans, including 

2 nine million children, lack health insurance. People 

3 without health insurance are more likely to experience 

4 problems getting medical care and to be hospitalized 

5 for avoidable health problems. 

6 (2) Most Americans receive health coverage 

7 through their employers. A major issue facing all em8 ployers is the rising cost of health insurance. Small 

9 businesses, which have generated most of the new jobs 

10 annually over the last decade, have an especially dif11 ficult time affording health coverage, due to higher 

12 administrative costs and fewer people over whom to 

13 spread the risk of catastrophic costs. Because it is es14 pecially costly for small businesses to provide health 

15 coverage, their employees make up a large proportion 

16 of the nation’s uninsured individuals. 

17 (b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the 

18 House that legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go 

19 principle should be adopted that makes health insurance 

20 more affordable and accessible, with attention to the special 

21 needs of small businesses, and that lowers costs and im22 proves the quality of health care by encouraging integration 

23 of health information technology tools into the practice of 

24 medicine, and promoting improvements in disease manage25 ment and disease prevention. 
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1 SEC. 508. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION 

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

3 It is the sense of the House that in order to reduce 

4 the deficit Congress should extend PAYGO in its original 

5 form in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

6 SEC. 509. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON LONG-TERM BUDG7 ETING. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that the determination of 

9 the congressional budget for the United States Government 

10 and the President’s budget request should include consider11 ation of the Financial Report of the United States Govern12 ment, especially its information regarding the Govern13 ment’s net operating cost, financial position, and long-term 

14 liabilities. 

15 SEC. 510. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY. 

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

17 for civilian employees of the United States should be ad18 justed at the same time, and in the same proportion, as 

19 are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed 

20 services. 

21 SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING WASTE, 

22 FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 

23 It is the sense of the House that all committees should 

24 examine programs within their jurisdiction to identify 

25 wasteful and fraudulent spending. To this end, section 301 

26 of this resolution includes cap adjustments to provide ap-
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1 propriations for three programs that accounted for a sig2 nificant share of improper payments reported by Federal 

3 agencies in 2006: Social Security Administration Con4 tinuing Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health 

5 Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Unemploy6 ment Insurance. Section 301 also includes a cap adjustment 

7 for the Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance efforts 

8 to close the $300,000,000,000 tax gap. In addition, the reso9 lution’s deficit-neutral reserve funds require authorizing 

10 committees to cut lower priority and wasteful spending to 

11 accommodate new high-priority entitlement benefits. Fi12 nally, section 301 of the resolution directs all committees 

13 to review the performance of programs within their juris14 diction and report recommendations annually to the Com15 mittee on the Budget as part of the views and estimates 

16 process required by section 301(d) of the Congressional 

17 Budget Act. 

18 SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPOR19 TANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

20 It is the sense of the House that— 

21 (1) additional legislative action is needed to en22 sure that States have the necessary resources to collect 

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

24 them to pass 100 percent of support on to families 

25 without financial penalty; and 
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1 (2) when 100 percent of child support payments 

2 are passed to the child, rather than administrative ex3 penses, program integrity is improved and child sup4 port participation increases. 

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

6 CEMETERIES. 

7 It is the sense of the House that the Federal Govern8 ment should pay the plot allowance for the interment in 

9 a State veterans cemetery of any spouse or eligible child 

10 of a veteran, consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle. 

11 TITLE VI—RECONCILIATION 

12 SEC. 601. RECONCILIATION. 

13 (a) INSTRUCTIONS.—The House Committee on Edu14 cation and Labor shall report changes in laws to reduce 

15 the deficit by $75,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 

16 through 2012. 

17 (b) MANDATORY SAVINGS.—Not later than September 

18 10, 2007, the House Committee on Education and Labor 

19 shall submit its recommendations to the House of Rep20 resentatives. 

21 (c) SUBMISSION OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—Upon 

22 the submission to the House of a reconciliation bill or con23 ference report thereon, that complies with this reconciliation 

24 instruction, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

25 may file with the House appropriately revised allocations 
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1 and budgetary aggregates. Such revisions shall be consid2 ered to be the allocations and aggregates established by the 

3 concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 

4 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 21 

AMENDMENT