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Calendar No. 371 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 83 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for 

fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10, 2006 

Mr. GREGG, from the Committee on the Budget, reported under authority of 

the order of the Senate of March 9, 2006, 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 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 

through 2011. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 

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

6 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007 


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1 is hereby established and that the appropriate budgetary 

2 levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011 are 

3 set forth. 

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

5 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Social Security. 

Sec. 103. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 301. Reserve fund for the uninsured. 

Sec. 302. Reserve fund for health information technology. 

Sec. 303. Reserve fund for the Asbestos Injury Trust Fund. 

Sec. 304. Reserve fund for the safe importation of prescription drugs. 

Sec. 305. Reserve fund for Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Reauthorization. 

Sec. 306. Reserve fund for comprehensive immigration reform. 

Sec. 307. Reserve fund for Indian Claim Settlement. 

Sec. 308. Reserve fund for the National Flood Insurance Program. 

Sec. 309. Reserve fund to protect America’s competitive edge. 

Sec. 310. Reserve fund for Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Sec. 311. Reserve fund for chronic care case management. 

Sec. 312. Reserve fund for receipts from Bonneville Power Administration. 

TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 401. Restrictions on advance appropriations. 

Sec. 402. Emergency legislation. 

Sec. 403. Discretionary spending limits. 

Sec. 404. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 405. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 406. Direct spending limitation. 

Sec. 407. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 


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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 2006 through 2011: 

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 2006: 

11 $1,694,445,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2007: 

13 $1,786,173,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2008: 

15 $1,914,133,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2009: 

17 $2,012,736,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 $2,122,301,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: 

21 $2,203,236,000,000. 

22 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

23 levels of Federal revenues should be reduced are 

24 as follows: 

25 Fiscal year 2006: ¥$9,746,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2007: ¥$33,426,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2008: ¥$7,643,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2009: ¥$18,835,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2010: ¥$13,676,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2011: 

6 ¥$153,835,000,000. 

7 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

8 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

9 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2006: 

11 $2,279,715,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2007: 

13 $2,317,893,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2008: 

15 $2,339,415,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2009: 

17 $2,429,717,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2010: 

19 $2,532,787,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2011: 

21 $2,655,164,000,000. 

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

23 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

24 of total budget outlays are as follows: 


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1 Fiscal year 2006: 

2 $2,246,519,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2007: 

4 $2,340,463,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2008: 

6 $2,379,718,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2009: 

8 $2,441,569,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 $2,530,892,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2011: 

12 $2,645,373,000,000. 

13 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce14 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

15 are as follows: 

16 Fiscal year 2006: 

17 ¥$552,064,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2007: 

19 ¥$554,290,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2008: 

21 ¥$465,585,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2009: 

23 ¥$428,833,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2010: 

25 ¥$408,591,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2011: 

2 ¥$442,137,000,000. 

3 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appropriate 

4 levels of the public debt are as follows: 

5 Fiscal year 2006: 

6 $8,526,578,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2007: 

8 $9,190,311,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2008: 

10 $9,766,883,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2009: 

12 $10,302,957,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2010: 

14 $10,815,812,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2011: 

16 $11,355,281,000,000. 

17 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro18 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

19 Fiscal year 2006: 

20 $4,966,840,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2007: 

22 $5,336,498,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 $5,599,634,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 $5,809,201,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2010: 

4 $5,980,485,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2011: 

6 $6,169,011,000,000. 

7 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

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

9 revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

10 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

11 Fund are as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2006: $608,408,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2007: $641,747,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2008: $676,433,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2009: $711,760,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2010: $747,339,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2011: $782,032,000,000. 

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

19 outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

20 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

21 Fund are as follows: 

22 Fiscal year 2006: $425,033,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2007: $442,275,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2008: $458,076,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2009: $476,224,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2010: $496,886,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2011: $516,292,000,000. 

3 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX4 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au5 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

6 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis7 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

8 are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2006: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $4,568,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $4,576,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2007: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $4,721,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $4,750,000,000 

17 Fiscal year 2008: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $4,862,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $4,836,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2009: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $5,009,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $4,983,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2010: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $5,159,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $5,133,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $5,314,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $5,287,000,000. 

8 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

9 The Congress determines and declares that the ap10 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 

11 fiscal years 2006 through 2011 for each major functional 

12 category are: 

13 (1) National Defense (050): 

14 Fiscal year 2006: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $561,144,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $525,955,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2007: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $545,366,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $550,497,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $481,696,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $514,796,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $501,780,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $508,078,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $511,863,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $511,154,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $522,791,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $521,870,000,000. 

13 (2) International Affairs (150): 

14 Fiscal year 2006: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $31,936,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $34,193,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2007: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $31,430,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $34,266,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $34,420,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $33,226,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $34,417,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $33,202,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $34,138,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $32,637,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $34,577,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $32,361,000,000. 

13 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

14 (250): 

15 Fiscal year 2006: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $24,936,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $24,059,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2007: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $26,238,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $25,159,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $27,446,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $26,279,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2009: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $28,493,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $27,395,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $29,710,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $28,525,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $30,989,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $29,745,000,000. 

14 (4) Energy (270): 

15 Fiscal year 2006: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $1,829,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $2,030,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2007: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $2,212,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $905,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $2,638,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $673,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2009: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $2,267,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $863,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $2,140,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $817,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $2,044,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $661,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2006: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $35,188,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $32,533,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2007: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $29,637,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $33,026,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $28,830,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $30,770,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2009: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $29,585,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $30,408,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $29,036,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $29,958,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $28,937,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $29,655,000,000. 

14 (6) Agriculture (350): 

15 Fiscal year 2006: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $28,258,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $26,489,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2007: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $27,362,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $26,788,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $25,214,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $24,573,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2009: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $24,524,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $23,841,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $23,382,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $22,572,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $23,023,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $22,293,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2006: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $14,536,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $7,938,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2007: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $16,516,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $8,025,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $13,175,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $7,990,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2009: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $13,275,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $7,983,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $17,057,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $8,852,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $11,861,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $5,385,000,000. 

14 (8) Transportation (400): 

15 Fiscal year 2006: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $74,858,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $70,889,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2007: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $78,268,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $75,774,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2008: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $81,293,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $78,562,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2009: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $72,888,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $78,336,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $72,936,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $77,837,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $73,487,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $77,842,000,000. 

14 (9) Community and Regional Development 

15 (450): 

16 Fiscal year 2006: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $38,306,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $59,547,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2007: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $14,657,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $31,182,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2008: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $11,672,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $25,111,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2009: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $11,766,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $20,843,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2010: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $11,798,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $16,945,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2011: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $12,053,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $12,693,000,000. 

16 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

17 Social Services (500): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $112,611,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $106,461,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $86,899,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $89,291,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $87,710,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $85,968,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $87,579,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $85,959,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $86,993,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $86,082,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $86,958,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $86,167,000,000. 

17 (11) Health (550): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $267,375,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $264,431,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $277,757,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $275,319,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $291,712,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $292,529,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $311,810,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $310,164,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $328,268,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $328,026,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $349,921,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $348,486,000,000. 

17 (12) Medicare (570): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $336,887,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $331,524,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $382,068,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $387,541,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $441,150,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $411,217,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $440,764,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $440,455,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $470,247,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $470,523,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $520,312,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $520,350,000,000. 

17 (13) Income Security (600): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $345,572,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $356,189,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $357,862,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $362,689,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $371,276,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $374,323,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $381,802,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $384,128,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $391,687,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $393,080,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $406,513,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $406,810,000,000. 

17 (14) Social Security (650): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $14,820,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $14,820,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $17,022,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $17,022,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $18,914,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $18,914,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $20,794,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $22,966,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $22,966,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $26,580,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $26,580,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $72,041,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $69,843,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $73,954,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $73,054,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $76,130,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $76,463,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $77,019,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $77,318,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $77,437,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $77,579,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $81,603,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $81,537,000,000. 

17 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $40,707,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $40,769,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $45,891,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $46,296,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $41,999,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $43,907,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $42,545,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $43,366,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $42,907,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $43,136,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $43,952,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $43,582,000,000. 

17 (17) General Government (800): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $18,831,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $18,969,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $19,534,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $19,252,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $18,536,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $20,878,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $20,624,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $18,049,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $17,844,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $18,679,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $18,435,000,000. 

17 (18) Net Interest (900): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $317,020,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $317,020,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2007: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $354,318,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $354,318,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2008: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $384,341,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $384,341,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2009: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $407,021,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $407,021,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2010: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $428,960,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $428,960,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2011: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $451,181,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $451,181,000,000. 

17 (19) Allowances (920): 

18 Fiscal year 2006: 

19 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

20 (B) Outlays, $0. 

21 Fiscal year 2007: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$500,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$500,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2008: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

2 (B) Outlays, $0. 

3 Fiscal year 2009: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

5 (B) Outlays, $0. 

6 Fiscal year 2010: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

8 (B) Outlays, $0. 

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

11 (B) Outlays, $0. 

12 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

13 Fiscal year 2006: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 ¥$57,140,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, ¥$57,140,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2007: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 ¥$68,598,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, ¥$69,440,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2008: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$68,737,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$68,409,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2009: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$79,489,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$79,208,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2010: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$66,787,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$66,600,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2011: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$70,297,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$70,260,000,000. 

12 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

13 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

14 The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

15 shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill not later 

16 than May 16, 2006, that consists of changes in laws within 

17 its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce budget authority and 

18 outlays by $0 for fiscal year 2007 and by $3,000,000,000 

19 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 

20 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

21 SEC. 301. RESERVE FUND FOR THE UNINSURED. 

22 If— 

23 (1) the Committee on Finance or the Com24 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

25 of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or if 


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1 an amendment is offered thereto, or if a conference 

2 report is submitted thereon, that— 

3 (A) addresses health care costs, coverage, 

4 or care for the uninsured; 

5 (B) provides— 

6 (i) safety net access to integrated and 

7 other health care services; or 

8 (ii) increases the number of people 

9 with health insurance, provided that such 

10 increase is not obtained primarily as a re11 sult of increasing premiums for the cur12 rently insured; 

13 (C) increases access to coverage through 

14 mechanisms that decrease the growth of health 

15 care costs, including tax measures (such as tax 

16 credits and deductibility) market-based meas17 ures (such as regulatory reforms, consumer-di18 rected initiatives) and other measures targeted 

19 to key segments of the uninsured, including in20 dividuals without employer-sponsored coverage, 

21 college students, recent graduates, or chron22 ically ill individuals); and 

23 (D) improves the transparency of the cost 

24 and quality for medical care; and 


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1 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

2 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

3 Budget Act of 1974; 

4 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

5 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

6 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

7 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

8 years 2007 through 2011. 

9 SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH INFORMATION 

10 TECHNOLOGY. 

11 If— 

12 (1) the Committee on Finance or the Com13 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

14 of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or if 

15 an amendment is offered thereto or if a conference 

16 report is submitted thereon, that— 

17 (A) provides incentives or other support for 

18 adoption of modern information technology to 

19 improve quality in health care; and 

20 (B) provides for performance-based pay21 ments, which are based on accepted clinical per22 formance measures that improve the quality in 

23 health care; and 


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1 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

2 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

3 Budget Act of 1974; 

4 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

5 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

6 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

7 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and the period of fiscal years 

8 2007 through 2011. 

9 SEC. 303. RESERVE FUND FOR THE ASBESTOS INJURY 

10 TRUST FUND. 

11 If— 

12 (1) the Committee on Judiciary reports legisla13 tion, or if an amendment is offered thereto or if a 

14 conference report is submitted thereon, that— 

15 (A) provides monetary compensation to im16 paired victims of asbestos-related disease who 

17 can establish that asbestos exposure is a sub18 stantial contributing factor in causing their 

19 condition; 

20 (B) does not provide monetary compensa21 tion to the unimpaired claimants or those suf22 fering from a disease who cannot establish that 

23 asbestos exposure was a substantial contrib24 uting factor in causing their condition; and 


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1 (C) is estimated to remain funded from 

2 nontaxpayer sources for the life of the fund; 

3 and 

4 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

5 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974; 

7 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

8 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

9 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

10 deficit for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2057. 

11 SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR THE SAFE IMPORTATION OF 

12 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 

13 If— 

14 (1) the Committee on Health, Education, 

15 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate reports a bill or 

16 joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto 

17 or a conference report is submitted thereon, that 

18 permits the safe importation of prescription drugs 

19 approved by the Food and Drug Administration 

20 from specified countries with strong safety laws; and 

21 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

22 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

23 Budget Act of 1974; 

24 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

25 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 


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1 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

2 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

3 years 2007 through 2011. 

4 SEC. 305. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

5 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 

6 REAUTHORIZATION. 

7 If— 

8 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re9 sources of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolu10 tion, or an amendment is offered thereto or a con11 ference report is submitted thereon, that provides 

12 for reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and 

13 Community Self-Determination Act (Public Law 

14 106–393); and 

15 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

16 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

17 Budget Act of 1974; 

18 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

19 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

20 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

21 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

22 years 2007 through 2011. 

23 SEC. 306. RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRA24 TION REFORM. 

25 If— 


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1 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen2 ate reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amend3 ment is offered thereto or a conference report is sub4 mitted thereon, that— 

5 (A) provides for comprehensive immigra6 tion reform; 

7 (B) provides for increased interior enforce8 ment including legal employment verification; 

9 and 

10 (C) provides for increased border security 

11 and enhanced information technology systems; 

12 and 

13 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

14 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974; 

16 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

17 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

18 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

19 deficit for the fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

20 years 2007 through 2011. 

21 SEC. 307. RESERVE FUND FOR INDIAN CLAIM SETTLEMENT. 

22 If— 

23 (1) the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of 

24 the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or an 


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1 amendment is offered thereto or a conference report 

2 is submitted thereon, that— 

3 (A) creates an Indian accounting claims 

4 settlement fund for trust accounting deficiencies 

5 related to Individual Indian Moneys accounts; 

6 (B) extinguishes all claims arising before 

7 the date of enactment for losses resulting from 

8 accounting errors, mismanagement, or interest 

9 owed in connection with Individual Indian Mon10 eys accounts; and 

11 (C) provides for new accounting practices 

12 for the Individual Indian Moneys accounts; and 

13 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

14 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974; 

16 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

17 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

18 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

19 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

20 years 2007 through 2011. 

21 SEC. 308. RESERVE FUND FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD IN22 SURANCE PROGRAM. 

23 If— 

24 (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

25 Urban Affairs reports a bill or joint resolution, or an 


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1 amendment is offered thereto or a conference report 

2 is submitted thereon, that— 

3 (A) establishes more actuarially sound 

4 rates on policies issued by the National Flood 

5 Insurance Program; 

6 (B) phases out flood insurance subsidies 

7 on pre-FIRM structures not used as primary 

8 residences; 

9 (C) denies flood insurance to repeatedly 

10 flooded properties not used as primary resi11 dences and make such other program reforms 

12 that would mitigate flood insurance losses in fu13 ture natural disasters; and 

14 (D) takes action to forgive the debt that 

15 the National Flood Insurance Program owes to 

16 the Treasury and provides an appropriation, 

17 not borrowing authority, to pay outstanding 

18 flood insurance claims; and 

19 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

20 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

21 Budget Act of 1974; 

22 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

23 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

24 by the amount provided by that measure for the purpose 

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1 maining contractual obligations resulting from claims 

2 made as a result of floods that occurred in 2005, but not 

3 to exceed $5,600,000,000 in new budget authority for fis4 cal year 2006 or 2007 for that purpose. 

5 SEC. 309. RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT AMERICA’S COM6 PETITIVE EDGE. 

7 (a) HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS.— 

8 If— 

9 (1) the Committee on Health, Education, 

10 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate reports a bill or 

11 joint resolution, or if an amendment is offered there12 to, or if a conference report is submitted thereon, 

13 that— 

14 (A) increases the number of students and 

15 graduates pursuing science, technology, engi16 neering and math (STEM) or foreign language 

17 courses, degrees and occupations; or 

18 (B) improves educational programs in 

19 these fields; and 

20 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

21 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

22 Budget Act of 1974; 

23 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

24 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

25 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 


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1 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

2 years 2007 through 2011. 

3 (b) ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.—If— 

4 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re5 sources of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolu6 tion, or if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a 

7 conference report is submitted thereon, that— 

8 (A) increases investment in basic and ap9 plied research at the Department of Energy; or 

10 (B) improves educational opportunities in 

11 math, science, or engineering; and 

12 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

13 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

14 Budget Act of 1974; 

15 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

16 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

17 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

18 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

19 years 2007 through 2011. 

20 (c) COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.— 

21 If— 

22 (1) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

23 Transportation of the Senate reports a bill or joint 

24 resolution, or if an amendment is offered thereto, or 

25 if a conference report is submitted thereon, that— 


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1 (A) increases investment in basic and ap2 plied research at the National Aeronautics and 

3 Space Administration, the National Institute of 

4 Science and Technology, and the National 

5 Science Foundation; or 

6 (B) improves quality, coordination, or sup7 port for such research; and 

8 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

9 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

10 Budget Act of 1974; 

11 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

12 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

13 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

14 deficit for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

15 years 2007 through 2011. 

16 SEC. 310. RESERVE FUND FOR LAND AND WATER CON17 SERVATION FUND. 

18 (a) ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.—If— 

19 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re20 sources reports a bill or joint resolution, or an 

21 amendment is offered thereto, or a conference report 

22 is submitted thereon, that— 

23 (A) permits exploration and production of 

24 oil in the 1002 Area of the Arctic National 

25 Wildlife Refuge; and 


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1 (B)(i) such measure is enacted; and 

2 (ii) the reconciliation instruction set out in 

3 section 201 is met; and 

4 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

5 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974; 

7 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Sen8 ate may make the adjustments described in subsection (b). 

9 (b) ADJUSTMENT FOR THE LAND AND WATER CON10 SERVATION FUND PROGRAMS AND ADDITIONAL LAND

11 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.—If the Committee on Appro12 priations of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, 

13 or if an amendment is offered thereto or a conference re14 port is submitted thereon that— 

15 (1) provides funding for the programs described 

16 in this subsection at least at the previous year’s lev17 els, adjusted for inflation; and 

18 (2) makes available a portion of the receipts re19 sulting from enactment of the legislation described 

20 in subsection (a) for— 

21 (A) the Land and Water Conservation 

22 Fund; 

23 (B) the Federal Land Acquisition and 

24 Stateside Grant Programs; 


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1 (C) the Coastal and Estuarine Land Pro2 tection Program; and 

3 (D) the Forest Legacy Program; 

4 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise 

5 committee allocations for that committee and other appro6 priate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget 

7 authority and outlays by the amount provided by that 

8 measure for that purpose, but the adjustment may not ex9 ceed $350,000,000 in new budget authority in each of fis10 cal years 2009 through 2011. 

11 SEC. 311. RESERVE FUND FOR CHRONIC CARE CASE MAN12 AGEMENT. 

13 If— 

14 (1) the Committee on Finance of the Senate re15 ports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is 

16 offered thereto or a conference report is submitted 

17 thereon, that would provide $1,750,000,000 to the 

18 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 

19 to create a demonstration project or program that 

20 assigns a case manager to coordinate the care of 

21 chronically ill and other high-cost Medicare bene22 ficiaries in traditional fee-for-service Medicare; and 

23 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

24 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

25 Budget Act of 1974; 


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1 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

2 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

3 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

4 deficit for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 

5 SEC. 312. RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS FROM BONNE6 VILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 

7 If— 

8 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re9 sources of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolu10 tion, or an amendment is offered thereto or a con11 ference report is submitted thereon, that prohibits 

12 the Bonneville Power Administration from making 

13 early payments on its Federal Bond Debt to the 

14 United States Treasury; and 

15 (2) that committee is within its allocation as 

16 provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 

17 Budget Act of 1974; 

18 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

19 the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 

20 to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 

21 deficit for the fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal 

22 years 2007 through 2011. 

23 TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT 

24 SEC. 401. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

25 (a) POINT OF ORDER.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to 

3 consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend4 ment, or conference report that would provide an ad5 vance appropriation. 

6 (2) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—An advance 

7 appropriation may be provided for the fiscal years 

8 2008 and 2009 for programs, projects, activities, or 

9 accounts identified in the joint explanatory state10 ment of managers accompanying this resolution 

11 under the heading ‘‘ACCOUNTS IDENTIFIED FOR AD12 VANCE APPROPRIATIONS’’ in an aggregate amount 

13 not to exceed $23,158,000,000 in new budget au14 thority in each year. 

15 (3) OPERATION OF POINT OF ORDER.—It shall 

16 be in order for a Senator to raise a single point of 

17 order that several provisions of a bill, resolution, 

18 amendment, motion, or conference report violate 

19 paragraph (1). The Presiding Officer may sustain 

20 the point of order as to some or all of the provisions 

21 against which the Senator raised the point of order. 

22 If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of 

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1 sions of an amendment, motion, or conference re2 port) shall be deemed stricken pursuant to this sub3 section. 

4 (4) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Before the Pre5 siding Officer rules on a point of order under para6 graph (1), any Senator may move to waive such a 

7 point of order as it applies to some or all of the pro8 visions against which the point of order was raised. 

9 Such a motion to waive is amendable in accordance 

10 with the rules and precedents of the Senate. Para11 graph (1) may be waived or suspended in the Senate 

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

13 Members, duly chosen and sworn. After the Pre14 siding Officer rules on a point of order under para15 graph (1), any Senator may appeal the ruling of the 

16 Presiding Officer as it applies to some or all of the 

17 provisions. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

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

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

20 Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph 

21 (1). 

22 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

23 is considering a conference report on, or an amend24 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or a 

25 joint resolution, upon— 


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1 (A) a point of order being made under sub2 section (a); and 

3 (B) such a point of order being sustained, 

4 such material contained in such conference report or 

5 amendment shall be deemed stricken, and the Sen6 ate shall proceed to consider whether the Senate 

7 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a 

8 further amendment, or concur in the House amend9 ment with a further amendment, as the case may be, 

10 and the matter stricken may not be offered as an 

11 amendment from the floor. 

12 (6) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—In this sub13 section, the term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means 

14 any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 

15 resolution making general appropriations or con16 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2007 that first 

17 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2007 or 

18 any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 

19 resolution making general appropriations or con20 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2008, that first 

21 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2008. 

22 SEC. 402. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

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1 (1) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—With respect 

2 to a provision of direct spending or receipts legisla3 tion or appropriations for discretionary accounts 

4 that Congress designates as an emergency require5 ment in a measure, the amounts of new budget au6 thority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years re7 sulting from that provision shall be treated as an 

8 emergency requirement for the purposes of this sub9 section. 

10 (2) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.— 

11 As limited in paragraph (3), any new budget author12 ity, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provi13 sion designated as an emergency requirement, pur14 suant to this subsection, in any bill, joint resolution, 

15 amendment, or conference report shall not count for 

16 purposes of sections 302 and 311 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974, section 403 of this reso18 lution (relating to discretionary spending limits in 

19 the Senate), section 406 of this resolution (relating 

20 to limits on direct spending), section 407 of the con21 current resolution on the budget for Fiscal Year 

22 2006, H. Con. Res. 95 (relating to the long term di23 rect spending), and section 505 of the Concurrent 

24 Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2004, H. 

25 Con. Res. 95 (relating to the paygo requirement in 


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1 the Senate), until the adoption of a subsequent 

2 budget resolution. 

3 (3) LIMITATION.—For fiscal year 2007 the 

4 total exemption under paragraph (2) for emergencies 

5 shall not exceed $90,000,000,000 in new budget au6 thority and outlays associated with the budget au7 thority for the global war on terrorism and other 

8 emergencies, of which— 

9 (A) $50,000,000,000 in new budget au10 thority (and outlays associated with the budget 

11 authority) may be available for the global war 

12 on terrorism; and 

13 (B) $2,000,000,000 in new budget author14 ity (and outlays associated with the budget au15 thority) may be made available for United 

16 States border security initiatives; and 

17 (C) $2,300,000,000 in new budget author18 ity (and outlays associated with the budget au19 thority) may be available for pandemic influ20 enza initiatives. 

21 (4) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is 

22 considering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or 

23 conference report, if a point of order is made by a 

24 Senator against an emergency designation in that 

25 measure, that provision making such a designation 


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1 shall be stricken from the measure and may not be 

2 offered as an amendment from the floor. 

3 (5) EXCEPTION FOR DEFENSE SPENDING.— 

4 Paragraph (4) shall not apply against an emergency 

5 designation for a provision making discretionary ap6 propriations under the defense function (050), sub7 ject to the limitation set forth in paragraph (3). 

8 (6) OPERATION OF POINT OF ORDER.—It shall 

9 be in order for a Senator to raise a single point of 

10 order against several emergency designations in a 

11 bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 

12 report. The language making the designations shall 

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

15 (7) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Before the emer16 gency designation or designations are stricken pur17 suant to paragraph (4), any Senator may move to 

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

19 all of the provisions against which the point of order 

20 was raised. Such a motion to waive is amendable in 

21 accordance with the rules and precedents of the Sen22 ate. Paragraph (4) may be waived or suspended in 

23 the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths 

24 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. After the 

25 Presiding Officer strikes the designation on such a 


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1 point of order, any Senator may appeal the action 

2 of the Presiding Officer as it applies to some or all 

3 of the provisions. An affirmative vote of three-fifths 

4 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

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

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

7 paragraph (4). 

8 (8) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

9 is considering a conference report on, or an amend10 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or a 

11 joint resolution, upon— 

12 (A) a point of order being made in para13 graph (4); and 

14 (B) such a point of order being sustained, 

15 the emergency designation in such conference 

16 report or amendment shall be deemed stricken, 

17 and the Senate shall proceed to consider wheth18 er the Senate shall recede from its amendment 

19 and concur with a further amendment, or con20 cur in the House amendment with a further 

21 amendment, as the case may be, and the matter 

22 stricken may not be offered as an amendment 

23 from the floor. 

24 (b) DEFINITIONS AND CRITERIA.— 

25 (1) DEFINITIONS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 

2 terms ‘‘direct spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and ‘‘ap3 propriations for discretionary accounts’’ means 

4 any provision of a bill, joint resolution, amend5 ment, motion, or conference report that affects 

6 direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as 

7 those terms have been defined and interpreted 

8 for purposes of the Balanced Budget and 

9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 (B) DESIGNATION.—Subject to the limita11 tion in subsection (a)(3), for purposes of para12 graph (4), a provision shall be considered an 

13 emergency designation if it designates any item 

14 as an emergency requirement pursuant to this 

15 subsection. 

16 (2) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legisla17 tion is designated as an emergency requirement 

18 under this subsection, the committee report and any 

19 statement of managers accompanying that legisla20 tion shall include an explanation of the manner in 

21 which the provision meets the criteria in paragraph 

22 (3). 

23 (3) CRITERIA.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita25 tion in subsection (a)(3), any provision may be 


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1 designated as an emergency requirement if the 

2 situation addressed by such provision is— 

3 (i) necessary, essential, or vital (not 

4 merely useful and beneficial); 

5 (ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, 

6 and not building up over time; 

7 (iii) an urgent, pressing, and compel8 ling need requiring immediate action; 

9 (iv) subject to subparagraph (B), un10 foreseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; 

11 and 

12 (v) not permanent, temporary in na13 ture. 

14 (B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is 

15 part of aggregate level of anticipated emer16 gencies, particularly when normally estimated in 

17 advance, is not unforeseen. 

18 SEC. 403. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

19 (a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—As used in 

20 this section, the term ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’ 

21 means— 

22 (1) for fiscal year 2006, $900,927,000,000 in 

23 new budget authority and $1,002,145,000,000 in 

24 outlays for the discretionary category; 


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1 (2) for fiscal year 2007, $872,504,000,000 in 

2 new budget authority and $963,048,000,000 in out3 lays for the discretionary category; 

4 (3) for fiscal year 2008, $895,784,000,000 in 

5 new budget authority for the discretionary category; 

6 and 

7 (4) for fiscal year 2009, $919,178,000,000 in 

8 new budget authority for the discretionary category; 

9 as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment pro10 cedures in subsection (d). 

11 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro13 vided in this subsection, it shall not be in order to 

14 consider any bill or joint resolution (or amendment, 

15 motion, or conference report on that bill or joint res16 olution) that would cause the discretionary spending 

17 limits in this section to be exceeded. 

18 (2) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Before the Pre19 siding Officer rules on a point of order under this 

20 subsection, any Senator may move to waive such a 

21 point of order. Such a motion to waive is amendable 

22 in accordance with the rules and precedents of the 

23 Senate. The point of order may be waived or sus24 pended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of 

25 three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 


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1 After the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of 

2 order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Pre3 siding Officer. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

4 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, 

5 shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 

6 of the Chair on the point of order. 

7 (c) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

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

10 bill or joint resolution, or the offering of an 

11 amendment thereto or the submission of a con12 ference report thereon, the chairman of the 

13 Committee on the Budget may make the ad14 justments set forth in subparagraph (B) for the 

15 amount of new budget authority and outlays in 

16 that measure (if that measure meets the re17 quirements set forth in paragraph (2)) and the 

18 outlays flowing from that budget authority. 

19 (B) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The ad20 justments referred to in subparagraph (A) are 

21 to be made to— 

22 (i) the discretionary spending limits, if 

23 any, set forth in the appropriate concur24 rent resolution on the budget; and 


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1 (ii) the allocations made pursuant to 

2 the concurrent resolution on the budget 

3 pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

5 (2) AMOUNTS OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjust6 ment referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an 

7 amount provided for fiscal year 2007 if a bill or 

8 joint resolution is reported making appropriations 

9 for fiscal year 2007 that appropriates 

10 $6,824,000,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for 

11 enhanced tax enforcement to address the ‘‘Federal 

12 tax gap’’ and provides an additional appropriation of 

13 $274,000,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for 

14 enhanced tax enforcement to address the ‘‘Federal 

15 tax gap’’ then the chairman of the Committee on the 

16 Budget of the Senate may make the adjustments in 

17 paragraph (c)(1)(B). 

18 (3) REPORTING REVISED SUBALLOCATIONS.— 

19 Following any adjustment made under paragraph 

20 (1), the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

21 shall report appropriately revised suballocations 

22 under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

23 Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 404. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO2 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

3 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

4 and aggregates made for any measure of legislation pursu5 ant to this resolution shall— 

6 (1) apply while that measure is under consider7 ation; 

8 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

9 measure; and 

10 (3) be printed in the Congressional Record as 

11 soon as practicable. 

12 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG13 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

14 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur15 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca16 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

17 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

18 purposes of this resolution, the levels of new budget au19 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author20 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

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

22 estimates made by the chairman of the Committee on the 

23 Budget. 


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1 SEC. 405. 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 chair5 man of the Committee on the Budget may make adjust6 ments to the levels and allocations in this resolution in 

7 accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 

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

9 prior to September 30, 2002). 

10 SEC. 406. DIRECT SPENDING LIMITATION. 

11 (a) MEDICARE FUNDING WARNING.—The chairman 

12 of the Committee on the Budget may submit to the Senate 

13 a notification of a Medicare funding warning. Such warn14 ing is defined as a projection that within 7 years General 

15 Fund contributions to Medicare funding expressed as a 

16 percentage of total Medicare outlays, exceed 45 percent. 

17 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order to 

18 consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment or con19 ference report that would cause any increase in direct 

20 spending, net of proposals to change in direct spending, 

21 receipts, or revenues contained in the measure, if a Medi22 care Funding warning has been submitted to the Senate 

23 pursuant to subsection (a) for 2 consecutive calendar 

24 years. 


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1 (c) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or sus2 pended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

3 members, duly chosen and sworn. 

4 (d) APPEALS.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

5 the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

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

7 of order raised under this section. 

8 (e) DETERMINATIONS.—For the purposes of this sec9 tion, the determination of whether Medicare funding war10 rants a funding warning and when it may be appropriate 

11 to withdraw such warning, as well as the levels of net di12 rect spending as required under subsection (b), shall be 

13 provided by the chairman of the Committee on the Budg14 et. 

15 (f) CANCELLATION.—Should legislation be enacted to 

16 reduce the general fund contribution below 45 percent as 

17 determined by the chairman of the Committee on the 

18 Budget, the notification of a Medicare funding warning 

19 is withdrawn. 

20 SEC. 407. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

21 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

23 the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be 

24 considered as part of the rules of each House, or of 

25 the Senate and such rules shall supersede other 


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1 rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent 

2 therewith; and 

3 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

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

7 other rule of the Senate. 


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Calendar No. 371 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 83 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the 

for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011. and including the appropriate budgetary levels United States Government for fiscal year 2007 

MARCH 10, 2006 

Reported and placed on the calendar 


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