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Union Calendar No. 331 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 312 

[Report No. 110–543] 

Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for 

fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United 

States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate 

budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2008 

Mr. SPRATT, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following concurrent resolution; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal 

year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 


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1 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

2 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009. 

3 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 

4 declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

5 fiscal year 2008 is revised and replaced and that this is 

6 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

7 2009, including appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

8 years 2010 through 2013. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

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

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

servicemembers, veterans, and their families. 

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

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

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

equity. 

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

tax. 

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

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

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

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

efficiency. 

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

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

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

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

Navajo Nation water rights settlements. 

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

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


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TITLE IV—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 401. Program integrity initiatives. 

Sec. 402. Oversight of government performance. 

Sec. 403. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 404. Overseas deployments and emergency needs. 

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

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

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

Sec. 408. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE V—POLICY 

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

Sec. 502. Policy on defense priorities. 

TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

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

Act. 

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

other priorities. 

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

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

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

Sec. 606. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-as-yougo rule. 

Sec. 607. Sense of the House on long-term budgeting. 

Sec. 608. Sense of the House regarding the need to maintain and build upon 

efforts to fight hunger. 

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

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

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

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

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013: 

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

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

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


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

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

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

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

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

6 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

7 levels of Federal revenues should be adjusted 

8 are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2008: $0. 

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

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

12 Fiscal year 2011: $14,000,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2012: $16,000,000,000. 

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

15 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

16 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

17 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

2 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

3 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of 

12 the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 

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

14 Fiscal year 2009: $536,256,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2010: $416,431,000,000. 

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

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

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

19 (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to 

20 section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act 

21 of 1974, the appropriate levels of the debt subject to 

22 limit are as follows: 

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

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

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


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

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

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

4 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro5 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

13 The Congress determines and declares that the ap14 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 

15 fiscal years 2008 through 2013 for each major functional 

16 category are: 

17 (1) National Defense (050): 

18 Fiscal year 2008: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $590,686,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2009: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $542,497,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2010: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $550,414,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2011: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $557,026,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2012: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $565,800,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $576,223,000,000. 

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

17 (2) International Affairs (150): 

18 Fiscal year 2008: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $32,648,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2009: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $37,111,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2010: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $38,516,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2011: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $39,433,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2012: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $40,247,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $40,677,000,000. 

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

17 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

18 (250): 

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $27,407,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $29,934,000,000. 


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

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $31,165,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $32,474,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $33,853,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $33,564,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $35,298,000,000. 

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

18 (4) Energy (270): 

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $3,548,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $4,674,000,000. 


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

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $4,645,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $4,712,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $4,803,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $3,738,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $4,895,000,000. 

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

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $32,560,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $38,651,000,000. 


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

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $33,782,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $34,670,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $35,568,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $36,745,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $36,490,000,000. 

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

18 (6) Agriculture (350): 

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $22,456,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $21,529,000,000. 


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

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $21,719,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $21,891,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $22,263,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $21,435,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $22,621,000,000. 

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

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $11,216,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $9,560,000,000. 


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

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $13,887,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $8,998,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $9,246,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $1,735,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $9,642,000,000. 

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

18 (8) Transportation (400): 

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $79,794,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $73,444,000,000. 


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

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $77,507,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $78,534,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $79,485,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $88,134,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $80,478,000,000. 

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

18 (9) Community and Regional Development 

19 (450): 

20 Fiscal year 2008: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $20,029,000,000. 

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

24 Fiscal year 2009: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $14,553,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2010: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $14,826,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2011: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $15,134,000,000. 

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

12 Fiscal year 2012: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $15,450,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $15,817,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2013: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $15,755,000,000. 

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

20 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

21 Social Services (500): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $90,077,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $95,235,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $102,594,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $105,612,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $107,828,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $101,690,000,000. 

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

21 (11) Health (550): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $285,101,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $306,795,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $323,767,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $344,749,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $367,766,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $393,085,000,000. 

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

21 (12) Medicare (570): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $390,458,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $420,191,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $445,225,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $494,370,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $491,353,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $552,389,000,000. 

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

21 (13) Income Security (600): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $389,865,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $411,699,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $417,519,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $426,924,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $412,355,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $427,988,000,000. 

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

21 (14) Social Security (650): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $19,378,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $21,308,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $23,794,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $27,330,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $30,342,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $33,162,000,000. 

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

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

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $86,365,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $93,268,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $96,000,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $101,800,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $99,115,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $105,094,000,000. 

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

21 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $46,237,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $48,104,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $49,101,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $50,338,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $51,622,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $52,967,000,000. 

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

21 (17) General Government (800): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $56,407,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $23,520,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $19,961,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $20,611,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $21,319,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $22,007,000,000. 

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

21 (18) Net Interest (900): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $349,296,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $334,233,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $370,534,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2011: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $406,997,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2012: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $427,954,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2013: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $436,292,000,000. 

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

21 (19) Allowances (920): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $1,000,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2010: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$150,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$53,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2011: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$200,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$164,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2012: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$200,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$178,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2013: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$200,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$200,000,000. 

20 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

21 Fiscal year 2008: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 ¥$86,330,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, ¥$86,330,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2009: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 ¥$67,060,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, ¥$67,060,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2010: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 ¥$70,645,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, ¥$70,645,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2011: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 ¥$73,364,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, ¥$73,364,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2012: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 ¥$76,104,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, ¥$76,104,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2013: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 ¥$79,691,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, ¥$79,691,000,000. 

20 (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activi21 ties (970): 

22 Fiscal year 2008: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $108,056,000,000. 

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


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1 Fiscal year 2009: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $70,000,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2010: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2011: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

11 Fiscal year 2012: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

13 (B) Outlays, $5,176,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

17 TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 

18 SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT19 ATIVES. 

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

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

22 and Means shall report a reconciliation bill making 

23 changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce 

24 direct spending by $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

25 years 2008 through 2013. 


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

2 2008, the House Committee on Ways and Means shall re3 port a reconciliation bill making changes in laws within 

4 its jurisdiction that will reduce total revenues by 

5 $70,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and will increase 

6 total revenues by $70,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

7 years 2010 through 2013. 

8 (c) ADJUSTMENTS TO ALLOCATIONS AND AGGRE9 GATES.— 

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

11 that has complied with reconciliation instructions, 

12 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 

13 file with the House appropriately revised allocations 

14 under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 

15 Act of 1974 and revised functional levels and aggre16 gates. 

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

18 conference report recommending a reconciliation bill 

19 in which a committee has complied with its reconcili20 ation instructions, the chairman of the Committee 

21 on the Budget may file with the House appropriately 

22 revised allocations under section 302(a) of such Act 

23 and revised functional levels and aggregates. 

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1 tions and aggregates established by the concurrent 

2 resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 of 

3 such Act. 

4 TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

6 LEGISLATION. 

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

8 Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or com9 mittees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this 

10 resolution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

11 conference report, which contains matter within the juris12 diction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce that 

13 expands coverage and improves children’s health through 

14 the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) 

15 under title XXI of the Social Security Act and the pro16 gram under title XIX of such Act (commonly known as 

17 Medicaid) and that increases new budget authority that 

18 will result in no more than $50,000,000,000 in outlays 

19 in fiscal years 2008 through 2013, and others which con20 tain offsets so designated for the purpose of this section 

21 within the jurisdiction of another committee or commit22 tees, if the combined changes would not increase the def23 icit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 

24 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 

25 through 2018. 


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1 SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR VET2 ERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 

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

4 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

5 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso6 lution, amendment, or conference report that— 

7 (1) enhances medical care for wounded or dis8 abled military personnel or veterans; 

9 (2) maintains affordable health care for mili10 tary retirees and veterans; 

11 (3) improves disability benefits or evaluations 

12 for wounded or disabled military personnel or vet13 erans, including measures to expedite the claims 

14 process; 

15 (4) expands eligibility to permit additional dis16 abled military retirees to receive both disability com17 pensation and retired pay; 

18 (5) eliminates the offset between Survivor Ben19 efit Plan annuities and veterans’ dependency and in20 demnity compensation; or 

21 (6) provides or increases benefits for Filipino 

22 veterans of World War II or their survivors and de23 pendents; 

24 by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

25 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 


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

2 period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

3 SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR EDU4 CATION BENEFITS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, 

5 VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. 

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

7 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

8 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso9 lution, amendment, or conference report that enhances 

10 education benefits or assistance for servicemembers (in11 cluding Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserve), vet12 erans, or their spouses, survivors, or dependents by the 

13 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

14 not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the pe15 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period 

16 of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

17 SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFRA18 STRUCTURE INVESTMENT. 

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

20 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

21 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso22 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 

23 increased investment in infrastructure projects by the 

24 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

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1 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period 

2 of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

3 SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR RENEW4 ABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 

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

6 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

7 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso8 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides tax 

9 incentives for or otherwise encourages the production of 

10 renewable energy or increased energy efficiency; encour11 ages investment in emerging energy or vehicle technologies 

12 or carbon capture and sequestration; provides for reduc13 tions in greenhouse gas emissions; or facilitates the train14 ing of workers for these industries (‘‘green collar jobs’’) 

15 by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

16 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

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

18 period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

19 SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MIDDLE20 INCOME TAX RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. 

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

22 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

23 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso24 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 

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1 hanced economic equity, such as extension of the child tax 

2 credit, extension of marriage penalty relief, extension of 

3 the 10 percent individual income tax bracket, elimination 

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

5 reforming and substantially increasing the unified credit, 

6 extension of the research and experimentation tax credit, 

7 extension of the deduction for small business expensing, 

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

9 and a tax credit for school construction bonds, by the 

10 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

11 not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the pe12 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period 

13 of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

14 SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM 

15 OF THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 

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

17 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

18 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso19 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 

20 reform of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by reducing 

21 the tax burden of the alternative minimum tax on middle22 income families by the amounts provided in such measure 

23 if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease 

24 the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

25 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 


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

2 EDUCATION. 

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

4 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

5 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso6 lution, amendment, or conference report that makes col7 lege more affordable or accessible through reforms to the 

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 or other legislation by the 

9 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

10 not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the pe11 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period 

12 of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

13 SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORD14 ABLE HOUSING. 

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

16 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

17 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso18 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 

19 an affordable housing fund, offset by reforming the regu20 lation of certain government-sponsored enterprises, by the 

21 amounts provided in such measure if such measure would 

22 not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for the pe23 riod of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period 

24 of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 


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1 SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MEDI2 CARE IMPROVEMENTS. 

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

4 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

5 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso6 lution, amendment, or conference report that improves the 

7 Medicare program for beneficiaries and protects access to 

8 care, through measures such as increasing the reimburse9 ment rate for physicians while protecting beneficiaries 

10 from associated premium increases and making improve11 ments to the prescription drug program under part D, by 

12 the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

13 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

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

15 period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

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

17 CARE QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND EFFI18 CIENCY. 

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

20 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

21 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso22 lution, amendment, or conference report that— 

23 (1) provides incentives or other support for 

24 adoption of modern information technology, includ25 ing electronic prescribing, to improve quality and 

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

2 initiative for research on the comparative effective3 ness of different medical interventions; or 

4 (3) provides parity between health insurance 

5 coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for 

6 medical and surgical services, including parity in 

7 public programs; 

8 by the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

9 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

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

11 period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

12 SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MED13 ICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS. 

14 (a) REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 

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

16 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

17 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso18 lution, amendment, or conference report that prevents or 

19 delays the implementation or administration of regulations 

20 or other administrative actions that would affect the Med21 icaid, SCHIP, or other programs by the amounts provided 

22 in such measure if such measure would not increase the 

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

24 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 

25 through 2018. 


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1 (b) TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND

2 QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS.—In the House, the chairman 

3 of the Committee on the Budget may revise the alloca4 tions, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this reso5 lution for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con6 ference report that extends the transitional medical assist7 ance program or the qualifying individuals program, which 

8 are included in title XIX of the Social Security Act, by 

9 the amounts provided in such measure if such measure 

10 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

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

12 period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

13 SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TRADE 

14 ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND UNEMPLOY15 MENT INSURANCE MODERNIZATION. 

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

17 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

18 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso19 lution, amendment, or conference report that reauthorizes 

20 the trade adjustment assistance program to better meet 

21 the challenges of globalization or modernizes the unem22 ployment insurance system to improve access to needed 

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1 plus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 

2 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

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

4 PAYMENTS LEGISLATION. 

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

6 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

7 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso8 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 

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

11 393) or makes changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes 

12 Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–565) by the amounts pro13 vided in such measure if such measure would not increase 

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

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

16 2008 through 2018. 

17 SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SAN JOA18 QUIN RIVER RESTORATION AND NAVAJO NA19 TION WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS. 

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

21 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

22 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso23 lution, amendment, or conference report that would fulfill 

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1 tlement as authorized by the Northwestern New Mexico 

2 Rural Water Projects Act by the amounts provided in such 

3 measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 

4 or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 

5 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 

6 through 2018. 

7 SEC. 316. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE NA8 TIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL FUND. 

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

10 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

11 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso12 lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 

13 the establishment of the National Parks Centennial Fund 

14 by the amounts provided in such measure for that purpose 

15 if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease 

16 the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 

17 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018 

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

19 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

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

21 Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 

22 appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso23 lution, amendment, or conference report that improves 

24 Federal child support collection efforts or results in more 

25 collected child support reaching families by the amounts 


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1 provided in such measure if such measure would not in2 crease the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 

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

4 fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 

5 TITLE IV—BUDGET 

6 ENFORCEMENT 

7 SEC. 401. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 

8 (a) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

9 LIMITS.— 

10 (1) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND

11 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME REDETERMINA12 TIONS.—In the House, prior to consideration of a 

13 bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fis14 cal year 2009 that appropriates $264,000,000 for 

15 continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Secu16 rity Income redeterminations for the Social Security 

17 Administration, and provides an additional appro18 priation of up to $240,000,000, and the amount is 

19 designated for continuing disability reviews and Sup20 plemental Security Income redeterminations for the 

21 Social Security Administration, the allocation to the 

22 Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by 

23 the amount of the additional budget authority and 

24 outlays resulting from that budget authority for fis25 cal year 2009. 


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1 (2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI2 ANCE.—In the House, prior to consideration of a bill 

3 or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 

4 year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 to the 

5 Internal Revenue Service and the amount is des6 ignated to improve compliance with the provisions of 

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an 

8 additional appropriation of up to $490,000,000, and 

9 the amount is designated to improve compliance with 

10 the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

11 the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations 

12 shall be increased by the amount of the additional 

13 budget authority and outlays resulting from that 

14 budget authority for fiscal year 2009. 

15 (3) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL

16 PROGRAM.—In the House, prior to consideration of 

17 a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for 

18 fiscal year 2009 that appropriates up to 

19 $198,000,000 and the amount is designated to the 

20 health care fraud and abuse control program at the 

21 Department of Health and Human Services, the al22 location to the Committee on Appropriations shall be 

23 increased by the amount of additional budget au24 thority and outlays resulting from that budget au25 thority for fiscal year 2009. 


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1 (4) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM IN2 TEGRITY ACTIVITIES.—In the House, prior to con3 sideration of a bill or joint resolution making appro4 priations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 

5 $10,000,000 for in-person reemployment and eligi6 bility assessments and unemployment insurance im7 proper payment reviews for the Department of 

8 Labor and provides an additional appropriation of 

9 up to $40,000,000, and the amount is designated for 

10 in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments 

11 and unemployment insurance improper payment re12 views for the Department of Labor, the allocation to 

13 the Committee on Appropriations shall be increased 

14 by the amount of additional budget authority and 

15 outlays resulting from that budget authority for fis16 cal year 2009. 

17 (b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the House, prior to con19 sideration of a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

20 conference report, the chairman of the Committee on 

21 the Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in 

22 subsection (a) for the incremental new budget au23 thority in that measure and the outlays resulting 

24 from that budget authority if that measure meets 

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1 that no adjustment shall be made for provisions ex2 empted for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 under section 404 

4 of this resolution. 

5 (2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjust6 ments referred to in paragraph (1) are to be made 

7 to— 

8 (A) the allocations made pursuant to the 

9 appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 

10 pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 

11 Budget Act of 1974; and 

12 (B) the budgetary aggregates as set forth 

13 in this resolution. 

14 SEC. 402. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

15 In the House, all committees are directed to review 

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

17 and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny 

18 to issues raised by Government Accountability Office re19 ports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee per20 formance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 

21 committees are directed to include recommendations for 

22 improved governmental performance in their annual views 

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

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 

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1 SEC. 403. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA2 TIONS. 

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

4 in subsection (b), a bill or joint resolution making a gen5 eral appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an 

6 amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, may 

7 not provide for advance appropriations. 

8 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—In the House, an advance appro9 priation may be provided for fiscal year 2010 for pro10 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the re11 port to accompany this resolution or the joint explanatory 

12 statement of managers to accompany this resolution under 

13 the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria14 tions’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 

15 $27,558,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 2011, 

16 accounts separately identified under the same heading. 

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

18 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au19 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making gen20 eral appropriations or any new discretionary budget au21 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing ap22 propriations for fiscal year 2009 that first becomes avail23 able for any fiscal year after 2009. 


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1 SEC. 404. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY 

2 NEEDS. 

3 (a) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVI4 TIES.—In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amend5 ment, or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal 

6 year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments 

7 and related activities, and such amounts are so designated 

8 pursuant to this subsection, then new budget authority 

9 and outlays resulting therefrom shall not count for the 

10 purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 

11 Act of 1974. 

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

13 joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes 

14 appropriations for discretionary amounts, and such 

15 amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency 

16 needs, then the new budget authority and outlays resulting 

17 therefrom shall not count for the purposes of titles III and 

18 IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 SEC. 405. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE20 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding 

22 section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 

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1 tion on the budget shall include in its allocation under sec2 tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 

3 the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discre4 tionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Ad5 ministration and of the Postal Service. 

6 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of 

7 applying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 

8 of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget author9 ity and total outlays provided by a measure shall include 

10 any off-budget discretionary amounts. 

11 SEC. 406. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO12 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

13 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

14 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

15 (1) apply while that measure is under consider16 ation; 

17 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

18 measure; and 

19 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

20 soon as practicable. 

21 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG22 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

23 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur24 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca25 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 


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1 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—In the 

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

3 budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitle4 ment authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fis5 cal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on 

6 the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 

7 Budget. 

8 SEC. 407. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON9 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

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

11 resolution providing for a change in concepts or defini12 tions, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 

13 make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res14 olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as 

16 in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 

17 SEC. 408. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

18 The House adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

20 the House and as such they shall be considered as 

21 part of the rules of the House, and these rules shall 

22 supersede other rules of the House only to the ex23 tent that they are inconsistent with other such rules 

24 of the House; and 


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1 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

2 right of the House to change those rules at any 

3 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

4 as in the case of any other rule of the House. 

5 TITLE V—POLICY 

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

7 It is the policy of this resolution to— 

8 (1) minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income 

9 families and their children and grandchildren; 

10 (2) provide immediate relief for the tens of mil11 lions of middle-income households who would other12 wise be subject to the alternative minimum tax 

13 (AMT) under current law, in the context of perma14 nent, revenue-neutral AMT reform; and 

15 (3) support extension of middle-income tax re16 lief and enhanced economic equity through policies 

17 such as— 

18 (A) extension of the child tax credit; 

19 (B) extension of marriage penalty relief; 

20 (C) extension of the 10 percent individual 

21 income tax bracket; 

22 (D) elimination of estate taxes on all but 

23 a minute fraction of estates by reforming and 

24 substantially increasing the unified tax credit; 


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1 (E) extension of the research and experi2 mentation tax credit; 

3 (F) extension of the deduction for State 

4 and local sales taxes; 

5 (G) extension of the deduction for small 

6 business expensing; and 

7 (H) enactment of a tax credit for school 

8 construction bonds. 

9 This resolution assumes that the cost of enacting such 

10 policies is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue 

11 Code of 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes 

12 across families and generations, economic efficiency, high13 er rates of tax compliance to close the ‘‘tax gap,’’ and re14 duced taxpayer burdens through tax simplification. 

15 SEC. 502. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 

16 It is the policy of this resolution that— 

17 (1) the Administration’s budget requests should 

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

19 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 

20 for Fiscal Year 2007, and the Administration should 

21 no longer attempt to fund overseas military oper22 ations through emergency supplemental appropria23 tions requests; 


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1 (2) the Department of Defense should exclude 

2 nonwar requirements from its funding requests for 

3 Iraq and Afghanistan; 

4 (3) implementing the recommendation of the 

5 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the 

6 United States (commonly referred to as the 9/11 

7 Commission) to adequately fund cooperative threat 

8 reduction and nuclear nonproliferation programs (se9 curing ‘‘loose nukes’’) is a high priority and should 

10 receive far greater emphasis than the President’s 

11 budget provides; 

12 (4) readiness of our troops, particularly the Na13 tional Guard and Reserve, is a high priority, and 

14 that greater emphasis needs to be placed on miti15 gating equipment and training shortfalls; 

16 (5) TRICARE fees for military retirees under 

17 the age of 65 should not be increased as the Presi18 dent’s budget proposes; 

19 (6) military pay and benefits should be en20 hanced to improve the quality of life of military per21 sonnel; 

22 (7) improving military health care services con23 tinues to be a high priority and adequate funding to 

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1 (8) higher priority defense needs could be ad2 dressed by funding missile defense at an adequate 

3 but lower level, not providing funding for develop4 ment of space-based missile defense interceptors, 

5 and by restraining excessive cost and schedule 

6 growth in defense research, development and pro7 curement programs; 

8 (9) the Department of Defense should reassess 

9 current defense plans to ensure that weapons devel10 oped to counter cold war-era threats are not redun11 dant and are applicable to 21st century threats; 

12 (10) sufficient resources should be provided for 

13 the Department of Defense to do an aggressive job 

14 of addressing as many as possible of the 1,260 

15 unimplemented recommendations made by the Gov16 ernment Accountability Office (GAO) over the last 7 

17 years to improve practices at the Department of De18 fense, including investigation of the billions of dol19 lars of obligations, disbursements and overcharges 

20 for which the Department of Defense cannot ac21 count; 

22 (11) savings from the actions recommended in 

23 paragraphs (8) and (10) of this section should be 

24 used to fund the priorities identified in paragraphs 

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1 (12) the Department of Defense report to Con2 gress on its assessment of cold war weapons and 

3 progress on implementing GAO recommendations as 

4 outlined in paragraphs (9) and (10) by a time deter5 mined by the appropriate authorizing committees; 

6 and 

7 (13) the GAO report to the appropriate con8 gressional committees by the end of the 110th Con9 gress regarding the Department of Defense’s 

10 progress in implementing its audit recommendations. 

11 TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

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

13 AGENDA AND AMERICA COMPETES ACT. 

14 It is the sense of the House that— 

15 (1) the House should provide sufficient funding 

16 so that our Nation may continue to be the world 

17 leader in education, innovation and economic 

18 growth; 

19 (2) last year, Congress passed and the Presi20 dent signed the America COMPETES Act, bipar21 tisan legislation designed to ensure that American 

22 students, teachers, businesses, and workers are pre23 pared to continue leading the world in innovation, 

24 research, and technology well into the future; 


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1 (3) this resolution supports the efforts author2 ized in the America COMPETES Act, providing 

3 substantially increased funding above the President’s 

4 requested level for 2009, and increased amounts 

5 after 2009 in Function 250 (General Science, Space 

6 and Technology) and Function 270 (Energy); 

7 (4) additional increases for scientific research 

8 and education are included in Function 500 (Edu9 cation, Employment, Training and Social Services), 

10 Function 550 (Health), Function 300 (Environment 

11 and Natural Resources), and Function 370 (Com12 merce and Housing Credit), all of which receive 

13 more funding than the President’s budget provides; 

14 (5) because America’s greatest resource for in15 novation resides within classrooms across the coun16 try, the increased funding provided in this resolution 

17 will support initiatives within the America COM18 PETES Act to educate tens of thousands of new sci19 entists, engineers, and mathematicians, and place 

20 highly qualified teachers in math and science K–12 

21 classrooms; and 

22 (6) because independent scientific research pro23 vides the foundation for innovation and future tech24 nologies, this resolution will keep us on the path to25 ward doubling funding for the National Science 


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1 Foundation, basic research in the physical sciences, 

2 and collaborative research partnerships, and toward 

3 achieving energy independence through the develop4 ment of clean and sustainable alternative energy 

5 technologies. 

6 SEC. 602. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SERVICEMEMBERS’

7 AND VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE AND OTHER 

8 PRIORITIES. 

9 It is the sense of the House that— 

10 (1) the House supports excellent health care for 

11 current and former members of the United States 

12 Armed Services—they have served well and honor13 ably and have made significant sacrifices for this 

14 Nation; 

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

16 discretionary budget authority for 2009 for Function 

17 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services), including vet18 erans’ health care, which is $4,888,000,000 more 

19 than the 2008 level, $3,602,000,000 more than the 

20 Congressional Budget Office’s baseline level for 

21 2009, and $3,232,000,000 more than the Presi22 dent’s budget for 2009; and also provides more dis23 cretionary budget authority than the President’s 

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1 (3) this resolution provides funding to continue 

2 addressing problems such as those identified at Wal3 ter Reed Army Medical Center to improve military 

4 and veterans’ health care facilities and services; 

5 (4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the 

6 health care enrollment fees and pharmaceutical co7 payment increases in the President’s budget; 

8 (5) this resolution provides additional funding 

9 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for 

10 the Department of Veterans Affairs to research and 

11 treat veterans’ mental health, post-traumatic stress 

12 disorder, and traumatic brain injury; and 

13 (6) this resolution provides additional funding 

14 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for 

15 the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the 

16 speed and accuracy of its processing of disability 

17 compensation claims, including funding to hire addi18 tional personnel above the President’s requested 

19 level. 

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

21 It is the sense of the House that— 

22 (1) this resolution assumes additional homeland 

23 security funding above the President’s requested 

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1 (2) this resolution assumes funding above the 

2 President’s requested level for 2009, and additional 

3 amounts in subsequent years, in the four budget 

4 functions—Function 400 (Transportation), Function 

5 450 (Community and Regional Development), Func6 tion 550 (Health), and Function 750 (Administra7 tion of Justice)—that fund most nondefense home8 land security activities; and 

9 (3) the homeland security funding provided in 

10 this resolution will help to strengthen the security of 

11 our Nation’s transportation system, particularly our 

12 ports where significant security shortfalls still exist 

13 and foreign ports, by expanding efforts to identify 

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

15 equip, train and support first responders (including 

16 enhancing interoperable communications and emer17 gency management), strengthen border patrol, and 

18 increase the preparedness of the public health sys19 tem. 

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

21 FISCAL REFORM. 

22 It is the sense of the House that— 

23 (1) both the Government Accountability Office 

24 and the Congressional Budget Office have warned 


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1 that the Federal budget is on an unsustainable path 

2 of rising deficits and debt; 

3 (2) using recent trend data and reasonable pol4 icy assumptions, CBO has projected that the gap be5 tween spending and revenues over the next 75 years 

6 will reach 6.9 percent of GDP; 

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

8 today to 400 percent of GDP by the decade begin9 ning in 2050 under CBO’s alternative policy sce10 nario; 

11 (4) the most significant factor affecting the 

12 long-term Federal fiscal landscape is the expectation 

13 that total public and private health spending will 

14 continue to grow faster than the economy; 

15 (5) the House calls upon governmental and 

16 nongovernmental experts to develop specific options 

17 to reform the health care system and control costs, 

18 that further research and analysis on topics includ19 ing comparative effectiveness, health information 

20 technology, preventative care, and provider incen21 tives is needed, and that of critical importance is the 

22 development of a consensus on the appropriate 

23 methods for estimating the budgetary impact and 

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1 (6) immediate policy action is needed to address 

2 the long-term fiscal challenges facing the United 

3 States, including the rising costs of entitlements, in 

4 a manner that is fiscally responsible, equitable, and 

5 lasting, and that also honors commitments made to 

6 beneficiaries, and that such action should be bipar7 tisan, bicameral, involve both legislative and execu8 tive branch participants, as well as public participa9 tion, and be conducted in a manner that ensures 

10 full, fair, and timely Congressional consideration. 

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

12 FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 

13 It is the sense of the House that— 

14 (1) all committees should examine programs 

15 within their jurisdiction to identify wasteful and 

16 fraudulent spending; 

17 (2) title IV of this resolution includes cap ad18 justments to provide appropriations for agencies that 

19 control programs that accounted for a significant 

20 share of improper payments reported by Federal 

21 agencies: Social Security Administration Continuing 

22 Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health 

23 Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Un24 employment Insurance Program Integrity; 


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1 (3) title IV also includes a cap adjustment for 

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

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

5 require authorizing committees to cut lower priority 

6 and wasteful spending to accommodate any new 

7 high-priority entitlement benefits; and 

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

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

12 views and estimates process required by section 

13 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act. 

14 SEC. 606. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION 

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

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

17 Congress should extend the PAYGO rules originally en18 acted in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

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

21 It is the sense of the Congress that the determination 

22 of the congressional budget for the United States Govern23 ment and the President’s budget request should include 

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1 ernments net operating cost, financial position, and long2 term liabilities. 

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

4 MAINTAIN AND BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO 

5 FIGHT HUNGER. 

6 It is the sense of the House that— 

7 (1) 35.5 million Americans (12.6 million of 

8 them children) are food insecure—uncertain of hav9 ing, or unable to acquire, enough food, and that 

10 11.1 million Americans are hungry because of lack 

11 of food; 

12 (2) despite the critical contributions of the De13 partment of Agriculture nutrition programs (particu14 larly the food stamp program), which significantly 

15 reduced payment error rates while providing help to 

16 partially mitigate the effects of rising poverty and 

17 unemployment, significant need remains, even 

18 among families that receive food stamps; 

19 (3) nearly 25 million people, including more 

20 than nine million children and nearly three million 

21 seniors, sought emergency food assistance from food 

22 pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and local charities 

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1 ward ensuring that nutrition assistance keeps up 

2 with inflation and rising food prices; and 

3 (5) Department of Agriculture programs that 

4 help us fight hunger should be maintained and that 

5 the House should continue to seize opportunities to 

6 reach Americans in need and to fight hunger. 

7 SEC. 609. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE 

8 HEALTH COVERAGE. 

9 It is the sense of the House that— 

10 (1) nearly 47 million Americans, including nine 

11 million children, lack health insurance; 

12 (2) people without health insurance are more 

13 likely to experience problems getting medical care 

14 and to be hospitalized for avoidable health problems; 

15 (3) most Americans receive health coverage 

16 through their employers, and a major issue facing all 

17 employers is the rising cost of health insurance; 

18 (4) small businesses, which have generated 

19 most of the new jobs annually over the last decade, 

20 have an especially difficult time affording health cov21 erage, because of higher administrative costs and 

22 fewer people over whom to spread the risk of cata23 strophic costs; 

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1 make up a large proportion of the Nation’s unin2 sured individuals; and 

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

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

6 to the special circumstances affecting employees of 

7 small businesses, and that lowers costs and improves 

8 the quality of health care by encouraging integration 

9 of health information technology tools into the prac10 tice of medicine, and by promoting improvements in 

11 disease management and disease prevention. 

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

13 It is the sense of the House that rates of compensa14 tion for civilian employees of the United States should be 

15 adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, 

16 as are rates of compensation for members of the uni17 formed services. 

18 SEC. 611. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SUBPRIME 

19 LENDING AND FORECLOSURES. 

20 It is the sense of the House that— 

21 (1) over the last six months, the Nation has ex22 perienced a significant increase in the number of 

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1 distressed borrowers facing the loss of their homes 

2 over the next five years; 

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

5 their families, but it also has ripple effects— 

6 (A) local communities experiencing high 

7 levels of foreclosures experience deterioration as 

8 a result of the large number of vacant fore9 closed and abandoned homes; 

10 (B) rising foreclosure rates can accelerate 

11 drops in home prices, affecting all homeowners; 

12 and 

13 (C) home mortgage default and foreclosure 

14 rates increase risk for lenders, further restrict15 ing the availability of credit, which can in turn 

16 slow economic growth; and 

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

18 for subprime borrowers, but a larger problem for 

19 communities as a whole, and considering the multi20 layered effects of increasing foreclosures, the House 

21 should consider steps to address this complex prob22 lem. 

23 SEC. 612. SENSE OF HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE 

24 OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

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1 (1) additional legislative action is needed to en2 sure that States have the necessary resources to col3 lect all child support that is owed to families and to 

4 allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 

5 families without financial penalty; and 

6 (2) when 100 percent of child support payments 

7 are passed to the child, rather than administrative 

8 expenses, program integrity is improved and child 

9 support participation increases. 


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Union Calendar No. 331 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 312 

[Report No. 110

–543] 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Revising the congressional budget for the United 

years 2010 through 2013. ting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setlishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, estabMARCH 7, 2008 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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