H. Res. 1493 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 1, 2010. 

Resolved, 

(a) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.—For the purposes of 

budget enforcement: 

(1) BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.—The following allocations shall be the allocations made pursuant to section 

302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 

Committee on Appropriations and shall be enforceable 

under section 302(f)(1) of that Act: 

(A) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—In addition to 

amounts allocated under the concurrent resolution 

on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 

13), the allocation for new discretionary budget authority to the Committee on Appropriations shall be 

increased up to $538,000,000 for program integrity 

initiatives listed in section 422(a) of S. Con. Res. 

13. The outlay allocation for fiscal year 2010 and 

fiscal year 2011 shall be adjusted accordingly. 

(B) FISCAL YEAR 2011.— 
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(i) New discretionary budget authority, 

$1,121,000,000,000. 

(ii) Discretionary outlays, 

$1,314,000,000,000. 

(iii) New mandatory budget authority, 

$765,584,000,000. 

(iv) Mandatory outlays, 

$755,502,000,000. 

(2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.—The provisions of the concurrent resolution on 

the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13) shall 

remain in force and effect in the House, except that the 

references in section 424 (point of order against advance 

appropriations) to fiscal years 2010 and 2011 shall be 

references to fiscal years 2011 and 2012, respectively. 

(b) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.—For the 

purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or the 

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. 

Con. Res. 13)— 

(1) section 421 of S. Con. Res. 13 shall no longer 

apply to the consideration of bills, joint resolutions, 

amendments, or conference reports; 

(2) the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

may exclude the effect of any ‘‘current policy adjustment’’ as provided in section 4(c) of the Statutory Pay- 
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As-You-Go Act of 2010 from a determination of the 

budgetary effects of any provision in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report; and 

(3) the terms ‘‘budget year’’, ‘‘current year’’, and 

‘‘direct spending’’ have the meanings given those terms 

in section 250 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that the term ‘‘direct 

spending’’ shall include provisions in appropriation Acts 

that make outyear modifications to substantive law as 

described under section 3(4)(C) of the Statutory Pay-AsYou-Go Act of 2010. 

(c) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 

(1) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

(A) passage of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 

Act of 2010, passage of legislation to reform the defense acquisition system, and passage of health care 

reform legislation reducing the deficit represented 

valuable contributions to fiscal responsibility; 

(B) strengthening the economy and creating 

jobs are critical to reducing the long-term deficit; 

(C) fiscally responsible investments in education, including the retention of high-quality teachers in the classroom, help to lay the foundation for 

a stronger economy; 
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(D) the discretionary levels for 2011 included 

in this resolution represent a reduction below the 

President’s comparable budgetary request, and further contribute to fiscal discipline; and 

(E) defending our country requires necessary 

investments and reforms to strengthen our military—including providing sufficient resources to aggressively pursue implementation of GAO recommendations to achieve efficiencies, and evaluating defense plans to ensure weapons systems that 

were developed to counter Cold War-era threats are 

not redundant and applicable to 21st century 

threats. 

(2) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION.—It is the sense of the House that— 

(A) by 2015 the Federal budget should be in 

primary balance—meaning that outlays in the Federal budget shall equal receipts during a fiscal year, 

not counting outlays for debt service payments; 

(B) the debt-to-GDP ratio should be stabilized 

at an acceptable level once the economy recovers; 

(C) not later than September 15, 2010, the 

chairs of committees should submit for printing in 

the Congressional Record findings that identify 

changes in law that help achieve deficit reduction by 
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reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, 

promoting efficiency and reform of government, and 

controlling spending within Government programs 

those committees may authorize; 

(D) prior to the adjournment of the 111th 

Congress, any recommendations made by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and approved by the Senate should be brought 

to a vote in the House of Representatives; and 

(E) any deficit reduction achieved by the enactment of such legislation should be used for deficit reduction only and should not be available to 

offset the costs of future legislation. 

(d) RESERVE FUND FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Upon 

enactment of legislation containing recommendations in the 

final report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Executive Order No. 13531 

on February 18, 2010, that decreases the deficit for either 

time period provided in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules 

of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall, for the purposes of the Statutory 

Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, exclude any net deficit reduction 

from his determination of the budgetary effects of such legislation, to ensure that the deficit reduction achieved by that 
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legislation is used only for deficit reduction and is not available as an offset for any subsequent legislation. 

(e) HOUSE RULE XXVIII.—Nothing in this resolution 

shall be construed to engage rule XXVIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

Clerk.