110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 99 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 

6 declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

7 fiscal year 2007 is revised and replaced and that this is 

8 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
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1 2008, including appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

2 years 2009 through 2012. 

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

4 this resolution is as follows: 

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

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

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

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

Sec. 204. Reserve fund for agriculture. 

Sec. 205. Reserve fund for higher education. 

Sec. 206. Reserve fund for improvements in medicare. 

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

Sec. 208. Reserve fund for affordable housing. 

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

War II. 

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

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

Sec. 212. Reserve fund for Transitional Medical Assistance. 

TITLE III—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

Sec. 301. Program integrity initiatives. 

Sec. 302. Advance appropriations. 

Sec. 303. Overseas deployments and emergency needs. 

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

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

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

1990. 

Sec. 307. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—POLICY 

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

Sec. 402. Policy on defense priorities. 

Sec. 403. Policy on college affordability. 

TITLE V—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

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

other priorities. 

Sec. 502. Sense of the House on the Innovation Agenda: A commitment to 

competitiveness to keep America #1. 

Sec. 503. Sense of the House on homeland security. 
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Sec. 504. Sense of the House regarding the ongoing need to respond to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

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

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

efforts to fight hunger. 

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

Sec. 508. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-as-yougo rule. 

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

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

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

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

Sec. 513. Sense of the House on State veterans cemeteries. 

TITLE VI—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 601. Reconciliation. 

1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012: 

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

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2007: $1,904,706,000,000. 

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

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

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

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

15 Fiscal year 2012: $2,597,096,000,000. 
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1 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

2 levels of Federal revenues should be adjusted 

3 are as follows: 

4 Fiscal year 2007: $0. 

5 Fiscal year 2008: $0. 

6 Fiscal year 2009: $0. 

7 Fiscal year 2010: $0. 

8 Fiscal year 2011: $0. 

9 Fiscal year 2012: $0. 

10 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

11 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

12 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

21 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

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

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

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

25 Fiscal year 2010: $2,600,718,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2011: $2,691,358,000,000. 

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

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

4 the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of 

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

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

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

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

9 Fiscal year 2010: –$436,997,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2011: –$296,807,000,000. 

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

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

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

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

15 limit are as follows: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro23 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

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

25 Fiscal year 2008: $5,269,000,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2009: $5,524,000,000,000. 

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

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

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

5 SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

6 The Congress determines and declares that the ap7 propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 

8 fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for each major functional 

9 category are: 

10 (1) National Defense (050): 

11 Fiscal year 2007: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $525,797,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2008: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $506,995,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2009: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $534,705,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2010: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $545,171,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $536,433,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2011: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $550,944,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2012: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $559,799,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $548,169,000,000. 

10 (2) International Affairs (150): 

11 Fiscal year 2007: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $28,795,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2008: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $34,675,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2009: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $35,428,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2010: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $35,623,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $32,687,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2011: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $36,083,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2012: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $36,530,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $33,613,000,000. 

10 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

11 (250): 

12 Fiscal year 2007: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $25,079,000,000. 

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

16 Fiscal year 2008: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $27,611,000,000. 

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

20 Fiscal year 2009: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $28,641,000,000. 

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

24 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $29,844,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $31,103,00,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2012: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $32,438,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $31,367,000,000. 

12 (4) Energy (270): 

13 Fiscal year 2007: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $2,943,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2008: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $3,240,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2009: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $3,051,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $3,136,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $3,228,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2012: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $3,307,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $1,997,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2007: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $31,332,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2008: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $32,813,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2009: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $33,529,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $34,483,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $35,152,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2012: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $36,194,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $36,543,000,000. 

12 (6) Agriculture (350): 

13 Fiscal year 2007: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $21,471,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2008: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $20,381,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2009: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $20,933,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,138,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $21,156,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2012: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $21,402,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $20,863,000,000. 

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

13 Fiscal year 2007: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $5,515,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, –$3,522,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2008: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $9,158,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2009: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $9,973,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $13,775,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $8,822,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2012: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $8,822,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $1,097,000,000. 

12 (8) Transportation (400): 

13 Fiscal year 2007: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $81,282,000,000. 

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

17 Fiscal year 2008: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $82,657,000,000. 

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

21 Fiscal year 2009: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $76,343,000,000. 

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

25 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $77,261,000,000. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2011: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $78,289,000,000. 

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

8 Fiscal year 2012: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $79,169,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $88,761,000,000. 

12 (9) Community and Regional Development 

13 (450): 

14 Fiscal year 2007: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $15,717,000,000. 

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

18 Fiscal year 2008: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $15,032,000,000. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2009: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $13,928,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $20,474,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2010: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $14,129,000,000. 

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

5 Fiscal year 2011: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $14,328,000,000. 

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

9 Fiscal year 2012: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $14,528,000,000. 

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

13 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

14 Social Services (500): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $92,780,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $92,461,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $96,810,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $93,978,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $98,333,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $98,409,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $97,276,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $98,654,000,000. 

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

14 (11) Health (550): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $267,892,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $286,767,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $307,842,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $305,984,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $325,885,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $347,621,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $346,553,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $370,780,000,000. 

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

14 (12) Medicare (570): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $365,152,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $389,586,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $416,731,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $416,382,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $442,369,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $489,100,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $489,109,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $468,828,000,000. 

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

14 (13) Income Security (600): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $360,365,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $379,927,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $391,073,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $393,458,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $401,429,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $417,016,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $416,907,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $402,874,000,000. 

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

14 (14) Social Security (650): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $19,089,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $19,644,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $21,518,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $23,701,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $27,009,000,000. 

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

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $29,898,000,000. 

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

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

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $73,896,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $85,192,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $82,772,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $87,787,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $87,681,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $90,414,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $96,033,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $95,410,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $93,325,000,000. 

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

14 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $45,504,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $46,940,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $46,111,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $47,311,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $47,168,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $48,379,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $48,164,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $49,610,000,000. 

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

14 (17) General Government (800): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $18,193,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $18,614,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $19,264,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $19,328,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $19,886,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $20,647,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $20,370,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $21,359,000,000. 

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

14 (18) Net Interest (900): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $344,431,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $369,454,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2009: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $389,194,000,000. 
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1 (B) Outlays, $389,194,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2010: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $413,140,000,000. 

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

6 Fiscal year 2011: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $431,192,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $431,192,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $442,528,000,000. 

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

14 (19) Allowances (920): 

15 Fiscal year 2007: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $785,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2008: 

20 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

22 Fiscal year 2009: 

23 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

24 (B) Outlays, $0. 

25 Fiscal year 2010: 
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1 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

2 (B) Outlays, $0. 

3 Fiscal year 2011: 

4 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

5 (B) Outlays, $0. 

6 Fiscal year 2012: 

7 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

8 (B) Outlays, $0. 

9 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

10 Fiscal year 2007: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 –$69,714,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, –$69,714,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2008: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 –$70,979,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, –$70,979,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2009: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 –$66,560,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, –$66,569,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2010: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 –$66,933,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, –$66,933,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2011: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 –$69,575,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, –$69,595,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 –$71,857,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, –$71,860,000,000. 

9 (21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activi10 ties (970): 

11 Fiscal year 2007: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $124,310,000,000. 

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

15 Fiscal year 2008: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $145,163,000,000. 

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

19 Fiscal year 2009: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $50,000,000,000. 

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

23 Fiscal year 2010: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

25 (B) Outlays, $42,324,000,000. 
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1 Fiscal year 2011: 

2 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

4 Fiscal year 2012: 

5 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

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

7 TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

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

9 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

10 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu11 tion (or an amendment to or a conference report sub12 mitted on such a bill or joint resolution) reported from 

13 the Committee on Energy and Commerce that increases 

14 new budget authority that would result in no more than 

15 $50,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal years 2008 through 

16 2012 for expanding coverage and improving children’s 

17 health through the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro18 gram (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act 

19 and the program under title XIX of such Act (commonly 

20 known as medicaid), the chairman of the Committee on 

21 Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca22 tions of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

23 budget authority and outlays of other committees as may 

24 be necessary pursuant to such adjustment for the Com25 mittee on Energy and Commerce, and budgetary aggre-
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1 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu2 tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 

3 form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 

4 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

5 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe6 riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 

7 may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 

8 of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 

9 joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend10 ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 

11 report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 

12 SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTER13 NATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 

14 In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolu15 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there16 on) that provides for reform of the Internal Revenue Code 

17 of 1986 by reducing the tax burden of the alternative min18 imum tax on middle-income families, the chairman of the 

19 Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate ad20 justments in allocations of a committee or committees and 

21 budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 

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

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

24 Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de25 crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 
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1 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

2 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule pro3 viding for consideration of such bills or joint resolutions 

4 is filed, such bills or joint resolutions are placed on any 

5 calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 

6 adopted or a conference report is submitted on such bills 

7 or joint resolutions. 

8 SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE FOR MIDDLE-IN9 COME TAX RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. 

10 In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolu11 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there12 on) that provides for tax relief for middle-income families 

13 and taxpayers and enhanced economic equity, such as ex14 tension of the child tax credit, extension of marriage pen15 alty relief, extension of the 10 percent individual income 

16 tax bracket, modification of the Alternative Minimum Tax, 

17 elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute fraction 

18 of estates by reforming and substantially increasing the 

19 unified credit, extension of the research and experimen20 tation tax credit, extension of the deduction for State and 

21 local sales taxes, and a tax credit for school construction 

22 bonds, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 

23 make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a com24 mittee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only 

25 to the extent that such bills or joint resolutions (as amend-
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1 ed, in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before 

2 the House by the Committee on Rules would not increase 

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

4 years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 

5 2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made when6 ever a rule providing for consideration of such bills or joint 

7 resolutions are filed, such bills or joint resolutions are 

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

9 considered as adopted or a conference report is submitted 

10 on such bills or joint resolutions. 

11 SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE. 

12 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu13 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there14 on) that provides for the reauthorization of the programs 

15 of the Food Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

16 or prior Acts, authorizes similar programs, or both, that 

17 increases new budget authority by no more than 

18 $20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 

19 through 2012, the chairman of the Committee on the 

20 Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca21 tions of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre22 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu23 tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 

24 form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 

25 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
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1 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe2 riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 

3 may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 

4 of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 

5 joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend6 ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 

7 report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 

8 SEC. 205. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 

9 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu10 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there11 on) that makes college more affordable through reforms 

12 to the Higher Education Act of 1965, the chairman of 

13 the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 

14 adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees 

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

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

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

18 Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de19 crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 

20 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

21 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule pro22 viding for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution 

23 is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any 

24 calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 
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1 adopted or a conference report is submitted on such a bill 

2 or joint resolution. 

3 SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDI4 CARE. 

5 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu6 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there7 on) that improves the medicare program for beneficiaries 

8 and protects access to care, through measures such as in9 creasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while pro10 tecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases 

11 and making improvements to the prescription drug pro12 gram under part D, the chairman of the Committee on 

13 the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo14 cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag15 gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso16 lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 

17 form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 

18 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

19 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe20 riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 

21 may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 

22 of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 

23 joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend24 ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 

25 report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
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1 SEC. 207. RESERVE FUND FOR CREATING LONG-TERM EN2 ERGY ALTERNATIVES. 

3 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu4 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there5 on) that fulfills the purposes of section 301(a) of H.R. 

6 6, the Clean Energy Act of 2007: 

7 (1) The chairman of the Committee on Budget 

8 may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations 

9 of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre10 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint 

11 resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend12 ment) would not increase the deficit or decrease the 

13 surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

14 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

15 2017. The adjustments made under this paragraph 

16 may be made whenever a rule is filed for a bill or 

17 joint resolution that attributes the offsets included 

18 in H.R. 6 to the bill or joint resolution. 

19 (2) The chairman of the Committee on the 

20 Budget may make appropriate adjustments to the 

21 allocations provided for under section 302(a) of the 

22 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee 

23 on Appropriations to the extent a bill or joint resolu24 tion in the form placed before the House by the 

25 Committee on Rules provides budget authority for 

26 purposes set forth in section 301(a) of H.R. 6 in ex-
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1 cess of the amounts provided for those purposes in 

2 fiscal year 2007. Any adjustments made under this 

3 paragraph shall not include revenues attributable to 

4 changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

5 shall not exceed the receipts estimated by the Con6 gressional Budget Office that are attributable to 

7 H.R. 6 for the year in which the adjustments are 

8 made. 

9 SEC. 208. RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 

10 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu11 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there12 on) that provides for an affordable housing fund, offset 

13 by reforming the regulation of certain government-spon14 sored enterprises, the chairman of the Committee on the 

15 Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca16 tions of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre17 gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu18 tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 

19 form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 

20 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

21 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe22 riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 

23 may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 

24 of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 

25 joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
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1 ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 

2 report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 

3 SEC. 209. RESERVE FUND FOR EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR 

4 FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. 

5 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu6 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there7 on) that would provide for or increase benefits to Filipino 

8 veterans of World War II, their survivors and dependents, 

9 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 

10 the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee 

11 or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the 

12 extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in 

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

14 House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the 

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

16 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 

17 through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever 

18 a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint 

19 resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed 

20 on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered 

21 as adopted or a conference report is submitted on such 

22 a bill or joint resolution. 
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1 SEC. 210. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

2 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 

3 REAUTHORIZATION. 

4 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu5 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there6 on) that provides for the reauthorization of the Secure 

7 Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 

8 (Public Law 106–393), the chairman of the Committee 

9 on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in 

10 allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary 

11 aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint 

12 resolution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in 

13 the form placed before the House by the Committee on 

14 Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the sur15 plus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and 

16 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjust17 ments may be made whenever a rule providing for consid18 eration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a 

19 bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 

20 amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a con21 ference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolu22 tion. 

23 SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS FROM THE BON24 NEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 

25 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu26 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
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1 on) that prohibits the Bonneville Power Administration 

2 from making early payments on its Federal Bond Debt 

3 to the Department of the Treasury, the chairman of the 

4 Committee on Budget may make the appropriate adjust5 ments in allocations of a committee or committees and 

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

7 or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend8 ment) in the form placed before the House by the Com9 mittee on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease 

10 the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 

11 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. 

12 The adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing 

13 for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, 

14 such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, 

15 or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or 

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

17 resolution. 

18 SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL AS19 SISTANCE. 

20 In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu21 tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there22 on) that extends the Transitional Medical Assistance pro23 gram, included in title 19 of the Social Security Act, 

24 through fiscal year 2008, the chairman of the Committee 

25 on Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
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1 cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag2 gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso3 lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 

4 form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 

5 would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 

6 the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe7 riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 

8 may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 

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

10 joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend11 ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 

12 report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 

13 TITLE III—BUDGET 

14 ENFORCEMENT 

15 SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 

16 (a) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

17 LIMITS.— 

18 (1) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND

19 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME REDETERMINA20 TIONS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak21 ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro22 priates $264,000,000 for continuing disability re23 views and Supplemental Security Income redeter24 minations for the Social Security Administration, 

25 and provides an additional appropriation of up to 
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1 $213,000,000 and the amount is designated for con2 tinuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security 

3 Income redeterminations for the Social Security Ad4 ministration, then the allocation to the House Com5 mittee on Appropriations shall be increased by the 

6 amount of the additional budget authority and out7 lays flowing from that budget authority for fiscal 

8 year 2008. 

9 (2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI10 ANCE.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak11 ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro12 priates up to $6,822,000,000 to the Internal Rev13 enue Service and the amount is designated to im14 prove compliance with the provisions of the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an additional 

16 appropriation of up to $406,000,000, and the 

17 amount is designated to improve compliance with the 

18 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

19 then the allocation to the House Committee on Ap20 propriations shall be increased by the amount of the 

21 additional budget authority and outlays flowing from 

22 that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 

23 (3) HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL

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

25 making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap-
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1 propriates up to $183,000,000 and the amount is 

2 designated to the healthcare fraud and abuse control 

3 program at the Department of Health and Human 

4 Services, then the allocation to the House Committee 

5 on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount 

6 of additional budget authority and outlays flowing 

7 from that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 

8 (4) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IMPROPER

9 PAYMENTS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported 

10 making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap11 propriates $10,000,000 for unemployment insurance 

12 improper payment reviews for the Department of 

13 Labor, and provides an additional appropriation of 

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

15 unemployment insurance improper payment reviews 

16 for the Department of Labor, then the allocation to 

17 the House Committee on Appropriations shall be in18 creased by the amount of the additional budget au19 thority and outlays flowing from that budget author20 ity for fiscal year 2008. 

21 (b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

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

24 bill or joint resolution, or the offering of an 

25 amendment thereto or the submission of a con-
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1 ference report thereon, the chairman of the 

2 Committee on the Budget shall make the ad3 justments set forth in subparagraph (B) for the 

4 incremental new budget authority in that meas5 ure (if that measure meets the requirements set 

6 forth in paragraph (2)) and the outlays flowing 

7 from that budget authority. 

8 (B) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The ad9 justments referred to in subparagraph (A) are 

10 to be made to— 

11 (i) the allocations made pursuant to 

12 the appropriate concurrent resolution on 

13 the budget pursuant to section 302(a) of 

14 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

15 (ii) the budgetary aggregates as set 

16 forth in this resolution. 

17 (c) OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.— 

18 In the House, all committees are directed to review pro19 grams within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, 

20 and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny 

21 to issues raised by Government Accountability Office re22 ports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee per23 formance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 

24 committees are directed to include recommendations for 

25 improved governmental performance in their annual views 
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1 and estimates reports required under section 301(d) of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 

3 the Budget. 

4 SEC. 302. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

6 in subsection (b), a bill or joint resolution making a gen7 eral appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an 

8 amendment thereto may not provide for advance appro9 priations. 

10 (b) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—In the House, an 

11 advance appropriation may be provided for fiscal year 

12 2009 or 2010 for programs, projects, activities, or ac13 counts identified in the joint explanatory statement of 

14 managers accompanying this resolution under the heading 

15 ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 

16 aggregate amount not to exceed $25,558,000,000 in new 

17 budget authority. 

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

19 appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au20 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making gen21 eral appropriations or any new discretionary budget au22 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing ap23 propriations for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes avail24 able for any fiscal year after 2008. 
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1 SEC. 303. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY 

2 NEEDS. 

3 (a) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVI4 TIES.—In the House, any bill or joint resolution or amend5 ment offered or considered as adopted or a conference re6 port thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal year 

7 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and re8 lated activities, and such amounts are so designated pur9 suant to this subsection, then new budget authority, out10 lays or receipts resulting therefrom shall not count for the 

11 purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 

12 Act of 1974. 

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

14 joint resolution, or amendment offered or considered as 

15 adopted or conference report thereon, that makes appro16 priations for nondefense discretionary amounts, and such 

17 amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency 

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

19 resulting therefrom shall not be counted for the purposes 

20 of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 

21 1974. 

22 SEC. 304. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO23 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

24 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

25 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 
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1 (1) apply while that measure is under consider2 ation; 

3 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

4 measure; and 

5 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

6 soon as practicable. 

7 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG8 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

9 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur10 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca11 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

12 (c) COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET DETERMINA13 TIONS.—For purposes of this resolution, the levels of new 

14 budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitle15 ment authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fis16 cal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on 

17 the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 

18 Budget. 

19 SEC. 305. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON20 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

21 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro22 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the chair23 man of the Committee on the Budget shall make adjust24 ments to the levels and allocations in this resolution in 

25 accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 
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1 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect 

2 on September 30, 2002). 

3 SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDG4 ET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and the Senate, not6 withstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 

7 Budget Act of 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget En8 forcement Act of 1990, the joint explanatory statement 

9 accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 

10 resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation 

11 under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

12 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the 

13 discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Secu14 rity Administration. 

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

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

17 of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget author18 ity and total outlays provided by a measure shall include 

19 any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security 

20 Administration. 

21 SEC. 307. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

22 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

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

24 the House and as such they shall be considered as 

25 part of the rules of the House, and such rules shall 
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1 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

2 are inconsistent therewith; and 

3 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

4 right of the House to change those rules at any 

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

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

7 TITLE IV—POLICY 

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

9 It is the policy of this resolution to minimize fiscal 

10 burdens on middle-income families and their children and 

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

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

13 households who would otherwise be subject to the Alter14 native Minimum Tax (AMT) under current law in the con15 text of permanent, revenue-neutral AMT reform. Further16 more, it is the policy of this resolution to support extension 

17 of middle-income tax relief and enhanced economic equity 

18 through policies such as— 

19 (1) extension of the child tax credit; 

20 (2) extension of marriage penalty relief; 

21 (3) extension of the 10 percent individual in22 come tax bracket; 

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

24 minute fraction of estates by reforming and substan25 tially increasing the unified tax credit; 
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1 (5) extension of the research and experimen2 tation tax credit; 

3 (6) extension of the deduction for State and 

4 local sales taxes; 

5 (7) extension of the deduction for small busi6 ness expensing; and 

7 (8) enactment of a tax credit for school con8 struction bonds. 

9 This resolution assumes the cost of enacting such policies 

10 is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue Code of 

11 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes across 

12 families and generations, economic efficiency, higher rates 

13 of tax compliance to close the ‘‘tax gap’’, and reduced tax14 payer burdens through tax simplification. 

15 SEC. 402. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 

16 It is the policy of this resolution that— 

17 (1) recommendations of the National Commis18 sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 

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

20 fund cooperative threat reduction and nuclear non21 proliferation programs at a level commensurate with 

22 the risk is a high priority, and the President’s budg23 et should have requested sufficient funding for these 

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1 (2) ensuring that the TRICARE fees for mili2 tary retirees under the age of 65 remain at current 

3 levels; 

4 (3) funds be provided for increasing pay to en5 sure retention of experienced personnel and for im6 proving military benefits in general; 

7 (4) the Missile Defense Agency should be fund8 ed at an adequate but lower level and the elimi9 nation of space-based interceptor development will 

10 ensure a more prudent acquisition strategy, yet still 

11 support a robust ballistic missile defense program; 

12 (5) satellite research, development, and procure13 ment be funded at a level below the amount re14 quested for fiscal year 2008, which amounts to a 26 

15 percent increase above the current level, but at a 

16 level sufficient to develop new satellite technologies 

17 while ensuring a more prudent acquisition strategy; 

18 (6) sufficient resources be provided to imple19 ment Government Accountability Office (GAO) rec20 ommendations, such as improving financial manage21 ment and contracting practices at the Department of 

22 Defense (DOD), and that substantial savings should 

23 result from the identification of billions of dollars of 

24 obligations and disbursements and Government over-
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1 charges for which the Department of Defense cannot 

2 account; 

3 (7) that the Department of Defense should do 

4 a more careful job of addressing the 1,378 Govern5 ment Accountability Office recommendations made 

6 to the Department of Defense and its components 

7 over the last six years that have yet to be imple8 mented, which could produce billions of dollars in 

9 savings; and 

10 (8) accruing all savings from the actions rec11 ommended in paragraphs (4) through (7) should be 

12 used to fund higher priorities within Function 050 

13 (Defense), and especially those high priorities identi14 fied in paragraphs (1) through (3) and to help fund 

15 recommendations of the bipartisan ‘‘Walter Reed 

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

17 for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors) and 

18 other United States Government investigations into 

19 military healthcare facilities and services. 

20 SEC. 403. POLICY ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY. 

21 It is the policy of this resolution that the reconcili22 ation directive to the Committee on Education and Labor 

23 shall not be construed to reduce any assistance that makes 

24 college more affordable for students, including but not lim-
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1 ited to assistance to student aid programs run by non2 profit state agencies. 

3 TITLE V—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 

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

5 AND VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE AND OTHER 

6 PRIORITIES. 

7 It is the sense of the House that— 

8 (1) the House supports excellent health care for 

9 current and former members of the United States 

10 Armed Services, who have served well and honorably 

11 and have made significant sacrifices for this Nation; 

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

13 discretionary budget authority for 2008 for Function 

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

16 than the 2007 level, $5,404,000,000 more than the 

17 Congressional Budget Office’s baseline level for 

18 2008, and $3,506,000,000 more than the Presi19 dent’s budget for 2008; 

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

22 ‘‘Walter Reed Commission’’ (the President’s Com23 mission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded 

24 Warriors) and other United States Government in-
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1 vestigations into military and veterans health care 

2 facilities and services; 

3 (4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the 

4 enrollment fees and co-payment increases in the 

5 President’s budget; 

6 (5) this resolution provides additional funding 

7 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for 

8 the Department of Veterans Affairs to research and 

9 treat veterans’ mental health, post-traumatic stress 

10 disorder, and traumatic brain and spinal cord inju11 ries; and 

12 (6) this resolution provides additional funding 

13 above the President’s inadequate budget levels for 

14 the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the 

15 speed and accuracy of its processing of disability 

16 compensation claims, including funding to hire addi17 tional personnel above the President’s requested 

18 level. 

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

20 AGENDA: A COMMITMENT TO COMPETITIVE21 NESS TO KEEP AMERICA #1. 

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

23 funding that our Nation may continue to be the world 

24 leader in education, innovation and economic growth. This 

25 resolution provides $450,000,000 above the President’s 
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1 requested level for 2008, and additional amounts in subse2 quent years in Function 250 (General Science, Space and 

3 Technology) and Function 270 (Energy). Additional in4 creases for scientific research and education are included 

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

6 Social Services), Function 550 (Health), Function 300 

7 (Environment and Natural Resources), Function 350 (Ag8 riculture), Function 400 (Transportation), and Function 

9 370 (Commerce and Housing Credit), all of which receive 

10 more funding than the President requested. 

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

12 within classrooms across the country. The increased fund13 ing provided in this resolution will support important ini14 tiatives to educate 100,000 new scientists, engineers, and 

15 mathematicians, and place highly qualified teachers in 

16 math and science K–12 classrooms. 

17 (c) Independent scientific research provides the foun18 dation for innovation and future technologies. This resolu19 tion will put us on the path toward doubling funding for 

20 the National Science Foundation, basic research in the 

21 physical sciences across all agencies, and collaborative re22 search partnerships; and toward achieving energy inde23 pendence through the development of clean and sustain24 able alternative energy technologies. 
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1 SEC. 503. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON HOMELAND SECURITY. 

2 It is the sense of the House that— 

3 (1) this resolution assumes additional homeland 

4 security funding above the President’s requested 

5 level for 2008 and every subsequent year; 

6 (2) this resolution assumes funding above the 

7 President’s requested level for 2008, and additional 

8 amounts in subsequent years, in the four budget 

9 functions: Function 400 (Transportation), Function 

10 450 (Community and Regional Development), Func11 tion 550 (Health), and Function 750 (Administra12 tion of Justice) that fund most nondefense homeland 

13 security activities; and 

14 (3) the homeland security funding provided in 

15 this resolution will help to strengthen the security of 

16 our Nation’s transportation system, particularly our 

17 ports where significant security shortfalls still exist 

18 and foreign ports, by expanding efforts to identify 

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

20 equip first responders, strengthen border patrol, and 

21 increase the preparedness of the public health sys22 tem. 

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

24 NEED TO RESPOND TO HURRICANES 

25 KATRINA AND RITA. 

26 It is the sense of the House that: 
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1 (1) Critical needs in the Gulf Coast region 

2 should be addressed without further delay. The 

3 budget resolution creates a reserve fund that would 

4 allow for affordable housing that may be used to 

5 focus on areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina 

6 and Rita, as well as new funding for additional re7 covery priorities. 

8 (2) Additional oversight and investigation is 

9 needed to ensure that recovery efforts are on track, 

10 develop legislation to reform the contracting process, 

11 and better prepare for future disasters. Those ef12 forts should be made in close consultation with resi13 dents of affected areas. The budget resolution pro14 vides additional 2007 funding for the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency, some of which may be 

16 used for this purpose. 

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

18 SUSTAINABILITY OF ENTITLEMENTS. 

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

20 (1) The aging of the United States population 

21 is going to put unprecedented pressure on the Na22 tion’s retirement and health care systems. 

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

24 would be improved through a fiscally responsible pol25 icy of reducing the deficit and paying down the debt 
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1 that has accumulated since 2001, thus reducing debt 

2 service payments and freeing up billions of dollars 

3 that can be dedicated to meeting social security’s ob4 ligations. 

5 (3) A policy of reducing and eventually elimi6 nating the deficit and paying down the debt is a key 

7 factor in improving the long-term strength of the 

8 economy as a whole, because a lower debt burden 

9 frees up resources for productive investments that 

10 will result in higher economic growth, provide a 

11 higher standard of living for future generations, and 

12 enhance the Nation’s ability to meet its commit13 ments to its senior citizens. 

14 (4) The most significant factor affecting the 

15 Nation’s entitlement programs is the rapid increase 

16 in health care costs. The projected increasing costs 

17 of medicare and medicaid are not unique to these 

18 programs but rather are part of a pattern of rising 

19 costs for the health sector as a whole. 

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

21 House that the growing cost of entitlements should be ad22 dressed in a way that is fiscally responsible and promotes 

23 economic growth, that addresses the causes of cost growth 

24 in the broader health care system, and that protects bene-
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1 ficiaries without leaving a legacy of debt to future genera2 tions. 

3 SEC. 506. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NEED TO 

4 MAINTAIN AND BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO 

5 FIGHT HUNGER. 

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

7 (1) More than 35 million individuals (12.4 mil8 lion of them children) are food insecure, uncertain of 

9 having, or unable to acquire enough food. 10.8 mil10 lion Americans are hungry because of lack of food. 

11 (2) Despite the critical contributions of the De12 partment of Agriculture nutrition programs and par13 ticularly the food stamp program that significantly 

14 reduced payment error rates while increasing enroll15 ment to partially mitigate the impact of recent in16 creases in the poverty rate, significant need remains. 

17 (3) Nearly 25 million people, including nine 

18 million children and three million seniors, sought 

19 emergency food assistance from food pantries, soup 

20 kitchens, shelters, and local charities last year. 

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

22 House that the Department of Agriculture programs that 

23 help fight hunger should be maintained and that the 

24 House should seize opportunities to enhance those pro25 grams to reach people in need and to fight hunger. 
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1 SEC. 507. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE 

2 HEALTH COVERAGE. 

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

4 (1) More than 46 million Americans, including 

5 nine million children, lack health insurance. People 

6 without health insurance are more likely to experi7 ence problems getting medical care and to be hos8 pitalized for avoidable health problems. 

9 (2) Most Americans receive health coverage 

10 through their employers. A major issue facing all 

11 employers is the rising cost of health insurance. 

12 Small businesses, which have generated most of the 

13 new jobs annually over the last decade, have an es14 pecially difficult time affording health coverage, due 

15 to higher administrative costs and fewer people over 

16 whom to spread the risk of catastrophic costs. Be17 cause it is especially costly for small businesses to 

18 provide health coverage, their employees make up a 

19 large proportion of the nation’s uninsured individ20 uals. 

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

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

23 principle should be adopted that makes health insurance 

24 more affordable and accessible, with attention to the spe25 cial needs of small businesses, and that lowers costs and 

26 improves the quality of health care by encouraging inte-
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1 gration of health information technology tools into the 

2 practice of medicine, and promoting improvements in dis3 ease management and disease prevention. 

4 SEC. 508. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION 

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

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

7 the deficit Congress should extend PAYGO in its original 

8 form in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 

9 SEC. 509. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON LONG-TERM BUDG10 ETING. 

11 It is the sense of Congress that the determination of 

12 the congressional budget for the United States Govern13 ment and the President’s budget request should include 

14 consideration of the Financial Report of the United States 

15 Government, especially its information regarding the Gov16 ernment’s net operating cost, financial position, and long17 term liabilities. 

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

19 It is the sense of the House that rates of compensa20 tion for civilian employees of the United States should be 

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

22 as are rates of compensation for members of the uni23 formed services. 
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1 SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING WASTE, 

2 FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 

3 It is the sense of the House that all committees 

4 should examine programs within their jurisdiction to iden5 tify wasteful and fraudulent spending. To this end, section 

6 301 of this resolution includes cap adjustments to provide 

7 appropriations for three programs that accounted for a 

8 significant share of improper payments reported by Fed9 eral agencies in 2006: Social Security Administration Con10 tinuing Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health 

11 Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Unemploy12 ment Insurance. Section 301 also includes a cap adjust13 ment for the Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance 

14 efforts to close the $300,000,000,000 tax gap. In addition, 

15 the resolution’s deficit-neutral reserve funds require au16 thorizing committees to cut lower priority and wasteful 

17 spending to accommodate new high-priority entitlement 

18 benefits. Finally, section 301 of the resolution directs all 

19 committees to review the performance of programs within 

20 their jurisdiction and report recommendations annually to 

21 the Committee on the Budget as part of the views and 

22 estimates process required by section 301(d) of the Con23 gressional Budget Act. 

24 SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPOR25 TANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 

26 It is the sense of the House that— 
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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. 

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

11 CEMETERIES. 

12 It is the sense of the House that the Federal Govern13 ment should pay the plot allowance for the interment in 

14 a State veterans cemetery of any spouse or eligible child 

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

16 TITLE VI—RECONCILIATION 

17 SEC. 601. RECONCILIATION. 

18 (a) INSTRUCTIONS.—The House Committee on Edu19 cation and Labor shall report changes in laws to reduce 

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

21 2007 through 2012. 

22 (b) MANDATORY SAVINGS.—Not later than Sep23 tember 10, 2007, the House Committee on Education and 

24 Labor shall submit its recommendations to the House of 

25 Representatives. 
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1 (c) SUBMISSION OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—Upon 

2 the submission to the House of a reconciliation bill or con3 ference report thereon, that complies with this reconcili4 ation instruction, the chairman of the Committee on the 

5 Budget may file with the House appropriately revised allo6 cations and budgetary aggregates. Such revisions shall be 

7 considered to be the allocations and aggregates established 

8 by the concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 

9 section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 29, 

2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 99 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Revising the congressional budget for the United 

years 2009 through 2012. ting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal States Government for fiscal year 2008, and setlishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007, estab-