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make up a large proportion of the Nation’s unin-
sured individuals; and 
(6) legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go 
principle should be adopted that makes health insur-
ance more affordable and accessible, with attention 
to the special circumstances affecting employees of 
small businesses, and that lowers costs and improves 
the quality of health care by encouraging integration 
of health information technology tools into the prac-
tice of medicine, and by promoting improvements in 
disease management and disease prevention. 
SEC. 610. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY. 
It is the sense of the House that rates of compensa-
tion for civilian employees of the United States should be 
adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, 
as are rates of compensation for members of the uni-
formed services. 
SEC. 611. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING SUBPRIME 
LENDING AND FORECLOSURES. 
It is the sense of the House that— 
(1) over the last six months, the Nation has ex-
perienced a significant increase in the number of 
homeowners facing the risk of foreclosure with esti-
mates of as many as 2.8 million subprime and other 
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distressed borrowers facing the loss of their homes 
over the next five years; 
(2) the rise in foreclosures not only has an im-
mediate, devastating impact on homeowners and 
their families, but it also has ripple effects— 
(A) local communities experiencing high 
levels of foreclosures experience deterioration as 
a result of the large number of vacant fore-
closed and abandoned homes; 
(B) rising foreclosure rates can accelerate 
drops in home prices, affecting all homeowners; 
and 
(C) home mortgage default and foreclosure 
rates increase risk for lenders, further restrict-
ing the availability of credit, which can in turn 
slow economic growth; and 
(3) the rise in foreclosures is not only a crisis 
for subprime borrowers, but a larger problem for 
communities as a whole, and considering the multi- 
layered effects of increasing foreclosures, the House 
should consider steps to address this complex prob-
lem. 
SEC. 612. SENSE OF HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE 
OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 
It is the sense of the House that— 
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(1) additional legislative action is needed to en-
sure that States have the necessary resources to col-
lect all child support that is owed to families and to 
allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 
families without financial penalty; and 
(2) when 100 percent of child support payments 
are passed to the child, rather than administrative 
expenses, program integrity is improved and child 
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 
States Government for fiscal year 2008, estab-
lishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009, and set-
ting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2010 through 2013. 
MARCH 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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