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Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
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(18) Net Interest (900): 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$206,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $206,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$233,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $233,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$279,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $279,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$328,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $328,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2014: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$380,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $380,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2015: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$432,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $432,000,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$475,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $475,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$509,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $509,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$538,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $538,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$563,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $563,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$577,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $577,000,000,000. 
(19) Allowances (920): 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,333,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,204,000,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,279,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,164,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,167,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $2,958,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,169,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $2,909,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2014: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,216,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $2,944,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2015: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,268,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,001,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,340,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,088,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,390,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,149,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,449,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,220,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,539,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,321,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,643,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,438,000,000,000. 
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2014: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2015: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
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(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 920. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 920. 
(21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activi-
ties (970): 
Fiscal year 2010: 
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(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2014: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2015: 
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(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2016: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2017: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2018: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2019: 
(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
Fiscal year 2020: 
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(A) New budget authority, an amount 
to be derived from function 050. 
(B) Outlays, an amount to be derived 
from function 050. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 
SUBMISSIONS 
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES. 
(a) SUBMISSIONS TO SLOW THE GROWTH IN MANDA-
TORY SPENDING
AND TO ACHIEVE DEFICIT REDUC-
TION.—(1) Not later than July 13, 2010, the House com-
mittees named in paragraph (2) shall submit their rec-
ommendations to the House Committee on the Budget. 
After receiving those recommendations, the House Com-
mittee on the Budget shall report to the House a reconcili-
ation bill carrying out all such recommendations without 
any substantive revision. 
(2) INSTRUCTIONS.— 
(A) 
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE.—The 
House Committee on Agriculture shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the level of direct spending for that com-
mittee by $11,281,000,000 in outlays for the period 
of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
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(B) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.— 
The House Committee on Education and Labor shall 
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction suffi-
cient to reduce the level of direct spending for that 
committee by $12,225,000,000 in outlays for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
(C) 
COMMITTEE
ON
ENERGY
AND
COM-
MERCE.—The House Committee on Energy and 
Commerce shall report changes in laws within its ju-
risdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct 
spending for that committee by $287,830,000,000 in 
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015. 
(D) COMMITTEE
ON
FINANCIAL
SERVICES.— 
The House Committee on Financial Services shall 
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction suffi-
cient to reduce the level of direct spending for that 
committee by $13,395,000,000 in outlays for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
(E) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
JUDICIARY.—The 
House Committee on the Judiciary shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the level of direct spending for that com-
mittee by $15,700,000,000 in outlays for the period 
of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
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may also make adjustments in reconciliation instruc-
tions to protect earned benefit programs. 
(b) SUBMISSION PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN REV-
ENUE.—The House Committee on Ways and Means shall 
report a reconciliation bill not later than June 8, 2010, 
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction suf-
ficient 
to 
reduce 
revenues 
by 
not 
more 
than 
$1,673,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2010 
through 2015. 
(c) REVISION OF ALLOCATIONS.—(1) Upon the sub-
mission to the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
a recommendation that has complied with its reconcili-
ation instructions solely by virtue of section 310(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of that 
committee may file with the House appropriately revised 
allocations under section 302(a) of such Act and revised 
functional levels and aggregates. 
(2) Upon the submission to the House of a conference 
report recommending a reconciliation bill or resolution in 
which a committee has complied with its reconciliation in-
structions solely by virtue of this section, the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget of the House may file 
with the House appropriately revised allocations under 
section 302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels 
and aggregates. 
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(3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to 
this subsection shall be considered to be allocations and 
aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the 
budget pursuant to section 301 of such Act. 
SEC. 202. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS ON MANDATORY SAV-
INGS. 
In the House, not later than June 15, 2010, all 
House committees shall identify savings amounting to one 
percent of total mandatory spending under its jurisdiction 
from activities that are determined to be wasteful, unnec-
essary, or lower-priority. For purposes of this section, the 
reports by the reports by each committee shall be inserted 
in the Congressional Record by the chairman of the Com-
mittee on the Budget not later than June 15, 2010. 
TITLE III—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 301. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In the House, except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), an advance appropriation may not 
be reported in a bill or joint resolution making a general 
appropriation or continuing appropriation, and may not 
be in order as an amendment thereto. 
(2) Managers on the part of the House may not agree 
to a Senate amendment that would violate paragraph (1) 
unless specific authority to agree to the amendment first 
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is given by the House by a separate vote with respect 
thereto. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—In the House, an advance appro-
priation may be provided for fiscal year 2012 and fiscal 
years 2013 for programs, projects, activities or accounts 
identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers 
accompanying this resolution under the heading ‘‘Ac-
counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an ag-
gregate amount not to exceed $23,565,000,000 in new 
budget authority. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 
appropriation’’ means any discretionary new budget au-
thority in a bill or joint resolution making general appro-
priations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 
that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2011. 
SEC. 302. TURN OFF THE GEPHARDT RULE. 
Rule XXVII shall not apply with respect to the adop-
tion by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 303. EMERGENCY SPENDING. 
(a) DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—In the House, if a provision of 
legislation is designated as an emergency require-
ment under this section, the committee report and 
any statement of managers accompanying that legis-
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lation shall include an explanation of the manner in 
which the provision meets the criteria in paragraph 
(2). If such legislation is to be considered by the 
House without being reported, then the committee 
shall cause the explanation to be published in the 
Congressional Record in advance of floor consider-
ation. 
(2) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any such provision is 
an emergency requirement if the underlying sit-
uation poses a threat to life, property, or na-
tional security and is— 
(i) sudden, quickly coming into being, 
and not building up over time; 
(ii) an urgent, pressing, and compel-
ling need requiring immediate action; 
(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), un-
foreseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; 
and 
(iv) not permanent, temporary in na-
ture. 
(B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is 
part of an aggregate level of anticipated emer-
gencies, particularly when normally estimated in 
advance, is not unforeseen. 
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(b) ENFORCEMENT.—It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment or conference report that contains an 
emergency designation unless that designation meets the 
criteria set out in subsection (a)(2). 
(c) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the 
application of subsection (c). 
(d) DISPOSITION
OF POINTS
OF ORDER
IN
THE 
HOUSE.—As disposition of a point of order under sub-
section (b) or subsection (c), the Chair shall put the ques-
tion of consideration with respect to the proposition that 
is the subject of the point of order. A question of consider-
ation under this section shall be debatable for 10 minutes 
by the Member initiating the point of order and for 10 
minutes by an opponent of the point of order, but shall 
otherwise be decided without intervening motion except 
one that the House adjourn or that the Committee of the 
Whole rise, as the case may be. 
SEC. 304. CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES 
RESULTING FROM REALISTIC SCORING OF 
MEASURES AFFECTING REVENUES. 
(a) Whenever the House considers a bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, motion or conference report, including 
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measures filed in compliance with section 201(b), that pro-
pose to change Federal revenues, the impact of such meas-
ure on Federal revenues shall be calculated by the Joint 
Committee on Taxation in a manner that takes into ac-
count— 
(1) the impact of the proposed revenue changes 
on— 
(A) Gross Domestic Product, including the 
growth rate for the Gross Domestic Product; 
(B) total domestic employment; 
(C) gross private domestic investment; 
(D) general price index; 
(E) interest rates; and 
(F) other economic variables; and 
(2) the impact on Federal Revenue of the 
changes in economic variables analyzed under para-
graph (1). 
(b) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
may make any necessary changes to allocations and aggre-
gates in order to conform this concurrent resolution with 
the determinations made by the Joint Committee on Tax-
ation pursuant to subsection (a). 
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SEC. 305. PROHIBITION ON USING REVENUE INCREASES TO 
COMPLY WITH BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND 
AGGREGATES. 
(a) For the purpose of enforcing this concurrent reso-
lution in the House, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget shall not take into account the provisions of 
any piece of legislation which propose to increase revenue 
or offsetting collections if the net effect of the bill is to 
increase the level of revenue or offsetting collections be-
yond the level assumed in this concurrent resolution. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any provision 
of a piece of legislation that proposes a new or increased 
fee for the receipt of a defined benefit or service (including 
insurance coverage) by the person or entity paying the fee. 
SEC. 306. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 
and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 
(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation; 
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that 
measure; and 
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as 
soon as practicable. 
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG-
GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 
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from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca-
tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 
purposes of this resolution— 
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays, 
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, 
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of 
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti-
mates made by the appropriate Committee on the 
Budget; and 
(2) such chairman may make any other nec-
essary adjustments to such levels to carry out this 
resolution. 
SEC. 307. DIRECT SPENDING SAFEGUARD. 
(a) It shall not be in order in the House of Represent-
atives to consider an direct spending legislation that would 
increase an on-budget deficit or decrease an on-budget 
surplus as provided by subsection (e) for any applicable 
time period. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘applicable 
time period’’ means any of the following periods: 
(1) The period of the first 5 fiscal years covered 
by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution 
on the budget. 
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(2) The period of the 5 fiscal years following 
first 5 years covered in the most recently adopted 
concurrent resolution on the budget. 
(c) For purposes of this section and except as pro-
vided in subsection (d), the term ‘‘direct-spending legisla-
tion’’ means any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report that affects direct spending as that term 
is defined by, and interpreted for purposes of, the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘direct- 
spending legislation’’ does not include— 
(1) any legislation the title of which is as fol-
lows: ‘‘A bill to preserve Social Security.’’; or 
(2) any legislation that would cause a net in-
crease in aggregate direct spending of less than 
$100,000,000 for any applicable time period. 
(e) If direct spending legislation increases the on- 
budget deficit or decreases an on-budget surpluses when 
taken individually, it must also increase the on-budget def-
icit or decrease the on-budget surplus when taken together 
with all direct spending legislation enacted since the begin-
ning of the calendar year not accounted for in the baseline 
assumed for the most recent concurrent resolution on the 
budget, except that direct spending effects resulting in net 
deficit reduction enacted pursuant to reconciliation in-
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structions since the beginning of that same calendar year 
shall not be available. 
(f) This section may be waived by the affirmative vote 
of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the levels of budget 
authority and outlays for a fiscal year shall be determined 
on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 
Budget. 
(h) The Committee on Rules may not report a rule 
or order proposing a waiver of subsection (a). 
SEC. 308. BUDGET PROTECTION MANDATORY ACCOUNT. 
(a)(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
shall maintain an account to be known as the ‘‘Budget 
Protection Mandatory Account’’. The Account shall be di-
vided into entries corresponding to the allocations under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 
budget, except that it shall not include the Committee on 
Appropriations. 
(2) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited 
to it under subsection (b). No entry of a negative amount 
shall be made. 
(b)(1) Upon the engrossment of a House bill or joint 
resolution or a House amendment to a Senate bill or joint 
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resolution (other than an appropriation bill), the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget shall— 
(A) credit the applicable entries of the Budget 
Protection Mandatory Account by the amounts spec-
ified in paragraph (2); and 
(B) reduce the applicable section 302(a) alloca-
tions by the amount specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) Each amount specified in paragraph (1)(A) shall 
be the net reduction in mandatory budget authority (either 
under current law or proposed by the bill or joint resolu-
tion under consideration) provided by each amendment 
that was adopted in the House to the bill or joint resolu-
tion. 
(c)(1) If an amendment includes a provision de-
scribed in paragraph (2), the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of a House 
bill or joint resolution or a House amendment to a Senate 
bill or joint resolution, other than an appropriation bill, 
reduce the level of total revenues set forth in the applicable 
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year or 
for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal 
years in an amount equal to the net reduction in manda-
tory authority (either under current law or proposed by 
a bill or joint resolution under consideration) provided by 
each amendment adopted by the House to the bill or joint 
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