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(c) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 
provided for programs, projects, activities, or accounts re-
ferred to in subsection (d)(1) or identified in the report 
to accompany this concurrent resolution or the joint ex-
planatory statement of managers to accompany this con-
current resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified 
for Advance Appropriations’’. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 2015, the aggre-
gate level of advance appropriations shall not exceed— 
(1) $55,483,000,000 for the following programs 
in the Department of Veterans Affairs— 
(A) Medical Services; 
(B) Medical Support and Compliance; and 
(C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet-
erans Health Administration; and 
(2) $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority 
for all programs identified pursuant to subsection 
(c). 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 
appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au-
thority provided in a bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, making general ap-
propriations or any new discretionary budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015.
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SEC. 602. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
Upon the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 
providing for a change in budgetary concepts or defini-
tions, the chair of the Committee on the Budget may ad-
just any allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate lev-
els in this concurrent resolution accordingly. 
SEC. 603. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, 
AND APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT 
SPENDING LEVELS.—If a committee (other than the Com-
mittee on Appropriations) reports a bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, pro-
viding for a decrease in direct spending (budget authority 
and outlays flowing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also 
provides for an authorization of appropriations for the 
same purpose, upon the enactment of such measure, the 
chair of the Committee on the Budget may decrease the 
allocation to such committee and increase the allocation 
of discretionary spending (budget authority and outlays 
flowing therefrom) to the Committee on Appropriations 
for fiscal year 2014 by an amount equal to the new budget 
authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) provided for in 
a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for the 
same purpose. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT DISCRETIONARY 
SPENDING CAPS AND TO FUND VETERANS’ PROGRAMS
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AND
OVERSEAS
CONTINGENCY
OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR ON TERRORISM.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—(A) The President has not sub-
mitted a budget for fiscal year 2014 as required 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, by the date set forth in that section. 
(B) In missing the statutory date by which the 
budget must be submitted, this will be the fourth 
time in five years the President has not complied 
with that deadline. 
(C) This concurrent resolution reflects the lev-
els of funding for veterans’ medical programs as set 
forth in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget re-
quest. 
(2) PRESIDENT’S
BUDGET
SUBMISSION.—In 
order to take into account any new information in-
cluded in the budget submission by the President for 
fiscal year 2014, the chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
other appropriate budgetary levels for veterans’ pro-
grams, Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism, or the 302(a) allocation to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations set forth in the report of 
this concurrent resolution to conform with section 
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
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icit Control Act of 1985 (as adjusted by section 
251A of such Act). 
(3) REVISED CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
BASELINE.—The chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
other appropriate budgetary levels to reflect changes 
resulting from technical and economic assumptions 
in the most recent baseline published by the Con-
gressional Budget Office. 
(c) DETERMINATIONS.—For the purpose of enforcing 
this concurrent resolution on the budget in the House, the 
allocations and aggregate levels of new budget authority, 
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, reve-
nues, deficits, and surpluses for fiscal year 2014 and the 
period of fiscal years 2014 through fiscal year 2023 shall 
be determined on the basis of estimates made by the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget and such chair may ad-
just such applicable levels of this concurrent resolution. 
SEC. 604. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, it shall not be in 
order to consider a bill or joint resolution reported by a 
committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 
or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, 
if the provisions of such measure have the net effect of
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increasing direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 for 
any period described in subsection (b). 
(b) TIME PERIODS.—The applicable periods for pur-
poses of this section are any of the four consecutive ten 
fiscal-year periods beginning with fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 605. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRANS-
ACTIONS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sec-
tion 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and 
section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1989, the report accompanying this concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget or the joint explanatory statement ac-
companying the conference report on any concurrent reso-
lution on the budget shall include in its allocation under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the dis-
cretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security 
Administration and the United States Postal Service. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of applying sec-
tions 302(f) and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority 
and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any 
off-budget discretionary amounts.
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(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
other appropriate levels for legislation reported by the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that re-
forms the Federal retirement system, if such adjustments 
do not cause a net increase in the deficit for fiscal year 
2014 and the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 
SEC. 606. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of the alloca-
tions, aggregates, and other appropriate levels made pur-
suant to this concurrent 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 
from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca-
tions and aggregates included in this concurrent resolu-
tion.