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Subtitle 
B—Accrual 
Funding 
of 
Post-Retirement Health Benefits 
Costs for Federal Employees 
SEC. 511. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS FUND. 
(a) Section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (c)(1) and by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) In addition to Government contributions re-
quired by subsection (b) and paragraph (1), each employ-
ing agency shall contribute amounts as determined by the 
Office to be necessary to prefund the accruing actuarial 
cost of post-retirement health benefits for each of the 
agency’s current employees who are eligible for Govern-
ment contributions under this section. Amounts under this 
paragraph shall be paid by the employing agency separate 
from other contributions under this section, from the ap-
propriations or fund used for payment of the salary of the 
employee, on a schedule to be determined by the Office. 
‘‘(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to the United 
States Postal Service or the Government of the District 
of Columbia.’’ 
(2) by amending subsection (g)(1) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(g)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), all Government contributions authorized by this sec-
tion for health benefits for an annuitant shall be paid from 
the Employees Health Benefits Fund to the extent that 
funds are available in accordance with section 8909(h)(6) 
and, if necessary, from annual appropriations which are 
authorized to be made for that purpose and which may 
be made available until expended.’’. 
(b) Section 8909 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h)(1) Not later than June 30, 2012, the Office 
shall determine the existing liability of the Fund for post- 
retirement health benefits, excluding the liability of the 
United States Postal Service for service under section 
8906(g)(2), under this chapter as of September 30, 2012. 
The Office shall establish an amortization schedule, in-
cluding a series of annual installments commencing Sep-
tember 30, 2012, which provides for the liquidation of 
such liability by September 30, 2048. 
‘‘(2) At the close of each fiscal year, for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2011, the Office shall de-
termine the supplemental liability of the Fund for post- 
retirement health benefits, excluding the liability attrib-
utable to the United States Postal Service for service sub-
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ject to section 8906(g)(2), and shall establish an amortiza-
tion schedule, including a series of annual installments 
commencing on September 30 of the subsequent fiscal 
year, which provides for liquidation of such supplemental 
liability over 30 years. 
‘‘(3) Amortization schedules established under this 
paragraph shall be set in accordance with generally accept-
ed actuarial practices and principles. 
‘‘(4) At the end of each fiscal year on and after Sep-
tember 30, 2012, the Office shall notify the Secretary of 
the Treasury of the amounts of the next installments 
under the most recent amortization schedules established 
under paragraphs (1) and (2). Before closing the accounts 
for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall credit the sum of 
these amounts (including in that sum any negative 
amount for the amortization of the supplemental liability) 
to the Fund, as a Government contribution, out of any 
money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated. 
‘‘(5) For the purpose of carrying out paragraphs (1) 
and (2), the Office shall perform or arrange for actuarial 
determinations and valuations and shall prescribe reten-
tion of such records as it considers necessary for making 
periodic actuarial valuations of the Fund. 
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‘‘(6) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the amounts de-
posited into the Fund pursuant to this subsection and sec-
tion 8906(C)(2) to prefund post-retirement health benefits 
costs shall be segregated within the Fund so that such 
amounts, as well as earnings and proceeds under sub-
section (c) attributable to them, may be used exclusively 
for the purpose of paying Government contributions for 
post-retirement health benefits costs. When such amounts 
are used in combination with amounts withheld from an-
nuitants to pay for health benefits, a portion of the con-
tributions shall then be set aside in the Fund as described 
in subsection (b). 
‘‘(7) Under this subsection, ‘supplemental liability’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the actuarial present value for future post- 
retirement health benefits that are the liability of 
the Fund, less 
‘‘(B) the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the actuarial present value of all fu-
ture contributions by agencies and annuitants 
to the Fund toward those benefits pursuant to 
section 8906; 
‘‘(ii) the present value of all scheduled am-
ortization payments to the Fund pursuant to 
paragraphs (1) and (2); 
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‘‘(iii) the Fund balance as of the date the 
supplemental liability is determined, to the ex-
tent that such balance is attributable to post-re-
tirement benefits; and 
‘‘(iv) any other appropriate amount, as de-
termined by the Office in accordance with gen-
erally accepted actuarial practices and prin-
ciples.’’. 
SEC. 512. FUNDING UNIFORMED SERVICES HEALTH BENE-
FITS FOR ALL RETIREES. 
Title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the title of chapter 56, by striking ‘‘DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICARE- 
ELIGIBLE’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘UNIFORMED 
SERVICES’’; 
(2) in section 1111— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Department of De-
fense Medicare-Eligible’’ and inserting 
‘‘Uniformed Services’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Department of De-
fense under’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘for Medicare-eligible 
beneficiaries’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of De-
fense may’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 
of Defense shall’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘with any other’’ and 
inserting ‘‘with each’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Any such agree-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Such agreements’’; 
and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘administering Sec-
retary may’’ and inserting ‘‘administrative 
Secretary shall’’; 
(3) in section 1113— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and are Medicare eli-
gible’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘who are Medicare eli-
gible’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘For the fiscal year 
starting October 1, 2010, only, the pay-
ments will be solely for the costs of mem-
bers or former members of a uniformed 
service who are entitled to retired or re-
tainer pay and are Medicare-eligible, and 
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eligible dependents or survivors who are 
Medicare-eligible.’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘who 
are Medicare-eligible’’; 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘who are 
Medicare-eligible’’; and 
(D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘If’’ and 
inserting ‘‘When’’; 
(4) in section 1114, in subsection (a)(1), by 
striking ‘‘Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Uniformed Services’’; 
(5) in section 1115— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘The 
amount determined under paragraph (1) for 
any fiscal year is the amount needed to be ap-
propriated to the Department of Defense (or to 
the other executive department having jurisdic-
tion over the participating uniformed service)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The amount determined under 
paragraph (1), or the amount determined under 
section 1111(c) for a participating uniformed 
service, for any fiscal year, is the amount need-
ed to be appropriated to the Department of De-
fense (or to any other executive department 
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having jurisdiction over a participating uni-
formed service)’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘for 
Medicare eligible beneficiaries’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) For the fiscal year starting October 1, 2010, 
only, the amounts in this section shall be based solely on 
the costs of Medicare-eligible benefits of beneficiaries and 
the costs for their eligible dependents or survivors who are 
Medicare-eligible, and shall be recalculated thereafter to 
reflect the cost of beneficiaries defined in section 1111.’’. 
(6) in section 1116— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a) shall be paid from funds available 
for the health care programs’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a) and section 1111(c) shall be 
paid from funds available for the pay of mem-
bers of the participating uniformed services 
under the jurisdiction of the respective admin-
istering secretaries’’. 
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SEC. 513. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, this title shall take ef-
fect upon enactment with respect to fiscal years beginning 
after 2014. 
Subtitle C—Earmark Reform 
SEC. 521. JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON EARMARK RE-
FORM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.—There is 
hereby established a Joint Select Committee on Earmark 
Reform (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘joint select com-
mittee’’). The joint select committee shall be composed of 
16 members as follows: 
(1) Eight Members of the House of Representatives, 
4 appointed from the majority party by the Speaker of 
the House, and 4 from the minority party by the Speaker 
upon the recommendation of the minority leader. 
(2) Eight Members of the Senate, 4 appointed from 
the majority party by the majority leader of the Senate, 
and 4 from the minority party to be appointed by the mi-
nority leader. 
A vacancy in the joint select committee shall not affect 
the power of the remaining members to execute the func-
tions of the joint select committee, and shall be filled in 
the same manner as the original selection. 
(b) STUDY AND REPORT.— 
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(1) STUDY.—The joint select committee shall make 
a full study of the practices of the House, Senate, and 
Executive Branch regarding earmarks in authorizing, ap-
propriation, tax, and tariff measures. As part of the study, 
the joint select committee shall consider the efficacy of— 
(A) the disclosure requirements of clause 9 of rule 
XXI and clause 17 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives and rule XLIV of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, and the definitions contained therein; 
(B) requiring full transparency in the process, with 
earmarks listed in bills at the outset of the legislative proc-
ess and continuing throughout consideration; 
(C) requiring that earmarks not be placed in any bill 
after initial committee consideration; 
(D) requiring that Members be permitted to offer 
amendments to remove earmarks at subcommittee, full 
committee, floor consideration, and during conference 
committee meetings; 
(E) requiring that bill sponsors and majority and mi-
nority managers certify the validity of earmarks contained 
in their bills; 
(F) recommending changes to earmark requests 
made by the Executive Branch through the annual budget 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code; 
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(G) requiring that House and Senate amendments 
meet earmark disclosure requirements, including amend-
ments adopted pursuant to a special order of business; 
(H) establishing new categories for earmarks, includ-
ing— 
(i) projects with National scope; 
(ii) military projects; and 
(iii) local or provincial projects, including the 
level of matching funds required for such project. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) The joint select committee shall submit to the 
House and the Senate a report of its findings and rec-
ommendations not later than 6 months after adoption of 
this joint resolution. 
(B) No recommendation shall be made by the joint 
select committee except upon the majority vote of the 
members from each House, respectively. 
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this reso-
lution, any recommendation with respect to the rules and 
procedures of one House that only affects matters related 
solely to that House may only be made and voted on by 
members of the joint select committee from that House 
and, upon its adoption by a majority of such members, 
shall be considered to have been adopted by the full com-
mittee as a recommendation of the joint select committee. 
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In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the joint 
select committee shall hold not fewer than 5 public hear-
ings. 
(c) RESOURCES AND DISSOLUTION.— 
(1) The joint select committee may utilize the re-
sources of the House and Senate. 
(2) The joint select committee shall cease to exist 30 
days after the submission of the report described in sub-
section (a)(2). 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘earmark’’ shall include congressional earmarks, 
congressionally directed spending items, limited tax bene-
fits, or limited tariff benefits as those terms are used in 
clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate. Nothing in this subsection shall confine the study 
of the joint select committee or otherwise limit its rec-
ommendations. 
SEC. 522. MORATORIUM ON CONSIDERATION OF EAR-
MARKS. 
(a) IN THE HOUSE.—It shall not be in order to con-
sider a bill, joint resolution, or conference report con-
taining a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or 
limited tariff benefit (as such terms are used in clause 
9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
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tives) or an earmark attributable to the President until 
the filing of the report required under section 1. 
(b) IN THE SENATE.—øTo be supplied.¿ 
Subtitle D—Public Debt Limit 
SEC. 531. LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT. 
Upon the enactment of a joint resolution setting forth 
the debt limit consistent with this section, section 3101 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows, with the blank to be set at the level provided for 
in such joint resolution: 
‘‘§ 3101. Public debt limit 
‘‘(a) In this section, the current redemption value of 
an obligation issued on a discount basis and redeemable 
before maturity at the option of its holder is deemed to 
be the face amount of the obligation. 
‘‘(b) The face amount of obligations issued under this 
chapter and the face amount of obligations whose prin-
cipal and interest are guaranteed by the United States 
Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the 
Secretary of the Treasury and intragovernmental hold-
ings) may not be more than $llllllll out-
standing at one time, subject to changes periodically made 
in that amount as provided by law. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the face amount, 
for any month, of any obligation issued on a discount basis 
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that is not redeemable before maturity at the option of 
the holder of the obligation is an amount equal to the sum 
of— 
‘‘(1) the original issue price of the obligation, 
plus 
‘‘(2) the portion of the discount on the obliga-
tion attributable to periods before the beginning of 
such month (as determined under the principles of 
section 1272(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 without regard to any exceptions contained in 
paragraph (2) of such section). 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this section, the term 
‘intragovernment holding’ is any obligation issued by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to any Federal trust fund or 
Government account, whether in respect of public money, 
money otherwise required to be deposited in the Treasury, 
or amounts appropriated.’’. 
SEC. 532. REPEAL OF THE GEPHARDT RULE. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives are 
amended by repealing rule XXVIII (relating to the statu-
tory limit on public debt). 
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Subtitle E—Risk-Assumed 
Budgeting 
SEC. 541. MARKET ADJUSTED RATE FOR FEDERAL CREDIT 
REFORM ACT OF 1990. 
Amend section 502(5)(E) of the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) In estimating net present values, the 
discount rate shall be the average interest rate 
on marketable Treasury securities of similar 
maturity to the cash flows of the direct loan or 
loan guarantee for which the estimate is being 
made, as adjusted for market risks; and’’. 
SEC. 542. CBO AND GAO STUDY. 
The Congressional Budget Office and the Govern-
ment Accountability Office shall prepare a study and make 
recomendations as to the feasibility of applying accrual 
concepts to budgeting for the costs of Federal insurance 
programs, adapting the budgetary principles now used for 
Federal loan and loan guarantee programs to Federal in-
surance programs. 
TITLE VI—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 600. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Budget Enforcement 
and Congressional Control Act of 2009’’. 
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Subtitle A—Enforcement 
Amendments 
SEC. 601. POINTS OF ORDER IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE. 
Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (c)(1), insert ‘‘312(g), (h), (i), 
and (j),’’ before ‘‘313,’’, and insert ‘‘316, 317, 322, 
323,’’ before ‘‘904(C),’’; 
(2) In subsection (d)(2), insert ‘‘312(g), (h), 
(i), and (j),’’ before ‘‘313,’’, and insert ‘‘316, 317, 
322, 323,’’ before ‘‘904(C),’’; 
(3) In subsections (C)(2) and (d)(3), strike 
‘‘311(a),’’; 
(4) ‘‘In subsections (C)(1) and (d)(2) insert 
‘311(a),’ after ‘310(d)(2),’.’’; 
(5) In subsections (C)(1), (C)(2), (d)(2), and 
(d)(3) by inserting ‘‘or the House of Representa-
tives’’ after ‘‘Senate’’ each place it appears, and 
(6) Strike subsection (e). 
SEC. 602. POINT OF ORDER WAIVER PROTECTION. 
Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives (as amended by section 313) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
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‘‘10. (a) It shall not be in order to consider a rule 
or order that waives the provisions of any section of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 referred to in section 
904(C)(1) of such Act or of section 212 of the Spending, 
Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009. 
‘‘(b) As disposition of a point of order under para-
graph (a), the Chair shall put the question of consider-
ation with respect to the proposition that is the subject 
of the point of order. A question of consideration under 
this clause shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Mem-
ber 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 of Representatives adjourn or that the Committee 
of the Whole rise, as the case may be. 
‘‘(c) The disposition of the question of consideration 
under this clause with respect to a bill or joint resolution 
shall be considered also to determine the question of con-
sideration under this clause with respect to an amendment 
made in order as original text.’’. 
SEC. 603. APPLICATION OF THE LIMITATION ON REC-
ONCILIATION LEGISLATION. 
Section 310(g) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding ‘‘, but it shall be in order 
to consider any such bill, resolution, amendment, or con-
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ference report if the report issued pursuant to section 
308(f)(1) indicates that the solvency referred to in such 
paragraph has not been achieved’’ before the period at the 
end. 
SEC. 604. TWENTY-PERCENT LIMIT ON NEW DIRECT SPEND-
ING IN RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION. 
At the end of section 313 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act add the following subsection: 
‘‘(f) DIRECT SPENDING LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) POINT OF ORDER.—In the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, it shall not be in order 
to consider any reconciliation bill, joint resolution, 
motion, amendment, or any conference report on, or 
an amendment between the House of Representa-
tives in relation to, a reconciliation bill pursuant to 
section 310(a) or (h) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, that produces an increase in outlays, 
if— 
‘‘(A) the effect of all the provisions in the 
jurisdiction of any committee is to create gross 
new direct spending that exceeds 20 percent of 
the total savings instruction to the committee; 
or 
‘‘(B) the effect of the adoption of an 
amendment results in gross new direct spending 
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that exceeds 20 percent of the total savings in-
struction to the committee. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF SECTION 313.— 
‘‘(A) A point of order under paragraph (1) 
may be raised by a Senator as provided in sec-
tion 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
‘‘(B) Paragraph (1) may be waived or sus-
pended only by an affirmative vote of three- 
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Mem-
bers of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 
be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 
of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) If a point of order is sustained under 
paragraph (1) against a conference report in 
the Senate, the report shall be disposed of as 
provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974.’’. 
SEC. 605. TREATMENT OF EXTRANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 305) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘TREATMENT OF EXTRANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS IN 
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATION MEASURES 
‘‘SEC. 321. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 
to consider an omnibus appropriation measure, or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that ap-
propriates funds for any program, project, or activity that 
is not within the subject-matter jurisdiction of any sub-
committee of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives or Senate, as applicable, with 
jurisdiction over any regular appropriation bill contained 
in such measure.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 320 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 321. Treatment of extraneous appropriations in omnibus appropriation 
measures.’’. 
(c) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION POINT OF ORDER.— 
Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as 
amended by section 601) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION POINT OF ORDER.— 
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 
or the Senate to consider any appropriation bill or joint 
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resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that provides advance discretionary new budget 
authority that first becomes available for any fiscal year 
after the budget year at an amount for any program, 
project, or activity above the amount of appropriations for 
fiscal year 2007 for such program, project, or activity.’’. 
SEC. 606. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISCRETIONARY DEFICIT 
REDUCTION ACCOUNT. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY
DEFICIT
REDUCTION
AC-
COUNT.—Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (as amended by section 605) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘DISCRETIONARY DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
‘‘SEC. 322. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—The 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives and of the Senate shall each maintain 
an account to be known as the ‘deficit reduction Discre-
tionary Account’. The Account shall be divided into entries 
corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committee on 
Appropriations of that House and each entry shall consist 
of the ‘deficit reduction Balance’. 
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS.—Each entry shall consist only of 
amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No entry of 
a negative amount shall be made. 
‘‘(c) CREDITING OF AMOUNTS TO ACCOUNT.— 
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‘‘(1) Whenever a Member or Senator, as the 
case may be, offers an amendment to an appropria-
tion bill to reduce new budget authority in any ac-
count, that Member or Senator may state the por-
tion of such reduction that shall be credited to— 
‘‘(A) the deficit reduction Balance; 
‘‘(B) used to offset an increase in new 
budget authority in any other account; or 
‘‘(C) allowed to remain within the applica-
ble section 302(b) suballocation. 
‘‘(2) If no such statement is made, the amount 
of reduction in new budget authority resulting from 
the amendment shall be credited to the deficit reduc-
tion Balance, as applicable, if the amendment is 
agreed to. 
‘‘(3) Except as provided by paragraph (4), the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives or Senate, as applicable, 
shall, upon the engrossment of any appropriation bill 
by the House of Representatives or Senate, as appli-
cable, credit to the applicable entry balances 
amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal 
to the net amounts of reductions in budget authority 
and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to 
by that House to that bill. 
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‘‘(4) When computing the net amounts of re-
ductions in new budget authority and in outlays re-
sulting from amendments agreed to by the House of 
Representatives or Senate, as applicable, to an ap-
propriation bill, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget of that House shall only count those por-
tions of such amendments agreed to that were so 
designated by the Members offering such amend-
ments as amounts to be credited to the deficit reduc-
tion Balance, or that fall within the last sentence of 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and of the 
Senate shall each maintain a running tally of the 
amendments adopted reflecting increases and de-
creases of budget authority in the bill as reported to 
its House. This tally shall be available to Members 
or Senators during consideration of any bill by that 
House. 
‘‘(d) CALCULATION OF SAVINGS IN DEFICIT REDUC-
TION ACCOUNTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) For the purposes of enforcing section 302(a), 
upon the engrossment of any appropriation bill by the 
House of Representatives or Senate, as applicable, the 
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amount of budget authority and outlays calculated pursu-
ant to subsection (c)(3) shall be counted against the 
302(a) allocation provided to the Committee on Appro-
priations as if the amount calculated pursuant to sub-
section (c)(3) was included in the bill just engrossed. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of enforcing section 302(b), upon 
the engrossment of any appropriation bill by the House 
of Representatives or Senate, as applicable, the 302(b) al-
location provided to the subcommittee for the bill just en-
grossed shall be deemed to have been reduced by the 
amount of budget authority and outlays calculated, pursu-
ant to subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘appropriation bill’ means any general or special appro-
priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup-
plemental, 
deficiency, 
or 
continuing 
appropriations 
through the end of fiscal year 2010 or any subsequent fis-
cal year, as the case may be.’’. 
SEC. 607. ESTABLISHMENT OF MANDATORY DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION ACCOUNT. 
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(as amended by section 606) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘MANDATORY DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
‘‘SEC. 323. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—The 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
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of Representatives and of the Senate shall each maintain 
an account to be known as the ‘deficit reduction Manda-
tory Account’. The Account shall be divided into entries 
corresponding to the House of Representatives or Senate 
committees, as applicable, that received allocations under 
section 302(a) in the most recently adopted joint resolu-
tion on the budget, except that it shall not include the 
Committee on Appropriations of that House and each 
entry shall consist of the ‘First Year deficit reduction Ac-
count’ and the ‘Five Year deficit reduction Account’ or 
the period covered by the resolution on the budget for that 
fiscal year, as applicable. 
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS.—Each entry shall consist only of 
amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No entry of 
a negative amount shall be made. 
‘‘(c) CALCULATION OF ACCOUNT SAVINGS IN HOUSE 
AND SENATE.—For the purposes of enforcing section 
302(a), upon the engrossment of any bill, other than an 
appropriation bill, by the House of Representatives or 
Senate, as applicable, the amount of budget authority and 
outlays calculated pursuant to subsection (c)(3) shall be 
counted against the 302(a) allocation provided to the ap-
plicable committee or committees of that House which re-
ported the bill as if the amount calculated pursuant to 
subsection (c)(3) was included in the bill just engrossed. 
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‘‘(d) CREDITING OF AMOUNTS TO ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) Whenever a Member or Senator, as the 
case may be, offers an amendment to a bill that re-
duces the amount of mandatory budget authority 
provided either under current law or proposed to be 
provided by the bill under consideration, that Mem-
ber or Senator may state the portion of such reduc-
tion achieved in the first year covered by the most 
recently adopted joint resolution on the budget and 
in addition the portion of such reduction achieved in 
the first five years covered by the most recently 
adopted joint resolution on the budget that shall be 
credited to the First Year deficit reduction Balance 
and the Five Year deficit reduction Balance, as ap-
plicable, if the amendment is agreed to. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives or Senate, as applicable, 
shall, upon the engrossment of any bill, other than 
an appropriation bill, by the House of Representa-
tives or Senate, as applicable, credit to the applica-
ble entry balances amounts of new budget authority 
and outlays equal to the net amounts of reductions 
in budget authority and in outlays resulting from 
amendments agreed to by that House to that bill. 
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‘‘(3) When computing the net amounts of re-
ductions in budget authority and in outlays resulting 
from amendments agreed to by the House of Rep-
resentatives or Senate, as applicable, to a bill, the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that 
House shall only count those portions of such 
amendments agreed to that were so designated by 
the Members or Senators offering such amendments 
as amounts to be credited to the First Year deficit 
reduction Balance and the Five-Year deficit reduc-
tion Balance, or that fall within the last sentence of 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and of the 
Senate shall each maintain a running tally of the 
amendments adopted reflecting increases and de-
creases of budget authority in the bill as reported to 
its House. This tally shall be available to Members 
or Senators during consideration of any bill by that 
House. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘appropriation bill’ means any general or special appro-
priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup-
plemental, 
deficiency, 
or 
continuing 
appropriations 
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through the end of fiscal year 2009 or any subsequent fis-
cal year, as the case may be.’’. 
SEC. 608. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 321 the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 322. Discretionary deficit reduction account. 
‘‘Sec. 323. Mandatory deficit reduction account.’’. 
Subtitle B—Committee Term Lim-
its Study in the House of Rep-
resentatives 
SEC. 611. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RE-
GARDING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
COMMITTEE TERM LIMITS COMMITTEE. 
Clause 5(a)(2)(B) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is suspended. 
SEC. 612. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES BUDGET COMMITTEE. 
There is established a select committee to review the 
rules regarding the membership on the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 613. PROCEDURE. 
(a) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The select com-
mittee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have 
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no authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolu-
tion. 
(b) STUDY.—The select committee shall study and 
make recommendations about the effectiveness of limiting 
the membership on the House of Representatives Budget 
Committee to four Congresses within a period of six suc-
cessive Congresses. 
SEC. 614. COMPOSITION. 
The select committee shall be composed of 8 members 
appointed by the Speaker, of whom 4 shall be appointed 
upon the recommendation of the minority leader. The 
Speaker shall designate one member of the select com-
mittee as chairman. 
SEC. 615. REPORTING. 
The select committee shall issue at least one public 
report to be filed with the House of Representatives not 
later than December 31, 2010, and shall include rec-
ommendations based on its findings. 
SEC. 616. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of 
the House of Representatives such sums as may be nec-
essary for the expenses of the select committee. Such pay-
ments shall be made on vouchers signed by the chairman 
of the select committee and approved in the manner di-
rected by the Committee on House Administration. 
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SEC. 617. DISSOLUTION. 
The select committee shall cease to exist on December 
31, 2010. 
Subtitle C—Judicial Consideration 
SEC. 621. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) EXPEDITED REVIEW.— 
(1) any Member of Congress or any individual 
adversely affected by this Act may bring an action, 
in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia, for declaratory judgment and injunc-
tive relief on the ground that any provision of this 
part violates the Constitution. 
(2) a copy of any complaint in an action 
brought under paragraph (1) shall be promptly de-
livered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, and each House of 
Congress shall have the right to intervene in such 
action. 
(3) nothing in this section or in any other law 
shall infringe upon the right of the House of Rep-
resentatives to intervene in an action brought under 
paragraph (1) without the necessity of adopting a 
resolution to authorize such intervention. 
(b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, any order of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued 
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pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the 
Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal 
shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 cal-
endar days after such order is entered; and the jurisdic-
tional statement shall be filed within 30 calendar days 
after such order is entered. No stay of an order issued 
pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be issued by a single Justice of the Su-
preme Court. 
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall be the 
duty of the District Court for the District of Columbia 
and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance 
on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible ex-
tent the disposition of any matter brought under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 622. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this subtitle, or the application 
of any provision of this subtitle to any person or cir-
cumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision 
or circumstance and the remainder of this subtitle shall 
not be affected thereby. 
Æ 
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