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changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient 
to reduce the level of direct spending for that 
committee by $114,000,000 in outlays for fiscal 
year 2004, $1,099,000,000 in outlays for the 
period of fiscal years 2004 through 2008, and 
$3,702,000,000 in outlays for the period of fis-
cal years 2004 through 2013. 
(L) 
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS’ 
AF-
FAIRS.—The House Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs shall report changes in laws within its 
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of di-
rect 
spending 
for 
that 
committee 
by 
$449,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2004, 
$4,221,000,000 in outlays for the period of fis-
cal 
years 
2004 
through 
2008, 
and 
$14,626,000,000 in outlays for the period of 
fiscal years 2004 through 2013. 
(M) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—
The House Committee on Ways and Means 
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdic-
tion sufficient to reduce the level of direct 
spending for that committee by $1,971,000,000 
in 
outlays 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004, 
$17,704,000,000 in outlays for the period of 
fiscal 
years 
2004 
through 
2008, 
and
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$61,547,000,000 in outlays for the period of 
fiscal years 2004 through 2013. 
TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS AND 
CONTINGENCY PROCEDURE 
Subtitle A—Reserve Funds for Leg-
islation Assumed in Budget Ag-
gregates 
SEC. 301. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE MODERNIZATION 
AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, if the Committee 
on Ways and Means or the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an 
amendment thereto is offered or a conference report there-
on is submitted, that provides a prescription drug benefit 
and modernizes medicare, and provides adjustments to the 
medicare program on a fee-for-service, capitated, or other 
basis, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
revise the appropriate committee allocations described in 
subsection (c) for such committees and other appropriate 
levels in this resolution by the amount provided by that 
measure 
for 
that 
purpose, 
but 
not 
to 
exceed 
$7,500,000,000 
in 
new 
budget 
authority 
and 
$7,500,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2004 and 
$400,000,000,000 
in 
new 
budget 
authority 
and
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$400,000,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 
2004 through 2013. 
(b) APPLICATION.—After the consideration of any 
measure for which an adjustment is made pursuant to 
subsection (a), the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget shall make any further appropriate adjustments 
in allocations and budget aggregates. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, there shall be a 
separate section 302(a) allocation to the appropriate com-
mittees for medicare. For purposes of enforcing such sepa-
rate allocation under section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and the ‘‘total 
of fiscal years’’ shall be deemed to refer to fiscal year 2004 
and the total of fiscal years 2004 through 2013 included 
in the joint explanatory statement of managers accom-
panying this resolution, respectively. Such separate alloca-
tion shall be the exclusive allocation for medicare under 
section 302(a) of such Act. 
SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICAID. 
In the House, if the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an amend-
ment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is 
submitted, that—
(1) modernizes medicaid and the State Chil-
dren’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and
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(2) reduces new budget authority and outlays 
flowing therefrom by $9,010,000,000 for fiscal years 
2009 through 2013, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may in-
crease allocations of new budget authority and outlays for 
that committee (and make other appropriate changes in 
budgetary aggregates) by the amount provided by that 
measure 
for 
that 
purpose, 
but 
not 
to 
exceed 
$3,258,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays for 
fiscal year 2004 and $8,944,000,000 in new budget au-
thority and outlays for the period of fiscal years 2004 
through 2008. 
SEC. 303. RESERVE FUND FOR BIOSHIELD. 
In the House, if the appropriate committee of juris-
diction reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an amend-
ment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is 
submitted, that establishes a program to accelerate the re-
search, development, and purchase of biomedical threat 
countermeasures and—
(1) such measure provides new budget authority 
to carry out such program; or 
(2) such measure authorizes discretionary new 
budget authority to carry out such program and the 
Committee on Appropriations reports a bill or joint
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resolution that provides new budget authority to 
carry out such program, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise 
the allocations for the committee providing such new 
budget authority, and other appropriate levels in this reso-
lution, by the amount provided for that purpose, but, in 
the case of a measure described in paragraph (1), not to 
exceed $890,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal 
year 
2004 
and 
outlays 
flowing 
therefrom 
and 
$3,418,000,000 in new budget authority for the period of 
fiscal years 2004 through 2008 and outlays flowing there-
from or, in the case of a measure described in paragraph 
(2), not to exceed $890,000,000 in new budget authority 
for fiscal year 2004 and outlays flowing therefrom. Not-
withstanding the preceding sentence, the total such revi-
sion for fiscal year 2004 may not exceed $890,000,000 
in new budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom.
Subtitle B—Contingency Procedure 
for Legislation Not Assumed in 
Budget Aggregates
SEC. 
311. 
CONTINGENCY 
PROCEDURE 
FOR 
SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—In the House, if the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure reports a bill or joint resolu-
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tion, or if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference 
report thereon is submitted, that provides new budget au-
thority for the budget accounts or portions thereof in the 
highway and transit categories as defined in sections 
250(c)(4)(B) and (C) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 in excess of the fol-
lowing amounts: 
(1) for fiscal year 2004: $39,135,000,000, 
(2) for fiscal year 2005: $39,786,000,000, 
(3) for fiscal year 2006: $40,502,000,000, 
(4) for fiscal year 2007: $41,219,000,000, or 
(5) for fiscal year 2008: $42,002,000,000, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may adjust 
the appropriate budget aggregates and increase the alloca-
tion of new budget authority to such committee for fiscal 
year 2004 and for the period of fiscal years 2004 through 
2008 to the extent such excess is offset by a reduction 
in mandatory outlays from the Highway Trust Fund or 
an increase in receipts appropriated to such fund for the 
applicable fiscal year caused by such legislation or any 
previously enacted legislation. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT FOR OUTLAYS.—In the House, if 
a bill or joint resolution is reported, or if an amendment 
thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is sub-
mitted, that changes obligation limitations such that the