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plus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or 
for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 
SEC. 314. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COUNTY 
PAYMENTS LEGISLATION. 
In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso-
lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 
the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
393) or makes changes to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–565) by the amounts pro-
vided in such measure if such measure would not increase 
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 
2008 through 2018. 
SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SAN JOA-
QUIN RIVER RESTORATION AND NAVAJO NA-
TION WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS. 
In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso-
lution, amendment, or conference report that would fulfill 
the purposes of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settle-
ment Act or implement a Navajo Nation water rights set-
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tlement as authorized by the Northwestern New Mexico 
Rural Water Projects Act by the amounts provided in such 
measure if such measure would not increase the deficit 
or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018. 
SEC. 316. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE NA-
TIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL FUND. 
In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso-
lution, amendment, or conference report that provides for 
the establishment of the National Parks Centennial Fund 
by the amounts provided in such measure for that purpose 
if such measure would not increase the deficit or decrease 
the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2013 or for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2018 
SEC. 317. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CHILD 
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 
In the House, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this resolution for any bill, joint reso-
lution, amendment, or conference report that improves 
Federal child support collection efforts or results in more 
collected child support reaching families by the amounts 
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provided in such measure if such measure would not in-
crease the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or for the period of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2018. 
TITLE IV—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS
TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
LIMITS.— 
(1) CONTINUING
DISABILITY
REVIEWS
AND 
SUPPLEMENTAL
SECURITY
INCOME
REDETERMINA-
TIONS.—In the House, prior to consideration of a 
bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fis-
cal year 2009 that appropriates $264,000,000 for 
continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Secu-
rity Income redeterminations for the Social Security 
Administration, and provides an additional appro-
priation of up to $240,000,000, and the amount is 
designated for continuing disability reviews and Sup-
plemental Security Income redeterminations for the 
Social Security Administration, the allocation to the 
Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by 
the amount of the additional budget authority and 
outlays resulting from that budget authority for fis-
cal year 2009. 
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(2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI-
ANCE.—In the House, prior to consideration of a bill 
or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2009 that appropriates $6,997,000,000 to the 
Internal Revenue Service and the amount is des-
ignated to improve compliance with the provisions of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an 
additional appropriation of up to $490,000,000, and 
the amount is designated to improve compliance with 
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations 
shall be increased by the amount of the additional 
budget authority and outlays resulting from that 
budget authority for fiscal year 2009. 
(3) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL 
PROGRAM.—In the House, prior to consideration of 
a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for 
fiscal 
year 
2009 
that 
appropriates 
up 
to 
$198,000,000 and the amount is designated to the 
health care fraud and abuse control program at the 
Department of Health and Human Services, the al-
location to the Committee on Appropriations shall be 
increased by the amount of additional budget au-
thority and outlays resulting from that budget au-
thority for fiscal year 2009. 
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(4) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM IN-
TEGRITY ACTIVITIES.—In the House, prior to con-
sideration of a bill or joint resolution making appro-
priations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates 
$10,000,000 for in-person reemployment and eligi-
bility assessments and unemployment insurance im-
proper payment reviews for the Department of 
Labor and provides an additional appropriation of 
up to $40,000,000, and the amount is designated for 
in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments 
and unemployment insurance improper payment re-
views for the Department of Labor, the allocation to 
the Committee on Appropriations shall be increased 
by the amount of additional budget authority and 
outlays resulting from that budget authority for fis-
cal year 2009. 
(b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the House, prior to con-
sideration of a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
conference report, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget shall make the adjustments set forth in 
subsection (a) for the incremental new budget au-
thority in that measure and the outlays resulting 
from that budget authority if that measure meets 
the requirements set forth in subsection (a), except 
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that no adjustment shall be made for provisions ex-
empted for the purposes of titles III and IV of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 under section 404 
of this resolution. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjust-
ments referred to in paragraph (1) are to be made 
to— 
(A) the allocations made pursuant to the 
appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 
pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; and 
(B) the budgetary aggregates as set forth 
in this resolution. 
SEC. 402. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 
In the House, all committees are directed to review 
programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, 
and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny 
to issues raised by Government Accountability Office re-
ports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee per-
formance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 
committees are directed to include recommendations for 
improved governmental performance in their annual views 
and estimates reports required under section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 
the Budget. 
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SEC. 403. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided 
in subsection (b), a bill or joint resolution making a gen-
eral appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an 
amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, may 
not provide for advance appropriations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—In the House, an advance appro-
priation may be provided for fiscal year 2010 for pro-
grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the re-
port to accompany this resolution or the joint explanatory 
statement of managers to accompany this resolution under 
the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria-
tions’’ 
in 
an 
aggregate 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$27,558,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 2011, 
accounts separately identified under the same heading. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 
appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au-
thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making gen-
eral appropriations or any new discretionary budget au-
thority provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2009 that first becomes avail-
able for any fiscal year after 2009. 
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SEC. 404. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY 
NEEDS. 
(a) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES.—In the House, if any bill, joint resolution, amend-
ment, or conference report makes appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments 
and related activities, and such amounts are so designated 
pursuant to this subsection, then new budget authority 
and outlays resulting therefrom shall not count for the 
purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
(b) EMERGENCY NEEDS.—In the House, if any bill, 
joint resolution, amendment, or conference report makes 
appropriations for discretionary amounts, and such 
amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency 
needs, then the new budget authority and outlays resulting 
therefrom shall not count for the purposes of titles III and 
IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 405. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE-
TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding 
section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1989, the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying the conference report on any concurrent resolu-
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tion on the budget shall include in its allocation under sec-
tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 
the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discre-
tionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Ad-
ministration and of the Postal Service. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of 
applying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget author-
ity and total outlays provided by a measure shall include 
any off-budget discretionary amounts. 
SEC. 406. 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 
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. 
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(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—In the 
House, for purposes of this resolution, the levels of new 
budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitle-
ment authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fis-
cal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on 
the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 
Budget. 
SEC. 407. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
In the House, upon the enactment of any bill or joint 
resolution providing for a change in concepts or defini-
tions, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res-
olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as 
in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 
SEC. 408. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
The House adopts the provisions of this title— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of the House, and these rules shall 
supersede other rules of the House only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent with other such rules 
of the House; and 
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(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the House to change those rules at any 
time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
as in the case of any other rule of the House. 
TITLE V—POLICY 
SEC. 501. POLICY ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF. 
It is the policy of this resolution to— 
(1) minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income 
families and their children and grandchildren; 
(2) provide immediate relief for the tens of mil-
lions of middle-income households who would other-
wise be subject to the alternative minimum tax 
(AMT) under current law, in the context of perma-
nent, revenue-neutral AMT reform; and 
(3) support extension of middle-income tax re-
lief and enhanced economic equity through policies 
such as— 
(A) extension of the child tax credit; 
(B) extension of marriage penalty relief; 
(C) extension of the 10 percent individual 
income tax bracket; 
(D) elimination of estate taxes on all but 
a minute fraction of estates by reforming and 
substantially increasing the unified tax credit; 
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(E) extension of the research and experi-
mentation tax credit; 
(F) extension of the deduction for State 
and local sales taxes; 
(G) extension of the deduction for small 
business expensing; and 
(H) enactment of a tax credit for school 
construction bonds. 
This resolution assumes that the cost of enacting such 
policies is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes 
across families and generations, economic efficiency, high-
er rates of tax compliance to close the ‘‘tax gap,’’ and re-
duced taxpayer burdens through tax simplification. 
SEC. 502. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 
It is the policy of this resolution that— 
(1) the Administration’s budget requests should 
comply with section 1008, Public Law 109–364, the 
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007, and the Administration should 
no longer attempt to fund overseas military oper-
ations through emergency supplemental appropria-
tions requests; 
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