IV 
Union Calendar No. 331 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 312 
[Report No. 110–543] 
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2008 
Mr. SPRATT, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following con-
current resolution; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Gov-
ernment for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
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SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 
declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2008 is revised and replaced and that this is 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2009, including appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2010 through 2013. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 
Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 
TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 
Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for SCHIP legislation. 
Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers. 
Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral 
reserve 
fund 
for 
education 
benefits 
for 
servicemembers, veterans, and their families. 
Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for infrastructure investment. 
Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for renewable energy and energy effi-
ciency. 
Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for middle-income tax relief and economic 
equity. 
Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for reform of the alternative minimum 
tax. 
Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education. 
Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for affordable housing. 
Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for medicare improvements. 
Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care quality, effectiveness, and 
efficiency. 
Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs. 
Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for trade adjustment assistance and un-
employment insurance modernization. 
Sec. 314. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for county payments legislation. 
Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for San Joaquin River restoration and 
Navajo Nation water rights settlements. 
Sec. 316. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the National Park Centennial Fund. 
Sec. 317. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for child support enforcement. 
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TITLE IV—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 401. Program integrity initiatives. 
Sec. 402. Oversight of government performance. 
Sec. 403. Point of order against advance appropriations. 
Sec. 404. Overseas deployments and emergency needs. 
Sec. 405. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 
Sec. 406. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 
Sec. 407. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 
Sec. 408. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
TITLE V—POLICY 
Sec. 501. Policy on middle-income tax relief. 
Sec. 502. Policy on defense priorities. 
TITLE VI—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 
Sec. 601. Sense of the House on the Innovation Agenda and America Competes 
Act. 
Sec. 602. Sense of the House on servicemembers’ and veterans’ health care and 
other priorities. 
Sec. 603. Sense of the House on homeland security. 
Sec. 604. Sense of the House regarding long-term fiscal reform. 
Sec. 605. Sense of the House regarding waste, fraud, and abuse. 
Sec. 606. Sense of the House regarding extension of the statutory pay-as-you- 
go rule. 
Sec. 607. Sense of the House on long-term budgeting. 
Sec. 608. Sense of the House regarding the need to maintain and build upon 
efforts to fight hunger. 
Sec. 609. Sense of the House regarding affordable health coverage. 
Sec. 610. Sense of the House regarding pay parity. 
Sec. 611. Sense of the House regarding subprime lending and foreclosures. 
Sec. 612. Sense of House regarding the importance of child support enforce-
ment. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013: 
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $1,879,540,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2009: $2,027,124,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $2,205,864,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $2,442,025,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $2,669,315,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $2,771,740,000,000. 
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 
levels of Federal revenues should be adjusted 
are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $0. 
Fiscal year 2009: ¥$70,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $23,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $14,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $16,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $17,000,000,000. 
(2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 
of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 
levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $2,556,254,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $2,529,246,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $2,564,161,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $2,698,039,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $2,740,065,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $2,866,862,000,000. 
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(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
of total budget outlays are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $2,462,616,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $2,563,380,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $2,622,295,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $2,716,979,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $2,728,965,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $2,857,394,000,000. 
(4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 
the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of 
the deficits (on-budget) are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $583,076,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $536,256,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $416,431,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $274,954,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $59,650,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $85,654,000,000. 
(5) DEBT
SUBJECT
TO
LIMIT.—Pursuant to 
section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the appropriate levels of the debt subject to 
limit are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $9,567,484,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $10,199,551,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $10,724,264,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2011: $11,103,954,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $11,295,107,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $11,495,218,000,000. 
(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $5,396,807,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $5,753,900,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $5,981,334,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $6,047,654,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $5,885,687,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: $5,744,120,000,000. 
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2013 for each major functional 
category are: 
(1) National Defense (050): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$590,686,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $576,173,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$542,497,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $573,362,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$550,414,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $560,726,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$557,026,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $560,099,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$565,800,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $556,699,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$576,223,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, 568,829,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,648,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,843,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$37,111,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,702,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,516,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $36,918,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$39,433,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $37,679,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,247,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,154,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$40,677,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $38,346,000,000. 
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 
(250): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$27,407,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $26,456,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,934,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $28,700,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,165,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,604,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,474,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,201,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,853,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,564,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,298,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,477,000,000. 
(4) Energy (270): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$3,548,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,681,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,674,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $2,192,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,645,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $2,878,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,712,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,371,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,803,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,738,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2013: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,895,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $4,020,000,000. 
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,560,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,440,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$38,651,000,000. 
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