I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2084 
To reform Federal budget procedures, to impose spending safeguards, to 
combat waste, fraud, and abuse, to account for accurate Government 
agency costs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2007 
Mr. HENSARLING (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. CAMPBELL of 
California, Mr. HERGER, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. 
SHADEGG, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
GOODE, Mr. AKIN, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. POE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PRICE of 
Georgia, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. MACK, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. MARIO 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
FEENEY, Ms. FOXX, and Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Ways and Means, Appro-
priations, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reform Federal budget procedures, to impose spending 
safeguards, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, to ac-
count for accurate Government agency costs, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Family Budget Protection Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Effective date. 
TITLE I—A SIMPLE AND BINDING BUDGET 
Subtitle A—Joint Budget Resolutions 
Sec. 101. Declaration of purposes for the Budget Act. 
Sec. 102. The timetable. 
Sec. 103. Annual joint resolutions on the budget. 
Sec. 104. Budget required before spending bills may be considered. 
Sec. 105. Amendments to effectuate joint resolutions on the budget. 
Subtitle B—Budgeting for Emergencies 
Sec. 111. Purpose. 
Sec. 112. Repeal of adjustments for emergencies. 
Sec. 113. OMB emergency criteria. 
Sec. 114. Development of guidelines for application of emergency definition. 
Sec. 115. Reserve Fund for emergencies in President’s budget. 
Sec. 116. Adjustments and Reserve Fund for emergencies in joint budget reso-
lutions. 
Sec. 117. Application of section 306 to emergencies in excess of amounts in Re-
serve Fund. 
Sec. 118. Up-to-date tabulations. 
Sec. 119. Prohibition on amendments to emergency Reserve Fund. 
Subtitle C—Biennial Budget Option 
Sec. 121. Effective date. 
Sec. 122. Revision of timetable. 
Sec. 123. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974. 
Sec. 124. Amendments to rules of the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 125. Amendments to title 31, United States Code. 
Sec. 126. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts. 
Sec. 127. Multiyear authorizations. 
Sec. 128. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. 
Sec. 129. Biennial appropriation bills. 
Sec. 130. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle D—Prevention of Government Shutdown 
Sec. 141. Amendment to title 31. 
Subtitle E—The Baseline 
Sec. 151. Elimination of inflation adjustment. 
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Sec. 152. The President’s budget. 
Sec. 153. The Congressional budget. 
Sec. 154. Congressional Budget Office reports to committees. 
Sec. 155. Treatment of emergencies. 
TITLE II—PUTTING A LID ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET 
Subtitle A—Spending Safeguards on the Growth of Entitlements and 
Mandatories 
Sec. 201. Spending caps on growth of entitlements and mandatories. 
Sec. 202. Exempt programs and activities. 
Sec. 203. Exceptions, limitations, and special rules. 
Sec. 204. Point of order. 
Sec. 205. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 206. Establishment of budget protection mandatory Account. 
Subtitle B—Discretionary Spending Limits 
Sec. 211. Enforcing discretionary spending limits. 
Sec. 212. Establishment of budget protection discretionary Account. 
Sec. 213. Revenue adjustment. 
Subtitle C—Long-Term Unfunded Obligations 
Sec. 221. Long-term unfunded obligations. 
Sec. 222. Points of order. 
Sec. 223. Social Security. 
TITLE III—COMBATING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE 
Subtitle A—Sunsetting 
Sec. 301. Reauthorization of discretionary programs and unearned entitle-
ments. 
Sec. 302. Point of order. 
Sec. 303. Decennial sunsetting. 
Subtitle B—Legislative Line-Item Veto 
Sec. 311. Legislative line-item veto. 
Sec. 312. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 313. Sense of Congress on abuse of proposed cancellations. 
Sec. 314. Amending House rules to require that rescission bills always be con-
sidered under open rules. 
Subtitle C—Commission to Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 
Sec. 331. Establishment of Commission. 
Sec. 332. Duties of the Commission. 
Sec. 333. Powers of the Commission. 
Sec. 334. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 335. Termination of the Commission. 
Sec. 336. Congressional consideration of reform proposals. 
Sec. 337. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—TRUTH IN ACCOUNTING 
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Subtitle A—Accrual Funding of Pensions and Retirement Pay for Federal 
Employees and Uniformed Services Personnel 
Sec. 401. Civil Service Retirement System. 
Sec. 402. Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
Sec. 403. Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. 
Sec. 404. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Retirement System. 
Sec. 405. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Of-
ficer Corps Retirement System. 
Sec. 406. Coast Guard Military Retirement System. 
Subtitle B—Accrual Funding of Post-Retirement Health Benefits Costs for 
Federal Employees 
Sec. 411. Federal employees health benefits fund. 
Sec. 412. Funding Uniformed Services health benefits for all retirees. 
Sec. 413. Effective date. 
Subtitle C—Earmark Transparency 
Sec. 421. Prohibition on obligation of funds for earmarks included only in Con-
gressional reports. 
Sec. 422. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Public Debt Limit Reform 
Sec. 431. Limit on public debt. 
Sec. 432. Repeal of the Gephardt Rule. 
Subtitle E—Risk-Assumed Budgeting 
Sec. 441. Federal insurance programs. 
TITLE V—MAINTAINING A COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILY 
BUDGET 
Subtitle A—Further Enforcement Amendments 
Sec. 501. Super-majority points of order in the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
Sec. 502. Budget resolution enforcement point of order. 
Sec. 503. Point of order waiver protection. 
Subtitle B—The Byrd Rule 
Sec. 511. Limitation on Byrd Rule. 
Subtitle C—Treatment of Extraneous Appropriations in Omnibus 
Appropriation Measures 
Sec. 521. Treatment of extraneous appropriations. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall become effec-
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tive on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
2008. 
TITLE I—A SIMPLE AND BINDING 
BUDGET 
Subtitle A—Joint Budget 
Resolutions 
SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF PURPOSES FOR THE BUDGET 
ACT. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg-
etary process; 
‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination each year of 
the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex-
penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 
SEC. 102. THE TIMETABLE. 
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TIMETABLE 
‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres-
sional budget process for any fiscal year is as follows: 
‘‘On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ...................
President submits his budget 
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‘‘On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
February 15 .........................................
Congressional Budget Office submits 
report to Budget Committees 
Not later than 6 weeks after President 
submits budget.
Committees submit views and esti-
mates to Budget Committees 
April 1 ..................................................
Budget Committees report joint reso-
lution on the budget 
April 15 ................................................
Congress completes action on joint res-
olution on the budget 
‘‘On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
June 10 ................................................
House Appropriations Committee re-
ports last annual appropriation bill 
June 15 ................................................
Congress completes action on reconcili-
ation legislation 
June 30 ................................................
House completes action on annual ap-
propriation bills 
October 1 ..............................................
Fiscal year begins’’. 
SEC. 103. ANNUAL JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET. 
(a) CONTENT OF ANNUAL JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON 
THE BUDGET.—Section 301(a)(4) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out-
lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 
discretionary spending, direct spending (excluding 
interest), and interest; and for emergencies (for the 
reserve fund in section 316(b) and for military oper-
ations in section 316(c));’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN JOINT RESOLUTION.— 
Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended as follows: 
(1) Strike paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) through 
(9). 
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(2) Redesignate paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) 
accordingly, insert ‘‘and’’ after the new paragraph 
(1), and in the new paragraph (2) strike the semi-
colon and insert a period. 
(c) REQUIRED
CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—Section 
301(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Redesignate subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
(D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (E), 
(F), (H), and (I), respectively. 
(2) In subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 
strike ‘‘mandatory’’ and insert ‘‘direct spending’’. 
(3) After subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 
insert the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) a measure, as a percentage of gross 
domestic product, of total outlays, total Federal 
revenues, the surplus or deficit, and new out-
lays for nondefense discretionary spending, de-
fense spending, and direct spending as set forth 
in such resolution;’’. 
(4) After subparagraph (F) (as redesignated), 
insert the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) if the joint resolution on the budget 
includes any allocation to a committee other 
than the Committee on Appropriations of levels 
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in excess of current law levels, a justification 
for not subjecting any program, project, or ac-
tivity (for which the allocation is made) to an-
nual discretionary appropriations;’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Section 
301(e)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Redesignate subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, strike sub-
paragraphs (C) and (D), and redesignate subpara-
graph (E) as subparagraph (D) and strike the pe-
riod and insert ‘‘; and’’. 
(2) Before subparagraph (B), insert the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 
each major functional category, based on alloca-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’. 
(3) At the end, add the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 
(f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 
of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem-
ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em-
ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 
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(e) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION TO THE CON-
GRESS.—(1) The first two sentences of section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, are amended to read as 
follows: ‘‘On or after the first Monday in January but not 
later than the first Monday in February of each year the 
President shall submit a budget of the United States Gov-
ernment for the following fiscal year which shall set forth 
the following levels: 
‘‘(A) totals of new budget authority and out-
lays; 
‘‘(B) total Federal revenues and the amount, if 
any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve-
nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 
resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com-
mittees; 
‘‘(C) the surplus or deficit in the budget; 
‘‘(D) subtotals of new budget authority and 
outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de-
fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex-
cluding interest), and interest, and for emergencies 
(for the reserve fund in section 316(b) and for mili-
tary operations in section 316(c)); and 
‘‘(E) the public debt. 
Each budget submission shall include a budget message 
and summary and supporting information and, as a sepa-
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rately delineated statement, the levels requires in the pre-
ceding sentence for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 
years.’’. 
(2) The third sentence of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘submission’’ 
after ‘‘budget’’. 
(f) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS OF BUDGET RESOLU-
TIONS.—Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS.—(1) It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate 
to consider any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter referred to in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter not permitted in section 301(a) or (b) 
shall not be treated in the House of Representatives or 
the Senate as a budget resolution under subsection (a) or 
(b) or as a conference report on a budget resolution under 
subsection (c) of this section.’’. 
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SEC. 104. BUDGET REQUIRED BEFORE SPENDING BILLS 
MAY BE CONSIDERED. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 302.—Section 302 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); 
and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘as re-
ported’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 303 AND CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 303 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—’’, by striking ‘‘has been agreed to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘takes effect in subsection (a), and by striking 
subsections (b) and (c); and 
(2) by striking its section heading and inserting the 
following new section heading: ‘‘CONSIDERATION
OF 
BUDGET-RELATED
LEGISLATION
BEFORE
BUDGET
BE-
COMES LAW’’. 
(c) 
ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
302(g)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ‘‘and, after April 15, section 303’’. 
(2)(A) Section 904(c)(1) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘303,’’ before 
‘‘305(b)(2),’’. 
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(B) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘303,’’ before 
‘‘305(b)(2),’’. 
(d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES UPON VETO OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.—(1) Title III of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 
116) is further amended by adding after section 316 the 
following new section: 
‘‘EXPEDITED PROCEDURES UPON VETO OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
‘‘SEC. 317. (a) SPECIAL RULE.—If the President ve-
toes a joint resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, the 
majority leader of the House of Representatives or Senate 
(or his designee) may introduce a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or joint resolution on the budget for such 
fiscal year. If the Committee on the Budget of either 
House fails to report such concurrent or joint resolution 
referred to it within five calendar days (excluding Satur-
days, Sundays, or legal holidays except when that House 
of Congress is in session) after the date of such referral, 
the committee shall be automatically discharged from fur-
ther consideration of such resolution and such resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES AND THE SENATE.— 
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‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the 
House of Representatives and in the Senate of joint 
resolutions on the budget and conference reports 
thereon shall also apply to the consideration of con-
current resolutions on the budget introduced under 
subsection (a) and conference reports thereon. 
‘‘(2) Debate in the Senate on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget or joint resolution on the 
budget introduced under subsection (a), and all 
amendments thereto and debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 10 hours and in the House such debate 
shall be limited to not more than 3 hours. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.— 
Any concurrent resolution on the budget introduced under 
subsection (a) shall be in compliance with section 301. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE 
BUDGET.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, whenever a concurrent resolution on the budget de-
scribed in subsection (a) is agreed to, then the aggregates, 
allocations, and reconciliation directives (if any) contained 
in the report accompanying such concurrent resolution or 
in such concurrent resolution shall be considered to be the 
aggregates, allocations, and reconciliation directives for all 
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purposes of sections 302, 303, and 311 for the applicable 
fiscal years and such concurrent resolution shall be 
deemed to be a joint resolution for all purposes of this 
title and the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
any reference to the date of enactment of a joint resolution 
on the budget shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
date agreed to when applied to such concurrent resolu-
tion.’’. 
(2) 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 316 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Expedited procedures upon veto of joint resolution on the budget.’’. 
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO EFFECTUATE JOINT RESOLU-
TIONS ON THE BUDGET. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘joint resolution on the budget’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a joint resolution setting forth the 
budget for the United States Government for a 
fiscal year as provided in section 301; and 
‘‘(B) any other joint resolution revising the 
budget for the United States Government for a 
fiscal year as described in section 304.’’. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 
1974.—(1)(A) Sections 301, 302, 303, 305, 308, 310, 
311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘joint’’. 
(B)(i) Sections 302(d), 302(g), 308(a)(1)(A), and 
310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are 
amended by striking ‘‘most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget’’ each place it occurs and insert-
ing ‘‘most recently enacted joint resolution on the budget 
or agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget (as appli-
cable)’’. 
(ii) The section heading of section 301 is amended 
by striking ‘‘adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘joint resolutions’’; and 
(iii) Section 304 of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on 
the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant 
to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the 
two Houses and the President may enact a joint resolution 
on the budget which revises or reaffirms the joint resolu-
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tion on the budget for such fiscal year most recently en-
acted.’’. 
(C) Sections 302, 303, 310, and 311, of such Act 
are amended by striking ‘‘agreed to’’ each place it appears 
and by inserting ‘‘enacted’’. 
(2)(A) Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears 
and by inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
(B) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 
of such Act is amended— 
(i) in the item relating to section 301, by strik-
ing ‘‘adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘joint resolutions’’; 
(ii) by striking the item relating to section 303 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related legislation before budget becomes 
law.’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting 
‘‘joint’’ in the item relating to section 305. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF 
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Clauses 1(d)(1), 
4(a)(4), 4(b)(2), 4(f)(1)(A), and 4(f)(2) of rule X, clause 
10 of rule XVIII, clause 10 of rule XX, and clauses 7 
and 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
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resentatives are amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED 
BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 
1985.—Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
907d(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘joint’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 310 
REGARDING RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES.—(1) The side 
heading of section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (as amended by section 105(b)) is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AC-
COMPANYING CONFERENCE REPORT ON’’ before ‘‘JOINT’’. 
(2) Section 310(a) of such Act is amended by striking 
‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘The joint explanatory statement ac-
companying the conference report on a’’. 
(3) The first sentence of section 310(b) of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘If the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the conference re-
port on’’. 
(4) Section 310(c)(1) of such Act is amended by in-
serting ‘‘the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
the conference report on’’ after ‘‘pursuant to’’. 
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(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3 RE-
GARDING DIRECT SPENDING.—Section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.’’. 
Subtitle B—Budgeting for 
Emergencies 
SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this subtitle are to— 
(1) develop budgetary and fiscal procedures for 
emergencies; 
(2) subject spending for emergencies to budg-
etary procedures and controls; and 
(3) establish criteria for determining compliance 
with emergency requirements. 
SEC. 112. REPEAL OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR EMERGENCIES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 
Sections 251(b)(2)(A), 252(e), and 252(d)(4)(B) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 are repealed. 
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H2084
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS