IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 109 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2008 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2008 and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 
2012. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress declares that the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 
is hereby established and that the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012 are set forth. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Subtitle A—Recommended Levels and Amounts 
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 
Subtitle B—Major Functional Categories 
Sec. 111. Principle Federal activities. 
Sec. 112. Domestic discretionary programs. 
Sec. 113. Major domestic entitlements. 
Sec. 114. Government and financial management. 
TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. 
TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENTS 
Sec. 301. Policy of the United States Congress on taxation. 
Sec. 302. Policy of the United States Congress on entitlement spending. 
Sec. 303. Bonneville Power Marketing Administration. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 401. Restrictions on advance appropriations. 
Sec. 402. Contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism and for 
unanticipated defense needs. 
Sec. 403. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 
Sec. 404. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 
Sec. 405. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
1990. 
Sec. 406. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
Sec. 407. Adjustments for tax legislation. 
Sec. 408. Repeal of the Gephardt rule. 
Sec. 409. Budget compliance statements. 
Sec. 410. Cost estimates for conference reports and unreported measures. 
Sec. 411. Roll call votes for new spending. 
Sec. 412. Budget process reform. 
Sec. 413. Treasury Department study and report. 
Sec. 414. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 415. Budgetary treatment of the National Flood Insurance Program. 
TITLE V—EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND 
Sec. 501. Nondefense reserve fund for emergencies. 
Sec. 502. Emergency criteria. 
Sec. 503. Development of guidelines for application of emergency definition. 
Sec. 504. Committee notification of emergency legislation. 
Sec. 505. Up-to-date tabulations. 
TITLE VI—LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY 
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Sec. 601. Presidential recommendations. 
Sec. 602. Procedures in United States Congress. 
Sec. 603. Identification of targeted tax benefits. 
Sec. 604. Additional matters. 
Sec. 605. Expiration. 
Sec. 606. Sense of Congress on deferral authority. 
Sec. 607. Sense of Congress on abuse of proposed cancellations. 
TITLE VII—EARMARK TRANSPARENCY 
Sec. 701. Prohibition on obligation of funds for earmarks included only in con-
gressional reports. 
Sec. 702. Definitions. 
TITLE VIII—PAY-AS-YOU-GO 
Sec. 801. Pay-as-you-go point of order. 
TITLE IX—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS 
Sec. 901. Discretionary spending limits in the House. 
TITLE X—SENSES OF CONGRESS 
Sec. 1001. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support en-
forcement. 
Sec. 1002. Sense of the House on State veterans cemeteries. 
Sec. 1003. Sense of Congress on health insurance reform. 
Sec. 1004. Sense of the House on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
Subtitle A—Recommended Levels 
and Amounts 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012: 
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $2,002,088,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $2,097,634,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2010: $2,148,718,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $2,244,002,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $2,374,337,000,000. 
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate 
levels of Federal revenues should be decreased 
are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $48,912,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $9,366,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $15,282,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $150,998,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $222,663,000,000. 
(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: $2,452,253,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $2,432,323,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $2,464,843,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $2,575,993,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $2,613,919,000,000. 
(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 
of total budget outlays are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $2,427,922,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $2,484,251,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $2,468,400,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2011: $2,529,608,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $2,530,737,000,000. 
(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: $425,834,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $386,617,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $319,682,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $285,609,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $156,400,000,000. 
(5) DEBT
SUBJECT
TO
LIMIT.—Pursuant to 
section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the appropriate levels of the public debt are 
as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $9,476,349,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $9,979,952,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $10,418,522,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $10,820,002,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $11,105,786,000,000. 
(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $5,284,759,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $5,467,610,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $5,570,986,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $5,624,371,000,000. 
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Fiscal year 2012: $5,537,610,000,000. 
Subtitle B—Major Functional 
Categories 
SEC. 111. PRINCIPLE FEDERAL ACTIVITIES. 
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new discretionary and mandatory budg-
et authority and outlays for the Federal Government’s 
principle Federal activities for fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 are as follows: 
(1) National Defense (050): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$648,770,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $617,792,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$584,705,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $626,892,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$550,790,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $561,384,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$564,117,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $536,057,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$579,375,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $525,407,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,989,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,387,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,263,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,199,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,873,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,268,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,679,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,336,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $29,774,000,000. 
(3) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$84,493,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $84,512,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$89,019,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,033,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$92,397,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $90,798,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$98,286,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $96,779,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$96,528,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $94,838,000,000. 
(4) Administration of Justice (750): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,765,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,432,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,471,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,631,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,742,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,466,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,995,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,323,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,198,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,166,000,000. 
SEC. 112. DOMESTIC DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS. 
(a) DECLARATION.—The Congress determines and 
declares that the following levels are the appropriate totals 
of new discretionary budget authority and outlays for fed-
erally supported domestic priorities for fiscal years 2008 
through 2012: 
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(1) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of new dis-
cretionary budget authority for federally supported 
domestic priorities are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $292,800,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $295,564,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $293,278,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $293,002,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $293,302,000,000. 
(2) OUTLAYS.—For purposes of this resolution, 
the appropriate levels of outlays for federally sup-
ported domestic priorities are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2008: $369,548,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: $363,600,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $358,033,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $351,707,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $347,325,000,000. 
(b) SUBDIVISIONS.—These aggregate amounts are to 
be subdivided by the Committee on Appropriations. 
SEC. 113. MAJOR DOMESTIC ENTITLEMENTS. 
The Congress determines and declares that the fol-
lowing levels are the appropriate totals of new mandatory 
budget authority and outlays for the Federal Govern-
ment’s principle entitlement programs for fiscal years 
2008 through 2012: 
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(1) Medicare (570 mandatory): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$374,888,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $374,964,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$394,116,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $393,804,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$409,473,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $409,730,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$445,312,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $445,359,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$431,401,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $431,057,000,000. 
(2) Medicaid (550 mandatory): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$223,389,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $223,837,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$235,128,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $236,849,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$249,592,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $249,840,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$264,095,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $265,040,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$279,920,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $281,389,000,000. 
(3) Income Security (600 mandatory): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$327,076,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $325,432,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$333,545,000,000. 
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(B) Outlays, $329,632,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$341,943,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $338,354,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$355,686,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $352,150,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$354,709,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $351,228,000,000. 
(4) Agriculture (350 mandatory): 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$14,563,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $13,624,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$14,416,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $13,652,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$14,221,000,000. 
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