III
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 353
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 21, 2002
Received; and referred to the Committee on the Budget
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2004
through 2007.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
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SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003.
The Congress declares that this is the concurrent res-
olution on the budget for fiscal year 2003 and that the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2004 through
2007 are hereby set forth.
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007:
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal 
year 
2003:
$1,531,893,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2004:
$1,626,605,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2005:
$1,747,988,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2006:
$1,837,957,000,000.
Fiscal 
year 
2007:
$1,927,213,000,000.
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(B) The amounts by which the aggregate
levels of Federal revenues should be reduced are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $4,431,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $5,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $6,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,994,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $5,555,000,000.
(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 2003: $1,784,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,840,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,930,171,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $2,020,704,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,114,974,000,000.
(3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $1,756,432,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $1,815,097,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $1,899,231,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,978,512,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,058,894,000,000.
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(4) ON-BUDGET
DEFICITS.—For purposes of
the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of
the on-budget deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $224,539,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $188,492,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $151,243,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $140,555,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $131,681,000,000.
(5) PUBLIC DEBT.—The appropriate levels of
the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $6,414,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $6,762,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $7,073,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $7,371,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $7,661,000,000,000.
(6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro-
priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2003: $3,495,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004: $3,505,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005: $3,448,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $3,369,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $3,270,000,000,000.
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SEC. 102. HOMELAND SECURITY.
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for
fiscal year 2003 for Homeland Security are as follows:
(1) New budget authority, $37,702,000,000.
(2) Outlays, $21,860,000,000.
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for
fiscal years 2003 through 2007 for each major functional
category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$393,828,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $375,259,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$401,640,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $390,578,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$422,740,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $409,696,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$444,243,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $425,090,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$466,458,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $439,181,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,752,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,343,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,683,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,675,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,481,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,165,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$26,137,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,769,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$27,043,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,467,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology
(250):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,743,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,095,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,398,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,798,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,917,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,577,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$24,476,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,055,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,667,000,000.
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(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$316,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$157,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$687,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $644,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$526,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $467,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$532,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $454,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$29,218,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $29,868,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$30,546,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$31,449,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,932,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$30,851,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,677,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$31,474,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,032,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,054,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$23,848,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $23,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$22,167,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,280,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$21,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,438,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$21,157,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,307,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,985,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,274,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,192,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,798,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $3,128,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,015,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,910,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,405,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,361,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$63,447,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,807,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$66,950,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,675,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$67,561,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,068,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$68,221,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $61,318,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$68,897,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,302,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development
(450):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,668,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,352,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,315,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,961,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,461,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,895,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,705,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$16,295,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,548,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and
Social Services (500):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$81,037,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,090,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$83,241,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $81,746,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$86,477,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,023,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$89,463,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,353,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$92,734,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,259,000,000.
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(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$223,536,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $219,931,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$237,930,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $236,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$255,817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $253,959,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$274,576,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,695,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$295,541,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,035,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$237,705,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $237,599,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$245,612,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $245,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$272,903,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,795,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$292,418,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $292,173,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$317,411,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $317,667,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$322,031,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $322,385,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$325,372,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $323,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$334,538,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $332,599,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$344,039,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $341,754,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$352,017,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $348,019,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,303,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,303,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,170,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,170,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$16,063,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $16,062,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$16,863,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,863,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,013,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,012,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$56,858,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,733,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$59,127,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$61,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,473,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$63,401,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $63,246,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$65,550,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,642,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$36,948,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,320,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$39,663,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,219,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$37,606,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,201,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$38,880,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,775,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$39,776,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $39,550,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,604,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,408,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,067,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,196,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,426,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,334,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,442,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,227,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,788,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,546,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2003:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$262,524,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $262,524,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$277,366,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$286,992,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $286,991,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$294,769,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $294,768,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$302,679,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $302,678,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$689,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$1,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$917,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$859,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$816,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$787,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$631,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$696,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$678,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$48,197,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$48,197,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$56,150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$56,150,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$57,370,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$57,370,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$51,180,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$51,180,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
¥$53,155,000,000.
(B) Outlays, ¥$53,155,000,000.
TITLE II—RESERVE AND
CONTINGENCY FUNDS
Subtitle A—Reserve Funds for
Legislation Assumed in Aggregates
SEC. 201. RESERVE FUND FOR WAR ON TERRORISM.
In the House, if the Committee on Appropriations or
the Committee on Armed Services reports a bill or joint
resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered or a con-
ference report thereon is submitted, that provides new
budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) for oper-
ations of the Department of Defense to prosecute the war
on terrorism, the chairman of the Committee on the Budg-
et shall make the appropriate revisions to the allocations
and other levels in this resolution by the amount provided
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by that measure for that purpose, but the total adjustment
for all measures considered under this section shall not
exceed $10,000,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal
year 2003 and outlays flowing therefrom.
SEC. 202. 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 for such com-
mittees and other appropriate levels in this resolution by
the amount provided by that measure for that purpose,
but not to exceed $5,000,000,000 in new budget authority
and $5,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2003 and
$350,000,000,000 
in 
new 
budget 
authority 
and
$350,000,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years
2003 through 2012.
(b) APPLICATION.—After the consideration of any
measure for which an adjustment is made pursuant to
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subsection (a), the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget shall make any further appropriate adjustments.
SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2003.—In the House, if the Com-
mittee on Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution,
or if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference re-
port thereon is submitted, that provides in excess of
$7,529,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year
2003 for grants to States authorized under part B of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise the
appropriate allocations for such committee and other ap-
propriate levels in this resolution by the amount provided
by that measure for that purpose, but not to exceed
$1,000,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year
2003 and outlays flowing therefrom.
(b) FISCAL YEARS 2004–2007.—In the House, if the
Committee on Education and the Workforce reports a bill
or joint resolution, or if an amendment thereto is offered
or a conference report thereon is submitted, that reauthor-
izes grants to States under part B of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise the applicable alloca-
tions of the appropriate committees to accommodate a
total budget authority and outlay level for such program
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not in excess of the following: $9,587,000,000 in budget
authority for fiscal year 2004 and outlays flowing there-
from, $10,755,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year
2005 and outlays flowing therefrom, $12,047,000,000 in
budget authority for fiscal year 2006 and outlays flowing
therefrom, and $13,497,000,000 in budget authority for
fiscal year 2007 and outlays flowing therefrom (assuming
changes from current policy levels of the following:
$1,752,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year
2004, $2,763,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal
year 2005, $3,894,000,000 in new budget authority for
fiscal year 2006, and $5,180,000,000 in new budget au-
thority for fiscal year 2007).
SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY
SAFETY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, if the Committee
on Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution, or if
an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted, that establishes an obligation limita-
tion in excess of $23,864,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 for
programs, projects, and activities within the highway cat-
egory (under section 251(c)(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget may increase the
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allocation of outlays for such committee by the amount
of outlays resulting from such excess, but—
(1) only if chairman of the Committee on the
Budget determines that the bill or joint resolution,
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon,
that establishes such obligation limitation provides
that the obligation limitation is made available solely
for programs, projects, or activities as distributed
under section 1102 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century;
(2) only if the total amount of obligation limita-
tion for programs, projects, or activities distributed
by such formula for fiscal year 2003 exceeds
$23,864,000,000; and
(3) does not exceed $1,180,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 2003.
(b) RULE OF ENFORCEMENT.—In the House, section
302(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall
be deemed to also apply to the applicable allocation of out-
lays in the case of any bill or joint resolution that estab-
lishes an obligation limitation for fiscal year 2003 for pro-
grams within the highway category, or amendment thereto
or conference report thereon.