by the President is inserted in the second blank 
space in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(3) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘calendar day’ 
means a standard 24-hour period beginning at mid-
night. 
‘‘(4) CANCEL OR CANCELLATION.—The terms 
‘cancel’ or ‘cancellation’ means to prevent— 
‘‘(A) budget authority from having legal 
force or effect; 
‘‘(B) in the case of entitlement authority, 
to prevent the specific legal obligation of the 
United States from having legal force or effect; 
‘‘(C) in the case of the food stamp pro-
gram, to prevent the specific provision of law 
that provides such benefit from having legal 
force or effect; or 
‘‘(D) a targeted tax benefit from having 
legal force or effect; and to make any necessary, 
conforming statutory change to ensure that 
such targeted tax benefit is not implemented 
and that any budgetary resources are appro-
priately canceled. 
‘‘(5) CBO.—The term ‘CBO’ means the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office. 
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‘‘(6) DIRECT
SPENDING.—The term ‘direct 
spending’ means— 
‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 
(other than an appropriation law); 
‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 
‘‘(C) the food stamp program. 
‘‘(7) DOLLAR
AMOUNT
OF
DISCRETIONARY 
BUDGET
AUTHORITY.—(A) Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘dollar amount of dis-
cretionary budget authority’ means the entire dollar 
amount of budget authority— 
‘‘(i) specified in an appropriation law, 
or the entire dollar amount of budget au-
thority or obligation limitation required to 
be allocated by a specific proviso in an ap-
propriation law for which a specific dollar 
figure was not included; 
‘‘(ii) represented separately in any 
table, chart, or explanatory text included 
in the statement of managers or the gov-
erning committee report accompanying 
such law; 
‘‘(iii) required to be allocated for a 
specific program, project, or activity in a 
law (other than an appropriation law) that 
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mandates the expenditure of budget au-
thority from accounts, programs, projects, 
or activities for which budget authority is 
provided in an appropriation law; 
‘‘(iv) represented by the product of 
the estimated procurement cost and the 
total quantity of items specified in an ap-
propriation law or included in the state-
ment of managers or the governing com-
mittee report accompanying such law; or 
‘‘(v) represented by the product of the 
estimated procurement cost and the total 
quantity of items required to be provided 
in a law (other than an appropriation law) 
that mandates the expenditure of budget 
authority 
from 
accounts, 
programs, 
projects, or activities for which budget au-
thority is provided in an appropriation law. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘dollar amount of discre-
tionary budget authority’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) direct spending; 
‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appro-
priation law which funds direct spending 
provided for in other law; 
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‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority 
canceled in an appropriation law; or 
‘‘(iv) any restriction, condition, or lim-
itation in an appropriation law or the ac-
companying statement of managers or 
committee reports on the expenditure of 
budget authority for an account, program, 
project, or activity, or on activities involv-
ing such expenditure. 
‘‘(8) ITEM OF DIRECT SPENDING.—The term 
‘item of direct spending’ means any provision of law 
that results in an increase in budget authority or 
outlays for direct spending relative to the most re-
cent levels calculated consistent with the method-
ology used to calculate a baseline under section 257 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of and included with a budget submission 
under section (a) of title 31, United States Code, in 
the first year or the 5-year period for which the item 
is effective. However, such item does not include an 
extension or reauthorization of existing direct spend-
ing, but instead only refers to provisions of law that 
increase such direct spending. 
‘‘(9) OMB.—The term ‘OMB’ means the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget. 
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‘‘(10) OMNIBUS
RECONCILIATION
OR
APPRO-
PRIATION MEASURE.—The term ‘omnibus reconcili-
ation or appropriation measure’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a reconciliation bill, any 
such bill that is reported to its House by the 
Committee on the Budget; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an appropriation meas-
ure, any such measure that provides appropria-
tions for programs, projects, or activities falling 
within 2 or more section 302(b) suballocations. 
‘‘(11) TARGETED TAX BENEFIT.—(A) The term 
‘targeted tax benefit’ means any revenue-losing pro-
vision that provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, 
exclusion, or preference to only one beneficiary (de-
termined with respect to either present law or any 
provision of which the provision is a part) under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for 
which the provision is in effect; 
‘‘(B) for purposes of subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) all businesses and associations 
that are members of the same controlled 
group of corporations (as defined in sec-
tion 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) shall be treated as a single bene-
ficiary; 
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