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Fiscal year 2009: $5,524,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: $5,743,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: $5,805,000,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: $5,663,000,000,000. 
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 
The Congress determines and declares that the ap-
propriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for 
fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for each major functional 
category are: 
(1) National Defense (050): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$525,797,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $534,270,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$506,995,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $514,401,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$534,705,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $524,384,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$545,171,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $536,433,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$550,944,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $547,624,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$559,799,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $548,169,000,000. 
(2) International Affairs (150): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$28,795,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,308,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,675,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,096,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,428,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,557,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,623,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $32,687,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,083,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,006,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,530,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $33,613,000,000. 
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology 
(250): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$25,079,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $24,516,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$27,611,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $26,472,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$28,641,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $28,411,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,844,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,485,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,103,00,000. 
(B) Outlays, $30,089,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,438,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,367,000,000. 
(4) Energy (270): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$2,943,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,369,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$3,240,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,092,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$3,051,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,454,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$3,136,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,641,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$3,228,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,697,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$3,307,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,997,000,000. 
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$31,332,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $32,919,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$32,813,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $34,864,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$33,529,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,332,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$34,483,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,574,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$35,152,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $35,952,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$36,194,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $36,543,000,000. 
(6) Agriculture (350): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,471,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,738,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,381,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,549,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,933,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,059,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,138,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,112,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,156,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,436,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,402,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,863,000,000. 
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$5,515,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$3,522,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$9,158,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,985,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$9,973,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $996,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$13,775,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,460,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,822,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,931,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$8,822,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $1,097,000,000. 
(8) Transportation (400): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$81,282,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $74,739,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$82,657,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $80,802,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$76,343,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $83,948,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$77,261,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $86,127,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$78,289,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $87,018,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$79,169,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $88,761,000,000. 
(9) Community and Regional Development 
(450): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$15,717,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $28,281,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$15,032,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $22,017,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$13,928,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,474,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$14,129,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,220,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$14,328,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $17,649,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$14,528,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $15,131,000,000. 
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and 
Social Services (500): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$92,780,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $92,224,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$92,461,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $91,119,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$96,810,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $93,978,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$98,333,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $96,041,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$98,409,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $97,276,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$98,654,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $96,909,000,000. 
(11) Health (550): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$267,892,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $268,197,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$286,767,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $286,261,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$307,842,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $305,984,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$325,885,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $325,716,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$347,621,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $346,553,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$370,780,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $369,739,000,000. 
(12) Medicare (570): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$365,152,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $370,180,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$389,586,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $389,696,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$416,731,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $416,382,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$442,369,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $442,589,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$489,100,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $489,109,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$468,828,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $486,440,000,000. 
(13) Income Security (600): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$360,365,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $364,204,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$379,927,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $383,546,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$391,073,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $393,458,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$401,429,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $402,422,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$417,016,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $416,907,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$402,874,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $402,130,000,000. 
(14) Social Security (650): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,089,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,089,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,644,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,518,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$23,701,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$27,009,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$29,898,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000. 
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$73,896,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $72,342,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$85,192,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $82,772,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$87,787,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $87,681,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$90,414,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $89,710,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$96,033,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $95,410,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$93,325,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $92,599,000,000. 
(16) Administration of Justice (750): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$45,504,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $44,659,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,940,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $46,155,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$46,111,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $47,311,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$47,168,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $47,504,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$48,379,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $48,164,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$49,610,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $49,207,000,000. 
(17) General Government (800): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,193,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,574,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,614,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,998,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,264,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $19,328,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$19,886,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $19,765,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$20,647,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $20,370,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$21,359,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $21,193,000,000. 
(18) Net Interest (900): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$344,431,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $344,431,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$369,454,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $369,454,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$389,194,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $389,194,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$413,140,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $413,140,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$431,192,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $431,192,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$442,528,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $442,528,000,000. 
(19) Allowances (920): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$785,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $755,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $30,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $0. 
Fiscal year 2010:
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(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $0. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $0. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $0. 
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
–$69,714,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$69,714,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
–$70,979,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$70,979,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
–$66,560,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$66,569,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
–$66,933,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$66,933,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
–$69,575,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$69,595,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
–$71,857,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, –$71,860,000,000. 
(21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activi-
ties (970): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$124,310,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $31,506,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$145,163,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $114,914,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$50,000,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $109,425,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $42,324,000,000.
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Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $13,561,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2012: 
(A) New budget authority, $0. 
(B) Outlays, $4,485,000,000. 
TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 
SEC. 201. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S 
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment to or a conference report sub-
mitted on such a bill or joint resolution) reported from 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce that increases 
new budget authority that would result in no more than 
$50,000,000,000 in outlays for fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 for expanding coverage and improving children’s 
health through the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act 
and the program under title XIX of such Act (commonly 
known as medicaid), the chairman of the Committee on 
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca-
tions of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
budget authority and outlays of other committees as may 
be necessary pursuant to such adjustment for the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and budgetary aggre-
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gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu-
tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 202. RESERVE FUND FOR REFORM OF THE ALTER-
NATIVE MINIMUM TAX. 
In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for reform of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 by reducing the tax burden of the alternative min-
imum tax on middle-income families, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate ad-
justments in allocations of a committee or committees and 
budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 
bills or joint resolutions (as amended, in the case of an 
amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de-
crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007
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through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule pro-
viding for consideration of such bills or joint resolutions 
is filed, such bills or joint resolutions are placed on any 
calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 
adopted or a conference report is submitted on such bills 
or joint resolutions. 
SEC. 203. RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE FOR MIDDLE-IN-
COME TAX RELIEF AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. 
In the House, with respect to any bill or joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for tax relief for middle-income families 
and taxpayers and enhanced economic equity, such as ex-
tension of the child tax credit, extension of marriage pen-
alty relief, extension of the 10 percent individual income 
tax bracket, modification of the Alternative Minimum Tax, 
elimination of estate taxes on all but a minute fraction 
of estates by reforming and substantially increasing the 
unified credit, extension of the research and experimen-
tation tax credit, extension of the deduction for State and 
local sales taxes, and a tax credit for school construction 
bonds, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
make the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a com-
mittee or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only 
to the extent that such bills or joint resolutions (as amend-
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ed, in the case of an amendment) in the form placed before 
the House by the Committee on Rules would not increase 
the deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2017. The adjustments may be made when-
ever a rule providing for consideration of such bills or joint 
resolutions are filed, such bills or joint resolutions are 
placed on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or 
considered as adopted or a conference report is submitted 
on such bills or joint resolutions. 
SEC. 204. RESERVE FUND FOR AGRICULTURE. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for the reauthorization of the programs 
of the Food Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
or prior Acts, authorizes similar programs, or both, that 
increases new budget authority by no more than 
$20,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca-
tions of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre-
gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu-
tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for
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the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 205. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that makes college more affordable through reforms 
to the Higher Education Act of 1965, the chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 
adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees 
and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 
bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an 
amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de-
crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule pro-
viding for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution 
is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any 
calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as
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adopted or a conference report is submitted on such a bill 
or joint resolution. 
SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDI-
CARE. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that improves the medicare program for beneficiaries 
and protects access to care, through measures such as in-
creasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while pro-
tecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases 
and making improvements to the prescription drug pro-
gram under part D, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag-
gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso-
lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution.
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SEC. 207. RESERVE FUND FOR CREATING LONG-TERM EN-
ERGY ALTERNATIVES. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that fulfills the purposes of section 301(a) of H.R. 
6, the Clean Energy Act of 2007: 
(1) The chairman of the Committee on Budget 
may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations 
of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre-
gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint 
resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend-
ment) would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2017. The adjustments made under this paragraph 
may be made whenever a rule is filed for a bill or 
joint resolution that attributes the offsets included 
in H.R. 6 to the bill or joint resolution. 
(2) The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may make appropriate adjustments to the 
allocations provided for under section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee 
on Appropriations to the extent a bill or joint resolu-
tion in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules provides budget authority for 
purposes set forth in section 301(a) of H.R. 6 in ex-
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cess of the amounts provided for those purposes in 
fiscal year 2007. Any adjustments made under this 
paragraph shall not include revenues attributable to 
changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
shall not exceed the receipts estimated by the Con-
gressional Budget Office that are attributable to 
H.R. 6 for the year in which the adjustments are 
made. 
SEC. 208. RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for an affordable housing fund, offset 
by reforming the regulation of certain government-spon-
sored enterprises, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca-
tions of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre-
gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu-
tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
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ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 209. RESERVE FUND FOR EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR 
FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that would provide for or increase benefits to Filipino 
veterans of World War II, their survivors and dependents, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 
the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee 
or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the 
extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in 
the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 
House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the 
deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever 
a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint 
resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed 
on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered 
as adopted or a conference report is submitted on such 
a bill or joint resolution.
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SEC. 210. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 
AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for the reauthorization of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
(Public Law 106–393), the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in 
allocations of a committee or committees and budgetary 
aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint 
resolution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in 
the form placed before the House by the Committee on 
Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease the sur-
plus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjust-
ments may be made whenever a rule providing for consid-
eration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a 
bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an 
amendment is offered or considered as adopted or a con-
ference report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolu-
tion. 
SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS FROM THE BON-
NEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
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on) that prohibits the Bonneville Power Administration 
from making early payments on its Federal Bond Debt 
to the Department of the Treasury, the chairman of the 
Committee on Budget may make the appropriate adjust-
ments in allocations of a committee or committees and 
budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill 
or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend-
ment) in the form placed before the House by the Com-
mittee on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease 
the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. 
The adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing 
for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, 
such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, 
or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or 
a conference report is submitted on such a bill or joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL AS-
SISTANCE. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that extends the Transitional Medical Assistance pro-
gram, included in title 19 of the Social Security Act, 
through fiscal year 2008, the chairman of the Committee 
on Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
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cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag-
gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso-
lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
TITLE III—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS
TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
LIMITS.— 
(1) CONTINUING
DISABILITY
REVIEWS
AND 
SUPPLEMENTAL
SECURITY
INCOME
REDETERMINA-
TIONS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak-
ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro-
priates $264,000,000 for continuing disability re-
views and Supplemental Security Income redeter-
minations for the Social Security Administration, 
and provides an additional appropriation of up to
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$213,000,000 and the amount is designated for con-
tinuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security 
Income redeterminations for the Social Security Ad-
ministration, then the allocation to the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations shall be increased by the 
amount of the additional budget authority and out-
lays flowing from that budget authority for fiscal 
year 2008. 
(2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI-
ANCE.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak-
ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro-
priates up to $6,822,000,000 to the Internal Rev-
enue Service and the amount is designated to im-
prove compliance with the provisions of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an additional 
appropriation of up to $406,000,000, and the 
amount is designated to improve compliance with the 
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
then the allocation to the House Committee on Ap-
propriations shall be increased by the amount of the 
additional budget authority and outlays flowing from 
that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 
(3) HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL 
PROGRAM.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap-
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propriates up to $183,000,000 and the amount is 
designated to the healthcare fraud and abuse control 
program at the Department of Health and Human 
Services, then the allocation to the House Committee 
on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount 
of additional budget authority and outlays flowing 
from that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 
(4) UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap-
propriates $10,000,000 for unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews for the Department of 
Labor, and provides an additional appropriation of 
up to $40,000,000 and the amount is designated for 
unemployment insurance improper payment reviews 
for the Department of Labor, then the allocation to 
the House Committee on Appropriations shall be in-
creased by the amount of the additional budget au-
thority and outlays flowing from that budget author-
ity for fiscal year 2008. 
(b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) CHAIRMAN.—After the reporting of a 
bill or joint resolution, or the offering of an 
amendment thereto or the submission of a con-
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ference report thereon, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget shall make the ad-
justments set forth in subparagraph (B) for the 
incremental new budget authority in that meas-
ure (if that measure meets the requirements set 
forth in paragraph (2)) and the outlays flowing 
from that budget authority. 
(B) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The ad-
justments referred to in subparagraph (A) are 
to be made to— 
(i) the allocations made pursuant to 
the appropriate concurrent resolution on 
the budget pursuant to section 302(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 
(ii) the budgetary aggregates as set 
forth in this resolution. 
(c) OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.— 
In the House, all committees are directed to review pro-
grams within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, 
and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny 
to issues raised by Government Accountability Office re-
ports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee per-
formance reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, 
committees are directed to include recommendations for 
improved governmental performance in their annual views
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and estimates reports required under section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on 
the Budget. 
SEC. 302. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as provided 
in subsection (b), a bill or joint resolution making a gen-
eral appropriation or continuing appropriation, or an 
amendment thereto may not provide for advance appro-
priations. 
(b) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—In the House, an 
advance appropriation may be provided for fiscal year 
2009 or 2010 for programs, projects, activities, or ac-
counts identified in the joint explanatory statement of 
managers accompanying this resolution under the heading 
‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 
aggregate amount not to exceed $25,558,000,000 in new 
budget authority. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 
appropriation’’ means any new discretionary budget au-
thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making gen-
eral appropriations or any new discretionary budget au-
thority provided in a bill or joint resolution continuing ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2008 that first becomes avail-
able for any fiscal year after 2008.
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SEC. 303. OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND EMERGENCY 
NEEDS. 
(a) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES.—In the House, any bill or joint resolution or amend-
ment offered or considered as adopted or a conference re-
port thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal year 
2008 or fiscal year 2009 for overseas deployments and re-
lated activities, and such amounts are so designated pur-
suant to this subsection, then new budget authority, out-
lays or receipts resulting therefrom shall not count for the 
purposes of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
(b) EMERGENCY NEEDS.—In the House, any bill or 
joint resolution, or amendment offered or considered as 
adopted or conference report thereon, that makes appro-
priations for nondefense discretionary amounts, and such 
amounts are designated as necessary to meet emergency 
needs, then the new budget authority, outlays, or receipts 
resulting therefrom shall not be counted for the purposes 
of titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
SEC. 304. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 
and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—
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(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation; 
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that 
measure; and 
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as 
soon as practicable. 
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG-
GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 
from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca-
tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 
(c) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
BUDGET
DETERMINA-
TIONS.—For purposes of this resolution, the levels of new 
budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitle-
ment authority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fis-
cal year or period of fiscal years shall be determined on 
the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 
Budget. 
SEC. 305. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro-
viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget shall make adjust-
ments to the levels and allocations in this resolution in 
accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget
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and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect 
on September 30, 2002). 
SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDG-
ET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and the Senate, not-
withstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget En-
forcement Act of 1990, the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation 
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the 
discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Secu-
rity Administration. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of 
applying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget author-
ity and total outlays provided by a measure shall include 
any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security 
Administration. 
SEC. 307. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of the House, and such rules shall
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supersede other rules only to the extent that they 
are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the House to change those rules at any 
time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
as in the case of any other rule of the House. 
TITLE IV—POLICY 
SEC. 401. POLICY ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAX RELIEF. 
It is the policy of this resolution to minimize fiscal 
burdens on middle-income families and their children and 
grandchildren. It is the policy of this resolution to provide 
immediate relief for the tens of millions of middle-income 
households who would otherwise be subject to the Alter-
native Minimum Tax (AMT) under current law in the con-
text of permanent, revenue-neutral AMT reform. Further-
more, it is the policy of this resolution to support extension 
of middle-income tax relief and enhanced economic equity 
through policies such as— 
(1) extension of the child tax credit; 
(2) extension of marriage penalty relief; 
(3) extension of the 10 percent individual in-
come tax bracket; 
(4) elimination of estate taxes on all but a 
minute fraction of estates by reforming and substan-
tially increasing the unified tax credit;
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(5) extension of the research and experimen-
tation tax credit; 
(6) extension of the deduction for State and 
local sales taxes; 
(7) extension of the deduction for small busi-
ness expensing; and 
(8) enactment of a tax credit for school con-
struction bonds. 
This resolution assumes the cost of enacting such policies 
is offset by reforms within the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes across 
families and generations, economic efficiency, higher rates 
of tax compliance to close the ‘‘tax gap’’, and reduced tax-
payer burdens through tax simplification. 
SEC. 402. POLICY ON DEFENSE PRIORITIES. 
It is the policy of this resolution that— 
(1) recommendations of the National Commis-
sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
(commonly referred to as the 9/11 Commission) to 
fund cooperative threat reduction and nuclear non-
proliferation programs at a level commensurate with 
the risk is a high priority, and the President’s budg-
et should have requested sufficient funding for these 
programs;
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(2) ensuring that the TRICARE fees for mili-
tary retirees under the age of 65 remain at current 
levels; 
(3) funds be provided for increasing pay to en-
sure retention of experienced personnel and for im-
proving military benefits in general; 
(4) the Missile Defense Agency should be fund-
ed at an adequate but lower level and the elimi-
nation of space-based interceptor development will 
ensure a more prudent acquisition strategy, yet still 
support a robust ballistic missile defense program; 
(5) satellite research, development, and procure-
ment be funded at a level below the amount re-
quested for fiscal year 2008, which amounts to a 26 
percent increase above the current level, but at a 
level sufficient to develop new satellite technologies 
while ensuring a more prudent acquisition strategy; 
(6) sufficient resources be provided to imple-
ment Government Accountability Office (GAO) rec-
ommendations, such as improving financial manage-
ment and contracting practices at the Department of 
Defense (DOD), and that substantial savings should 
result from the identification of billions of dollars of 
obligations and disbursements and Government over-
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charges for which the Department of Defense cannot 
account; 
(7) that the Department of Defense should do 
a more careful job of addressing the 1,378 Govern-
ment Accountability Office recommendations made 
to the Department of Defense and its components 
over the last six years that have yet to be imple-
mented, which could produce billions of dollars in 
savings; and 
(8) accruing all savings from the actions rec-
ommended in paragraphs (4) through (7) should be 
used to fund higher priorities within Function 050 
(Defense), and especially those high priorities identi-
fied in paragraphs (1) through (3) and to help fund 
recommendations of the bipartisan ‘‘Walter Reed 
Commission’’ (the President’s Commission on Care 
for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors) and 
other United States Government investigations into 
military healthcare facilities and services. 
SEC. 403. POLICY ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY. 
It is the policy of this resolution that the reconcili-
ation directive to the Committee on Education and Labor 
shall not be construed to reduce any assistance that makes 
college more affordable for students, including but not lim-
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ited to assistance to student aid programs run by non-
profit state agencies. 
TITLE V—SENSE OF THE HOUSE 
SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SERVICEMEMBERS’ 
AND VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE AND OTHER 
PRIORITIES. 
It is the sense of the House that— 
(1) the House supports excellent health care for 
current and former members of the United States 
Armed Services, who have served well and honorably 
and have made significant sacrifices for this Nation; 
(2) this resolution provides $43,055,000,000 in 
discretionary budget authority for 2008 for Function 
700 (Veterans Benefits and Services), including vet-
erans’ health care, which is $6,598,000,000 more 
than the 2007 level, $5,404,000,000 more than the 
Congressional Budget Office’s baseline level for 
2008, and $3,506,000,000 more than the Presi-
dent’s budget for 2008; 
(3) this resolution provides funding to imple-
ment, in part, recommendations of the bi-partisan 
‘‘Walter Reed Commission’’ (the President’s Com-
mission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded 
Warriors) and other United States Government in-
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vestigations into military and veterans health care 
facilities and services; 
(4) this resolution assumes the rejection of the 
enrollment fees and co-payment increases in the 
President’s budget; 
(5) this resolution provides additional funding 
above the President’s inadequate budget levels for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to research and 
treat veterans’ mental health, post-traumatic stress 
disorder, and traumatic brain and spinal cord inju-
ries; and 
(6) this resolution provides additional funding 
above the President’s inadequate budget levels for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the 
speed and accuracy of its processing of disability 
compensation claims, including funding to hire addi-
tional personnel above the President’s requested 
level. 
SEC. 502. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INNOVATION 
AGENDA: A COMMITMENT TO COMPETITIVE-
NESS TO KEEP AMERICA #1. 
(a) It is the sense of the House to provide sufficient 
funding that our Nation may continue to be the world 
leader in education, innovation and economic growth. This 
resolution provides $450,000,000 above the President’s
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requested level for 2008, and additional amounts in subse-
quent years in Function 250 (General Science, Space and 
Technology) and Function 270 (Energy). Additional in-
creases for scientific research and education are included 
in Function 500 (Education, Employment, Training, and 
Social Services), Function 550 (Health), Function 300 
(Environment and Natural Resources), Function 350 (Ag-
riculture), Function 400 (Transportation), and Function 
370 (Commerce and Housing Credit), all of which receive 
more funding than the President requested. 
(b) America’s greatest resource for innovation resides 
within classrooms across the country. The increased fund-
ing provided in this resolution will support important ini-
tiatives to educate 100,000 new scientists, engineers, and 
mathematicians, and place highly qualified teachers in 
math and science K–12 classrooms. 
(c) Independent scientific research provides the foun-
dation for innovation and future technologies. This resolu-
tion will put us on the path toward doubling funding for 
the National Science Foundation, basic research in the 
physical sciences across all agencies, and collaborative re-
search partnerships; and toward achieving energy inde-
pendence through the development of clean and sustain-
able alternative energy technologies.
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SEC. 503. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON HOMELAND SECURITY. 
It is the sense of the House that— 
(1) this resolution assumes additional homeland 
security funding above the President’s requested 
level for 2008 and every subsequent year; 
(2) this resolution assumes funding above the 
President’s requested level for 2008, and additional 
amounts in subsequent years, in the four budget 
functions: Function 400 (Transportation), Function 
450 (Community and Regional Development), Func-
tion 550 (Health), and Function 750 (Administra-
tion of Justice) that fund most nondefense homeland 
security activities; and 
(3) the homeland security funding provided in 
this resolution will help to strengthen the security of 
our Nation’s transportation system, particularly our 
ports where significant security shortfalls still exist 
and foreign ports, by expanding efforts to identify 
and scan all high-risk United States-bound cargo, 
equip first responders, strengthen border patrol, and 
increase the preparedness of the public health sys-
tem. 
SEC. 504. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE ONGOING 
NEED 
TO 
RESPOND 
TO 
HURRICANES 
KATRINA AND RITA. 
It is the sense of the House that:
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(1) Critical needs in the Gulf Coast region 
should be addressed without further delay. The 
budget resolution creates a reserve fund that would 
allow for affordable housing that may be used to 
focus on areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita, as well as new funding for additional re-
covery priorities. 
(2) Additional oversight and investigation is 
needed to ensure that recovery efforts are on track, 
develop legislation to reform the contracting process, 
and better prepare for future disasters. Those ef-
forts should be made in close consultation with resi-
dents of affected areas. The budget resolution pro-
vides additional 2007 funding for the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, some of which may be 
used for this purpose. 
SEC. 505. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING LONG-TERM 
SUSTAINABILITY OF ENTITLEMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) The aging of the United States population 
is going to put unprecedented pressure on the Na-
tion’s retirement and health care systems. 
(2) The long-term strength of social security 
would be improved through a fiscally responsible pol-
icy of reducing the deficit and paying down the debt
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that has accumulated since 2001, thus reducing debt 
service payments and freeing up billions of dollars 
that can be dedicated to meeting social security’s ob-
ligations. 
(3) A policy of reducing and eventually elimi-
nating the deficit and paying down the debt is a key 
factor in improving the long-term strength of the 
economy as a whole, because a lower debt burden 
frees up resources for productive investments that 
will result in higher economic growth, provide a 
higher standard of living for future generations, and 
enhance the Nation’s ability to meet its commit-
ments to its senior citizens. 
(4) The most significant factor affecting the 
Nation’s entitlement programs is the rapid increase 
in health care costs. The projected increasing costs 
of medicare and medicaid are not unique to these 
programs but rather are part of a pattern of rising 
costs for the health sector as a whole. 
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the 
House that the growing cost of entitlements should be ad-
dressed in a way that is fiscally responsible and promotes 
economic growth, that addresses the causes of cost growth 
in the broader health care system, and that protects bene-
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ficiaries without leaving a legacy of debt to future genera-
tions. 
SEC. 506. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE NEED TO 
MAINTAIN AND BUILD UPON EFFORTS TO 
FIGHT HUNGER. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) More than 35 million individuals (12.4 mil-
lion of them children) are food insecure, uncertain of 
having, or unable to acquire enough food. 10.8 mil-
lion Americans are hungry because of lack of food. 
(2) Despite the critical contributions of the De-
partment of Agriculture nutrition programs and par-
ticularly the food stamp program that significantly 
reduced payment error rates while increasing enroll-
ment to partially mitigate the impact of recent in-
creases in the poverty rate, significant need remains. 
(3) Nearly 25 million people, including nine 
million children and three million seniors, sought 
emergency food assistance from food pantries, soup 
kitchens, shelters, and local charities last year. 
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the 
House that the Department of Agriculture programs that 
help fight hunger should be maintained and that the 
House should seize opportunities to enhance those pro-
grams to reach people in need and to fight hunger.
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SEC. 507. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AFFORDABLE 
HEALTH COVERAGE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the following: 
(1) More than 46 million Americans, including 
nine million children, lack health insurance. People 
without health insurance are more likely to experi-
ence problems getting medical care and to be hos-
pitalized for avoidable health problems. 
(2) Most Americans receive health coverage 
through their employers. A major issue facing all 
employers is the rising cost of health insurance. 
Small businesses, which have generated most of the 
new jobs annually over the last decade, have an es-
pecially difficult time affording health coverage, due 
to higher administrative costs and fewer people over 
whom to spread the risk of catastrophic costs. Be-
cause it is especially costly for small businesses to 
provide health coverage, their employees make up a 
large proportion of the nation’s uninsured individ-
uals. 
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the 
House that legislation consistent with the pay-as-you-go 
principle should be adopted that makes health insurance 
more affordable and accessible, with attention to the spe-
cial needs of small businesses, and that lowers costs and 
improves the quality of health care by encouraging inte-
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gration of health information technology tools into the 
practice of medicine, and promoting improvements in dis-
ease management and disease prevention. 
SEC. 508. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING EXTENSION 
OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE. 
It is the sense of the House that in order to reduce 
the deficit Congress should extend PAYGO in its original 
form in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 
SEC. 509. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON LONG-TERM BUDG-
ETING. 
It is the sense of Congress that the determination of 
the congressional budget for the United States Govern-
ment and the President’s budget request should include 
consideration of the Financial Report of the United States 
Government, especially its information regarding the Gov-
ernment’s net operating cost, financial position, and long- 
term liabilities. 
SEC. 510. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING PAY PARITY. 
It is the sense of the House that rates of compensa-
tion for civilian employees of the United States should be 
adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, 
as are rates of compensation for members of the uni-
formed services.
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SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING WASTE, 
FRAUD, AND ABUSE. 
It is the sense of the House that all committees 
should examine programs within their jurisdiction to iden-
tify wasteful and fraudulent spending. To this end, section 
301 of this resolution includes cap adjustments to provide 
appropriations for three programs that accounted for a 
significant share of improper payments reported by Fed-
eral agencies in 2006: Social Security Administration Con-
tinuing Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health 
Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Unemploy-
ment Insurance. Section 301 also includes a cap adjust-
ment for the Internal Revenue Services for tax compliance 
efforts to close the $300,000,000,000 tax gap. In addition, 
the resolution’s deficit-neutral reserve funds require au-
thorizing committees to cut lower priority and wasteful 
spending to accommodate new high-priority entitlement 
benefits. Finally, section 301 of the resolution directs all 
committees to review the performance of programs within 
their jurisdiction and report recommendations annually to 
the Committee on the Budget as part of the views and 
estimates process required by section 301(d) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act. 
SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 
It is the sense of the House that—
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(1) additional legislative action is needed to en-
sure that States have the necessary resources to col-
lect all child support that is owed to families and to 
allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to 
families without financial penalty; and 
(2) when 100 percent of child support payments 
are passed to the child, rather than administrative 
expenses, program integrity is improved and child 
support participation increases. 
SEC. 513. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON STATE VETERANS 
CEMETERIES. 
It is the sense of the House that the Federal Govern-
ment should pay the plot allowance for the interment in 
a State veterans cemetery of any spouse or eligible child 
of a veteran, consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle. 
TITLE VI—RECONCILIATION 
SEC. 601. RECONCILIATION. 
(a) INSTRUCTIONS.—The House Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor shall report changes in laws to reduce 
the deficit by $75,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012. 
(b) MANDATORY SAVINGS.—Not later than Sep-
tember 10, 2007, the House Committee on Education and 
Labor shall submit its recommendations to the House of 
Representatives.
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(c) SUBMISSION OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—Upon 
the submission to the House of a reconciliation bill or con-
ference report thereon, that complies with this reconcili-
ation instruction, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may file with the House appropriately revised allo-
cations and budgetary aggregates. Such revisions shall be 
considered to be the allocations and aggregates established 
by the concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 29, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 99 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Revising the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2007, estab-
lishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2008, and set-
ting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012.