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portation and Infrastructure shall report changes in 
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
level of direct spending for that committee by 
$12,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and 
$103,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2010. 
(H) COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.—The 
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the level of direct spending for that com-
mittee by $155,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 
2006 and $798,000,000 in outlays for the period of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
(I) COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS.—The 
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $3,907,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006 and $18,680,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2010. 
(b) SUBMISSION PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN REV-
ENUE.—The House Committee on Ways and Means shall 
report a reconciliation bill not later than June 24, 2005, 
that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction suf-
ficient 
to 
reduce 
revenues 
by 
not 
more 
than 
$16,623,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and by not more
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than $45,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 
through 2010. 
(c)(1) Upon the submission to the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of a recommendation that has com-
plied with its reconciliation instructions solely by virtue 
of section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the chairman of that committee may file with the 
House appropriately revised allocations under section 
302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels and aggre-
gates. 
(2) Upon the submission to the House of a conference 
report recommending a reconciliation bill or resolution in 
which a committee has complied with its reconciliation in-
structions solely by virtue of this section, the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget of the House may file 
with the House appropriately revised allocations under 
section 302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels 
and aggregates. 
(3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to 
this subsection shall be considered to be allocations and 
aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the 
budget pursuant to section 301 of such Act.
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TITLE III—CONTINGENCY 
PROCEDURE 
SEC. 
301. 
CONTINGENCY 
PROCEDURE 
FOR 
SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House reports legislation, 
or if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference re-
port thereon is submitted, that provides new budget au-
thority for the budget accounts or portions thereof in the 
highway and transit categories as defined in sections 
250(c)(4)(B) and (C) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 in excess of the fol-
lowing amounts: 
(1) for fiscal year 2005: $42,806,000,000, 
(2) for fiscal year 2006: $45,899,100,000, 
(3) for fiscal year 2007: $47,828,700,000, 
(4) for fiscal year 2008: $49,715,400,000, or 
(5) for fiscal year 2009: $51,743,500,000, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may adjust 
the appropriate budget aggregates and increase the alloca-
tion of new budget authority to such committee for fiscal 
year 2005 and for the period of fiscal years 2005 through 
2009 to the extent such excess is offset by a reduction 
in mandatory outlays from the Highway Trust Fund or 
an increase in receipts appropriated to such fund for the
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applicable fiscal year caused by such legislation or any 
previously enacted legislation. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT FOR OUTLAYS.—For fiscal year 
2006, in the House, if a bill or joint resolution is reported, 
or if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference re-
port thereon is submitted, that changes obligation limita-
tions such that the total limitations are in excess of 
$42,792,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 for programs, 
projects, and activities within the highway and transit cat-
egories as defined in sections 250(c)(4)(B) and (C) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, and if legislation has been enacted that satisfies the 
conditions set forth in subsection (a) for such fiscal year, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may in-
crease the allocation of outlays and appropriate aggregates 
for such fiscal year for the committee reporting such 
measure by the amount of outlays that corresponds to 
such excess obligation limitations, but not to exceed the 
amount of such excess that was offset pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
TITLE IV—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 
(a) EXEMPTION OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS.—(1) In the House, if any bill or joint resolution
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is reported, or an amendment is offered thereto or a con-
ference report is filed thereon, that makes supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 2005 or fiscal year 2006 for 
contingency operations related to the global war on ter-
rorism, then the new budget authority, new entitlement 
authority, outlays, and receipts resulting therefrom shall 
not count for purposes of sections 302, 303, 311, and 401 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the provi-
sions of such measure that are designated pursuant to this 
subsection as making appropriations for such contingency 
operations. 
(2) Amounts included in this resolution for the pur-
pose set forth in paragraph (1) shall be considered to be 
current law for purposes of the preparation of the current 
level of budget authority and outlays and the appropriate 
levels shall be adjusted upon the enactment of such bill. 
(b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—In 
the House, if a bill or joint resolution is reported, or an 
amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is 
filed thereon, that designates a provision as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to this section, then the new budget 
authority, new entitlement authority, outlays, and receipts 
resulting therefrom shall not count for purposes of sec-
tions 302, 303, 311, and 401 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974.
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(c) DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—In the House, if a provision of 
legislation is designated as an emergency require-
ment under subsection (b), the committee report and 
any statement of managers accompanying that legis-
lation shall include an explanation of the manner in 
which the provision meets the criteria in paragraph 
(2). If such legislation is to be considered by the 
House without being reported, then the committee 
shall cause the explanation to be published in the 
Congressional Record in advance of floor consider-
ation. 
(2) CRITERIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any such provision is 
an emergency requirement if the underlying sit-
uation poses a threat to life, property, or na-
tional security and is— 
(i) sudden, quickly coming into being, 
and not building up over time; 
(ii) an urgent, pressing, and compel-
ling need requiring immediate action; 
(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), un-
foreseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; 
and
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(iv) not permanent, temporary in na-
ture. 
(B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is 
part of an aggregate level of anticipated emer-
gencies, particularly when normally estimated in 
advance, is not unforeseen. 
SEC. 402. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDG-
ET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, notwithstanding 
section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement 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 adminis-
trative expenses of the Social Security 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.
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SEC. 403. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 
and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 
(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) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 
purposes of this resolution— 
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays, 
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, 
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of 
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti-
mates made by the appropriate Committee on the 
Budget; and 
(2) such chairman may make any other nec-
essary adjustments to such levels to carry out this 
resolution.
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SEC. 404. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In the House, except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), an advance appropriation may not 
be reported in a bill or joint resolution making a general 
appropriation or continuing appropriation, and may not 
be in order as an amendment thereto. 
(2) Managers on the part of the House may not agree 
to a Senate amendment that would violate paragraph (1) 
unless specific authority to agree to the amendment first 
is given by the House by a separate vote with respect 
thereto. 
(b) LIMITATION.—In the House, an advance appro-
priation may be provided for fiscal year 2007 or 2008 for 
programs, projects, activities or accounts 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 $23,568,000,000 in new budget authority. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ad-
vance appropriation’’ means any discretionary new budget 
authority in a bill or joint resolution making general ap-
propriations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2006 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 
2006.