IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1060 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the reduction 
of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general 
appropriation bills. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
FEENEY, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. MCHENRY, 
Mr. PENCE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. 
WILSON
of South Carolina, Mr. CAMPBELL
of California, Mrs. 
MUSGRAVE, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, and Mr. CUELLAR) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require the reduction of section 302(b) suballocations 
to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation 
bills. 
Resolved, That (a) rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘7. (a) Whenever any Member offers an amendment 
to any general appropriation bill (or resolution making 
continuing appropriations to the end of a fiscal year) to 
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reduce new budget authority (and outlays flowing there-
from), that Member may designate the amount of the re-
duction in new budget authority that should be used to 
reduce the Federal budget deficit (or to increase the Fed-
eral budget surplus) if such amendment is agreed to. 
‘‘(b)(1) Upon the engrossment in the House of Rep-
resentatives of any general appropriation bill (or resolu-
tion making continuing appropriations to the end of a fis-
cal year), the chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
tions shall— 
‘‘(A) reduce the suballocation of new budget au-
thority to the appropriate subcommittee of that com-
mittee made under section 302(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 by the net amount of re-
ductions in new budget authority resulting from the 
amendments agreed to by the House to that bill to 
the extent that they are designated pursuant to 
paragraph (a), and 
‘‘(B) reduce the suballocation of outlays made 
under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 to the appropriate subcommittee of that 
committee by the net amount of reductions in out-
lays resulting from amendments described in sub-
division (A) by the House to that bill, 
and promptly report those revisions to the House. 
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‘‘(2) The reductions in suballocations made under 
subparagraph (1) may not be reallocated by the Com-
mittee on Appropriations to any other subcommittee. 
‘‘(3) In the House of Representatives, the revised 
suballocations made under subparagraph (1) shall be 
deemed to be suballocations made under section 302(b) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
‘‘(c) Upon the reporting of revised suballocations to 
the House by the Committee on Appropriations under 
paragraph (b), the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget shall make appropriate revisions in the allocations 
to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised 
suballocations and report those revisions to the House. In 
the House of Representatives, those revised allocations 
shall be deemed to be allocations made under section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect immediately prior to noon January 3, 2007. 
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