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SEC. 5202. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS 
AND AGGREGATES. 
(a) APPLICATION.—In the House of Representatives, any adjust-
ments of the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
made pursuant to this concurrent resolution shall— 
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration; 
(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 AGGREGATES.— 
Revised allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjust-
ments shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 as the allocations and aggregates contained 
in this concurrent resolution. 
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this 
concurrent resolution, the budgetary levels for a fiscal year or 
period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives. 
(d) AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATION.—In the House 
of Representatives, for purposes of this concurrent resolution and 
budget enforcement, the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, for which the 
chair of the Committee on the Budget makes adjustments or revi-
sions in the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels 
of this concurrent resolution shall not be subject to the points 
of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives or section 5101 of this concurrent resolu-
tion. 
(e) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust other appro-
priate levels in this concurrent resolution depending on congres-
sional action on pending reconciliation legislation. 
SEC. 5203. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND 
DEFINITIONS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget may adjust the appropriate aggregates, allocations, 
and other budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for any 
change in budgetary concepts and definitions consistent with section 
251(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 5204. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, reconciliation 
targets, and other appropriate budgetary levels in this concurrent 
resolution to reflect changes resulting from the Congressional 
Budget Office’s update to its baseline for fiscal years 2018 through 
2027. 
SEC. 5205. APPLICATION OF RULE REGARDING LIMITS ON DISCRE-
TIONARY SPENDING. 
Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall 
not apply in the House of Representatives to any bill, joint resolu-
tion, or amendment that provides new budget authority for a fiscal 
year or to any conference report on any such bill or resolution 
if—
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(1) the enactment of that bill or resolution; 
(2) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or 
(3) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form 
recommended in that conference report, 
would not cause the 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations for fiscal year 2018 to be exceeded. 
SEC. 5206. ENFORCEMENT FILING IN THE HOUSE. 
In the House of Representatives, if a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2018 is adopted without the appoint-
ment of a committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses with respect to this concurrent resolution on the 
budget, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 and applicable rules and requirements set forth in the 
concurrent resolution on the budget, the allocations and list pro-
vided for in this section shall apply in the House of Representatives 
in the same manner as if such allocations and list were in a 
joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on 
the budget for fiscal year 2018. The chair of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives shall submit a state-
ment for publication in the Congressional Record containing— 
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee alloca-
tions for fiscal year 2018 consistent with title I for the purpose 
of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 
(2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appro-
priations, committee allocations consistent with title I for fiscal 
year 2018 and for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 
2027 for the purpose of enforcing 302 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and 
(3) a list of programs, projects, activities, or accounts identi-
fied for advance appropriations for the purpose of enforcing 
section 5104 of this concurrent resolution. 
SEC. 5207. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
The House of Representatives adopts the provisions of this 
title and section 2002— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House 
of Representatives, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of the House of Representatives, and such 
rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they 
are inconsistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the 
House of Representatives to change those rules at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the case 
of any other rule of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle C—Adjustment Authority 
SEC. 5301. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR AMENDMENTS TO STATU-
TORY CAPS. 
During the 115th Congress, if a measure becomes law that 
amends the discretionary spending limits established under section 
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), such as a measure increasing the limit 
for the revised security category for fiscal year 2018 to be 
$640,000,000,000, the chair of the Committee on the Budget of
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the House of Representatives may adjust the allocation called for 
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 633(a)) to the appropriate committee or committees of the 
House of Representatives, and may adjust all other budgetary aggre-
gates, allocations, levels, and limits contained in this resolution, 
as necessary, consistent with such measure. 
Subtitle D—Reserve Funds 
SEC. 5401. RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 
that invests in national infrastructure to the extent that such 
measure is deficit neutral for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 
2027. 
SEC. 5402. RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM. 
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on Ways 
and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that provides for com-
prehensive tax reform, the chair of the Committee on the Budget 
may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate budg-
etary levels in this concurrent resolution for the budgetary effects 
of any such bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, if such measure would not increase the 
deficit for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
SEC. 5403. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH 
INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget may adjust the allocations, budget aggregates and 
other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution for the budg-
etary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
or conference report thereon, that extends the State Children’s 
Health Insurance Program allotments, if such measure would not 
increase the deficit for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
SEC. 5404. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OR REPLACEMENT OF 
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE LAWS. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other 
appropriate budgetary levels in this concurrent resolution for the 
budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon, that repeals or replaces any 
provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or 
title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010 by the amount of budget authority and
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outlays flowing therefrom provided by such measure for such pur-
pose. 
Attest: 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Attest: 
Secretary of the Senate.