which such budget authority first becomes available 
for obligation. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF EMERGENCIES TO FUND CER-
TAIN MILITARY OPERATIONS.—Whenever the Committee 
on Appropriations reports any bill or joint resolution that 
provides budget authority for any emergency that is a 
threat to national security and the funding of which car-
ries out a military operation authorized by a declaration 
of war or a joint resolution authorizing the use of military 
force (or economic assistance funding in furtherance of 
such operation) and the report accompanying that bill or 
joint resolution, pursuant to subsection (d), identifies any 
provision that increases outlays or provides budget author-
ity (and the outlays flowing therefrom) for such emer-
gency, the enactment of which would cause the total 
amount of budget authority or outlays provided for emer-
gencies for the budget year in the joint resolution on the 
budget (pursuant to section 301(a)(4)) to be exceeded: 
‘‘(1) Such bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget of the House 
or the Senate, as the case may be, with instructions 
to report it without amendment, other than that 
specified in paragraph (2), within 5 legislative days 
of the day in which it is reported from the origi-
nating committee. If the Committee on the Budget 
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of either House fails to report a bill or joint resolu-
tion referred to it under this subparagraph within 
such 5-day period, the committee shall be automati-
cally discharged from further consideration of such 
bill or joint resolution and such bill or joint resolu-
tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(2) An amendment to such a bill or joint reso-
lution referred to in this subsection shall only consist 
of an exemption from section 251 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
of all or any part of the provisions that provide 
budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom) 
for such emergency if the committee determines, 
pursuant to the guidelines referred to in section 203 
of the Emergency Spending Control Act of 2007, 
that such budget authority is for an emergency with-
in the meaning of section 3(11). 
‘‘(3) If such a bill or joint resolution is reported 
with an amendment specified in paragraph (2) by 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate, then the budget authority 
and resulting outlays that are the subject of such 
amendment shall not be included in any determina-
tions under section 302(f) or 311(a) for any bill, 
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joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
report. 
‘‘(d) COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION
OF EMERGENCY 
LEGISLATION.—Whenever the Committee on Appropria-
tions or any other committee of either House (including 
a committee of conference) reports any bill or joint resolu-
tion that provides budget authority for any emergency, the 
report accompanying that bill or joint resolution (or the 
joint explanatory statement of managers in the case of a 
conference report on any such bill or joint resolution) shall 
identify all provisions that provide budget authority and 
the outlays flowing therefrom for such emergency and in-
clude a statement of the reasons why such budget author-
ity meets the definition of an emergency pursuant to the 
guidelines referred to in section 203 of the Emergency 
Spending Control Act of 2007.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Emergencies.’’. 
SEC. 206. APPLICATION OF SECTION 306 TO EMERGENCIES 
IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS IN RESERVE FUND. 
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting at the end the following new sen-
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