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(d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘direct- 
spending legislation’’ does not include— 
(1) any legislation the title of which is as fol-
lows: ‘‘A bill to preserve Social Security.’’; or 
(2) any legislation that would cause a net in-
crease in aggregate direct spending of less than 
$100,000,000 for any applicable time period. 
(e) If direct spending legislation increases the on- 
budget deficit or decreases an on-budget surpluses when 
taken individually, it must also increase the on-budget def-
icit or decrease the on-budget surplus when taken together 
with all direct spending legislation enacted since the begin-
ning of the calendar year not accounted for in the baseline 
assumed for the most recent concurrent resolution on the 
budget, except that direct spending effects resulting in net 
deficit reduction enacted pursuant to reconciliation in-
structions since the beginning of that same calendar year 
shall not be available. 
(f) This section may be waived by the affirmative vote 
of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the levels of budget 
authority and outlays for a fiscal year shall be determined 
on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the 
Budget. 
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(h) The Committee on Rules may not report a rule 
or order proposing a waiver of subsection (a). 
SEC. 408. BUDGET PROTECTION MANDATORY ACCOUNT. 
(a)(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
shall maintain an account to be known as the ‘‘Budget 
Protection Mandatory Account’’. The Account shall be di-
vided into entries corresponding to the allocations under 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 
budget, except that it shall not include the Committee on 
Appropriations. 
(2) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited 
to it under subsection (b). No entry of a negative amount 
shall be made. 
(b)(1) Upon the engrossment of a House bill or joint 
resolution or a House amendment to a Senate bill or joint 
resolution (other than an appropriation bill), the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget shall— 
(A) credit the applicable entries of the Budget 
Protection Mandatory Account by the amounts spec-
ified in paragraph (2); and 
(B) reduce the applicable section 302(a) alloca-
tions by the amount specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) Each amount specified in paragraph (1)(A) shall 
be the net reduction in mandatory budget authority (either 
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under current law or proposed by the bill or joint resolu-
tion under consideration) provided by each amendment 
that was adopted in the House to the bill or joint resolu-
tion. 
(c)(1) If an amendment includes a provision de-
scribed in paragraph (2), the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of a House 
bill or joint resolution or a House amendment to a Senate 
bill or joint resolution, other than an appropriation bill, 
reduce the level of total revenues set forth in the applicable 
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year or 
for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal 
years in an amount equal to the net reduction in manda-
tory authority (either under current law or proposed by 
a bill or joint resolution under consideration) provided by 
each amendment adopted by the House to the bill or joint 
resolution. Such adjustment shall be in addition to the ad-
justments described in subsection (b). 
(2)(A) The provision specified in paragraph (1) is as 
follows: ‘‘The amount of mandatory budget authority re-
duced by this amendment may be used to offset a decrease 
in revenues.’’ 
(B) All points of order are waived against an amend-
ment including the text specified in subparagraph (A) pro-
vided the amendment is otherwise in order. 
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(d) As used in this rule, the term— 
(1) ‘‘appropriation bill’’ means any general or 
special appropriation bill, and any bill or joint reso-
lution making supplemental, deficiency, or con-
tinuing appropriations through the end of fiscal year 
2007 or any subsequent fiscal year, as the case may 
be; and 
(2) ‘‘mandatory budget authority’’ means any 
entitlement authority as defined by, and interpreted 
for purposes of, the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
(e) During the consideration of any bill or joint reso-
lution, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall 
maintain a running tally, which shall be available to all 
Members, of the amendments adopted reflecting increases 
and decreases of budget authority in the bill or joint reso-
lution. 
SEC. 409. BUDGET DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS. 
(a)(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
shall maintain an account to be known as the ‘‘Budget 
Protection Discretionary Account’’. The Account shall be 
divided into entries corresponding to the allocation to the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the committee’s sub-
allocations, under section 302(a) and 302(b) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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(2) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited 
to it under subsection (b). No entry of a negative amount 
shall be made. 
(b)(1) Upon the engrossment of a House appropria-
tions bill, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
shall— 
(A) credit the applicable entries of the Budget 
Protection Discretionary Account by the amounts 
specified in paragraph (2); and 
(B) reduce the applicable 302(a) and (b) alloca-
tions by the amount specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) Each amount specified in subparagraph (A) shall 
be the net reduction in discretionary budget authority pro-
vided by each amendment adopted by the House to the 
bill or joint resolution. 
(c)(1) If an amendment includes a provision de-
scribed in paragraph (2), the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of a House 
appropriations bill, reduce the level of total revenues set 
forth in the applicable concurrent resolution on the budget 
for the fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year 
and the ensuing fiscal years in an amount equal to the 
net reduction in discretionary budget authority provided 
by each amendment that was adopted by the House to 
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the bill or joint resolution. Such adjustment shall be in 
addition to the adjustments described in subsection (b). 
(2)(A) The provision specified in paragraph (1) is as 
follows: ‘‘The amount of discretionary budget authority re-
duced by this amendment may be used to offset a decrease 
in revenues.’’ 
(B) All points of order are waived against an amend-
ment including the text specified in subparagraph (A) pro-
vided the amendment is otherwise in order. 
(d) As used in this rule, the term ‘‘appropriation bill’’ 
means any general or special appropriation bill, and any 
bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or 
continuing appropriations through the end of fiscal year 
2007 or any subsequent fiscal year, as the case may be. 
(e) During the consideration of any bill or joint reso-
lution, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall 
maintain a running tally, which shall be available to all 
Members, of the amendments adopted reflecting increases 
and decreases of budget authority in the bill or joint reso-
lution. 
Æ 
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