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gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu-
tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 205. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that makes college more affordable through reforms 
to the Higher Education Act of 1965, the chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate 
adjustments in allocations of a committee or committees 
and budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such 
bill or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an 
amendment) in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules would not increase the deficit or de-
crease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2017. The adjustments may be made whenever a rule pro-
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viding for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution 
is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any 
calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered as 
adopted or a conference report is submitted on such a bill 
or joint resolution. 
SEC. 206. RESERVE FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDI-
CARE. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that improves the medicare program for beneficiaries 
and protects access to care, through measures such as in-
creasing the reimbursement rate for physicians while pro-
tecting beneficiaries from associated premium increases 
and making improvements to the prescription drug pro-
gram under part D, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag-
gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso-
lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
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joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 207. RESERVE FUND FOR CREATING LONG-TERM EN-
ERGY ALTERNATIVES. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that fulfills the purposes of section 301(a) of H.R. 
6, the Clean Energy Act of 2007: 
(1) The chairman of the Committee on Budget 
may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations 
of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre-
gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint 
resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend-
ment) would not increase the deficit or decrease the 
surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2017. The adjustments made under this paragraph 
may be made whenever a rule is filed for a bill or 
joint resolution that attributes the offsets included 
in H.R. 6 to the bill or joint resolution. 
(2) The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may make appropriate adjustments to the 
allocations provided for under section 302(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee 
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on Appropriations to the extent a bill or joint resolu-
tion in the form placed before the House by the 
Committee on Rules provides budget authority for 
purposes set forth in section 301(a) of H.R. 6 in ex-
cess of the amounts provided for those purposes in 
fiscal year 2007. Any adjustments made under this 
paragraph shall not include revenues attributable to 
changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
shall not exceed the receipts estimated by the Con-
gressional Budget Office that are attributable to 
H.R. 6 for the year in which the adjustments are 
made. 
SEC. 208. RESERVE FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for an affordable housing fund, offset 
by reforming the regulation of certain government-spon-
sored enterprises, the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in alloca-
tions of a committee or committees and budgetary aggre-
gates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint resolu-
tion (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
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riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 209. RESERVE FUND FOR EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR 
FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that would provide for or increase benefits to Filipino 
veterans of World War II, their survivors and dependents, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 
the appropriate adjustments in allocations of a committee 
or committees and budgetary aggregates, but only to the 
extent that such bill or joint resolution (as amended, in 
the case of an amendment) in the form placed before the 
House by the Committee on Rules would not increase the 
deficit or decrease the surplus for the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2017. The adjustments may be made whenever 
a rule providing for consideration of such a bill or joint 
resolution is filed, such a bill or joint resolution is placed 
on any calendar, or an amendment is offered or considered 
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as adopted or a conference report is submitted on such 
a bill or joint resolution. 
SEC. 210. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 
AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that provides for the reauthorization of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
(Public Law 106-393), the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag-
gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso-
lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
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SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR RECEIPTS FROM THE BON-
NEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that prohibits the Bonneville Power Administration 
from making early payments on its Federal Bond Debt 
to the Department of the Treasury, the chairman of the 
Committee on Budget may make the appropriate adjust-
ments in allocations of a committee or committees and 
budgetary aggregates, but only to the extent that such bill 
or joint resolution (as amended, in the case of an amend-
ment) in the form placed before the House by the Com-
mittee on Rules would not increase the deficit or decrease 
the surplus for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2012 and the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. 
The adjustments may be made whenever a rule providing 
for consideration of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, 
such a bill or joint resolution is placed on any calendar, 
or an amendment is offered or considered as adopted or 
a conference report is submitted on such a bill or joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 212. RESERVE FUND FOR TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL AS-
SISTANCE. 
In the House, with respect to a bill or a joint resolu-
tion (or an amendment thereto or conference report there-
on) that extends the Transitional Medical Assistance pro-
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gram, included in title 19 of the Social Security Act, 
through fiscal year 2008, the chairman of the Committee 
on Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
cations of a committee or committees and budgetary ag-
gregates, but only to the extent that such bill or joint reso-
lution (as amended, in the case of an amendment) in the 
form placed before the House by the Committee on Rules 
would not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2017. The adjustments 
may be made whenever a rule providing for consideration 
of such a bill or joint resolution is filed, such a bill or 
joint resolution is placed on any calendar, or an amend-
ment is offered or considered as adopted or a conference 
report is submitted on such a bill or joint resolution. 
TITLE III—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 301. PROGRAM INTEGRITY INITIATIVES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS
TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
LIMITS.— 
(1) CONTINUING
DISABILITY
REVIEWS
AND 
SUPPLEMENTAL
SECURITY
INCOME
REDETERMINA-
TIONS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak-
ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro-
priates $264,000,000 for continuing disability re-
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views and Supplemental Security Income redeter-
minations for the Social Security Administration, 
and provides an additional appropriation of up to 
$213,000,000 and the amount is designated for con-
tinuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security 
Income redeterminations for the Social Security Ad-
ministration, then the allocation to the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations shall be increased by the 
amount of the additional budget authority and out-
lays flowing from that budget authority for fiscal 
year 2008. 
(2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX COMPLI-
ANCE.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported mak-
ing appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that appro-
priates up to $6,822,000,000 to the Internal Rev-
enue Service and the amount is designated to im-
prove compliance with the provisions of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and provides an additional 
appropriation of up to $406,000,000, and the 
amount is designated to improve compliance with the 
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
then the allocation to the House Committee on Ap-
propriations shall be increased by the amount of the 
additional budget authority and outlays flowing from 
that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 
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(3) HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL 
PROGRAM.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap-
propriates up to $183,000,000 and the amount is 
designated to the healthcare fraud and abuse control 
program at the Department of Health and Human 
Services, then the allocation to the House Committee 
on Appropriations shall be increased by the amount 
of additional budget authority and outlays flowing 
from that budget authority for fiscal year 2008. 
(4) UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—If a bill or joint resolution is reported 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2008 that ap-
propriates $10,000,000 for unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews for the Department of 
Labor, and provides an additional appropriation of 
up to $40,000,000 and the amount is designated for 
unemployment insurance improper payment reviews 
for the Department of Labor, then the allocation to 
the House Committee on Appropriations shall be in-
creased by the amount of the additional budget au-
thority and outlays flowing from that budget author-
ity for fiscal year 2008. 
(b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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(A) CHAIRMAN.—After the reporting of a 
bill or joint resolution, or the offering of an 
amendment thereto or the submission of a con-
ference report thereon, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget shall make the ad-
justments set forth in subparagraph (B) for the 
incremental new budget authority in that meas-
ure (if that measure meets the requirements set 
forth in paragraph (2)) and the outlays flowing 
from that budget authority. 
(B) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The ad-
justments referred to in subparagraph (A) are 
to be made to— 
(i) the allocations made pursuant to 
the appropriate concurrent resolution on 
the budget pursuant to section 302(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 
(ii) the budgetary aggregates as set 
forth in this resolution. 
(c) OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.— 
In the House, all committees are directed to review pro-
grams within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, 
and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny 
to issues raised by Government Accountability Office re-
ports. Based on these oversight efforts and committee per-
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