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SEC. 403. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO-
CATIONS AND AGGREGATES.
(a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations
and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall—
(1) apply while that measure is under consider-
ation;
(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 AG-
GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting
from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur-
poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca-
tions and aggregates contained in this resolution.
(c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For
purposes of this resolution—
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays,
direct spending, new entitlement authority, revenues,
deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period of
fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of esti-
mates made by the appropriate Committee on the
Budget; and
(2) such chairman may make any other nec-
essary adjustments to such levels to carry out this
resolution.
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SEC. 404. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In the House, except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), an advance appropriation may not
be reported in a bill or joint resolution making a general
appropriation or continuing appropriation, and may not
be in order as an amendment thereto.
(2) Managers on the part of the House may not agree
to a Senate amendment that would violate paragraph (1)
unless specific authority to agree to the amendment first
is given by the House by a separate vote with respect
thereto.
(b) LIMITATION.—In the House, an advance appro-
priation may be provided for fiscal year 2007 or 2008 for
programs, projects, activities or accounts identified in the
joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying
this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for
Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $23,568,000,000 in new budget authority.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ad-
vance appropriation’’ means any discretionary new budget
authority in a bill or joint resolution making general ap-
propriations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year
2006 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after
2006.
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SEC. 405. SPECIAL RULE IN THE HOUSE FOR CERTAIN SEC-
TION 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS.
In the House, the Committee on Appropriations may
make a separate suballocation for general appropriations
for the legislative branch for the first fiscal year of this
resolution. Such suballocation shall be deemed to be made
under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 and shall be treated as such a suballocation for all
purposes under section 302 of such Act.
SEC. 406. SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS IN
MANDATORY SPENDING THROUGH FISCAL
YEAR 2014.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the share of the budget consumed by man-
datory spending have been growing since the mid-
1970s, and now is about 54 percent;
(2) this portion of the budget is continuing to
grow, crowding out other priorities and threatening
overall budget control;
(3) mandatory spending is intrinsically difficult
to control;
(4) these programs are subject to a variety of
factors outside the control of Congress, such as de-
mographics, economic conditions, and medical prices;
(5) Congress should make an effort at least
every other year, to review mandatory spending; and
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(6) the reconciliation process set forth in the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is a viable tool to
reduce the rate of growth in mandatory spending.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that concurrent resolutions on the budget for fis-
cal years 2007 through 2010 should include reconciliation
instructions to committees, every other year, pursuant to
section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
to achieve significant savings in mandatory spending.
Passed the House of Representatives March 17,
2005.
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 95
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 2006,
revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
year 2005, and setting forth appropriate budg-
etary levels for fiscal years 2007 through 2010.