tent practicable, shall include written communication 
to such committees that affords such committees the 
opportunity to comment before the issuance of that 
report. 
‘‘(4) SCOPE
OF
ESTIMATES.—The estimates 
under this section shall include the amount of 
change in outlays for the current year (if applica-
ble), the budget year, and each outyear excluding 
any amounts resulting from—
‘‘(A) full funding of, and continuation of, 
the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in 
effect under current estimates; and 
‘‘(B) emergency provisions as designated 
under subsection (e). 
‘‘(5) SCOREKEEPING GUIDELINES.—OMB and 
CBO, after consultation with each other and the 
Committees on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, shall—
‘‘(A) 
determine 
common 
scorekeeping 
guidelines; and 
‘‘(B) in conformance with such guidelines, 
prepare estimates under this section. 
‘‘(e) EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.—If a provision of 
direct spending legislation is enacted that the President 
designates as an emergency requirement and that the Con-
gress so designates in statute, the amounts of new budget 
authority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting 
from that provision shall be designated as an emergency 
requirement in the reports required under subsection (d) 
of this section.’’. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXPIRATION.—(1) Section 254(c)(2) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(2) Section 254(f)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(b) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY SPENDING LEGISLATION AND THE 
BASELINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 257(a) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, except for emergency appropria-
tions covered by section 251(b)(2)(A) and emergency leg-
islation covered by section 252(e)’’ before the period. 
(b) DIRECT SPENDING
AND RECEIPTS.—Section 
257(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Emergency legislation covered by sec-
tion 252(e) shall not be extended in the base-
line.’’. 
(c) 
DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) Emergency appropriations covered by sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) shall not be extended in the base-
line.’’. 
SEC. 6. OMB EMERGENCY CRITERIA. 
(a) DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY.—Section 3 of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (as amended by section 2(d) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12)(A) The term ‘emergency’ means a situa-
tion that—
‘‘(i) requires new budget authority 
and outlays (or new budget authority and 
the outlays flowing therefrom) for the pre-
vention or mitigation of, or response to, 
loss of life or property, or a threat to na-
tional security; and
‘‘(ii) is unanticipated. 
‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘unanticipated’ means that the underlying 
situation is—
‘‘(i) sudden, which means quickly 
coming into being or not building up over 
time; 
‘‘(ii) urgent, which means a pressing 
and compelling need requiring immediate 
action; 
‘‘(iii) unforeseen, which means not 
predicted or anticipated as an emerging 
need; and 
‘‘(iv) temporary, which means not of a 
permanent duration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 250(c) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(20) The term ‘emergency’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.’’.
SEC. 7. RULE RESPECTING DESIGNATION OF LEGISLATIVE 
PROVISION AS AN EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘RULE RESPECTING DESIGNATION OF LEGISLATIVE 
PROVISION AS AN EMERGENCY 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) GUIDANCE.—In making a designation 
of a provision of legislation as an emergency requirement 
under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
committee report and any statement of managers accom-
panying that legislation shall analyze whether a proposed 
emergency requirement meets the definition of an ‘emer-
gency’ set out in section 3 of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 
Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any 
bill, joint resolution, or conference report that contains an 
emergency designation under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 
252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 unless the proposed emergency re-
quirement meets the definition of an ‘emergency’ set out 
in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974.
‘‘(c) WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—This 
section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 
be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the rul-
ing of the Chair on a point of order raised under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the 
application of subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) DISPOSITION OF POINTS OF ORDER IN THE 
HOUSE.—As disposition of a point of order under sub-
section (b) or subsection (d), the Chair shall put the ques-
tion of consideration with respect to the proposition that 
is the subject of the point of order. A question of consider-
ation under this section shall be debatable for 10 minutes 
by the Member initiating the point of order and for 10 
minutes by an opponent of the point of order, but shall 
otherwise be decided without intervening motion except 
one that the House adjourn or that the Committee of the 
Whole rise, as the case may be. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT ON AMENDMENT IN ORDER AS ORIGI-
NAL TEXT IN THE HOUSE.—The disposition of the ques-
tion of consideration under this section with respect to a 
bill or joint resolution shall be considered also to deter-
mine the question of consideration under this subsection 
with respect to an amendment made in order as original 
text.’’. 
(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. Rule respecting designation of legislative provision as an emer-
gency.’’.
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