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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$42,908,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,578,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,454,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,716,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$43,816,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $43,903,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$44,862,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $44,492,000,000. 
(17) General Government (800): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,981,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,873,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,332,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,318,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,365,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,099,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,250,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,020,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$18,479,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $18,213,000,000. 
(18) Net Interest (900): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$354,079,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $354,079,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$383,499,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $383,499,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$405,709,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $405,709,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$427,371,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $427,371,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$449,114,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $449,114,000,000. 
(19) Allowances (920): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
$4,145,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, $3,493,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$7,922,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,752,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$7,252,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$5,918,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$7,384,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$6,882,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
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(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$7,539,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$7,282,000,000. 
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 
Fiscal year 2007: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$68,585,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$69,427,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2008: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$68,727,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$68,399,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2009: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$74,480,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$74,199,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2010: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$66,775,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$66,588,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2011: 
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority, 
¥$69,284,000,000. 
(B) Outlays, ¥$69,247,000,000. 
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TITLE II—RECONCILIATION 
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES. 
(a) SUBMISSIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUED 
REFORM OF MANDATORY SPENDING.—(1) Not later than 
May 12, 2006, the House committees named in paragraph 
(2) shall submit their recommendations to the House 
Committee on the Budget. After receiving those rec-
ommendations, the House Committee on the Budget shall 
report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all 
such recommendations without any substantive revision. 
(2) INSTRUCTIONS.— 
(A) 
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE.—The 
House Committee on Agriculture shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $55,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
(B) COMMITTEE
ON
ARMED
SERVICES.—The 
House Committee on Armed Services shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $175,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
(C) COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
AND
THE 
WORKFORCE.—The House Committee on Education 
and the Workforce shall report changes in laws with-
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in its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by 
$1,323,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2011. 
(D) COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES IN-
STRUCTION TO TRIGGER RELEASE OF FLOOD INSUR-
ANCE
RESERVE
FUND
TO
COVER
ADDITIONAL 
CLAIMS IN THE GULF REGION.—The House Com-
mittee on Financial Services shall report changes in 
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
deficit by $400,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2011. 
(E) COMMITTEE
ON
INTERNATIONAL
RELA-
TIONS.—The House Committee on International Re-
lations shall report changes in laws within its juris-
diction 
sufficient 
to 
reduce 
the 
deficit 
by 
$250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2011. 
(F) COMMITTEE
ON
THE
JUDICIARY.—The 
House Committee on the Judiciary shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $500,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
(G) COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE.—The House Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure shall report changes in 
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laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the 
deficit by $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2011. 
(H) COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.—The 
House Committee on Ways and Means shall report 
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to 
reduce the deficit by $4,000,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF REVISED ALLOCATIONS.—(1) 
Upon the submission to the Committee on the Budget of 
the House of a recommendation that has complied with 
its reconciliation instructions solely by virtue of section 
310(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
chairman of that committee may file with the House ap-
propriately revised allocations under section 302(a) of 
such Act and revised functional levels and aggregates. 
(2) Upon the submission to the House of a conference 
report recommending a reconciliation bill or resolution in 
which a committee has complied with its reconciliation in-
structions solely by virtue of this section, the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget of the House may file 
with the House appropriately revised allocations under 
section 302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels 
and aggregates. 
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(3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to 
this subsection shall be considered to be allocations and 
aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the 
budget pursuant to section 301 of such Act. 
TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS 
SEC. 301. RESERVE FUND FOR THE DISPOSAL OF UNDER-
UTILIZED FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY. 
If the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
is offered thereto or a conference report is submitted 
thereon, that enhances the Government’s real property 
disposal authority and generates discretionary savings, the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the 
appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates by 
the amount provided by that measure for that purpose, 
but not to exceed $25,000,000 in new budget authority 
and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2007, and 
$25,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays flowing 
therefrom for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011. 
SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 
AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION. 
In the House, after the filing of a rule that provides 
for the consideration of any bill or joint resolution or 
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whenever any bill or joint resolution is placed on any cal-
endar, or if an amendment is offered to or conference re-
port is submitted on any bill or joint resolution that pro-
vides for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act (Public Law 106– 
393), then the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and 
aggregates to the extent that such legislation would not 
increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2011. 
SEC. 303. RESERVE FUND FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2007 AL-
TERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF. 
If the Committee on Ways and Means reports a bill, 
or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference report 
is submitted thereon, that would increase the exemption 
amounts specified in section 55(d)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 with respect to taxable years beginning 
in calendar year 2007, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allo-
cations and aggregates for fiscal year 2007 to the extent 
that such legislation would not reduce revenues below the 
aggregate level of revenues provided in section 101(1)(A) 
for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
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SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD IN-
SURANCE PROGRAM TO MEET OUTSTANDING 
CLAIMS FOR FLOOD DAMAGE IN THE GULF. 
If the Committee on Financial Services of the House 
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is of-
fered thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, 
that— 
(1) establishes more actuarially sound rates on 
policies issued by the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram; and 
(2) phases out flood insurance subsidies on pre- 
FIRM structures not used as primary residences; 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may 
make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and ag-
gregates by the amount provided by that measure for the 
purpose of liquidating the National Flood Insurance 
Fund’s remaining contractual obligations resulting from 
claims made as a result of floods that occurred in 2005, 
but not to exceed $3,325,000,000 in new budget authority 
for fiscal year 2007 for that purpose. Such adjustments 
may also be made if the reforms set forth in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) have been enacted prior to the consideration 
of the measure referred to in this section. 
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SEC. 305. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REFORM OF THE REGU-
LATION OF GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED EN-
TERPRISES. 
In the House, if— 
(1) the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an 
amendment is offered thereto or a conference report 
is submitted thereon, that reforms the regulation of 
certain housing-related Government-sponsored enter-
prises; and 
(2) that committee is within its allocation as 
provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make 
the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates 
to the extent that such legislation would not increase the 
deficit for fiscal year 2007 and the period of fiscal years 
2007 through 2011. 
TITLE IV—BUDGET 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. 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. 
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(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) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—In the House, an 
advance appropriation may be provided for the fiscal years 
2008 and 2009 for programs, projects, activities, or ac-
counts 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 $23,565,000,000 in new 
budget authority in each year. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 
appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided 
in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations 
or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2007 that first becomes available for any fiscal year 
after 2007. 
SEC. 402. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) EXEMPTION OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS.—In the House, if any bill or joint resolution is 
reported, or an amendment is offered thereto or a con-
ference report is filed thereon, that makes appropriations 
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for fiscal year 2007 for contingency operations directly re-
lated to the global war on terrorism, and other unantici-
pated defense-related operations, then the new budget au-
thority, new entitlement authority, outlays, or receipts re-
sulting therefrom shall not count for purposes of titles III 
or IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(b) CURRENT LEVEL.—Amounts included in this res-
olution for the purpose set forth in this section shall be 
considered to be current law for purposes of the prepara-
tion of the current level of budget authority and outlays 
and the appropriate levels shall be adjusted upon the en-
actment of such bill. 
SEC. 403. EXEMPTION OF AVIAN BIRD FLU RESPONSE. 
In the House, if any bill or joint resolution is re-
ported, or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference 
report is filed thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal 
year 2007 to combat avian flu, increase local prepared-
ness, and develop a vaccine to innoculate the United 
States population, then the new budget authority, new en-
titlement authority, or outlays resulting therefrom shall 
not count for purposes of titles III or IV of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, but the total amount so ex-
empt shall not exceed $2,300,000,000. 
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SEC. 404. 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, including adjust-
ments necessary, and in the House separate alloca-
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tions, to reflect the timing of responses to reconcili-
ation directives pursuant to section 201 of this reso-
lution. 
SEC. 405. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON-
CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 
Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro-
viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the appro-
priate chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall 
make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res-
olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as 
in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 
SEC. 406. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDG-
ET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and the Senate, not-
withstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget En-
forcement Act of 1990, the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation 
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the 
discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Secu-
rity Administration. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of 
applying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget author-
ity and total outlays provided by a measure shall include 
any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security 
Administration. 
SEC. 407. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House, respectively, and as such 
they shall be considered as part of the rules of each 
House, or of that House to which they specifically 
apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules 
only to the extent that they are inconsistent there-
with; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change those rules (so far 
as they relate to that house) at any time, in the 
same manner, and to the same extent as in the case 
of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 408. TREATMENT OF ALLOCATIONS IN THE HOUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, the Committee on 
Appropriations may make a separate suballocation for ap-
propriations for the legislative branch for the first fiscal 
year of this resolution. Such suballocation shall be deemed 
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to be made under section 302(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and shall be treated as such a sub-
allocation for all purposes under section 302 of such Act. 
(b) DISPLAY OF COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—An al-
location to a committee under section 302(a) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 may display an amount to 
reflect a committee’s instruction under the reconciliation 
process, but it shall not constitute an allocation within the 
meaning of section 302 of such Act. Any deficit reduction 
achieved in a reconciliation bill submitted pursuant to title 
II of this resolution shall not be included in current levels 
of new budget authority and outlays for purposes of en-
forcing an allocation under 302(a) of such Act. 
SEC. 409. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF THE NATIONAL 
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) TREATMENT.—For purposes of the allocations 
and aggregates in this resolution, the reconciliation direc-
tives established by this resolution, and for any other pur-
pose under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, the budgetary effects of any bill or joint reso-
lution, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, 
or any recommendations submitted pursuant to section 
201 that includes the reforms set forth in subsection (b) 
shall be scored without regard to the obligations resulting 
from the enactment of Public Law 109–208. Such esti-
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mate shall assume the liquidating of the National Flood 
Insurance Fund’s remaining contractual obligations re-
sulting from claims made as a result of floods that oc-
curred in 2005. 
(b) LEGISLATION.—The legislation referred to in 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) establish more actuarially sound rates on 
policies issued by the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram; and 
(2) end flood insurance subsidies on pre-FIRM 
structures not used as primary residences. 
SEC. 410. ADJUSTMENTS FOR TAX LEGISLATION. 
In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means 
reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is of-
fered thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, 
that amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by ex-
tending the expiration dates for Federal tax policies that 
expired during fiscal year 2006 or that expire during the 
period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, then the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget may make appro-
priate adjustments in the allocations and aggregates of 
budget authority, outlays, and revenue set forth in this 
resolution to reflect the budgetary effects of such legisla-
tion, but only to the extent the adjustments would not 
cause the level of revenue to be less than the level of rev-
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enue provided for in this resolution for the period of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2011 and would not cause the deficit 
to exceed the appropriate level of deficits provided for in 
this resolution for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011. 
TITLE V—EMERGENCY RESERVE 
FUND 
SEC. 
501. 
NONDEFENSE 
RESERVE 
FUND 
FOR 
EMER-
GENCIES. 
(a) NONDEFENSE RESERVE FUND.—In the House 
and except as provided by subsection (b), if a bill or joint 
resolution is reported, or an amendment is offered thereto 
(or considered as adopted) or a conference report is filed 
thereon, that provides new budget authority (and outlays 
flowing therefrom), and such provision is designated as an 
emergency pursuant to this section, the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget shall make adjustments to the 
allocations and aggregates set forth in this resolution up 
to the amount of such provisions if the requirements set 
forth in section 504 are met, but the sum of all adjust-
ments made under this section shall not exceed 
$4,348,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 or $4,348,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS
IN EXCESS
OF
THE RESERVE 
FUND.—In the House, before any adjustment is made 
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pursuant to this title for any bill, joint resolution, or con-
ference report is considered that designates a provision an 
emergency, the enactment of which would cause the total 
amount in the reserve fund for either fiscal year 2007 or 
for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to be 
exceeded: 
(1) The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget shall convene a meeting of that committee, 
where it shall be in order, subject to the terms set 
forth in this section, for one motion described in 
paragraph (2) to be made to authorize the chairman 
to make adjustments above the maximum amount of 
adjustments set forth in subsection (a). 
(2) The motion referred to in paragraph (1) 
shall be in the following form: ‘‘I move that the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget be au-
thorized to adjust the allocations and aggregates set 
forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2007 by the following amounts: $ll for 
fiscal year 2007 and $ll for fiscal years 2007 
through 2011.’’, with the blanks being filled in with 
amounts determined by the chairman of the Com-
mittee on the Budget, but which shall not exceed the 
total amount for fiscal year 2007 or for such period 
of fiscal years, as applicable, designated as emer-
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gencies in the measure referred to in this section, in 
excess of the applicable amount remaining in the re-
serve fund. 
(3) The motion set forth in paragraph (2) shall 
be open for debate and amendment, but any amend-
ment offered thereto is only in order if limited to 
amending the amounts for fiscal year 2007 or for 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
(4) Except as provided by paragraph (5), the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may not 
make any adjustments under this title unless or 
until the committee filing a report or joint statement 
of managers on a conference report on a measure in-
cluding an emergency designation fulfills the terms 
set forth in section 504. 
(5) The chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget shall make any adjustments he deems nec-
essary under this title if he determines the enact-
ment of the provision or provisions designated as an 
emergency is essential to respond to an urgent and 
imminent need, the chairman determines the excep-
tional circumstances referred to in rule 3 of the 
rules of the committee are met and the committee 
cannot convene to consider the motion referred to in 
this section in a timely fashion. 
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(c) APPLICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjust-
ments made pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall— 
(1) apply while that bill, joint resolution, con-
ference report or amendement is under consider-
ation; 
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that leg-
islation; and 
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as 
soon as practicable. 
SEC. 502. EMERGENCY CRITERIA. 
As used in this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘emergency’’ means a situation 
that— 
(A) requires new budget authority and out-
lays (or new budget authority and the outlays 
flowing therefrom) for the prevention or mitiga-
tion of, or response to, loss of life or property, 
or a threat to national security; and 
(B) is unanticipated. 
(2) The term ‘‘unanticipated’’ means that the 
underlying situation is— 
(A) Sudden, which means quickly coming 
into being or not building up over time; 
(B) Urgent, which means a pressing and 
compelling need requiring immediate action; 
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(C) Unforeseen, which means not predicted 
or anticipated as an emerging need; and 
(D) Temporary, which means not of a per-
manent duration. 
SEC. 503. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR APPLICA-
TION OF EMERGENCY DEFINITION. 
In the House, as soon as practicable after the adop-
tion of this resolution, the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget shall, after consultation with the chairmen of 
the applicable committees, and the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, prepare guidelines for applica-
tion of the definition of an emergency and publish such 
guidelines in the Congressional Record, and may issue any 
committee print from the Committee on the Budget for 
this or other purposes. 
SEC. 504. COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY LEG-
ISLATION. 
(a) COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION.—Whenever a com-
mittee of the House (including a committee of conference) 
reports any bill or joint resolution that includes a provision 
designated as an emergency pursuant to this title, the re-
port accompanying that bill or joint resolution (or the joint 
explanatory statement of managers in the case of a con-
ference report on any such bill or joint resolution) shall 
identify all provisions that provide amounts designated as 
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an emergency and shall provide an explanation of the 
manner in which the provision meets the criteria set forth 
in section 502. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.—If such a measure is 
to be considered by the House without being reported by 
the committee of jurisdiction, then the committee shall 
cause the explanation to be published in the Congressional 
Record as soon as practicable. 
SEC. 505. UP-TO-DATE TABULATIONS. 
The Committee on the Budget of the House shall 
publish in the Congressional Record up-to-date tabulations 
of amounts remaining in the reserve fund set forth in sec-
tion 501, or authorized in excess thereof, as soon as prac-
ticable after the enactment of such amounts designated 
as emergencies. 
TITLE VI—SENSE OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 601. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LONG-TERM BUDG-
ETING. 
It is the sense of Congress that the determination of 
the congressional budget for the United States Govern-
ment and the President’s budget request should include 
consideration of the Financial Report of the United States 
Government, especially its information regarding the Gov-
ernment’s net operating cost, financial position, and long- 
term liabilities. 
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SEC. 602. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CLOSING THE TAX GAP 
TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT. 
It is the sense of Congress that any revenues in-
creases achieved through recovery of taxes legally owed to 
the U.S. Treasury but not actually paid, the so-called ‘‘tax 
gap’’, shall be dedicated entirely to reducing the deficit 
and the accumulated debt, and not to financing additional 
spending. 
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Union Calendar No. 220 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 376 
[Report No. 109–402] 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Establishing the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2007 
and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011. 
MARCH 31, 2006 
Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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