[House Report 110-79]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 110-79
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (H. CON. RES.
99) REVISING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007, ESTABLISHING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008, AND SETTING FORTH
APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2012
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March 27, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Sutton, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 275]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 275, by a record vote of 9 to 3 report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H. Con. Res.
99, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2008, under
a structured rule. The rule provides a total of four hours of
general debate, three hours to be equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Budget and one hour on the subject of economic
goals and policies to be equally divided and controlled by
Representative Maloney of New York and Representative Saxton of
New Jersey. The rule waives all points of order against
consideration of the concurrent resolution and provides that
the concurrent resolution shall be considered as read.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in
this report. The amendments made in order may be offered only
in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a
demand for a division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. All points of order against the
amendments are waived except that the adoption of an amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion
of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment.
The rule permits the Chairman of the Budget Committee to offer
amendments in the House to achieve mathematical consistency.
Finally the rule provides that the concurrent resolution shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question of its
adoption.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the rule waives all points of order against
consideration of the concurrent resolution, the Committee is
not aware of any specific points of order. The waiver of all
points of order against consideration of the concurrent
resolution is prophylactic in nature.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 110
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment in the nature of a substitute by Rep.
Cooper (TN), #6. This substitute mirrors the president's
defense request, as well as the increased veterans funding
offered by the reported bill for defense discretionary
spending. Non-defense discretionary spending grows at a rate
equal to one percentage point above the CBO baseline. This
level is below the reported bill's non-defense discretionary
growth, but higher than the President's request. It also
proposes to curb the growth of entitlement programs by
directing the Ways & Means Committee to find inefficiencies in
service delivery that create real and significant savings to
stretch over the lifetime of the ten-year budget. Additionally,
it provides for the reauthorization of the State Children's
Health Insurance Program at $50 billion over 5 years. While the
reported bill assumes scheduled expiration in 2010 of the
majority of the president's tax cuts, and provides for only a
one-year fix to the Alternative Minimum Tax, this substitute
prioritizes those tax rates that most directly benefit middle
class working families. By permanently extending the 10% tax
bracket, $1,000 child tax credit, marriage penalty relief,
capital gains and dividends rates, State and local sales tax
deduction, and minimizing any negative effect on the economy by
phasing in marginal changes over three years, keeps over 50% of
the tax cuts set to expire.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 111
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Conaway (TX) #14 concerning
earmark disclosure.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay: Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 112
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Porter (NV) #15 concerning
Yucca Mountain funding.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 113
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. McCaul (TX) #16 concerning
Customs and Border protection funding.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 114
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Murphy, Tim (PA)/Heller (NV)
#17 concerning the child tax credit.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 115
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA).
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Burgess (TX) #10 concerning
malpractice lawsuits.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 116
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA).
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Brown-Waite (FL) #13
concerning the Department of Veteran's Affairs funding.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 117
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA).
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Foxx (NC) #22 concerning the
Legislative Line-item Veto Act.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 118
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA).
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for the amendments en bloc by Reps. Shays (CT) #8
concerning capital gains and dividends; Jordan (OH) #9
concerning reduced marginal income tax rates; Weller (IL)/
Bachmann (MN) #11 concerning marriage penalty tax; Brady, Kevin
(TX) #19 concerning State and local sales tax deductions;
Hulshof (MO)/Bachmann (MN)/Lamborn (CO) #21 concerning the
estate tax.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 119
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Sessions.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for the amendment by Rep. Goodlatte (VA) #4, which
expresses the sense of the House that the money the Federal
Government spends is not the Government's, but rather the hard-
earned dollars of the American taxpayer, that Congress has a
duty to scrutinize the way it spends this money to guard
against waste and excessive spending, that Congress should
balance the federal budget and that Congress should act
expeditiously to pass a Constitutional amendment requiring a
balanced budget.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 120
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Sessions.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Kirk (IL)/Dent (PA) #5, which
requires the Chairman or Ranking Member of the Budget Committee
to hold hearings on budget process reform and introduce budget
reform legislation by Sept. 30, 2007.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 121
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Sessions.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Akin (MO) #7 concerning
extension of tax provisions.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 122
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Sessions.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Gingrey (GA) #18 concerning
reauthorization of SCHIP.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 123
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. Sessions.
Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate
waivers for an amendment by Rep. Drake (VA) #20 concerning BRAC
funding.
Results: Defeated 3-9.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay;
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea; Slaughter--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 124
Date: March 27, 2007.
Measure: H. Con. Res. 99.
Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
Summary of motion: To report the rule.
Results: Adopted 9-3.
Vote by Members: McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea;
Matsui--Yea; Cardoza--Yea; Welch--Yea; Castor--Yea; Arcuri--
Yea; Sutton--Yea; Dreier--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Sessions--
Nay; Slaughter--Yea.
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE MADE IN ORDER UNDER
THE RULE
(Summaries derived from information provided by sponsors.)
1. Scott, Robert (VA)/Kilpatrick (MI), Amendment in the
Nature of a Substitute. This substitute balances the budget in
FY 2012, and produces a total cumulative deficit that is $339
billion lower than that of the President's budget. It also
funds essential programs and services, especially in the areas
of health care, education and Gulf Coast reconstruction. It
also provides for additional services for veterans and homeland
security, including port and rail security.--40 minutes
2. Woolsey (CA), Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.
This substitute has a nondefense, domestic discretionary
spending number of just over $483 billion. It balances the
budget by FY 2010. It spends $395 billion on defense while
projecting complete U.S. military redeployment out of Iraq
during 2007. It also projects enactment of the Common Sense
Budget Act, which would save at least $60 billion per year on
largely obsolete Cold War weapons systems plus tens of billions
more in waste, fraud, and abuse in DOD spending identified by
the nonpartisan Government Accounting Office (GAO). It repeals
the Bush tax cuts for the top 1% of taxpayers and cracks down
on corporate welfare by eliminating certain tax breaks and
corporate loopholes. It includes the SMART Security Alternative
to Preemption Doctrine, which shifts some spending and
increases other non-military spending to enhance homeland
security and fight the root causes of terrorism through 21st
century diplomacy and meeting basic human needs (e.g. HIV/AIDS/
TB, universal basic education for all). It provides funding for
immediate, cost-effective steps to redress global warming and
the rapid acceleration of renewable energy development. It
fully funds NCLB and IDEA to improve Teacher Corps and job
training. It also fully funds the S-CHIP program to ensure
every American child eligible is covered for basic health
insurance. It ensures whatever federal funding is needed to
provide health care (including mental health care) for all
American veterans (including but not limited to veterans of the
Iraq and Afghanistan military operations). Finally, the
substitute increases funding for Community Development Block
Grants, Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction, community
policing, and priority clean-up of leaking underground storage
tanks that threaten the drinking water of nearly half of all
Americans.--40 minutes
3. Ryan, Paul (WI), Amendment in the Nature of a
Substitute. This substitute retains the 2001 and 2003 tax
provisions, and provides for one-year extensions of alternative
minimum tax [AMT] relief, the State and local sales tax
deduction, and the research and experimentation [R&E] tax
credit. It sets discretionary spending at $1,079.6 billion in
fiscal year 2008 and $5,079.8 billion over 5 years. Defense
discretionary spending equals the President's request for 2008
and 2009--including funds for overseas operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Non-defense discretionary spending totals $433.9
billion in 2008, essentially freezing the 2007 level (excluding
emergencies). Within this amount, the budget accommodates
priority increases above the freeze for Homeland Security,
Veterans' Health Care, National Institutes of Health, Community
Development Block Grants, and Science and Technology.
Additionally, the budget calls for continued reforms to make
the government's major entitlements more responsive, flexible,
and sustainable--and in the process saves $279 billion over 5
years. Finally, the substitute includes emergency set-aside,
Legislative Line Item Veto, PAYGO for spending only, and
discretionary spending caps.--40 minutes
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE MADE IN ORDER UNDER
THE RULE
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Virginia, or
His Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2008 is hereby established and that the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012
are set forth.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,125,897,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,195,626,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,257,721,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,434,651,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,618,596,000,000.00.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be reduced are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $75,100,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $88,700,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $94,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $40,100,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $21,500,000,000.00.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,563,074,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,569,841,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,612,809,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,719,483,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,746,964,000,000.00.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,503,314,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,620,443,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,647,959,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,730,582,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,734,344,000,000.00.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the
deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $-377,417,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $-424,817,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $-390,237,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $-295,931,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $-115,749,000,000.00.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section
301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $9,423,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $9,965,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $10,473,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $10,882,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $11,124,000,000,000.00.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $5,231,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,452,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010: $5,625,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011: $5,686,000,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012: $5,556,000,000,000.00.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2008 through 2012 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$506,955,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $514,401,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$534,705,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $524,384,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$545,171,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $536,433,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$550,944,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $547,624,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$559,799,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $548,169,000,000.00.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,745,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $34,785,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,577,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $34,660,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,127,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $34,466,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,136,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $34,405,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,267,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $34,592,000,000.00.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,772,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $26,561,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,754,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $28,521,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,923,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $29,578,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,158,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $30,162,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,477,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $31,418,000,000.00.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,494,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,194,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,229,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,627,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,260,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,800,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,315,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,821,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,368,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $2,084,000,000.00.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,895,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $35,459,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,286,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $36,073,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,013,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $36,201,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,180,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $36,256,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,214,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $36,653,000,000.00.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,945,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $19,972,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,328,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $20,496,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,414,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $20,418,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,349,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $20,650,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,537,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $21,013,000,000.00.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,610,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $3,074,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,989,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $2,121,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,486,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $4,248,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,320,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $2,482,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,171,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,483,000,000.00.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$83,657,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $81,202,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,043,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $84,628,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$77,751,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $86,753,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$78,632,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $87,506,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$79,409,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $89,103,000,000.00.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,166,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $22,551,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,422,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $21,488,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,175,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $20,463,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,060,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $18,946,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,040,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $16,039,000,000.00.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$121,203,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $101,179,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$121,552,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $119,883,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$120,276,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $120,003,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$117,706,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $118,433,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$116,785,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $115,930,000,000.00.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$302,810,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $298,678,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$322,072,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $320,093,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$338,846,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $339,499,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$359,694,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $359,503,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$382,231,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $381,804,000,000.00
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$389,886,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $389,996,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$417,031,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $416,682,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$442,669,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $442,889,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$489,400,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $489,409,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$487,128,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $486,740,000,000.00
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$384,558,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $387,232,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$394,570,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $397,238,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$404,132,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $405,323,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$419,163,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $419,193,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$404,632,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $403,985,000,000.00
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,644,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,518,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,701,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,009,000,000.00
(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000.00
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,898,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000.00.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$88,602,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $85,330,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,174,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $90,324,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$92,085,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $91,560,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$97,203,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $96,705,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$94,144,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $93,505,000,000.00.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$49,267,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $47,900,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$47,740,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $49,114,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,308,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $48,766,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$49,177,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $49,048,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,169,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $49,826,000,000.00.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,114,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $19,373,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,614,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $19,716,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,131,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $20,036,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,819,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $20,560,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,479,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $21,326,000,000.00.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$368,582,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $368,582,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$386,707,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $386,707,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$408,810,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $408,810,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$425,770,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $425,770,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$437,358,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $437,358,000,000.00.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,985,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $2,269,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,090,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $2,313,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,463,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,619,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,024,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $1,134,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$717,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $793,000,000.00.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$-70,979,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $-70,979,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$-66,560,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $-66,569,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$-66,933,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $-66,933,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$-69,575,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $-69,575,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$-71,857,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $-71,860,000,000.00.
(21) Overseas Deployments and Other Activities (970):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$145,163,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $114,914,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,000,000,000.00.
(B) Outlays, $109,425,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $00.00.
(B) Outlays, $42,324,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $00.00.
(B) Outlays, $13,561,000,000.00.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $00.00.
(B) Outlays, $4,485,000,000.00.
TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT TO CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) between 2001 and 2006, GAO provided the
Department of Defense with 2544 recommendations, many
related to improving their business practices and, to
date, the Department of Defense has implemented 1014
recommendations and closed 152 recommendations without
implementation; and
(2) the GAO estimates that the 1014 implemented
recommendations have yielded the Department of Defense
a savings of $52.7 billion between fiscal years 2001
and 2006.
(b) Assumption; Report.--
(1) Assumption.--This resolution assumes $300,000,000
to be used by the Department of Defense to implement
the remaining 1378 recommendations of the Government
Accountability Office.
(2) Report.--The Secretary of Defense should submit a
report to Congress within 90 days that demonstrates how
each such recommendation will be implemented, and, in
the case of any such recommendation that cannot be
implemented, a detailed reason for such inability to
implement such recommendation.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Woolsey of California,
or Her Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2008 is hereby established and that the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2017
are set forth.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2017:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,150,937,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,222,766,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,310,761,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,540,991,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,644,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,734,699,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $2,865,665,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,006,549,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,156,674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,317,482,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be increased are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $100,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $115,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $147,040,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $146,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $47,340,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $27,640,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $27,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $27,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $27,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $27,140,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,353,935,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,442,610,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,535,026,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,652,452,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,717,674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,828,667,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $2,937,865,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,055,071,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,217,325,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,322,445,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,402,616,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,465,058,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,538,061,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,646,858,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,697,966,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $2,810,051,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $2,918,322,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,034,657,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,202,993,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,303,257,000,000.
(4) Deficits or surpluses (on-budget).--For purposes
of the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of
the deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $-251,678,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $-242,291,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $-227,299,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $-105,868,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $-53,530,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $-75,352,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $-52,656,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $-28,107,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $-46,320,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,224,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section
301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $9,295,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $9,654,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $10,000,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $10,219,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $10,399,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $10,599,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $10,778,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $10,934,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $11,102,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $11,209,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $5,104,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,142,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $5,152,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $5,023,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $4,831,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013: $4,653,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $4,448,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $4,215,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $4,000,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,727,000,000,000.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2008 through 2017 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$398,744,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $493,286,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$409,871,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $446,218,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$421,524,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $430,322,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$433,189,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $435,605,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$445,237,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $435,975,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$457,936,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $451,495,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$470,915,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $464,070,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$484,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $477,291,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$497,989,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $495,508,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$512,131,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $504,943,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$53,558,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$54,617,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,046,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,138,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,298,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$55,936,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,663,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,714,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,721,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$57,548,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,368,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,435,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,018,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,261,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,822,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,033,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $56,603,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$60,898,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,403,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,619,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,449,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,126,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,656,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,192,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,669,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,732,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,182,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,298,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,731,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,868,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,291,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,468,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,871,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,047,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,453,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,654,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,045,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,126,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,937,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,691,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,022,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,114,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,193,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,883,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,288,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,858,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,381,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,182,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,479,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,417,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,573,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,532,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,679,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,649,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,713,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,681,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$33,429,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,798,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,383,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,769,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,052,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,963,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$36,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$37,066,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,441,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,147,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,536,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,843,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,189,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$41,159,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,481,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$43,384,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,664,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,481,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,047,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,033,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,146,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,238,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,207,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,256,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,534,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,502,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,963,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,843,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,341,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,323,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,813,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,855,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,376,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,478,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,959,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,072,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,478,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,847,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,836,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,652,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $189,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,616,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $222,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,822,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $557,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,952,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $563,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,002,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $358,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,226,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$9,271,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,397,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,090,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$92,701,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,871,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$84,918,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,260,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$85,736,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,558,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$86,664,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $94,170,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,544,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,773,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$88,465,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $97,245,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$89,401,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $99,052,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,080,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$91,406,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $103,132,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$92,440,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $105,218,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,792,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,590,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,755,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,471,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,028,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,599,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,218,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,571,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,854,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,519,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,141,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,344,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,441,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,626,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,730,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,927,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,029,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,230,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$114,824,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $102,279,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$118,436,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $112,310,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$122,096,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $117,654,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$124,407,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $121,544,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$127,025,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $123,668,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$129,926,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $126,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$133,423,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $129,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$137,070,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $133,574,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$140,884,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $137,381,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$144,874,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $141,298,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$310,767,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $305,039,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$331,814,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $328,766,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$349,838,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $349,457,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$371,549,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,401,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$394,682,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $393,687,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$405,069,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $403,648,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$432,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $430,676,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$462,190,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $459,904,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$494,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $491,703,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$534,065,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $531,073,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$389,566,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $389,685,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$416,710,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $416,364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$442,347,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $442,569,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$489,077,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $489,087,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$486,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $486,417,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$540,509,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $540,743,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$578,438,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $578,437,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$621,256,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $620,761,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$697,785,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $698,014,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$729,187,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $729,166,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$384,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $388,437,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$397,573,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $399,481,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$408,429,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $409,273,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$424,216,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $424,074,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$410,464,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $409,717,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$426,369,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $425,129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$438,065,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $436,839,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$449,761,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $448,287,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$466,647,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $465,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$473,677,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $471,998,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,644,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,518,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,701,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,009,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,898,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,656,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,656,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$35,652,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$38,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$42,535,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,535,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,483,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,207,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,887,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$91,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$93,063,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,024,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$97,416,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $97,409,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$128,472,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $128,297,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$132,946,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $132,770,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$134,557,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,405,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$136,261,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $136,087,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$141,593,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $141,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$140,005,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $140,030,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,220,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,091,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,797,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,024,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,968,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,258,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,179,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,941,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$49,410,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,998,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$50,659,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,142,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$51,959,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$56,434,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,893,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$58,153,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,619,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$59,826,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $59,276,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,126,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,058,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,776,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,752,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,398,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,159,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,890,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,871,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,706,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$22,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,177,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,299,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,885,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,498,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,638,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,418,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,415,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,984,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$365,581,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $365,581,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$376,713,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $376,713,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$390,894,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $390,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$399,750,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $399,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$405,529,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $405,529,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$411,266,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $411,266,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$418,293,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $418,293,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$424,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $424,021,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$429,637,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $429,637,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$432,297,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $432,297,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$820,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $808,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$854,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $852,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$884,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $883,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$921,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $921,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$957,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $957,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$996,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $996,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,033,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,033,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,075,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,075,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,115,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,115,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,160,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,160,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$-70,979,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-70,979,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$-66,560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-66,569,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$-66,933,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-66,933,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$-69,575,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-69,595,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$-71,857,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-71,860,000,000.
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority,
$-75,557,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-75,555,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority,
$-77,982,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-77,979,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority,
$-81,282,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-81,279,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority,
$-84,781,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-84,780,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority,
$-94,228,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-94,228,000,000.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ryan of Wisconsin, or
His Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008.
(a) Declaration.--The Congress declares that the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 is hereby
established and that the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2009 through 2012 are set forth.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
TITLE III--POLICY STATEMENTS
Sec. 301. Policy of the United States Congress on taxation.
Sec. 302. Policy of the United States Congress on entitlement spending.
TITLE IV--GENERAL BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 401. Restrictions on advance appropriations.
Sec. 402. Contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism
and for unanticipated defense needs.
Sec. 403. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 404. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 405. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of
1990.
Sec. 406. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
Sec. 407. Adjustments for tax legislation.
Sec. 408. Repeal of the Gephardt rule.
Sec. 409. Budget compliance statements.
Sec. 410. Cost estimates for conference reports and unreported measures.
Sec. 411. Roll call votes for new spending.
Sec. 412. Budget process reform.
Sec. 413. Treasury Department study and report.
Sec. 414. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
Sec. 415. Budgetary treatment of the National Flood Insurance Program.
TITLE V--EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND
Sec. 501. Nondefense reserve fund for emergencies.
Sec. 502. Emergency criteria.
Sec. 503. Development of guidelines for application of emergency
definition.
Sec. 504. Committee notification of emergency legislation.
Sec. 505. Up-to-date tabulations.
TITLE VI--LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY
Sec. 601. Presidential recommendations.
Sec. 602. Procedures in United States Congress.
Sec. 603. Identification of targeted tax benefits.
Sec. 604. Additional matters.
Sec. 605. Expiration.
Sec. 606. Sense of Congress on deferral authority.
Sec. 607. Sense of Congress on abuse of proposed cancellations.
TITLE VII--EARMARK TRANSPARENCY
Sec. 701. Prohibition on obligation of funds for earmarks included only
in congressional reports.
Sec. 702. Definitions.
TITLE VIII--PAY-AS-YOU-GO
Sec. 801. Pay-as-you-go point of order.
TITLE IX--DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
Sec. 901. Discretionary spending limits in the House.
TITLE X--SENSES OF CONGRESS
Sec. 1001. Sense of the House regarding the importance of child support
enforcement.
Sec. 1002. Sense of the House on State veterans cemetaries.
Sec. 1003. Sense of Congress on health insurance reform.
Sec. 1004. Sense of the House on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,002,088,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,097,634,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,148,718,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,244,002,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,374,337,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels
of Federal revenues should be decreased are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $48,912,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $9,366,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $15,282,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $150,998,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $222,663,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total new budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,452,253,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,432,323,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,464,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,575,993,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,613,919,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total
budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $2,427,922,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,484,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,468,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,529,608,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $2,530,737,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the
deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $425,834,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $386,617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $319,682,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $285,609,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $156,400,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--Pursuant to section
301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $9,476,349,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $9,979,952,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $10,418,522,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $10,820,002,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $11,105,786,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels
of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2008: $5,284,759,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,467,610,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $5,570,986,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $5,624,371,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012: $5,537,610,000,000.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2008 through 2012 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$648,770,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $617,792,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$584,705,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $626,892,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$550,790,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $561,384,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$564,117,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $536,057,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$579,375,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $525,407,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,989,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,637,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,387,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,263,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,199,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,873,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,268,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,679,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,336,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,774,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,461,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,413,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,083,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,083,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,531,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,083,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,915,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,083,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,894,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$1,513,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-488,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,751,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,258,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,754,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,340,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,748,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,294,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,726,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,499,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,564,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,425,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,411,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,958,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,754,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,365,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,129,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,890,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,330,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,401,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,183,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,412,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,120,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,502,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,876,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,099,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,645,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,127,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,237,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$8,020,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-413,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,731,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-638,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,486,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-1,105,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$7,384,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-845,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$79,363,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,252,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,326,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,458,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,419,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,553,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,445,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,371,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,441,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,041,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$13,376,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,123,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,020,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,179,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,930,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,106,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,968,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,695,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$11,052,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,306,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$84,465,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,263,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,802,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,146,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$88,652,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,697,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,541,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,709,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$87,560,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $85,480,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$276,635,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $277,551,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$289,549,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $289,960,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$301,940,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $302,472,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$316,550,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $317,366,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$332,483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $334,000,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$379,676,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $379,821,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$398,904,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $398,592,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$414,261,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $414,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$450,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $450,147,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$436,189,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $435,845,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$376,258,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $381,323,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$383,853,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $383,617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$392,348,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $391,046,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$406,091,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $403,954,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$405,114,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $402,614,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,644,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,644,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,518,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,701,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,701,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,009,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,009,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,898,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,898,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$84,493,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $84,512,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$89,019,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,033,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$92,397,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $90,798,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$98,286,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $96,779,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$96,528,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $94,838,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,765,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,432,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,471,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,631,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,742,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,466,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$45,995,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,323,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$46,198,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,166,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,873,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,353,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,844,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,013,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$20,270,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,262,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,801,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,649,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$18,264,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,230,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$370,521,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$388,836,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $387,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$410,258,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $405,258,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$431,411,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $421,411,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$450,561,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $434,561,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$6,439,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,544,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$-11,795,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-6,242,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$-5,709,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-6,972,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$-150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-3,007,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$4,167,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,286,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$-71,009,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-71,009,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$-66,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-66,587,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$-71,869,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-71,869,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority,
$-69,623,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-69,643,000,000.
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority,
$-72,789,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $-72,792,000,000.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Submission To Provide for the Reform of Mandatory
Spending.--(1) Not later than June 8, 2007, the House
committees named in paragraph (2) shall submit their
recommendations to the House Committee on the Budget. After
receiving those recommendations, the House Committee on the
Budget shall report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying
out all such recommendations without substantive revision.
(2) Instructions.--
(A) Committee on agriculture.--The House
Committee on Agriculture shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce direct spending by $452,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008, $3,277,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012, and $9,849,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(B) Committee on armed services.--The House
Committee on Armed Services shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $100,000,000
for fiscal year 2012, and $410,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(C) Committee on education on labor.--The
House Committee on Education and the Labor
shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct
spending by $3,456,000,000 for fiscal year
2008, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$4,906,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012.
(D) Committee on energy and commerce.--The
House Committee on Energy and Commerce shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$8,344,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,
$30,602,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$97,359,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012.
(E) Committee on financial services.--The
House Committee on Financial Services shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$00,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $140,000,000
for fiscal year 2012, and $400,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(F) Committee on foreign relations.--The
House Committee on Foreign Relations shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $90,000,000
for fiscal year 2012, and $250,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(G) Committee on the judiciary.--The House
Committee on the Judiciary shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce direct spending by $265,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008, $1,010,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012, and $3,515,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(H) Committee on natural resources.--The
House Committee on Natural Resources shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$1,507,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,
$535,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$4,647,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012.
(I) Committee on transportation and
infrastructure.--The House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$460,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,
$1,063,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$4,272,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012.
(J) Committee on ways and means.--The House
Committee on Ways and Means shall report
changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce direct spending by
$10,109,000 for fiscal year 2008,
$41,543,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and
$153,122,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012, sufficient to reduce
revenues by not more than $48,912,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008 and by not more than
$447,221,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012.
(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 appropriately 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 instructions 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.
(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--POLICY STATEMENTS
SEC. 301. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON TAXATION.
The United States Congress reaffirms the statement of
principle that the Federal Government should not raise taxes on
American families or reverse the policies that have led to
strong growth in the United States economy, and instead should
move towards balancing the budget by reigning in the Federal
Government's spending; it is further the policy assumption
underlying this resolution that the tax relief enacted in 2001
and 2003 should be continued.
SEC. 302. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON ENTITLEMENT SPENDING.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Entitlement growth is unsustainable. Entitlements
are currently growing at 6 percent per year
significantly faster than our entire economy, and more
than twice the rate of inflation.
(2) Entitlements currently consume more than half of
the entire Federal budget. If simply left on ``auto-
pilot'' (assuming no new entitlement spending or
benefits):
(A) By 2015 in less than a decade
(B) By 2040 social security, medicare, and
medicaid alone will consume 20 percent of our
economy
(C) By 2040 Americans will have to pay twice
the current rate of taxes
(3) Entitlements must be reformed to survive with the
retirement of the baby boomers, the situation will only
get worse, making the necessary reforms more sudden and
severe.
(4) Entitlements aren't all that's at risk. If left
unreformed, these programs will also impose a crushing
burden on both the budget and the economy. Our now
strong economy, which has created millions of jobs and
been the key factor in reducing the deficit.
Entitlements will eventually crowd out all other
priorities such as education, veterans, science,
agriculture, environment, even defense and homeland
security.
(5) The rising costs of government entitlements are a
``fiscal cancer'' that threaten ``catastrophic
consequences for our country'' and could ``bankrupt
America'' said America's chief accountant, U.S.
Comptroller General David Walker.
(6) Without ``early and meaningful action'' to
address the rapid growth of entitlements, ``the U.S.
economy could be seriously weakened, with future
generations bearing much of the cost'' warned Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke.
(7) Spending is the problem. Massive Tax Hikes are
Not the Solution. Even if taxes are raised to balance
the budget in the short term, entitlements would
quickly drive the Federal Government back into deficit.
(8) The U.S. Comptroller General testified that the
United States Government ``cannot grow [its] way out of
this problem; eliminating earmarks will not solve the
problem; wiping out fraud, waste, and abuse will not
solve the problem; ending the war or cutting way back
on defense will not solve the problem''.
(9) The budget must drive entitlement reform.
Entitlement programs are well-intended, and provide a
critical safety net for millions of Americans, but
their costs are out of control, and growing worse every
year typically without regular reform or congressional
oversight. Congress must use the budget process to
promote reforms that will make these programs better,
more efficient, and more sustainable for the long term.
(b) Policy on Entitlements.--It is the policy of this
resolution that Congress must immediately address the out-of-
control growth of entitlement spending that may do substantial
harm to the United States economy and hurt the standard of
living of future generations. Furthermore, Congress must also
commit itself to consider during this fiscal year fundamental
reform packages to secure the long-term solvency of medicare,
medicaid and social security.
SEC. 303. BONNEVILLE POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION.
It is the policy of this resolution that it does not
specifically assume any savings from the President's proposal
related to the Bonneville Power Marketing Administrations and
the Energy and Commerce Committee will determine its own
policies subject to the applicable numerical allocation limits
and reconciliation directives.
TITLE IV--GENERAL BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) In the House, except as provided 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) Advance Appropriation.--In the House, an advance
appropriation may be provided for the fiscal years 2009 and
2010 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
$23,565,000,000 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 2008 that
first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2008.
SEC. 402. CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS RELATED TO THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
AND FOR UNANTICIPATED DEFENSE NEEDS.
(a) Exemption of Contingency Operations Related to the Global
War on Terrorism and for Unanticipated Defense Needs.--In the
House, if any bill or joint resolution is reported, or an
amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is filed
thereon, that makes appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for
contingency operations directly related to the global war on
terrorism, and other unanticipated defense-related operations,
then the new budget authority, new entitlement authority,
outlays, or receipts resulting 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 resolution for
the purpose set forth in this section shall be considered to be
current law for purposes of the preparation of the current
level of budget authority and outlays and the appropriate
levels shall be adjusted upon the enactment of such bill.
SEC. 403. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(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 Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as allocations 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
estimates made by the appropriate Committee on the
Budget; and
(2) such chairman may make any other necessary
adjustments to such levels to reflect the timing of
responses to reconciliation directives pursuant to
section 201 of this resolution.
SEC. 404. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing
for a change in concepts or definitions, the appropriate
chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make adjustments
to the levels and allocations in this resolution 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. 405. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT
OF 1990.
(a) In General.--In the House and the Senate, notwithstanding
section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and
section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement 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 Security
Administration.
(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 authority and total
outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary
amounts provided for the Social Security Administration.
SEC. 406. 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 therewith; 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. 407. ADJUSTMENTS FOR TAX LEGISLATION.
In the House, if the Committee on Ways and Means reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto or
a conference report is submitted thereon, that amends the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by extending the expiration dates
for Federal tax policies that expired during fiscal year 2008
or that expire during the period of fiscal years 2008 through
2012, then the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make
appropriate adjustments in the allocations and aggregates of
budget authority, outlays, and revenue set forth in this
resolution to reflect the budgetary effects of such
legislation, but only to the extent the adjustments would not
cause the level of revenue to be less than the level of revenue
provided for in this resolution for the period of fiscal years
2008 through 2012 and would not cause the deficit to exceed the
appropriate level of deficits provided for in this resolution
for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
SEC. 408. REPEAL OF THE GEPHARDT RULE.
With respect to the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008, the clerk of the
House shall not prepare an engrossment of a joint resolution
increasing or decreasing, as the case may be, the statutory
limit on the public debt.
SEC. 409. BUDGET COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS.
Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint
resolution shall contain a budget compliance statement prepared
by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget, if timely
submitted prior to the filing of the report, which shall
include assessment by such chairman as to whether the bill or
joint resolution complies with the requirements of sections
302, 303, 306, 311, and 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
SEC. 410. COST ESTIMATES FOR CONFERENCE REPORTS AND UNREPORTED
MEASURES.
It shall not be in order to consider a conference report or
an unreported bill or joint resolution unless an estimate of
costs as described in clause 3(d)(2) of Rule XIII has been
printed in the Congressional Record at least one day before its
consideration.
SEC. 411. ROLL CALL VOTES FOR NEW SPENDING.
The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when the
Speaker puts the question on passage of a bill or joint
resolution, or on adoption of a conference report, for which
the chairman of the Budget Committee has advised the Speaker
that such bill, joint resolution or conference report
authorizes or provides new budget authority of not less than
$50,000,000. The Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent
request or motion to suspend this section.
SEC. 412. BUDGET PROCESS REFORM.
Before September 30, 2007, the chairman or ranking minority
member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives shall introduce, and the committee shall
conduct hearings on, budget reform legislation that includes
the following provisions:
(1) Statutory discretionary spending limits.
(2) Provisions to slow the growth of entitlement
spending by requiring offsets for new benefits, and
examining programs with annual increases higher than
the rate of inflation.
(3) Presidential legislative line item veto authority
that preserves Congress' constitutional power of the
purse by requiring an expedited up or down vote on the
President's proposals.
(4) Enforcement tools that restrict the definition of
``emergency'' so that emergency supplemental
appropriation bills include only needs that are sudden,
urgent, unforeseen, unpredictable, unanticipated, and
temporary in nature.
(5) Accrual accounting of the Government's long-term
obligations.
(6) Periodic reporting from the Government
Accountability Office that examine the causes of long-
term deficits and present options to reduce these
deficits.
(7) Annual audit summaries from the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board for all departments
of the Government that represent more than 20 percent
of discretionary spending, with recommendations on how
to improve the quality of financial information
available to Congress.
SEC. 413. TREASURY DEPARTMENT STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) Request.--Not later than June 1, 2007, the chairman or
ranking member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives shall submit a request to the Secretary of the
Treasury for a study of the impact of the current United States
tort system on global competition and gross domestic product
(GDP) growth.
(b) Submission of Study.--The results of the study described
in subsection (a) shall be submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives not later than September 30, 2007.
SEC. 414. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Information Regarding Agency Appropriations Requests.--To
assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives
and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the
chairman of each authorizing committee of the House and Senate
shall request the head of each Federal agency which administers
the laws or parts of laws under the jurisdiction of such
committee, to provide to such committee such studies,
information, analyses, reports, and assistance.
(b) Information Regarding Agency Program Administration.--To
assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives
and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the
chairman of each authorizing committee of the House and Senate
shall request of the head of any agency under his committee's
jurisdiction, to furnish to such committee documentation,
containing information received, compiled, or maintained by the
agency as part of the operation or administration of a program,
or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support of a
review of a program, as may be requested by the chairman and
ranking minority member of such committee.
(c) Summaries by Comptroller General.--Within thirty days
after the receipt of a request from a chairman and ranking
minority member of a standing committee having jurisdiction
over a program being reviewed and studied by such committee
under this section, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall furnish to such committee summaries of any audits
or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has
completed during the preceding six years.
(d) Congressional Assistance.--Consistent with their duties
and functions under law, the Comptroller General of the United
States, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and
the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to
each standing committee of the House of Representatives or the
Senate such information, studies, analyses, and reports as the
chairman and ranking minority member may request to assist the
committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs under
this section.
SEC. 415. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Treatment.--For purposes of the allocations and
aggregates in this resolution, the reconciliation directives
established by this resolution, and for any other purpose under
titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
budgetary effects of any bill or joint resolution, 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 estimate shall assume the liquidating of the National
Flood Insurance Fund's remaining contractual obligations
resulting from claims made as a result of floods that occurred
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
Program; and
(2) end flood insurance subsidies on pre-FIRM
structures not used as primary residences.
TITLE V--EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND
SEC. 501. NONDEFENSE RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES.
(a) Nondefense Set Aside.--
(1) Discretionary set aside 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
discretionary 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
adjustments made under this paragraph shall not exceed
$6,450,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(2) Other adjustments.--In the House, if a bill or
joint resolution is reported or a conference report is
filed thereon, and a direct spending or receipt
provision included therein is designated as an
emergency pursuant to this paragraph, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may make adjustments to the
allocations and aggregates set forth in this
resolution.
(b) Additional Adjustment Procedures.--In the House, before
any adjustment is made pursuant to this section for any bill,
joint resolution, or conference report that designates a
provision an emergency, the enactment of which would cause the
total amount of the set aside fund set forth in subsection
(a)(1) for fiscal year 2008 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). If the Chairman does not call such a
meeting within 24 hours of a committee reporting such a
measure, any member of the Committee may call such a
meeting.
(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 authorized to adjust the
allocations and aggregates set forth in the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 by the
following amount: $_____ for fiscal year 2008.'', with
the blank being filled in with amount determined by the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget. For any
measure referred to in subsection (a)(1), such amount
shall not exceed the total amount for fiscal year 2008
designated as an emergency in excess of the applicable
amount remaining in the set aside fund.
(3) The motion set forth in paragraph (2) shall be
open for debate and amendment, but any amendment
offered thereto is only in order if limited to changing
an amount in the motion.
(4) Except as provided by paragraph (5), the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget may not make any
adjustments under subsection (a) or subsection (b)
unless or until the committee filing a report or joint
statement of managers on a conference report on a
measure including 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 necessary under this
section if he determines the enactment of the provision
or provisions designated as an emergency is essential
to respond to an urgent and imminent need, the chairman
determines the exceptional 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.
(c) Application of Adjustments.--The adjustments made
pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall
(1) apply while that bill, joint resolution,
conference report or amendment is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that
legislation; 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 outlays
(or new budget authority and the outlays
flowing therefrom) for the prevention or
mitigation 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;
(C) Unforeseen, which means not predicted or
anticipated as an emerging need; and
(D) Temporary, which means not of a permanent
duration.
SEC. 503. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION OF EMERGENCY
DEFINITION.
In the House, as soon as practicable after the adoption of
this resolution, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
shall, after consultation with the chairmen of the applicable
committees, the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget,
and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, prepare
additional guidelines for application of the definition of an
emergency and shall issue a committee print from the Committee
on the Budget for this purpose.
SEC. 504. COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
(a) Committee Notification.--Whenever a committee 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 report accompanying that
bill or joint resolution (or the joint explanatory statement of
managers in the case of a conference report on any such bill or
joint resolution) shall identify all provisions that provide
amounts designated as 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 set aside fund set forth in section 501, or
authorized in excess thereof, as soon as practicable after the
enactment of such amounts designated as emergencies.
TITLE VI--LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY
SEC. 601. PRESIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) Proposed Cancellations.--If, within 45 calendar days
after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing
any discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending,
limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit, the President
proposes, in the manner provided in subsection (b), the
cancellation of any dollar amount of such discretionary budget
authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit,
such recommendation shall be introduced as a freestanding
measure consistent with the terms of this title and shall be
eligible for the expedited procedures set forth herein. If the
45 calendar-day period expires during a period where either
House of Congress stands adjourned sine die at the end of a
Congress or for a period greater than 45 calendar days, the
President may propose a cancellation under this section and
transmit a special message under subsection (b) on the first
calendar day of session following such a period of adjournment.
(b) Transmittal of Special Message.--
(1) Special message.--
(A) Contents of special message.--Each
special message shall specify, with respect to
the discretionary budget authority, items of
direct spending proposed, limited tariff
benefits, or targeted tax benefits to be
canceled--
(i) the dollar amount of
discretionary budget authority, the
specific item of direct spending (that
OMB, after consultation with CBO,
estimates to increase budget authority
or outlays as required by section
1017(9)), the limited tariff benefit,
or the targeted tax benefit that the
President proposes be canceled;
(ii) any account, department, or
establishment of the Government to
which such discretionary budget
authority is available for obligation,
and the specific project or
governmental functions involved;
(iii) the reasons why such
discretionary budget authority, item of
direct spending, limited tariff
benefit, or targeted tax benefit should
be canceled;
(iv) to the maximum extent
practicable, the estimated fiscal,
economic, and budgetary effect
(including the effect on outlays and
receipts in each fiscal year) of the
proposed cancellation;
(v) to the maximum extent
practicable, all facts, circumstances,
and considerations relating to or
bearing upon the proposed cancellation
and the decision to propose the
cancellation, and the estimated effect
of the proposed cancellation upon the
objects, purposes, or programs for
which the discretionary budget
authority, item of direct spending,
limited tariff benefit, or the targeted
tax benefit is provided;
(vi) a numbered list of cancellations
to be included in an approval bill
that, if enacted, would cancel
discretionary budget authority, items
of direct spending, limited tariff
benefit, or targeted tax benefits
proposed in that special message; and
(vii) if the special message is
transmitted subsequent to or at the
same time as another special message, a
detailed explanation why the proposed
cancellations are not substantially
similar to any other proposed
cancellation in such other message.
(C) Duplicative proposals prohibited.--The
President may not propose to cancel the same or
substantially similar discretionary budget
authority, item of direct spending, limited
tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit more
than one time under this Act.
(D) Maximum number of special messages.--The
President may not transmit to the Congress more
than 5 special messages under this subsection
related to any bill or joint resolution
described in subsection (a), but may transmit
not more than 10 special messages for any
omnibus budget reconciliation or appropriation
measure.
(2) Enactment of approval bill.--
(A) Deficit reduction.--Amounts of budget
authority, items of direct spending, limited
tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefits which
are canceled pursuant to enactment of a bill as
provided under this section shall be dedicated
only to reducing the deficit or increasing the
surplus.
(B) Adjustment of levels in the concurrent
resolution on the budget.--Not later than 5
days after the date of enactment of an approval
bill as provided under this section, the chairs
of the Committees on the Budget of the Senate
and the House of Representatives shall revise
allocations and aggregates and other
appropriate levels under the appropriate
concurrent resolution on the budget to reflect
the cancellation, and the applicable committees
shall report revised suballocations pursuant to
section 302(b), as appropriate.
(C) Trust funds and special funds.--
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), nothing in
this title shall be construed to require or
allow the deposit of amounts derived from a
trust fund or special fund which are canceled
pursuant to enactment of a bill as provided
under this section to any other fund.
SEC. 602. PROCEDURES IN UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
(a) Expedited Consideration.--
(1) In general.--The majority leader or minority
leader of each House or his designee shall (by request)
introduce an approval bill as defined in section 1017
not later than the third day of session of that House
after the date of receipt of a special message
transmitted to the Congress under section 1011(b). If
the bill is not introduced as provided in the preceding
sentence in either House, then, on the fourth day of
session of that House after the date of receipt of the
special message, any Member of that House may introduce
the bill.
(2) Consideration in the house of representatives.--
(A) Referral and reporting.--Any committee of
the House of Representatives to which an
approval bill is referred shall report it to
the House without amendment not later than the
seventh legislative day after the date of its
introduction. If a committee fails to report
the bill within that period or the House has
adopted a concurrent resolution providing for
adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress,
such committee shall be automatically
discharged from further consideration of the
bill and it shall be placed on the appropriate
calendar.
(B) Proceeding to consideration.--After an
approval bill is reported by or discharged from
committee or the House has adopted a concurrent
resolution providing for adjournment sine die
at the end of a Congress, it shall be in order
to move to proceed to consider the approval
bill in the House. Such a motion shall be in
order only at a time designated by the Speaker
in the legislative schedule within two
legislative days after the day on which the
proponent announces his intention to offer the
motion. Such a motion shall not be in order
after the House has disposed of a motion to
proceed with respect to that special message.
The previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the motion to its adoption without
intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the
vote by which the motion is disposed of shall
not be in order.
(C) Consideration.--The approval bill shall
be considered as read. All points of order
against an approval bill and against its
consideration are waived. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on an approval
bill to its passage without intervening motion
except five hours of debate equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent and
one motion to limit debate on the bill. A
motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the
bill shall not be in order.
(D) Senate bill.--An approval bill received
from the Senate shall not be referred to
committee.
(3) Consideration in the senate.--
(A) Motion to proceed to consideration.--A
motion to proceed to the consideration of a
bill under this subsection in the Senate shall
not be debatable. It shall not be in order to
move to reconsider the vote by which the motion
to proceed is agreed to or disagreed to.
(B) Limits on debate.--Debate in the Senate
on a bill under this subsection, and all
debatable motions and appeals in connection
therewith (including debate pursuant to
subparagraph (D)), shall not exceed 10 hours,
equally divided and controlled in the usual
form.
(C) Appeals.--Debate in the Senate on any
debatable motion or appeal in connection with a
bill under this subsection shall be limited to
not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided and
controlled in the usual form.
(D) Motion to limit debate.--A motion in the
Senate to further limit debate on a bill under
this subsection is not debatable.
(E) Motion to recommit.--A motion to recommit
a bill under this subsection is not in order.
(F) Consideration of the house bill.--
(i) In general.--If the Senate has
received the House companion bill to
the bill introduced in the Senate prior
to the vote required under paragraph
(1)(C), then the Senate may consider,
and the vote under paragraph (1)(C) may
occur on, the House companion bill.
(ii) Procedures after vote on senate
bill.--If the Senate votes, pursuant to
paragraph (1)(C), on the bill
introduced in the Senate, then
immediately following that vote, or
upon receipt of the House companion
bill, the House bill shall be deemed to
be considered, read the third time, and
the vote on passage of the Senate bill
shall be considered to be the vote on
the bill received from the House.
(b) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to, or motion to
strike a provision from, a bill considered under this section
shall be in order in either the Senate or the House of
Representatives.
SEC. 603. IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETED TAX BENEFITS.
(a) Statement.--The chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the
Committee on Finance of the Senate acting jointly (hereafter in
this subsection referred to as ``the chairmen'' shall review
any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution which
includes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
that is being prepared for filing by a committee of conference
of the two Houses, and shall identify whether such bill or
joint resolution contains any targeted tax benefits. The
chairmen shall provide to the committee of conference a
statement identifying any such targeted tax benefits or
declaring that the bill or joint resolution does not contain
any targeted tax benefits. Any such statement shall be made
available to any Member of Congress by the chairmen immediately
upon request.
(b) Statement Included in Legislation.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other rule of
the House of Representatives or any rule or precedent
of the Senate, any revenue or reconciliation bill or
joint resolution which includes any amendment to the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 reported by a committee
of conference of the two Houses may include, as a
separate section of such bill or joint resolution, the
information contained in the statement of the chairmen,
but only in the manner set forth in paragraph (2).
(2) Applicability.--The separate section permitted
under subparagraph (A) shall read as follows: ``Section
1021 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 shall ______ apply to
______,______,000,000'', with the blank spaces being
filled in with--
(A) in any case in which the chairmen
identify targeted tax benefits in the statement
required under subsection (a), the word
``only'' in the first blank space and a list of
all of the specific provisions of the bill or
joint resolution in the second blank space; or
(B) in any case in which the chairmen declare
that there are no targeted tax benefits in the
statement required under subsection (a), the
word ``not'' in the first blank space and the
phrase ``any provision of this Act'' in the
second blank space.
(c) Identification in Revenue Estimate.--With respect to any
revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution with respect
to which the chairmen provide a statement under subsection (a),
the Joint Committee on Taxation shall--
(1) in the case of a statement described in
subsection (b)(2)(A), list the targeted tax benefits in
any revenue estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on
Taxation for any conference report which accompanies
such bill or joint resolution, or
(2) in the case of a statement described in section
13(b)(2)(B), indicate in such revenue estimate that no
provision in such bill or joint resolution has been
identified as a targeted tax benefit.
(d) President's Authority.--If any revenue or reconciliation
bill or joint resolution is signed into law--
(1) with a separate section described in subsection
(b)(2), then the President may use the authority
granted in this section only with respect to any
targeted tax benefit in that law, if any, identified in
such separate section; or
(2) without a separate section described in
subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the
authority granted in this section with respect to any
targeted tax benefit in that law.
SEC. 604. ADDITIONAL MATTERS.
(a) Definitions.--
(1) Appropriation law.--The term ``appropriation
law'' means an Act referred to in section 105 of title
I, United States Code, including any general or special
appropriation Act, or any Act making supplemental,
deficiency, or continuing appropriations, that has been
signed into law pursuant to Article I, section 7, of
the Constitution of the United States.
(2) Approval bill.--The term ``approval bill'' means
a bill or joint resolution which only approves proposed
cancellations of dollar amounts of discretionary budget
authority, items of new direct spending, limited tariff
benefits, or targeted tax benefits in a special message
transmitted by the President under this part and--
(A) the title of which is as follows: ``A
bill approving the proposed cancellations
transmitted by the President on ____'', the
blank space being filled in with the date of
transmission of the relevant special message
and the public law number to which the message
relates;
(B) which does not have a preamble; and
(C) which provides only the following after
the enacting clause: That the Congress approves
of proposed cancellations ____, the blank space
being filled in with a list of the
cancellations contained in the President's
special message, as transmitted by the
President in a special message on ____, the
blank space being filled in with the
appropriate date, regarding ____, the blank
space being filled in with the Public Law
number to which the special message relates;
(D) which only includes proposed
cancellations that are estimated by CBO to meet
the definition of discretionary budgetary
authority or items of direct spending, or
limited tariff benefits, or that are identified
as targeted tax benefits pursuant to section
1014;
(E) if any proposed cancellation other than
discretionary budget authority or targeted tax
benefits is estimated by CBO to not meet the
definition of item of direct spending, then the
approval bill shall include at the end: The
President shall cease the suspension of the
implementation of the following under section
1013 of the Legislative Line Item Veto Act of
2006: ____, the blank space being filled in
with the list of such proposed cancellations;
and
(F) if no CBO estimate is available, then the
entire list of legislative provisions proposed
by the President is inserted in the second
blank space in subparagraph (C).
(3) Calendar day.--The term ``calendar day'' means a
standard 24-hour period beginning at midnight.
(4) Cancel or cancellation.--The terms ``cancel'' or
``cancellation'' means to prevent--
(A) budget authority from having legal force
or effect;
(B) in the case of entitlement authority, to
prevent the specific legal obligation of the
United States from having legal force or
effect;
(C) in the case of the food stamp program, to
prevent the specific provision of law that
provides such benefit from having legal force
or effect; or
(D) a limited tariff benefit from having
legal force or effect, and to make any
necessary, conforming statutory change to
ensure that such limited tariff benefit is not
implemented; or
(E) a targeted tax benefit from having legal
force or effect, and to make any necessary,
conforming statutory change to ensure that such
targeted tax benefit is not implemented and
that any budgetary resources are appropriately
canceled.
(5) CBO.--The term ``CBO'' means the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office.
(6) Direct spending.--The term ``direct spending''
means--
(A) budget authority provided by law (other
than an appropriation law);
(B) entitlement authority; and
(C) the food stamp program.
(7) Dollar amount of discretionary budget
authority.--(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the term ``dollar amount of discretionary budget
authority'' means the entire dollar amount of budget
authority--
(i) specified in an appropriation law, or the
entire dollar amount of budget authority or
obligation limitation required to be allocated
by a specific proviso in an appropriation law
for which a specific dollar figure was not
included;
(ii) represented separately in any table,
chart, or explanatory text included in the
statement of managers or the governing
committee report accompanying such law;
(iii) required to be allocated for a specific
program, project, or activity in a law (other
than an appropriation law) that mandates the
expenditure of budget authority from accounts,
programs, projects, or activities for which
budget authority is provided in an
appropriation law;
(iv) represented by the product of the
estimated procurement cost and the total
quantity of items specified in an appropriation
law or included in the statement of managers or
the governing committee report accompanying
such law; or
(v) represented by the product of the
estimated procurement cost and the total
quantity of items required to be provided in a
law (other than an appropriation law) that
mandates the expenditure of budget authority
from accounts, programs, projects, or
activities for which budget authority is
provided in an appropriation law.
(B) The term ``dollar amount of discretionary
budget authority'' does not include--
(i) direct spending;
(ii) budget authority in an
appropriation law which funds direct
spending provided for in other law;
(iii) any existing budget authority
canceled in an appropriation law; or
(iv) any restriction, condition, or
limitation in an appropriation law or
the accompanying statement of managers
or committee reports on the expenditure
of budget authority for an account,
program, project, or activity, or on
activities involving such expenditure.
(8) Item of direct spending.--The term ``item of
direct spending'' means any provision of law that
results in an increase in budget authority or outlays
for direct spending relative to the most recent levels
calculated consistent with the methodology used to
calculate a baseline under section 257 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and
included with a budget submission under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, in the first year or
the 5-year period for which the item is effective.
However, such item does not include an extension or
reauthorization of existing direct spending, but
instead only refers to provisions of law that increase
such direct spending.
(9) Limited tariff benefit.--The term ``limited
tariff benefit'' means any provision of law that
modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities
(as defined in paragraph (12)(B)).
(10) OMB.--The term ``OMB'' means the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.
(11) Omnibus reconciliation or appropriation
measure.--The term ``omnibus reconciliation'' or
``appropriation measure'' means--
(A) in the case of a reconciliation bill, any
such bill that is reported to its House by the
Committee on the Budget; or
(B) in the case of an appropriation measure,
any such measure that provides appropriations
for programs, projects, or activities falling
within 2 or more section 302(b) suballocations.
(12) Targeted tax benefit.--
(A) The ``term targeted tax benefit'' means
any revenue-losing provision that provides a
Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or
preference to ten or fewer beneficiaries
(determined with respect to either present law
or any provision of which the provision is a
part) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
in any year for which the provision is in
effect;
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (a).--
(i) all businesses and associations
that are members of the same controlled
group of corporations (as defined in
section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) shall be treated as a
single beneficiary;
(ii) all shareholders, partners,
members, or beneficiaries of a
corporation, partnership, association,
or trust or estate, respectively, shall
be treated as a single beneficiary;
(iii) all employees of an employer
shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;
(iv) all qualified plans of an
employer shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;
(v) all beneficiaries of a qualified
plan shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;
(vi) all contributors to a charitable
organization shall be treated as a
single beneficiary;
(vii) all holders of the same bond
issue shall be treated as a single
beneficiary; and
(viii) if a corporation, partnership,
association, trust or estate is the
beneficiary of a provision, the
shareholders of the corporation, the
partners of the partnership, the
members of the association, or the
beneficiaries of the trust or estate
shall not also be treated as
beneficiaries of such provision;
(C) For the purpose of this paragraph, the
term ``revenue-losing provision'' means any
provision that is estimated to result in a
reduction in federal tax revenues (determined
with respect to either present law or any
provision of which the provision is a part) for
any one of the two following periods--
(i) the first fiscal year for which
the provision is effective; or
(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years
beginning with the first fiscal year
for which the provision is effective;
(D) the ``term targeted tax benefit'' does
not include any provision which applies
uniformly to an entire industry; and
(E) the terms used in this paragraph shall
have the same meaning as those terms have
generally in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
unless otherwise expressly provided.
SEC. 605. EXPIRATION.
This title shall have no force or effect on or after October
1, 2012.
SEC. 606. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFERRAL AUTHORITY.
It is the sense of Congress that legislation providing the
authority to temporarily defer spending on proposed rescissions
should be enacted.
SEC. 607. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ABUSE OF PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that no President or any
executive branch official should condition the inclusion or
exclusion or threaten to condition the inclusion or exclusion
of any proposed cancellation in any special message under this
title upon any vote cast or to be cast by any Member of either
House of Congress.
TITLE VII--EARMARK TRANSPARENCY
SEC. 701. PROHIBITION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR EARMARKS INCLUDED ONLY
IN CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.
(a) Requirement That Earmarks Must Be in Legislative Text.--
Notwithstanding any other rule of the House, in addition to the
requirements set forth in clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, it shall not be in order to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment thereto, or
conference report thereon, unless the list of congressional
earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits,
required by clause 9(a)of rule XXI are also set forth in the
text of such measure.
(b) Availability on the Internet.--Notwithstanding any other
rule of the House, in addition to the requirements set forth in
clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, it shall not be in order to consider any bill,
joint resolution, or conference report thereon, unless the
lists required by paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of clause 9 of
rule XXI are made available on the Internet in a searchable
format to the general public for at least 48 hours before
consideration.
SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Congressional Earmark.--The term ``congressional
earmark'' means a provision or report language included
primarily at the request of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, or Senator providing, authorizing or recommending
a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit
authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan,
loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure
with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality
or Congressional district, other than through a statutory or
administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.
(b) Limited Benefits.--
(1) Limited tariff benefit.--The term ``limited
tariff benefit'' means any provision of law that
modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities
(as defined in paragraph (12)(B)).
(2) Limited tax benefit.--(A) The term ``limited tax
benefit'' means any revenue-losing provision that
provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or
preference to ten or fewer beneficiaries (determined
with respect to either present law or any provision of
which the provision is a part) under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for which the
provision is in effect;
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)--
(i) all businesses and associations
that are members of the same controlled
group of corporations (as defined in
section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) shall be treated as a
single beneficiary;
(ii) all shareholders, partners,
members, or beneficiaries of a
corporation, partnership, association,
or trust or estate, respectively, shall
be treated as a single beneficiary;
(iii) all employees of an employer
shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;
(iv) all qualified plans of an
employer shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;
(v) all beneficiaries of a qualified
plan shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;
(vi) all contributors to a charitable
organization shall be treated as a
single beneficiary;
(vii) all holders of the same bond
issue shall be treated as a single
beneficiary; and
(viii) if a corporation, partnership,
association, trust or estate is the
beneficiary of a provision, the
shareholders of the corporation, the
partners of the partnership, the
members of the association, or the
beneficiaries of the trust or estate
shall not also be treated as
beneficiaries of such provision;
(C) For the purpose of this paragraph, the
term ``revenue-losing provision'' means any
provision that is estimated to result in a
reduction in federal tax revenues (determined
with respect to either present law or any
provision of which the provision is a part) for
any one of the two following periods--
(i) the first fiscal year for which
the provision is effective; or
(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years
beginning with the first fiscal year
for which the provision is effective;
(D) the term ``limited tax benefit'' does not
include any provision which applies uniformly
to an entire industry; and
(E) the terms used in this paragraph shall
have the same meaning as those terms have
generally in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
unless otherwise expressly provided.
(c) Special Rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Rules of the House, the definitions set forth in this section
shall apply for congressional earmarks, limited tariff
benefits, and limited tax benefits.
TITLE VIII--PAY-AS-YOU-GO
SEC. 801. PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER
(a) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House or the Senate to consider any direct spending
legislation, excluding the impact of any revenue
provisions, that would increase the on-budget deficit
or cause an on-budget deficit for any 1 of 4 applicable
time periods as measured in paragraphs (5) and (6).
(2) Applicable time periods.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term ``applicable time period'' means
any 1 of the 4 following periods:
(A) The current fiscal year.
(B) The budget year.
(C) The period of the 5 fiscal years
following the current fiscal year.
(D) The period of the 5 fiscal years
following the 5 fiscal years referred to in
subparagraph (C).
(3) Direct spending legislation.--For purposes of
this subsection and except as provided in paragraph
(4), the term ``direct spending legislation'' means any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that affects direct spending as that
term is defined by, and interpreted for purposes of,
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
(4) Baseline.--Estimates prepared pursuant to this
subsection shall--
(A) use the most recent baseline estimates
supplied by the Congressional Budget Office
consistent with section 257 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 used in considering a concurrent
resolution on the budget; or
(B) after the beginning of a new calendar
year and before consideration of a concurrent
resolution on the budget, the most recent
baseline estimates supplied by the
Congressional Budget Office consistent with
section 257 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(5) Prior surplus.--If direct spending or revenue
legislation increases the on-budget deficit or causes
an on-budget deficit when taken individually, it must
also increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-
budget deficit when taken together with all direct
spending and revenue legislation enacted since the
beginning of the calendar year not accounted for in the
baseline under paragraph (5)(A), except that direct
spending or revenue effects resulting in net deficit
reduction enacted in any bill pursuant to a
reconciliation instruction since the beginning of that
same calendar year shall never be made available on the
pay-as-you-go ledger and shall be dedicated only for
deficit reduction.
(b) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this
section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and
revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committees on the Budget.
(c) Point of Order Protection in the House.--In the House, it
shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that waives
the application of subsection (a). As disposition of a point of
order under this paragraph, the Chair shall put the question of
consideration with respect to the rule or order that waives the
application of subsection (a). The question of consideration
shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member initiating the
point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent, but shall
otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one that
the House adjourn.
TITLE IX--DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
SEC. 901. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS IN THE HOUSE
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House to
consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto,
that provides new budget authority that would cause the
discretionary spending limits to be exceeded for any fiscal
year.
(b) Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the House and as used
in this section, the term ``discretionary spending limit''
means--
(1) with respect to fiscal year 2008, for the
discretionary category: $1,079,593,000,000 in new
budget authority and $1,127,623,000,000 in outlays;
(2) with respect to fiscal year 2009, for the
discretionary category: $1,004,865,000,000 in new
budget authority and $1,121,730,000,000 in outlays;
(3) with respect to fiscal year 2010, for the
discretionary category: $977,058,000,000 in new budget
authority and $1,050,106,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted in conformance with subsection (c).
(c) Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Chairman.--After the reporting of a bill
or joint resolution, the offering of an
amendment thereto, or the submission of a
conference report thereon, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may make the
adjustments set forth in subparagraph (B) for
the amount of new budget authority in that
measure (if that measure meets the requirements
set forth in paragraph (2)) and the outlays
flowing from that budget authority. The
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
also make appropriate adjustments for the
reserve funds set forth in this resolution.
(B) Matters to be adjusted.--The adjustments
referred to in subparagraph (A) are to be made
to--
(i) the discretionary spending
limits, if any, set forth in the
appropriate concurrent resolution on
the budget;
(ii) 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
(iii) the budgetary aggregates as set
forth in the appropriate concurrent
resolution on the budget.
(2) Amounts of adjustments.--The adjustment referred
to in paragraph (1) shall be an amount provided and
designated as an emergency requirement;
(3) Application of adjustments.--The adjustments made
for legislation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall--
(A) apply while that legislation is under
consideration;
(B) take effect upon the enactment of that
legislation; and
(C) be published in the Congressional Record
as soon as practicable.
(4) Application of this section.--The provisions of
this section shall apply to legislation providing new
budget authority for fiscal years 2008 through 2010.
(d) Enforcement in the House of Representatives.--
(1) Waiver protection.--It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives to consider a rule or
order that waives the application of this section.
(2) Consideration in the house.--
(A) This subsection shall apply only to the
House of Representatives.
(B) In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a
point of order under this section must specify
the precise language on which it is premised.
(C) As disposition of points of order under
this section, the Chair shall put the question
of consideration with respect to the
proposition that is the subject of the points
of order.
(D) A question of consideration under this
section shall be debatable for 10 minutes by
each Member initiating a point of order and for
10 minutes by an opponent on each 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.
(E) The disposition of the question of
consideration under this subsection with
respect to a bill or joint resolution shall be
considered also to determine the question of
consideration under this subsection with
respect to an amendment made in order as
original text.
(3) Extension of spending limits.--It shall not be in
order in the House of Representatives to consider a
concurrent resolution on the budget as described in
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
unless such resolution incudes discretionary spending
limits that are in the same amounts or less than those
included in this section.
TITLE X--SENSES OF CONGRESS
SEC. 1001. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT.
It is the Sense of the House that additional legislative
action is needed to ensure that states have the necessary
resources to collect all child support that is owed to families
and to allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to families
without financial penalty. It is further the Sense of the House
that when 100 percent of child support payments are passed on
to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program
integrity is improved and child support participation
increases.
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON STATE VETERANS CEMETARIES.
It is the sense of the House that the Federal Government
should pay the plot allowance for the internment in a State
veterans cemetery of any spouse or eligible child of a veteran,
consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle.
SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM.
It is the sense of the Congress that legislation should be
considered that does the following:
(1) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow
individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health
insurance costs paid for the benefit of the taxpayer,
the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents.
(2) Requires business taxpayers who receive payments
for certain employee health insurance coverage to file
informational returns.
(3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make
advance payments of health insurance tax credit amounts
to health insurance providers.
(4) Limits the tax exclusion for employer-provided
health care coverage.
SEC. 1004. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
(a) Sense of Congress on the Termination of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.--No tax shall be imposed by the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986--
(1) for any taxable year beginning after December 31,
2010; and
(2) in the case of any tax not imposed on the basis
of a taxable year, on any taxable event or for any
period after December 31, 2010.
(b) Exception.--It is further the sense of the House of
Representatives that legislation enacted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall not apply to taxes imposed by--
(1) chapter 2 of such Code (relating to tax on self-
employment income);
(2) chapter 21 of such Code (relating to Federal
Insurance Contributions Act); and
(3) chapter 22 of such Code (relating to Railroad
Retirement Tax Act).
(c) Structure of a New Federal Tax System.--Congress declares
that any new Federal tax system should be a simple and fair
system that--
(1) applies a low rate to all Americans;
(2) provides tax relief for working Americans;
(3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax
collection abuses;
(4) eliminates the bias against savings and
investment;
(5) promotes economic growth and job creation; and
(6) does not penalize marriage or families.
(d) Timing of Implementation.--In order to ensure an easy
transition and effective implementation, the Congress hereby
declares that any new Federal tax system should be approved by
Congress in its final form no later than July 4, 2010.