Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2007, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008-FY2011.
Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2007-FY2011 with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public.
Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY2007-FY2011.
Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Committees on: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and the Workforce; (4) Energy and Commerce; (5) Government Reform; (6) Resources; (7) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (8) Ways and Means.
Requires the Committee on Ways and Means to report a reconciliation bill providing for revenue reduction.
Requires the Committee on Veterans' Affairs to submit to the Committee on the Budget its findings that identify savings amounting to 1% of total spending under its jurisdiction from activities that are wasteful, unnecessary, or lower-priority.
Establishes a reserve fund for emergencies.
Prohibits House legislation that would require advanced appropriations, with a specified exception.
Makes rule XXVII of the House (the Gephardt Rule, relating to mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution) inapplicable with respect to the adoption by Congress of a budget resolution for FY2007.
Requires: (1) reported legislation designated as an emergency requirement to include an explanation of the manner in which the legislation meets specified criteria; and (2) if such legislation is to be considered without being reported, the explanation to be published in the Congressional Record in advance of floor consideration.
Provides for changes in allocations and aggregates resulting from realistic scoring of measures affecting federal revenues.
Prohibits the use of revenue increases to comply with budget allocations and aggregates.
Makes it out of order in the House to consider direct spending legislation that would increase an on-budget deficit or decrease an on-budget surplus for any specified applicable time period.
Requires the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to maintain a: (1) Budget Protection Mandatory Account; and (2) Budget Protection Discretionary Account.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 373 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 373
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 30, 2006
Mr. Hensarling (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina,
Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr.
Campbell of California, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma,
Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Flake, Ms. Foxx, Mr.
Franks of Arizona, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Gohmert,
Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. King of Iowa,
Mr. Marchant, Mr. McHenry, Mrs. Musgrave, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Pearce, Mr.
Pence, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poe, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin,
Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr.
Westmoreland, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Budget
_______________________________________________________________________
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007.
The Congress declares that the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2007 is hereby established and that the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 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 2007 through 2011:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2007: $1,758,926,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,845,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $1,927,713,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,016,539,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,084,848,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of
Federal revenues should be reduced are as follows:
Fiscal year 2007: $60,447,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $76,088,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $103,277,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $118,773,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $271,582,000,000.
(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 2007: $2,197,306,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,208,964,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,247,453,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,271,960,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $2,329,022,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2007: $2,262,787,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,257,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,263,020,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,301,476,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $2,340,846,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are
as follows:
Fiscal year 2007: $503,861,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $412,170,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $335,307,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $284,937,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $255,998,000,000.
(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 2007: $9,156,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $9,690,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $10,146,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $10,542,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $10,916,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2007: $5,270,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $5,477,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,591,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $5,637,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011: $5,637,000,000,000.
SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of
new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 2007 through 2011 for
each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $510,580,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $534,623,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $481,271,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $502,489,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $481,126,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $489,152,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $481,099,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $484,908,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $481,134,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $486,641,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $25,820,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,603,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $24,179,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,863,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $22,456,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $22,443,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $22,432,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,817,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $23,666,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,804,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $21,531,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,073,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $21,237,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,206,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $21,096,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,882,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $17,901,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,672,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $247,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $41,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,116,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$169,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,398,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$395,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,583,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$509,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,693,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $28,230,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,991,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $27,649,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,547,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $27,419,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,435,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $27,340,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,284,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $26,629,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,859,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $26,006,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,581,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $20,430,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,739,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $18,742,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,006,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,392,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,506,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $18,534,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,767,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $15,853,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,025,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $13,028,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,025,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $12,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $11,504,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,493,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $11,298,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,885,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $69,371,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,226,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $67,054,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,017,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $63,686,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,586,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $19,197,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,759,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $15,594,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,178,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $9,080,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,942,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $7,963,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,875,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $7,963,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $7,965,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,423,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $7,967,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,466,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $78,706,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $86,415,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $75,421,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,978,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $73,973,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $74,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $72,876,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,155,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $71,986,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,929,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $269,698,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $272,369,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $279,170,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $279,387,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $291,222,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $288,810,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $300,435,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $299,486,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $312,928,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $311,802,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $359,207,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $364,668,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $376,393,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $376,441,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $395,226,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $394,815,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $413,594,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $413,906,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $437,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $437,686,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $346,496,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $355,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $355,080,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $361,544,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $365,727,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $369,553,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $376,340,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $378,687,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $390,469,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $391,965,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $16,918,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,918,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $18,817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,817,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $20,697,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,697,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $22,869,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,869,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $26,483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,483,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $73,806,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,887,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $75,996,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,254,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $76,885,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,093,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $77,271,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,312,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $81,471,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $81,289,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $42,307,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,166,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $40,721,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,941,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $40,620,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,375,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $40,514,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,785,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $40,404,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,382,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $18,206,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,353,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $17,880,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,962,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $17,988,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,905,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $18,142,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,940,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $351,718,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $351,718,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $377,930,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $377,930,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $395,761,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $395,761,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $411,255,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $411,255,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $421,915,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $421,915,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,685,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,260,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,545,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,685,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$2,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,770,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, -$66,349,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$66,799,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, -$68,760,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$69,085,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$82,276,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$82,026,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$67,105,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$66,765,000,000.
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, -$70,567,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$70,367,000,000.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION SUBMISSIONS
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Submissions to Slow the Growth in Mandatory Spending and to
Achieve Deficit Reduction.--(1) Not later than April 28, 2006, 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 any substantive revision.
(2) Instructions.--
(A) Committee on agriculture.--The House Committee on
Agriculture shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending
for that committee by $2,083,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2007 and $29,116,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal
years 2007 through 2011.
(B) Committee on armed services.--The House Committee on
Armed Services shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending
for that committee by $52,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2007 and $120,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years
2007 through 2011.
(C) Committee on education and the workforce.--The House
Committee on Education and the Workforce shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level
of direct spending for that committee by $1,010,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 2007 and $7,470,000,000 in outlays for
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
(D) Committee on energy and commerce.--The House Committee
on Energy and Commerce shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending
for that committee by $1,125,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2007 and $91,697,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal
years 2007 through 2011.
(E) Committee on government reform.--The House Committee on
Energy and Commerce shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending
for that committee by $140,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2007 and $1,670,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal
years 2007 through 2011.
(F) Committee on resources.--The House Committee on
Resources shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending for that
committee by $0 in outlays for fiscal year 2007 and
$6,793,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2007
through 2011.
(G) Committee on transportation and infrastructure.--The
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce the level of direct spending for that committee by
$32,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2007 and $230,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
(H) Committee on ways and means.--The House Committee on
Ways and Means shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by
$27,457,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and $221,189,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
(I) Special rule.--The chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may take into account legislation enacted after the
adoption of this resolution that is determined to reduce the
deficit and may make applicable adjustments in reconciliation
instructions, allocations, and budget aggregates and may also
make adjustments in reconciliation instructions to protect
earned benefit programs.
(b) Submission Providing for Changes in Revenue.--The House
Committee on Ways and Means shall report a reconciliation bill not
later than April 28, 2006, that consists of changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues by not more than
$18,391,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and by not more than
$346,271,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
(c) Revision of 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(b) 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.
SEC. 202. SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON VETERANS' SAVINGS.
In the House, not later than May 15, 2006, the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the Committee on the Budget its
findings that identify savings amounting to one percent of total
spending under its jurisdiction from activities that are determined to
be wasteful, unnecessary, or lower-priority. For purposes of this
section, the report by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs shall be
inserted in the Congressional Record by the chairman of the Committee
on the Budget not later than May 21, 2006.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUND
SEC. 301. RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES.
In the House of Representatives and the Senate, if the Committee on
Appropriations reports a bill or joint resolution, or if an amendment
thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that
provides new budget authority (and outlays flowing therefrom) for
emergencies and complies with the requirement of section 403, then the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that House shall make the
appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the extent
that such legislation would not increase the deficit for fiscal year
2007 and for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) In the House, except as 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) Exception.--In the House, an advance appropriation may be
provided for fiscal year 2008 and fiscal years 2009 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.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any discretionary new budget authority in a bill
or joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 that first becomes available for
any fiscal year after 2007.
SEC. 402. TURN OFF THE GEPHARDT RULE.
Rule XXVII shall not apply with respect to the adoption by the
Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007.
SEC. 403. EMERGENCY SPENDING.
(a) Designations.--
(1) Guidance.--In the House, if a provision of legislation
is designated as an emergency requirement under this section,
the committee report and any statement of managers accompanying
that legislation shall include an explanation of the manner in
which the provision meets the criteria in paragraph (2). If
such legislation is to be considered by the House without being
reported, then the committee shall cause the explanation to be
published in the Congressional Record in advance of floor
consideration.
(2) Criteria.--
(A) In general.--Any such provision is an emergency
requirement if the underlying situation poses a threat
to life, property, or national security and is--
(i) sudden, quickly coming into being, and
not building up over time;
(ii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling
need requiring immediate action;
(iii) subject to subparagraph (B),
unforeseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated;
and
(iv) not permanent, temporary in nature.
(B) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part of an
aggregate level of anticipated emergencies,
particularly when normally estimated in advance, is not
unforeseen.
(b) Enforcement.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment or
conference report that contains an emergency designation unless that
designation meets the criteria set out in subsection (a)(2).
(c) Enforcement in the House of Representatives.--It shall not be
in order in the House of Representatives to consider a rule or order
that waives the application of subsection (c).
(d) Disposition of Points of Order in the House.--As disposition of
a point of order under subsection (b) or subsection (c), the Chair
shall put the question of consideration with respect to the proposition
that is the subject of the point of order. A question of consideration
under this section shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member
initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent of the
point of order, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening
motion except one that the House adjourn or that the Committee of the
Whole rise, as the case may be.
SEC. 404. CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES RESULTING FROM
REALISTIC SCORING OF MEASURES AFFECTING REVENUES.
(a) Whenever the House considers a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion or conference report, including measures filed in
compliance with section 201(b) or 201(c), that propose to change
Federal revenues, the impact of such measure on Federal revenues shall
be calculated by the Joint Committee on Taxation in a manner that takes
into account--
(1) the impact of the proposed revenue changes on--
(A) Gross Domestic Product, including the growth
rate for the Gross Domestic Product;
(B) total domestic employment;
(C) gross private domestic investment;
(D) general price index;
(E) interest rates; and
(F) other economic variables; and
(2) the impact on Federal Revenue of the changes in
economic variables analyzed under paragraph (1).
(b) the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make any
necessary changes to allocations and aggregates in order to conform
this concurrent resolution with the determinations made by the Joint
Committee on Taxation pursuant to subsection (a).
SEC. 405. PROHIBITION ON USING REVENUE INCREASES TO COMPLY WITH BUDGET
ALLOCATIONS AND AGGREGATES.
(a) For the purpose of enforcing this concurrent resolution in the
House, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall not take into
account the provisions of any piece of legislation which propose to
increase revenue or offsetting collections if the net effect of the
bill is to increase the level of revenue or offsetting collections
beyond the level assumed in this concurrent resolution.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any provision of a piece of
legislation that proposes a new or increased fee for the receipt of a
defined benefit or service (including insurance coverage) by the person
or entity paying the fee.
SEC. 406. 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 carry out this resolution.
SEC. 407. DIRECT SPENDING SAFEGUARD.
(a) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to
consider an direct spending legislation that would increase an on-
budget deficit or decrease an on-budget surplus as provided by
subsection (e) for any applicable time period.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``applicable time
period'' means any of the following periods:
(1) The period of the first 5 fiscal years covered by the
most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
(2) The period of the 5 fiscal years following first 5
years covered in the most recently adopted concurrent
resolution on the budget.
(c) For purposes of this section and except as provided in
subsection (d), the term ``direct-spending legislation'' means any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, 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.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term ``direct-spending
legislation'' does not include--
(1) any legislation the title of which is as follows: ``A
bill to preserve Social Security.''; or
(2) any legislation that would cause a net increase in
aggregate direct spending of less than $100,000,000 for any
applicable time period.
(e) If direct spending legislation increases the on-budget deficit
or decreases an on-budget surpluses when taken individually, it must
also increase the on-budget deficit or decrease the on-budget surplus
when taken together with all direct spending legislation enacted since
the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for in the baseline
assumed for the most recent concurrent resolution on the budget, except
that direct spending effects resulting in net deficit reduction enacted
pursuant to reconciliation instructions since the beginning of that
same calendar year shall not be available.
(f) This section may be waived by the affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(g) For purposes of this section, the levels of budget authority
and outlays for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of
estimates made by the Committee on the Budget.
(h) The Committee on Rules may not report a rule or order proposing
a waiver of subsection (a).
SEC. 408. BUDGET PROTECTION MANDATORY ACCOUNT.
(a)(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall maintain
an account to be known as the ``Budget Protection Mandatory Account''.
The Account shall be divided into entries corresponding to the
allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget,
except that it shall not include the Committee on Appropriations.
(2) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited to it under
subsection (b). No entry of a negative amount shall be made.
(b)(1) Upon the engrossment of a House bill or joint resolution or
a House amendment to a Senate bill or joint resolution (other than an
appropriation bill), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
shall--
(A) credit the applicable entries of the Budget Protection
Mandatory Account by the amounts specified in paragraph (2);
and
(B) reduce the applicable section 302(a) allocations by the
amount specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Each amount specified in paragraph (1)(A) shall be the net
reduction in mandatory budget authority (either under current law or
proposed by the bill or joint resolution under consideration) provided
by each amendment that was adopted in the House to the bill or joint
resolution.
(c)(1) If an amendment includes a provision described in paragraph
(2), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall, upon the
engrossment of a House bill or joint resolution or a House amendment to
a Senate bill or joint resolution, other than an appropriation bill,
reduce the level of total revenues set forth in the applicable
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year or for the
total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years in an
amount equal to the net reduction in mandatory authority (either under
current law or proposed by a bill or joint resolution under
consideration) provided by each amendment adopted by the House to the
bill or joint resolution. Such adjustment shall be in addition to the
adjustments described in subsection (b).
(2)(A) The provision specified in paragraph (1) is as follows:
``The amount of mandatory budget authority reduced by this amendment
may be used to offset a decrease in revenues.''
(B) All points of order are waived against an amendment including
the text specified in subparagraph (A) provided the amendment is
otherwise in order.
(d) As used in this rule, the term--
(1) ``appropriation bill'' means any general or special
appropriation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making
supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations through
the end of fiscal year 2007 or any subsequent fiscal year, as
the case may be; and
(2) ``mandatory budget authority'' means any entitlement
authority as defined by, and interpreted for purposes of, the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(e) During the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall maintain a running tally,
which shall be available to all Members, of the amendments adopted
reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in the bill or
joint resolution.
SEC. 409. BUDGET DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS.
(a)(1) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall maintain
an account to be known as the ``Budget Protection Discretionary
Account''. The Account shall be divided into entries corresponding to
the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations, and the committee's
suballocations, under section 302(a) and 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
(2) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited to it under
subsection (b). No entry of a negative amount shall be made.
(b)(1) Upon the engrossment of a House appropriations bill, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall--
(A) credit the applicable entries of the Budget Protection
Discretionary Account by the amounts specified in paragraph
(2); and
(B) reduce the applicable 302(a) and (b) allocations by the
amount specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Each amount specified in subparagraph (A) shall be the net
reduction in discretionary budget authority provided by each amendment
adopted by the House to the bill or joint resolution.
(c)(1) If an amendment includes a provision described in paragraph
(2), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall, upon the
engrossment of a House appropriations bill, reduce the level of total
revenues set forth in the applicable concurrent resolution on the
budget for the fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year
and the ensuing fiscal years in an amount equal to the net reduction in
discretionary budget authority provided by each amendment that was
adopted by the House to the bill or joint resolution. Such adjustment
shall be in addition to the adjustments described in subsection (b).
(2)(A) The provision specified in paragraph (1) is as follows:
``The amount of discretionary budget authority reduced by this
amendment may be used to offset a decrease in revenues.''
(B) All points of order are waived against an amendment including
the text specified in subparagraph (A) provided the amendment is
otherwise in order.
(d) As used in this rule, the term ``appropriation bill'' means any
general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or joint resolution
making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations through
the end of fiscal year 2007 or any subsequent fiscal year, as the case
may be.
(e) During the consideration of any bill or joint resolution, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall maintain a running tally,
which shall be available to all Members, of the amendments adopted
reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in the bill or
joint resolution.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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