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109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 109-62
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006
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April 28, 2005.--Ordered to be printed
_______
Mr. Nussle, from the committee on conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H. Con. Res. 95]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent
resolution (H. Con. Res. 95), establishing the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006,
revising appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 through 2010, having met, after full and free conference,
have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective
Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment
as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the
Senate amendment, insert the following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.
(a) Declaration.--The Congress declares that the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 is hereby
established and that the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010 are set forth.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this
concurrent resolution is as follows:
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Social security.
Sec. 103. Major functional categories.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION AND REPORT SUBMISSIONS
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 202. Reconciliation in the Senate.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS
Sec. 301. Adjustment for surface transportation.
Sec. 302. Reserve fund for the Family Opportunity Act.
Sec. 303. Reserve fund for the Federal Pell Grant Program.
Sec. 304. Reserve fund for the uninsured.
Sec. 305. Reserve fund for the disposal of underutilized Federal real
property.
Sec. 306. Reserve fund for health information technology and pay-for-
performance.
Sec. 307. Reserve fund for Asbestos Injury Trust Fund.
Sec. 308. Reserve fund for energy legislation.
Sec. 309. Reserve fund for the safe importation of prescription drugs.
Sec. 310. Reserve fund for the restoration of SCHIP funds.
TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 401. Restrictions on advance appropriations.
Sec. 402. Emergency legislation.
Sec. 403. Extension of senate enforcement.
Sec. 404. Discretionary spending limits in the Senate.
Sec. 405. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 406. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 407. Limitation on long-term spending proposals.
Sec. 408. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of
1990.
Sec. 409. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
Sec. 410. Treatment of allocations in the House.
Sec. 411. Special procedures to achieve savings in mandatory spending
through FY2014.
TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE
Sec. 501. Sense of the Senate regarding unauthorized appropriations.
Sec. 502. Sense of the Senate regarding a commission to review the
performance of programs.
Sec. 503. Sense of the Senate regarding TRICARE.
Sec. 504. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges and
universities.
Sec. 505. Sense of the Senate regarding social security restructuring.
Sec. 506. Sense of the Senate regarding funding for subsonic and
hypersonic aeronautics research by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
Sec. 507. Sense of the Senate regarding the acquisition of the next
generation destroyer (DDX).
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal
revenues are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005:
$1,483,658,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
$1,589,892,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
$1,693,246,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
$1,824,274,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
$1,928,678,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
$2,043,916,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate
levels of Federal revenues should be reduced
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $366,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $17,758,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $26,006,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $11,935,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $27,553,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $22,466,000,000.
(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 2005: $2,078,456,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $2,144,384,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,211,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,324,327,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,428,613,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,524,958,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels
of total budget outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $2,056,006,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $2,161,420,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,215,361,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,305,908,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,411,288,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,514,745,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the
enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of the
deficits (on-budget) are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $572,348,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $571,528,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $522,115,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $481,634,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $482,610,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $470,829,000,000.
(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 2005: $7,962,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $8,645,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $9,284,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $9,890,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $10,500,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $11,105,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate
levels of debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $4,689,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,082,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $5,409,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $5,677,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,927,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $6,150,000,000,000.
SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate
enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of revenues of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $573,475,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $604,777,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $637,792,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $671,688,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $705,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $740,343,000,000.
(b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate
enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $398,088,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $415,993,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $429,254,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $443,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $460,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $479,412,000,000.
(c) Social Security Administrative Expenses.--In the
Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative
expenses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $4,426,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,405,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $4,576,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,587,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $4,710,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,785,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $4,853,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $5,001,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $5,152,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,124,000,000.
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2005 through 2010 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$423,446,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $465,709,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$441,562,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $447,020,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$465,260,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $448,508,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$483,730,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $467,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$503,763,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $488,307,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$513,904,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $505,531,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$28,413,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,620,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,913,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,692,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,338,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,804,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,322,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,739,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$34,430,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,033,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,413,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,594,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,735,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,171,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,610,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,545,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,922,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,851,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,242,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$26,162,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,565,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,564,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $794,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$3,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,127,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,837,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,687,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,920,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,026,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,531,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,127,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$2,229,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,018,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$32,504,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,163,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,016,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,389,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,622,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,458,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,938,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$31,212,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,182,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,754,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,763,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$30,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,550,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$29,420,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,476,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$27,130,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,948,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,274,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,225,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,631,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,738,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$25,357,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,627,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,302,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,772,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,562,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,074,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,929,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,040,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$10,667,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,768,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,565,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,393,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$75,833,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,639,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$73,034,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,137,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$74,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,092,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$76,482,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,893,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,268,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $75,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$67,611,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $77,107,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$23,007,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,756,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,493,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,323,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,510,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,180,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,597,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,779,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,735,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,706,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$14,755,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,402,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social
Services (500):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$94,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $92,805,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$97,364,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,463,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,395,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,045,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,450,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,335,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,665,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,826,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$90,124,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,646,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$257,498,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $252,798,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$262,269,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $262,628,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$275,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $274,781,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$294,954,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$317,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,539,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$336,407,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $335,458,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$292,587,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,587,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$331,181,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $330,944,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$371,875,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $372,167,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$395,312,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $395,364,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$420,234,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $419,828,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$448,111,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $448,442,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$339,658,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $347,855,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$347,606,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $354,415,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$352,843,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $359,969,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$365,782,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $371,374,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$374,984,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $379,241,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$384,088,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $387,610,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,849,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$15,991,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,991,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,804,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$19,868,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,868,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$21,843,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$24,129,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,129,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$69,448,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,873,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$68,994,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$66,434,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$69,561,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,387,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$70,074,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$70,172,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,900,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$39,731,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,440,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$40,984,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,382,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$41,531,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,593,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$42,172,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,791,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$42,743,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,920,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$43,001,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,944,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,765,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,673,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,909,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,398,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,829,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,758,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,285,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,289,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$17,140,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,956,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$16,733,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,580,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$267,982,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,982,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$310,774,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $310,774,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
$360,512,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $360,512,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
$398,347,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $398,347,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
$427,735,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $427,735,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
$455,167,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $455,167,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
$81,881,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,121,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
$48,477,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,905,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$4,076,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,572,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
-$7,670,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$505,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
-$8,352,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$5,758,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
-$9,294,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$8,748,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority,
-$54,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$54,104,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority,
-$55,362,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$55,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority,
-$63,263,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$64,388,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority,
-$65,480,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$66,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority,
-$60,876,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$60,251,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority,
-$63,447,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$62,822,000,000.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION AND REPORT SUBMISSIONS
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Submissions To Slow the Growth in Mandatory Spending.--
(1) Not later than September 16, 2005, 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 $173,000,000 in outlays
for fiscal year 2006 and $3,000,000,000 in outlays for
the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(B) 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 $992,000,000 in outlays for fiscal
years 2005 and 2006 and $12,651,000,000 in outlays for
the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2010.
(C) 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
$2,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and
$14,734,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal
years 2006 through 2010.
(D) Committee on financial services.--The House
Committee on Financial Services shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the
level of direct spending for that committee by
$30,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and
$470,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years
2006 through 2010.
(E) Committee on the judiciary.--The House
Committee on the Judiciary shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level
of direct spending for that committee by $60,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 2006 and $300,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.
(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 $2,400,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.
(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 $12,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 2006 and $103,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.
(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 $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
(b) Submission Providing for Changes in Revenue.--The House
Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House a
reconciliation bill not later than September 23, 2005, that
consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce revenues by not more than $11,000,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and by not more than $70,000,000,000 for the period
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(c) Increase in Statutory Debt Limit.--The Committee on
Ways and Means shall report to the House a reconciliation bill
not later than September 30, 2005, that consists solely of
changes in laws within its jurisdiction to increase the
statutory debt limit by $781,000,000,000.
(d)(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. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.
(a) Spending Reconciliation Instructions.--In the Senate,
by September 16, 2005, the committees named in this section
shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on the
Budget. After receiving those recommendations, the Committee on
the Budget shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill
carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive
revision.
(1) Committee on agriculture, nutrition, and
forestry.--The Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$173,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and $3,000,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(2) Committee on banking, housing, and urban
affairs.--The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$30,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and $470,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(3) Committee on commerce, science, and
transportation.--The Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation shall report changes in
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce
outlays by $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and
$4,810,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
(4) Committee on energy and natural resources.--The
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce outlays by $2,400,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(5) Committee on environment and public works.--The
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce outlays by $4,000,000 in fiscal
year 2006, and $27,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2006 through 2010.
(6) Committee on finance.--The Senate Committee on
Finance shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$10,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
(7) Committee on health, education, labor, and
pensions.--The Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions shall report changes in laws within
its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$1,242,000,000 in fiscal years 2005 and 2006, and
$13,651,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2005
through 2010.
(8) Committee on the Judiciary.--The Senate
Committee on the Judiciary shall report changes in laws
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$60,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and $300,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(b) Revenue Reconciliation Instructions.--The Committee on
Finance shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill not
later than September 23, 2005 that consists of changes in laws
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the total level of
revenues by not more than: $11,000,000,000 for fiscal year
2006, and $70,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
(c) Increase in Statutory Debt Limit.--The Committee on
Finance shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill not
later than September 30, 2005, that consists solely of changes
in laws within its jurisdiction to increase the statutory debt
limit by $781,000,000,000.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 301. ADJUSTMENT FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
(a) In General.--If the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House or the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs, or the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate reports a bill or joint
resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference
report is submitted thereon, that provides new budget authority
for the budget accounts or portions thereof, for programs,
projects, and activities for highways, highway safety, and
transit in excess of--
(1) for fiscal year 2005, $46,094,000,000; or
(2) for fiscal year 2006, $47,008,000,000; or
(3) for fiscal years 2005 through 2009,
$230,769,000,000;
the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates
and increase the allocation of new budget authority to such
committees in amounts equal to the program increases proposed
by the committee or committees of jurisdiction for fiscal years
2005 and 2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2005 through
2009. Adjustments shall be made only to the extent such excess
is offset by a reduction in mandatory outlays from the highway
trust fund or an increase in receipts that are appropriated to
such fund for the applicable fiscal year caused by such
legislation. In the Senate, any increase in receipts shall be
reported by the Committee on Finance.
(b) Adjustment for Outlays.--In the House and the Senate,
for fiscal year 2006, and, as necessary, in subsequent fiscal
years, if a bill or joint resolution is reported, or if an
amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is
submitted thereon, that changes obligation limitations such
that the total limitations are in excess of $44,193,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006, for programs, projects, and activities for
highways, highway safety, and transit, and if legislation has
been enacted that satisfies the conditions set forth in
subsection (a) for such fiscal year, the appropriate chairman
of the Committee on the Budget may increase the allocation of
outlays and appropriate aggregates for such fiscal year, and,
as necessary, in subsequent fiscal years, for the committees
reporting such measures, by the amount of outlays that
corresponds to such excess obligation limitations, but not to
exceed the amount of such excess that was offset in 2006
pursuant to subsection (a). After the adjustment has been made,
the Senate Committee on Appropriations shall report new section
302(b) allocations consistent with this section.
SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR THE FAMILY OPPORTUNITY ACT.
If the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House or the
Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a bill or joint
resolution or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference
report is submitted thereon, that provides families of disabled
children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the
medicaid coverage for such children (the Family Opportunity
Act), and provided that, in the Senate, the committee is within
its allocation as provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the appropriate chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate
adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the extent that
such legislation would not increase the deficit for fiscal year
2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 303. RESERVE FUND FOR THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM.
If the appropriate committee of the House or Senate reports
a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto
or a conference report is submitted thereon, that eliminates
the accumulated shortfall of budget authority resulting from
insufficient appropriations of discretionary new budget
authority previously enacted for the Federal Pell Grant Program
for awards made through the award year 2005-2006, provided
that, in the Senate the committee is within its allocation as
provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, or in the House the measure would not increase the
deficit, the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and
aggregates by the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose, but not to exceed $4,300,000,000 in new budget
authority for the fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR THE UNINSURED.
If the Committee on Finance or the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate or the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House reports a bill or joint
resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference
report is submitted thereon, that--
(1) addresses health care costs, coverage, or care
for the uninsured;
(2)(A) provides safety net access to integrated and
other health care services; or
(B) increases the number of people with health
insurance, provided that such increase is not obtained
primarily as a result of increasing premiums for the
currently insured; and
(3) increases access to coverage through mechanisms
that decrease the growth of health care costs, and may
include tax- and market-based measures (such as tax
credits, deductibility, regulatory reforms, consumer-
directed initiatives, and other measures targeted to
key segments of the uninsured, such as individuals
without employer-sponsored coverage and college
students and recent graduates),
provided that, in the Senate, the committee is within its
allocation as provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Committee
on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in
allocations and aggregates to the extent that such legislation
would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 305. RESERVE FUND FOR THE DISPOSAL OF UNDERUTILIZED FEDERAL REAL
PROPERTY.
If the Committee on Government Reform of the House reports
a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto
or a conference report is submitted thereon, that enhances the
Government's real property disposal authority and generates
discretionary savings, the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and
aggregates by the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose, but not to exceed $50,000,000 in new budget authority
and outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2006, and
$50,000,000 in new budget authority and outlays flowing
therefrom for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 306. RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PAY-FOR-
PERFORMANCE.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Finance or the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports a bill or
joint resolution, or if an amendment is offered thereto or if a
conference report is submitted thereon, that--
(1) provides incentives or other support for
adoption of modern information technology to improve
quality in health care; and
(2) provides for performance-based payments that
are based on accepted clinical performance measures
that improve the quality in health care;
provided that the committee is within its allocation as
provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make
the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to
the extent that such legislation would not increase the deficit
for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 307. RESERVE FUND FOR ASBESTOS INJURY TRUST FUND.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Judiciary reports
legislation, or if an amendment is offered thereto or a
conference report is submitted thereon, that--
(1) provides monetary compensation to impaired
victims of asbestos-related disease who can establish
that asbestos exposure is a substantial contributing
factor in causing their condition;
(2) does not provide monetary compensation to the
unimpaired claimants or those suffering from a disease
who cannot establish that asbestos exposure was a
substantial contributing factor in causing their
condition; and
(3) is estimated to remain funded from nontaxpayer
sources for the life of the fund; and
assuming the committee is within its allocation as provided
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the
appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the
extent that such legislation would not increase the deficit for
the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2056.
SEC. 308. RESERVE FUND FOR ENERGY LEGISLATION.
If a bill or joint resolution is reported, or an amendment
is offered thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon,
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate, that provides for a national energy
policy, provided that the committee is within its allocation as
provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make
the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates by
the amount provided by that measure for that purpose, but not
to exceed $100,000,000 in new budget authority for fiscal year
2006 and the outlays flowing from that budget authority and
$2,000,000,000 in new budget authority for the period of fiscal
years 2006 through 2010 and the outlays flowing from that
budget authority.
SEC. 309. RESERVE FUND FOR THE SAFE IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
If the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or an
amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is
submitted thereon, that permits the safe importation of
prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration
from specified countries with strong safety laws, and provided
that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the
appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the
extent that such legislation would not increase the deficit for
fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
SEC. 310. RESERVE FUND FOR THE RESTORATION OF SCHIP FUNDS.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a bill or
joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto or a
conference report is submitted thereon, that provides for the
restoration of unexpended funds under the State Children's
Health Insurance Program that reverted to the Treasury on
October 1, 2004, and that may provide for the redistribution of
such funds for outreach and enrollment as well as for coverage
initiatives and provided that the committee is within its
allocation as provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Committee
on the Budget may make the appropriate adjustments in
allocations and aggregates to the extent that such legislation
would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In the House.--(1)(A) In the House, except as provided
in paragraph (2), 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.
(B) Managers on the part of the House may not agree to a
Senate amendment that would violate subparagraph (A) unless
specific authority to agree to the amendment first is given by
the House by a separate vote with respect thereto.
(2) In the House, an advance appropriation may be provided
for fiscal year 2007 or 2008 for programs, projects, activities
or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of
managers accompanying this resolution under the heading
``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $23,158,000,000 in new budget
authority.
(3) In this subsection, 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 continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2006.
(b) In the Senate.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any
bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report
that would provide an advance appropriation.
(2) An advance appropriation may be provided for the fiscal
years 2007 and 2008 for programs, projects, activities, or
accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of
managers accompanying this resolution under the heading
``Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $23,158,000,000 in new budget
authority in each year.
(3)(A) In the Senate, paragraph (1) may be waived or
suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn,
shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the
Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph (1).
(B) A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a
Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
(C) If a point of order is sustained under paragraph (1)
against a conference report in the Senate, the report shall be
disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
(4) In this subsection, the term ``advance appropriation''
means any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint
resolution making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2006, or any new budget
authority provided 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. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
(a) In the House.--
(1) Exemption of overseas contingency operations.--
(A) 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
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2005 or
fiscal year 2006 for contingency operations related to
the global war on terrorism, then the new budget
authority, new entitlement authority, outlays, and
receipts resulting therefrom shall not count for
purposes of sections 302, 303, 311, as appropriate, and
401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the
provisions of such measure that are designated pursuant
to this subsection as making appropriations for such
contingency operations.
(B) Amounts included in this resolution for the
purpose set forth in subparagraph (A) 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.
(2) Exemption of emergency provisions.--In the
House, if a bill or joint resolution is reported, or an
amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is
filed thereon, that designates a provision as an
emergency requirement pursuant to this subsection, then
the new budget authority, new entitlement authority,
outlays, and receipts resulting therefrom shall not
count for purposes of sections 302, 303, 311, as
appropriate, and 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
(3) Designations.--In the House, if a provision of
legislation is designated as an emergency requirement
under this subsection, 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 subsection (c). 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.
(b) In the Senate.--
(1) Authority to designate.--With respect to a
provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or
appropriations for discretionary accounts that the
Congress designates as an emergency requirement in such
measure, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays,
and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from that
provision shall be treated as an emergency requirement
for the purpose of this subsection.
(2) Exemption of emergency provisions.--Any new
budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from
any provision designated as an emergency requirement,
pursuant to this subsection, in any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report shall not
count for purposes of sections 302 and 311 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 404 of
this resolution (relating to discretionary spending
limits in the Senate) and section 505 of the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2004, H. Con.
Res. 95 (relating to the paygo requirement in the
Senate).
(3) Designations.--If a provision of legislation is
designated as an emergency requirement under this
subsection, 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 subsection (c).
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms
``direct spending'', ``receipts'', and ``appropriations
for discretionary accounts'' means any provision of a
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that affects direct spending,
receipts, or appropriations as those terms have been
defined and interpreted for purposes of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(5) Point of order.--When the Senate is considering
a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference
report, if a point of order is made by a Senator
against an emergency designation in that measure, that
provision making such a designation shall be stricken
from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment
from the floor.
(6) Waiver and appeal.--Paragraph (5) may be waived
or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote
of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair
relating to any provision of this subsection shall be
limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the
bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the
Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to
sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point
of order raised under this subsection.
(7) Definition of an emergency designation.--For
purposes of paragraph (5), a provision shall be
considered an emergency designation if it designates
any item as an emergency requirement pursuant to this
subsection.
(8) Form of the point of order.--A point of order
under paragraph (5) may be raised by a Senator as
provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974.
(9) Conference reports.--If a point of order is
sustained under paragraph (5) against a conference
report, the report shall be disposed of as provided in
section 313(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(10) Exception for defense spending.--Paragraph (5)
shall not apply against an emergency designation for a
provision making discretionary appropriations under the
defense function (050).
(11) Exemption of overseas contingent operations.--
(A) In general.--In the Senate, if a bill,
joint resolution, amendment, or a conference
report makes supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 2006 for overseas contingency
operations related to the global war on
terrorism, then the new budget authority, new
entitlement authority, and outlays resulting
from the provisions of such measure that are
designated pursuant to this subsection as
making appropriations for such contingency
operations--
(i) shall not count for purposes of
sections 302 and 311 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(ii) shall not count for the
purpose of section 404 of this
resolution (relating to discretionary
spending limits in the Senate) and
section 505 of the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal
Year 2004, H. Con. Res. 95 (relating to
the pay-go requirement).
(B) Limitation.--The amounts that are not
counted for purposes of this subsection shall
not exceed $50,000,000,000 in new budget
authority and outlays associated with the
budget authority.
(c) Criteria.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, any
provision is an emergency requirement if the situation
addressed by such provision is--
(A) necessary, essential, or vital (not
merely useful or beneficial);
(B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and
not building up over time;
(C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling
need requiring immediate action;
(D) subject to paragraph (2), unforeseen,
unpredictable, and unanticipated; and
(E) not permanent, temporary in nature.
(2) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part of an
aggregate level of anticipated emergencies,
particularly when normally estimated in advance, is not
unforeseen.
SEC. 403. EXTENSION OF SENATE ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding any provision of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3)
of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall
remain in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement through
September 30, 2010.
(b) In General.--
(1) Unfunded mandates.--Section 425(a)(1) and (2)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be
subject to the waiver and appeal requirements of
subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) Consideration of budget legislation.--Section
303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be
subject to the waiver and appeal requirements of
subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. For the purpose of
Section 303, the year covered by the resolution shall
be construed as the upcoming fiscal year only.
(3) Application to reconciliation.--This subsection
shall not apply to any legislation reported pursuant to
reconciliation directions contained in a concurrent
resolution on the budget.
(4) Effective date.--This subsection shall remain
in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement through
September 30, 2010.
SEC. 404. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS IN THE SENATE.
(a) Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate and as
used in this section, the term ``discretionary spending limit''
means--
(1) for fiscal year 2006, $842,265,000,000 in new
budget authority and $916,081,000,000 in outlays for
the discretionary category;
(2) for fiscal year 2007, $866,038,000,000 in new
budget authority for the discretionary category; and
(3) for fiscal year 2008, $887,005,000,000 in new
budget authority for the discretionary category;
as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in
subsection (d).
(b) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--
(1) Continuing disability reviews.--If a bill or
joint resolution is reported making appropriations for
fiscal year 2006 that appropriates $412,000,000 for
continuing disability reviews for the Social Security
Administration, and provides an additional
appropriation of $189,000,000 for continuing disability
reviews for the Social Security Administration, then
the allocation to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by $189,000,000 in
budget authority and outlays flowing from the budget
authority for fiscal year 2006.
(2) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--If a
bill or joint resolution is reported making
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 that appropriates
$6,447,000,000 for enhanced tax enforcement to address
the ``Federal tax gap'' for the Internal Revenue
Service, and provides an additional appropriation of
$446,000,000 for enhanced tax enforcement to address
the ``Federal tax gap'' for the Internal Revenue
Service, then the allocation to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by $446,000,000 in
budget authority and outlays flowing from the budget
authority for fiscal year 2006.
(3) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--
If a bill or joint resolution is reported making
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 that appropriates
$80,000,000 to the health care fraud and abuse control
program at the Department of Health and Human Services,
then the allocation to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations shall be increased by $80,000,000 in
budget authority and outlays flowing from the budget
authority for fiscal year 2006.
(4) Unemployment insurance improper payments.--If a
bill or joint resolution is reported making
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 that appropriates
$10,000,000 for unemployment insurance improper
payments reviews for the Department of Labor, and
provides an additional appropriation of $40,000,000 for
unemployment insurance improper payments reviews for
the Department of Labor, then the allocation to the
Senate Committee on Appropriations shall be increased
by $40,000,000 in budget authority and outlays flowing
from the budget authority for fiscal year 2006.
(c) Discretionary Spending Point of Order in the Senate.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill or joint resolution (or amendment,
motion, or conference report on that bill or joint
resolution) that would cause the discretionary spending
limits in this section to be exceeded.
(2) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(3) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the
decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of
this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be
equally divided between, and controlled by, the
appellant and the manager of the bill or joint
resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen
and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised
under this subsection.
(d) Procedure for Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Chairman.--After the reporting of a
bill or joint resolution, or 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.
(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 for the fiscal year 2006 pursuant to
subsection (b).
(3) Reporting revised suballocations.--Following
any adjustment made under paragraph (1), the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate shall report
appropriately revised suballocations under section
302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry
out this subsection.
SEC. 405. 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, including adjustments
necessary, and in the House separate allocations, to
reflect the timing of responses to reconciliation
directives pursuant to sections 201 and 202 of this
resolution.
SEC. 406. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) In General.--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).
(b) Pell Grants.--
(1) Budget authority.--If appropriations of
discretionary new budget authority enacted for the
Federal Pell Grant Program are insufficient to cover
the full cost of Pell Grants in the upcoming award
year, adjusted for any cumulative funding surplus or
shortfall from prior years, the budget authority
counted against the bill for the Pell Grant Program
shall be equal to the adjusted full cost.
(2) Application.--This subsection shall apply only
to new Pell Grant awards approved in legislation for
award year 2006-2007 and subsequent award years and
shall not apply to the cumulative shortfall through
award year 2005-2006.
(3) Estimates.--The estimate of the budget
authority associated with the full cost of Pell Grants
shall be based on the maximum award and any changes in
eligibility requirements, using current economic and
technical assumptions and as determined pursuant to
scorekeeping guidelines, if any.
SEC. 407. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING PROPOSALS.
(a) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the
extent practicable, prepare for each bill or joint resolution
reported from committee (except measures within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations), or amendments
thereto or conference reports thereon, an estimate of whether
the measure would cause, relative to current law, a net
increase in direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of
the four 10-year periods beginning in fiscal year 2016 through
fiscal year 2055.
(b) Point of Order.--In the Senate, it shall not be in
order to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment,
motion, or conference report that would cause a net increase in
direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-
year periods beginning in 2016 through 2055.
(c) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only
by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn.
(d) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an
appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised
under this section.
(e) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this
section, the levels of net direct spending shall be determined
on the basis of estimates provided by the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate.
(f) Application to Reconciliation.--This section shall not
apply to any legislation reported pursuant to reconciliation
directions contained in a concurrent resolution on the budget.
(g) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30,
2010.
SEC. 408. 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. 409. 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. 410. TREATMENT OF ALLOCATIONS IN THE HOUSE.
(a) In General.--In the House, the Committee on
Appropriations may make a separate suballocation for
appropriations for the legislative branch for the first fiscal
year of this resolution. Such suballocation shall be deemed to
be made under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 and shall be treated as such a suballocation for all
purposes under section 302 of such Act.
(b) Display of Committee Allocations.--An allocation to a
committee under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 may display an amount to reflect a committee's
instruction under the reconciliation process, but it shall not
constitute an allocation within the meaning of section 302 of
such Act. Changes in levels of direct spending achieved in a
reconciliation bill submitted pursuant to title II of this
resolution shall not be included in current levels of new
budget authority and outlays for purposes of enforcing an
allocation under 302(a) of such Act.
SEC. 411. SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS IN MANDATORY SPENDING
THROUGH FY2014.
(a) Sense of Congress.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the share of the budget consumed by mandatory
spending has been growing since the mid-1970s, and now
is about 54 percent;
(2) this portion of the budget is continuing to
grow, crowding out other priorities and threatening
overall budget control;
(3) mandatory spending is intrinsically difficult
to control;
(4) these programs are subject to a variety of
factors outside the control of Congress, such as
demographics, economic conditions, and medical prices;
(5) Congress should make an effort at least every
other year, to review mandatory spending;
(6) the reconciliation process set forth in the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is a viable tool to
reduce the rate of growth in mandatory spending; and
(7) concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal
years 2007 through 2010 should include reconciliation
instructions to committees, every other year, pursuant
to section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to achieve significant savings in mandatory
spending.
TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE
SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
(1) preclude consideration of any bill, joint
resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report
that would provide an appropriation, in whole or in
part, for programs not specifically authorized by law
or Treaty stipulation, or the amount of which exceeds
the amount specifically authorized by law or Treaty
stipulation, or that would provide a limited tax
benefit as defined by the Line Item Veto Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-130); and
(2) determine a method for effectively containing
the extraordinary growth in unauthorized earmarks.
SEC. 502. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE
PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAMS.
It is the sense of the Senate that a commission should be
established to review Federal agencies, and programs within
such agencies, including an assessment of programs on an
accrual basis, and legislation to implement those
recommendations, with the express purpose of providing Congress
with recommendations, to realign or eliminate Government
agencies and programs that are wasteful, duplicative,
inefficient, outdated, irrelevant, or have failed to accomplish
their intended purpose.
SEC. 503. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRICARE.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide
sufficient funding to the Department of Defense to offer
members of the Reserve Component continuous access to TRICARE,
for a premium, regardless of their activation status.
SEC. 504. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRIBAL COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) this resolution recognizes the funding
challenges faced by tribal colleges, and universities
and assumes that equitable consideration will be
provided to them through funding of the Tribally
Controlled College or University Assistance Act, the
Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act, title III
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the National
Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and Housing
and Urban Development Tribal College and University
Programs; and
(2) such equitable consideration reflects the
intent of Congress to continue to work toward statutory
Federal funding authorization goals for tribal colleges
and universities.
SEC. 505. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY RESTRUCTURING.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the President, the Congress, and the American
people including seniors, workers, women, minorities,
and disabled persons should work together at the
earliest opportunity to enact legislation to achieve a
solvent and permanently sustainable Social Security
system;
(2) Social Security reform must--
(A) protect current and near retirees from
any changes to Social Security benefits;
(B) reduce the pressure on future taxpayers
and on other budgetary priorities;
(C) provide benefit levels that adequately
reflect individual contributions to the Social
Security system; and
(D) preserve and strengthen the safety net
for vulnerable populations including the
disabled and survivors.
SEC. 506. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING FOR SUBSONIC AND
HYPERSONIC AERONAUTICS RESEARCH BY THE NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the level of funding provided for the
Aeronautics Mission Directorate within the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration should be
increased by $1,582,700,000 between fiscal year 2006
and fiscal year 2010; and
(2) the increases provided should be applied to the
Vehicle Systems portion of the Aeronautics Mission
Directorate budget for use in subsonic and hypersonic
aeronautical research.
SEC. 507. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF THE NEXT
GENERATION DESTROYER (DDX).
(a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that--
(1) it is ill-advised for the Department of Defense
to pursue a winner-take-all strategy for the
acquisition of destroyers under the next generation
destroyer (DDX) program; and
(2) the amounts identified in this resolution
assume that the Department of Defense will not acquire
any destroyer under the next generation destroyer
program through a winner-take-all strategy.
(b) Winner-Take-All Strategy Defined.--In this section, the
term ``winner-take-all strategy'', with respect to the
acquisition of destroyers under the next generation destroyer
program, means the acquisition (including design and
construction) of such destroyers through a single shipyard.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Jim Nussle,
Jim Ryun,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Judd Gregg,
Pete Domenici,
Chuck Grassley,
Wayne Allard,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (H.
Con. Res. 95), establishing the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 2006 revising
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and setting
forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007
through 2010, submit the following joint statement to the House
and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action
agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
conference report:
The Senate amendment struck all of the House bill after
the enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.
The House recedes from its disagreement to the amendment
of the Senate with an amendment that is a substitute for the
House bill and the Senate amendment. The differences between
the House bill, the Senate amendment, and the substitute agreed
to in conference are noted below, except for clerical
corrections, conforming changes made necessary by agreements
reached by the conferees, and minor drafting and clarifying
changes.
DISPLAYS AND AMOUNTS
The required contents of concurrent budget resolutions
are set forth in section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974. The years in this document are fiscal years unless
otherwise noted.
Both the House-passed and Senate-passed budget
resolutions, as well as this conference report, retain the
conventional budget function structure of past resolutions.
These amounts are not binding; they are intended to provide an
overall accounting of estimated spending requirements and
priorities according to major categories of government
activities. The budget resolution is the only legislative
vehicle that reflects such a global assessment of the demands
on Federal resources.
The treatment of budget function levels in the respective
budget resolutions and the conference report is as follows:
HOUSE RESOLUTION
In the House resolution, the discretionary amounts in
each function (amounts controlled through the annual
appropriations process) are, in general, the President's
recommended functional levels, for the budget year and the
outyears, as re-estimated by the Congressional Budget Office
[CBO]. In certain functions, the discretionary figures are
modified to account for congressional policy judgments.
For mandatory spending--spending not controlled by annual
appropriations--the amounts in the function are, in general,
current-law levels as estimated by CBO. In some cases, these
levels are adjusted to accommodate certain legislative
initiatives. In addition, the Allowances function (Function
920) calls for a reduction in total projected mandatory
spending of $68 billion over 5 years, to be achieved through
the reconciliation process (see title II). Although specific
amounts of the total savings are assigned to specific
authorizing committees in reconciliation, the savings amounts
are not allocated among specific budget functions. The intent
is to assure the widest possible discretion among authorizing
committees. Although each authorizing committee in
reconciliation is assigned a savings amount, nothing in the
budget functions constrains any committee's policy choices to
achieve those savings.
The House resolution also adjusts levels for the current
year, fiscal year 2005, to accommodate $81.1 billion in
supplemental funding for military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and other enacted legislation.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment includes all the items required
under section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. The
Senate amendment sets ``first-year'' levels for both 2005 and
2006, as the conference report on the 2005 budget resolution
was not adopted by the Senate.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
In the conference agreement, discretionary spending
amounts are generally the President's recommended levels, for
the budget year and the outyears, as re-estimated by CBO. In
certain functions, the discretionary figures are modified to
account for congressional policy judgments.
For mandatory spending, the functional amounts are
generally current-law levels as estimated by CBO. In some
cases, these levels are adjusted to accommodate certain
legislative initiatives. In addition, the Allowances function
(Function 920) calls for a reduction in total projected
mandatory spending outlays of $34.7 billion over 5 years, to be
achieved through the reconciliation process (see title II).
Although specific portions of this savings amount are assigned
to specific authorizing committees in reconciliation, the
savings amounts are not allocated among budget functions. The
intent is to assure the widest possible discretion among
authorizing committees. Although each authorizing committee in
reconciliation is assigned a savings amount, nothing in the
budget functions constrains any committee's policy choices to
achieve those savings.
The conference agreement also adjusts levels for the
current year, fiscal year 2005, to accommodate $81.9 billion in
supplemental funding for military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
AGGREGATE AND FUNCTION LEVELS
The following tables are included in this section:
Conference Report on the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution:
Total Spending and Revenues.
Conference Report on the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution:
Discretionary Spending
Conference Report on the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution:
Mandatory Spending
House-Passed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution: Total Spending
and Revenues
House-Passed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution: Discretionary
Spending
House-Passed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution: Mandatory
Spending
Senate-Passed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution: Total
Spending and Revenues
Senate-Passed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution: Discretionary
Spending
Senate-Passed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution: Mandatory
Spending
FUNCTIONS AND REVENUES
Pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the Budget Act, the
budget resolution must set appropriate levels for each major
functional category based on the 302(a) allocations and the
budgetary totals.
The respective levels of the House resolution, the Senate
amendment, and the Conference Agreement for each major budget
function, as well as revenue totals, are discussed in the
following section. A summary of the overall budget policy is as
follows:
Total spending is $2.562 trillion in budget authority
[BA] and $2.577 trillion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and
$13.878 trillion in BA and $13.840 trillion in outlays over
2006-10.
Discretionary spending for fiscal year 2006 totals $843.0
billion in BA and $947.3 billion in outlays. These two
aggregate amounts (minus cap adjustments in the Senate) are
allocated to the Appropriations Committees to be suballocated
among their respective appropriations subcommittees. This sum
can accommodate the President's recommendation for $419.5
billion for national defense, $32.5 billion for homeland
security, and $391.1 billion for other discretionary spending.
The total excludes a sum of $50 billion toward supplemental
funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mandatory spending totals $1.669 trillion in BA and
$1.598 trillion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $9.401
trillion in BA and $9.068 trillion in outlays over 2006-10.
This includes $34.7 billion in reconciled mandatory outlay
savings over the 5-year period. The total of these savings is
reflected in Function 920, and divided among authorizing
committees in the reconciliation directives of this conference
report. Specific policies will be determined by the committees
of jurisdiction.
Revenue totals $2.195 trillion in fiscal year 2006, and
$12.440 trillion over 5 years. The conference agreement
includes tax reductions of $17.8 billion in fiscal year 2006,
and $105.7 billion over 5 years. Of these amounts, the
agreement reconciles $11.0 billion in tax reduction in 2006,
and $70.0 billion over 5 years. The conference report assumes
that tax rates are not increased (as they would be under
current law). Specific tax relief policies will be determined
by the Committee on Ways and Means in the House, and the
Committee on Finance in the Senate.
The conference report reduces the budget deficit from
$382.7 billion (3.0 percent of gross domestic product [GDP]) in
fiscal year 2006, to $210.9 billion (1.3 percent of GDP) in
2010.
The following section describes the conference report's
revenue and spending levels according to the budget's
functional categories.
Revenue
SUMMARY
The component of the budget resolution designated as
revenue reflects all of the Federal Government's various tax
receipts that are classified as ``on budget.'' This includes
individual income taxes; corporate income taxes; excise taxes,
such as the gasoline tax; and other taxes, such as estate and
gift taxes. The component of social insurance taxes that is
collected for the Social Security system--the Old Age and
Survivors and Disability Insurance [OASDI] payroll tax--is
``off budget.'' The remaining social insurance taxes (the
Hospital Insurance [HI] payroll tax portion of Medicare, the
Federal Unemployment Tax Act [FUTA] payroll tax, railroad
retirement and other retirement systems) are all on budget.
Customs duties, tariffs, and other miscellaneous receipts also
are included in the revenue function. Pursuant to the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Budget Enforcement Act
of 1990, Social Security payroll taxes, which constitute
slightly more than a quarter of all Federal receipts, are not
included in the budget resolution.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The budget resolution calls for $1.590 trillion in on-
budget revenue for fiscal year 2006, and $9.080 trillion over
2006-10. Total revenue in the budget resolution is $2.195
trillion for fiscal year 2006 and $12.441 trillion over 2006-
10. The resolution assumes tax reductions of $16.623 billion
for fiscal year 2006 and $105.715 billion over 2006-10--
principally the result of preventing automatic tax increases
that otherwise would occur. Of these amounts, the resolution
reconciles $16.623 in tax reduction in 2006, and $45.0 billion
over 5 years.
For a complete summary of the House-passed revenue
levels, see H. Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate-passed budget resolution includes $1.589
trillion in on budget revenue for 2006, and $9.057 trillion
over 2006-10. Total revenue in the budget resolution is $2.193
trillion for fiscal year 2006 and $12.418 trillion over 2006-
10. The resolution assumes policies with a revenue impact of
$19.016 billion for fiscal year 2006 and $128.580 billion over
2006-10. The Senate resolution assumes that tax rates are not
increased (as they would be under current law). The resolution
assumes a modest reduction in revenues, relative to the
baseline, that balances the need for fiscal responsibility with
the need to continue the modest tax rates necessary for
economic growth and job creation.
During Senate consideration of the budget resolution, the
Senate adopted the Bunning amendment, which reduced revenues by
$63.9 billion over 2006-10, and the Kennedy amendment, which
increased revenues by $5.5 billion over 2006-10.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement includes $1.6 trillion in on-
budget revenue for 2006, and $9.1 trillion over 2006-10. Total
revenue is $2.2 trillion for fiscal year 2006 and $12.4
trillion over 2006-10. The agreement includes tax reductions of
$17.8 billion for fiscal year 2006 and $105.7 billion over
2006-10. Of these, the agreement reconciles $11.0 billion in
revenue reductions in fiscal year 2006, and $70.0 billion over
2006-10.
The conference report assumes that tax rates are not
increased (as they would be under current law). Specific tax
relief policies will be determined by the Committee on Ways and
Means in the House, and the Committee on Finance in the Senate.
National Defense: Function 050
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The National Defense function includes funds to develop,
maintain, and equip the military forces of the United States.
More than 95 percent of the funding in this function goes to
Department of Defense [DOD] military activities; the remaining
funding in the function applies to atomic energy defense
activities of the Department of Energy, and other defense-
related activities.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for a total of $441.6 billion in BA
and $475.6 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $2,408.2
billion in BA and $2,402.4 billion in outlays over 5 years. The
outlay figures include the fiscal year 2005 supplemental.
Elsewhere (in Function 920) the resolution includes $50 billion
for fiscal year 2006 in anticipation of additional needs in
Afghanistan, Iraq, and the global war on terrorism. For a
complete summary of the House-passed function levels, including
the discretionary and mandatory spending breakdown, see H.
Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $491.6 billion
in BA and $496.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and
$2,458 billion in BA and $2,450.8 billion in outlays over 5
years. These totals include an anticipated fiscal year 2006
supplemental appropriation.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. These levels
accommodate the President's request for national defense.
Elsewhere (in Function 920) the agreement includes $50 billion
for fiscal year 2006 in anticipation of additional needs in
Afghanistan, Iraq, and the global war on terrorism. (The
agreement also adjusts the Function 920 levels for the current
year, fiscal year 2005, to accommodate $81.9 billion in
supplemental funding for military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and other enacted legislation.)
The mandatory figures reflect the Congressional Budget
Office [CBO] baseline levels.
The conference conferees understand the Navy may review
whether advance appropriations can improve its procurement of
ships and provide savings as it designs its 2007 budget. In
addition, the conferees intend to request the Government
Accountability Office [GAO] to assess the implications of using
advance appropriations to procure ships.
International Affairs: Function 150
FUNCTION SUMMARY
This function includes international development and
humanitarian assistance; international security assistance; the
conduct of foreign affairs; foreign information and exchange
activities; and international financial programs. The major
agencies in this function include the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of State, the Department of the
Treasury, the United States Agency for International
Development, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for $31.7 billion in BA and $35.2
billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $171.9 billion in
BA and $164.6 billion in outlays over 5 years. The function
totals are $171.9 billion in BA and $164.6 billion in outlays
over 5 years. The discretionary component of these amounts is
the President's recommended level, as re-estimated by the
Congressional Budget Office, with the following adjustments:
the starting level was reduced by $1.2 billion; and a further
reduction was made with the adoption of the Bradley amendment,
which shifted $229 million in fiscal year 2006 and $1.15
billion over 5 years to function 700 to provide for an increase
in the Department of Veterans Affairs' medical care funding.
For a complete summary of the House-passed function
levels, including the discretionary and mandatory spending
breakdown, see H. Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $32.9 billion in
BA and $35.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $180.6
billion in BA and $171.2 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Mandatory spending
figures are the CBO baseline levels.
The conference agreement recognizes the importance of the
Global Fund and its role in eradicating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,
and malaria and encourages the Appropriations Committees to
ensure the U.S. is able to donate the maximum allowed (a one-
to-two ratio for U.S./international contributions) by law
(Public Law 108-25).
General Science, Space, and Technology: Function 250
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The largest component of this function--about two-thirds
of total spending--is for the space flight, research, and
supporting activities of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The function also contains general science
funding, including the budgets for the National Science
Foundation, and the fundamental science programs of the
Department of Energy.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for a total of $24.7 billion in BA
and $23.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $127.5
billion in budget authority and $124.2 billion in outlays over
5 years. Within Function 250, the Budget Committee assumes full
funding of the President's request for NASA. For a complete
summary of the House-passed function levels, including the
discretionary and mandatory spending breakdown, see H. Rept.
109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $24.7 billion in
BA and $23.9 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $128.3
billion in BA and $124.9 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Discretionary spending
levels for both the budget year and the outyears are the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO.
Mandatory spending reflects the CBO baseline levels.
Energy: Function 270
FUNCTION SUMMARY
This function includes civilian energy and environmental
programs of the Department of Energy [DOE] (it does not include
DOE's national security activities--the National Nuclear
Security Administration--which are in Function 050, or its
basic research and science activities, which are in Function
250). Function 270 also includes the Rural Utilities Service of
the Department of Agriculture, the Tennessee Valley Authority,
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution ca11s for a total of $3.1 billion in
budget authority and $2.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2006, and $11.8 billion in budget authority and $5 billion in
outlays over 5 years. The resolution could accommodate a
comprehensive energy bill. This is reflected in the allocation
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which is free to
determine its own policies within the allocation limits. For a
complete summary of the House-passed function levels, including
the discretionary and mandatory spending breakdown, see H.
Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $3.2 billion in
BA and $2.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $13.8
billion in BA and $7.0 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Discretionary spending
levels for both the budget year and the outyears are the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO. The
mandatory spending figures reflect the CBO baseline, adjusted
to accommodate the spending components of a comprehensive
energy bill. The conference agreement also includes a reserve
fund in the Senate for such legislation. In addition, the
agreement includes mandatory levels in Function 920
(Allowances). These levels reflect the sum of the
reconciliation savings targets set for authorizing committees
to achieve in spending programs under their jurisdictions. How
these changes would affect programs in various functions will
depend on the actual reconciliation legislation that is
enacted.
Natural Resources and Environment: Function 300
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Natural Resources and Environment function consists
of water resources, conservation, land management, pollution
control and abatement, and recreational resources. Major
departments and agencies in this function are the Department of
the Interior, including the National Park Service, the Bureau
of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Fish and
Wildlife Service; conservation-oriented and land management
agencies within the Department of Agriculture including the
Forest Service; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in the Department of Commerce; the Army Corps of
Engineers; and the Environmental Protection Agency.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for a total of $30.5 billion in
budget authority and $32.3 billion in outlays in fiscal year
2006, and $155.3 billion in budget authority and $161.6 billion
in outlays over 5 years. The discretionary level in this
function for fiscal year 2006 is the President's recommended
level, as re-estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, with
an increase to accommodate additional budget authority. For a
complete summary of the House-passed function levels, including
the discretionary and mandatory spending breakdown, see H.
Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $30.0 billion in
BA and $32.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $152.5
billion in BA and $159.0 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Discretionary spending
levels for both the budget year and the outyears are the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO.
Mandatory spending reflects the CBO baseline levels, with an
adjustment to accommodate several small environmental and
resource-related initiatives. In addition, the conference
agreement includes mandatory levels in Function 920
(Allowances). These levels reflect the sum of the
reconciliation savings targets set for authorizing committees
to achieve in spending programs under their jurisdictions. How
these changes would affect programs in various functions will
depend on the actual reconciliation legislation that is
enacted.
Agriculture: Function 350
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Agriculture function includes funds for direct
assistance and loans to food and fiber producers, export
assistance, market information, inspection services, and
agricultural research. Farm policy is driven by the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, which provides
producers with continued planting flexibility while protecting
them against unique uncertainties such as poor weather
conditions and unfavorable market conditions.
Homeland security spending in this function includes
funding for the Department of Agriculture and the Department of
Homeland Security (including the Agriculture and Plant Health
Inspection Service).
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for $29.5 billion in budget
authority and $28.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and
$133.1 billion in budget authority and $128.3 billion in
outlays over 5 years. For a complete summary of the House-
passed function levels, including the discretionary and
mandatory spending breakdown, see H. Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $29.1 billion in
BA and $28.1 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $129.3
billion in BA and $124.4 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Discretionary spending
levels for both the budget year and the outyears are the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO.
Mandatory spending reflects the CBO baseline levels. In
addition, the conference agreement includes mandatory levels in
Function 920 (Allowances). These levels reflect the sum of the
reconciliation savings targets set for authorizing committees
to achieve in spending programs under their jurisdictions. How
these changes would affect programs in various functions will
depend on the actual reconciliation legislation that is
enacted.
Commerce and Housing Credit: Function 370
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Commerce and Housing Credit function includes four
components: mortgage credit (usually negative budget authority
because receipts tend to exceed the losses from defaulted
mortgages); the Postal Service (mostly off budget); deposit
insurance; and other advancement of commerce (the majority of
the discretionary and mandatory spending in this function).
The mortgage credit component of this function includes
housing assistance through the Federal Housing Administration,
the Government National Mortgage Association [Ginnie Mae], and
rural housing programs of the Department of Agriculture. The
function also includes net postal service spending and spending
for deposit insurance activities of banks, thrifts, and credit
unions. Finally, most, but not all, of the Commerce Department
is provided for in this function, including the International
Trade Administration, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the
Patent and Trademark Office, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, and the Bureau of the Census; as
well as independent agencies such as the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications
Commission, and the majority of the Small Business
Administration.
More than two-thirds of the spending in Function 370 is
out of the FCC's Universal Service Fund. This fund collects
receipts (which appear in roughly offsetting amounts on the
revenue side of the budget) raised by certain
telecommunications operators from charges on their customers to
promote service to low-income users and high-cost areas, as
well as new services.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
For on-budget amounts, the resolution calls for $10.8
billion in budget authority and $5.6 billion in outlays in
fiscal year 2006, and $56.1 billion in budget authority and
$24.9 billion in outlays over 5 years. For a complete summary
of the House-passed function levels, including the
discretionary and mandatory spending breakdown, see H. Rept.
109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $5.8 billion in
BA and $0.5 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $33.4
billion in BA and $3.2 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Discretionary spending
levels for both the budget year and the outyears are the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO.
Mandatory spending reflects the CBO baseline levels. In
addition, the conference agreement includes mandatory levels in
Function 920 (Allowances). These levels reflect the sum of the
reconciliation savings targets set for authorizing committees
to achieve in spending programs under their jurisdictions. How
these changes would affect programs in various functions will
depend on the actual reconciliation legislation that is
enacted.
Transportation: Function 400
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Transportation function includes ground, air, water
and other transportation funding. The major agencies and
programs in this function include the Department of
Transportation (including the Federal Aviation Administration;
the Federal Highway Administration; the Federal Transit
Administration; highway, motor carrier, rail and pipeline
safety programs; and the Maritime Administration), the
aeronautical activities of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation.
Homeland security spending in this function includes
funding for the Department of Homeland Security (including the
Federal Air Marshals, the Transportation Security
Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard) and the Department of
Transportation.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for $70.0 billion in budget
authority and $70.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and
$353.8 billion in budget authority and $369.8 billion in
outlays over 5 years. The mandatory component consists of CBO
baseline levels adjusted to accommodate the anticipated
reauthorization of TEA-21. For a complete summary of the House-
passed function levels, including the discretionary and
mandatory spending breakdown, see H. Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $69.7 billion in
BA and $69.8 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $379.6
billion in BA and $368.6 billion in outlays over 5 years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. The conference
agreement reflects funding levels for fiscal years 2005-09
consistent with a $284-billion surface transportation bill. The
agreement also includes a contingency procedure should
additional resources be made available to the Highway Trust
Fund. In addition, the conference agreement includes mandatory
levels in Function 920 (Allowances). These levels reflect the
sum of the reconciliation savings targets set for authorizing
committees to achieve in spending programs under their
jurisdictions. How these changes would affect programs in
various functions will depend on the actual reconciliation
legislation that is enacted.
Community and Regional Development: Function 450
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Community and Regional Development function includes
programs that provide Federal funding for economic and
community development in both urban and rural areas, including:
Community Development Block Grants [CDBGs]; the non-power
activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority; the non-roads
activities of the Appalachian Regional Commission; the Economic
Development Administration [EDA]; and partial funding for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Homeland Security spending in this function includes the
State and Local Government grant programs of the Department of
Homeland Security.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for a total of $14.2 billion in
budget authority [BA] and $18.5 billion in outlays in fiscal
year 2006, and $71.5 billion in BA and $80.2 billion in outlays
over 5 years. The discretionary component of these amounts was
increased in fiscal year 2006 to accommodate higher
appropriations for programs such as the Community Development
Block Grant. For a complete summary of the House-passed
function levels, including the discretionary and mandatory
spending breakdown, see H. Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $15.2 billion in
BA and $18.4 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and $68.4
billion in BA and $78.4 billion in outlays over 5 years,
including an amendment adopted on the Senate floor to increase
the levels in this function by $1.5 billion above the
President's request for the CDBG program, and other related
economic and community development programs, in 2006.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. The discretionary
levels for both the budget year and the outyears are the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO, with
the following adjustment: the levels are $1.5 billion higher
than the President's request to maintain economic and community
development programs such as CDBG at 2005 levels. Mandatory
spending levels reflect the CBO baseline. In addition, the
conference agreement includes mandatory levels in Function 920
(Allowances). These levels reflect the sum of the
reconciliation savings targets set for authorizing committees
to achieve in spending programs under their jurisdictions. How
these changes would affect programs in various functions will
depend on the actual reconciliation legislation that is
enacted.
Education, Training, Employment and Social Services: Function 500
FUNCTION SUMMARY
The function titled Education, Training, Employment, and
Social Services primarily covers Federal spending within the
Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services
for programs that directly provide--or assist States and
localities in providing--services to young people and adults.
Its activities provide developmental services to low-income
children; support programs for disadvantaged and other
elementary and secondary school students; make grants and loans
to post secondary students; and maintain job-training and
employment services.
HOUSE RESOLUTION
The resolution calls for $92.0 billion in budget
authority and $91.0 billion in outlays in fiscal year 2006, and
$451.7 billion in budget authority and $446.7 billion in
outlays over 5 years. For a complete summary of the House-
passed function levels, including the discretionary and
mandatory spending breakdown, see H. Rept. 109-17.
SENATE AMENDMENT
The Senate amendment reflects a total of $98.4 billion in
BA and $88.5 billion in outlays for fiscal year 2006, and
$460.0 billion in BA and $450.3 billion in outlays over 5
years.
CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The totals for this function appear in the budget
resolution conference agreement tables. Discretionary spending
levels for both the budget year and the outyears reflect the
President's recommended levels, as re-estimated by CBO, with
the following adjustments: the discretionary levels are
increased by $1.04 billion in BA in fiscal year 2006 for
Department of Education programs. These increases include $0.6
billion above the President's request to maintain funding for
Community Development Block Grants at 2005 levels, and an
additional $0.4 billion to accommodate a $100 increase in Pell
Grants in 2006. Mandatory spending levels reflect the CBO
baseline, adjusted to support state-based abstinence grants.
The conference agreement also includes a reserve fund to
accommodate potential legislation addressing the shortfall in
BA in the Pell Grant Program, a