To establish a deficit neutral reserve fund for influenza vaccine shortage prevention.

SA 155. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. DEFICIT NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFLUENZA VACCINE SHORTAGE PREVENTION.

If the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that increases the participation of manufacturers in the production of influenza vaccine, increases research and innovation in new technologies for the development of influenza vaccine, and enhances the ability of the United States to track and respond to domestic influenza outbreaks as well as pandemic containment efforts, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall revise committee allocations for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose, regardless of whether the committee is within its 302(a) allocations, and such legislation shall be exempt from sections 302, 303, 311, and 425 of the Congressional Budget Act, and from section 505 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004 (H. Con. Res. 95), if that measure would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.