S.Amdt. 179

SA 179. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dodd, and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

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regardless of whether 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 revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, the revenue aggregates, and other appropriate measures to reflect such legislation provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. The costs of such legislation shall not be scored for purposes of sections 302, 303, 401, and 425 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 404 of this resolution, and section 505 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2004 (H. Con. Res. 95), provided that such legislation does not increase the deficit for the period of the total of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.