To express the Sense of the Senate concerning recent provocative actions by the Peoples Republic of China and for other purposes.

SA 283. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Enzi) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18, setting for 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:

SEC. . SPECIAL RULE WITH RESPECT TO PENSION REFORM

In the Senate, if the Committee on Finance or the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports a bill or joint resolution that includes pension reform and that measure achieves not less than $476 million in net outlay reductions in fiscal year 2006 and $3.306 billion in net outlay reductions for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, and provided both committees have met their respective spending reconciliation instructions pursuant to Sec. 201(a), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget may file with the Senate appropriately revised allocations, function levels and aggregates as long as the cumulative value of the adjustments do not increase overall Federal Government outlays. Function levels or aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2006 or for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

Such revised allocations, function levels and aggregates shall be considered as allocations, function levels, and aggregates contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget.