S.Amdt. 922Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)
S.Amdt. 922
Sponsored by 
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)Submitted April 1, 2009
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 805. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Gregg, Mr.
Graham, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as
follows:
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On page 4, line 15, decrease the amount by $303,420,000.
On page 4, line 16, decrease the amount by $475,732,000.
On page 4, line 17, decrease the amount by $599,908,000.
On page 4, line 18, decrease the amount by $755,924,000.
On page 4, line 24, decrease the amount by $303,420,000.
On page 4, line 25, decrease the amount by $475,732,000.
On page 5, line 1, decrease the amount by $599,908,000.
On page 5, line 2, decrease the amount by $755,924,000.
On page 5, line 8, decrease the amount by $303,420,000.
On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $475,732,000.
On page 5, line 10, decrease the amount by $599,908,000.
On page 5, line 11, decrease the amount by $755,924,000.
On page 5, line 18, decrease the amount by $303,420,000.
On page 5, line 19, decrease the amount by $779,152,000.
On page 5, line 20, decrease the amount by
$1,379,060,000.
On page 5, line 21, decrease the amount by
$2,134,984,000.
On page 6, line 1, decrease the amount by $303,420,000.
On page 6, line 2, decrease the amount by $779,152,000.
On page 6, line 3, decrease the amount by $1,379,060,000.
On page 6, line 4, decrease the amount by $2,134,984,000.
On page 21, line 3, decrease the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 21, line 4, decrease the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 21, line 7, decrease the amount by $460,000,000.
On page 21, line 8, decrease the amount by $460,000,000.
On page 21, line 11, decrease the amount by $560,000,000.
On page 21, line 12, decrease the amount by $560,000,000.
On page 21, line 15, decrease the amount by $680,000,000.
On page 21, line 16, decrease the amount by $680,000,000.
On page 27, line 3, decrease the amount by $3,420,000.
On page 27, line 4, decrease the amount by $3,420,000.
On page 27, line 7, decrease the amount by $15,732,000.
On page 27, line 8, decrease the amount by $15,732,000.
On page 27, line 11, decrease the amount by $39,908,000.
On page 27, line 12, decrease the amount by $39,908,000.
On page 27, line 15, decrease the amount by $75,924,000.
On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $75,924,000.
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SA 806. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title III, insert the
following:
SEC. __ . POINT OF ORDER ON LEGISLATION THAT RAISES INCOME
TAX RATES ON SMALL BUSINESSES.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order,
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that includes any provision which increases
Federal income tax rates.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Federal income
tax rates'' means any rate of tax imposed under subsection
(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 1, 11(b), or 55(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, dully chosen and sworn.
(d) Appeals.--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 section.
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SA 807. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES AGAINST THE THREAT
OF BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK.
In the event the United States or an ally of the United
States engages a ballistic missile fired by a third party
without the mutual consent of the engaging party and the
party firing such missile, it shall be in order for the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise the
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and
other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more
bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference
reports that would provide funding for United States programs
for research, development, and deployment of ballistic
missile defense by the amounts provided in that legislation
for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of
fiscal years of 2009 through 2019.
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SA 808. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 20, line 24, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 20, line 25, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 21, line 3, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 21, line 4, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 21, line 7, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 21, line 8, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 28, line 2, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 6, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
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SA 809. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 2, after ``development,'', insert
``strengthen and retool manufacturing supply chains,''.
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SA 810. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 37, line 24, insert ``by increasing support for
sector workforce training,'' after ``products,''.
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SA 811. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL
USURY LAW.
The chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports to
establish a national usury law, provided that such
legislation does not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 812. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
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fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT SOCIAL
SECURITY.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution by the amounts provided by one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports
that would protect Social Security by not reducing Social
Security benefits or raising the retirement age, by the
amounts provided in that legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
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SA 813. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that improve
student achievement by focusing on attendance and truancy
prevention specifically at the middle school grade level, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 814. Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 19, line 24, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
On page 19, line 25, increase the amount by $11,000,000.
On page 20, line 4, increase the amount by $2,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $13,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $11,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
______
SA 815. Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 34, line 13, insert ``by investing in programs such
as the programs under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c et seq.)''
after ``students''.
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SA 816. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 38, line 19, after ``refundable tax relief'' insert
``and enhancement of the employer-provided child care credit
and enhancement of the dependent care tax credit''.
______
SA 817. Mr. BUNNING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE
1993 INCREASE IN THE INCOME TAX ON SOCIAL
SECURITY BENEFITS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that
would repeal the 1993 increase in the income tax on social
security benefits, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 818. Mr. BUNNING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR LEGISLATION TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL LOSSES ALLOWED
TO INDIVIDUALS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that increases the
amount by which a capital loss of an individual is allowed,
by the amounts provided by that legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 819. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Barrasso)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
SEC. ___. RESTRICTIONS ON UNFUNDED MANDATES ON STATES AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or
conference report that would increase the direct costs of one
or more States or local governments by an amount that exceeds
the threshold provided under section 424(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658c(a)(1)).
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate 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
subsection (a).
______
SA 820. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE ANIMAL
HEALTH AND DISEASE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would ensure
that the animal health and disease program established under
section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3195) is
fully funded.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
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SA 821. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, and insert the
following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ACCESS TO QUALITY
AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
(1) ensures that every American is insured by providing
genuine access to quality, affordable health care that
promotes choice and competition to drive down costs, without
increasing health care spending;
(2) strengthens health care quality by promoting wellness
and empowering consumers with accurate and comprehensive
information on quality and cost;
(3) protects Americans' economic security from catastrophic
events by expanding insurance options and improving health
insurance portability;
(4) promotes the advanced research and development of new
treatments and cures to enhance health care quality; and
(5) accomplishes paragraphs (1) through (5) through regular
order, without the use of reconciliation;
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
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SA 822. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution by the amounts provided by one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports
that would encourage the efficiency of providers receiving
health information technology incentive payments made
available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 by capping such incentive payments at 75 percent of the
total acquisition and operating costs of implementing such
system, provided such legislation would not increase the
deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years
2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2009 through 2019.
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SA 823. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 3, line 12, decrease the amount by $7,536,000,000.
On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $11,786,000,000.
On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $13,136,000,000.
On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $14,236,000,000.
On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $7,536,000,000.
On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $11,786,000,000.
On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $13,136,000,000.
On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $14,236,000,000.
On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $85,910,000.
On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $398,927,000.
On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $991,775,000.
On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $1,807,623,000.
On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $85,910,000.
On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $398,927,000.
On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $991,775,000.
On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $1,807,623,000.
On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by $7,621,910,000.
On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $12,184,927,000.
On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $14,127,775,000.
On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $16,043,623,000.
On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $7,621,910,000.
On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $19,806,837,000.
On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $33,934,612,000.
On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by $49,978,236,000.
On page 6, line 1, increase the amount by $7,621,910,000.
On page 6, line 2, increase the amount by $19,806,837,000.
On page 6, line 3, increase the amount by $33,934,612,000.
On page 6, line 4, increase the amount by $49,978,236,000.
On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $85,910,000.
On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $85,910,000.
On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $398,927,000.
On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $398,927,000.
On page 27, line 11, increase the amount by $991,775,000.
On page 27, line 12, increase the amount by $991,775,000.
On page 27, line 15, increase the amount by $1,807,623,000.
On page 27, line 16, increase the amount by $1,807,623,000.
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SA 824. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title III, insert the
following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER ON LEGISLATION THAT INCREASES TAXES
DURING ANY PERIOD WHEN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS
IN EXCESS OF 5.8 PERCENT.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order,
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report during any period in which the unemployment
rate in the United States (as measured by the most recent
Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey and
based on the national seasonally adjusted rate for persons
age 16 and over) exceeds 5.8 percent if such bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report increases
taxes.
(b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn.
(c) Appeals.--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 section.
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SA 825. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch,
and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to
the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE
ELECTRICITY PRICES DURING PERIODS OF HIGH
UNEMPLOYMENT.
(a) Definition of Legislation.--In this section, the term
``legislation'' means a bill, joint resolution, amendment,
motion, or conference report.
(b) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--If the Senate is considering legislation,
on a point of order being made by any Senator against the
legislation, or any part of the legislation, as a result of
which a determination described in paragraph (2) is made, and
the point of order is sustained by the Presiding Officer, the
Senate shall cease consideration of the legislation.
(2) Determination.--The determination described in this
paragraph means a determination made by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office, in consultation with the Energy
Information Administration and other appropriate Federal
Government agencies, on the request of a Senator for review
of the legislation, that the legislation, or portion of the
legislation, would, if enacted, result in an increase in the
national average price for electricity during a period that
the national average unemployment rate (as determined by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics) is more than 5.5 percent.
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(c) Waivers and Appeals.--
(1) Waivers.--
(A) In general.--Before the Presiding Officer rules on a
point of order described in subsection (b)(1), any Senator
may move to waive the point of order and the motion to waive
shall not be subject to amendment.
(B) Vote.--A point of order described in subsection (a)(1)
is waived only by the affirmative vote of 60 Members of the
Senate, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeals.--
(A) In general.--After the Presiding Officer rules on a
point of order described in subsection (b)(1), any Senator
may appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on the point
of order as the ruling applies to all or part of the
provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
(B) Vote.--A ruling of the Presiding Officer on a point of
order described in subsection (b)(1) is sustained unless 60
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, vote not to
sustain the ruling.
(3) Debate.--
(A) In general.--Debate on the motion to waive under
paragraph (1) or on an appeal of the ruling of the Presiding
Officer under paragraph (2) shall be limited to 1 hour.
(B) Division.--The time shall be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the Majority leader and the Minority
Leader of the Senate, or designees.
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SA 826. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO REPEAL DEDUCTIONS
FROM MINERAL REVENUE PAYMENTS TO STATES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would repeal the
requirement to deduct certain amounts from mineral revenues
payable to States under the heading ``administrative
provisions'' under the heading ``Minerals Management
Service'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'' of
title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8).
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
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SA 827. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Bayh)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 4, insert ``(including through industrial
energy efficiency programs)'' after ``and efficiency''.
______
SA 828. Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Vitter, and Mr.
Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 31, strike lines 3 through 7 and insert the
following: ``cans;
(8) maintain long-term fiscal sustainability and pays for
itself by reducing health care cost growth, improving
productivity, or dedicating additional sources of revenue; or
(9)(A) subject to subparagraph (B), protect the freedom of
conscience for patients and the right of health care
providers to serve patients without violating their moral and
religious convictions, which includes, but is not limited to,
prohibiting--
(i) discrimination on the basis of a provider's objection
to perform or participate in specific surgical or medical
procedures or prescribe certain pharmaceuticals;
(ii) legal coercion against a provider who expresses a
conscience objection to perform or participate in specific
surgical or medical procedures or prescribe certain
pharmaceuticals; and
(iii) government coercion of patients to enroll in specific
health insurance plans or see pre-selected health care
providers; and
(B) require the principles described in subparagraph (A)
shall not be construed to authorize or shield from liability
the denial, on the basis of a patient's race or present or
predicted disability, of a surgical or medical procedure or
pharmaceutical that a provider offers to others;''.
______
SA 829. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, strike lines 6 through line 17 and insert the
following:
SEC. 311. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, all committees are directed
to review programs within their jurisdiction to root out
waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving
particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government
Accountability Office reports. Based on these oversight
efforts and committee performance reviews of programs within
their jurisdiction, committees are directed to include
recommendations for improved governmental performance in
their annual views and estimates reports required under
section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the
Committees on the Budget.
(b) Sense of the Senate Regarding Supporting the President
in His Efforts to Go ``Line by Line'' Through the Federal
Budget.--
(1) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(A) as of March 30, 2009, the national debt of the United
States currently stands at $11,045,554,110,788.22 , the
largest in world history;
(B) each United States citizen's share of this debt is
$36,155.97;
(C) the fiscal year 2010 Senate Budget Resolution will
increase the total United States national debt by at least
$5,000,000,000,000 over the next 10 years;
(D) the power of the purse belongs to Congress;
(E) Congress authorizes and appropriates all Federal
discretionary spending and creates new mandatory spending
programs;
(F) Congress annually funds programs that are wasteful,
inefficient, and duplicative that result in taxpayer losses
in the billions;
(G) it is irresponsible for Congress to continue funding
wasteful, inefficient, or duplicative Government programs
that will result in borrowing from Social Security, Medicare,
foreign nations, or future generations of Americans;
(H) every cent that the United States Government loses on
wasteful, inefficient, or duplicative programs is money
stolen from future generations of Americans and from
important programs, including Social Security and Medicare,
on which our senior citizens depend for their retirement
security;
(I) President Obama declared on November 25, 2008, ``In
these challenging times, when we are facing both rising
deficits and a sinking economy, budget reform is not an
option. It is an imperative. We cannot sustain a system that
bleeds billions of taxpayer dollars on programs that have
outlived their usefulness, or exist solely because of the
power of politicians, lobbyists, or interest groups.''; and
(J) President Obama pledged, on November 25, 2008, to go
through the Federal Budget ``page by page, line by line,
eliminating those programs we don't need, and insisting that
those we do operate in a sensible, cost-effective way.''.
(2) Sense of the senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that Congress should support the President in his efforts to
go line by line through the Federal budget to eliminate
wasteful spending by--
(A) requiring the head of every Federal department and
agency to provide a report to Congress, within 90 days of the
date of adoption of this resolution, on programs that are
duplicative, inefficient, or failing, with recommendations
for elimination and consolidation of such programs;
(B) requiring the Office of Management and Budget, within
90 days of the date of adoption of this resolution, to
provide a report to Congress on programs that are duplicative
government-wide, with recommendations for elimination or
consolidation of such programs; and
(C) requiring every standing committee of Congress to
conduct at least one oversight hearing per fiscal year to
identify wasteful, inefficient, outdated, and duplicative
programs that could be eliminated.
______
SA 830. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
[[Page S4204]]
On page 40, strike lines 9 through 22 and insert the
following:
(f) Housing Assistance.--The Chairman of the Senate
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a
committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels and limits in this resolution for one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports
related to housing assistance, which may include low income
rental assistance, assistance provided through the Housing
Trust Fund created under section 1131 of the Housing and
Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and legislation that allows
for a temporary suspension of the 10 percent tax penalty in
order for struggling families to make an early withdrawal
from their qualified retirement accounts to pay their monthly
mortgage payments, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 831. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED NATIONS TRANSPARENCY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States taxpayer provides the United Nations
with over $5,000,000,000 annually, representing up to 25
percent of all funds received by the United Nations, even
though the United States is only 1 of 192 United Nations
members.
(2) In 2008, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
of the Senate found that the United Nations lead development
entity, the United Nations Development Program, diverted
development funds to the entity used by the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea to finance illicit missile sales
and permitted the Government of North Korea to use United
Nations bank accounts to freely transfer cash around the
world and elude detection and sanctions.
(3) The United Nations Procurement Task Force reported in
2008 that the United Nations Environment Program, which
spends over $1,000,000,000 annually and receives almost 10
percent of its budget from United States taxpayers, conducts
almost no auditing or oversight of its spending, has one
auditor and one assistant to inspect its operations, and
would take 17 years to audit its high-risk areas already
identified.
(4) The United Nations Procurement Task Force reported in
2008 that poor data collection across the United Nations
system makes it impossible to determine whether a United
Nations program is relevant or effective.
(5) The United Nations Procurement Task Force reported in
2008 that United Nations resource allocation and performance
assessments do not take into account whether or not results
have been achieved.
(6) The Department of State reported in 2007 that the
United Nations 2008/2009 Biennial Budget represents the
largest increase in its funding request in United Nations
history, in excess of $5,200,000,000 and representing a 25
percent increase from the previous biennial budget.
(7) The Department of State reported in 2007 that, in the
previous 5 years, the United Nations budget has grown at a
record 17 percent, the United Nations Peacekeeping budget has
grown by 40 percent, and the United Nations Tribunals budget
has grown by 15 percent, but the United States budget has
only grown 7 percent during the same period.
(8) The Department of State reported in 2007 that the
overwhelming majority of the United Nations budget, 75
percent, is diverted to costs associated with its staff
instead of direct humanitarian assistance or conflict
prevention.
(9) United Nations auditors in 2007 found that 43 percent
of over $1,000,000,000 in audited procurement contracts were
tainted by fraud and corruption.
(10) The official policy at the Department of State for
United Nations reform, as implemented through the United
Nations Transparency and Accountability Initiative, is to
press the United Nations to reform by providing access to
United Nations audits, budget information and procurement
activities, instituting legitimate whistleblower protections,
financial disclosure policies, and an ethics office,
providing independence for its internal oversight bodies,
adopting international accounting standards, and establishing
a cap on administrative overhead costs for United Nations
funds and programs.
(11) The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) requires all
federal funding information to be put on the public website,
USAspending.gov, including all contract, subcontract, grant,
and subgrant data such as the amount of the award, source of
funds, and the intended purpose of the funds.
(12) Section 212 of this resolution creates a deficit-
neutral reserve fund for a bipartisan congressional sunset
commission that is tasked with providing ``for a process that
will help abolish obsolete and duplicative Federal programs''
and ``for improved government accountability and greater
openness in Government decision-making''.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that no
appropriated funds should be obligated, expended, or
otherwise made available for the United Nations or any
subsidiary body of the United Nations, including any
organization that is authorized to use the United Nations
logo, for a fiscal year unless the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget certifies that the United Nations, such
subsidiary body of the United Nations, or such organization,
as the case may be, is fully and publicly transparent about
all of its spending, including for procurement purposes, that
occurred during the prior fiscal year, including the posting
on a publicly available website of--
(1) copies of all contracts, grants, subcontracts, and
subgrants awarded or utilized during the prior fiscal year;
(2) copies of all program reviews, audits, budgets, project
progress reports, and other management documents relating to
the prior fiscal year; and
(3) any other financial or management information
determined necessary by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
______
SA 832. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NEED FOR
TRANSPARENCY FOR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) On September 16, 2008, the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve, after consulting with Treasury Department,
issued a press release announcing it ``authorized the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the
American International Group (AIG) under section 13(3) of the
Federal Reserve Act.''.
(2) On October 8, 2008, the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve issued a press release, announcing it would
loan AIG an additional $37.8 billion, stating, ``Under this
program, the New York Fed will borrow up to $37.8 billion in
investment-grade, fixed-income securities from AIG in return
for cash collateral.''.
(3) On November 10, 2008, the United States Treasury issued
a press release announcing it would ``purchase $40 billion in
senior preferred stock from the American International Group
(AIG) as part of a comprehensive plan to restructure federal
assistance to the systemically important company.''.
(4) On November 25, 2008, the Treasury Department used
funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to
purchase the $40 billion in preferred shares in AIG.
(5) The November 10, 2008, a Treasury Department press
release also stated, relating to compensation for AIG
executives in light of the recent taxpayer-funded purchase of
senior preferred stock, ``Under the agreement AIG must be in
compliance with the executive compensation and corporate
governance requirements of Section 111 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act. AIG must comply with the most
stringent limitations on executive compensation for its top
five senior executive officers as required under the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Treasury is also
requiring golden parachute limitations and a freeze on the
size of the annual bonus pool for the top 70 company
executives.''.
(6) On January 26, 2009, H.R. 1, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 was introduced in the House with no
language on executive compensation requirements for Troubled
Asset Relief Program (TARP) recipients.
(7) On January 28, 2009, H.R. 1 passed the House of
Representatives by a vote of 244-188, with no language
included on executive compensation requirements for TARP
recipients.
(8) On January 30, 2009, the Senate began consideration of
Senate Amendment 98, a substitute amendment to H.R. 1, which
did not include language on executive compensation
requirements for TARP recipients.
(9) On February 5, 2009, during consideration of Senate
Amendment 98, the Senate adopted by voice vote, Senate
Amendment 354, which would prohibit the payment of bonuses to
the top 25 executives at firms in receipt of TARP funds.
(10) On February 7, 2009, Senate Amendment 98 was withdrawn
in the Senate, and Senate Amendment 570, a substitute
amendment was ordered to be printed in the Senate, which
included Senate Amendment 354, previously approved by the
Senate.
(11) On February 10, 2009, Senate Amendment 570 passed the
Senate by a vote of 61 - 37.
[[Page S4205]]
(12) On February 13, 2009, the conference report to H.R. 1
was approved by both the Senate and the House of
Representatives, and contained a new provision, not included
in either the Senate-passed or House-passed bills,
specifically exempting bonuses agreed to before February 11,
2009, for executives at companies that received TARP funds.
(13) Senators were given less than 24 hours to review any
changes that were made to the conference report, which
totaled more than 1,000 pages.
(14) According Senate Rule XXVIII, paragraph 2(a),
``Conferees shall not insert in their report matter not
committed to them by either House, nor shall they strike from
the bill matter agreed to by both Houses.''.
(15) According Senate Rule XXVIII, paragraph 9(a)(1), ``It
shall not be in order to vote on the adoption of a report of
a committee of conference unless such report has been
available to Members and to the general public for at least
48 hours before such vote. If a point of order is sustained
under this paragraph, then the conference report shall be set
aside.''.
(16) On March 18, 2009, CNN reported that one United States
senator ``denied inserting that exemption at the 11th hour,
and insisted he doesn't know how it got in there.''.
(17) On March 19, 2009, ABC News reported that one United
States senator stated the following regarding the executive
compensation language included in H.R. 1, ``And frankly it
was such a rush, talking about the stimulus bill now, to get
it passed, I did not have time, other conferees did not have
time to address many of the provisions that were modified
significantly. We do the best we can, but we missed that
stuff as a result.''.
(18) On March 19, 2009, The Hill Newspaper reported that,
according to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
language in question did not originate in the House of
Representatives, stating ``This was never brought to
conference, . . .This never came to the House side, and you
can talk to any of our conferees. It's a matter of fact and
record.''.
(19) On March 19, 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported
that White House officials suggested they did not request the
legislative change, saying that ``Administration officials
said the Treasury didn't suggest any language or say how the
amendment should be changed. They said they noted legal
issues that could likely lead to challenges, but was the end
of their involvement. The official said Mr. Dodd and Congress
made the final changes on their own.''.
(20) On March 19, 2009, in an interview with CNN, Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner stated that ``Treasury staff did
express concern about whether this provision was vulnerable
to legal challenge.''.
(21) On March 19, an ABC news story reported that ``Two
separate federal agencies have begun investigations into how
the provisions ended up in the legislation. . .''.
(22) On March 28, 2009, the Hartford Courant reported that
the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut had sent a
letter to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve contending that the AIG bonuses payments were
not protected under Connecticut's wage act, calling such
arguments, ``flawed legal bluffs''. Earlier in the week, the
Chairman had testified to Congress that he wanted to legally
challenge the bonuses but was advised not to because of the
potential liability from the wage act. But, according to a
March 25 story in the Hartford Courant, the Federal Reserve
had not been in contact with the State Attorney General's
office to discuss the matter.
(23) Additionally, section 215 of this resolution
encourages increased ``transparency at the Federal Reserve
System, including audits of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks and
increased public disclosure with respect to the recipients of
all loans and other financial assistance it has provided
since March 4, 2008''.
(24) The secret change in the language relating to
executive compensation for TARP recipients' calls into
question the integrity of the Senate and the legislative
process, and the executive branch has seen fit to investigate
such matters.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that not later than 14 days after the adoption of this
resolution, the Department of Treasury and the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve, should post a clearly
labeled section on the front page of the website of each such
agency, that contains, in a searchable format, all documents
relating to the origination, development, and insertion of
the language described in subsection (a) into the conference
report to H.R. 1, including--
(1) any relevant correspondences, memorandums, electronic
communications, meeting summaries, and telephone logs; and
(2) all communication, in any medium or manner, with--
(A) each Senate Office;
(B) the President and any officials employed or associated
with the Administration of the President;
(C) American International Group; and
(D) the Office of the Attorney General of the State of
Connecticut.
______
SA 833. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Risch) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 12, line 21, strike ``$4,489,000,000'' and insert
``$4,939,000,000''.
On page 12, line 22, strike ``$6,210,000,000'' and insert
``$6,457,500,000''.
On page 12, line 25, strike ``$4,404,000,000'' and insert
``$4,844,000,000''.
On page 13, line 1, strike ``$8,906,000,000'' and insert
``$9,283,000,000''.
On page 13, line 4, strike ``$4,427,000,000'' and insert
``$4,867,000,000''.
On page 13, line 5, strike ``$10,341,000,000'' and insert
``$10,769,000,000''.
On page 13, line 8, strike ``$4,619,000,000'' and insert
``$5,059,000,000''.
On page 13, line 9, strike ``$5,613,000,000'' and insert
``$6,053,300,000''.
On page 13, line 12, strike ``$4,540,000,000'' and insert
``$4,980,000,000''.
On page 13, line 13, strike ``$484,000,000'' and insert
``$924,000,000''.
On page 25, line 24, strike ``$22,321,000,000'' and insert
``$21,871,000,000''.
On page 25, line 25, strike ``$23,021,000,000'' and insert
``$22,773,500,000''.
On page 26, line 3, strike ``$22,477,000,000'' and insert
``$22,037,000,000''.
On page 26, line 4, strike ``$23,322,000,000'' and insert
``$22,945,000,000''.
On page 26, line 7, strike ``$22,707,000,000'' and insert
``$22,267,000,000''.
On page 26, line 8, strike ``$23,806,000,000'' and insert
``$23,378,000,000''.
On page 26, line 11, strike ``$22,437,000,000'' and insert
``$21,997,000,000''.
On page 26, line 12, strike ``$23,252,000,000'' and insert
``$22,811,700,000''.
On page 26, line 15, strike ``$22,808,000,000'' and insert
``$22,368,000,000''.
On page 26, line 16, strike ``$23,109,000,000'' and insert
``$22,669,000,000''.
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. CONTINUATION OF REQUIRED LICENSING ACTIVITIES TO
SUPPORT FINAL DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN MATERIALS AT
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each of
fiscal years 2010 through 2014, there is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy and the Chairperson
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the continuation of
required licensing activities to support the final disposal
at the Yucca Mountain Repository of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste an amount equal to the increase
in amounts made available under Function 270 by the
modifications made by this amendment.
______
SA 834. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 21, line 7, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 21, line 8, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 21, line 11, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 21, line 12, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 21, line 15, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 21, line 16, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 6, decrease the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $5,000,000.
On page 28, line 10, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 14, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 15, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
______
SA 835. Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Voinovich, Mr.
Alexander, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Isakson)
proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13,
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADDRESS OUR NATIONS
LONG TERM FISCAL PROBLEMS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference
[[Page S4206]]
reports that would authorize the creation of a bipartisan
task force to examine the long term fiscal imbalances facing
our Nation and directs the bipartisan task force to report,
with the majority approval of each participating party,
legislative recommendations to address those imbalances, and
provides legislative fast track procedures to ensure a vote
on the legislative recommendations, by the amount provided in
that legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 836. Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as
follows:
On page 21, line 24, increase the amount by $1,900,000,000.
On page 21, line 25, increase the amount by $1,330,000,000.
On page 22, line 4, increase the amount by $532,000,000.
On page 22, line 8, increase the amount by $38,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $1,900,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $1,330,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $532,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $38,000,000.
______
SA 837. Mr. DORGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 19, line 24, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 19, line 25, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 20, line 4, increase the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 20, line 8, increase the amount by $2,000,000.
On page 20, line 12, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
______
SA 838. Mr. DORGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 24, line 24, increase the amount by $23,000,000.
On page 24, line 25, increase the amount by $16,000,000.
On page 25, line 4, increase the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 25, line 8, increase the amount by $2,000,000.
On page 25, line 12, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $23,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $16,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $2,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
______
SA 839. Mr. ROBERTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 21, line 24, increase the amount by $20,000,000.
On page 21, line 25, increase the amount by $15,200,000.
On page 22, line 3, increase the amount by $20,000,000.
On page 22, line 4, increase the amount by $19,800,000.
On page 22, line 7, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 22, line 8, increase the amount by $12,400,000.
On page 22, line 12, increase the amount by $2,500,000.
On page 22, line 16, increase the amount by $100,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $20,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $15,200,000.
On page 28, line 2, decrease the amount by $20,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $19,800,000.
On page 28, line 6, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $12,400,000.
On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by $2,500,000.
On page 28, line 15, decrease the amount by $100,000.
______
SA 840. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 25, line 23, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 25, line 24, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 26, line 2, increase the amount by $6,000,000.
On page 26, line 3, increase the amount by $6,000,000.
On page 26, line 6, increase the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 26, line 7, increase the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 26, line 10, increase the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 26, line 11, increase the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 26, line 14, increase the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 26, line 15, increase the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 10, line 20, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 10, line 21, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 10, line 24, decrease the amount by $6,000,000.
On page 10, line 25, decrease the amount by $6,000,000.
On page 11, line 3, decrease the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 11, line 4, decrease the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 11, line 7, decrease the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 11, line 8, decrease the amount by $8,000,000.
On page 11, line 11, decrease the amount by $4,000,000.
On page 11, line 12, decrease the amount by $4,000,000.
______
SA 841. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bennet, Mr.
Tester, and Mr. Thune) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 19, line 24, increase the amount by $100,000,000.
On page 19, line 25, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
On page 20, line 4, increase the amount by $43,000,000.
On page 20, line 8, increase the amount by $18,000,000.
On page 20, line 12, increase the amount by $7,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $100,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $43,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $18,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by $7,000,000.
______
SA 842. Mr. MARTINEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
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fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
On page 40, line 4, insert ``(including such legislation
that expands free trade by reducing or eliminating duties,
restrictions on the importation of articles, or any other
barriers to international trade)'' after ``trade''.
______
SA 843. Mr. MARTINEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 40, line 4, after ``trade'' insert the following:
``(including implementation of trade agreements with
Colombia, Panama, and the Republic of Korea)''.
______
SA 844. Mr. CRAPO proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as
follows:
On page 50, line 12, strike ``and''
On page 50, insert after line 15:
``(3) for fiscal year 2011, $1,092,921,000 in new budget
authority;
(4) for fiscal year 2012, $1,112,047,000 in new budget
authority; and''.
On page 49, insert on line 12 after the word ``bill'':
``, concurrent resolution,''.
______
SA 845. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as
follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FOSTER CARE
FINANCING REFORM.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would, with
respect to services provided under part B of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and services
provided under part E of title IV of that Act (42 U.S.C. 670
et seq.)--
(1) change the Federal foster care payment system from a
system that supports programs to one that supports children,
whatever their best placement may be, and one that promotes
permanency for children;
(2) when it is determined to be in the best interests of
the child, promote and improve family support, family
preservation, including residential family treatment for
families suffering from substance abuse and addiction, and
time-limited family reunification services;
(3) provide for subsidies and support programs that are
available to support the needs of the children prior to
removal, during removal, and post placement, whether through
reunification, adoption, kinship adoption, or guardianship;
(4) promote innovation and best practice at the State
level; and
(5) guarantee that public funds are used to effectively
meet the needs of children who have been abused or neglected;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 846. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC. __. FISCAL YEAR 2010 EARMARK MORATORIUM.
(a) Bills and Joint Resolutions.--
(1) Point of order.--It shall not be in order to--
(A) consider a bill or joint resolution reported by any
committee that includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, or
limited tariff benefit; or
(B) a Senate bill or joint resolution not reported by
committee that includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, or
limited tariff benefit.
(2) Return to the calendar.--If a point of order is
sustained under this subsection, the bill or joint resolution
shall be returned to the calendar until compliance with this
subsection has been achieved.
(b) Conference Report.--
(1) Point of order.--It shall not be in order to vote on
the adoption of a report of a committee of conference if the
report includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited
tariff benefit.
(2) Return to the calendar.--If a point of order is
sustained under this subsection, the conference report shall
be returned to the calendar.
(c) Floor Amendment.--It shall not be in order to consider
an amendment to a bill or joint resolution if the amendment
contains an earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff
benefit.
(d) Amendment Between the Houses.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order to consider an
amendment between the Houses if that amendment includes an
earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit.
(2) Return to the calendar.--If a point of order is
sustained under this subsection, the amendment between the
Houses shall be returned to the calendar until compliance
with this subsection has been achieved.
(e) Waiver.--Any Senator may move to waive any or all
points of order under this section by an affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(f) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section--
(1) the term ``earmark'' means a provision or report
language included primarily at the request of a Senator or
Member of the House of Representatives providing,
authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of
discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other
spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee,
grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an
entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or
Congressional district, other than through a statutory or
administrative formula-driven or competitive award process;
(2) the term ``limited tax benefit'' means any revenue
provision that--
(A) provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or
preference to a particular beneficiary or limited group of
beneficiaries under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(B) contains eligibility criteria that are not uniform in
application with respect to potential beneficiaries of such
provision; and
(3) the term ``limited tariff benefit'' means a provision
modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities.
(g) Fiscal Year 2010.--The point of order under this
section shall only apply to legislation providing or
authorizing discretionary budget authority, credit authority
or other spending authority, providing a federal tax
deduction, credit, or exclusion, or modifying the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule in fiscal year 2010.
(h) Application.--This rule shall not apply to any
authorization of appropriations to a Federal entity if such
authorization is not specifically targeted to a State,
locality or congressional district.
______
SA 847. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. EARMARK PROHIBITION.
(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider a bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report
that includes a congressional earmark.
(b) Matter Stricken.--If the point of order prevails under
subsection (a), the earmark provision shall be stricken in
accordance with the procedures provided in section 313 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``congressional
earmark'' means a provision or report language included
primarily at the request of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, or Senator providing, authorizing or
recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget
authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for
a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or
other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a
specific State, locality or Congressional district, other
than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or
competitive award process.
(d) Waivers and Appeals.--
(1) Waiver or suspension.--This section may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative rollcall vote
of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of
the Chair relating to any provision of this section 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. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the
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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 section.
______
SA 848. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place at the end of subtitle A of title
III, insert the following:
SEC. _. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT RAISES TAXES
ON MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES.
(a) In General.--After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, resolution, amendment between Houses,
motion, or conference report that would cause revenues to be
more than the level of revenues set forth for that first
fiscal year or for the total of that fiscal year and the
ensuing fiscal years in the applicable resolution for which
allocations are provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(b) Suspension of Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--A point of order raised under subsection
(a) shall be suspended in the Senate upon certification by
the Chairman of the Budget Committee of the Senate that such
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, amendment between
Houses, or conference report does not include a Federal
income tax increase on middle-income families.
(2) Middle-income families.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
the term ``middle-income families'' is defined as married
couples filing jointly with $250,000 or less in adjusted
gross income. Adjusted gross income is defined under section
62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(3) Federal income tax increase.--For purposes of paragraph
(1), the term ``Federal income tax increase'' means any
amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that, directly
or indirectly, increases the amount of Federal income tax,
and any legislation that the Congressional Budget Office
would score as an increase in Federal revenues.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be
required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
______
SA 849. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROHIBIT THE
TRANSFER OF DETAINEES AT NAVAL STATION
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report to prohibit the
transfer of detainees housed at Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, to the United States or its territories by the
amounts provided in that legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase spending
over the total of the period of fiscal years 2009 through
2014 and that such legislation would not increase revenues in
any year in the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 850. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO SUSPEND PREVAILING
WAGE MANDATES IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREAS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would suspend
the application of Federal laws requiring the payment of
prevailing wages to workers under Federal contracts that have
received federal funds from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over either period of the
total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 851. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE UNION
TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL INTEGRITY.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would
guarantee the right of every worker to a National Labor
Relations Board sanctioned secret ballot election during a
unionization campaign of the workplace, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either period
of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period
of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 852. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF THE
DEATH TAX.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that
would permanently repeal chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to the estate tax) and chapter 13 of
such Code (relating to the tax on generation-skipping
transfers), provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 853. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT DECREASES
THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ENROLLED IN PRIVATE
HEALTH INSURANCE WHILE INCREASING THE NUMBER
ENROLLED IN GOVERNMENT-MANAGED, RATIONED HEALTH
CARE.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order,
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that decreases the number of Americans
enrolled in private health insurance plans, while increasing
the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed,
rationed health care (as determined by the Congressional
Budget Office).
(b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, dully
chosen and sworn.
(c) Appeals.--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 section.
______
SA 854. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
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fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE
OF HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would permit
Americans who reside in one State to purchase a more
affordable health insurance plan in the individual market
that is domiciled or licensed in another State, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 855. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW FOR THE
PAYMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FROM
AMOUNTS IN HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that amends
section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow
amounts paid for insurance premiums to be treated as a
qualified medical expense when paid from a health savings
account, by the amounts provided by that legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase taxes and would not increase the deficit over either
the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or
the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 856. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR OUTER CONTINENTAL
SHELF LEASE SALES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would provide
for oil and natural gas lease sales (including lease sales
for areas in the outer Continental Shelf planning areas of
the South Atlantic and Mid Atlantic) on or before July 31,
2010.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 857. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE ELECTRICITY PRICE FOR
CONSUMERS.
(a) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--If the Senate is considering legislation,
upon a point of order being made by any Senator against
legislation, or any part of the legislation, that it has been
determined in accordance with paragraph (2) that the
legislation, if enacted, would result in an increase in the
national average electricity price for consumers, and the
point of order is sustained by the Presiding Officer, the
Senate shall cease consideration of the legislation.
(2) Determination.--The determination described in this
paragraph means a determination by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office, in consultation with the Energy
Information Administration and other appropriate Government
agencies, that is made upon the request of a Senator for
review of legislation, that the legislation, or part of the
legislation, would, if enacted, result in an increase in the
national average electricity price for consumers.
(3) Legislation.--In this section the term ``legislation''
means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report.
(b) Waivers and Appeals.--
(1) Waivers.--Before the Presiding Officer rules on a point
of order described in subsection (a)(1), any Senator may move
to waive the point of order and the motion to waive shall not
be subject to amendment. A point of order described in
subsection (a)(1) is waived only by the affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and
sworn.
(2) Appeals.--After the Presiding Officer rules on a point
of order described in subsection (a)(1), any Senator may
appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on the point of
order as it applies to some or all of the provisions on which
the Presiding Officer ruled. A ruling of the Presiding
Officer on a point of order described in subsection (a)(1) is
sustained unless three-fifths of the Members of the Senate,
duly chosen and sworn, vote not to sustain the ruling.
(3) Debate.--Debate on the motion to waive under paragraph
(1) or on an appeal of the ruling of the Presiding Officer
under paragraph (2) shall be limited to 1 hour. The time
shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
Majority leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate, or
their designees.
______
SA 858. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. --. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROVIDING AN ABOVE
THE LINE FEDERAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR
INDIVIDUALS PURCHASING HEALTH INSURANCE OUTSIDE
THE WORKPLACE.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide
an above the line Federal income tax deduction under section
62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for individuals who
do not receive health insurance through an employer and who
purchase such insurance in the individual market by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase taxes and
would not increase the deficit over either the period of the
total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 859. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would permit
individuals receiving COBRA subsidies to use such subsidies
to enroll in any health insurance coverage offered by the
employer (or employee organization), in any health insurance
coverage offered in the individual market, or in coverage
offered through a State high risk pool, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 860. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which
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was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN
NUCLEAR REPOSITORY.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would open the
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository and provide for the
expanded use of clean, non-carbon emitting nuclear energy in
the United States.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 861. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would allow
States to opt out of a portion of the Federal highway
program, which permits States to keep a higher percentage of
the amount such States currently pay in Federal motor vehicle
fuel taxes and provides States with greater flexibility in
meeting their infrastructure priorities, provided that such
legislation would not increase taxes and would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 862. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE UNION
TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL INTEGRITY.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would require
labor organizations to provide financial transparency by
filing annual LM-2 reports with the Department of Labor,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2019.
______
SA 863. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COMPLETION OF 700
MILES OF THE SOUTHWEST BORDER FENCE.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by 1 or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or
conference reports that would increase border security by
completing the construction of 700 miles of reinforced
fencing and the installation of the related equipment
described in section 102(b)(1)(B) of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 USC 1103
note) by December 31, 2010, provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit over the 6-year period ending
on September 30, 2014 or the 11-year period ending on
September 30, 2019.
______
SA 864. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 10, line 20, strike ``$46,670,000,000'' and insert
``$46,666,000,000''.
On page 10, line 21, strike ``$46,960,000,000'' and insert
``$46,956,000,000''.
On page 24, line 24, strike ``$52,857,000,000'' and insert
``$52,861,000,000''.
On page 24, line 25, strike ``$51,630,000,000'' and insert
``$51,634,000,000''.
______
SA 865. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MODERNIZE THE ARMED
FORCES AND REQUIRE A MINIMUM BASELINE FOR
DEFENSE FUNDING.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would
guarantee a baseline budget (not including supplemental or
war funding) that sets a spending floor for military
investment and modernization to equip, train, and modernize a
full-spectrum force to preserve America's security based on
the gross domestic product of the United States and setting
that minimum baseline at not less than 4 percent of the gross
domestic product of the United States over the next 10 years,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal year 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 866. Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Vitter, Mr.
Enzi, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Brownback) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13,
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title III, insert the
following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER ON LEGISLATION THAT IMPOSES A
MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order,
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report that includes any provision which imposes
or increases a marriage tax penalty.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``marriage
penalty'' means any provision under which the Federal income
tax liability of taxpayers filing a joint return under
section 6013 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is greater
than such tax liability of such taxpayers if such taxpayers
were unmarried and had filed individual tax returns under
section 1(c) of such Code.
(c) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, dully
chosen and sworn.
(d) Appeals.--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 section.
______
SA 867. Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Bond, Mr. Vitter, Mr.
Roberts, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Brownback, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Barrasso)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 1 after ``reduce our Nation's dependence
on imported energy'' insert ``including through expanded
offshore oil and gas production in the Outer Continental
Shelf''.
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______
SA 868. Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Martinez, and
Mr. Enzi) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 3, line 13, decrease the amount by $2,860,000,000.
On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $2,935,000,000.
On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $2,993,000,000.
On page 4, line 7, decrease the amount by $2,860,000,000.
On page 4, line 8, decrease the amount by $2,935,000,000.
On page 4, line 9, decrease the amount by $2,993,000,000.
On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $46,332,000.
On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $168,298,000.
On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $334,050,000.
On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $46,332,000.
On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $168,298,000.
On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $334,050,000.
On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $2,906,332,000.
On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $3,103,298,000.
On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $3,327,050,000.
On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $2,906,332,000.
On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $6,009,630,000.
On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by $9,336,680,000.
On page 6, line 2, increase the amount by $2,906,332,000.
On page 6, line 3, increase the amount by $6,009,630,000.
On page 6, line 4, increase the amount by $9,336,680,000.
On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $46,332,000.
On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $46,332,000.
On page 27, line 11, increase the amount by $168,298,000.
On page 27, line 12, increase the amount by $168,298,000.
On page 27, line 15, increase the amount by $334,050,000.
On page 27, line 16, increase the amount by $334,050,000.
______
SA 869. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Section 202 is amended by inserting at the end the
following: ``(c) The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the
Budget shall not revise the allocations in this resolution if
the legislation provided for in subsections (a) or (b) is
reported from any committee pursuant to section 310 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, unless, the Senate finds
that public health, the economy and national security of the
United States are jeopardized by inaction on global
warming.''
______
SA 870. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 24, line 24, increase the amount by $99,000,000.
On page 24, line 25, increase the amount by $12,000,000.
On page 25, line 4, increase the amount by $28,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $99,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $12,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $28,000,000.
______
SA 871. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, after line 3, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-MUTUAL RESERVE FUND TO PRESERVE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE CENSUS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report to prohibit
expenditure of any funds provided for developing and
conducting the census by any Federal office or agency not
within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, by the
amounts provided in that legislation for that purpose
provided that such legislation would not increase spending
over the total of the period of fiscal years 2009 through
2014, provided that such legislation would not increase
revenues in any year in the period of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 872. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Ms. Collins)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows.
At the end of Title II, insert the following:
SEC.__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROVISION OF
CRITICAL RESOURCES TO FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
motions, or conference reports that would provide
firefighters and fire departments with critical resources
under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant and the Staffing
for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Grant
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either
the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or
the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 873. Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska,
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Enzi, and Ms.
Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through
2014; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ESTATE TAX RELIEF.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide
for estate tax reform legislation establishing--
(1) an estate tax exemption level of $5,000,000, indexed
for inflation,
(2) a maximum estate tax rate of 35 percent,
(3) a reunification of the estate and gift credits, and
(4) portability of exemption between spouses, and
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 874. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as
follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR FOSTER CARE
FINANCING REFORM.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would--
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(1) change the Federal foster care payment system from a
system that supports programs to one that supports children,
whatever their best placement may be, and one that promotes
permanency for children;
(2) when it is determined to be in the best interests of
the child, promote and improve family support, family
preservation, including residential family treatment for
families suffering from substance abuse and addiction, and
time-limited family reunification services;
(3) provide for subsidies and support programs that are
available to support the needs of the children prior to
removal, during removal, and post placement, whether through
reunification, adoption, kinship adoption, or guardianship;
(4) promote innovation and best practice at the State
level; and
(5) guarantee that public funds are used to effectively
meet the needs of children who have been abused or neglected;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 875. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 48, line 24, insert ``including the identity of
each entity to which the Board has provided such assistance,
the value or amount of that financial assistance, and what
that entity is doing with such financial assistance,'' after
``2008,''.
______
SA 876. Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 30, line 10, strike ``, households'' and insert
``(in particular to small business and individuals who are
self-employed), households''.
______
SA 877. Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 34, line 13, insert ``such as by investing in
programs such as the programs under subpart 4 of part A of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c
et seq.),'' after ``students,''.
______
SA 878. Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Hatch) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 19, line 24, increase the amount by $188,000,000.
On page 19, line 25, increase the amount by $56,000,000.
On page 20, line 4, increase the amount by $81,000,000.
On page 20, line 8, increase the amount by $34,000,000.
On page 20, line 12, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $188,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $56,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, increase the amount by $81,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, increase the amount by $34,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, increase the amount by $13,000,000.
______
SA 879. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs.
Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 20, strike ``or help'' and insert ``create
new jobs in a clean technology economy, strengthen the
manufacturing competitiveness of the United States, diversify
the domestic clean energy supply to increase the energy
security of the United States, protect consumers (including
policies that address regional differences), provide
incentives for cost-savings achieved through energy
efficiencies, provide voluntary opportunities for agriculture
and forestry communities to contribute to reducing the levels
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and help''.
______
SA 880. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Bond) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HOME VISITATION
PROGRAMS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that provide funds
to States to establish or expand quality programs of early
childhood home visitation that increase school readiness,
child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification
of developmental and health delays, including potential
mental health concerns, and that--
(1) serve pregnant women, or parent's or other primary
caregivers and their children under the age of entry into
kindergarten through quality programs of early childhood home
visitation;
(2) are delivered by nurses, social workers, child
development specialists, or other well-trained and competent
staff, as demonstrated by education or training and the
provision of ongoing specific training and supervision in the
model of service being delivered;
(3) have outcomes and research standards that--
(A) demonstrate ongoing positive outcomes for children,
parents and other primary caregivers that enhance child
health and development;
(B) conform to a clear consistent home visitation model
that has been in existence for at least 3 years and that--
(i) is research-based, grounded in relevant empirically-
based knowledge;
(ii) is linked to program determined outcomes;
(iii) is associated with a national organization or
institution of higher education that has comprehensive home
visitation program standards that ensure high quality service
delivery and continuous program quality improvement; and
(iv) has demonstrated significant positive outcomes when
evaluated using well-designed and rigorous randomized
controlled or well-designed and rigorous quasi-experimental
research designs, and the evaluation results have been
published in a peer-reviewed journal; and
(4) show, establish, or propose linkages to high quality
early learning opportunities;
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 881. Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 38, line 19, insert ``, such as enhanced charitable
giving from individual retirement accounts, including life-
income gifts,'' before ``or refundable tax relief''.
Sec. 206(b) Tax Relief--The Chairman of the Senate
Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a
committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution by the amounts provided by one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or
conference reports that would provide tax relief, including
but not limited to extensions of expiring and expired tax
relief, such as enhanced charitable giving from individual
retirement accounts, including life-income gifts, or
refundable tax relief, by the amounts provided in that
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years
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2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years
2009 through 2019.
______
SA 882. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Graham, and Mrs.
Hutchison) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2010.
(a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010
and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2019.
(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 2010.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Social Security.
Sec. 103. Major functional categories.
TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS
Sec. 201. Deficit-reducing reserve funds for entitlement commissions--
Social Security and Medicare & Medicaid.
Sec. 202. Sense of the Senate to protect seniors.
Sec. 203. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for comprehensive healthcare
reform.
Sec. 204. Deficit neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and
wounded servicemembers.
Sec. 205. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for energy security.
Sec. 206. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax code modernization.
Sec. 207. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for defense acquisition and
contracting reform.
Sec. 208. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for a bipartisan, comprehensive
investigation into the current financial crisis.
TITLE III--BUDGET PROCESS
Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement
Sec. 301. Discretionary spending limits, program integrity initiatives,
and other adjustments.
Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations.
Sec. 303. Emergency legislation.
Sec. 304. Point of order against legislation increasing short-term
deficit.
Subtitle B--Other Provisions
Sec. 311. Oversight of government performance.
Sec. 312. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative
Expenses.
Sec. 313. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 314. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 315. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
Sec. 316. Cost estimates for conference reports and other measures.
Sec. 317. Limitation on long-term spending proposals
Sec. 318. Revenues collected from closing the tax gap are used only for
debt reduction.
Sec. 319. Point of order to save Social Security first.
Sec. 320. Point of order against a budget resolution containing a debt-
held-by the--Public-to-GDP ratio that exceeds 65%.
Sec. 321. Point of order against a budget resolution containing deficit
levels Exceeding 8% of GDP.
TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2009 through 2014:
(1) Federal Revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2009: $2,186,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $2,332,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $2,651,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $2,858,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $3,025,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $3,166,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $3,329,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $3,470,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $3,625,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $3,771,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $3,923,000,000,000
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal
revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2009: $0
Fiscal year 2010: $-3,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $-132,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $-228,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $-257,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $-269,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $-280,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $-291,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $-302,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $-313,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $-325,000,000,000
(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 2009: $4,193,877,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $3,394,550,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $3,310,202,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $3,311,270,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $3,486,786,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $3,661,286,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $3,810,805,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $3,995,116,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $4,135,327,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $4,290,116,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $4,402,012,000,000
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget
outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2009: $3,878,339,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $3,521,269,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $3,499,706,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $3,360,164,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $3,501,902,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $3,649,795,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $3,788,924,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $3,973,146,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $4,105,805,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $4,254,933,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $4,370,163,000,000
(4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 2009: -$1,693,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: -$1,190,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: -$798,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: -$502,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: -$477,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: -$484,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: -$459,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: -$503,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: -$481,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: -$484,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: -$448,000,000,000
(5) Public debt.--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 2009: $11,836,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $13,255,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $14,321,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $15,194,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $16,074,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $16,943,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $17,774,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $18,630,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $19,470,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $20,318,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $21,093,000,000,000
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2009: $7,496,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $8,686,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $9,484,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $9,986,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $10,464,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $10,948,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $11,407,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $11,910,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $12,391,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $12,875,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $13,323,000,000,000
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 2009: $654,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $682,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $719,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $756,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $803,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $842,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $879,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $925,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $962,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $1,004,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $1,048,000,000,000
(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 2009: $662,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2010: $695,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2011: $721,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2012: $749,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2013: $790,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2014: $839,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2015: $891,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2016: $948,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2017: $1,008,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2018: $1,072,000,000,000
Fiscal year 2019: $1,141,000,000,000
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2009 through 2019 for each major functional category are:
(1) National defense (050):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $689,926,000,000
(B) Outlays, $666,842,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $686,128,000,000
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(B) Outlays, $689,963,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $614,923,000,000
(B) Outlays, $657,207,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $623,612,000,000
(B) Outlays, $637,011,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $634,421,000,000
(B) Outlays, $636,332,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $648,249,000,000
(B) Outlays, $641,632,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $663,159,000,000
(B) Outlays, $653,234,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $678,149,000,000
(B) Outlays, $671,890,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $694,153,000,000
(B) Outlays, $683,256,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $709,147,000,000
(B) Outlays, $693,789,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $726,167,000,000
(B) Outlays, $714,089,000,000
(2) International affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $57,114,000,000
(B) Outlays, $41,514,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $42,847,000,000
(B) Outlays, $43,622,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $43,167,000,000
(B) Outlays, $43,897,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $43,473,000,000
(B) Outlays, $43,985,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $43,759,000,000
(B) Outlays, $43,911,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $44,214,000,000
(B) Outlays, $43,866,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $44,847,000,000
(B) Outlays, $44,257,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $45,621,000,000
(B) Outlays, $44,870,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $46,430,000,000
(B) Outlays, $45,575,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $47,211,000,000
(B) Outlays, $46,301,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $48,084,000,000
(B) Outlays, $47,105,000,000
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $35,264,000,000
(B) Outlays, $30,855,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $29,780,000,000
(B) Outlays, $31,707,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $30,007,000,000
(B) Outlays, $31,161,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $30,231,000,000
(B) Outlays, $30,214,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $30,432,000,000
(B) Outlays, $30,312,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $30,758,000,000
(B) Outlays, $30,584,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $30,703,000,000
(B) Outlays, $30,417,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $31,748,000,000
(B) Outlays, $31,359,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $32,319,000,000
(B) Outlays, $31,984,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $32,872,000,000
(B) Outlays, $32,446,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $33,484,000,000
(B) Outlays, $33,028,000,000
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $44,998,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,350,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $5,568,000,000
(B) Outlays, $8,974,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $5,582,000,000
(B) Outlays, $11,303,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $5,459,000,000
(B) Outlays, $11,999,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $5,319,000,000
(B) Outlays, $7,091,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $5,175,000,000
(B) Outlays, $2,082,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $5,212,000,000
(B) Outlays, $3,214,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $5,325,000,000
(B) Outlays, $3,512,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $5,478,000,000
(B) Outlays, $3,765,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $5,567,000,000
(B) Outlays, $3,905,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $5,595,000,000
(B) Outlays, $4,502,000,000
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $54,596,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,252,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $35,085,000,000
(B) Outlays, $38,866,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $35,772,000,000
(B) Outlays, $37,713,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $35,952,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,983,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $36,160,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,478,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $36,465,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,631,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $36,714,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,712,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $37,002,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,845,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $37,312,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,917,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $37,602,000,000
(B) Outlays, $36,923,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $37,952,000,000
(B) Outlays, $37,215,000,000
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $6,349,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,111,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $6,131,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,217,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $6,150,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,133,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $6,205,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,159,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $6,261,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,207,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $6,319,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,261,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $6,359,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,275,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $6,402,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,312,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $6,455,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,345,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $6,507,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,401,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $6,601,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,532,000,000
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $13,216,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,253,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $6,197,000,000
(B) Outlays, $8,977,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $6,055,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,847,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $6,097,000,000
(B) Outlays, $7,436,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $5,982,000,000
(B) Outlays, $7,180,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $5,909,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,250,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $5,860,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,915,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $5,855,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,748,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $5,839,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,730,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $5,814,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,701,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $5,793,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,675,000,000
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $79,061,000,000
(B) Outlays, $85,668,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $30,312,000,000
(B) Outlays, $92,847,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $30,717,000,000
(B) Outlays, $93,051,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $31,140,000,000
(B) Outlays, $92,082,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $31,544,000,000
(B) Outlays, $92,110,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $32,105,000,000
(B) Outlays, $92,296,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $32,806,000,000
(B) Outlays, $91,863,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $33,656,000,000
(B) Outlays, $90,792,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $34,545,000,000
(B) Outlays, $90,908,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
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(A) New budget authority, $35,432,000,000
(B) Outlays, $92,372,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $36,385,000,000
(B) Outlays, $93,932,000,000
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $23,006,000,000
(B) Outlays, $26,252,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $14,959,000,000
(B) Outlays, $26,337,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $15,070,000,000
(B) Outlays, $24,669,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $15,179,000,000
(B) Outlays, $21,493,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $15,277,000,000
(B) Outlays, $18,981,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $15,435,000,000
(B) Outlays, $17,445,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $15,662,000,000
(B) Outlays, $16,156,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $15,932,000,000
(B) Outlays, $15,504,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $16,215,000,000
(B) Outlays, $15,664,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $16,481,000,000
(B) Outlays, $15,911,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $16,787,000,000
(B) Outlays, $16,153,000,000
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $188,508,000,000
(B) Outlays, $94,814,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $89,417,000,000
(B) Outlays, $138,899,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $90,007,000,000
(B) Outlays, $127,810,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $90,588,000,000
(B) Outlays, $98,331,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $91,092,000,000
(B) Outlays, $94,666,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $91,948,000,000
(B) Outlays, $94,142,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $93,164,000,000
(B) Outlays, $95,075,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $94,657,000,000
(B) Outlays, $96,402,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $96,235,000,000
(B) Outlays, $97,938,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $97,739,000,000
(B) Outlays, $99,507,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $99,415,000,000
(B) Outlays, $101,130,000,000
(11) Health (550):
(A) New budget authority, $75,483,000,000
(B) Outlays, $57,635,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $56,948,000,000
(B) Outlays, $64,243,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $57,413,000,000
(B) Outlays, $62,603,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $57,881,000,000
(B) Outlays, $59,451,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $58,305,000,000
(B) Outlays, $57,913,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $58,971,000,000
(B) Outlays, $58,176,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $59,879,000,000
(B) Outlays, $58,713,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $60,974,000,000
(B) Outlays, $59,583,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $62,124,000,000
(B) Outlays, $60,662,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $63,242,000,000
(B) Outlays, $61,727,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $64,465,000,000
(B) Outlays, $62,697,000,000
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $5,390,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,255,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $5,595,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,566,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $5,819,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,781,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $5,852,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,828,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $5,893,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,855,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $5,927,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,920,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $5,967,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,935,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $6,004,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,955,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $6,035,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,962,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $6,065,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,975,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $6,085,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,992,000,000
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $74,067,000,000
(B) Outlays, $64,056,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $62,365,000,000
(B) Outlays, $67,580,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $62,275,000,000
(B) Outlays, $67,880,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $62,540,000,000
(B) Outlays, $66,271,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $62,803,000,000
(B) Outlays, $65,341,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $63,328,000,000
(B) Outlays, $64,169,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $64,221,000,000
(B) Outlays, $64,804,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $65,362,000,000
(B) Outlays, $65,660,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $66,561,000,000
(B) Outlays, $66,690,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $67,716,000,000
(B) Outlays, $67,735,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $68,976,000,000
(B) Outlays, $68,840,000,000
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $6,386,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,479,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $5,460,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,549,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $5,545,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,655,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $5,630,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,763,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $5,716,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,849,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $5,830,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,809,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $5,969,000,000
(B) Outlays, $5,942,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $6,135,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,103,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $6,306,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,271,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $6,479,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,443,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $6,665,000,000
(B) Outlays, $6,627,000,000
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $49,394,000,000
(B) Outlays, $46,757,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $53,263,000,000
(B) Outlays, $52,474,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $54,417,000,000
(B) Outlays, $53,972,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $55,855,000,000
(B) Outlays, $55,487,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $57,384,000,000
(B) Outlays, $56,932,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $58,969,000,000
(B) Outlays, $58,519,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $60,971,000,000
(B) Outlays, $59,265,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $62,494,000,000
(B) Outlays, $61,978,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $64,367,000,000
(B) Outlays, $63,067,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $65,404,000,000
(B) Outlays, $65,012,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $67,415,000,000
(B) Outlays, $65,345,000,000
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $54,099,000,000
(B) Outlays, $48,018,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $48,763,000,000
(B) Outlays, $49,470,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $50,595,000,000
(B) Outlays, $51,525,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $50,506,000,000
(B) Outlays, $51,416,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $50,389,000,000
(B) Outlays, $51,428,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $50,263,000,000
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(B) Outlays, $50,466,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $50,156,000,000
(B) Outlays, $49,725,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $50,012,000,000
(B) Outlays, $49,250,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $50,023,000,000
(B) Outlays, $49,366,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $50,015,000,000
(B) Outlays, $49,501,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $50,247,000,000
(B) Outlays, $46,565,000,000
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $24,562,000,000
(B) Outlays, $18,861,000,000
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,976,000,000
(B) Outlays, $19,896,000,000
Fiscal year 2011:
(A) New budget authority, $19,286,000,000
(B) Outlays, $20,181,000,000
Fiscal year 2012:
(A) New budget authority, $19,598,000,000
(B) Outlays, $20,541,000,000
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $19,915,000,000
(B) Outlays, $20,781,000,000
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $20,320,000,000
(B) Outlays, $20,662,000,000
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $20,828,000,000
(B) Outlays, $20,951,000,000
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $21,426,000,000
(B) Outlays, $21,366,000,000
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $22,039,000,000
(B) Outlays, $21,854,000,000
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $22,668,000,000
(B) Outlays, $22,427,000,000
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $23,330,000,000
(B) Outlays, $22,873,000,000
TITLE II--RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 201. DEFICIT-REDUCING RESERVE FUNDS FOR ENTITLEMENT
COMMISSIONS--SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE &
MEDICAID.
(a) The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would provide
for a BRAC-like commission to review the current and long-
term solvency of Social Security and a BRAC-like commission
to review the current and long-term solvency of Medicare and
Medicaid, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
(b) These commissions will provide recommendations to
reduce mandatory spending by at least four percent over the
next five years, and seven percent over the next ten years.
(c) For the purposes of this Resolution, for individuals 55
or older, Medicare will not be changed (other than means
testing for high-income beneficiaries under the prescription
drug benefit under Part D).
SEC. 202. SENSE OF THE SENATE TO PROTECT SENIORS.
Sense of the Senate--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(a) This budget should preserve existing Medicare benefits
for those beneficiaries age 55 or older (other than means
testing for high-income beneficiaries under the Medicare
prescription drug benefit).
(b) To make the program sustainable and dependable--
(1) Those 54 and younger should be able to enroll in a new
Medicare Program with health coverage similar to what is now
available to Members of Congress and Federal employees; and
(2) Starting in 2021, seniors should receive support
payments based on income, so that low income seniors receive
extra support, and high income seniors receive support
relative to their incomes.
SEC. 203. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTHCARE REFORM.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would address
health care costs, coverage, and care in the United States in
a manner that reduces the costs of health care, increases
access to health insurance, and improves the transparency of
the costs and quality for medical care, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2019. The legislation may include tax provisions.
SEC. 204. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR AMERICA'S VETERANS
AND WOUNDED SERVICEMEMBERS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would expand
the number of disabled military retirees who receive both
disability compensation and retired pay, accelerate the
phase-in of concurrent receipt, and eliminate the offset
between Survivor Benefit Plan annuities and Veteran's
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2019.
SEC. 205. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ENERGY SECURITY.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that promote
energy security activities including, but not limited to,
increasing funding for waste storage alternatives, advanced
technology assessment and deployment for clean coal and
carbon capture and storage, and clean energy deployment
including increasing the use of nuclear power and
refurbishing the transmission grid, and allowing loans under
the Department of Energy's Innovative Technology Loan
Guarantee Program of up to $50,000,000,000 for the
purposes of constructing nuclear power generating units,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total
of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the
total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
SEC. 206. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR TAX CODE
MODERNIZATION.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that provide for
revenue-neutral income (including AMT revenue) and payroll
tax reform that makes the tax code fair, more pro-growth,
easier to administer, improves compliance and aids U.S.
international competitiveness, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
SEC. 207. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR DEFENSE
ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING REFORM.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
(1) enhance the capability of the Federal acquisition or
contracting workforce to achieve better value for taxpayers;
(2) reduce the use of no-bid and cost-plus contracts; or
(3) reform Department of Defense processes for acquiring
weapons systems in order to reduce costs, improve cost and
schedule estimation, enhance developmental testing of
weapons, or increase the rigor of reviews of programs that
experience critical cost growth;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
SEC. 208. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR A BIPARTISAN,
COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CURRENT
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports for a select
senate committee to carry out a bipartisan, comprehensive
investigation into the underlying causes of the current
economic crisis, and recommend ways to avoid another crisis,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
TITLE III--BUDGETARY PROCESS
Subtitle A--Budget Enforcement
SEC. 301. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS, PROGRAM INTEGRITY
INITIATIVES, AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) Senate Point of Order.--
(1) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this
section, 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) Supermajority Waiver and Appeals.--
(A) 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.
(B) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of
the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall
be limited
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to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by,
the appellant and the manager of the bill or joint
resolution. 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.
(b) Senate Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate
and as used in this section, the term ``discretionary
spending limit'' means--
(1) with respect to fiscal year 2009--
(A) for the defense category $689,926,000,000 in new budget
authority and $666,842,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $49,394,000,000
in new budget authority and $46,757,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $742,099,000,000 in
new budget authority and $532,373,000,000 in outlays.
(2) with respect to fiscal year 2010--
(A) for the defense category $686,128,000,000 in new budget
authority and $689,963,000,000 in outlays, as adjusted in
conformance with the adjustment procedures in subsection (c);
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $53,263,000,000
in new budget authority and $52,274,000,000 in outlays; as
adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in
subsection (c); and
(C) for the nondefense category $458,515,000,000 in new
budget authority and $608,750,000,000 in outlays, as adjusted
in conformance with the adjustment procedures in subsection
(c).
(3) with respect to fiscal year 2011--
(A) for the defense category $614,293,000,000 in new budget
authority and $657,207,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $54,417,000,000
in new budget authority and $53,972,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $463,460,000,000 in
new budget authority and $596,209,000,000 in outlays.
(4) with respect to fiscal year 2012--
(A) for the defense category $614,293,000,000 in new budget
authority and $657,207,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $54,417,000,000
in new budget authority and $53,972,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $463,460,000,000 in
new budget authority and $596,209,000,000 in outlays.
(5) with respect to fiscal year 2013--
(A) for the defense category $634,421,000,000 in new budget
authority and $636,332,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $57,384,000,000
in new budget authority and $56,932,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $468,849,000,000 in
new budget authority and $544,103,000,000 in outlays.
(6) with respect to fiscal year 2014--
(A) for the defense category $648,249,000,000 in new budget
authority and $641,632,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $58,969,000,000
in new budget authority and $58,515,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $472,964,000,000 in
new budget authority and $534,759,000,000 in outlays.
(7) with respect to fiscal year 2015--
(A) for the defense category $663,159,000,000 in new budget
authority and $6653,234,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $60,971,000,000
in new budget authority and $59,265,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $478,347,000,000 in
new budget authority and $535,954,000,000 in outlays.
(8) with respect to fiscal year 2016--
(A) for the defense category $678,149,000,000 in new budget
authority and $671,890,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $62,494,000,000
in new budget authority and $61,978,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $486,111,000,000 in
new budget authority and $539,261,000,000 in outlays.
(9) with respect to fiscal year 2017--
(A) for the defense category $694,153,000,000 in new budget
authority and $683,256,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $64,367,000,000
in new budget authority and $63,067,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $493,916,000,000 in
new budget authority and $545,501,000,000 in outlays.
(10) with respect to fiscal year 2018--
(A) for the defense category $709,147,000,000 in new budget
authority and $693,789,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $65,404,000,000
in new budget authority and $65,012,000,000; in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $501,500,000,000 in
new budget authority and $553,275,000,000 in outlays.
(11) with respect to fiscal year 2019--
(A) for the defense category $726,167,000,000 in new budget
authority and $714,089,000,000 in outlays;
(B) for the Veterans Affairs (VA) category $67,415,000,000
in new budget authority and $65,345,000,000 in outlays; and
(C) for the nondefense/non-VA category $509,864,000,000 in
new budget authority and $558,866,000,000 in outlays.
(c) Adjustments in the Senate.--
(1) In general.--After the reporting of a bill or joint
resolution relating to any matter described in paragraph (2),
or the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of
a conference report thereon--
(A) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
adjust the discretionary spending limits, budgetary
aggregates, and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new budget
authority in that measure for that purpose and the outlays
flowing therefrom; and
(B) following any adjustment under subparagraph (A), the
Senate Committee on Appropriations may report appropriately
revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this
subsection.
(2) Adjustments to support ongoing overseas contingency
operations.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the
Budget may adjust the discretionary spending limits,
allocations to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and
aggregates for one or more--
(A) bills reported by the Senate Committee on
Appropriations or passed by the House of Representatives;
(B) joint resolutions or amendments reported by the Senate
Committee on Appropriations;
(C) amendments between the Houses received from the House
of Representatives or Senate amendments offered by the
authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; or
(D) conference reports; making appropriations for fiscal
year 2010 for overseas contingency operations by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes (and so
designated pursuant to this paragraph), up to
$130,000,000,000 in budget authority for fiscal year 2010 and
the new outlays flowing therefrom.
(3) Revised appropriations for fiscal year 2010.--
(A) In general.--If after adoption of this resolution by
the Congress, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) re-
estimates the President's request for discretionary spending
in fiscal year 2010 at an aggregate level different from the
CBO preliminary estimate dated March 20, 2009, the Chairman
of the Senate Committee on the Budget may adjust the
discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and
allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 by the amount of budget authority and
outlays flowing therefrom, to reflect the difference
between such re-estimate and the CBO preliminary estimate
dated March 20, 2009.
(B) Suballocations.--Following any adjustment under
subparagraph (A), the Senate Committee on Appropriations may
report appropriately revised suballocations pursuant to
section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to
carry out this paragraph.
(d) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, subsections (a), (b),
(c), and (d) of section 312 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th
Congress) shall no longer apply.
SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In general.--
(1) Point of order.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
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) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any new budget authority provided in a
bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal
year 2010 that first becomes available for any fiscal year
after 2010, or any new budget authority provided in a bill or
joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2011, that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2011.
(b) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided for
fiscal years 2011 and 2012 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 $28,852,000,000 in new
budget authority in each year.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--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 subsection (a).
(d) Form of Point of Order.--A point of order under
subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in
section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any
Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order
being sustained, such material contained in such conference
report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed
to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede
from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or
concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as
the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of
only that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which
such point of order is sustained against a conference report
(or Senate
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amendment derived from such conference report by operation of
this subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
(f) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 313 of S. Con.
Res. 70 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply.
SEC. 303. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
(a) Authority to Designate.--In the Senate, with respect to
a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or
appropriations for discretionary accounts that 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 section.
(b) Exemption of Emergency Provisions.--Any new budget
authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision
designated as an emergency requirement, pursuant to this
section, 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, section
201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) (relating to pay-as-
you-go), section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress)
(relating to long-term deficits), and sections 301 and 304 of
this resolution (relating to discretionary spending and
short-term deficits). Designated emergency provisions shall
not count for the purpose of revising allocations,
aggregates, or other levels pursuant to procedures
established under section 301(b)(7) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 for deficit-neutral reserve funds and
revising discretionary spending limits set pursuant to
section 301 of this resolution.
(c) Designations.--If a provision of legislation is
designated as an emergency requirement under this section,
the committee report and any statement of managers
accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation of
the manner in which the provision meets the criteria in
subsection (f).
(d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``direct
spending'', ``receipts'', and ``appropriations for
discretionary accounts'' mean 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.
(e) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--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.
(2) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--
(A) Waiver.--Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended in
the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(B) 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.
(3) Definition of an emergency designation.--For purposes
of paragraph (1), a provision shall be considered an
emergency designation if it designates any item as an
emergency requirement pursuant to this subsection.
(4) Form of the point of order.--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.
(5) Conference reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any
Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order
being sustained, such material contained in such conference
report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed
to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede
from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or
concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as
the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of
only that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which
such point of order is sustained against a conference report
(or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by
operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be
in order.
(f) 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 subparagraph (B), 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.
(g) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 204(a) of S.
Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2008, shall no longer apply.
SEC. 304. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION INCREASING
SHORT-TERM DEFICIT.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report (except measures within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Appropriations) that would cause a net
increase in the deficit in excess of $10,000,000,000 in any
fiscal year provided for in the most recently adopted
concurrent resolution on the budget unless it is fully offset
over the period of all fiscal years provided for in the most
recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only
by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--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.
(c) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this
section, the levels shall be determined on the basis of
estimates provided by the Senate Committee on the Budget.
(d) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30,
2018.
(e) Inapplicability.--In the Senate, section 315 of S. Con.
Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution in the
budget for fiscal year 2009, shall no longer apply.
Subtitle B--Other Provisions
SEC. 311. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.
In the Senate, all committees are directed to review
programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud,
and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to
issues raised by Government Accountability Office reports.
Based on these oversight efforts and committee performance
reviews of programs within their jurisdiction, committees are
directed to include recommendations for improved governmental
performance in their annual views and estimates reports
required under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 to the Committees on the Budget.
SEC. 312. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 2009a of title 39,
United States Code, the joint explanatory statement
accompanying the conference report on any concurrent
resolution on the budget shall include in its allocations
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
to the Committees on Appropriations amounts for the
discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security
Administration and of the Postal Service.
SEC. 313. 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 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 Senate Committee on the Budget.
SEC. 314. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND
DEFINITIONS.
Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution providing
for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chairman of the
Senate Committee on the Budget may 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).
SEC. 315. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate,
and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of
the Senate and such rules shall supersede other rules only to
the extent that they are inconsistent with such other rules;
and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
the Senate to change those rules at any time, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as is the case of any other
rule of the Senate.
SEC. 316. COST ESTIMATES FOR CONFERENCE REPORTS AND OTHER
MEASURES.
It shall not be in order to consider a conference report,
bill, or joint resolution unless
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an estimate of costs has been printed in the Congressional
Record at least one day before its consideration.
SEC. 317. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING PROPOSALS
It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint
resolution reported from a committee if such bill or
resolution is not accompanied by a cost estimate prepared by
the Congressional Budget Office on whether or not the measure
would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5
billion in any of the four next five-year periods.
SEC. 318. REVENUES COLLECTED FROM CLOSING THE TAX GAP ARE
USED ONLY FOR DEBT REDUCTION.
(a) Special Scorekeeping Rule in the Senate.--
(1) Report to Budget Committee.--When a bill is cleared for
the President, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
pursuant to section 202 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, and the Joint Committee on Taxation shall inform the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget if that measure
contains provisions that increase revenues from closing the
tax gap. The report shall include the amount of revenue
raised each year including the current year, the budget year,
and for each of the 10 years following the current year.
(2) Exclusion from pay-as-you-go scorecard.--Any revenue
raised from provisions to close the tax gap (as detailed in
the report described in (a)(1)) shall not count as offsets
for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, the FY 2008
Budget Resolution.
(b) Criteria and Definitions.--
(1) The tax gap is the difference between the revenue that
is owed to the federal government in accordance with existing
tax law and the revenue that is collected by the federal
government.
(2) The tax gap is a combination of inadvertent errors and
deliberate evasion.
(3) Revenues raised from changes to withholding or payment
reporting requirements are examples of efforts to close the
tax gap.
(4) The tax gap is not about clarifying existing law in
order to close loopholes, broadening the tax base, raising
tax rates, or any other action that would change existing tax
law.
SEC. 319. POINT OF ORDER TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY FIRST.
(a) Point of Order in the Senate.--It shall not be in order
in the Senate to consider any direct spending legislation
that would increase the on-budget deficit above the amounts
provided for in this resolution in any fiscal year until the
President submits legislation to Congress and Congress enacts
legislation which would restore 75-year solvency to the Old-
Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds as
certified by the Social Security Administration actuaries.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be
waived or suspended in the Senate 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 in the
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a
point of order raised under this section.
SEC. 320. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST A BUDGET RESOLUTION
CONTAINING A DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC-TO-GDP
RATIO THAT EXCEEDS 65%.
(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget
year or any amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or
conference report thereon that contains a ratio of debt held
by the public-to-Gross Domestic Product which exceeds 65% in
any year covered by the budget resolution.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
(1) Waiver--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be
required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(c) Determination of Debt Levels.--For purposes of this
section, the debt level shall be determined by the Chairman
of the Senate Committee on the Budget on the basis of
estimates provided by the Congressional Budget Office.
SEC. 321. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST A BUDGET RESOLUTION
CONTAINING DEFICIT LEVELS EXCEEDING 8% OF GDP.
(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget
year or any amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or
conference report thereon that contains deficits as a
percentage of the Gross Domestic Product in excess of 8% in
any year covered by the budget resolution.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be
required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(c) Determination of Deficit Levels.--For purposes of this
section, the deficit as a percentage of Gross Domestic
Product shall be determined by the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on the Budget on the basis of estimates provided by
the Congressional Budget Office.
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SA 883. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 34, line 13, insert ``such as by investing in
programs such as the programs under chapters 1 and 2 of
subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 et seq., 1070a-21 et seq.),''
after ``students,''.
______
SA 884. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr.
Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 50, line 13, decrease the amount by $9,446,939,000.
On page 50, line 14, decrease the amount by $9,446,939,000.
On page 54, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
(F) Ballistic missile defense.--If a bill or joint
resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year
2010 that appropriates up to $9,446,939,000 to the Department
of Defense to develop and field an integrated, layered,
ballistic missile defense system to defend the United States,
its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges
of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight, then the
discretionary spending limits, allocations to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, and aggregates may be adjusted
by the amount provided in such legislation for that purpose,
but not to exceed $9,446,939,000 in budget authority and
outlays flowing therefrom for fiscal year 2010.
______
SA 885. Mr. BENNETT (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Crapo, Mr.
Bingaman, and Mr. Alexander) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PENSION COVERAGE
FOR EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP SITES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would authorize
funding to cover the full cost of pension obligations for
current and past employees of laboratories and environmental
cleanup sites under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Energy (including benefits paid to security personnel) in a
manner that does not impact the missions of those
laboratories and environmental cleanup sites.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 886. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 46, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(c) Food Safety.--The Chairman of the Senate Committee on
the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or
committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and
limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that
would improve the safety of the food supply in the
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United States, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for these purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 887. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 32, line 10, after ``increases;'' insert ``or'' and
the following:
(4) promote payment policies under the Medicare program
that reward quality and efficient care and address geographic
variations in spending;
______
SA 888. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 34, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(c) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b),
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
shall not revise the allocations in this resolution if the
legislation described in subsection (a) or (b) is reported
from any committee pursuant to section 310 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) unless, in
accordance with the requirement to not increase the deficit,
an amount equal to the value of all allowances from
legislation described in subsection (b) is used for--
(1) the creation of new jobs in a clean technology economy;
(2) transition assistance relating to consumers,
industries, workers, and regions adversely affected by
climate change and climate change policy; and
(3) other purposes relating directly to the objective of
the legislation addressing greenhouse gas emissions.
______
SA 889. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO EXPEDITE RESEARCH
ON VIABILITY OF USE OF HIGHER ETHANOL BLENDS AT
SERVICE STATION PUMP.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would expedite
research at the Department of Energy and the Environmental
Protection Agency on the viability of the use of higher
ethanol blends at the service station pump.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 890. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 13, line 21, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 13, line 22, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
______
SA 891. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO DISCLOSE THE ROLE OF
CONGRESS IN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP'S
BONUSES.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that requires that
the White House, the Federal Reserve Board, the Department of
the Treasury, and all Senate officers must post on their
website all documents and emails relating to the origin,
development and inclusion of the questionable American
International Group bonus language that was secretly inserted
into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 892. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PROHIBITING
UNDESERVED CONTRACTING PERFORMANCE BONUSES.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would
prohibit federally funded bonuses awarded to contractors and
government executives responsible for over budget projects
and programs that fail to meet basic performance
requirements, by the amounts provided in that legislation for
that purpose, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2010 through 2019.
______
SA 893. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND TO ENSURE THE PLEDGE
OF PRESIDENT OBAMA TO ELIMINATE WASTEFUL,
INEFFICIENT, AND DUPLICATIVE PROGRAMS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that achieves
savings by going through the Federal Budget line by line, as
President Obama has called for, to eliminate wasteful,
inefficient, and duplicative spending by requiring--
(1) the head of every department and agency to provide a
report to Congress within 90 days after the date of enactment
of this resolution on programs that are duplicative,
inefficient, or failing, with recommendations for elimination
and consolidation of these programs,
(2) the Office of Management and Budget to provide a report
to Congress within 90 days after the date of enactment of
this resolution on programs that are duplicative government-
wide, with recommendations for elimination or consolidation
of these programs, and
(3) every standing committee of the Senate to conduct at
least one oversight hearing each fiscal year in order to
identify wasteful, inefficient, outdated, and duplicative
programs that could be eliminated and consolidated,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 894. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
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him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SETTING
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO IDENTIFY FAILING
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would develop
performance measures for each program receiving Federal
assistance under their jurisdiction, by the amounts provided
in that legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2010 through 2019.
______
SA 895. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ENDING ABUSIVE NO-
BID CONTRACTS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would end
abusive no-bid contracts by requiring all Federal contracts
over $25,000 to be competitively bid, by the amounts provided
in that legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2010 through 2019.
______
SA 896. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REQUIRING
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF UNITED
NATIONS SPENDING OF UNITED STATES FUNDS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that would require
the United Nations to be transparent and accountable for how
it spends United States funding, by the amounts provided in
that legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2010 through 2019.
______
SA 897. Mr. CRAPO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014, which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 3, line 11, decrease the amount by $1,658,000,000.
On page 3, line 12, decrease the amount by $8,604,000,000.
On page 3, line 13, increase the amount by $3,863,000,000.
On page 3, line 14, decrease the amount by $8,763,000,000.
On page 3, line 15, decrease the amount by $9,448,000,000.
On page 4, line 5, decrease the amount by $1,658,000,000.
On page 4, line 6, decrease the amount by $8,604,000,000.
On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $3,863,000,000.
On page 4, line 8, decrease the amount by $8,763,000,000.
On page 4, line 9, decrease the amount by $9,448,000,000.
On page 4, line 14, increase the amount by $13,431,000.
On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $130,147,000.
On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $226,143,000.
On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $424,032,000.
On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $908,109,000.
On page 4, line 23, increase the amount by $13,431,000.
On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $130,147,000.
On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $226,143,000.
On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $424,032,000.
On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $908,109,000.
On page 5, line 7, increase the amount by $1,828,431,000.
On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by $8,601,147,000.
On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $3,237,857,000.
On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $8,985,032,000.
On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $9,929,109,000.
On page 5, line 17, increase the amount by $1,828,431,000.
On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $10,429,578,000.
On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $7,191,721,000.
On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $16,176,753,000.
On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by $26,105,862,000.
On page 5, line 25, increase the amount by $1,828,431,000.
On page 6, line 1, increase the amount by $10,429,578,000.
On page 6, line 2, increase the amount by $7,191,721,000.
On page 6, line 3, increase the amount by $16,176,753,000.
On page 6, line 4, increase the amount by $26,105,862,000.
On page 26, line 24, increase the amount by $13,431,000.
On page 26, line 25, increase the amount by $13,431,000.
On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $130,147,000.
On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $130,147,000.
On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $226,143,000.
On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $226,143,000.
On page 27, line 11, increase the amount by $424,032,000.
On page 27, line 12, increase the amount by $424,032,000.
On page 27, line 15, increase the amount by $908,109,000.
On page 27, line 16, increase the amount by $908,109,000.
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SA 898. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) Point of Order in the Senate.--It shall not be in order
in the Senate to consider any direct spending legislation in
any fiscal year unless the Office of the Chief Actuary of the
Social Security Administration has certified that income,
excluding interest, into the Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance Trust Funds is projected to exceed
outlays by at least $5,000,000,000 in all fiscal years
provided for in the most recently adopted concurrent
resolution on the budget.
(b) Suspension of Requirement During War or After Enactment
of Legislation to Restore Solvency.--
(1) Legislation to restore sustainable solvency.--If the
President submits legislation to Congress and Congress enacts
legislation which would restore sustainable solvency to the
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds as
certified by the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social
Security Administration, this section is suspended.
(2) War.--If a declaration of war is in effect, this
section is suspended.
(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``sustainable
solvency'' means that the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance Trust Funds have a positive trust fund ratio
throughout the 75-year projection period and the ratio is
stable or rising at the end of the period.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be
waived or suspended in
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the Senate 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 in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the
ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this
section.
______
SA 899. Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Lieberman)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL
SAVINGS AND FINANCIAL SECURITY.
The chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that
promote financial security through financial literacy,
retirement planning, and savings incentives, including
individual development accounts and child savings accounts,
provided that such legislation does not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total fiscal years 2009 through
2014 or the period of the total fiscal years 2009 through
2019.
______
SA 900. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 6, insert ``include the State of Alaska as
a Gulf producing State eligible for qualified outer
Continental Shelf revenues under the Gulf of Mexico Energy
Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-
432),'' before ``or preserve''.
______
SA 901. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 35, strike line 11 and insert the following:
(a) Infrastructure.--
(1) In general.--The Chairman of the Senate
On page 35, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
The Chairman of the Budget Committee may also revise the
allocations to allow funding for the Denali Commission
established by section 303(a) of the Denali Commission Act of
1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; 112 Stat. 2681-637) for each
applicable fiscal year at a level equal to not less than the
level of funding made available for the Denali Commission
during fiscal year 2006.
______
SA 902. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 13, line 21, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 13, line 22, increase the amount by $9,000,000.
On page 14, line 1, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $9,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
______
SA 903. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 5, before ``implement'', insert ``set
aside additional funding from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund for arctic oil spill research conducted by the Oil Spill
Recovery Institute,''.
______
SA 904. Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, insert the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASE IN THE
END STRENGTH FOR ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL OF THE
ARMY.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other levels and limits in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
motions, or conference reports that would reduce the strain
on the United States Armed Forces by authorizing an increase
in the end strength for active duty personnel of the Army to
a level not less than 577,400 persons, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for such purpose, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over either
the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or
the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
______
SA 905. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Cardin) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 43, after line 25, add the following:
(4) improve the HUBZone program established under section
31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a) in a manner
consistent with the recommendations of the Government
Accountability Office in the reports entitled ``Small
Business Administration: Additional Actions Are Needed to
Certify and Monitor HUBZone Businesses and Assess Program
Results'' (GAO-08-643), issued June 2008, ``HUBZone Program:
SBA's Control Weaknesses Exposed the Government to Fraud and
Abuse'' (GAO-08-964T), issued July 17, 2008, and ``HUBZone
Program: Fraud and Abuse Identified in Four Metropolitan
Areas'' (GAO-09-519T), issued March 25, 2009;
______
SA 906. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Alexander) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR CERTAIN OIL AND
NATURAL GAS LEASING ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would--
(1) allow any coastal State (as defined in section 304 of
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) to
participate in the oil and natural gas leasing program under
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.); and
(2) provide that any revenues from leases granted under
paragraph (1) shall be allocated in accordance with section
105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43
U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432), including the
provisions of that Act providing for the disposition of
revenues in the general fund of the Treasury and the
allocation of funds to carry out the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.).
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 907. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels
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for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE DOMESTIC
ENERGY SECURITY BY PERMITTING ENVIRONMENTALLY
SUSTAINABLE SUBSURFACE DEVELOPMENT AND
PRODUCTION IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would authorize
legislation that would permit the exploration, leasing, and
development and production without surface occupancy of oil
and gas in and from the western portion of the Coastal Plain
of the State of Alaska.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 908. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO AUTHORIZE THE
EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES
OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF AND OTHER PUBLIC
LAND.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would authorize
the establishment, assessment, and collection of reasonable
fees by the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the
acceptance of land, buildings, equipment, and other
contributions (including funding) from public and private
sources, to conduct work associated with the support of the
orderly exploration and development of energy resources of
the outer Continental Shelf and other public land.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 909. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST BUDGET RESOLUTIONS THAT
DOUBLE THE DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for the
budget year or any amendment, amendment between Houses,
motion, or conference report thereon that doubles or more
than doubles the debt held by the public for the budget year
and any subsequent fiscal year covered by the resolution
compared to the current year covered by the resolution.
(b) Suspension of Requirement During War.--If a declaration
of war is in effect, this section is suspended.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeals.--
(1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in
the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeals.--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) Budget Year.--In this section, the term ``budget year''
shall have the same meaning as in section 250(c)(12) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
______
SA 910. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC.__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT IMPOSES A
NATIONAL ENERGY TAX ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAXPAYERS.
(a) In General.--After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, resolution, amendment between Houses,
motion, or conference report that includes a National energy
tax increase which would have widespread applicability on
middle-income taxpayers.
(b) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(1) Middle income taxpayers.--The term ``middle-income''
taxpayers means single individuals with $200,000 or less in
adjusted gross income (as defined in section 62 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and married couples filing
jointly with $250,000 or less in adjusted gross income (as so
defined).
(2) Widespread applicability.--The term ``widespread
applicability'' includes the definition with respect to
individual income taxpayers in section 4022(b)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
1998.
(3) National energy tax increase.--The term ``National
energy tax increase'' means any legislation that the
Congressional Budget Office would score as leading to an
increase in the costs of producing, generating or consuming
energy.
______
SA 911. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 33, line 6, before ``or preserve'', insert
``rebuild United States fish stocks, promote fisheries
bycatch monitoring, conduct fisheries habitats
assessments,''.
______
SA 912. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 41, line 24, insert after ``Indemnity
Compensation,'' the following: ``provide for the payment of
retired pay for members of the Alaska Territorial Guard who
served in the Alaska Territorial Guard during and after World
War II,''.
______
SA 913. Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Shelby) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 48, line 21, strike ``banks'' and all that follows
through ``purposes,'' on line 25 and insert the following
``banks, to include (1) an evaluation of the appropriate
number and the associated costs of Federal reserve banks; (2)
publication on its website, with respect to all lending and
financial assistance facilities created by the Board to
address the financial crisis, of (A) the nature and amounts
of the collateral that the central bank is accepting on
behalf of American taxpayers in the various lending programs,
on no less than a monthly basis; (B) the extent to which
changes in valuation of credit extensions to various special
purpose vehicles, such as Maiden Lane I, Maiden Lane II, and
Maiden Lane III, are a result of losses on collateral which
will not be recovered; (C) the number of borrowers that
participate in each of the lending programs and details of
the credit extended, including the extent to which the credit
is concentrated in one or more institutions; and (D)
information on the extent to which the central bank is
contracting for services of private sector firms for the
design, pricing, management, and accounting for the various
lending programs and the terms and nature of such contracts
and bidding processes,''.
______
SA 914. Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
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fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MEET INTERNATIONAL
CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITMENTS.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the
allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution
by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report to meet any future
commitments of the United States for financial and
technological assistance to developing countries under the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done
at New York on May 9, 1992.
(b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the
legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009
through 2019.
______
SA 915. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 13, line 21, increase the amount by $528,000,000.
On page 13, line 22, increase the amount by $317,000,000.
On page 14, line 1, increase the amount by $132,000,000.
On page 14, line 5, increase the amount by $79,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $528,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $317,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $132,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $79,000,000.
______
SA 916. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Brown, Mr. Baucus,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Webb, Mrs. McCaskill, and Ms. Snowe) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 23, line 24, increase the amount by $133,000,000.
On page 23, line 25, increase the amount by $133,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $133,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $133,000,000.
______
SA 917. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 43, after line 24, add the following:
(4) reduce the award of contracts to contractors with
seriously delinquent tax debts;
(5) reduce the use of contracts, including the continuation
of task orders, awarded under the Logistics Civil
Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) III;
(6) reform Department of Defense processes for acquiring
services in order to reduce costs, improve costs and schedule
estimation, enhance oversight, or increase the rigor of
reviews of programs that experience critical cost growth;
(7) reduce the use of contracts for acquisition, oversight,
and management support services; or
(8) enhance the capability of auditors and inspectors
general to oversee Federal acquisition and procurement;
______
SA 918. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:
On page 4, line 14, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 4, line 23, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 7, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 17, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 18, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 19, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 20, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 21, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 5, line 25, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 6, line 1, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 6, line 2, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 6, line 3, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 6, line 4, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 25, line 24, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 25, line 25, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 50, line 13, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
On page 50, line 14, decrease the amount by $1,000,000.
______
SA 919. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 4, line 14, decrease the amount by $14,067,000,000.
On page 4, line 15, decrease the amount by $10,303,000,000.
On page 4, line 16, decrease the amount by $12,750,000,000.
On page 4, line 17, decrease the amount by $11,383,000,000.
On page 4, line 18, decrease the amount by $8,049,000,000.
On page 4, line 23, decrease the amount by $9,067,000,000.
On page 4, line 24, decrease the amount by $12,303,000,000.
On page 4, line 25, decrease the amount by $11,750,000,000.
On page 5, line 1, decrease the amount by $11,383,000,000.
On page 5, line 2, decrease the amount by $9,049,000,000.
On page 5, line 7, decrease the amount by $9,067,000,000.
On page 5, line 8, decrease the amount by $12,303,000,000.
On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $11,750,000,000.
On page 5, line 10, decrease the amount by $11,383,000,000.
On page 5, line 11, decrease the amount by $9,049,000,000.
On page 5, line 17, decrease the amount by $9,067,000,000.
On page 5, line 18, decrease the amount by $21,370,000,000.
On page 5, line 19, decrease the amount by $33,120,000,000.
On page 5, line 20, decrease the amount by $44,503,000,000.
On page 5, line 21, decrease the amount by $55,552,000,000.
On page 5, line 25, decrease the amount by $9,067,000,000.
On page 6, line 1, decrease the amount by $21,370,000,000.
On page 6, line 2, decrease the amount by $33,120,000,000.
On page 6, line 3, decrease the amount by $44,503,000,000.
On page 6, line 4, decrease the amount by $55,552,000,000.
On page 26, line 24, decrease the amount by $67,000,000.
On page 26, line 25, decrease the amount by $67,000,000.
On page 27, line 3, decrease the amount by $303,000,000.
On page 27, line 4, decrease the amount by $303,000,000.
On page 27, line 7, decrease the amount by $750,000,000.
On page 27, line 8, decrease the amount by $750,000,000.
On page 27, line 11, decrease the amount by $1,383,000,000.
On page 27, line 12, decrease the amount by $1,383,000,000.
On page 27, line 15, decrease the amount by $2,049,000,000.
On page 27, line 16, decrease the amount by $2,049,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by
$14,000,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $9,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 2, decrease the amount by $10,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $12,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 6, decrease the amount by $12,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $11,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 10, decrease the amount by
$10,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by
$10,000,000,000.
On page 28, line 14, decrease the amount by $6,000,000,000.
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On page 28, line 15, decrease the amount by $7,000,000,000.
On page 50, line 13, decrease the amount by
$14,000,000,000.
On page 50, line 14, decrease the amount by $9,000,000,000.
______
SA 920. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 73, after line 6, add the following:
SEC. 317. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE ROLE OF
BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the United States is the established and undisputed
global leader in life sciences, and biotechnology companies
of the United States are developing advances in medicine,
energy, defense, and agriculture;
(2) the biotechnology industry is a source of high-wage,
science-oriented jobs, and the success of the industry is
critical to ensure that the President's call to ``cure cancer
in our lifetime'' is met;
(3) the ongoing financial crisis has made it difficult for
small biotechnology firms to access capital, negatively
affecting the cutting-edge life sciences industry of the
United States by threatening to halt or significantly delay
the next generation of promising therapies for cancer,
multiple sclerosis, heart disease, and other diseases and
afflictions affecting tens of millions of people of the
United States, as well as threatening to halt or
significantly delay the development of next-generation
biofuels;
(4) the potential for biotechnology to prevent and cure
disease, improve surgical outcomes, and pioneer other medical
breakthroughs represents tremendous opportunity to reduce
costs and improve public health; and
(5) Congress should act to facilitate access to capital for
the life sciences industry of the United States, including
emerging biotechnology companies, as the industry faces a
severe funding crisis that is jeopardizing a critical sector
of the United States' 21st century innovation economy and a
source of high-paying, high-quality jobs in the United
States.
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SA 921. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Kaufman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 49, after line 3, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) AND THE FAMILY
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT (FVPSA),
AND OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in this
resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, motions, or conference reports that provide
resources for programs administered through the Violence
Against Women Act and the Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act, and other related programs, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through
2019.
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SA 9222. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. BUDGETARY IMPACT OF THE TARP PROGRAM.
Effective fiscal year 2011, the budget resolution shall
separately set forth the budgetary impact of the TARP program
or any other program that is designed to provide financial
assistance for purchasing troubled financial assets or is
managed by the Office of Financial Stability under the
Department of the Treasury for the budget year and the 9 year
period following the budget year.
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SA 923. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III, insert the following:
SEC. ___. LIMIT ON FEDERAL SPENDING.
(a) Definition.--In this section:
(1) Federal spending limit.--The term ``Federal spending
limit'' means with respect to a fiscal year, outlays not
exceeding 20 per cent of the GDP.
(2) GDP.--The term ``GDP'' means the gross domestic product
for the relevant fiscal year.
(b) Federal Spending Limit Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference
report that includes any provision that would exceed the
Federal spending limit for such fiscal year.
(2) Waiver or suspension.--This subsection may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative rollcall 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. 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.
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SA 924. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 31, line 3, strike ``or''.
On page 31, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
``(9) does so without creating a new government operated
health insurance plan; and
``(10) does so through regular order, without the use of
reconciliation.''.
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SA 925. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 216. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE DETENTION OF
DETAINEES AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY,
CUBA, AT ANY LOCATION OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
motions, or conference reports that would provide funding for
the transfer and incarceration (including any associated
infrastructure) of individuals currently detained at Naval
Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at a location outside United
States, and prohibit funding of any transfers of such
detainees to the United States, by the amounts provided in
that legislation for that purpose, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the
period of the total of fiscal years of 2009 through 2019.
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SA 926. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC._. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CAUSES
SIGNIFICANT JOB LOSS.
(a) In General.--After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, resolution, amendment between Houses,
motion, or conference report that--
(1) would cause revenues to be more than the level of
revenues set forth for that first fiscal year or for the
total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years in the
applicable resolution for which allocations are provided
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
and
(2) would cause significant job loss in manufacturing-or
coal-dependent regions of the United States such as the
Midwest, Great Plains or South.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
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(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a
point of order raised under this section.
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SA 927. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:
SEC.__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CAUSES AN
INCREASE IN PRICES FOR FERTILIZER OR FARM FUEL.
(a) In General.--After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, resolution, amendment between Houses
motion, or conference report that--
(1) would cause revenues to be more than the level of
revenues set forth for that first fiscal year or for the
total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years in the
applicable resolution for which allocations are provided
under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
and
(2) would cause an increase in the retail price of
fertilizer or fuel used in the production or transportation
of agricultural products.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a
point of order raised under this section.
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