[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 18 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
1st Session
S. CON. RES. 18
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.
(a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 including the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through
2010 as authorized by section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this concurrent
resolution is as follows:
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Social Security.
Sec. 103. Major functional categories.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
Sec. 201. Reconciliation in the Senate.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS
Sec. 301. Reserve fund for health information technology and pay-for-
performance.
Sec. 302. Reserve fund for Asbestos Injury Trust Fund.
Sec. 303. Reserve fund for the uninsured.
Sec. 304. Reserve fund for Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Sec. 305. Reserve fund for the Federal Pell Grant Program.
Sec. 306. Reserve fund for Higher Education.
Sec. 307. Reserve fund for energy legislation.
Sec. 308. Reserve fund for the safe importation of prescription drugs.
Sec. 309. Adjustment for surface transportation.
Sec. 310. Reserve fund for the bipartisan medicaid commission.
Sec. 311. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for patriotic employers of
national guardsmen and reservists.
Sec. 312. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Family Opportunity Act.
Sec. 313. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the restoration of SCHIP
funds.
Sec. 314. Reserve for funding of Hope credit.
Sec. 315. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for influenza vaccine shortage
prevention.
Sec. 316. Reserve fund for extension of treatment of combat pay for
earned income and child tax credits.
TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 401. Restrictions on advance appropriations.
Sec. 402. Emergency legislation.
Sec. 403. Supermajority enforcement.
Sec. 404. Discretionary spending limits in the Senate.
Sec. 405. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 406. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.
Sec. 407. Limitation on long-term spending proposals.
Sec. 408. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE
Sec. 501. Sense of the Senate regarding unauthorized appropriations.
Sec. 502. Sense of the Senate regarding a commission to review the
performance of programs.
Sec. 503. Sense of the Senate regarding Tricare.
Sec. 504. Sense of the Senate regarding restraining Medicaid growth.
Sec. 505. Sense of the Senate regarding tribal colleges and
universities.
Sec. 506. Sense of the Senate regarding support for the President's
request to concentrate Federal funds for
State and local homeland security
assistance programs on the highest threats,
vulnerabilities, and needs.
Sec. 507. Sense of the Senate rejecting proposed elimination of per
diem reimbursement to State nursing homes
in the President's budget.
Sec. 508. Sense of the Senate regarding Impact Aid.
Sec. 509. Sense of the Senate regarding mandatory agricultural
programs.
Sec. 510. Sense of the Senate regarding social security restructuring.
Sec. 511. Sense of the Senate that failing to address social security
will result in massive debt, deep benefit
cuts and tax increases.
Sec. 512. Sense of the Senate regarding the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program.
Sec. 513. Sense of the Senate regarding funding for subsonic and
hypersonic aeronautics research by the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Sec. 514. Sense of the Senate concerning children with HIV/AIDS.
Sec. 515. Sense of the Senate regarding the acquisition of the next
generation destroyer (DDX).
Sec. 516. Sense of the Senate on reducing the tax on social security
benefits.
Sec. 517. Sense of the Senate on the crime victims fund.
Sec. 518. Sense of the Senate supporting funding for HIDTAS.
Sec. 519. Sense of the Senate regarding the need for a comprehensive,
coordinated, and integrated national ocean
policy.
Sec. 520. United States response to global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and
malaria.
Sec. 521. Offset for increases in funding for the Cops Methamphetamine
Enforcement and Clean Up Program.
Sec. 522. Sense of the Senate regarding foreign-owned debt.
Sec. 523. Sense of the Senate regarding tax relief to encourage
charitable giving.
Sec. 524. Sense of the Senate regarding water infrastructure.
Sec. 525. Sense of the Senate regarding funding of administrative costs
of Social Security Administration.
Sec. 526. Sense of the Senate concerning comparative effectiveness
studies.
Sec. 527. Sense of the Senate regarding the Advanced Technology
Program.
Sec. 528. Sense of the Senate with respect to pension reform.
TITLE I--LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for the fiscal years
2005 through 2010:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution--
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $1,483,908,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $1,588,646,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $1,705,690,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $1,811,285,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $1,917,240,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,034,260,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal
revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: -$116,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: -$19,016,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: -$13,581,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: -$24,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: -$38,975,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: -$32,108,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the appropriate levels of total new budget authority are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $2,074,959,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $2,141,801,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,210,608,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,329,249,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,453,065,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,551,318,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $2,055,994,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $2,145,684,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $2,229,291,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $2,315,553,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $2,418,787,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $2,526,493,000,000.
(4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this resolution,
the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: -$572,086,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: -$557,038,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: -$523,601,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: -$504,268,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: -$501,547,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: -$492,233,000,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of the public
debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $7,961,738,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $8,637,186,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $9,288,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $9,931,410,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $10,574,984,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $11,210,426,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of the debt
held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $4,688,918,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $5,067,403,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $5,395,305,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $5,686,105,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $5,955,749,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $6,199,346,000,000.
SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate enforcement
under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
amounts of revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $573,475,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $604,777,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $637,792,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $671,688,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $705,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $740,343,000,000.
(b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate enforcement
under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
amounts of outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005: $398,088,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006: $415,993,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007: $429,254,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008: $443,235,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009: $460,443,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010: $479,412,000,000.
(c) Social Security Administrative Expenses.--In the Senate, the
amounts of new budget authority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $4,426,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,405,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $4,576,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,587,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $4,710,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,785,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $4,853,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $5,001,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,974,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $5,152,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,124,000,000.
SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
Congress determines and declares that the appropriate levels of new
budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 2005 through 2010
for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $498,761,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $496,928,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $491,562,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $496,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $465,260,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $479,984,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $483,730,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $479,730,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $503,763,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $489,146,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $513,904,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $505,872,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $34,707,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $32,884,600,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,388,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $36,580,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,555,600,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $37,131,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,972,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $37,171,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,847,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $36,862,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,436,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $24,413,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,594,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $24,735,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $25,294,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,672,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $25,796,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,095,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $26,102,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,472,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $26,413,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,808,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $2,564,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $794,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $3,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,127,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $2,859,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,698,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $2,923,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,035,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $2,534,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,132,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $2,232,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,022,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $32,527,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $30,005,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,973,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $30,373,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,556,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $30,446,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,846,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $31,115,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,051,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $30,609,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,604,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $30,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,550,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $29,087,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,143,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $26,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,057,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $24,492,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,434,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $24,845,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,950,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $24,584,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,854,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $16,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,302,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $10,363,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,117,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $9,866,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $9,815,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,067,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $10,413,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,122,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $14,270,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,399,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $72,506,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,663,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $69,683,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,789,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $71,030,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,013,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $74,489,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $81,524,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $75,693,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $82,867,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $79,335,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $23,007,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,756,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $15,208,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,425,080,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $13,118,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,416,280,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $13,272,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,545,680,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $13,410,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,815,560,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $13,430,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,197,700,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $94,026,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $92,805,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $98,387,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,496,020,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $89,909,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $94,077,410,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $90,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,917,380,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $90,762,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $89,173,190,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $90,369,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $88,679,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $257,498,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $252,799,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $263,962,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $264,301,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $275,711,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $275,158,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $295,315,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,927,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $317,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $313,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $336,858,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $335,893,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $292,587,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $293,587,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $331,240,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $331,003,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $371,899,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $372,186,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $395,362,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $395,408,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $420,284,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $419,877,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $448,161,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $448,492,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $339,651,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $347,850,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $347,395,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $353,429,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $352,633,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $358,674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $365,775,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $370,107,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $374,946,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $377,951,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $384,137,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $386,269,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $15,849,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $15,991,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,991,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $17,804,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,804,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $19,868,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,868,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $21,843,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,843,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $24,129,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,129,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $69,448,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,873,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $68,994,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,365,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $66,181,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,931,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $69,458,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,257,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $69,971,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,680,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $70,069,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,794,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $39,819,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,502,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $42,024,400,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,889,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $41,751,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,952,400,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $42,607,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,287,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $43,178,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,428,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $43,436,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,448,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $16,765,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,673,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $18,074,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,381,500,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $18,074,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,048,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $19,753,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,693,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $17,772,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,545,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $18,092,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,894,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $267,980,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $267,980,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, $310,451,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $310,451,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, $359,866,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $359,866,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, $398,279,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $398,279,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, $428,689,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $428,689,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, $457,125,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $457,125,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, $0.
(B) Outlays, $0.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, -$6,130,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$3,233,100,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, -$32,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,183,690,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, -$32,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,028,060,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$32,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$488,750,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$32,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$185,700,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) New budget authority, -$54,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$54,104,000,000.
Fiscal year 2006:
(A) New budget authority, -$55,362,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$55,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2007:
(A) New budget authority, -$63,813,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$64,938,000,000.
Fiscal year 2008:
(A) New budget authority, -$69,830,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$70,642,000,000.
Fiscal year 2009:
(A) New budget authority, -$62,658,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$62,033,000,000.
Fiscal year 2010:
(A) New budget authority, -$66,197,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$65,572,000,000.
TITLE II--RECONCILIATION
SEC. 201. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.
(a) Spending Reconciliation Instructions.--In the Senate, by June
6, 2005, the committees named in this section shall submit their
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. After
receiving those recommendations, the Committee on the Budget shall
report to the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.
(1) Committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry.--The
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce outlays by $171,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and
$2,814,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.
(2) Committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs.--The
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs shall
report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to
reduce outlays by $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and
$270,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(3) Committee on commerce, science, and transportation.--
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce outlays by $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and
$2,576,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010.
(4) Committee on energy and natural resources.--The Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$33,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and $2,658,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(5) Committee on environment and public works.--The Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works shall report changes
in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce outlays by
$14,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, and $112,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(6) Committee on health, education, labor, and pensions.--
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient
to reduce outlays by $2,204,000,000 in fiscal years 2005 and
2006, and $8,576,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2005
through 2010.
(b) Revenue Reconciliation Instructions.--The Senate Committee on
Finance shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill not later than
September 7, 2005 that consists of changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the total level of revenues by not
more than: $19,016,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $128,580,000,000
for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(c) Increase in Statutory Debt Limit.--The Committee on Finance
shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill not later than
September 16, 2005, that consists solely of changes in laws within its
jurisdiction to increase the statutory debt limit by $446,464,000,000.
TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 301. RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PAY-FOR-
PERFORMANCE.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Finance or the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports a bill or joint
resolution, if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a conference
report is submitted thereon, that--
(1) provides incentives or other support for adoption of
modern information technology to improve quality in health
care; and
(2) provides for performance-based payments that are based
on accepted clinical performance measures that improve the
quality in healthcare,
provided that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may revise allocations of new budget
authority and outlays, the revenue aggregates, and other appropriate
measures to reflect such legislation provided that such legislation
would not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
SEC. 302. RESERVE FUND FOR ASBESTOS INJURY TRUST FUND.
In the Senate, if the Committee on the Judiciary reports
legislation, if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a conference
report is submitted thereon, that--
(1) compensates injured victims of asbestos-related
disease;
(2) does not compensate uninjured claimants or those
suffering from a disease not shown to be asbestos-related
disease;
(3) requires strict medical criteria; and
(4) is reasonably expected to remain funded from non-
Federal sources for the 50-year life of the fund,
provided that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of
the Budget Committee may make the appropriate adjustments in
allocations and aggregates to the extent that such legislation would
not increase the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2056.
SEC. 303. RESERVE FUND FOR THE UNINSURED.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Finance or the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate reports a bill or
joint resolution, if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a
conference report is submitted thereon, that--
(1) addresses health care costs, coverage, or care for the
uninsured;
(2)(A) provides safety net access to integrated and other
health care services; or
(B) increases the number of people with health insurance,
provided that such increase is not obtained primarily as a
result of increasing premiums for the currently insured; and
(3) increases access to coverage through mechanisms that
decrease the growth of health care costs, and may include tax-
and market-based measures (such as tax credits, deductibility,
regulatory reforms, consumer-directed initiatives, and other
measures targeted to key segments of the uninsured, such as
individuals without employer-sponsored coverage and college
students and recent graduates),
provided that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may revise allocations of new budget
authority and outlays, the revenue aggregates, and other appropriate
aggregates to reflect such legislation, to the extent that such
legislation would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for
the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 304. RESERVE FUND FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.
(a) In the Senate.--If--
(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources reports a
bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto,
or a conference report is submitted thereon, that permits
exploration and production of oil in the 1002 Area of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and such measure is enacted;
and
(2) the reconciliation instruction set out in section
201(a)(4) is met,
provided that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make the adjustments
described in subsection (b).
(b) Adjustment for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Programs
and Additional Land Conservation Programs.--If the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or if
an amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is submitted
thereon that provides funding for the programs described in this
subsection at least at the previous year's levels, adjusted for
inflation, and makes available a portion of the receipts resulting from
enactment of the legislation described in subsection (a) for the Land
and Water Conservation Fund, Federal Land Acquisition and Stateside
Grant Programs, and for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection
Program, and for the Forest Legacy Program, the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget may revise committee allocations for that
committee and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of
new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by that measure
for that purpose, but the adjustment may not exceed $350,000,000 in new
budget authority in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010.
SEC. 305. RESERVE FUND FOR THE FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered
thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, that provides a
provision that eliminates the accumulated shortfall of budget authority
resulting from insufficient appropriations of discretionary new budget
authority previously enacted for the Federal Pell Grant Program for
awards made through the award year 2005-2006, provided that the
committee is within its allocation as provided under section 302(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may revise the committee allocation and other appropriate
budgetary aggregates by the amount provided by that measure for that
purpose, but not to exceed $4,300,000,000 in new budget authority for
the fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 306. RESERVE FUND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered
thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, that reauthorizes
the Higher Education Act of 1965, provided that the committee is within
its allocation as provided under section 302(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
revise committee allocations for that committee and other appropriate
budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and
outlays by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose, but
not to exceed $748,000,000 in new budget authority and $684,000,000 in
outlays for fiscal year 2006, and $5,603,000,000 in new budget
authority and $5,099,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years
2006 through 2010.
SEC. 307. RESERVE FUND FOR ENERGY LEGISLATION.
In the Senate, if a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is
offered thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, that--
(1) provides for a national energy policy; and
(2) in conjunction with revenue legislation that does not
reduce net revenues by more than $803,000,000 in 2006 and
$4,557,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010,
provided that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may revise committee allocations for that
committee and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of
new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by that measure
for that purpose, but not to exceed $100,000,000 in new budget
authority for fiscal year 2006 and the outlays flowing from that budget
authority and $2,000,000,000 in new budget authority for the period of
fiscal years 2006 through 2010 and the outlays flowing from that budget
authority.
SEC. 308. RESERVE FUND FOR THE SAFE IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions reports a bill or joint resolution or an amendment is offered
thereto or a conference report is submitted thereon, that permits the
safe importation of prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug
Administration from specified countries with strong safety laws, and
provided that the committee is within its allocation as provided under
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget may revise allocations of new budget
authority and outlays, revenue aggregates, and other appropriate
measures to reflect such legislation if any such measure would not
increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal
years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 309. ADJUSTMENT FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, if the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, or
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reports a bill
or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference
report is submitted thereon that provides new budget authority for the
budget accounts or portions thereof, for programs, projects, and
activities for highways, highway safety, and transit, in excess of--
(1) for fiscal year 2005, $42,606,000,000; or
(2) for fiscal year 2006, $43,131,000,000; or
(3) for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, $231,088,000,000;
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may make the appropriate
adjustments in allocations and aggregates and increase the allocation
of new budget authority to such committees for fiscal year 2005 and
2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to the extent
such adjustment is offset by an increase in receipts to the highway
trust fund that are appropriated to such fund for the applicable fiscal
year caused by such legislation. In the Senate, any increase in
receipts shall be reported by the Committee on Finance.
(b) Adjustment for Outlays.--In the Senate, for fiscal year 2006,
and, as necessary, in subsequent fiscal years, if a bill or joint
resolution is reported, or if an amendment is offered thereto or a
conference report is submitted thereon that changes obligation
limitations such that the total limitations are in excess of
$42,686,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, for programs, projects, and
activities for highways, highway safety, and transit, and if
legislation has been enacted that satisfies the conditions set forth in
subsection (a) for such fiscal year, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may increase the allocation of outlays and appropriate
aggregates for such fiscal year, and, as necessary, in subsequent
fiscal years, for the committees reporting such measures, by the amount
of outlays that corresponds to such excess obligation limitations, but
not to exceed the amount of such excess that was offset in 2006
pursuant to subsection (a). After the adjustment has been made, the
Senate Committee on Appropriations shall report new section 302(b)
allocations consistent with this section.
SEC. 310. RESERVE FUND FOR THE BIPARTISAN MEDICAID COMMISSION.
In the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall
revise the aggregates, functional totals, allocations, levels in
section 404 of this resolution, and other appropriate levels and limits
for fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010 by up to $1,500,000 in new budget authority for 2006 and the
amounts of outlays flowing therefrom for an appropriations bill,
amendment, or conference report that provides funding for legislation
reported by the Senate Finance Committee authorizing and creating a 23
member, bipartisan Commission that is charged with reviewing and making
recommendations within one year with respect to the long-term goals,
populations served, financial sustainability, interaction with Medicare
and safety-net providers, quality of care provided, and such other
matters relating to the effective operation of the Medicaid program as
the Commission deems appropriate.
SEC. 311. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR PATRIOTIC EMPLOYERS OF
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AND RESERVISTS.
In the Senate, if a bill or joint resolution, or if an amendment is
offered thereto, or if a conference report is submitted thereon, that
provides a 50 percent tax credit to employers for compensation paid to
employees who are on active duty status as members of the Guard or
Reserve in order to make up the difference between the employee's
civilian pay and military pay and/or for compensation paid to a worker
hired to replace an active duty Guard or Reserve employee, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget shall adjust the revenue aggregates and
other appropriate aggregates, levels, and limits in this resolution to
reflect such legislation, to the extent that such legislation would not
increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal
years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 312. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE FAMILY OPPORTUNITY ACT.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Finance reports a bill or joint
resolution or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is
submitted thereon, that provides families of disabled children with the
opportunity to purchase coverage under the medicaid coverage for such
children (the Family Opportunity Act), and provided that the committee
is within its allocation as provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays,
revenue aggregates, and other appropriate measures to reflect such
legislation if any such measure would not increase the deficit for
fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 313. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE RESTORATION OF SCHIP
FUNDS.
In the Senate, if the Committee on Finance reports a bill or joint
resolution or an amendment is offered thereto or a conference report is
submitted thereon, that provides for the restoration of unexpended
funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program that reverted
to the Treasury on October 1, 2004, and that may provide for the
redistribution of such funds for outreach and enrollment as well as for
coverage initiatives, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may
revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, revenue
aggregates, and other appropriate measures to reflect such legislation,
if such legislation would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006
and for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 314. RESERVE FOR FUNDING OF HOPE CREDIT.
If the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports a bill or joint
resolution, or an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted, that increases the Hope credit to $4,000, and
makes the credit available for 4 years, the chairman of the Committee
on the Budget may revise committee allocations for the Committee on
Finance and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of
new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by that measure
for that purpose, if that measure includes offsets including
legislation closing corporate tax loopholes and would not increase the
deficit for fiscal year 2006 and for the period of fiscal years 2006
though 2010.
SEC. 315. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INFLUENZA VACCINE SHORTAGE
PREVENTION.
If the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto is
offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, that increases the
participation of manufacturers in the production of influenza vaccine,
increases research and innovation in new technologies for the
development of influenza vaccine, and enhances the ability of the
United States to track and respond to domestic influenza outbreaks as
well as pandemic containment efforts, the chairman of the Committee on
the Budget shall revise committee allocations for the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and other appropriate budgetary
aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the
amount provided by that measure for that purpose, regardless of whether
the committee is within its 302(a) allocations, and such legislation
shall be exempt from sections 302, 303, 311, and 425 of the
Congressional Budget Act, and from section 505 of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004 (H. Con. Res. 95), if
that measure would not increase the deficit for fiscal year 2006 and
for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
SEC. 316. RESERVE FUND FOR EXTENSION OF TREATMENT OF COMBAT PAY FOR
EARNED INCOME AND CHILD TAX CREDITS.
If the Committee on Finance reports a bill or joint resolution, or
an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is
submitted, that makes permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat
pay otherwise excluded from gross income under section 112 of the
Internal Revenue Code as earned income for purposes of the earned
income credit and makes permanent the treatment of such combat pay as
earned income for purposes of the child tax credit, provided that the
Committee is within its allocation as provided under section 302(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget may revise the allocations of budget authority and outlays,
the revenue aggregates, and other appropriate measures, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit for the period of
fiscal year 2006 or the total of fiscal years 2006 though 2010.
TITLE IV--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--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.
(b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for the
fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for programs, projects, activities, or
accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers
accompanying this resolution under the heading ``Accounts Identified
for Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$23,393,000,000 in new budget authority in each year.
(c) Disposition.--
(1) In general.--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. 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).
(2) Procedure.--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.
(3) Disposition.--If a point of order is sustained under
subsection (a) against a conference report in the Senate, the
report shall be disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advance
appropriation'' means any discretionary new budget authority in a bill
or joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 that first becomes available for
any fiscal year after 2006, or making general appropriations or
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2007 that first becomes
available for any fiscal year after 2007.
SEC. 402. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section, in the absence of
an extension of the discretionary spending limits and paygo
requirements under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, to enable Congress to designate provisions of legislation
as an emergency in order to exempt such measures from enforcement of
this resolution with respect to the new budget authority, outlays, and
receipts resulting from such provisions.
(b) In the Senate.--
(1) Authority to designate.--With respect to a provision of
direct spending or receipts legislation or appropriations for
discretionary accounts that the Congress designates as an
emergency requirement in such measure, the amounts of new
budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years
resulting from that provision shall be treated as an emergency
requirement for the purpose of this section.
(2) 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,
303, 311, and 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and
section 404 of this resolution (relating to discretionary
spending limits in the Senate) and section 505 of the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2004 H.
Con. Res. 95 (relating to the paygo requirement in the Senate).
(3) Designations.--
(A) Guidance.--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 subparagraph (B).
(B) Criteria.--
(i) In general.--Any such provision is an
emergency requirement if the situation
addressed by such provision is--
(I) necessary, essential, or vital
(not merely useful or beneficial);
(II) sudden, quickly coming into
being, and not building up over time;
(III) an urgent, pressing, and
compelling need requiring immediate
action;
(IV) subject to clause (ii),
unforeseen, unpredictable, and
unanticipated; and
(V) not permanent, temporary in
nature.
(ii) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part
of an aggregate level of anticipated
emergencies, particularly when normally
estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``direct
spending'', ``receipts'', and ``appropriations for
discretionary accounts'' means any provision of a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that
affects direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as those
terms have been defined and interpreted for purposes of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(5) Point of order.--When the Senate is considering a bill,
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, if a point
of order is made by a Senator against an emergency designation
in that measure, that provision making such a designation shall
be stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an
amendment from the floor.
(6) Waiver and appeal.--Paragraph (5) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. Appeals in the
Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any
provision of this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be
equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and
the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the case may
be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the
Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an
appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised
under this section.
(7) Definition of an emergency designation.--For purposes
of paragraph (5), a provision shall be considered an emergency
designation if it designates any item as an emergency
requirement pursuant to this section.
(8) Form of the point of order.--A point of order under
paragraph (5) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section
313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(9) Conference reports.--If a point of order is sustained
under paragraph (5) against a conference report, the report
shall be disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(10) Exception for defense spending.--Paragraph (5) shall
not apply against an emergency designation for a provision
making discretionary appropriations under the defense function
(050).
(c) Exemption of Overseas Contingent Operations.--
(1) In general.--In the Senate, if a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or a conference report makes
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for overseas
contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism,
then the new budget authority, new entitlement authority, and
outlays resulting from the provisions of such measure that are
designated pursuant to this section as making appropriations
for such contingency operations--
(A) shall not count for purposes of sections 302,
303, and 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
and
(B) shall not count for the purpose of section 404
of this resolution (relating to discretionary spending
limits in the Senate) and section 505 of the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2004 H. Con.
Res. 95 (relating to the pay-go requirement).
(2) Limitation.--The amounts that are not counted for
purposes of this section shall not exceed $50,000,000,000 in
new budget authority and outlays associated with the budget
authority.
SEC. 403. SUPERMAJORITY ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall remain in effect for purposes of
Senate enforcement through September 30, 2010.
(b) Unfunded Mandates.--
(1) In general.--Section 425(a)(1) and (2) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be subject to the waiver
and appeal requirements of subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) of
section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall remain in effect
for purposes of Senate enforcement through September 30, 2010.
SEC. 404. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS IN THE SENATE.
(a) Discretionary Spending Limits.--In the Senate and as used in
this section, the term ``discretionary spending limit'' means--
(1) for fiscal year 2006, $848,063,000,000 in new budget
authority and $916,405,000,000 in outlays for the discretionary
category;
(2) for fiscal year 2007, $868,473,000,000 in new budget
authority for the discretionary category; and
(3) for fiscal year 2008, $891,445,000,000 in new budget
authority for the discretionary category;
as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment procedures in subsection
(d).
(b) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--
(1) Continuing disability reviews.--If a bill or joint
resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal year
2006 that appropriates $412,000,000 for continuing disability
reviews for the Social Security Administration, and provides an
additional appropriation of $189,000,000 for continuing
disability reviews for the Social Security Administration, then
the allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations shall
be increased by $189,000,000 in budget authority and outlays
flowing from the budget authority for fiscal year 2006.
(2) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--If a bill or
joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal
year 2006 that appropriates $6,447,000,000 for enhanced tax
enforcement to address the ``Federal tax gap'' for the Internal
Revenue Service, and provides an additional appropriation of
$446,000,000 for enhanced tax enforcement to address the
``Federal tax gap'' for the Internal Revenue Service, then the
allocation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations shall be
increased by $446,000,000 in budget authority and outlays
flowing from the budget authority for fiscal year 2006.
(3) Health care fraud and abuse control program.--If a bill
or joint resolution is reported making appropriations for
fiscal year 2006 that appropriates $80,000,000 to the health
care fraud and abuse control program at the Department of
Health and Human Services, then the allocation to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by $80,000,000
in budget authority and outlays flowing from the budget
authority for fiscal year 2006.
(4) Unemployment insurance improper payments.--If a bill or
joint resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal
year 2006 that appropriates $10,000,000 for unemployment
insurance improper payments reviews for the Department of
Labor, and provides an additional appropriation of $40,000,000
for unemployment insurance improper payments reviews for the
Department of Labor, then the allocation to the Senate
Committee on Appropriations shall be increased by $40,000,000
in budget authority and outlays flowing from the budget
authority for fiscal year 2006.
(c) Discretionary Spending Point of Order in the Senate.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider
any bill or joint resolution (or amendment, motion, or
conference report on that bill or joint resolution) that would
cause the discretionary spending limits in this section to be
exceeded.
(2) Waiver.--This subsection may be waived or suspended in
the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(3) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of
the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall be
limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or
joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of
three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and
sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this subsection.
(d) Procedure for Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Chairman.--After the reporting of a bill or
joint resolution, or the offering of an amendment
thereto or the submission of a conference report
thereon, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
may make the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (B)
for the amount of new budget authority in that measure
(if that measure meets the requirements set forth in
paragraph (2)) and the outlays flowing from that budget
authority.
(B) Matters to be adjusted.--The adjustments
referred to in subparagraph (A) are to be made to--
(i) the discretionary spending limits, if
any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent
resolution on the budget;
(ii) the allocations made pursuant to the
appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget
pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974; and
(iii) the budgetary aggregates as set forth
in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the
budget.
(2) Amounts of adjustments.--The adjustment referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be an amount provided for the fiscal year
2006 pursuant to subsection (b).
(3) Reporting revised suballocations.--Following any
adjustment made under paragraph (1), the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate shall report appropriately revised
suballocations under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 405. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND
AGGREGATES.
(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and aggregates
made pursuant to this resolution shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments shall be
considered for the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as
allocations and aggregates contained in this resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
resolution--
(1) the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct
spending, new entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, and
surpluses for a fiscal year or period of fiscal years shall be
determined on the basis of estimates made by the appropriate
Committee on the Budget; and
(2) such chairman may make any other necessary adjustments
to such levels to carry out this resolution.
SEC. 406. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, upon the enactment of a bill or
joint resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions, the
appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall make
adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution in
accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002).
(b) Pell Grants.--
(1) Budget authority.--In the Senate, if appropriations of
discretionary new budget authority enacted for the Federal Pell
Grant Program are insufficient to cover the full cost of Pell
Grants in the upcoming award year, adjusted for any cumulative
funding surplus or shortfall from prior years, the budget
authority counted against the bill for the Pell Grant Program
shall be equal to the adjusted full cost.
(2) Application.--This subsection shall apply only to new
Pell Grant awards approved in legislation for award year 2006-
2007 and subsequent award years and shall not apply to the
cumulative shortfall through award year 2005-2006.
(3) Estimates.--The estimate of the budget authority
associated with the full cost of Pell Grants shall be based on
the maximum award and any changes in eligibility requirements,
using current economic and technical assumptions and as
determined pursuant to scorekeeping guidelines, if any.
SEC. 407. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING PROPOSALS.
(a) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The
Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare
an estimate of the costs in each of the four 10-year periods beginning
in fiscal year 2015 through fiscal year 2055, for each bill or
resolution of a public character, except measures within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations, causing a net increase
in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the four 10-
year periods, and shall submit to the committee the estimate of the
costs of the legislation.
(b) In the Senate.--It shall not be in order to consider any bill,
joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would
cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in
any of the four 10-year periods beginning in 2015 through 2055, as
measured against current law out-year estimates prepared by the
Congressional Budget Office.
(c) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only by the
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(d) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the
ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(e) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this section,
the levels of net direct spending shall be determined on the basis of
estimates provided by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
(f) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 2010.
SEC. 408. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and the House, respectively, and as such they shall be
considered as part of the rules of each House, or of that House
to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall
supersede other rules only to the extent that they are
inconsistent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change those rules (so far as they relate to
that house) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same
extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
TITLE V--SENSE OF THE SENATE
SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
(1) preclude consideration of any bill, joint resolution,
motion, amendment, or conference report that would provide an
appropriation, in whole or in part, for programs not
specifically authorized by law or Treaty stipulation, or the
amount of which exceeds the amount specifically authorized by
law or Treaty stipulation, or that would provide a limited tax
benefit as defined by the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-130), and
(2) determine a method for effectively containing the
extraordinary growth in unauthorized earmarks.
SEC. 502. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE
PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAMS.
It is the sense of the Senate that a commission should be
established to review Federal agencies, and programs within such
agencies, with the express purpose of providing Congress with
recommendations, and legislation to implement those recommendations, to
realign or eliminate Government agencies and programs that are
wasteful, duplicative, inefficient, outdated, irrelevant, or have
failed to accomplish their intended purpose.
SEC. 503. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRICARE.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide
sufficient funding to the Department of Defense to offer members of the
Reserve Component continuous access to TRICARE, for a premium,
regardless of their activation status.
SEC. 504. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING RESTRAINING MEDICAID GROWTH.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The Medicaid program provides essential health care and
long-term care services to more than 50,000,000 low-income
children, pregnant women, parents, individuals with
disabilities, and senior citizens. It is a Federal guarantee
that ensures the most vulnerable will have access to needed
medical services.
(2) Medicaid provides critical access to long-term care and
other services for the elderly and individuals living with
disabilities, and is the single largest provider of long-term
care services. Medicaid also pays for personal care and other
supportive services that are typically not provided by private
health insurance or Medicare, but are necessary to enable
individuals with spinal cord injuries, developmental
disabilities, neurological degenerative diseases, serious and
persistent mental illnesses, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic
conditions to remain in the community, to work, and to maintain
independence.
(3) Medicaid supplements the Medicare program for more than
6,000,000 low-income elderly or disabled Medicare
beneficiaries, assisting them with their Medicare premiums and
co-insurance, wrap-around benefits, and the costs of nursing
home care that Medicare does not cover. The Medicaid program
spent nearly $40,000,000,000 on uncovered Medicare services in
2002.
(4) Medicaid provides health insurance for more than \1/4\
of America's children and is the largest purchaser of maternity
care, paying for more than \1/3\ of all the births in the
United States each year. Medicaid also provides critical access
to care for children with disabilities, covering more than 70
percent of poor children with disabilities.
(5) More than 16,000,000 women depend on Medicaid for their
health care. Women comprise the majority of seniors (71
percent) on Medicaid. Half of nonelderly women with permanent
mental or physical disabilities have health coverage through
Medicaid. Medicaid provides treatment for low-income women
diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer in every State.
(6) Medicaid is the Nation's largest source of payment for
mental health services, HIV/AIDS care, and care for children
with special needs. Much of this care is either not covered by
private insurance or limited in scope or duration. Medicaid is
also a critical source of funding for health care for children
in foster care and for health services in schools.
(7) Medicaid funds help ensure access to care for all
Americans. Medicaid is the single largest source of revenue for
the Nation's safety net hospitals, health centers, and nursing
homes, and is critical to the ability of these providers to
adequately serve all Americans.
(8) Medicaid serves a major role in ensuring that the
number of Americans without health insurance, approximately
45,000,000 in 2003, is not substantially higher. The system of
Federal matching for State Medicaid expenditures ensures that
Federal funds will grow as State spending increases in response
to unmet needs, enabling Medicaid to help buffer the drop in
private coverage during recessions. More than 4,800,000
Americans lost employer-sponsored coverage between 2000 and
2003, during which time Medicaid enrolled an additional
8,400,000 Americans.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
Finance Committee shall not report a reconciliation bill that achieves
spending reductions that would--
(1) undermine the role the Medicaid program plays as a
critical component of the health care system of the United
States;
(2) cap Federal Medicaid spending, or otherwise shift
Medicaid cost burdens to State or local governments and their
taxpayers and health providers, forcing a reduction in access
to essential health services for low-income elderly
individuals, individuals with disabilities, and children and
families; or
(3) undermine the Federal guarantee of health insurance
coverage Medicaid provides, which would threaten not only the
health care safety net of the United States, but the entire
health care system.
SEC. 505. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TRIBAL COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) American Indians from over 250 federally recognized
tribes nationwide attend tribal college and universities, a
majority of whom are first-generation college students.
(2) Tribal colleges and universities are located in some of
the most isolated and impoverished areas in the Nation and are
the Nation's most poorly funded institutions of higher
education. While the Tribally Controlled College or University
Assistance Act, or ``Tribal College Act'' provides funding
based solely on Indian students, the colleges have open
enrollment policies providing access to postsecondary education
opportunities to all interested students, about 20 percent of
whom are non-Indian. With rare exception, tribal colleges and
universities do not receive operating funds from their
respective States for these non-Indian State resident students.
Yet, if these same students attended any other public
institutions in their States, the State would provide basic
operating funds to the institution.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) this resolution recognizes the funding challenges faced
by tribal colleges, and universities and assumes that equitable
consideration will be provided to them through funding of the
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act, the
Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act, title III of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, and the National Science
Foundation, Department of Defense, and Housing and Urban
Development Tribal College and University Programs; and
(2) such equitable consideration reflects Congress intent
to continue to work toward statutory Federal funding
authorization goals for tribal colleges and universities.
SEC. 506. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
REQUEST TO CONCENTRATE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR STATE AND LOCAL
HOMELAND SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ON THE HIGHEST
THREATS, VULNERABILITIES, AND NEEDS.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress supports the
President's request to ``Concentrat[e] Federal funds for State and
local homeland security assistance programs on the highest threats,
vulnerabilities, and needs. In dealing with homeland security
assistance grants that relate to port security, Congress should (1)
allocate port security grants under a separate, dedicated program
intended specifically for port security enhancements, rather than as
part of a combined program for many different infrastructure programs
that could lead to reduced funding for port security, (2) devise a
method to enable the Secretary of Homeland Security to both distribute
port security grants to the Nation's port facilities more quickly and
efficiently and give ports the financial resources needed to comply
with congressional mandates, and (3) allocate sufficient funding for
port security to enable port authorities to comply with mandated
security improvements taking into consideration national, economic, and
strategic defense concerns, ensure the protection of our Nation's
maritime transportation, commerce system, and cruise passengers, strive
to achieve funds consistent with the needs estimated by the United
States Coast Guard, and recognize the unique threats for which port
authorities must prepare.''.
SEC. 507. SENSE OF THE SENATE REJECTING PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF PER
DIEM REIMBURSEMENT TO STATE NURSING HOMES IN THE
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should reject the
President's proposal to eliminate per diem payments to State Veterans
Homes for the vast majority of patients that reside in these homes.
SEC. 508. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING IMPACT AID.
It is the sense of the Senate that funding for Impact Aid (Title
VIII of Public Law 107-110) should be sufficient to insure that all
federally connected school districts are provided a payment under
sections 8002 and 8003 of that Act that will allow them to address the
increase in program costs in recent years, as this is critical for
school districts addressing the emotional and family needs of children
of military families who have a parent or parents engaged in conflict
in Iraq or Afghanistan.
SEC. 509. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MANDATORY AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) The mandatory farm programs administered by United
States Department of Agriculture under the Food Security and
Rural Development Act of 2002 provide an economic safety net,
ensure the availability of Federal crop insurance, fund
conservation priorities, and enhance agriculture export market
opportunities for United States farmers and ranchers.
(2) The actual budget outlays for farm bill programs for
fiscal years 2002-2004 have been about $16,700,000,000 less
than projected by the Congressional Budget Office in August
2002, shortly after the farm bill was passed.
(3) Over 72 percent of farm program payments are currently
received by only 10 percent of our Nation's program crop
producers.
(4) Any agricultural policy modifications should address
the disproportionate share of farm program payments received by
the largest farming operations.
(5) If commodity prices decline, as projected by the
Congressional Budget Office over the next several years,
agricultural programs will be even more important to the
economic future of small- and medium-sized family farms.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that any
reconciled mandatory agriculture savings required under this resolution
should be primarily achieved through modifications to the payment
limitation provisions of the Food Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002.
SEC. 510. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING SOCIAL SECURITY RESTRUCTURING.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) Social Security is the foundation of retirement income
for most Americans;
(2) preserving and strengthening the long term viability of
Social Security is a vital national priority and is essential
for the retirement security of today's working Americans,
current and future retirees, and their families;
(3) Social Security faces significant fiscal and
demographic pressures;
(4) the nonpartisan Office of the Chief Actuary at the
Social Security Administration reports that--
(A) the number of workers paying taxes to support
each Social Security beneficiary has dropped from 16.5
in 1950 to 3.3 in 2002;
(B) within a generation there will be only 2
workers to support each retiree, which will
substantially increase the financial burden on American
workers;
(C) without structural reform, the Social Security
system, beginning in 2018, will pay out more in
benefits than it will collect in taxes;
(D) without structural reform, the Social Security
trust fund will be exhausted in 2042, and Social
Security tax revenue in 2042 will only cover 73 percent
of promised benefits, and will decrease to 68 percent
by 2078;
(E) without structural reform, future Congresses
may have to raise payroll taxes 50 percent over the
next 75 years to pay full benefits on time, resulting
in payroll tax rates of as much as 16.9 percent by 2042
and 18.3 percent by 2078;
(F) without structural reform, Social Security's
total cash shortfall over the next 75 years is
estimated to be $3,700,000,000,000 measured in present
value terms; and
(G) absent structural reforms, spending on Social
Security will increase from 4.3 percent of gross
domestic product in 2004 to 6.6 percent in 2078; and
(5) the Congressional Budget Office, the Government
Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service, the
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and the President's
Commission to Strengthen Social Security have all warned that
failure to enact fiscally responsible Social Security reform
quickly will result in 1 or more of the following:
(A) Higher tax rates.
(B) Lower Social Security benefit levels.
(C) Increased Federal debt or less spending on
other federal programs.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the President, the Congress, and the American people
including seniors, workers, women, minorities, and disabled
persons should work together at the earliest opportunity to
enact legislation to achieve a solvent and permanently
sustainable Social Security system;
(2) Social Security reform--
(A) must protect current and near retirees from any
changes to Social Security benefits;
(B) must reduce the pressure on future taxpayers
and on other budgetary priorities;
(C) must provide benefit levels that adequately
reflect individual contributions to the Social Security
system; and
(D) must preserve and strengthen the safety net for
vulnerable populations including the disabled and
survivors; and
(3) the Senate should honor section 13301 of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990.
SEC. 511. SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT FAILING TO ADDRESS SOCIAL SECURITY
WILL RESULT IN MASSIVE DEBT, DEEP BENEFIT CUTS AND TAX
INCREASES.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should reject any
Social Security plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massive
increase in debt, and a failure to act would result in massive debt,
deep benefit cuts and tax increases.
SEC. 512. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) Control of illegal immigration is a Federal
responsibility.
(2) The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (referred
to in this section as ``SCAAP'') provides critical funding to
States and localities for reimbursement of costs incurred as a
result of housing undocumented criminal aliens.
(3) Congress appropriated $250,000,000 for SCAAP to
reimburse State and local governments for these costs in fiscal
year 2003.
(4) Congress appropriated $300,000,000 for SCAAP to
reimburse State and local governments for these costs in fiscal
year 2004.
(5) Congress appropriated $305,000,000 for SCAAP to
reimburse State and local governments for these costs in fiscal
year 2005.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
levels in this concurrent resolution assume that--
(1) Congress will appropriate $750,000,000 for SCAAP for
fiscal year 2006; and
(2) Congress will enact long-term reauthorization of SCAAP
to reimburse State and local governments for the financial
burdens undocumented criminal aliens place on their local
criminal justice systems.
SEC. 513. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING FOR SUBSONIC AND
HYPERSONIC AERONAUTICS RESEARCH BY THE NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The economic and military security of the United States
depends on the continued development of improved aeronautics
technologies.
(2) Research and development on many emerging aeronautics
technologies is often too expensive or removed in terms of time
from commercial application to garner the necessary level of
support from the private sector.
(3) The advances made possible by Government-funded
research in emerging aeronautics technologies have enabled a
longstanding positive balance of trade and air superiority on
the battlefield for the United States in recent decades.
(4) The aeronautics industry has grown increasingly mature
in recent years, with growth dependent on the availability of
the research workforce and facilities provided by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
(5) Recent NASA studies have demonstrated the
competitiveness, and scientific merit, and necessity of nearly
all existing aeronautics wind tunnel and propulsion testing
facilities.
(6) A minimum level of investment by NASA is necessary to
maintain these facilities in operational condition and to
prevent their financial collapse.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the level of funding provided for the Aeronautics
Mission Directorate within the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration should be increased by $1,582,700,000 between
fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2010; and
(2) the increases provided should be applied to the Vehicle
Systems portion of the Aeronautics Mission Directorate budget
for use in subsonic and hypersonic aeronautical research.
SEC. 514. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) Approximately 2,200,000 children under the age of 15
are infected with the HIV virus, and 1,900 children worldwide
are infected with HIV each day.
(2) In 2004, it was estimated that of the 4,900,000 people
newly infected with HIV, 640,000 were children. The vast
majority of them were infected through mother-to-child
transmission, which includes transmission at any point during
pregnancy, labor, delivery, or breastfeeding.
(3) Effective implementation of prevention of mother-to-
child transmission of HIV and care and treatment services in
the United States has resulted in the near elimination (less
than 2 percent transmission) of mother-to-child transmission of
HIV/AIDS. By contrast, in resource-poor settings less than 10
percent of pregnant women living with HIV have access to
services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
(4) Currently, more than 4,000,000 children worldwide are
estimated to have died from AIDS.
(5) In 2004, approximately 510,000 children died of AIDS,
resulting in almost 1,400 AIDS deaths in children per day.
(6) According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/
AIDS, if current trends continue by 2010, 3,500,000 of the
45,000,000 people infected worldwide will be children under the
age of 15.
(7) At least a quarter of newborns infected with HIV die
before the age of one, up to 60 percent die before reaching
their second birthday, and overall, most die before they are 5
years of age.
(8) HIV threatens to reverse the child survival and
developmental gains of past decades.
(9) Research and practice have shown conclusively that
timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy to infants or young
children with HIV/AIDS can preserve or restore their immune
functions, promote normal growth and development, and prolong
life.
(10) There is clear evidence in resource-rich countries
that antiretroviral treatment in children is very effective.
For example, many children who were infected through mother-to-
child transmission in the United States are living with HIV as
young adults.
(11) Few programs specifically target the treatment of
children with HIV/AIDS in resource-poor countries due to
significant challenges in diagnosing and treating infants and
young children with HIV. Such challenges include difficulty in
diagnosing HIV in infants less than 18 months of age, lack of
appropriate and affordable pediatric HIV/AIDS medicines, and
lack of trained health care providers.
(12) Children are not small adults and treating them as
such can seriously jeopardize their health.
(13) Children should not be forgotten in the fight against
the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that this
resolution assumes that--
(1)(A) assistance should be provided to support the
expansion of programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission
of HIV as an integral component of a comprehensive approach to
fighting HIV/AIDS;
(B) to facilitate the expansion described in subparagraph
(A)--
(i) more resources are needed for infrastructure
improvements and education and training of health care
workers; and
(ii) better linkages between mother-to-child
transmission and broader care and treatment programs
should be created for women, children, and families who
are in need of access to expanded services;
(2) assistance should be provided to support the care and
treatment of children with HIV/AIDS, including the development
and purchase of high-quality, Food and Drug Administration-
approved pediatric formulations of antiretroviral drugs and
other HIV/AIDS medicines, including fixed-dose combinations,
pediatric-specific training to doctors and other health-care
personnel, and the purchase of pediatric-appropriate
technologies;
(3) antiretroviral drugs intended for pediatric use should
include age-appropriate dosing information;
(4) health care sites in resource-poor countries need
better diagnostic capacity and appropriate supplies to provide
care and treatment services for children, and additional
training is required to ensure that health care providers can
administer specialized care services for children; and
(5) pediatric care and treatment should be integrated into
the existing health care framework so children and families can
be treated simultaneously.
SEC. 515. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF THE NEXT
GENERATION DESTROYER (DDX).
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The Quadrennial Defense Review to be conducted in 2005
has not been completed.
(2) The national security of the United States is best
served by a competitive industrial base consisting of at least
two shipyards capable of constructing major surface combatants.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) it is ill-advised for the Department of Defense to
pursue a winner-take-all strategy for the acquisition of
destroyers under the next generation destroyer (DDX) program;
and
(2) the amounts identified in this resolution assume that
the Department of Defense will not acquire any destroyer under
the next generation destroyer program through a winner-take-all
strategy.
(c) Winner-Take-All Strategy Defined.--In this section, the term
``winner-take-all strategy'', with respect to the acquisition of
destroyers under the next generation destroyer program, means the
acquisition (including design and construction) of such destroyers
through a single shipyard.
SEC. 516. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REDUCING THE TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS.
It is the sense of the Senate that the tax cuts assumed in this
resolution include repeal of the 1993 law that subjects 85 percent of
certain Social Security benefits to the income tax, provided that the
revenue loss to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is fully
replaced so that seniors' access to health care is not adversely
affected. If the inclusion of these proposals would otherwise cause the
cost of the tax cuts to exceed the level authorized in the resolution,
any excess should be fully offset by closing corporate tax loopholes.
SEC. 517. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE CRIME VICTIMS FUND.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (``VOCA'') was enacted
to provide Federal financial support for services to victims of
all types of crime, primarily through grants to state crime
victim compensation and victim assistance programs.
(2) VOCA created the Crime Victims Fund (``the Fund'') as a
separate account into which are deposited monies collected from
persons convicted of Federal criminal offenses, including
criminal fines, forfeitures and special assessments. There are
no general taxpayer generated revenues deposited into the Fund.
(3) Each fiscal year, the Fund is used to support--
(A) Children's Justice Act grants to States to
improve the investigation and prosecution of child
abuse cases;
(B) victim witness coordinators in United States
Attorney's Offices;
(C) victim assistance specialists in Federal Bureau
of Investigation field offices;
(D) discretionary grants by the Office for Victims
of Crime to provide training and technical assistance
and services to victims of Federal crimes;
(E) formula grants to States to supplement State
crime victim compensation programs, which reimburse
more than 150,000 violent crime victims annually for
out-of-pocket expenses, including medical expenses,
mental health counseling, lost wages, loss of support
and funeral costs;
(F) formula grants to States for financial
assistance to upwards of 4,400 programs providing
direct victim assistance services to nearly 4,000,000
victims of all types of crimes annually, with priority
for programs serving victims of domestic violence,
sexual assault and child abuse, and previously
underserved victims of violent crime; and
(G) the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve, to assist
victims of domestic and international terrorism.
(4) Just 4 months ago, a strong bipartisan, bicameral
majority in Congress affirmed its support for the Crime Victims
Fund and increased its commitment to crime victims in the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405), which
establishes Federal crime victims rights and authorized 2 new
VOCA-funded victim programs.
(5) Before fiscal year 2000, all amounts deposited into the
Crime Victims Fund in each fiscal year were made available for
authorized programs in the subsequent fiscal year.
(6) Beginning in fiscal year 2000, Congress responded to
large fluctuations of deposits into the Fund by delaying
obligations from the Fund above certain amounts, as follows:
(A) For fiscal year 2000, $500,000,000.
(B) For fiscal year 2001, $537,500,000.
(C) For fiscal year 2002, $550,000,000.
(D) For fiscal year 2003, $600,000,000.
(E) For fiscal year 2004, $625,000,000.
(F) For fiscal year 2005, $625,000,000.
(7) In the conference report on an omnibus spending bill
for fiscal year 2000 (Public Law 106-113), Congress explained
that the reason for delaying annual Fund obligations was ``to
protect against wide fluctuations in receipts into the Fund,
and to ensure that a stable level of funding will remain
available for these programs in future years''.
(8) VOCA mandates that ``. . . all sums deposited in the
Fund in any fiscal year that are not made available for
obligation by Congress in the subsequent fiscal year shall
remain in the Fund for obligation in future fiscal years,
without fiscal year limitation''.
(9) For fiscal year 2006, the President is recommending
``rescission'' of $1,267,000,000 from amounts in the Fund.
(10) The rescission proposed by the President would result
in no funds being available to support crime victim services at
the start of fiscal year 2007. Further, such rescission would
make the Fund vulnerable to fluctuations in receipts into the
Fund, and would not ensure that a stable level of funding will
remain available for vital programs in future years.
(11) Retention of all amounts deposited into the Fund for
the immediate and future use of crime victim services as
authorized by VOCA is supported by many major national victim
service organizations, including--
(A) Justice Solutions, NPO;
(B) National Organization for Victim Assistance;
(C) National Alliance to End Sexual Violence;
(D) National Children's Alliance;
(E) National Association of VOCA Assistance
Administrators;
(F) National Association of Crime Victim
Compensation Boards;
(G) Mothers Against Drunk Driving;
(H) National Center for Victims of Crime;
(I) National Organization for Parents of Murdered
Children;
(J) National Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
(K) Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape; and
(L) National Network to End Domestic Violence.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
funding levels in this resolution assume that all amounts that have
been and will be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund, including
amounts deposited in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, shall remain in
the Fund for use as authorized under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
SEC. 518. SENSE OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR HIDTAS.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)
program encompasses 28 strategic regions, 355 task forces, 53
intelligence centers, 4,428 Federal personnel, and 8,459 State
and local personnel.
(2) The purposes of the HIDTA program are to reduce drug
trafficking and drug production in designated areas in the
United States by--
(A) facilitating cooperation among Federal, State,
and local law enforcement agencies to share information
and implement coordinated enforcement activities;
(B) enhancing intelligence sharing among Federal,
State, and local law enforcement agencies;
(C) providing reliable intelligence to law
enforcement agencies needed to design effective
enforcement strategies and operations; and
(D) supporting coordinated law enforcement
strategies which maximize use of available resources to
reduce the supply of drugs in HIDTA designated areas.
(3) In 2004, HIDTA efforts resulted in disrupting or
dismantling over 509 international, 711 multi-State, and 1,110
local drug trafficking organizations.
(4) In 2004, HIDTA instructors trained 21,893 students in
cutting-edge practices to limit drug trafficking and
manufacturing within their areas.
(5) The HIDTAs are the only drug enforcement coalitions
that include equal partnership between Federal, State, and
local law enforcement leaders executing a regional approach to
achieving regional goals while pursuing a national mission.
(6) The proposed budget of $100,000,000 for the HIDTA
program is inadequate to effectively maintain all of the
operations currently being supported.
(7) The proposed budget of $100,000,000 for the HIDTA
program would undermine the viability of this program and the
efforts of law enforcement around the country to combat illegal
drugs, particularly methamphetamine.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the spending level of budget function 750
(Administration of Justice) is assumed to include $227,000,000
for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas; and
(2) unless new legislation is enacted, it is assumed that
the HIDTA program will remain with the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, where Congress last authorized it to reside.
SEC. 519. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE,
COORDINATED, AND INTEGRATED NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The United States Commission on Ocean Policy and the
Pew Ocean Commission have each completed and published
independent findings on the state of the United States oceans,
coasts, and Great Lakes.
(2) The findings made by the Commissions include the
following:
(A) The United States oceans, coasts, and Great
Lakes are a vital component of the economy of the
United States.
(B) The resources and ecosystems associated with
the United States oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes are
in trouble.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
President and the Congress should--
(1) expeditiously consider the recommendations of the
United States Commission on Ocean Policy during the 109th
Congress; and
(2) enact a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated
national ocean policy that will ensure the long-term economic
and ecological health of the United States oceans, coasts, and
Great Lakes.
SEC. 520. UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO GLOBAL HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND
MALARIA.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The HIV/AIDS pandemic has reached staggering
proportions. At the end of 2004, an estimated 40,000,000 people
were infected with HIV or living with AIDS. HIV/AIDS is
estimated to kill 3,000,000 men, women and children each year.
Each year, there are estimated to be 5,000,000 new HIV
infections.
(2) The United States was the first, and remains the
largest, contributor to the Global Fund.
(3) The Presidential Administration of George W. Bush
(referred to in this section as the ``Administration'') has
supported language in the Global HIV/AIDS authorization bill
that links United States contributions to the Global Fund to
the contributions of other donors, permitting the United States
to provide 33 percent of all donations, which would match
contributions on a one-to-two basis.
(4) Congress has provided one-third of all donations to the
Global Fund every year of the Fund's existence.
(5) For fiscal year 2006, the Global Fund estimates it will
renew $2,400,000,000 worth of effective programs that are
already operating on the ground, and the Administration and
Fund Board have said that renewals of existing grants should
receive priority funding.
(6) The Global Fund is an important component of United
States efforts to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and
supports approximately 300 projects in 130 countries.
(7) For fiscal year 2006, the President has requested
$300,000,000 for the United States contribution to the Global
Fund.
(8) Through a mid-year review process, Congress and the
Administration will assess contributions to date and
anticipated contributions to the Global Fund, and ensure that
United States contributions, at year-end, are at the
appropriate one-to-two ratio.
(9) Congress and the Administration will monitor
contributions to the Global Fund to ensure that United States
contributions do not exceed one-third of the Global Fund's
revenues.
(10) In order to cover one-third of renewals during fiscal
year 2006, and to maintain the one-to-two funding match, the
United States will need to contribute an additional
$500,000,000 above the President's request for the Global Fund
for fiscal year 2006 to keep good programs funded at a level of
$800,000,000.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
assumptions underlying this budget resolution assume that none of the
offsets needed to provide $800,000,000 for the Global Fund will come
from international humanitarian assistance programs.
SEC. 521. OFFSET FOR INCREASES IN FUNDING FOR THE COPS METHAMPHETAMINE
ENFORCEMENT AND CLEAN-UP PROGRAM.
It is the sense of the Senate that this resolution assumes that any
increases in funding for the COPS Methamphetamine Enforcement Clean-Up
Program should be offset by increased revenues to be derived from
closing corporate tax loopholes.
SEC. 522. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FOREIGN-OWNED DEBT.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Comptroller General should each conduct a study to examine the
economic impact of United States publicly-held debt that is held by
foreign governments, institutions, and individuals. The study should
provide an analysis of the following:
(1) The amount of foreign-owned debt dating back to 1980,
broken down by foreign governments, foreign institutions, and
foreign private investors, and expressed in nominal terms and
as a percentage of the total amount of publicly-held debt in
each year.
(2) The economic impact that the increased foreign
ownership of United States publicly-held debt has had on the
ability of the United States to maintain a stable dollar
policy.
(3) The impact that foreign ownership of United States
publicly-held debt has had, or could have, on United States
trade policy.
SEC. 523. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TAX RELIEF TO ENCOURAGE
CHARITABLE GIVING.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) the CARE Act, which represents a part of the
President's faith-based initiative, will spur charitable giving
and assist faith-based and community organizations that serve
the needy;
(2) more than 1,600 small and large organizations from
around the Nation have endorsed the CARE Act, and in the 108th
Congress the CARE Act had bipartisan support and was sponsored
by 23 Senators;
(3) although the CARE Act passed the Senate on April 9,
2003, by a vote of 95 to 5, and the House of Representatives
passed companion legislation on September 17, 2003, by a vote
of 408 to 13, a conference committee on the CARE Act was never
formed and a final version was not passed in the 108th
Congress; and
(4) charities around the Nation continue to struggle, and
the passage of the incentives for charitable giving contained
in the CARE Act would provide significant dollars in private
and public sector assistance to those in need.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that a
relevant portion of amounts in this budget resolution providing for tax
relief should be used--
(1) to provide the 86,000,000 Americans who do not itemize
deductions an opportunity to deduct charitable contributions;
(2) to provide incentives for individuals to give tax free
contributions from individual retirement accounts for
charitable purposes;
(3) to provide incentives for an estimated $2,000,000,000
in food donations from farmers, restaurants, and corporations
to help the needy, an equivalent of 878,000,000 meals for
hungry Americans over 10 years;
(4) to provide at least 300,000 low-income, working
Americans the opportunity to build assets through individual
development accounts or IDAs, which can be used to purchase a
home, expand educational opportunity, or to start a small
business; and
(5) to provide incentives for corporate charitable
contributions.
SEC. 524. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) payments to States from the Federal Water Pollution
Control State Revolving Fund under title VI of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) are
essential to protect public health, fisheries, wildlife, and
watersheds, and to ensure opportunities for public recreation
and economic development;
(2) despite important progress in protecting and enhancing
water quality since the enactment of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) in 1972, serious
water pollution problems persist throughout the United States;
(3) the report of the Environmental Protection Agency dated
September 30, 2002, and relating to clean water and drinking
water infrastructure gap analysis found that there will be a
$535,000,000,000 gap between current spending and projected
needs for water and wastewater infrastructure over the next 20
years if additional investments are not made;
(4) in November 2002, the Congressional Budget Office
estimated the annual investment in clean water infrastructure
needs to be at least $13,000,000,000 for capital construction
and $20,300,000,000 for operation and maintenance; and
(5) the Federal Government is a vital partner with State
and local governments and must continue to share in the burden
of maintaining and improving the water infrastructure of the
United States.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that
payments to States from the Federal Water Pollution Control State
Revolving Fund under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) should be increased to $1,350,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006 to assist States and local communities in meeting
water quality standards and restoring the health and safety of the
water of the United States.
SEC. 525. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should approve the full
amount of the President's request for the administrative costs of the
Social Security Administration for fiscal year 2006, including funds
for the implementation of the low-income prescription drug subsidy
under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (as added by the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003).
SEC. 526. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS
STUDIES.
It is the Sense of the Senate that--
(1) the overall discretionary levels set in this resolution
assume $75,000,000 in new budget authority in fiscal year 2006
and new outlays that flow from this budget authority in fiscal
year 2006 and subsequent years, to fund research and ongoing
systematic reviews, consistent with efforts currently
undertaken by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
designed to improve scientific evidence related to the
comparative effectiveness and safety of prescription drugs and
other treatments and to disseminate the findings from such
research to health care practitioners, consumers, and health
care purchasers; and
(2) knowledge gaps identified through such efforts be
addressed in accordance with the authorizing legislation and
with oversight from the committees of subject matter
jurisdiction.
SEC. 527. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate Committee on
Appropriations should make every effort to provide funding for the
Advanced Technology Program in fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 528. SENSE OF THE SENATE WITH RESPECT TO PENSION REFORM.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) The rules for calculating the funded status of pension
plans and for determining calculations, premiums, and other
issues should ensure strong funding of such plans in both good
and bad economic times.
(2) The expiration of the interest rate provisions of the
Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 at the end of 2005 and the
need to address the deficit at the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (referred to in this section as the ``PBGC'')
demand enactment of pension legislation this year.
(3) Thirty-four million active and retired workers are
relying on their defined benefit plans to provide retirement
security, and a failure by Congress to reform the defined
benefit system will place at risk the pensions of millions of
Americans.
(4) Stabilization of the defined benefit pension system and
the PBGC may require significant and structural changes in the
Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which must be undertaken in a
single comprehensive set of reforms.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
Senate conferees shall insist, on the Senate position expressed in this
resolution with respect to PBGC premiums.
Passed the Senate March 17, 2005.
Attest:
Secretary.
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. CON. RES. 18
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010.