[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 106th Congress] [106th Congress] [House Document 105-358] [Miscellaneous Provisions Of Congressional Budget Laws] [Pages 997-1026] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] [[Page 997]] Sec. 1128 BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT excerpts from the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of __________ These excerpts are provided for quick reference. They include the provisions of the Act that relate directly to legislative procedure. (Although the primary enforcement mechanisms in the statute are fiscal controls such as sequestration, rather than procedural points of order, sections 250, 251, and 252 operate in conjunction with procedural provisions in title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, supra, and sections 258, 258A, 258B, and 258C provide for reporting and consideration of legislation in the Senate.) A more thorough understanding of the statutory scheme requires the full statutory text (see 2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.). SEC. 250. TABLE OF CONTENTS; STATEMENT OF BUDGET ENFORCEMENT THROUGH 1985 SEQUESTRATION; DEFINITIONS. Sec. 250 Sec. 250 * * * * * (c) Definitions.--As used in this part: (1) The terms ``budget authority'', ``new budget authority'', ``outlays'', and ``deficit'' have the meanings given to such terms in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and ``discretionary spending limit'' shall mean the amounts specified in section 251 of this Act. (2) The terms ``sequester'' and ``sequestration'' refer to or mean the cancellation of budgetary resources provided by discretionary appropriations or direct spending law. (3) The term ``breach'' means, for any fiscal year, the amount (if any) by which new budget authority or outlays for that year (within a category of discretionary appropriations) is above that category's discretionary spending limit for new budget [[Page 998]] authority or outlays for that year, as the case may be. (4) The term ``category'' means the subsets of discretionary appropriations in section 251(c). Discretionary appropriations in each of the categories shall be those designated in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. New accounts or activities shall be categorized only after consultation with the committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and that consultation shall, to the extent practicable, include written communication to such committees that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before official action is taken with respect to new accounts or activities. (5) The term ``baseline'' means the projection (described in section 257) of current-year levels of new budget authority, outlays, receipts, and the surplus or deficit into the budget year and the outyears. (6) The term ``budgetary resources'' means new budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spending authority, and obligation limitations. (7) The term ``discretionary appropriations'' means budgetary resources (except to fund direct-spending programs) provided in appropriation Acts. (8) The term ``direct spending'' means-- (A) budget authority provided by law other than appropriation Acts; (B) entitlement authority; and (C) the food stamp program. (9) The term ``current'' means, with respect to OMB estimates included with a budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the estimates consistent with the economic and technical assumptions underlying that budget and with respect to estimates made after that budget submission that are not included with it, estimates consistent with the economic and technical assumptions underlying the most recently submitted President's budget. (10) The term ``real economic growth'', with respect to any fiscal year, means the growth in the gross national product during such fiscal year, adjusted for inflation, consistent with Department of Commerce definitions. (11) The term ``account'' means an item for which appropriations are made in any appropriation Act and, for items [[Page 999]] not provided for in appropriation Acts, such term means an item for which there is a designated budget account identification code number in the President's budget. (12) The term ``budget year'' means, with respect to a session of Congress, the fiscal year of the Government that starts on October 1 of the calendar year in which that session begins. (13) The term ``current year'' means, with respect to a budget year, the fiscal year that immediately precedes that budget year. (14) The term ``outyear'' means, with respect to a budget year, any of the first 4 fiscal years that follow the budget year. (15) The term ``OMB'' means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (16) The term ``CBO'' means the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. (17) As used in this part, all references to entitlement authority shall include the list of mandatory appropriations included in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. (18) The term ``deposit insurance'' refers to the expenses the Federal deposit insurance agencies, and other Federal agencies supervising insured depository institutions, resulting from full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect under current estimates. (19) The term ``asset sale'' means the sale to the public of any asset (except for those assets covered by title V of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), whether physical or financial, owned in whole or in part by the United States. Several definitions were amended by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (sec. 10202, P.L. 105-33). SEC. 251. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. Sec. 251 Sec. 251 (a) Enforcement.-- (1) Sequestration.--Within 15 calendar days after Congress adjourns to end a session and on the same day as a sequestration (if any) under section 252 and section 253, there shall be a sequestration to eliminate a budget-year breach, if any, within any category. (2) Eliminating a breach.--Each non-exempt account within a [[Page 1000]] category shall be reduced by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the baseline level of sequestrable budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform percentage necessary to eliminate a breach within that category; except that the health programs set forth in section 256(e) shall not be reduced by more than 2 percent and the uniform percent applicable to all other programs under this paragraph shall be increased (if necessary) to a level sufficient to eliminate that breach. If, within a category, the discretionary spending limits for both new budget authority and outlays are breached, the uniform percentage shall be calculated by-- (A) first, calculating the uniform percentage necessary to eliminate the breach in new budget authority, and (B) second, if any breach in outlays remains, increasing the uniform percentage to a level sufficient to eliminate that breach. (3) Military personnel.--If the President uses the authority to exempt any military personnel from sequestration under section 255(f), each account within subfunctional category 051 (other than those military personnel accounts for which the authority provided under section 255(f) has been exercised) shall be further reduced by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the enacted level of non-exempt budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform percentage necessary to offset the total dollar amount by which outlays are not reduced in military personnel accounts by reason of the use of such authority. (4) Part-year appropriations.--If, on the date specified in paragraph (1), there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for any budget account, then the dollar sequestration calculated for that account under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be subtracted from-- (A) the annualized amount otherwise available by law in that account under that or a subsequent part-year appropriation; and (B) when a full-year appropriation for that account is enacted, from the amount otherwise provided by the full- year appropriation. (5) Look-back.--If, after June 30, an appropriation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted that causes a breach within a [[Page 1001]] category for that year (after taking into account any sequestration of amounts within that category), the discretionary spending limits for that category for the next fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount or amounts of that breach. (6) Within-session sequestration.--If an appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted (after Congress adjourns to end the session for that budget year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) that causes a breach within a category for that year (after taking into account any prior sequestration of amounts within that category), 15 days later there shall be a sequestration to eliminate that breach within that category following the procedures set forth in paragraphs (2) through (4). (7) Estimates.-- (A) CBO estimates.--As soon as practicable after Congress completes action on any discretionary appropriation, CBO, after consultation with the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall provide OMB with an estimate of the amount of discretionary new budget authority and outlays for the current year (if any) and the budget year provided by that legislation. (B) OMB estimates and explanation of differences.--Not later than 7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the date of enactment of any discretionary appropriation, OMB shall transmit a report to the House of Representatives and to the Senate containing the CBO estimate of that legislation, an OMB estimate of the amount of discretionary new budget authority and outlays for the current year (if any) and the budget year provided by that legislation, and an explanation of any difference between the 2 estimates. If during the preparation of the report OMB determines that there is a significant difference between OMB and CBO, OMB shall consult with the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding that difference and that consultation shall include, to extent practicable, written communication to those committees that affords such committees the opportunity [[Page 1002]] to comment before the issuance of the report. (C) Assumptions and guidelines.--OMB estimates under this paragraph shall be made using current economic and technical assumptions. OMB shall use the OMB estimates transmitted to the Congress under this paragraph. OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates under this paragraph in conformance with scorekeeping guidelines determined after consultation among the House and Senate Committees on the Budget, CBO, and OMB. (D) Annual appropriations.--For purposes of this paragraph, amounts provided by annual appropriations shall include any new budget authority and outlays for the current year (if any) and the budget year in accounts for which funding is provided in that legislation that result from previously enacted legislation. (b) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.-- (1) Preview Report.--When the President submits the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, OMB shall calculate and the budget shall include adjustments to discretionary spending limits (and those limits as cumulatively adjusted) for the budget year and each outyear to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. Such changes shall equal the baseline levels of new budget authority and outlays using up-to-date concepts and definitions minus those levels using the concepts and definitions in effect before such changes. Such changes may only be made after consultation with the committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and that consultation shall include written communication to such committees that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before official action is taken with respect to such changes. (2) Sequestration reports.--When OMB submits a sequestration report under section 254(e), (f), or (g) for a fiscal year, OMB shall calculate, and the sequestration report and subsequent budgets submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, shall include adjustments to discretionary spending limits (and those limits as adjusted) for the fiscal year and each succeeding year through 2002, as [[Page 1003]] follows: (A) Emergency appropriations.--If, for any fiscal year, appropriations for discretionary accounts are enacted that the President designates as emergency requirements and that the Congress so designates in statute, the adjustment shall be the total of such appropriations in discretionary accounts designated as emergency requirements and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from such appropriations. This subparagraph shall not apply to appropriations to cover agricultural crop disaster assistance. (B) Special outlay allowance.--If, in any fiscal year, outlays for a category exceed the discretionary spending limit for that category but new budget authority does not exceed its limit for that category (after application of the first step of a sequestration described in subsection (a)(2), if necessary), the adjustment in outlays for a fiscal year is the amount of the excess but not to exceed 0.5 percent of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits on outlays for that fiscal year. (C) Continuing disability reviews.--(i) If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies an amount for continuing disability reviews under the heading ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' for the Social Security Administration, the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the additional new budget authority provided in that Act for such reviews for that fiscal year and the additional outlays flowing from such amounts, but shall not exceed-- (I) for fiscal year 1998, $290,000,000 in additional new budget authority and $338,000,000 in additional outlays; (II) for fiscal year 1999, $520,000,000 in additional new budget authority and $520,000,000 in additional outlays; (III) for fiscal year 2000, $520,000,000 in additional new budget authority and $520,000,000 in additional outlays; (IV) for fiscal year 2001, $520,000,000 in additional new budget authority and $520,000,000 in [[Page 1004]] additional outlays; and (V) for fiscal year 2002, $520,000,000 in additional new budget authority and $520,000,000 in additional outlays. (ii) As used in this subparagraph-- (I) the term ``continuing disability reviews'' means reviews or redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act and reviews and redeterminations authorized under section 211 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; (II) the term ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of $200,000,000, in an appropriations Act and specified to pay for the costs of continuing disability reviews under the heading ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' for the Social Security Administration; and (III) the term ``additional outlays'' means outlays, in excess of $200,000,000 in a fiscal year, flowing from the amounts specified for continuing disability reviews under the heading ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' for the Social Security Administration, including outlays in that fiscal year flowing from amounts specified in Acts enacted for prior fiscal years (but not before 1996). (D) Allowance for imf.--If an appropriation bill or joint resolution is enacted for a fiscal year through 2002 that includes an appropriation with respect to clause (i) or (ii), the adjustment shall be the amount of budget authority in the measure that is the dollar equivalent of the Special Drawing Rights with respect to-- (i) an increase in the United States quota as part of the International Monetary Fund Eleventh General Review of Quotas (United States Quota); or (ii) any increase in the maximum amount available to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as amended from time to time (New Arrangements to Borrow). [[Page 1005]] (E) Allowance for international arrearages.-- (i) Adjustments.--If an appropriation bill or joint resolution is enacted for fiscal year 1998, 1999, or 2000 that includes an appropriation for arrearages for international organizations, international peacekeeping, and multilateral development banks for that fiscal year, the adjustment shall be the amount of budget authority in that measure and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from that budget authority. (ii) Limitations.--The total amount of adjustments made pursuant to this subparagraph for the period of fiscal years 1998 through 2000 shall not exceed $1,884,000,000 in budget authority. (F) EITC compliance initiative.--If an appropriation bill or joint resolution is enacted for a fiscal year that includes an appropriation for an earned income tax credit compliance initiative, the adjustment shall be the amount of budget authority in that measure for that initiative and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from that budget authority, but not to exceed-- (i) with respect to fiscal year 1998, $138,000,000 in new budget authority and $131,000,000 in outlays; (ii) with respect to fiscal year 1999, $143,000,000 in new budget authority and $143,000,000 in outlays; (iii) with respect to fiscal year 2000, $144,000,000 in new budget authority and $144,000,000 in outlays; (iv) with respect to fiscal year 2001, $145,000,000 in new budget authority and $145,000,000 in outlays; and (v) with respect to fiscal year 2002, $146,000,000 in new budget authority and $146,000,000 in outlays. (c) Discretionary Spending Limit.--As used in this part, the term ``discretionary spending limit'' means-- (1) with respect to fiscal year 1997, for the discretionary category, the current adjusted limits of new budget authority and outlays; (2) with respect to fiscal year 1998-- (A) for the defense category: $269,000,000,000 in new [[Page 1006]] budget authority and $266,823,000,000 in outlays; (B) for the nondefense category: $252,357,000,000 in new budget authority and $282,853,000,000 in outlays; and (C) for the violent crime reduction category: $5,500,000,000 in new budget authority and $3,592,000,000 in outlays; (3) with respect to fiscal year 1999-- (A) for the defense category: $271,500,000,000 in new budget authority and $266,518,000,000 in outlays; (B) for the nondefense category: $255,699,000,000 in new budget authority and $287,850,000,000 in outlays; and (C) for the violent crime reduction category: $5,800,000,000 in new budget authority and $4,953,000,000 in outlays; (4) with respect to fiscal year 2000-- (A) for the discretionary category: $532,693,000,000 in new budget authority and $558,711,000,000 in outlays; and (B) for the violent crime reduction category: $4,500,000,000 in new budget authority and $5,554,000,000 in outlays; (5) with respect to fiscal year 2001, for the discretionary category: $542,032,000,000 in new budget authority and $564,396,000,000 in outlays; and (6) with respect to fiscal year 2002, for the discretionary category: $551,074,000,000 in new budget authority and $560,799,000,000 in outlays; as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b). SEC. 252. ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO. Section 251 was significantly rewritten by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (sec. 10203, P.L. 105-33) to extend discretionary spending limits and sequestration enforcement. The amendment also imposed separate spending limits for defense, nondefense, and violent crime reduction, rendering section 251A unnecessary and was therefore repealed (Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (sec. 10204, P.L. 105-33)). Sec. 252 Sec. 252 (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to assure that any legislation enacted before October 1, 2002, affecting direct spending or receipts that increases the deficit will trigger an offsetting sequestration. (b) Sequestration.-- (1) Timing.--Not later than 15 calendar days after the date Congress adjourns to end a session and on the same day as a [[Page 1007]] sequestration (if any) under section 251 or 253, there shall be a sequestration to offset the amount of any net deficit increase caused by all direct spending and receipts legislation enacted before October 1, 2002, as calculated under paragraph (2). (2) Calculation of deficit increase.--OMB shall calculate the amount of deficit increase or decrease by adding-- (A) all OMB estimates for the budget year of direct spending and receipts legislation transmitted under subsection (d); (B) the estimated amount of savings in direct spending programs applicable to budget year resulting from the prior year's sequestration under this section or section 253, if any, as published in OMB's final sequestration report for that prior year; and (C) any net deficit increase or decrease in the current year resulting from all OMB estimates for the current year of direct spending and receipts legislation transmitted under subsection (d) that were not reflected in the final OMB sequestration report for the current year. (c) Eliminating a Deficit Increase.--(1) The amount required to be sequestered in a fiscal year under subsection (b) shall be obtained from non-exempt direct spending accounts from actions taken in the following order: (A) First.--All reductions in automatic spending increases specified in section 256(a) shall be made. (B) Second.--If additional reductions in direct spending accounts are required to be made, the maximum reductions permissible under sections 256(b) (guaranteed and direct student loans) and 256(c) (foster care and adoption assistance) shall be made. (C) Third.--(i) If additional reductions in direct spending accounts are required to be made, each remaining non-exempt direct spending account shall be reduced by the uniform percentage necessary to make the reductions in direct spending required by paragraph (1); except that the medicare programs specified in section 256(d) shall not be reduced by more than 4 percent and the uniform percentage applicable to all other direct spending programs under this paragraph shall be increased (if necessary) to a level sufficient to achieve the required [[Page 1008]] reduction in direct spending. (ii) For purposes of determining reductions under clause (i), outlay reductions (as a result of sequestration of Commodity Credit Corporation commodity price support contracts in the fiscal year of a sequestration) that would occur in the following fiscal year shall be credited as outlay reductions in the fiscal year of the sequestration. (2) For purposes of this subsection, accounts shall be assumed to be at the level in the baseline. (d) Estimates.-- (1) CBO estimates.--As soon as practicable after Congress completes action on any direct spending or receipts legislation, CBO shall provide an estimate to OMB of that legislation. (2) OMB estimates.--Not later than 7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the date of enactment of any direct spending or receipts legislation, OMB shall transmit a report to the House of Representatives and to the Senate containing-- (A) the CBO estimate of that legislation; (B) an OMB estimate of that legislation using current economic and technical assumptions; and (C) an explanation of any difference between the 2 estimates. (3) Significant differences.--If during the preparation of the report under paragraph (2) OMB determines that there is a significant difference between the OMB and CBO estimates, OMB shall consult with the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding that difference and that consultation, to the extent practicable, shall include written communication to such committees that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before the issuance of that report. (4) Scope of estimates.--The estimates under this section shall include the amount of change in outlays or receipts for the current year (if applicable), the budget year, and each outyear excluding any amounts resulting from-- (A) full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect under current estimates; and (B) emergency provisions as designated under [[Page 1009]] subsection (e). (5) Scorekeeping guidelines.--OMB and CBO, after consultation with each other and the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall-- (A) determine common scorekeeping guidelines; and (B) in conformance with such guidelines, prepare estimates under this section. (e) Emergency Legislation.--If a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation is enacted that the President designates as an emergency requirement and that the Congress so designates in statute, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be designated as an emergency requirement in the reports required under subsection (d). This subsection shall not apply to direct spending provisions to cover agricultural crop disaster assistance. Section 252 was significantly rewritten by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (sec. 10205, P.L. 105-33). SEC. 253. ENFORCING DEFICIT TARGETS. Sec. 253 Sec. 253 (a) Sequestration.--Within 15 calendar days after Congress adjourns to end a session (other than of the One Hundred First Congress) and on the same day as a sequestration (if any) under section 251 and section 252, but after any sequestration required by section 251 (enforcing discretionary spending limits) or section 252 (enforcing pay-as-you-go), there shall be a sequestration to eliminate the excess deficit (if any remains) if it exceeds the margin. (b) Excess Deficit; Margin.--The excess deficit is, if greater than zero, the estimated deficit for the budget year, minus-- (1) the maximum deficit amount for that year; (2) the amounts for that year designated as emergency direct spending or receipts legislation under section 252(e); and (3) for any fiscal year in which there is not a full adjustment for technical and economic reestimates, the deposit insurance reestimate for that year, if any, calculated under subsection (h). The ``margin'' for fiscal year 1992 or 1993 is zero and for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 is $15,000,000,000. [[Page 1010]] counts (accounts designated as function 050 in the President's fiscal year 1991 budget submission) and half from non-exempt, non-defense accounts (all other non-exempt accounts). (c) Dividing the Sequestration.--To eliminate the excess deficit in a budget year, half of the required outlay reductions shall be obtained from non-exempt defense ac (d) Defense.--Each non-exempt defense account shall be reduced by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the level of sequestrable budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform percentage necessary to carry out subsection (c), except that, if any military personnel are exempt, adjustments shall be made under the procedure set forth in section 251(a)(3). (e) Non-Defense.--Actions to reduce non-defense accounts shall be taken in the following order: (1) First.--All reductions in automatic spending increases under section 256(a) shall be made. (2) Second.--If additional reductions in non-defense accounts are required to be made, the maximum reduction permissible under sections 256(b) (guaranteed student loans) and 256(c) (foster care and adoption assistance) shall be made. (3) Third.--(A) If additional reductions in non-defense accounts are required to be made, each remaining non-exempt, non-defense account shall be reduced by the uniform percentage necessary to make the reductions in non-defense outlays required by subsection (c), except that-- (i) the medicare program specified in section 256(d) shall not be reduced by more than 2 percent in total including any reduction of less than 2 percent made under section 252 or, if it has been reduced by 2 percent or more under section 252, it may not be further reduced under this section; and (ii) the health programs set forth in section 256(e) shall not be reduced by more than 2 percent in total (including any reduction made under section 251), and the uniform percent applicable to all other programs under this subsection shall be increased (if necessary) to a level sufficient to achieve the required reduction in non-defense outlays. (B) For purposes of determining reductions under subparagraph (A), outlay reduction (as a result of sequestration of Commodity Credit Corporation commodity price support contracts in the fiscal year of a sequestration) that would occur in the [[Page 1011]] following fiscal year shall be credited as outlay reductions in the fiscal year of the sequestration. (f) Baseline Assumptions; Part-year Appropriations.--(1) Budget assumptions.--For purposes of subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), accounts shall be assumed to be at the level in the baseline minus any reductions required to be made under sections 251 and 252. (2) Part-year appropriations.--If, on the date specified in subsection (a), there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for any non-exempt budget account, then the dollar sequestration calculated for that account under subsection (d) or (e), as applicable, shall be subtracted from-- (A) the annualized amount otherwise available by law in that account under that or a subsequent part-year appropriation; and (B) when a full-year appropriation for that account is enacted, from the amount otherwise provided by the full-year appropriation; except that the amount to be sequestered from that account shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the savings achieved by that appropriation when the enacted amount is less than the baseline for that account. (g) Adjustments to Maximum Deficit Amounts.--(1) Adjustments.-- (A) When the President submits the budget for fiscal year 1992, the maximum deficit amounts for fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 shall be adjusted to reflect up-to-date reestimates of economic and technical assumptions and any changes in concepts or definitions. When the President submits the budget for fiscal year 1993, the maximum deficit amounts for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 shall be further adjusted to reflect up-to-date reestimates of economic and technical assumptions and any changes in concepts or definitions. (B) When submitting the budget for fiscal year 1994, the President may choose to adjust the maximum deficit amounts for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to reflect up-to-date reestimates for economic and technical assumptions. If the President chooses to adjust the maximum deficit amount when submitting the fiscal year 1994 budget, the President may choose to invoke the same adjustment procedure when submitting the budget for fiscal year 1995. In each case, the President must choose between making no [[Page 1012]] adjust ment or the full adjustment described in paragraph (2). If the President chooses to make that full adjustment, then those procedures for adjusting discretionary spending limits described in sections 251(b)(1)(C) and 251(b)(2)(E), otherwise applicable through fiscal year 1993 or 1994 (as the case may be), shall be deemed to apply for fiscal year 1994 (and 1995 if applicable). (C) When the budget for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 is submitted and the sequestration reports for those years under section 254 are made (as applicable), if the President does not choose to make the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (B), the maximum deficit amount for that fiscal year shall be adjusted by the amount of the adjustment to discretionary spending limits first applicable for that year (if any) under section 251(b). (D) For each fiscal year the adjustments required to be made with the submission of the President's budget for that year shall also be made when OMB submits the sequestration update report and the final sequestration report for that year, but OMB shall continue to use the economic and technical assumptions in the President's budget for that year. Each adjustment shall be made by increasing or decreasing the maximum deficit amounts set forth in section 601 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (2) Calculations of adjustments.--The required increase or decrease shall be calculated as follows: (A) The baseline deficit or surplus shall be calculated using up-to-date economic and technical assumptions, using up-to-date concepts and definitions, and, in lieu of the baseline levels of discretionary appropriations, using the discretionary spending limits set forth in section 601 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as adjusted under section 251. (B) The net deficit increase or decrease caused by all direct spending and receipts legislation enacted after the date of enactment of this section (after adjusting for any sequestration of direct spending accounts) shall be calculated for each fiscal year by adding-- (i) the estimates of direct spending and receipts legislation transmitted under section 252(d) applicable [[Page 1013]] to each such fiscal year; and (ii) the estimated amount of savings in direct spending programs applicable to each such fiscal year resulting from the prior year's sequestration under this section or section 252 of direct spending, if any, as contained in OMB's final sequestration report for that year. (C) The amount calculated under subparagraph (B) shall be subtracted from the amount calculated under subparagraph (A). (D) The maximum deficit amount set forth in section 601 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be subtracted from the amount calculated under subparagraph (C). (E) The amount calculated under subparagraph (D) shall be the amount of the adjustment required by paragraph (1). (h) Treatment of Deposit Insurance.--(1) Initial estimates.--The initial estimates of the net costs of federal deposit insurance for fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995 (assuming full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the date of the submission of the budget for fiscal year 1993) shall be set forth in that budget. (2) Reestimates.--For fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995, the amount of the reestimate of deposit insurance costs shall be calculated by subtracting the amount set forth under paragraph (1) for that year from the current estimate of deposit insurance costs (but assuming full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the date of submission of the budget for fiscal year 1993). SEC. 254. REPORTS AND ORDERS. Sec. 254 Sec. 254 * * * * * (i) Low-Growth Report.--At any time, CBO shall notify the Congress if-- (1) during the period consisting of the quarter during which such notification is given, the quarter preceding such notification and the 4 quarters following such notification, CBO or OMB has determined that real economic growth is projected or estimated to be less than zero with respect to each of any 2 consecutive quarters within such period; or (2) the most recent of the Department of Commerce's advance preliminary or final reports of actual real economic growth [[Page 1014]] indicate that the rate of real economic growth for each of the most recently reported quarter and the immediately preceding quarter is less than one percent. This paragraph was redesignated by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 (sec. 10206, P.L. 105-33). In response to a ``low-growth report'' under this section, the Majority Leader of the Senate introduced pursuant to section 258, infra, a joint resolution suspending certain budget enforcement laws (S. J. Res. 44, Jan. 23, 1991, p. 2128). * * * * * SEC. 258. SUSPENSION IN THE EVENT OF WAR OR LOW GROWTH. Sec. 258 Sec. 258 (a) Procedures in the Event of a Low-Growth Report.-- (1) Trigger.--Whenever CBO issues a low-growth report under section 254(j), the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives may, and the Majority Leader of the Senate shall, introduce a joint resolution (in the form set forth in paragraph (2)) declaring that the conditions specified in section 254(j) are met and suspending the relevant provisions of this title, titles III and VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and section 1103 of title 31, United States Code. (2) Form of joint resolution.-- (A) The matter after the resolving clause in any joint resolution introduced pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be as follows: ``That the Congress declares that the conditions specified in section 254(j) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are met, and the implementation of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, and part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are modified as described in section 258(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''. (B) The title of the joint resolution shall be ``Joint resolution suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''; and the joint [[Page 1015]] resolution shall not contain any preamble. (3) Committee action.--Each joint resolution introduced pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be referred to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives or the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, as the case may be; and such Committee shall report the joint resolution to its House without amendment on or before the fifth day on which such House is in session after the date on which the joint resolution is introduced. If the Committee fails to report the joint resolution within the five-day period referred to in the preceding sentence, it shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution, and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. (4) Consideration of joint resolution.--(A) A vote on final passage of a joint resolution reported to the Senate or discharged pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be taken on or before the close of the fifth calendar day of session after the date on which the joint resolution is reported or after the Committee has been discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution. If prior to the passage by one House of a joint resolution of that House, that House receives the same joint resolution from the other House, then-- (i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no such joint resolution had been received from the other House, but (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other House. When the joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the case of a House joint resolution agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a Senate joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and transmitted to the other House of the Congress as soon as practicable. (B)(i) In the Senate, a joint resolution under this paragraph shall be privileged. It shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. (ii) Debate in the Senate on a joint resolution under this paragraph, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than five hours. The [[Page 1016]] time shall be equally divided be tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. (iii) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with a joint resolution under this paragraph shall be limited to not more than one hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in the event the manager of the joint resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee. (iv) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a joint resolution under this paragraph is not debatable. A motion to table or to recommit a joint resolution under this paragraph is not in order. (C) No amendment to a joint resolution considered under this paragraph shall be in order in the Senate. (b) Suspension of Sequestration Procedures.--Upon the enactment of a declaration of war or a joint resolution described in subsection (a)-- (1) the subsequent issuance of any sequestration report or any sequestration order is precluded; (2) sections 302(f), 310(d), 311(a), and title VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are suspended; and (3) section 1103 of title 31, United States Code, is suspended. (c) Restoration of Sequestration Procedures.--(1) In the event of a suspension of sequestration procedures due to a declaration of war, then, effective with the first fiscal year that begins in the session after the state of war is concluded by Senate ratification of the necessary treaties, the provisions of subsection (b) triggered by that declaration of war are no longer effective. SEC. 258A. MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ORDER. (2) In the event of a suspension of sequestration procedures due to the enactment of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), then, effective with regard to the first fiscal year beginning at least 12 months after the enactment of that resolution, the provisions of subsection (b) triggered by that resolution are no longer effective. Sec. 258A Sec. 258A [[Page 1017]] the majority leader of either House of Congress may introduce a joint resolution which contains provisions directing the President to modify the most recent order issued under section 254 or provide an alternative to reduce the deficit for such fiscal year. After the introduction of the first such joint resolution in either House of Congress in any calendar year, then no other joint resolution introduced in such House in such calendar year shall be subject to the procedures set forth in this section. (a) Introduction of Joint Resolution.--At any time after the Director of OMB issues a final sequestration report under section 254 for a fiscal year, but before the close of the twentieth calendar day of the session of Congress beginning after the date of issuance of such report, (b) Procedures for Consideration of Joint Resolutions.-- (1) Referral to committee.--A joint resolution introduced in the Senate under subsection (a) shall not be referred to a committee of the Senate and shall be placed on the calendar pending disposition of such joint resolution in accordance with this subsection. (2) Consideration in the senate.--On or after the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after a joint resolution is introduced under subsection (a), notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate, including Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution. The motion is not in order after the eighth calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after a joint resolution (to which the motion applies) is introduced. The joint resolution is privileged in the Senate. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the Senate shall immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolution without intervening motion, order, or other business, and the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of. (3) Debate in the senate.--(A) In the Senate, debate on a joint resolution introduced under subsection (a), amendments thereto, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority leader and the [[Page 1018]] minority leader (or their designees). (B) A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order, and a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order. (C)(i) No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of the joint resolution or to the order issued under section 254 shall be in order in the Senate. In the Senate, an amendment, any amendment to an amendment, or any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not to exceed 30 minutes to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the majority leader (or their designees), except that in the event that the majority leader favors the amendment, motion, or appeal, the minority leader (or the minority leader's designee) shall control the time in opposition to the amendment, motion, or appeal. (ii) In the Senate, an amendment that is otherwise in order shall be in order notwithstanding the fact that it amends the joint resolution in more than one place or amends language previously amended. It shall not be in order in the Senate to vote on the question of agreeing to such a joint resolution or any amendment thereto unless the figures then contained in such joint resolution or amendment are mathematically consistent. (4) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution introduced under subsection (a), a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, and the disposition of any pending amendments under paragraph (3), the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur. (5) Appeals.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair shall be decided without debate. (6) Conference reports.--In the Senate, points of order under titles III, IV, and VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are applicable to a conference report on the joint resolution or any amendments in disagreement thereto. (7) Resolution from other house.--If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint resolution of the Senate introduced under subsection (a), the Senate receives from the House of [[Page 1019]] Representatives a joint reso lution introduced under subsection (a), then the following procedures shall apply: (A) The joint resolution of the House of Representatives shall not be referred to a committee and shall be placed on the calendar. (B) With respect to a joint resolution introduced under subsection (a) in the Senate-- (i) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the House; but (ii)(I) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the House if it is identical to the joint resolution then pending for passage in the Senate; or (II) if the joint resolution from the House is not identical to the joint resolution then pending for passage in the Senate and the Senate then passes the Senate joint resolution, the Senate shall be considered to have passed the House joint resolution as amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution. (C) Upon disposition of the joint resolution received from the House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the resolution originated in the Senate. (8) Senate action on house resolution.--If the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a joint resolution introduced under subsection (a) after the Senate has disposed of a Senate originated resolution which is identical to the House passed joint resolution, the action of the Senate with regard to the disposition of the Senate originated joint resolution shall be deemed to be the action of the Senate with regard to the House originated joint resolution. If it is not identical to the House passed joint resolution, then the Senate shall be considered to have passed the joint resolution of the House as amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution. SEC. 258B. FLEXIBILITY AMONG DEFENSE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES. Sec. 258B Sec. 258B [[Page 1020]] in additional outlay reductions, the President may provide for lesser reductions in new budget authority and unobligated balances for other programs, projects, or activities within major functional category 050 for such fiscal year, but only to the extent that the resulting outlay increases do not exceed the additional outlay reductions, and no such program, project, or activity may be increased above the level actually made available by law in appropriation Acts (before taking sequestration into account). In making calculations under this subsection, the President shall use account outlay rates that are identical to those used in the report by the Director of OMB under section 254. (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), new budget authority and unobligated balances for any programs, projects, or activities within major functional category 050 (other than a military personnel account) may be further reduced beyond the amount specified in an order issued by the President under section 254 for such fiscal year. To the extent such additional reductions are made and result (b) No actions taken by the President under subsection (a) for a fiscal year may result in a domestic base closure or realignment that would otherwise be subject to section 2687 of title 10, United States Code. (c) The President may not exercise the authority provided by this paragraph for a fiscal year unless-- (1) the President submits a single report to Congress specifying, for each account, the detailed changes proposed to be made for such fiscal year pursuant to this section; (2) that report is submitted within 5 calendar days of the start of the next session of Congress; and (3) a joint resolution affirming or modifying the changes proposed by the President pursuant to this paragraph becomes law. (d) Within 5 calendar days of session after the President submits a report to Congress under subsection (c)(1) for a fiscal year, the majority leader of each House of Congress shall (by request) introduce a joint resolution which contains provisions affirming the changes proposed by the President pursuant to this paragraph. (e)(1) The matter after the resolving clause in any joint resolution introduced pursuant to subsection (d) shall be as follows: ``That the report of the President as submitted on [Insert Date] under section 258B is hereby approved.''. (2) The title of the joint resolution shall be ``Joint resolution approving the report of the President submitted under section 258B of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''. (3) Such joint resolution shall not contain any preamble. [[Page 1021]] (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) from the date of introduction shall be considered as having been discharged therefrom and shall be placed on the appropriate calendar pending disposition of such joint resolution in accordance with this subsection. In the Senate, no amendment proposed in the Committee on Appropriations shall be in order other than an amendment (in the nature of a substitute) that is germane or relevant to the provisions of the joint resolution or to the order issued under section 254. For purposes of this paragraph, an amendment shall be considered to be relevant if it relates to function 050 (national defense). (f)(1) A joint resolution introduced in the Senate under subsection (d) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and if not reported within 5 calendar days (2) On or after the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after a joint resolution is placed on the Senate calendar, notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate, including Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the Senate to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution. The motion is not in order after the eighth calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after such joint resolution is placed on the appropriate calendar. The motion is not debatable. The joint resolution is privileged in the Senate. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the Senate shall immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolution without intervening motion, order, or other business, and the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of. (g)(1) In the Senate, debate on a joint resolution introduced under subsection (d), amendments thereto, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority leader and the minority leader (or their designees). (2) A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. In the Senate, a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order. [[Page 1022]] poses of this paragraph, an amendment shall be considered to be relevant if it relates to function 050 (national defense). In the Senate, an amendment, any amendment to an amendment, or any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not to exceed 30 minutes to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the majority leader (or their designees), except that in the event that the majority leader favors the amendment, motion, or appeal, the minority leader (or the minority leader's designee) shall control the time in opposition to the amendment, motion, or appeal. (h)(1) No amendment that is not germane or relevant to the provisions of the joint resolution or to the order issued under section 254 shall be in order in the Senate. For pur (2) In the Senate, an amendment that is otherwise in order shall be in order notwithstanding the fact that it amends the joint resolution in more than one place or amends language previously amended, so long as the amendment makes or maintains mathematical consistency. It shall not be in order in the Senate to vote on the question of agreeing to such a joint resolution or any amendment thereto unless the figures then contained in such joint resolution or amendment are mathematically consistent. (3) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any amendment to any joint resolution introduced under subsection (d) or any conference report thereon if such amendment or conference report would have the effect of decreasing any specific budget outlay reductions below the level of such outlay reductions provided in such joint resolution unless such amendment or conference report makes a reduction in other specific budget outlays at least equivalent to any increase in outlays provided by such amendment or conference report. (4) For purposes of the application of paragraph (3), the level of outlays and specific budget outlay reductions provided in an amendment shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. (i) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution introduced under subsection (d), a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, and the disposition of any pending amendments under subsection (h), the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur. [[Page 1023]] (j) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (d) shall be decided without debate. (k) In the Senate, points of order under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (including points of order under sections 302(c), 303(a), 306, and 401(b)(1)) are applicable to a conference report on the joint resolution or any amendments in disagreement thereto. (l) If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint resolution of the Senate introduced under subsection (d), the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a joint resolution introduced under subsection (d), then the following procedures shall apply: (1) The joint resolution of the House of Representatives shall not be referred to a committee. (2) With respect to a joint resolution introduced under subsection (d) in the Senate-- (A) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the House; but (B)(i) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the House if it is identical to the joint resolution then pending for passage in the Senate; or (ii) if the joint resolution from the House is not identical to the joint resolution then pending for passage in the Senate and the Senate then passes the Senate joint resolution, the Senate shall be considered to have passed the House joint resolution as amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution. (3) Upon disposition of the joint resolution received from the House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the joint resolution originated in the Senate. [[Page 1024]] SEC. 258C. SPECIAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS. (m) If the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a joint resolution introduced under subsection (d) after the Senate has disposed of a Senate originated joint resolution which is identical to the House passed joint resolution, the action of the Senate with regard to the disposition of the Senate originated joint resolution shall be deemed to be the action of the Senate with regard to the House originated joint resolution. If it is not identical to the House passed joint resolution, then the Senate shall be considered to have passed the joint resolution of the House as amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution. Sec. 258C Sec. 258C (a) Reporting of Resolutions and Reconciliation Bills and Resolutions, in the Senate.--(1) Committee alternatives to presidential order.--After the submission of an OMB sequestration update report under section 254 that envisions a sequestration under section 252 or 253, each standing committee of the Senate may, not later than October 10, submit to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate information of the type described in section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to alternatives to the order envisioned by such report insofar as such order affects laws within the jurisdiction of the committee. (2) Initial budget committee action.--After the submission of such a report, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may, not later than October 15, report to the Senate a resolution. The resolution may affirm the impact of the order envisioned by such report, in whole or in part. To the extent that any part is not affirmed, the resolution shall state which parts are not affirmed and shall contain instructions to committees of the Senate of the type referred to in section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sufficient to achieve at least the total level of deficit reduction contained in those sections which are not affirmed. (3) Response of committees.--Committees instructed pursuant to paragraph (2), or affected thereby, shall submit their responses to the Budget Committee no later than 10 days after the resolution referred to in paragraph (2) is agreed to, except that if only one such Committee is so instructed such Committee shall, by the same date, report to the Senate a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution containing its recommendations in response to such instructions. A committee shall be considered to have complied with all instructions to it pursuant to a resolution adopted under paragraph (2) if it has made recommendations with respect to matters within its jurisdiction which would result in a reduction in the deficit at least equal to the total reduction directed by such instructions. [[Page 1025]] committee instructed in a resolution referred to in paragraph (2) fails to submit any recommendation (or, when only one committee is instructed, fails to report a reconciliation bill or resolution) in response to such instructions, the Budget Committee shall include in the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported pursuant to this subparagraph legislative language within the jurisdiction of the noncomplying committee to achieve the amount of deficit reduction directed in such instructions. (4) Budget committee action.--Upon receipt of the recommendations received in response to a resolution referred to in paragraph (2), the Budget Committee shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, or both, carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revisions. In the event that a (5) Point of order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported under paragraph (4) with respect to a fiscal year, any amendment thereto, or any conference report thereon if-- (A) the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported; (B) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or (C) the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report, would cause the amount of the deficit for such fiscal year to exceed the maximum deficit amount for such fiscal year, unless the low-growth report submitted under section 254 projects negative real economic growth for such fiscal year, or for each of any two consecutive quarters during such fiscal year. (6) Treatment of certain amendments.--In the Senate, an amendment which adds to a resolution reported under paragraph (2) an instruction of the type referred to in such paragraph shall be in order during the consideration of such resolution if such amendment would be in order but for the fact that it would be held to be non-germane on the basis that the instruction constitutes new matter. (7) Definition.--For purposes of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the term ``day'' shall mean any calendar day on which the Senate is in session. [[Page 1026]] (b) Procedures.--(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), in the Senate the provisions of sections 305 and 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget and conference reports thereon shall also apply to the consideration of resolutions, and reconciliation bills and reconciliation resolutions reported under this paragraph and conference reports thereon. (2) Limit on debate.--Debate in the Senate on any resolution reported pursuant to subsection (a)(2), and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 10 hours. (3) Limitation on amendments.--Section 310(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act shall apply to reconciliation bills and reconciliation resolutions reported under this subsection. (4) Bills and resolutions received from the house.--Any bill or resolution received in the Senate from the House, which is a companion to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution of the Senate for the purposes of this subsection, shall be considered in the Senate pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. (5) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ``resolution'' means a simple, joint, or concurrent resolution. Sections 258, 258A, 258B, and 258C provide for reporting and consideration in the Senate but not in the House, where special rules might be adopted for the purpose. * * * * *