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 Ill STAT. 686 PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 and the absolute value of the changes the committee was directed to make under paragraph (2); and". SEC. 10112. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 311. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 2 USC 642. of 1974 is amended to read as follows: "BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION MUST BE WITHIN APPROPRIATE LEVELS " SEC. 311. (a) ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET AGGREGATES.— "(1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Except as provided by subsection (c), after the Congress has completed action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing new budget authority or reducing revenues, if— "(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported; "(B) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or "(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form recommended in that conference report; would cause the level of total new budget authority or total outlays set forth in the applicable concurrent resolution on the budget for the first fiscal year to be exceeded, or would cause revenues to be less than the level of total revenues set forth in that concurrent resolution for the first fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years for which allocations are provided under section 302(a), except when a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect. "(2) IN THE SENATE. —After a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that— "(A) would cause the level of total new budget authority or total outlays set forth for the first fiscal year in the applicable resolution to be exceeded; or "(B) would cause revenues to be less than the level of total revenues set forth for that first fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years in the applicable resolution for which allocations are provided under section 302(a). "(3) ENFORCEMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS IN THE SEN- ATE. —Afler a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause a decrease in social security surpluses or an increase in social security deficits relative to the levels set forth in the applicable resolution for the first fiscal year or for the total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years for which allocations are provided under section 302(a). " (b) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —For purposes of subsection (a)(3), social security surpluses equal the excess of social security revenues over social security outlays in a fiscal year or years with such an excess and socisd security deficits equal the excess of social

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