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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 11, 2003

117 STAT. 2927

(b) IN THE SENATE.—The Senate Committee on Finance shall report a reconciliation bill not later than May 8, 2003, that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues by not more than $522,524,000,000 and increase the total level of outlays by not more than $27,476,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2003 through 2013. SEC. 202. LIMIT ON SENATE CONSIDERATION OF RECONCILIATION.

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order for the Senate to consider a bill reported pursuant to section 201, or an amendment thereto, which would cause the total revenue reduction to exceed $322,524,000,000 or the total outlay increase to exceed $27,476,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2003 through 2013, except for the purpose of inserting the text of a Senate-passed measure and requesting a conference with the House of Representatives. (b) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (c) APPEALS.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on the point of order raised under this section.

TITLE III—SUBMISSIONS TO ELIMINATE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE SEC. 301. SUBMISSIONS OF FINDINGS PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS.

(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—The Congress finds that— (1) the Inspector General of the Department of Education has found that nearly 23 percent of recipients whose loans were discharged due to disability claims were gainfully employed; (2) based on data provided by the Office of Management and Budget, it is estimated that more than $8 billion in erroneous earned income tax payments are made each year; (3) the Office of Management and Budget estimates that erroneous payments for food stamps account for almost 9 percent of total benefits; (4) mismanagement of more than $3 billion in trust funds controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs led the Congress to take extraordinary measures to regain control of these funds; (5) in its semiannual reports to Congress, the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management has documented numerous instances of the Government continuing to make electronic payments for retirement benefits through the Civil Service Retirement System after the death of the eligible annuitants; and (6) numerous other examples of waste, fraud, and abuse are reported regularly by government watchdog agencies. (b) SUBMISSIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS.—Not later than September 2, 2003, the House committees named in subsection (c) and the Senate committees named in subsection (d) shall submit

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