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 119 STAT. 3656

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 28, 2005

(g) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on September 30, 2010. SEC.

408.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990.

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(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House and the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall include in its allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration. (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the House, for purposes of applying section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security Administration. SEC. 409. 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. SEC. 410. TREATMENT OF ALLOCATIONS IN THE HOUSE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, the Committee on Appropriations may make a separate suballocation for appropriations for the legislative branch for the first fiscal year of this resolution. Such suballocation shall be deemed to be made under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and shall be treated as such a suballocation for all purposes under section 302 of such Act. (b) DISPLAY OF COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—An allocation to a committee under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 may display an amount to reflect a committee’s instruction under the reconciliation process, but it shall not constitute an allocation within the meaning of section 302 of such Act. Changes in levels of direct spending achieved in a reconciliation bill submitted pursuant to title II of this resolution shall not be included in current levels of new budget authority and outlays for purposes of enforcing an allocation under 302(a) of such Act. SEC. 411. SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS IN MANDATORY SPENDING THROUGH FY2014.

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the share of the budget consumed by mandatory spending has been growing since the mid-1970s, and now is about 54 percent; (2) this portion of the budget is continuing to grow, crowding out other priorities and threatening overall budget control;

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