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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 17, 2007

SEC. 508. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO RULE.

It is the sense of Congress that in order to reduce the deficit Congress should extend PAYGO consistent with provisions of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. SEC. 509. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LONG-TERM BUDGETING.

It is the sense of Congress that the determination of the congressional budget for the United States Government and the President’s budget request should include consideration of the Financial Report of the United States Government, especially its information regarding the Government’s net operating cost, financial position, and long-term liabilities. SEC. 510. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PAY PARITY.

It is the sense of Congress that rates of compensation for civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed services. SEC. 511. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

It is the sense of Congress that all committees should examine programs within their jurisdiction to identify wasteful and fraudulent spending. To this end, section 207 of this resolution includes cap adjustments to provide appropriations for 3 programs that accounted for a significant share of improper payments reported by Federal agencies in 2006: Social Security Administration Continuing Disability Reviews, the Medicare/Medicaid Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, and Unemployment Insurance. Section 207 also includes a cap adjustment for the Internal Revenue Service for tax compliance efforts to close the tax gap. In addition, the resolution’s deficit-neutral reserve funds require authorizing committees to cut lower-priority and wasteful spending to accommodate higher-priority programs. Finally, section 207 of the resolution directs all committees to review the performance of programs within their jurisdiction and report recommendations annually to the Committees on the Budget as part of the views and estimates process required by section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. SEC. 512. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) additional legislative action is needed to ensure that States have the necessary resources to collect all child support that is owed to families and to allow them to pass 100 percent of support on to families without financial penalty; and (2) when 100 percent of child support payments are passed to the child, rather than administrative expenses, program integrity is improved and child support participation increases. SEC. 513. SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES.

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It is the sense of the House that the Federal Government should pay the plot allowance for the interment in a State veterans cemetery of any spouse or eligible child of a veteran, consistent with the pay-as-you-go principle.

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