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 92 STAT. 1906

PUBLIC LAW 95-523—OCT. 27, 1978

shall it be in order to offer to such resolution an amendment relating to such goals, and such amendment shall be in order only if it also proposes to alter such estimates, amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the goals proposed in such amendment.". 31 USC 1326. (c) Section 305(b) of such Act is amended— '< • (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs f ' ^ (6) and (7), respectively; and ^ •>^^ (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs: "(3) Following the presentation of opening statements on the first concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, there shall be a period of up to four hours for debate on economic goals and policies. "(4) Only if a concurrent resolution on the budget reported by the • -'^s Committee on the Budget of the Senate sets forth the economic goals (as described in sections 3(a)(2) and 4(b) of the Employment Act of Ante, pp. 1892, 1946), which the estimates, amounts, and levels (as described in section 1893. 301 (a)) set forth in such resolution are designed to achieve, shall it be in order to offer to such resolution an amendment relating to such goals, and such amendment shall be in order only if it also proposes to alter such estimates, amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the goals proposed in such amendment.". MODIFICATION OF TIMETABLE FOR ACHIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT GOALS

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SEC. 304. (a) Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (5); and (2) by renumbering paragraph (6) as (7) and inserting after , y- paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: .H. "(6) if required by subsection (e), the calendar year in which, •j > in the opinion of the Congress, the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 should be achieved; and", (b) Section 301 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e)

ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

"(1) If, pursuant to section 4(c) of the Employment Act of 1946, as amended, the President recommends in the Economic Report that the goals for reducing unemployment set for in section 4(b) of such Act be achieved in a year after the close of the five-year period prescribed by such subsection, the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning after the date on which such Economic Report is received by the Congress may set forth the year in which, in the opinion of the Congress, such goals can be achieved. "(2) After the Congress has expressed its opinion pursuant to paragraph (1) as to the year in which the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946, as amended, can be achieved, if, pursuant to section 4(e) of such Act, the President recommends in the Economic Report that such goals be achieved in a year which is different from the year in which the Congress has expressed its opinion that such goals should be achieved, either in its action pursuant to para-

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