DEFENSE AND DOMESTIC DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

SEC. 8001. DEFENSE AND DOMESTIC DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. (a) Aggregate Allocations for Defense.— The levels of budget authority and budget outlays for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for major functional category 050 (National Defense) shall be: (1) Fiscal year 1988: (A) New budget authority, $292,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $285,400,000,000. (2) Fiscal year 1989: (A) New budget authority, $299,500,000,000. (B) Outlays, $294,000,000,000. (b) Aggregate Allocations for Domestic Discretionary Spending.— The levels of total budget authority and total budget outlays for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for all discretionary spending in categories other than major functional category 050 (National Defense) shall be: (1) Fiscal year 1988: (A) New budget authority, $162,900,000,000. (B) Outlays, $176,800,000,000. (2) Fiscal year 1989: (A) New budget authority, $166,200,000,000. (B) Outlays, $185,300,000,000. (c) Fiscal Year 1989 Budget Resolution.— (1) House of representatives.— The Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 8181Copy read “Representative”. shall report a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1989, pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, in accordance with the appropriate levels of budget authority and budget outlays for major functional category 050 (National Defense) and for all discretionary spending in categories other than101 STAT. 1330–281 major functional category 050 as set forth in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2). (2) Point of order in the senate on aggregate allocations for defense and domestic discretionary spending for fiscal year 1989.— (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (E), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1989 (including a conference report thereon), or any amendment to such a resolution, that would fail to be consistent with the allocations in subsections (a) and (b) for such fiscal year. (B) Subparagraph (A) may be waived or suspended by a vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn. (C) If the ruling of the presiding officer of the Senate sustains a point of order raised pursuant to subparagraph (A), a vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of such ruling. Debate on any such appeal shall be limited to two hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority and Minority Leaders, or their designees. (D) For purposes of this paragraph, the levels of new budget authority, spending authority as described in section 401(c)(2), outlays, and new credit authority for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. (E) This paragraph shall not apply if a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect or if a resolution pursuant to section 254(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 has been enacted. (d) Allocations Pursuant to Fiscal Year 1989 Budget Resolution.— (1) The allocations required to be included in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1989, pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, shall be based upon the levels set forth in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of this section. (2) The Committee on Appropriations of each House shall, after consulting with the Committee on Appropriations of the other House, make the subdivisions required under section 302(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 consistent with the allocations in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) for fiscal year 1989.