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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 10, 2001 115 STAT. 2505 (B) for the nondefense category, $336,230,000,000 in new budget authority. (2) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— (A) IN GENERAL. — After the adjustment to the section 302(a) allocation to the Committee on Appropriations is made pursuant to subsection (b) and except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that exceeds any discretionary spending limit set forth in this subsection. (B) EXCEPTION.— This paragraph shall not apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in effect. (3) WAIVER AND APPEAL. —This subsection may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this subsection. SEC. 204. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 13301 OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990. (a) IN GENERAL. —In the House of Representatives, 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 such Act to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration. (b) SPECIAL RULE,—In the House of Representatives, 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. Subtitle B—Reserve Funds SEC. 211. RESERVE FUND FOR MEDICARE. (a) MEDICARE REFORM AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. —I f the Committee on Finance of the Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives reports a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment is offered thereto, or a conference report thereon is submitted, which reforms the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) and improves the access of beneficiaries under that program to prescription drugs, the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget may revise committee allocations for that committee and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority (and the outlays resulting therefrom) in this resolution by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose, but not to exceed $0 for fiscal year 2002, $59,100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and $300,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2002 through 2011. (b) MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. —