3.0.0 3006 2017-12-15T00:21:09Z 2017-12-15T00:21:09Z Senate S S 2008-05-12 110 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-12T19:29:56Z Stimulating Leadership in Limiting Expenditures (or 'SLICE') Act of 2007 110 595 HR 2007-02-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E378) Related bill CRS 2008-05-12 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2008-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-05-12 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-05-12 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-05-12 True Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits Budget resolutions Congress Congressional budget Congressional-executive relations Expedited congressional procedure Federal budget process Government Operations and Politics House rules and procedure Legislation Rescission of appropriated funds Senate rules and procedure Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-20T20:45:14Z Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose, at any time and in any manner provided in this Act, the rescission of any discretionary budget authority in an appropriation Act.

Prohibits funds made available for obligation under this procedure from being proposed for rescission again.

Sets forth requirements for: (1) the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed rescission; and (2) expedited consideration of such proposal.

]]> Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2008 Display Title Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of certain proposals by the President to rescind amounts of budget authority. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3006is/xml/BILLS-110s3006is.xml 2008-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.