[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 222 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 222

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to require expeditious consideration by the Congress of a proposal by 
the President to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority if 
 the proposal is transmitted to the Congress on the same day on which 
  the President approves the bill or joint resolution providing such 
                           budget authority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
                   referred to the Committee on Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to require expeditious consideration by the Congress of a proposal by 
the President to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority if 
 the proposal is transmitted to the Congress on the same day on which 
  the President approves the bill or joint resolution providing such 
                           budget authority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the ``Line-Item Rescission Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating sections 
1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, respectively, and 
inserting after section 1012 the following new section:

       ``expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions

    ``Sec. 1013. (a) Transmittal of Special Message.--The President 
may, on the same calendar day the President approves any appropriation 
bill, transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for consideration in 
accordance with this section, one or more special messages proposing to 
rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in the 
appropriation bill.
    ``(b) Contents of Special Message.--
            ``(1) No special message may be considered in accordance 
        with this section if the special message proposes to rescind 
        more than one item of budget authority.
            ``(2) Each special message transmitted under subsection (a) 
        shall specify, with respect to the item of budget authority (or 
        part thereof) proposed by the message to be rescinded, the 
        matters referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 
        1012(a).
            ``(3) Each special message transmitted under subsection (a) 
        shall be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that 
        would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be 
        rescinded.
    ``(c) Procedures.--
            ``(1)(A) On the day on which a special message proposing to 
        rescind an item of budget authority is transmitted to the House 
        of Representatives and the Senate under subsection (a), the 
        draft bill or joint resolution accompanying such special 
        message shall be introduced (by request) by the majority leader 
        of the House of the Congress in which the appropriation Act 
        providing the budget authority originated. If such House is not 
        in session on the day on which a special message is 
        transmitted, the draft bill or joint resolution shall be 
        introduced in such House, as provided in the preceding 
        sentence, on the first day thereafter on which such House is in 
        session.
            ``(B) A draft bill or joint resolution introduced in the 
        House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to subparagraph 
        (A) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of 
        such House. The committee shall report the bill or joint 
        resolution without substantive revision (and with or without 
        recommendation) not later than 20 calendar days of continuous 
        session of the Congress after the date on which the bill or 
        joint resolution is introduced. A committee failing to report a 
        bill or joint resolution within the 20-day period referred to 
        in the preceding sentence shall be automatically discharged 
        from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the 
        bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 
        calendar.
            ``(C) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution 
        introduced in a House of the Congress pursuant to subparagraph 
        (A) shall be taken on or before the close of the 30th calendar 
        day of continuous session of the Congress after the date of the 
        introduction of the bill or joint resolution in such House. If 
        the bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the 
        House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or joint 
        resolution agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the 
        Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint 
        resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the bill or 
        joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and transmitted to 
        the other House of the Congress on the same calendar day on 
        which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
            ``(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to the 
        House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to subparagraph 
        (C) of paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Committee on 
        Appropriations of such House. The committee shall report the 
        bill or joint resolution without substantive revision (and with 
        or without recommendation) not later than 20 calendar days of 
        continuous session of the Congress after the bill or joint 
        resolution is transmitted to such House. A committee failing to 
        report the bill or joint resolution within the 20-day period 
        referred to in the preceding sentence shall be automatically 
        discharged from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, 
        and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the 
        appropriate calendar.
            ``(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution 
        transmitted to a House of the Congress pursuant to subparagraph 
        (C) of paragraph (1) shall be taken on or before the close of 
        the 30th calendar day of continuous session of the Congress 
        after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is 
        transmitted to such House. If the bill or joint resolution is 
        agreed to in such House, the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives (in the case of a bill or joint resolution 
        agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of 
        the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to 
        in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed bill or joint 
        resolution to be returned to the House in which the bill or 
        joint resolution originated, together with a statement of the 
        action taken by the House acting under this paragraph.
            ``(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 
        proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint resolution 
        under this section shall be highly privileged and not 
        debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 
        nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
        which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a bill or 
        joint resolution under this section shall be limited to not 
        more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between 
        those favoring and those opposing the bill or joint resolution. 
        A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. It 
        shall not be in order to move to recommit a bill or joint 
        resolution under this section or to move to reconsider the vote 
        by which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
        to.
            ``(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House of 
        Representatives with respect to the consideration of a bill or 
        joint resolution under this section, and motions to proceed to 
        the consideration of other business, shall be decided without 
        debate.
            ``(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
        to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
        to the procedure relating to a bill or joint resolution under 
        this section shall be decided without debate.
            ``(E) Except to the extent specifically provided in the 
        preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a 
        bill or joint resolution under this section shall be governed 
        by the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to 
        other bills and joint resolutions in similar circumstances.
            ``(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the 
        consideration of a bill or joint resolution under this section 
        shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the 
        motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move 
        to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
        disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint resolution 
        under this section, and all debatable motions and appeals in 
        connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 
        hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and 
        controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or 
        their designees.
            ``(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or 
        appeal in connection with a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally 
        divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
        of the bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the 
        manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of any such 
        motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be 
        controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such 
        leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control 
        on the passage of a bill or joint resolution, allot additional 
        time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable 
        motion or appeal.
            ``(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
        bill or joint resolution under this section is not debatable. A 
        motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section is not in order.
    ``(d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a bill or joint 
resolution considered under this section shall be in order in either 
the House of Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the 
application of this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor 
shall it be in order in either House for the Presiding Officer to 
entertain a request to suspend the application of this subsection by 
unanimous consent.
    ``(e) Requirement to Make Available for Obligation.--Any item of 
budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message 
transmitted to the Congress in accordance with subsection (a) shall be 
made available for obligation unless, not more than 60 days after the 
transmittal of the special message, both Houses of the Congress have 
agreed to the bill or joint resolution accompanying such special 
message.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term--
            ``(1) `item' means any numerically expressed amount of 
        budget authority set forth in an appropriation bill;
            ``(2) `appropriation bill' means any general or special 
        appropriation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making 
        supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations; and
            ``(3) `appropriation Act' means any appropriation bill that 
        has been approved by the President and become law.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1011(5) of the Congressional Budget and 
        Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended--
                    (A) by striking out ``1012, and'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``1012, the 20-day periods referred to in 
                paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A) of section 1013(c), the 
                60-day period referred to in section 1013(e) and'';
                    (B) by striking out ``1012 during'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``1012 or 1013 during'';
                    (C) by striking out ``of 45'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``of the applicable number of''; and
                    (D) by striking out ``45-day period referred to in 
                paragraph (3) of this section and in section 1012'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``period or periods of time 
                applicable under such section''.
            (2)(A) Section 1011 of such Act is further amended--
                    (i) in paragraph (4) by striking out ``1013'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``1014''; and
                    (ii) in paragraph (5)--
                            (I) by striking out ``1016'' and inserting 
                        in lieu thereof ``1017''; and
                            (II) by striking out ``1017(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``1018(b)(1)''.
            (B) Section 1012 of such Act is amended--
                    (i) by striking out ``1012 or 1013'' each place it 
                appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``1012, 1013, or 
                1014'';
                    (ii) in subsection (b)(1) by striking out ``1012'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``1012 or 1013'';
                    (iii) in subsection (b)(2) by striking out ``1013'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``1014''; and
                    (iv) in subsection (e)(2)--
                            (I) by striking out ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A),
                            (II) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C),
                            (III) by striking out ``1013'' in 
                        subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), and
                            (IV) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) he has transmitted a special message under 
                section 1013 with respect to a proposed rescission; 
                and''.
            (C) Section 1015 of such Act is amended by striking out 
        ``1012 or 1013'' each place it appears and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``1012, 1013, or 1014''.
            (D) Section 1016 of such Act is amended by striking out 
        ``or 1013(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, 1013(e), or 
        1014(b)''.
            (E) Section 1012(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
        end thereof the following new sentence: ``The preceding 
        sentence shall not apply to any item of budget authority 
        proposed by the President to be rescinded under this section 
        that the President has also proposed to rescind under section 
        1013 and with respect to which the 60-day period referred to in 
        subsection (e) of such section has not expired.''.
            (3) The table of sections for subpart B of title X of the 
        Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 
                1013 through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 
                through 1018; and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 
                1012 the following new item:

``Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed 
                            rescissions.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION.

    The amendments made by this section shall apply to items of budget 
authority (as defined in subsection (f)(1) of section 1013 of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as added by 
section 2 of this Act) provided by appropriation Acts (as defined in 
subsection (f)(3) of such section) that become law after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

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