[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 565 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 565

  To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the Federal 
                budget process, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 1993

  Mr. Kolbe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Operations and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the Federal 
                budget process, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever any provision of 
this Act is expressed as an amendment to a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be deemed to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                     TITLE I--BIENNIAL BUDGET CYCLE

SEC. 101. BIENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL BUDGETS.

    (a) Revision of Timetable.--Section 300 is amended to read as 
follows:

                              ``timetable

    ``Sec. 300. The timetable with respect to the Congressional budget 
process for any Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Fourth 
Congress) is as follows:

                                                 ``First Session                                                
                                                                                                                
                   ``On or before:                                   Action to be completed:                    
                                                                                                                
      First Monday in February................  President submits budget recommendations.                       
      February 15.............................  Congressional Budget Office submits reports to Budget           
                                                 Committees.                                                    
      March 15................................  Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees.     
      April 15................................  Joint Budget Committee reports resolution on the biennial       
                                                 budget.                                                        
      May 15..................................  Congress completes action on resolution on the biennial budget  
                                                 or automatic budget resolution takes effect.                   
                                                Annual appropriation bills may be considered.                   
      June 10.................................  House Appropriations Committee reports last annual appropriation
                                                 bill.                                                          
      September 30............................  Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation.        
                                                Congress completes action on annual appropriations bills.       
      October 1...............................  Biennium begins.                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                ``Second Session                                                
      ``On or before:                           Action to be completed:                                         
      Fifteenth day after the session begins..  President submits budget revisions.                             
      February 15.............................  Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committee. 
      June 10.................................  House Appropriations Committee reports last annual appropriation
                                                 bill.                                                          
      September 30............................  Congress completes action on annual appropriation bills.''.     
                                                                                                                

    (b) Amendments Implementing Biennial Congressional Budgeting.--
            (1) Declaration of purpose.--Section 2(2) is amended by 
        striking ``each year'' and inserting ``biennially''.
            (2) Definitions.--(A) Paragraph (4) of section 3 is amended 
        by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``a biennium''.
            (B) Section 3 is further amended by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(11) The term `biennium' means the period of 2 
        consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-
        numbered year.''.
            (3) Duties of cbo.--(A) Section 202(f)(1) is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``February 15 of each year'' and 
                inserting ``February 15 of each odd-numbered calendar 
                year'';
                    (ii) by striking ``the fiscal year commencing'' and 
                inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium 
                commencing'';
                    (iii) by striking ``such fiscal year'' the first 
                place it appears and inserting ``such biennium''; and
                    (iv) by striking ``such fiscal year'' the second 
                place it appears and inserting ``each fiscal year in 
                such biennium'';
            (B) Section 202(f) is further amended--
                    (i) in paragraph (2) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' 
                and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'';
                    (ii) in paragraph (3)--
                            (I) by striking ``each year'' and inserting 
                        ``each even-numbered calendar year'',
                            (II) by striking ``the fiscal year ending 
                        September 30 of that calendar year'' in clause 
                        (A) and inserting ``either fiscal year in the 
                        biennium beginning October 1 of the preceding 
                        calendar year'',
                            (III) by striking ``the fiscal year ending 
                        September 30 of that calendar year'' in clause 
                        (B) and inserting ``either fiscal year of such 
                        biennium'', and
                            (IV) by striking ``fiscal year beginning 
                        October 1 of that calendar year'' and inserting 
                        ``succeeding biennium'';
                    (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4) respectively; and
                    (iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(2) On February 15 of each even-numbered year, the 
        Director shall transmit to the Committee on the Budget of the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate such revisions of the 
        report required by paragraph (1) as may be necessary due to 
        changing economic conditions and due to any budget revisions 
        transmitted by the President pursuant to subsection (b) of 
        section 1106 of title 31, United States Code.''.
            (4) Biennial concurrent resolution on the budget.--(A) 
        Section 301(a) is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``April 15 of each year'' and 
                inserting ``May 15 of each odd-numbered year'';
                    (ii) by striking ``the fiscal year beginning on 
                October 1 of such year'' the first place it appears and 
                inserting ``biennium beginning on October 1 of such 
                year'';
                    (iii) by striking ``the fiscal year beginning on 
                October 1 of such year'' the second place it appears 
                and inserting ``each fiscal year in such period''; and
                    (iv) by striking ``each of the two ensuing fiscal 
                years'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
                succeeding biennium''.
            (B) Section 301(b) is amended--
                    (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
                inserting ``for a biennium'' after ``resolution on the 
                budget'';
                    (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ``for such fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``for either fiscal year in such 
                biennium''; and
                    (iii) by adding at the end the following:
``All matters and procedures set forth pursuant to paragraph (4) shall 
remain in effect only for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such 
fiscal year.''.
            (C) The first sentence of section 301(d) is amended by 
        inserting ``odd-numbered'' before ``year''.
            (D) Section 301(e) is amended--
                    (i) in the first sentence by striking ``fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (ii) by inserting between the second and third 
                sentences the following new sentence: ``On or before 
                April 15 of each odd-numbered year the Committee on the 
                Budget shall report to its House the concurrent 
                resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) 
                for the biennium beginning on October 1 of that 
                year.''; and
                    (iii) in paragraph (6)--
                            (I) by striking ``five'' and inserting 
                        ``four'',
                            (II) by striking ``such fiscal year'' and 
                        inserting ``the first fiscal year of such 
                        biennium,'',
                        four-fiscal-year period''.
            (E) Section 301(f) is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``biennium''.
            (F) Section 301(i)(1)(A) is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``for a biennium'';
                    (ii) by striking ``for such fiscal year'' the first 
                place it appears and inserting ``for either fiscal year 
                in such biennium''.
            (G) The section heading of section 301 is amended by 
        striking ``annual adoption'' and inserting ``biennial 
        adoption''.
            (H) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 
        Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
        amended by striking ``Annual Adoption'' in the item relating to 
        section 301 and inserting ``Biennial Adoption''.
            (5) Section 303 point of order.--(A) Section 303(a) is 
        amended by striking ``for such fiscal year'' and inserting 
        ``for the biennium including such fiscal year''.
            (B) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is 
        amended--
                    (i) by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (ii) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting before the 
                semicolon ``, if such bill or resolution does not cause 
                the level of entitlement and mandatory spending to be 
                exceeded for the two fiscal years following the 
                biennium to which the concurrent resolution applies''; 
                and
                    (iii) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
                striking ``any calendar year'' and inserting ``any odd-
                numbered calendar year'' and by striking ``in the House 
                of Representatives''.
            (6) Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the 
        budget.--(1) Section 304(a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first two 
                places it appears and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (B) by striking ``for such fiscal year''; and
                    (C) by inserting before the period ``for such 
                biennium''.
            (7) Procedures for consideration of budget resolutions.--
        Section 305 is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ``for a fiscal 
                year''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ``for a fiscal 
                year''.
            (8) Reports and summaries of congressional budget 
        actions.--(A)(i) Section 308(a)(1) is amended--
                    (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by 
                striking ``fiscal year (or fiscal years)'' and 
                inserting ``biennium (or bienniums)'',
                    (II) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``fiscal year 
                (or fiscal years)'' and inserting ``biennium (or 
                bienniums)'', and
                    (III) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``such fiscal 
                year (or fiscal years)'' and inserting ``such biennium 
                (or bienniums)''.
            (ii) Section 308(a)(2) by striking ``fiscal year (or fiscal 
        years)'' and inserting ``biennium (or bienniums)''.
            (B) Section 308(b)(1) is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first place it 
                appears and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (ii) by inserting ``for such biennium'' after 
                ``concurrent resolution on the budget''; and
                    (iii) by striking ``the fiscal year preceding such 
                fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
                biennium preceding such biennium''.
            (C) Section 308(c) is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``Five'' in the subsection heading 
                and inserting ``Four'';
                    (ii) by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it 
                appears in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and 
                inserting ``biennium''; and
                    (iii) by striking ``5 fiscal years'' and inserting 
                ``4 fiscal years''.
            (9) Reconciliation process.--(A) Section 310(a) is 
        amended--
                    (i) by striking ``any fiscal year'' in the matter 
                preceding paragraph (1) and inserting ``any biennium'';
                    (ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ``such fiscal 
                year'' each place it appears and inserting ``each 
                fiscal year in such biennium''; and
                    (iii) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``for each 
                fiscal year in such biennium'' after ``revenues''.
            (B) Section 310(f) is amended--
                    (i) by inserting ``of any odd-numbered calendar 
                year'' after ``July'',
                    (ii) by striking ``fiscal year beginning on October 
                1 of the calendar year to which the adjournment 
                resolution pertains'' and inserting ``biennium 
                beginning on October 1 of such calendar year'', and
                    (iii) by striking ``for such fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``for such biennium''.
            (10) Section 311 point of order.--Section 311(a)(1) is 
        amended by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``biennium''.
            (11) Bills providing new spending authority.--Section 
        401(b)(2) is amended by striking ``for such fiscal year'' the 
        second place it appears and inserting ``for the biennium in 
        which such fiscal year occurs''.
            (12) Analysis by cbo.--Section 403(a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the fiscal year'' in paragraph 
                (1) and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium'';
                    (B) by striking ``4 fiscal years following such 
                year'' in paragraph (1) and inserting ``each fiscal 
                year in the succeeding biennium'';
                    (C) by striking ``the fiscal year'' in paragraph 
                (2) and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium''; 
                and
                    (D) by striking ``four fiscal years following such 
                fiscal year'' in paragraph (2) and inserting ``each 
                fiscal year in the succeeding biennium''.
  (c) Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives.--
            (1) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives is amended by inserting ``odd-numbered'' 
        after ``each''.
            (2) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended by striking ``such fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``the biennium in which such fiscal year begins''.
            (3) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended by striking ``concurrent resolutions 
        on the budget for each fiscal year'' and inserting ``concurrent 
        resolution on the budget required under section 301(a) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for each biennium''.
            (4) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended by striking ``annually'' each place 
        it appears and inserting ``biennially''.
            (5) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``February 25 of each year'' and 
                inserting ``March 15 of each odd-numbered year'';
                    (B) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first place it 
                appears and inserting ``biennium''; and
                    (C) by striking ``that fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``each fiscal year in such ensuing biennium''.
            (6) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``biennium''.
            (7) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year if 
        reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of such 
        fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium if reported after August 
        1 of the year in which such biennium begins''.
            (8) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``biennium''.

SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Definition.--Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) `biennium' has the meaning given to such term in 
        paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and 
        Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11))''.
    (b) Budget and Appropriations Authority of the President.--Section 
1104(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)'';
            (2) by striking the second sentence; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) The budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 for the 
biennium beginning on October 1, 1995, and the estimates of outlays and 
proposed budget authority required to be submitted under section 1109 
for such biennium, shall be set forth in the same accounts which are 
set forth in the Budget Accounts Listing contained in the budget 
submitted for fiscal year 1995 under section 1105. Any change in the 
accounts used in the budget submitted under section 1105 for the 
biennium beginning on October 1, 1995, or any succeeding biennium, or 
in the estimates of outlays and proposed budget authority required 
under section 1109 for any such biennium, from the accounts set forth 
in the Budget Accounts Listing contained in the budget submitted under 
section 1105 for fiscal year 1995, or the previous biennium, as the 
case may be, shall be made only in consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, the Committees on the Budget, and the committees having 
legislative jurisdiction over the programs or activities which will be 
affected by such changes. The provisions of this paragraph do not 
prohibit the inclusion of proposed new accounts in the Budget Accounts 
Listing contained in the budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 
solely for purposes of presenting estimates for proposed new 
programs.''.
    (c) Budget Contents and Submission to the Congress.--(1) So much of 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as precedes paragraph 
(1) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) On or before the first Monday in February during the first 
session of a Congress, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress, 
the President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for the 
biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget 
transmitted under this subsection shall include a budget message and 
summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each 
budget the following:''.
    (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 
4 fiscal years after that year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in 
the biennium for which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 
biennium''.
    (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 
4 fiscal years after that year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in 
the biennium for which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 
biennium''.
    (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal 
year in the biennium''.
    (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``the fiscal year'' in subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium''; and
            (B) by striking ``4 fiscal years after that year'' in 
        subparagraph (B) and inserting ``2 fiscal years immediately 
        following the second fiscal year in such biennium''.
    (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
biennium''.
    (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
biennium for which the budget is submitted''.
    (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
biennium''.
    (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``the fiscal year following the fiscal 
        year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium 
        following the biennium'';
            (B) by striking ``that following fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``each such fiscal year''; and
            (C) by striking ``fiscal year before the fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``biennium before the biennium''.
    (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``the prior fiscal year'' and inserting 
        ``each of the 2 most recently completed fiscal years'';
            (B) by striking ``for that year'' and inserting ``with 
        respect to that fiscal year''; and
            (C) by striking ``in that year'' and inserting ``in that 
        fiscal year''.
    (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``the prior fiscal year'' and inserting 
        ``each of the 2 most recently completed fiscal years'';
            (B) by striking ``for that year'' and inserting ``with 
        respect to that fiscal year''; and
            (C) by striking ``in that year'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``in that fiscal year''.
    (d) Estimated Expenditures of Legislative and Judicial Branches.--
Section 1105(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``each year'' and inserting ``each even-numbered year''.
    (e) Recommendations to Meet Estimated Deficiencies.--Section 
1105(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year for'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``biennium for'';
            (2) by inserting ``or current biennium, as the case may 
        be,'' after ``current fiscal year''; and
            (3) by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``that 
        period''.
    (f) Statement With Respect to Certain Changes.--Section 1105(d) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' 
and inserting ``biennium''.
    (g) Capital Investment Analysis.--Section 1105(e) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``ensuing fiscal year'' and 
inserting ``biennium to which such budget relates''.
    (h) Compliance With Maximum Deficit Amount.--Section 1105(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``a fiscal year'' 
and inserting ``a biennium'' and by striking ``fiscal years'' and 
inserting ``bienniums''.
    (i) Supplemental Budget Estimates and Changes.--(1) Section 1106(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking 
        ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium'';
            (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``that fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``each fiscal year in such biennium'';
            (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ``4 fiscal years following 
        the fiscal year'' and inserting ``2 fiscal years following the 
        biennium'';
            (D) by striking ``future fiscal years'' in paragraph (3) 
        and inserting ``the 2 fiscal years following the biennium for 
        which the budget is submitted''; and
            (E) by striking ``fiscal year'' in paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``biennium''.
    (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by--
            (A) striking ``Before July 16 of each year'' and inserting 
        ``On or before the fifteenth day after the day on which the 
        second session of a Congress convenes'';
            (B) striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        fiscal year in the biennium''; and
            (C) striking the last sentence.
    (j) Current Programs and Activities Estimates.--(1) Section 1109(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking ``On or before the first Monday after 
        January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)'' and 
        inserting ``At the same time the budget required by section 
        1105 is submitted for a biennium''; and
            (B) by striking ``the following fiscal year'' and inserting 
        ``each fiscal year of such period''.
    (2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``odd-numbered calendar'' after ``each''.
    (k) Year-Ahead Requests for Authorizing Legislation.--Section 1110 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium 
        (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)'', and
            (2) by striking ``year before the year in which the fiscal 
        year begins'' and inserting ``second calendar year preceding 
        the calendar year in which the biennium begins''.
    (l) Budget Information on Consulting Services.--Section 1114 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``For each biennium beginning with the biennium beginning on 
        October 1, 1995, the''; and
            (2) by striking ``each year'' each place it appears.

                  TITLE II--BINDING BUDGET RESOLUTION

SEC. 201. JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.

    (a) Definitions.--Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(4) The term `joint resolution on the budget' means--
                    ``(A) a joint resolution setting forth the 
                simplified budget for the United States Government for 
                a biennium as provided in section 301; and
                    ``(B) any other joint resolution revising the 
                budget for the United States Government for a biennium 
                as described in section 304.''.
    (b) Conforming Technical Amendments Changing ``Concurrent'' to 
``Joint'' Resolution.--(1) Sections 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 
310, 311, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, and 606 are amended by striking 
``concurrent resolution'' each place it appears and by inserting in its 
place ``joint resolution''.
    (3) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking ``Concurrent'' in the items relating to sections 301, 303, and 
304 and inserting ``Joint''.
    (3) Clauses 4(a)(2), 4(b)(2), 4(g), and 4(h) of rule X, clause 8 of 
rule XXIII, and rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
are amended by striking ``concurrent'' and by inserting in its place 
``joint''.
    (4) Section 258C(1)(B) of the Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by striking ``concurrent'' and inserting ``joint''.

                    TITLE III--ENHANCED RESCISSIONS

SEC. 301. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) 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) Proposed Rescission of Budget Authority.--In 
addition to the method of rescinding budget authority specified in 
section 1012, the President may propose, at the time and in the manner 
provided in subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority 
provided in an appropriations Act. Funds made available for obligation 
under this procedure may not be proposed for rescission again under 
this section or section 1012.
    ``(b) Transmittal of Special Message.--
            ``(1) Not later than 3 days after the date of enactment of 
        an appropriation Act, the President may transmit to Congress a 
        special message proposing to rescind amounts of budget 
        authority provided in that Act and include with that special 
        message a draft bill or joint resolution that, if enacted, 
        would only rescind that budget authority.
            ``(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that includes 
        accounts within the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee 
        of the Committee on Appropriations, the President in proposing 
        to rescind budget authority under this section shall send a 
        separate special message and accompanying draft bill or joint 
        resolution for accounts within the jurisdiction of each such 
        subcommittee.
            ``(3) Each special message shall specify, with respect to 
        the budget authority proposed to be rescinded, the matters 
        referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1012(a).
    ``(c) Limitation on Amounts Subject to Rescission.--
            ``(1) The amount of budget authority which the President 
        may propose to rescind in a special message under this section 
        for a particular program, project, or activity for a fiscal 
        year may not exceed 25 percent of the amount appropriated for 
        that program, project, or activity in that Act.
            ``(2) The limitation contained in paragraph (1) shall only 
        apply to a program, project, or activity that is authorized by 
        law.
    ``(d) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
            ``(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of continuous 
        session of the applicable House after the date of receipt of a 
        special message transmitted to Congress under subsection (b), 
        the majority leader or minority leader of the House of Congress 
        in which the appropriation Act involved originated shall 
        introduce (by request) the draft bill or joint resolution 
        accompanying that special message. If the bill or joint 
        resolution is not introduced as provided in the preceding 
        sentence, then, on the third day of continuous session of that 
        House after the date of receipt of that special message, any 
        Member of that House may introduce the bill or joint 
        resolution.
            ``(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be referred to the 
        Committee on Appropriations of that House. The committee shall 
        report the bill or joint resolution without substantive 
        revision and with or without recommendation. The bill or joint 
        resolution shall be reported not later than the seventh day of 
        continuous session of that House after the date of receipt of 
        that special message. If the Committee on Appropriations fails 
        to report the bill or joint resolution within that period, that 
        committee 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 the bill or joint 
        resolution shall be taken in that House on or before the close 
        of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House 
        after the date of the introduction of the bill or joint 
        resolution in that 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 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 paragraph 
        (1)(C) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of 
        that House. The committee shall report the bill or joint 
        resolution without substantive revision and with or without 
        recommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be reported 
        not later than the seventh day of continuous session of that 
        House after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A 
        committee failing to report the bill or joint resolution within 
        such period 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 that House shall be taken on or before the close 
        of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House 
        after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is 
        transmitted. If the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in 
        that 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.
            ``(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 not exceed 4 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) Appeals from 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.
            ``(D) 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.
            ``(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 not exceed 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.
    ``(e) 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 to suspend the application of this 
subsection by unanimous consent.
    ``(f) Requirement To Make Available for Obligation.--Any amount of 
budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message 
transmitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be made available 
for obligation on the day after the date on which either House defeats 
the bill or joint resolution transmitted with that special message.
    ``(g) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `appropriation Act' means any general or 
        special appropriation Act, and any Act or joint resolution 
        making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations; 
        and
            ``(2) continuity of a session of either House of Congress 
        shall be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that 
        House sine die, and the days on which that House is not in 
        session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date 
        certain shall be excluded in the computation of any period.''.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--Section 904 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and 1017'' in subsection (a) and 
        inserting ``1013, and 1018''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 1017'' in subsection (d) and 
        inserting ``sections 1013 and 1018''; and
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking ``1016'' and inserting 
                        ``1017''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``1017(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``1018(b)(1)''.
            (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as 
        redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``1012 or 1013'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``1012, 1013, or 1014'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``1012'' and 
                inserting ``1012 or 1013'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (D) in subsection (e)(2)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C);
                            (iii) by striking ``1013'' in subparagraph 
                        (C) (as so redesignated) and inserting 
                        ``1014''; 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''.
            (3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686) (as 
        redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by striking ``1012 or 
        1013'' each place it appears and inserting ``1012, 1013, or 
        1014''.
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart B of 
title X of such Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1013 
        through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 through 1018; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1012 
        the following new item:

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

                TITLE IV--SUPERMAJORITY POINTS OF ORDER

SEC. 401. SUPERMAJORITY POINTS OF ORDER.

    Section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Any point of order 
set forth in title III, IV, or VI may be waived or suspended in the 
House of Representatives only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths 
of the Members voting, a quorum being present.''.

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