[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 666 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 666

   To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that any 
 rescission of budget authority proposed by the President take effect 
 unless specifically disapproved by the adoption of a joint resolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

 Mr. Dornan (for himself and Mr. Shays) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred jointly to the Committees on Government Operations 
                               and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that any 
 rescission of budget authority proposed by the President take effect 
 unless specifically disapproved by the adoption of a joint resolution.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF DEFINITION OF RESCISSION BILL.

    Paragraph (3) of section 1011 of the Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by striking out ``rescinds, in whole or in part,'' and 
by inserting in lieu thereof ``expresses its disapproval of''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION.

    Subsection (b) of section 1012 of the Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by striking out ``rescinding all or part of'' and by 
inserting in lieu thereof ``disapproving the rescission of''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect with respect to 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1993.

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