[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5377 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5377

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
  to establish certain procedures for consideration of appropriation 
                     bills, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 7, 2026

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
    twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
  to establish certain procedures for consideration of appropriation 
                     bills, 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. PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 309 of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended to read as 
follows:

                   ``approval of appropriation bills

    ``Sec. 309.  (a) In the Senate.--
            ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions 
        of section 305 for the consideration in the Senate of 
        concurrent resolutions on the budget and conference reports 
        thereon shall apply to the consideration in the Senate of 
        appropriation bills.
            ``(2) Debate in the Senate on any annual appropriation 
        bill, and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and 
        appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 
        than 20 hours.
    ``(b) In the House of Representatives.--It shall not be in order in 
the House of Representatives to consider any resolution providing for 
an adjournment period of more than three calendar days during the month 
of July until the House of Representatives has approved appropriation 
bills providing new budget authority under the jurisdiction of all the 
subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the fiscal year 
beginning on October 1 of such year. For purposes of this section, the 
chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives shall periodically advise the Speaker as to changes in 
jurisdiction among its various subcommittees.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--In the table of contents in section 1(b) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note), the item relating to section 309 is 
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 309. Approval of appropriation bills.''.
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