[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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