[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 51 (Monday, March 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4203-S4204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                     LEGISLATIVE LINE-ITEM VETO ACT

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                  DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 347

  Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Coats, Mr. 
Stevens, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Brown, Mr. Burns, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. 
Frist, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
Helms, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Nickles, 
Mr. Packwood, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
Simpson, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thurmond, 
and Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 4) to grant the 
power to the President to reduce budget authority; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``The Separate Enrollment and 
     Line Item Veto Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 2. STRUCTURE OF LEGISLATION.

       (a) Appropriations Legislation.--
       (1) The Committee on Appropriations of either the House or 
     the Senate shall not report an appropriation measure that 
     fails to contain such level of detail on the allocation of an 
     item of appropriation proposed by that House as is set forth 
     in the committee report accompanying such bill.
       (2) If an appropriation measure is reported to the House or 
     Senate that fails to contain the level of detail on the 
     allocation of an item of appropriation as required in 
     paragraph (1), it shall not be in order in that House to 
     consider such measure. If a point of order under this 
     paragraph is sustained, the measure shall be recommitted to 
     the Committee on Appropriations of that House.
       (b) Authorization Legislation.--
       (1) A committee of either the House or the Senate shall not 
     report an authorization measure that contains new direct 
     spending or new targeted tax benefits unless such measure 
     presents each new direct spending or new targeted tax benefit 
     as a separate item and the accompanying committee report for 
     that measure shall contain such level of detail as is 
     necessary to clearly identify the allocation of new direct 
     spending or new targeted tax benefits.
       (2) If an authorization measure is reported to the House or 
     Senate that fails to comply with paragraph (1), it shall not 
     be in order in that House to consider such measure. If a 
     point of order under this paragraph is sustained, the measure 
     shall be recommitted to the committee of jurisdiction of that 
     House.
       (c) Conference Reports.--
       (1) A committee of conference to which is committed an 
     appropriations measure shall not file a conference report in 
     either House that fails to contain the level of detail on the 
     allocation of an item of appropriation as is set forth in the 
     statement of managers accompanying that report.

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       (2) A committee of conference to which is committed an 
     authorization measure shall not file a conference report in 
     either House unless such measure presents each direct 
     spending or targeted tax benefit as a separate item and the 
     statement of managers accompanying that report clearly 
     identifies each such item.
       (3) If a conference report is presented to the House or 
     Senate that fails to comply with either paragraph (1) or (2), 
     it shall not be in order in that House to consider such 
     conference report. If a point of order under this paragraph 
     is sustained in the House to first consider the conference 
     report, the measure shall be deemed recommitted to the 
     committee of conference.

     SEC. 3. WAIVERS AND APPEALS.

       Any provision of section 2 may be waived or suspended in 
     the House or Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members of that House duly chosen and sworn. An 
     affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members duly chosen 
     and sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 
     ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under that 
     section.

     SEC. 4. SEPARATE ENROLLMENT.

       (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any 
     appropriation or authorization measure passes both Houses of 
     Congress in the same form, the Secretary of the Senate (in 
     the case of a measure originating in the Senate) or the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives (in the case of a measure 
     originating in the House of Representatives), shall cause the 
     enrolling clerk of such House to enroll each item of such 
     appropriation or authorization measure separately.
       (2) A measure that is required to be enrolled pursuant to 
     subsection (a)--
       (A) shall be enrolled without substantive revision,
       (B) shall conform in style and form to the applicable 
     provisions of chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code (as 
     such provisions are in effect on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act), and
       (C) shall bear the designation of the measure of which it 
     was an item prior to such enrollment, together with such 
     other designations as may be necessary to distinguish such 
     measure from other measures enrolled pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) with respect to the same measure.
       (b) A measure enrolled pursuant to paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (a) with respect to an item shall be deemed to be 
     a bill under Clauses 2 and 3 of Section 7 of Article 1 of the 
     Constitution of the United States and shall be signed by the 
     Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, or 
     their designees, and presented to the President for approval 
     or disapproval (and otherwise treated for all purposes) in 
     the manner provided for bills and joint resolutions 
     generally.

     SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

       For purposes of this Act:
       (1) The term ``appropriation measure'' means any general or 
     special appropriation bill or any bill or joint resolution 
     making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing 
     appropriations.
       (2) The term ``authorization measure'' means any measure 
     other than an appropriations measure that contains a 
     provision providing direct spending or targeted tax benefits.
       (3) The term ``direct spending'' shall have the same 
     meaning given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       (4) The term ``item'' means--
       (A) with respect to an appropriations measure--
       (i) any numbered section,
       (ii) any unnumbered paragraph, or
       (iii) any allocation or suballocation of an appropriation, 
     made in compliance with section 2(a), contained in a numbered 
     section or an unnumbered paragraph; and,
       (B) with respect to an authorization measure--
       (i) any numbered section, or,
       (ii) any unnumbered paragraph,

     that contains new direct spending or a new targeted tax 
     benefit presented and identified in conformance with section 
     2(b).
       (5) The term ``targeted tax benefit'' means any provision:
       (A) estimated by the Joint Committee on Taxation as losing 
     revenue within the periods specified in the most recently 
     adopted concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 
     section 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974; and
       (B) having the practical effect of providing more favorable 
     tax treatment to a particular taxpayer or limited group of 
     taxpayers when compared with other similarly situated 
     taxpayers.

     SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The provisions of this Act shall apply to measures passed 
     by the Congress beginning with the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and ending on September 30, 2000.
     

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