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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5220 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of 

rescissions, and cancellations of items of new direct spending and limited 

tax benefits. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2019 

Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, and Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the 

Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item 

veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and cancellations of items of new direct spending and limited 

tax benefits. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as ‘‘A Fast-Tracked Executive 

3 Rescission Review (AFTER) of Appropriations Act of 

4 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED 

6 RESCISSIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET 

7 AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS. 

8 Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impound9 ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amend10 ed by striking all of part B (except for sections 1015, 

11 1016, and 1013, which are transferred and redesignated 

12 as sections 1017, 1018, and 1019, respectively) and part 

13 C and by inserting after part A the following: 

14 ‘‘PART B—CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PRO15 POSED RESCISSIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET

16 AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS

17 ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCIS18 SIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND

19 OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS

20 ‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.—Within 

21 10 days after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 

22 providing any funding, the President may propose, in the 

23 manner provided in subsection (b), the rescission of all or 

24 part of any dollar amount of such funding or the cancella25 tion of any item of new direct spending or any limited 

26 tax benefit. 


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1 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL MESSAGE.—If the President proposes 

2 that Congress rescind funding, the President shall trans3 mit a special message to Congress containing the informa4 tion specified in this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(1) PACKAGING OF REQUESTED RESCIS6 SIONS.—For each piece of legislation that provides 

7 funding, the President may request any number of 

8 packages of rescissions and the rescissions in each 

9 package shall apply only to funding contained in 

10 that legislation. The President shall not include the 

11 same rescission in both packages. 

12 ‘‘(2) TRANSMITTAL.—The President shall de13 liver each message requesting a package of rescis14 sions to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is 

15 not in session and to the Clerk of the House of Rep16 resentatives if the House is not in session. The 

17 President shall make a copy of the transmittal mes18 sage publicly available, and shall publish in the Fed19 eral Register a notice of the message and informa20 tion on how it can be obtained. 

21 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—For 

22 each request to rescind funding or cancel any item 

23 of new direct spending or any limited tax benefit 

24 under this part, the transmittal message shall— 

25 ‘‘(A) specify— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the dollar amount to be re2 scinded, item of new direct spending, or 

3 limited tax benefit to be canceled; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the agency, bureau, and account 

5 from which the rescission shall occur; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the program, project, or activity 

7 within the account (if applicable) from 

8 which the rescission shall occur; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the amount of funding, if any, 

10 that would remain for the account, pro11 gram, project, or activity if the rescission 

12 request is enacted; and 

13 ‘‘(v) the reasons the President re14 quests the rescission or the cancellation; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) designate each separate rescission re17 quest by number; and include proposed legisla18 tive text of an approval bill to accomplish the 

19 requested rescissions which may not include— 

20 ‘‘(i) any changes in existing law, other 

21 than the rescission of funding; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) any supplemental appropriations, 

23 transfers, or reprogrammings. 


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1 ‘‘GRANTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL

2 AUTHORITY

3 ‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO

4 WITHHOLD FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law and if the President proposes a rescission of 

6 funding under this part, the President may, subject to the 

7 time limits provided in subsection (c), temporarily with8 hold that funding from obligation. 

9 ‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE PER

10 PROPOSED RESCISSION.—Except as provided in section 

11 1019, the President may not invoke the authority to with12 hold funding granted by subsection (a) for any other pur13 pose. 

14 ‘‘(c) TIME LIMITS.—The President shall make avail15 able for obligation any funding withheld under subsection 

16 (a) on the earliest of the 30th legislative day following— 

17 ‘‘(1) the day on which the President determines 

18 that the continued withholding or reduction no 

19 longer advances the purpose of legislative consider20 ation of the approval bill; 

21 ‘‘(2) the 30th day following the date of enact22 ment of the appropriations measure to which the ap23 proval bill relates; or 

24 ‘‘(3) the last day that the President determines 

25 the obligation of the funding in question can no 


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1 longer be fully accomplished in a prudent manner 

2 before its expiration. 

3 ‘‘(d) DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds that are rescinded 

5 or canceled under this part shall be dedicated only 

6 to reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus. 

7 ‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT OF LEVELS IN THE CONCUR8 RENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.—Not later 

9 than 3 days of session after the date of enactment 

10 of an approval bill as provided under this part, the 

11 chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the Sen12 ate and the House of Representatives shall revise al13 locations and aggregates and other appropriate lev14 els under the appropriate concurrent resolution on 

15 the budget to reflect the rescissions, and the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate shall report revised sub18 allocations pursuant to section 302(b) of title III, as 

19 appropriate. 

20 ‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS TO STATUTORY LIMITS.— 

21 Not later than 3 days after enactment of an ap22 proval bill provided under this section, the President 

23 shall revise downward by the amount of the rescis24 sions applicable limits under the Balanced Budget 

25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ‘‘PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION

2 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— 

3 ‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION OF APPROVAL BILL.—Any 

4 Member of each House may (by request) introduce 

5 an approval bill as defined in section 1015 not later 

6 than the third day of session of that House after the 

7 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to 

8 the Congress under section 1011(b). 

9 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP10 RESENTATIVES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any 

12 committee of the House of Representatives to 

13 which an approval bill is referred shall report it 

14 to the House without amendment not later than 

15 the third legislative day after the date of its in16 troduction. If a committee fails to report the 

17 bill within that period or the House has adopt18 ed a concurrent resolution providing for ad19 journment sine die at the end of a Congress, 

20 such committee shall be automatically dis21 charged from further consideration of the bill 

22 and it shall be placed on the appropriate cal23 endar. 

24 ‘‘(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

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1 proval bill is reported or a committee has been 

2 discharged from further consideration thereof, 

3 it shall be in order to move to proceed to con4 sider the approval bill in the House. Such a mo5 tion shall be in order only at a time designated 

6 by the Speaker in the legislative schedule within 

7 2 legislative days after the day on which the 

8 proponent announces an intention to the House 

9 to offer the motion provided that such notice 

10 may not be given until the approval bill is re11 ported or a committee has been discharged 

12 from further consideration thereof. Such a mo13 tion shall not be in order after the House has 

14 disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to 

15 that special message. The previous question 

16 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 

17 its adoption without intervening motion. A mo18 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

19 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

20 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—If the motion to 

21 proceed is agreed to, the House shall imme22 diately proceed to consider the approval bill in 

23 the House without intervening motion. The ap24 proval bill shall be considered as read. All 

25 points of order against the approval bill and 


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1 against its consideration are waived. The pre2 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

3 the approval bill to its passage without inter4 vening motion except 2 hours of debate equally 

5 divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

6 opponent and one motion to limit debate on the 

7 bill. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 

8 of the approval bill shall not be in order. 

9 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) COMMITTEE ACTION.—The appro11 priate committee of the Senate shall report 

12 without amendment the approval bill as defined 

13 in section 1015(2) not later than the third ses14 sion day after introduction. If a committee fails 

15 to report the approval bill within that period or 

16 the Senate has adopted a concurrent resolution 

17 providing for adjournment sine die at the end 

18 of a Congress, the Committee shall be auto19 matically discharged from further consideration 

20 of the approval bill and it shall be placed on the 

21 appropriate calendar. 

22 ‘‘(B) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Not later 

23 than 3 session days after the approval bill is re24 ported in the Senate or the committee has been 

25 discharged thereof, it shall be in order for any 


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1 Senator to move to proceed to consider the ap2 proval bill in the Senate. The motion shall be 

3 decided without debate and the motion to re4 consider shall be deemed to have been laid on 

5 the table. Such a motion shall not be in order 

6 after the Senate has disposed of a prior motion 

7 to proceed with respect to the approval bill. 

8 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—If a motion to 

9 proceed to the consideration of the approval bill 

10 is agreed to, the Senate shall immediately pro11 ceed to consideration of the approval bill with12 out intervening motion, order, or other busi13 ness, and the approval bill shall remain the un14 finished business of the Senate until disposed 

15 of. Consideration on the bill in the Senate 

16 under this subsection, and all debatable motions 

17 and appeals in connection therewith, shall not 

18 exceed 10 hours equally divided in the usual 

19 form. All points of order against the approval 

20 bill or its consideration are waived. Consider21 ation in the Senate on any debatable motion or 

22 appeal in connection with the approval bill shall 

23 be limited to not more than 1 hour. A motion 

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1 commit the approval bill is not in order. A mo2 tion to reconsider the vote by which the ap3 proval bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in 

4 order. 

5 ‘‘(4) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amend6 ment to, or motion to strike a provision from, an ap7 proval bill considered under this section shall be in 

8 order in either the Senate or the House of Rep9 resentatives. 

10 ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

11 HOUSE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the 

13 approval bill, one House receives from the other 

14 a bill— 

15 ‘‘(i) the approval bill of the other 

16 House shall not be referred to a com17 mittee; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the procedure in the receiving 

19 House shall be the same as if no approval 

20 bill had been received from the other 

21 House until the vote on passage, when the 

22 bill received from the other House shall 

23 supplant the approval bill of the receiving 

24 House. 


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1 ‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply only to 

4 an approval bill, as such term is defined in section 

5 1015(2), introduced pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 

6 ‘‘(c) EXTENDED TIME PERIOD.—If Congress ad7 journs at the end of a Congress prior to the expiration 

8 of the periods described in sections 1012(c)(2) and 1014 

9 and an approval bill was then pending in either House 

10 of Congress or a committee thereof, or an approval bill 

11 had not yet been introduced with respect to a special mes12 sage, or before the applicable 10-day period specified in 

13 section 1011(a) has expired, then within the first 3 days 

14 of session, the President shall transmit to Congress an ad15 ditional special message containing all of the information 

16 in the previous, pending special message and an approval 

17 bill may be introduced within the first 5 days of session 

18 of the next Congress and shall be treated as an approval 

19 bill under this part, and the time periods described in sec20 tions 1012(c)(2) and 1014 shall commence on the day of 

21 introduction of that approval bill. 

22 ‘‘(d) APPROVAL BILL PROCEDURE.—In order for an 

23 approval bill to be considered under the procedures set 

24 forth in this part, the bill must meet the definition of an 

25 approval bill and must be introduced no later than the 


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1 third day of session following the beginning of the period 

2 described in section 1013(a)(1) or the fifth day in the case 

3 of subsection (c). 

4 ‘‘(e) CBO ESTIMATE.—Upon receipt of a special 

5 message under section 1101 proposing to rescind all or 

6 part of any funding or cancel any item of new direct 

7 spending or limited tax benefit, CBO shall prepare and 

8 submit to the appropriate committees of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Senate an estimate of the reduc10 tion in budget authority or change in receipts which would 

11 result from the enactment of the proposed rescissions or 

12 cancellations. 

13 ‘‘TREATMENT OF RESCISSIONS AND CANCELLATIONS

14 ‘‘SEC. 1014. Rescissions and cancellations proposed 

15 by the President under this part shall take effect only 

16 upon enactment of the applicable approval bill. If an ap17 proval bill is not enacted into law within 30 days from 

18 the enactment of the appropriation measure or new direct 

19 spending or limited tax benefit to which the approval bill 

20 relates, then the approval bill shall not be eligible for expe21 dited consideration under the provisions of this part. 

22 ‘‘DEFINITIONS

23 ‘‘SEC. 1015. As used in this part: 

24 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION MEASURE.—The term 

25 ‘appropriation measure’ means an Act referred to in 

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1 any general or special appropriation Act, or any Act 

2 making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap3 propriations, that has been enacted into law pursu4 ant to article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the 

5 United States. 

6 ‘‘(2) CANCEL.—The term ‘cancel’ or ‘cancella7 tion’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) with respect to any dollar amount of 

9 discretionary budget authority, to rescind; 

10 ‘‘(B) with respect to any item of new direct 

11 spending— 

12 ‘‘(i) that is budget authority provided 

13 by law (other than an appropriation law), 

14 to prevent such budget authority from hav15 ing legal force or effect; 

16 ‘‘(ii) that is entitlement authority, to 

17 prevent the specific legal obligation of the 

18 United States from having legal force or 

19 effect; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) through the food stamp pro21 gram, to prevent the specific provision of 

22 law that results in an increase in budget 

23 authority or outlays for that program from 

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1 ‘‘(C) with respect to a limited tax benefit, 

2 to prevent the specific provision of law that pro3 vides such benefit from having legal force or ef4 fect. 

5 ‘‘(3) DIRECT SPENDING.—The term ‘direct 

6 spending’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 

8 (other than an appropriation law); 

9 ‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 

10 ‘‘(C) the food stamp program. 

11 ‘‘(4) APPROVAL BILL.—The term ‘approval bill’ 

12 means a bill which only approves rescissions of fund13 ing, items of new direct spending, or limited tax ben14 efits in a special message transmitted by the Presi15 dent under this part and— 

16 ‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A bill 

17 approving the proposed cancellations or rescis18 sions transmitted by the President on lll’, 

19 the blank space being filled in with the date of 

20 transmission of the relevant special message 

21 and the public law number to which the mes22 sage relates; and 

23 ‘‘(B) which provides only the following 

24 after the enacting clause: ‘That the Congress 

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1 sions lll’, the blank space being filled in 

2 with the list of the cancellations or rescissions 

3 contained in the President’s special message, 

4 ‘as transmitted by the President in a special 

5 message on llll’, the blank space being 

6 filled in with the appropriate date, ‘regarding 

7 llll.’, the blank space being filled in with 

8 the public law number to which the special mes9 sage relates. 

10 ‘‘(5) RESCIND OR RESCISSION.—The terms ‘re11 scind’ or ‘rescission’ mean to permanently cancel or 

12 prevent budget authority or outlays available under 

13 an obligation limit from having legal force or effect. 

14 ‘‘(6) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.—The 

15 term ‘CBO’ means the Director of the Congressional 

16 Budget Office. 

17 ‘‘(7) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The term 

18 ‘Comptroller General’ means the Comptroller Gen19 eral of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(8) DEFERRAL OF BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The 

21 term ‘deferral of budget authority’ includes— 

22 ‘‘(A) withholding or delaying the obliga23 tions or expenditure of budget authority 

24 (whether by establishing reserves or otherwise) 

25 provided for projects or activities; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) any other type of executive action or 

2 inaction which effectively precludes the obliga3 tion or expenditure of budget authority, includ4 ing authority to obligate by contract in advance 

5 of appropriations as specifically authorized by 

6 law. 

7 ‘‘(9) FUNDING.—(A) Except as provided in sub8 paragraph (B), the term ‘funding’ means all or part 

9 of the dollar amount of budget authority or obliga10 tion limit— 

11 ‘‘(i) specified in an appropriation measure, 

12 or the dollar amount of budget authority or ob13 ligation limit required to be allocated by a spe14 cific proviso in an appropriation measure for 

15 which a specific dollar figure was not included; 

16 ‘‘(ii) represented separately in any table, 

17 chart, or explanatory text included in the state18 ment of managers or the governing committee 

19 report accompanying such law; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) represented by the product of the es21 timated procurement cost and the total quantity 

22 of items specified in an appropriation measure 

23 or included in the statement of managers or the 

24 governing committee report accompanying such 

25 law. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The term ‘funding’ does not include— 

2 ‘‘(i) direct spending; 

3 ‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appropriation 

4 measure which funds direct spending provided 

5 for in other law; 

6 ‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority can7 celed in an appropriation measure; or 

8 ‘‘(iv) any restriction or condition in an ap9 propriation measure or the accompanying state10 ment of managers or committee reports on the 

11 expenditure of budget authority for an account, 

12 program, project, or activity, or on activities in13 volving such expenditure. 

14 ‘‘(10) WITHHOLD.—The terms ‘withhold’ and 

15 ‘withholding’ apply to any executive action or inac16 tion that precludes the obligation of funding at a 

17 time when it would otherwise have been available to 

18 an agency for obligation. The terms do not include 

19 administrative or preparatory actions undertaken 

20 prior to obligation in the normal course of imple21 menting budget laws. 

22 ‘‘(11) LIMITED TAX BENEFIT.— 

23 ‘‘(A) The term ‘limited tax benefit’ 

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1 ‘‘(i) any revenue-losing provision 

2 which provides a Federal tax deduction, 

3 credit, exclusion, or preference to 100 or 

4 fewer beneficiaries under the Internal Rev5 enue Code of 1986 in any fiscal year for 

6 which the provision is in effect; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) any Federal tax provision which 

8 provides temporary or permanent transi9 tional relief for 10 or fewer beneficiaries in 

10 any fiscal year from a change to the Inter11 nal Revenue Code of 1986. 

12 ‘‘(B) A provision shall not be treated as 

13 described in subparagraph (A)(i) if the effect of 

14 that provision is that— 

15 ‘‘(i) all persons in the same industry 

16 or engaged in the same type of activity re17 ceive the same treatment; 

18 ‘‘(ii) all persons owning the same type 

19 of property, or issuing the same type of in20 vestment, receive the same treatment; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) any difference in the treatment 

22 of persons is based solely on— 

23 ‘‘(I) in the case of businesses and 

24 associations, the size or form of the 

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1 ‘‘(II) in the case of individuals, 

2 general demographic conditions, such 

3 as income, marital status, number of 

4 dependents, or tax return filing sta5 tus; 

6 ‘‘(III) the amount involved; or 

7 ‘‘(IV) a generally-available elec8 tion under the Internal Revenue Code 

9 of 1986. 

10 ‘‘(C) A provision shall not be treated as 

11 described in subparagraph (A)(ii) if— 

12 ‘‘(i) it provides for the retention of 

13 prior law with respect to all binding con14 tracts or other legally enforceable obliga15 tions in existence on a date contempora16 neous with congressional action specifying 

17 such date; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) it is a technical correction to pre19 viously enacted legislation that is estimated 

20 to have no revenue effect. 

21 ‘‘(D) For purposes of subparagraph (A)— 

22 ‘‘(i) all businesses and associations 

23 which are related within the meaning of 

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1 Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as 

2 a single beneficiary; 

3 ‘‘(ii) all qualified plans of an employer 

4 shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

5 ‘‘(iii) all holders of the same bond 

6 issue shall be treated as a single bene7 ficiary; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) if a corporation, partnership, as9 sociation, trust or estate is the beneficiary 

10 of a provision, the shareholders of the cor11 poration, the partners of the partnership, 

12 the members of the association, or the 

13 beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not 

14 also be treated as beneficiaries of such pro15 vision. 

16 ‘‘(E) For purposes of this paragraph, the 

17 term ‘revenue-losing provision’ means any pro18 vision which results in a reduction in Federal 

19 tax revenues for any one of the two following 

20 periods— 

21 ‘‘(i) the first fiscal year for which the 

22 provision is effective; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years 

24 beginning with the first fiscal year for 

25 which the provision is effective. 


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1 ‘‘(F) The terms used in this paragraph 

2 shall have the same meaning as those terms 

3 have generally in the Internal Revenue Code of 

4 1986, unless otherwise expressly provided.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

6 (a) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 

7 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

8 621 note) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1017’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘1013’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

12 1017’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1013’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The last sentence 

14 of section 1(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impound15 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘Sections 1011 through 1016 of part B of title X may 

17 be cited as ‘A Fast-Tracked Executive Rescission Review 

18 (AFTER) of Appropriations Act of 2019’.’’. 

19 (2) Section 1017 of such Act (as redesignated) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘section 1012 or 1013’’ each place 

21 it appears and inserting ‘‘section 1011 or 1019’’ and sec22 tion 1018 (as redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘cal23 endar’’ and ‘‘of continuous session’’. 

24 (3) Section 1019(c) of such Act (as redesignated) is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1011’’. 


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1 (4) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set 

2 forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im3 poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

4 the items relating to parts B and C (including all of the 

5 items relating to the sections therein) of title X and insert6 ing the following: 

‘‘PART B—CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCISSIONS AND

DEFERRALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS

‘‘Sec. 1011. Congressional consideration of proposed rescissions and deferrals 

of budget authority and obligation limitations. 

‘‘Sec. 1012. Grants of and limitations on Presidential authority. 

‘‘Sec. 1013. Procedures for expedited consideration. 

‘‘Sec. 1014. Treatment of rescissions and cancellations. 

‘‘Sec. 1015. Definitions.’’. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this Act shall apply to funding as defined in section 

9 1015(8) of the Congressional Budget Act and Impound10 ment Control of 1974 or any new item of direct spending 

11 or limited tax benefit in any Act enacted after the date 

12 of enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 4. APPROVAL MEASURES CONSIDERED. 

14 Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 

17 as subsections (c) through (f) and by inserting after 

18 subsection (a) the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS FOR RESCISSIONS.—(1) When20 ever an approval bill passes the House of Representatives, 

21 the Committee on the Budget shall immediately reduce the 


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1 applicable allocations under section 302(a) by the total 

2 amount of reductions in budget authority and in outlays 

3 resulting from such approval bill. 

4 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘approval 

5 bill’ has the meaning given to such term in section 1015.’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by in8 serting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

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