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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–389 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3521) 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 FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2012.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 540] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 540, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3521, the Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011, under a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 

equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and Representative 

Simpson of Idaho or his designee. The resolution waives all points 

of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution makes in 

order as original text for purpose of amendment the amendment in 

the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

Print 112–12, and provides that it shall be considered as read. The 

resolution waives all points of order against the amendment in the 

nature of a substitute made in order as original text. The resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in this report. 

Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all 

points of order against the amendments printed in this report. The 

resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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Finally, the resolution provides that it shall be in order at any 

time through the legislative day of February 9, 2012, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules, as 

though under clause 1(c) of rule XV, relating to a measure addressing securities trading based on nonpublic information. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 

Rules Committee Print 112–12, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not aware of 

any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 188 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to strike the suspension authority in 

the resolution. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx .................................................................... Nay Ms. Slaughter .......................................................... Yea 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .................................................. Nay Mr. McGovern ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall .............................................................. Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ........................................... Yea 

Mr. Nugent ............................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ................................................................... Yea 

Mr. Scott of South Carolina ..................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster .............................................................. Nay 

Mr. Dreier, Chairman ............................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 189 

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx .................................................................... Yea Ms. Slaughter .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .................................................. Yea Mr. McGovern ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall .............................................................. Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ........................................... Nay 

Mr. Nugent ............................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ................................................................... Nay 

Mr. Scott of South Carolina ..................................... Yea 

Mr. Webster .............................................................. Yea 

Mr. Dreier, Chairman ............................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Ryan, Paul (WI), Van Hollen, Chris (MD): Would restore certain language from the Budget Committee reported bill by reducing 

certain time periods from five legislative days to three legislative 

days and indicating that the approval bill should be an appropriation bill. (10 minutes) 


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2. Alexander, Rodney (LA): Would prevent the President from 

proposing any rescission to funds appropriated by Congress to the 

Corps of Engineers. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RYAN OF

WISCONSIN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 2, line 8, strike ‘‘45’’ and insert ‘‘10’’. 

Page 3, line 21, insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon. 

Page 3, line 23, strike the semicolon and insert a period. 

Page 3, strike line 24 and all that follows thereafter through 

page 4, line 16. 

Page 5, line 21, strike ‘‘45th’’ and insert ‘‘60th’’. 

Page 6, line 9, strike ‘‘5 days’’ and insert ‘‘3 days of session’’. 

Page 6, line 20, strike ‘‘After’’ and insert ‘‘Not later than 3 days 

after’’. 

Page 7, line 4, strike ‘‘fifth’’ and insert ‘‘third’’. 

Page 7, line 14, strike ‘‘fifth’’ and insert ‘‘third’’. 

Page 7, line 24, strike ‘‘5’’ and insert ‘‘3’’. 

Page 9, strike lines 9 through 12. 

Page 9, line 13, strike ‘‘(B)’’ and insert ‘‘(A)’’. 

Page 9, lines 13 and 14, strike ‘‘Each committee of referral’’ and 

insert ‘‘The appropriate committee’’. 

Page 9, lines 15 and 16, strike ‘‘referred to it under this subsection’’ and insert ‘‘as defined in section 1015(2)’’. 

Page 9, lines 16 and 17, strike ‘‘fifth session day’’ and insert 

‘‘third session day’’. 

Page 10, line 1, strike ‘‘(C)’’ and insert ‘‘(B)’’. 

Page 10, line 2, strike ‘‘5’’ and insert ‘‘3’’. 

Page 10, line 3, strike ‘‘committees have’’ and insert ‘‘the committee has’’. 

Page 10, line 12, strike ‘‘(D)’’ and insert ‘‘(C)’’. 

Page 10, line 22, insert ‘‘equally divided in the usual form’’ before 

the period. 

Page 12, line 4, strike ‘‘if’’ and all that follows thereafter through 

‘‘measure’’ on line 6. 

Page 12, line 8, insert ‘‘, as such term is defined in section 

1015(2),’’ after ‘‘approval bill’’. 

Page 12, after line 8, insert the following: 

‘‘(c) EXTENDED TIME PERIOD.—If Congress adjourns at the end of 

a Congress prior to the expiration of the periods described in sections 1012(c)(2) and 1014 and an approval bill was then pending 

in either House of Congress or a committee thereof, or an approval 

bill had not yet been introduced with respect to a special message, 

or before the applicable 10-day period specified in section 1011(a) 

has expired, then within the first 3 days of session, the President 

shall transmit to Congress an additional special message containing all of the information in the previous, pending special message and an approval bill may be introduced within the first five 

days of session of the next Congress and shall be treated as an approval bill under this part, and the time periods described in sections 1012(c)(2) and 1014 shall commence on the day of introduction of that approval bill. 


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‘‘(d) APPROVAL BILL PROCEDURE.—In order for an approval bill to 

be considered under the procedures set forth in this part, the bill 

must meet the definition of an approval bill and must be introduced no later than the third day of session following the beginning 

of the period described in section 1013(a)(1) or the fifth day in the 

case of paragraph (1).’’. 

Page 12, line 9, strike ‘‘(c)’’ and insert ‘‘(e)’’. 

Page 12, line 11, strike ‘‘dollar amount’’ and insert ‘‘funding’’. 

Page 12, line 20, strike ‘‘45’’ and insert ‘‘60’’. 

Page 12, line 23, strike ‘‘Act’’ and insert ‘‘part’’. 

Page 14, strike lines 5 through 10. 

Page 14, line 11, strike ‘‘(4)’’ and insert ‘‘(3)’’. 

Page 14, line 15, strike ‘‘(5)’’ and insert ‘‘(4)’’. 

Page 14, line 18, strike ‘‘(6)’’ and insert ‘‘(5)’’. 

Page 14, line 21, strike ‘‘(7)’’ and insert ‘‘(6)’’. 

Page 15, line 9, strike ‘‘(8)’’ and insert ‘‘(7)’’. 

Page 16, line 16, strike ‘‘(9)’’ and insert ‘‘(8)’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ALEX- ANDER OF LOUISIANA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

Page 4, after line 24, add the following new subsection: 

‘‘(c) EXEMPTION FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.—The President 

may not propose the rescission under this part of all or part of any 

dollar amount of funding for the Corps of Engineers.’’. 

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