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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2372 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed cancellations of appropriations, new direct spending, and limited tax benefits. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 6, 2006 

Mr. KERRY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed cancellations of appropriations, 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expedited Budget Item 

5 Veto Review Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLATION OF 

2 CERTAIN PROPOSED BUDGET ITEMS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres4 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

5 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections 

6 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, re7 spectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following 

8 new section: 

9 ‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLATION OF

10 CERTAIN BUDGET ITEMS

11 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) PROPOSED BUDGET ITEM CAN12 CELLATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the method 

14 of rescinding budget authority specified in section 

15 1012, the President may suspend and propose for 

16 cancellation, at the time and in the manner provided 

17 in subsection (b)— 

18 ‘‘(A) any dollar amount of discretionary 

19 budget authority; 

20 ‘‘(B) any item of new direct spending; or 

21 ‘‘(C) any limited tax benefit. 

22 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Items described in sub23 paragraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1) made 

24 available under this section may not be proposed for 

25 suspension and cancellation again under this section 

26 or section 1012. 


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1 ‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 calendar 

3 days after the date of enactment of the law to which 

4 the suspension applies, the President may transmit 

5 to Congress a special message suspending items pro6 vided in that Act described in subparagraphs (A) 

7 through (C) of subsection (a)(1) and proposing to 

8 cancel those items and include with that special mes9 sage a draft bill for each item that, if enacted, would 

10 only cancel that item. That bill shall clearly identify 

11 the item that is proposed to be cancelled. 

12 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—In the case of a proposed 

13 cancellation, the special message shall also include— 

14 ‘‘(A) for every item a determination that 

15 such cancellation will— 

16 ‘‘(i) reduce the Federal budget deficit; 

17 ‘‘(ii) not impair any essential Govern18 ment functions; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) not harm the national interest; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) any account, department, or estab22 lishment of the Government for which budget 

23 authority was to have been available for obliga24 tion and the specific project or governmental 

25 functions involved; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the specific States and congressional 

2 districts, if any, affected by the cancellation; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(D) the total number of cancellations im5 posed during the current session of Congress on 

6 States and congressional districts identified in 

7 subparagraph (C). 

8 ‘‘(3) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Each special mes9 sage shall specify, with respect to the budget author10 ity proposed to be cancelled, the matters referred to 

11 in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1012(a). 

12 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER13 ATION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) INTRODUCTION.—Before the close of 

16 the second legislative day of the House of Rep17 resentatives after the date of receipt of a special 

18 message transmitted to Congress under sub19 section (b), the majority leader or minority 

20 leader of the House of Representatives shall in21 troduce (by request) the draft bill accom22 panying that special message. If the bill is not 

23 introduced as provided in the preceding sen24 tence, then, on the third legislative day of the 

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1 ceipt of that special message, any Member of 

2 that House may introduce the bill. 

3 ‘‘(B) REFERRAL.—The bill shall be re4 ferred to the appropriate committee of the 

5 House of Representatives. The committee shall 

6 report the bill without substantive revision, and 

7 with or without recommendation. The bill shall 

8 be reported not later than the seventh legisla9 tive day of that House after the date of receipt 

10 of that special message. If the committee fails 

11 to report the bill within that period, that com12 mittee shall be automatically discharged from 

13 consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be 

14 placed on the appropriate calendar. 

15 ‘‘(C) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—A vote on 

16 final passage of the bill referred to in subpara17 graph (B) shall be taken in the House of Rep18 resentatives on or before the close of the 10th 

19 legislative day of that House after the date of 

20 the introduction of the bill in that House. If the 

21 bill is passed, the Clerk of the House of Rep22 resentatives shall cause the bill to be engrossed, 

23 certified, and transmitted to the Senate within 

24 one calendar day of the day on which the bill 

25 is passed. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURES IN THE HOUSE.— 

2 ‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion in 

3 the House of Representatives to proceed to the 

4 consideration of a bill under this section shall 

5 be highly privileged and not debatable. An 

6 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 

7 nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider 

8 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 

9 disagreed to. 

10 ‘‘(B) DEBATE.—Debate in the House of 

11 Representatives on a bill under this section 

12 shall not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided 

13 equally between those favoring and those oppos14 ing the bill. A motion further to limit debate 

15 shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order 

16 to move to recommit a bill under this section or 

17 to move to reconsider the vote by which the bill 

18 is agreed to or disagreed to. 

19 ‘‘(C) APPEALS.—Appeals from decisions of 

20 the Chair relating to the application of the 

21 Rules of the House of Representatives to the 

22 procedure relating to a bill under this section 

23 shall be decided without debate. 

24 ‘‘(3) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) REFERRAL.—A bill transmitted to 

2 the Senate pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) shall 

3 be referred to the appropriate committee. The 

4 committee shall report the bill without sub5 stantive revision and with or without rec6 ommendation. The bill shall be reported not 

7 later than the seventh legislative day of the 

8 Senate after it receives the bill. A committee 

9 failing to report the bill within such period shall 

10 be automatically discharged from consideration 

11 of the bill, and the bill shall be placed upon the 

12 appropriate calendar. 

13 ‘‘(B) FINAL PASSAGE.—A vote on final 

14 passage of a bill transmitted to the Senate shall 

15 be taken on or before the close of the 10th leg16 islative day of the Senate after the date on 

17 which the bill is transmitted. 

18 ‘‘(C) MOTIONS AND DEBATE.— 

19 ‘‘(i) MOTIONS.—A motion in the Sen20 ate to proceed to the consideration of a bill 

21 under this section shall be privileged and 

22 not debatable. An amendment to the mo23 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be 

24 in order to move to reconsider the vote by 


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1 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

2 to. 

3 ‘‘(ii) DEBATE ON BILL.—Debate in 

4 the Senate on a bill under this section, and 

5 all debatable motions and appeals in con6 nection therewith, shall not exceed 10 

7 hours. The time shall be equally divided 

8 between, and controlled by, the majority 

9 leader and the minority leader or their des10 ignees. 

11 ‘‘(iii) DEBATE ON MOTIONS.—Debate 

12 in the Senate on any debatable motion or 

13 appeal in connection with a bill under this 

14 section shall be limited to not more than 1 

15 hour, to be equally divided between, and 

16 controlled by, the mover and the manager 

17 of the bill, except that in the event the 

18 manager of the bill is in favor of any such 

19 motion or appeal, the time in opposition 

20 thereto, shall be controlled by the minority 

21 leader or his designee. Such leaders, or ei22 ther of them, may, from time under their 

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1 sideration of any debatable motion or ap2 peal. 

3 ‘‘(iv) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A 

4 motion in the Senate to further limit de5 bate on a bill under this section is not de6 batable. A motion to recommit a bill under 

7 this section is not in order. 

8 ‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS AND DIVISIONS PROHIBITED.— 

9 No amendment to a bill considered under this section shall 

10 be in order in either the House of Representatives or the 

11 Senate. It shall not be in order to demand a division of 

12 the question in the House of Representatives (or in a Com13 mittee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to sus14 pend the application of this subsection shall be in order 

15 in either House, nor shall it be in order in either House 

16 to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous 

17 consent. 

18 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI19 GATION.—Any budget item proposed to be cancelled in a 

20 special message transmitted to Congress under subsection 

21 (b) shall be made available for obligation or take effect 

22 on— 

23 ‘‘(1) the earlier of— 

24 ‘‘(A) the day after the date upon which the 

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1 mitted with that special message rescinding the 

2 amount proposed to be rescinded; or 

3 ‘‘(B) the day after the date upon which the 

4 Senate rejects a bill that makes rescissions to 

5 carry out the applicable special message of the 

6 President; or 

7 ‘‘(2) the effective date of the provision if such 

8 effective date occurs after the applicable date in 

9 paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(f) IDENTIFICATION OF LIMITED TAX BENEFITS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) STATEMENT BY JOINT TAX COMMITTEE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) REVIEW.—The Joint Committee on 

13 Taxation shall review any revenue or reconcili14 ation bill or joint resolution which includes any 

15 amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986 that is being prepared for filing by a com17 mittee of conference of the 2 Houses, and shall 

18 identify whether such bill or joint resolution 

19 contains any limited tax benefits. 

20 ‘‘(B) STATEMENT.—The Joint Committee 

21 on Taxation shall provide to the committee of 

22 conference a statement identifying any such 

23 limited tax benefits or declaring that the bill or 

24 joint resolution does not contain any limited tax 

25 benefits. Any such statement shall be made 


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1 available to any Member of Congress by the 

2 Joint Committee on Taxation immediately upon 

3 request. 

4 ‘‘(2) STATEMENT INCLUDED IN LEGISLA5 TION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding 

7 any other rule of the House of Representatives 

8 or any rule or precedent of the Senate, any rev9 enue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution 

10 which includes any amendment to the Internal 

11 Revenue Code of 1986 reported by a committee 

12 of conference of the 2 Houses may include, as 

13 a separate section of such bill or joint resolu14 tion, the information contained in the statement 

15 of the Joint Committee on Taxation, but only 

16 in the manner set forth in subparagraph (B). 

17 ‘‘(B) CONTENT.—The separate section 

18 permitted under subparagraph (A) shall read as 

19 follows: ‘Section 1021(a)(3) of the Congres20 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

21 1974 shall llll apply to llllll.’, 

22 with the blank spaces being filled in with— 

23 ‘‘(i) in any case in which the Joint 

24 Committee on Taxation identifies limited 

25 tax benefits in the statement required 


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1 under paragraph (1), the word ‘only’ in the 

2 first blank space and a list of all of the 

3 specific provisions of the bill or joint reso4 lution identified by the Joint Committee on 

5 Taxation in such statement in the second 

6 blank space; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) in any case in which the Joint 

8 Committee on Taxation declares that there 

9 are no limited tax benefits in the statement 

10 required under paragraph (1), the word 

11 ‘not’ in the first blank space and the 

12 phrase ‘any provision of this Act’ in the 

13 second blank space. 

14 ‘‘(3) PRESIDENT’S AUTHORITY.—If any revenue 

15 or reconciliation bill or joint resolution is signed into 

16 law pursuant to Article I, section 7, of the Constitu17 tion of the United States— 

18 ‘‘(A) with a separate section described in 

19 paragraph (2)(ii), then the President may use 

20 the authority granted in this section only to 

21 suspend and propose to cancel any limited tax 

22 benefit in that law, if any, identified in such 

23 separate section; or 

24 ‘‘(B) without a separate section described 

25 in paragraph (2)(ii), then the President may 


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1 use the authority granted in this section to sus2 pend and propose to cancel any limited tax ben3 efit in that law that meets the definition in sub4 section (g). 

5 ‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL IDENTIFICATIONS OF

6 LIMITED TAX BENEFITS.—There shall be no judicial 

7 review of the congressional identification under para8 graphs (1) and (2) of a limited tax benefit in a con9 ference report. 

10 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION LAW.—The term ‘appro12 priation law’ means an Act referred to in section 

13 105 of title 1, United States Code, including any 

14 general or special appropriation Act, or any Act 

15 making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap16 propriations, that has been signed into law pursuant 

17 to Article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the 

18 United States. 

19 ‘‘(2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘calendar day’ 

20 means a standard 24-hour period beginning at mid21 night. 

22 ‘‘(3) CANCEL.—The term ‘cancel’ or ‘cancella23 tion’ means— 

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

25 discretionary budget authority, to rescind; 


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

2 spending— 

3 ‘‘(i) that is budget authority provided 

4 by law (other than an appropriation law), 

5 to prevent such budget authority from hav6 ing legal force or effect; 

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

8 prevent the specific legal obligation of the 

9 United States from having legal force or 

10 effect; or 

11 ‘‘(iii) through the Food Stamp Pro12 gram, to prevent the specific provision of 

13 law that results in an increase in budget 

14 authority or outlays for that program from 

15 having legal force or effect; and 

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

17 to prevent the specific provision of law that pro18 vides such benefit from having legal force or ef19 fect. 

20 ‘‘(4) DIRECT SPENDING.—The term ‘direct 

21 spending’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 

23 (other than an appropriation law); 

24 ‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 

25 ‘‘(C) the Food Stamp Program. 


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1 ‘‘(5) DISAPPROVAL BILL.—The term ‘dis2 approval bill’ means a bill or joint resolution which 

3 only disapproves 1 or more cancellations of dollar 

4 amounts of discretionary budget authority, items of 

5 new direct spending, or limited tax benefits in a spe6 cial message transmitted by the President under this 

7 part and— 

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

9 disapproving the cancellations transmitted by 

10 the President on llll’, the blank space 

11 being filled in with the date of transmission of 

12 the relevant special message and the public law 

13 number to which the message relates; 

14 ‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; and 

15 ‘‘(C) which provides only the following 

16 after the enacting clause: ‘That Congress dis17 approves of cancellations llll’, the blank 

18 space being filled in with a list by reference 

19 number of 1 or more cancellations contained in 

20 the President’s special message, ‘as transmitted 

21 by the President in a special message on 

22 llll’, the blank space being filled in with 

23 the appropriate date, ‘regarding llll’, the 

24 blank space being filled in with the public law 

25 number to which the special message relates. 


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1 ‘‘(6) DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY

2 BUDGET AUTHORITY.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

4 subparagraph (B), the term ‘dollar amount of 

5 discretionary budget authority’ means the en6 tire dollar amount of budget authority— 

7 ‘‘(i) specified in an appropriation law, 

8 or the entire dollar amount of budget au9 thority required to be allocated by a spe10 cific proviso in an appropriation law for 

11 which a specific dollar figure was not in12 cluded; 

13 ‘‘(ii) represented separately in any 

14 table, chart, or explanatory text included 

15 in the statement of managers or the gov16 erning committee report accompanying 

17 such law; 

18 ‘‘(iii) required to be allocated for a 

19 specific program, project, or activity in a 

20 law (other than an appropriation law) that 

21 mandates the expenditure of budget au22 thority from accounts, programs, projects, 

23 or activities for which budget authority is 

24 provided in an appropriation law; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) represented by the product of 

2 the estimated procurement cost and the 

3 total quantity of items specified in an ap4 propriation law or included in the state5 ment of managers or the governing com6 mittee report accompanying such law; and 

7 ‘‘(v) represented by the product of the 

8 estimated procurement cost and the total 

9 quantity of items required to be provided 

10 in a law (other than an appropriation law) 

11 that mandates the expenditure of budget 

12 authority from accounts, programs, 

13 projects, or activities for which budget au14 thority is provided in an appropriation law. 

15 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘dollar 

16 amount of discretionary budget authority’ does 

17 not include— 

18 ‘‘(i) direct spending; 

19 ‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appro20 priation law which funds direct spending 

21 provided for in other law; 

22 ‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority re23 scinded or canceled in an appropriation 

24 law; or 


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1 ‘‘(iv) any restriction, condition, or lim2 itation in an appropriation law or the ac3 companying statement of managers or 

4 committee reports on the expenditure of 

5 budget authority for an account, program, 

6 project, or activity, or on activities involv7 ing such expenditure. 

8 ‘‘(7) ITEM OF NEW DIRECT SPENDING.—The 

9 term ‘item of new direct spending’ means any spe10 cific provision of law that is estimated to result in 

11 an increase in budget authority or outlays for direct 

12 spending relative to the most recent levels calculated 

13 pursuant to section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 ‘‘(8) LEGISLATIVE DAY.—The term ‘legislative 

16 day’ means, with respect to either House of Con17 gress, any calendar day during which that House is 

18 in session. 

19 ‘‘(9) LIMITED TAX BENEFIT.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘limited tax 

21 benefit’ means— 

22 ‘‘(i) any negative revenue provision 

23 which provides a Federal tax deduction, 

24 credit, exclusion, or preference to 100 or 

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1 enue Code of 1986 in any fiscal year for 

2 which the provision is in effect; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) any Federal tax provision which 

4 provides temporary or permanent transi5 tional relief for 10 or fewer beneficiaries in 

6 any fiscal year from a change to the Inter7 nal Revenue Code of 1986. 

8 ‘‘(B) NEGATIVE REVENUE.—A provision 

9 shall not be treated as described in subpara10 graph (A)(i) if the effect of that provision is 

11 that— 

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

13 or engaged in the same type of activity re14 ceive the same treatment; 

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

16 of property, or issuing the same type of in17 vestment, receive the same treatment; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) any difference in the treatment 

19 of persons is based solely on— 

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

21 associations, the size or form of the 

22 business or association involved; 

23 ‘‘(II) in the case of individuals, 

24 general demographic conditions, such 

25 as income, marital status, number of 


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1 dependents, or tax return filing sta2 tus; 

3 ‘‘(III) the amount involved; or 

4 ‘‘(IV) a generally-available elec5 tion under the Internal Revenue Code 

6 of 1986. 

7 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL BENEFIT.—A provision shall 

8 not be treated as described in subparagraph 

9 (A)(ii) if— 

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

11 prior law with respect to all binding con12 tracts or other legally enforceable obliga13 tions in existence on a date contempora14 neous with congressional action specifying 

15 such date; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) it is a technical correction to pre17 viously enacted legislation that is estimated 

18 to have no revenue effect. 

19 ‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of 

20 subparagraph (A)— 

21 ‘‘(i) all businesses and associations 

22 which are related within the meaning of 

23 sections 707(b) and 1563(a) of the Inter24 nal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated 

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

2 shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

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

4 issue shall be treated as a single bene5 ficiary; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) if a corporation, partnership, as7 sociation, trust or estate is the beneficiary 

8 of a provision, the shareholders of the cor9 poration, the partners of the partnership, 

10 the members of the association, or the 

11 beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not 

12 also be treated as beneficiaries of such pro13 vision. 

14 ‘‘(E) NEGATIVE REVENUE PROVISION.— 

15 For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘nega16 tive revenue provision’ means any provision 

17 which results in a reduction in Federal tax rev18 enues for any 1 of the 2 following periods— 

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

20 provision is effective; or 

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

22 beginning with the first fiscal year for 

23 which the provision is effective. 

24 ‘‘(F) OTHER TERMS.—The terms used in 

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1 those terms have generally in the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986, unless otherwise expressly 

3 provided. 

4 ‘‘(10) OMB.—The term ‘OMB’ means the Di5 rector of the Office of Management and Budget.’’. 

6 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 

7 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended— 

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

9 and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d) 

11 and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’. 

12 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) 

14 is amended— 

15 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘1017’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’. 

22 (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) 

23 (as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 

3 1014’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 

5 ‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’; 

6 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 

7 ‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

8 (D) in subsection (e)(2)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

10 subparagraph (A); 

11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

12 (B) as subparagraph (C); 

13 (iii) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subpara14 graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert15 ing ‘‘1014’’; and 

16 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

17 (A) the following new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message 

19 under section 1013 with respect to a proposed 

20 rescission; and’’. 

21 (3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686) 

22 (as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place it appears and 

24 inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 1014’’. 


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1 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 

2 for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec4 tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec5 tions 1014 through 1018; and 

6 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec7 tion 1012 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1013. Proposed budget item suspensions.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. APPLICATION. 

9 Section 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Im10 poundment Control Act of 1974 (as added by section 2) 

11 shall apply to budget, spending, and revenue items that 

12 are enacted during the One Hundred Ninth Congress and 

13 thereafter. 

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