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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4434

To reform the concept of baseline budgeting, set forth strengthened procedures for the consideration of rescissions, provide a mechanism for dedicating savings from spending cuts to deficit reduction, and ensure that

only one emergency is included in any bill containing an emergency

designation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 17, 1994

Mr. STENHOLM (for himself, Mr. PENNY, and Mr. KASICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Government

Operations and Rules

A BILL

To reform the concept of baseline budgeting, set forth

strengthened procedures for the consideration of rescissions, provide a mechanism for dedicating savings from

spending cuts to deficit reduction, and ensure that only

one emergency is included in any bill containing an emergency designation.

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 ‘‘Common Cents Budget

5 Reform Act of 1994’’.
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1 TITLE I—ELIMINATION OF

2 BASELINE BUDGETING

3 SEC. 101. THE BASELINE.

4 Except for purposes of adjusting the discretionary

5 spending limits set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974, section 257(c) of the Bal7 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

8 is amended—

9 (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by

10 striking ‘‘sequentially and cumulatively’’ and by

11 striking ‘‘for inflation as specified in paragraph

12 (5),’’; and

13 (2) and by redesignating paragraph (6) as

14 paragraph (5).

15 SEC. 102. THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.

16 (a) Paragraph (5) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

17 United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this

19 section, estimated expenditures and appropriations

20 for the current year and estimated expenditures and

21 proposed appropriations the President decides are

22 necessary to support the Government in the fiscal

23 year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fis24 cal years following that year;’’.
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1 (b) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States

2 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘current fiscal year and

3 the’’ before ‘‘fiscal year’’.

4 (c) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara6 graph (A), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’

7 at the end of subparagraph (B), and by adding at the end

8 the following new subparagraph:

9 ‘‘(C) the estimated amount for the same activ10 ity (if any) in the current fiscal year.’’.

11 (d) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States

12 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘new budget authority

13 and’’ before ‘‘budget outlays’’.

14 (e) Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,

15 is amended by adding at the end the following new para16 graph:

17 ‘‘(30) a comparison of levels of estimated ex18 penditures and proposed appropriations for each

19 function and subfunction in the current fiscal year

20 and the fiscal year for which the budget is submit21 ted, along with the proposed increase or decrease of

22 spending in percentage terms for each function and

23 subfunction.’’.

24 (f) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code,

25 is amended by adding after the first sentence the following
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1 new sentence: ‘‘These estimates shall not include an ad2 justment for inflation for programs and activities subject

3 to discretionary appropriations.’’.

4 SEC. 103. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.

5 Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of

6 1974 is amended by—

7 (1) inserting after the second sentence the fol8 lowing: ‘‘The starting point for any deliberations in

9 the Committee on the Budget of each House on the

10 concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fis11 cal year shall be the estimated level of outlays for

12 the current year in each function and subfunction.

13 Any increases or decreases in the Congressional

14 budget for the next fiscal year shall be from such es15 timated levels.’’; and

16 (2) striking paragraph (8) and redesignating

17 paragraphs (9) and (10) as paragraphs (10) and

18 (11), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph

19 (7) the following new paragraphs:

20 ‘‘(8) a comparison of levels for the current fis21 cal year with proposed spending and revenue levels

22 for the subsequent fiscal years along with the pro23 posed increase or decrease of spending in percentage

24 terms for each function and subfunction; and
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1 ‘‘(9) information, data, and comparisons indi2 cating the manner in which and the basis on which,

3 the committee determined each of the matters set

4 forth in the concurrent resolution, including infor5 mation on outlays for the current fiscal year and the

6 decisions reached to set funding for the subsequent

7 fiscal years;’’.

8 SEC. 104. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT TO

9 COMMITTEES.

10 (a) The first sentence of section 202(f)(1) of the Con11 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as fol12 lows: ‘‘On or before February 15 of each year, the Direc13 tor shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of the

14 House of Representatives and the Senate a report for the

15 fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year with

16 respect to fiscal policy, including (A) alternative levels of

17 total revenues, total new budget authority, and total out18 lays (including related surpluses and deficits) compared

19 to comparable levels for the current year and (B) the levels

20 of tax expenditures under existing law, taking into account

21 projected economic factors and any changes in such levels

22 based on proposals in the budget submitted by the Presi23 dent for such fiscal year.’’.

24 (b) Section 202(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget

25 Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the first sen-
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1 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘That report shall also

2 include a table on sources of spending growth under cur3 rent law in total mandatory spending for the budget year

4 and the ensuing 4 fiscal years, which shall include changes

5 in outlays attributable to the following: cost-of-living ad6 justments; changes in the number of program recipients;

7 increases in medical care prices, utilization and intensity

8 of medical care; and residual factors.’’.

9 (c) Section 202(f)(3) of the Congressional Budget

10 Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(B)’’

11 and inserting a comma, and by inserting before the period

12 at the end the following: ‘‘, and (C) all programs and ac13 tivities with permanent or indefinite spending authority or

14 that fall within section 401(c)(2)(C)’’.

15 (d) Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget

16 Act of 1974 is amended—

17 (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, and

18 shall include a comparison of those levels to com19 parable levels for the current fiscal year’’ before ‘‘if

20 timely submitted’’; and

21 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara22 graph (C), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘;

23 and’’ at the end of subparagraph (D), and by adding

24 at the end the following new subparagraph:
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1 ‘‘(E) comparing the levels in existing pro2 grams in such measure to the estimated levels

3 for the current fiscal year.’’

4 TITLE II—CHANGES IN DISCRE5 TIONARY SPENDING LIMITS

6 SEC. 201. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY

7 SPENDING LIMITS.

8 (a) DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS.—The discretionary

9 spending limit for new budget authority for any fiscal year

10 set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget

11 Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict conformance with sec12 tion 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

13 Control Act of 1985, shall be reduced by the amount in

14 the Deficit Reduction Account set forth in each appropria15 tion bill (or changed in the case of a rescission bill pursu16 ant to section 1012 of the Congressional Budget Act of

17 1974), as calculated by the Director of the Office of Man18 agement and Budget. The adjusted discretionary spending

19 limit for outlays for that fiscal year and each outyear as

20 set forth in such section 601(a)(2) shall be reduced as a

21 result of the reduction of such budget authority, as cal22 culated by the Director of the Office of Management and

23 Budget based upon programmatic and other assumptions

24 set forth in the joint explanatory statement of managers

25 accompanying the conference report on that bill. Reduc-
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1 tions (if any) shall occur on the day that each such appro2 priation bill is enacted into law. For purposes of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

4 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, amounts in

5 Deficit Reduction Accounts shall only be used to make the

6 adjustments specified in this subsection.

7 (b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

8 ‘‘appropriation bill’’ means any general or special appro9 priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup10 plemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations.

11 SEC. 202. DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNTS IN APPROPRIA12 TION MEASURES AND IN RESCISSION BILLS.

13 (a) DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNTS.—Title III of

14 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by add15 ing at the end the following new section:

16 ‘‘DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNTS IN APPROPRIATION

17 BILLS AND RESCISSION BILLS

18 ‘‘SEC. 314. (a) Any appropriation bill or rescission

19 bill that is being marked up by the Committee on Appro20 priations (or a subcommittee thereof) of either House shall

21 contain a line item entitled ‘Deficit Reduction Account’.

22 ‘‘(b) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of

23 either House reports an appropriation bill, that bill shall

24 contain a line item entitled ‘Deficit Reduction Account’

25 comprised of the following:
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1 ‘‘(1) Only in the case of any general appropria2 tion bill containing the appropriations for Treasury

3 and Postal Service (or resolution making continuing

4 appropriations (if applicable)), an amount equal to

5 the amounts by which the discretionary spending

6 limit for new budget authority and outlays set forth

7 in the most recent OMB sequestration preview re8 port pursuant to section 601(a)(2) exceed the sec9 tion 602(a) allocation for the fiscal year covered by

10 that bill.

11 ‘‘(2) Only in the case of any general appropria12 tion bill (or resolution making continuing appropria13 tions (if applicable)), an amount not to exceed the

14 amount by which the appropriate section 602(b) al15 location of new budget authority exceeds the amount

16 of new budget authority provided by that bill (as re17 ported by that committee).

18 ‘‘(3) Only in the case of any bill making supple19 mental appropriations following enactment of all

20 general appropriation bills for the same fiscal year,

21 an amount not to exceed the amount by which the

22 section 602(a) allocation of new budget authority ex23 ceeds the sum of all new budget authority provided

24 by appropriation bills enacted for that fiscal year
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1 plus that supplemental appropriation bill (as re2 ported by that committee).

3 ‘‘(c)(1) Any amendment which is offered to reduce

4 budget authority to an appropriation bill during its consid5 eration by the Committee on Appropriations (or any sub6 committee thereof) of either House of Congress or by ei7 ther House may increase the amount placed in the Deficit

8 Reduction Account by an amount which does not exceed

9 the reduction in budget authority contained in the amend10 ment. Any amendment to rescind budget authority during

11 consideration of any bill by the Committee on Appropria12 tions (or any subcommittee thereof) of either House of

13 Congress or by either House may increase the amount

14 placed in the Deficit Reduction Account by an amount

15 which does not exceed the increase in the rescission con16 tained in the amendment.

17 ‘‘(2) Whenever any amendment referred to in para18 graph (1) is agreed to increasing the amount contained

19 in the Deficit Reduction Account, then the line item enti20 tled ‘Deficit Reduction Account’ shall be increased by that

21 amount.

22 ‘‘(3) Any amendment referred to in paragraph (1)

23 shall identify the program, project, or account which is

24 to be reduced in order to increase the Deficit Reduction

25 Account by the amount set forth in that amendment.
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1 ‘‘(d)(1) Any amendment pursuant to subsection

2 (c)(1) shall be in order even if amending portions of the

3 bill not yet read for amendment with respect to the Deficit

4 Reduction Account and shall not be subject to a demand

5 for a division of the question in the House of Representa6 tives (or in the Committee of the Whole) or in the Senate.

7 It shall be in order to further amend the amount placed

8 in the Deficit Reduction Account after that amount has

9 been changed by amendment. It shall not be in order to

10 reduce the amount placed in the Deficit Reduction Ac11 count unless it is pursuant to a motion to strike any pro12 posed rescission under section 1012(c)(1)(C) or section

13 1012(c)(3)(B). It shall not be in order to offer an amend14 ment increasing a Deficit Reduction Account unless the

15 amendment increases rescissions or reduces appropria16 tions by an equivalent amount.

17 ‘‘(2) During consideration of such an amendment to

18 an appropriation bill in the House of Representatives, if

19 the original motion offered by the floor manager proposed

20 to place an amount in the Deficit Reduction Account that

21 is less than the lower of the level in the House or Senate

22 bill, then pending such original motion and before debate

23 thereon, a motion to insist on disagreement to the amend24 ment proposed by the Senate shall be preferential to any

25 other motion to dispose of that amendment. Such a pref-
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1 erential motion shall be separately debatable for one hour

2 equally divided between its opponents and the proponents

3 of the original motion. The previous question shall be con4 sidered as ordered on such a preferential motion to its

5 adoption without an intervening motion.

6 ‘‘(3) The committee report accompanying any appro7 priation bill or rescission bill in the House of Representa8 tives or Senate and the joint statement of the managers

9 accompanying the conference report on that bill shall set

10 forth—

11 ‘‘(A) for any general appropriation bill, the

12 amount of new budget authority and outlays derived

13 from the difference between the section 602(b) allo14 cations and the appropriation bills;

15 ‘‘(B) for any appropriation bill (except a gen16 eral appropriation bill) but only if all 13 general ap17 propriation bills have been enacted for that fiscal

18 year, the amount of new budget authority and out19 lays to be derived from the difference between the

20 section 602(a) allocations and the sum of appropria21 tion bills for the current year and that bill; and

22 ‘‘(C) for any amendment described in sub23 section (c)(1) changing the amount in a Deficit Re24 duction Account, the program, project, or account

25 assumptions;
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1 for amounts in the Deficit Reduction Account.

2 ‘‘(e) As used in this section—

3 ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriation bill’ means any

4 general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or

5 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or

6 continuing appropriations; and

7 ‘‘(2) the term ‘rescission bill’ means any bill

8 which rescinds budget authority, including a bill re9 ferred to by section 1012.’’.

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con11 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

12 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in13 serting after the item relating to section 313 the following

14 new item:

‘‘Sec. 314. Deficit reduction accounts in appropriation bills.’’.

15 TITLE III—EXPEDITED RESCIS16 SIONS AND TARGETED TAX

17 BENEFITS

18 SEC. 301. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO19 POSED RESCISSIONS AND TARGETED TAX

20 BENEFITS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1012 of the Congressional

22 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

23 683) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED

2 RESCISSIONS

3 ‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET

4 AUTHORITY OR REPEAL OF TARGETED TAX BENEFITS.—

5 The President may propose, at the time and in the manner

6 provided in subsection (b), the rescission of any budget

7 authority provided in an appropriation Act or repeal of

8 any targeted tax benefit provided in any revenue Act.

9 Funds made available for obligation under this procedure

10 may not be proposed for rescission again under this sec11 tion.

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

13 ‘‘(1) The President may transmit to Congress a

14 special message proposing to rescind amounts of

15 budget authority or to repeal any targeted tax bene16 fit and include with that special message a draft bill

17 that, if enacted, would only rescind that budget au18 thority or repeal that targeted tax benefit. That bill

19 shall clearly identify the amount of budget authority

20 that is proposed to be rescinded for each program,

21 project, or activity to which that budget authority

22 relates or the targeted tax benefit proposed to be re23 pealed, as the case may be. It shall include a Deficit

24 Reduction Account. The President may place in the

25 Deficit Reduction Account an amount not to exceed
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1 the total rescissions in that bill. A targeted tax bene2 fit may only be proposed to be repealed under this

3 section during the 10-calendar-day period (excluding

4 Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) commencing

5 on the day after the date of enactment of the provi6 sion proposed to be repealed.

7 ‘‘(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that

8 includes accounts within the jurisdiction of more

9 than one subcommittee of the Committee on Appro10 priations, the President in proposing to rescind

11 budget authority under this section shall send a sep12 arate special message and accompanying draft bill

13 for accounts within the jurisdiction of each such sub14 committee.

15 ‘‘(3) Each special message shall specify, with

16 respect to the budget authority proposed to be re17 scinded, the following:

18 ‘‘(A) The amount of budget authority

19 which he proposes to be rescinded.

20 ‘‘(B) Any account, department, or estab21 lishment of the Government to which such

22 budget authority is available for obligation, and

23 the specific project or governmental functions

24 involved.
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1 ‘‘(C) The reasons why the budget authority

2 should be rescinded.

3 ‘‘(D) To the maximum extent practicable,

4 the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary

5 effect (including the effect on outlays in each

6 fiscal year) of the proposed rescission.

7 ‘‘(E) All facts, circumstances, and consid8 erations relating to or bearing upon the pro9 posed rescission and the decision to effect the

10 proposed rescission, and to the maximum extent

11 practicable, the estimated effect of the proposed

12 rescission upon the objects, purposes, and pro13 grams for which the budget authority is pro14 vided.

15 Each special message shall specify, with respect to

16 the proposed repeal of targeted tax benefits, the in17 formation required by subparagraphs (C), (D), and

18 (E), as it relates to the proposed repeal.

19 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER20 ATION.—

21 ‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second legisla22 tive day of the House of Representatives after the

23 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to

24 Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader

25 or minority leader of the House of Representatives
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1 shall introduce (by request) the draft bill accom2 panying that special message. If the bill is not intro3 duced as provided in the preceding sentence, then,

4 on the third legislative day of the House of Rep5 resentatives after the date of receipt of that special

6 message, any Member of that House may introduce

7 the bill.

8 ‘‘(B) The bill shall be referred to the Commit9 tee on Appropriations or the Committee on Ways

10 and Means of the House of Representatives, as ap11 plicable. The committee shall report the bill without

12 substantive revision and with or without rec13 ommendation. The bill shall be reported not later

14 than the seventh legislative day of that House after

15 the date of receipt of that special message. If that

16 committee fails to report the bill within that period,

17 that committee shall be automatically discharged

18 from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be

19 placed on the appropriate calendar.

20 ‘‘(C)(i) During consideration under this para21 graph, any Member of the House of Representatives

22 may move to strike any proposed rescission or re23 scissions of budget authority or any proposed repeal

24 of a targeted tax benefit, as applicable, if supported

25 by 49 other Members.
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1 ‘‘(ii) It shall not be in order for a Member of

2 the House of Representatives to move to strike any

3 proposed rescission under clause (i) unless the

4 amendment reduces the appropriate Deficit Reduc5 tion Account (pursuant to section 314) if the pro6 gram, project, or account to which the proposed re7 scission applies was identified in the Deficit Reduc8 tion Account in the special message under subsection

9 (b).

10 ‘‘(D) A vote on final passage of the bill shall be

11 taken in the House of Representatives on or before

12 the close of the 10th legislative day of that House

13 after the date of the introduction of the bill in that

14 House. If the bill is passed, the Clerk of the House

15 of Representatives shall cause the bill to be en16 grossed, certified, and transmitted to the Senate

17 within one calendar day of the day on which the bill

18 is passed.

19 ‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representa20 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill under

21 this section shall be highly privileged and not debat22 able. An amendment to the motion shall not be in

23 order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider

24 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis25 agreed to.
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1 ‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives

2 on a bill under this section shall not exceed 4 hours,

3 which shall be divided equally between those favoring

4 and those opposing the bill. A motion further to

5 limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be

6 in order to move to recommit a bill under this sec7 tion or to move to reconsider the vote by which the

8 bill is agreed to or disagreed to.

9 ‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat10 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of

11 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill

12 under this section shall be decided without debate.

13 ‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided

14 in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con15 sideration of a bill under this section shall be gov16 erned by the Rules of the House of Representatives.

17 ‘‘(3)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursu18 ant to paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its

19 Committee on Appropriations or Committee on Fi20 nance, as applicable. That committee shall report

21 the bill without substantive revision and with or

22 without recommendation. The bill shall be reported

23 not later than the seventh legislative day of the Sen24 ate after it receives the bill. A committee failing to

25 report the bill within such period shall be automati-
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1 cally discharged from consideration of the bill, and

2 the bill shall be placed upon the appropriate cal3 endar.

4 ‘‘(B)(i) During consideration under this para5 graph, any Member of the Senate may move to

6 strike any proposed rescission or rescissions of budg7 et authority or any proposed repeal of a targeted tax

8 benefit, as applicable, if supported by 14 other Mem9 bers.

10 ‘‘(ii) It shall not be in order for a Member of

11 the House or Senate to move to strike any proposed

12 rescission under clause (i) unless the amendment re13 duces the appropriate Deficit Reduction Account

14 (pursuant to section 314) if the program, project, or

15 account to which the proposed rescission applies was

16 identified in the Deficit Reduction Account in the

17 special message under subsection (b).

18 ‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to

19 the consideration of a bill under this section shall be

20 privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the

21 motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order

22 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion

23 is agreed to or disagreed to.

24 ‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill under this

25 section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
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1 connection therewith (including debate pursuant to

2 subparagraph (C)), shall not exceed 10 hours. The

3 time shall be equally divided between, and controlled

4 by, the majority leader and the minority leader or

5 their designees.

6 ‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable

7 motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this

8 section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to

9 be equally divided between, and controlled by, the

10 mover and the manager of the bill, except that in

11 the event the manager of the bill is in favor of any

12 such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there13 to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his

14 designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from

15 time under their control on the passage of a bill,

16 allot additional time to any Senator during the con17 sideration of any debatable motion or appeal.

18 ‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit

19 debate on a bill under this section is not debatable.

20 A motion to recommit a bill under this section is not

21 in order.

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

23 Except as otherwise provided by this section, no amend24 ment to a bill considered under this section shall be in

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1 ate. It shall not be in order to demand a division of the

2 question in the House of Representatives (or in a Commit3 tee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to suspend

4 the application of this subsection shall be in order in either

5 House, nor shall it be in order in either House to suspend

6 the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.

7 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI8 GATION.—(1) Any amount of budget authority proposed

9 to be rescinded in a special message transmitted to Con10 gress under subsection (b) shall be made available for obli11 gation on the day after the date on which either House

12 rejects the bill transmitted with that special message.

13 ‘‘(2) Any targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed

14 under this section as set forth in a special message trans15 mitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be deemed

16 repealed unless, during the period described in that sub17 section, either House rejects the bill transmitted with that

18 special message.

19 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

20 ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriation Act’ means any

21 general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or

22 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or

23 continuing appropriations;
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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘legislative day’ means, with re2 spect to either House of Congress, any day of ses3 sion; and

4 ‘‘(3) The term ‘targeted tax benefit’ means any

5 provision which has the practical effect of providing

6 a benefit in the form of a differential treatment to

7 a particular taxpayer or a limited class of taxpayers,

8 whether or not such provision is limited by its terms

9 to a particular taxpayer or a class of taxpayers.

10 Such term does not include any benefit provided to

11 a class of taxpayers distinguished on the basis of

12 general demographic conditions such as income,

13 number of dependents, or marital status.’’.

14 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section

15 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

16 621 note) is amended—

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

18 and inserting ‘‘1012, and 1017’’; and

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

20 1017’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1012 and 1017’’; and

21 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

22 (1) Section 1011 of the Congressional Budget

23 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended by re24 pealing paragraphs (3) and (5) and by redesignating

25 paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
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1 (2) Section 1014 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) is

2 amended—

3 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘or

4 the reservation’’; and

5 (B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘or a

6 reservation’’ and by striking ‘‘or each such res7 ervation’’.

8 (3) Section 1015(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)

9 is amended by striking ‘‘is to establish a reserve or’’,

10 by striking ‘‘the establishment of such a reserve or’’,

11 and by striking ‘‘reserve or’’ each other place it ap12 pears.

13 (4) Section 1017 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 687) is

14 amended—

15 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘rescis16 sion bill introduced with respect to a special

17 message or’’;

18 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘re19 scission bill or’’, by striking ‘‘bill or’’ the second

20 place it appears, by striking ‘‘rescission bill with

21 respect to the same special message or’’, and by

22 striking ‘‘, and the case may be,’’;

23 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘bill

24 or’’ each place it appears;
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1 (D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘rescis2 sion’’ each place it appears and by striking ‘‘bill

3 or’’ each place it appears;

4 (E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘re5 scission bill or’’ and by striking ‘‘, and all

6 amendments thereto (in the case of a rescission

7 bill)’’;

8 (F) in subsection (d)(2)—

9 (i) by striking the first sentence;

10 (ii) by amending the second sentence

11 to read as follows: ‘‘Debate on any debat12 able motion or appeal in connection with

13 an impoundment resolution shall be limited

14 to 1 hour, to be equally divided between,

15 and controlled by, the mover and the man16 ager of the resolution, except that in the

17 event that the manager of the resolution is

18 in favor of any such motion or appeal, the

19 time in opposition thereto shall be con20 trolled by the minority leader or his des21 ignee.’’;

22 (iii) by striking the third sentence;

23 and

24 (iv) in the fourth sentence, by striking

25 ‘‘rescission bill or’’ and by striking
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1 ‘‘amendment, debatable motion,’’ and by

2 inserting ‘‘debatable motion’’;

3 (G) in paragraph (d)(3), by striking the

4 second and third sentences; and

5 (H) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), (6),

6 and (7) of paragraph (d).

7 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The item relating to

8 section 1012 in the table of sections for subpart B of title

9 X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

10 Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘Sec. 1012. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions and targeted

tax benefits.’’.

11 TITLE IV—TREATMENT OF

12 EMERGENCY SPENDING

13 SEC. 401. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

14 (a) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

15 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

17 (1) by inserting ‘‘(which statute contains no

18 other appropriation for any other matter, including

19 another emergency)’’ after ‘‘statute’’; and

20 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen21 tence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not adjust any discre22 tionary spending limit under this clause for any stat23 ute that designates appropriations as emergency re24 quirements if that statute contains an appropriation
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1 for any other matter, event, or occurrence, including

2 another emergency, but that statute may contain

3 other offsetting provisions that reduce spending or

4 nonemergency appropriations for the designated

5 emergency.’’.

6 (b) EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.—Section 252(e) of

7 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

8 of 1985 is amended—

9 (1) in its first sentence by inserting ‘‘(which

10 statute contains no other appropriation for any other

11 matter, including another emergency)’’ after ‘‘stat12 ute’’; and

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen14 tence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not designate any such

15 amounts of new budget authority, outlays, or re16 ceipts as emergency requirements in the report re17 quired under subsection (d) if that statute contains

18 any other matter, event, or occurrence, including an19 other emergency, but that statute may contain other

20 offsetting provisions that reduce spending or non21 emergency appropriations for the designated emer22 gency.’’.

23 (c) NEW POINT OF ORDER.—Title IV of the Congres24 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the

25 end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘POINT OF ORDER REGARDING EMERGENCIES

2 ‘‘SEC. 408. It shall not be in order in the House of

3 Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint

4 resolution containing an emergency designation for pur5 poses of section 251(b)(2)(D) or 252(e) of the Balanced

6 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 if it

7 also provides an appropriation for any other item (includ8 ing another emergency) or contains any other matter (in9 cluding another emergency).’’.

10 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con11 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

12 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in13 serting after the item relating to section 313 the following

14 new item:

‘‘Sec. 408. Point of order regarding emergencies.’’.

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