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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2593 

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 

APRIL 15, 2021 

Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. PERRY) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Rescission Review (AFTER) of Appropriations Act of 

6 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED 

2 RESCISSIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET 

3 AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS. 

4 Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impound5 ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amend6 ed by striking all of part B (except for sections 1015, 

7 1016, and 1013, which are transferred and redesignated 

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

9 C and by inserting after part A the following: 

10 ‘‘PART B—CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PRO11 POSED RESCISSIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET

12 AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS

13 ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCIS14 SIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND

15 OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS

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

17 10 days after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 

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

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

20 part of any dollar amount of such funding or the cancella21 tion of any item of new direct spending or any limited 

22 tax benefit. 

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

24 that Congress rescind funding, the President shall trans25 mit a special message to Congress containing the informa26 tion specified in this subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(1) PACKAGING OF REQUESTED RESCIS2 SIONS.—For each piece of legislation that provides 

3 funding, the President may request any number of 

4 packages of rescissions and the rescissions in each 

5 package shall apply only to funding contained in 

6 that legislation. The President shall not include the 

7 same rescission in both packages. 

8 ‘‘(2) TRANSMITTAL.—The President shall de9 liver each message requesting a package of rescis10 sions to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is 

11 not in session and to the Clerk of the House of Rep12 resentatives if the House is not in session. The 

13 President shall make a copy of the transmittal mes14 sage publicly available, and shall publish in the Fed15 eral Register a notice of the message and informa16 tion on how it can be obtained. 

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

18 each request to rescind funding or cancel any item 

19 of new direct spending or any limited tax benefit 

20 under this part, the transmittal message shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) specify— 

22 ‘‘(i) the dollar amount to be re23 scinded, item of new direct spending, or 

24 limited tax benefit to be canceled; 


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

2 from which the rescission shall occur; 

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

4 within the account (if applicable) from 

5 which the rescission shall occur; 

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

7 that would remain for the account, pro8 gram, project, or activity if the rescission 

9 request is enacted; and 

10 ‘‘(v) the reasons the President re11 quests the rescission or the cancellation; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) designate each separate rescission re14 quest by number; and include proposed legisla15 tive text of an approval bill to accomplish the 

16 requested rescissions which may not include— 

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

18 than the rescission of funding; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) any supplemental appropriations, 

20 transfers, or reprogrammings. 

21 ‘‘GRANTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL

22 AUTHORITY

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

24 WITHHOLD FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law and if the President proposes a rescission of 

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


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1 time limits provided in subsection (c), temporarily with2 hold that funding from obligation. 

3 ‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE PER

4 PROPOSED RESCISSION.—Except as provided in section 

5 1019, the President may not invoke the authority to with6 hold funding granted by subsection (a) for any other pur7 pose. 

8 ‘‘(c) TIME LIMITS.—The President shall make avail9 able for obligation any funding withheld under subsection 

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

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

12 that the continued withholding or reduction no 

13 longer advances the purpose of legislative consider14 ation of the approval bill; 

15 ‘‘(2) the 30th day following the date of enact16 ment of the appropriations measure to which the ap17 proval bill relates; or 

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

19 the obligation of the funding in question can no 

20 longer be fully accomplished in a prudent manner 

21 before its expiration. 

22 ‘‘(d) DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 

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

24 or canceled under this part shall be dedicated only 

25 to reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT OF LEVELS IN THE CONCUR2 RENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.—Not later 

3 than 3 days of session after the date of enactment 

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

5 chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the Sen6 ate and the House of Representatives shall revise al7 locations and aggregates and other appropriate lev8 els under the appropriate concurrent resolution on 

9 the budget to reflect the rescissions, and the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Senate shall report revised sub12 allocations pursuant to section 302(b) of title III, as 

13 appropriate. 

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

15 Not later than 3 days after enactment of an ap16 proval bill provided under this section, the President 

17 shall revise downward by the amount of the rescis18 sions applicable limits under the Balanced Budget 

19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 ‘‘PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION

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

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

23 Member of each House may (by request) introduce 

24 an approval bill as defined in section 1015 not later 

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


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1 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to 

2 the Congress under section 1011(b). 

3 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP4 RESENTATIVES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any 

6 committee of the House of Representatives to 

7 which an approval bill is referred shall report it 

8 to the House without amendment not later than 

9 the third legislative day after the date of its in10 troduction. If a committee fails to report the 

11 bill within that period or the House has adopt12 ed a concurrent resolution providing for ad13 journment sine die at the end of a Congress, 

14 such committee shall be automatically dis15 charged from further consideration of the bill 

16 and it shall be placed on the appropriate cal17 endar. 

18 ‘‘(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

19 Not later than 3 legislative days after the ap20 proval bill is reported or a committee has been 

21 discharged from further consideration thereof, 

22 it shall be in order to move to proceed to con23 sider the approval bill in the House. Such a mo24 tion shall be in order only at a time designated 

25 by the Speaker in the legislative schedule within 


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1 2 legislative days after the day on which the 

2 proponent announces an intention to the House 

3 to offer the motion provided that such notice 

4 may not be given until the approval bill is re5 ported or a committee has been discharged 

6 from further consideration thereof. Such a mo7 tion shall not be in order after the House has 

8 disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to 

9 that special message. The previous question 

10 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 

11 its adoption without intervening motion. A mo12 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

13 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

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

15 proceed is agreed to, the House shall imme16 diately proceed to consider the approval bill in 

17 the House without intervening motion. The ap18 proval bill shall be considered as read. All 

19 points of order against the approval bill and 

20 against its consideration are waived. The pre21 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

22 the approval bill to its passage without inter23 vening motion except 2 hours of debate equally 

24 divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

25 opponent and one motion to limit debate on the 


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1 bill. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 

2 of the approval bill shall not be in order. 

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

4 ‘‘(A) COMMITTEE ACTION.—The appro5 priate committee of the Senate shall report 

6 without amendment the approval bill as defined 

7 in section 1015(2) not later than the third ses8 sion day after introduction. If a committee fails 

9 to report the approval bill within that period or 

10 the Senate has adopted a concurrent resolution 

11 providing for adjournment sine die at the end 

12 of a Congress, the Committee shall be auto13 matically discharged from further consideration 

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

15 appropriate calendar. 

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

17 than 3 session days after the approval bill is re18 ported in the Senate or the committee has been 

19 discharged thereof, it shall be in order for any 

20 Senator to move to proceed to consider the ap21 proval bill in the Senate. The motion shall be 

22 decided without debate and the motion to re23 consider shall be deemed to have been laid on 

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


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1 after the Senate has disposed of a prior motion 

2 to proceed with respect to the approval bill. 

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

4 proceed to the consideration of the approval bill 

5 is agreed to, the Senate shall immediately pro6 ceed to consideration of the approval bill with7 out intervening motion, order, or other busi8 ness, and the approval bill shall remain the un9 finished business of the Senate until disposed 

10 of. Consideration on the bill in the Senate 

11 under this subsection, and all debatable motions 

12 and appeals in connection therewith, shall not 

13 exceed 10 hours equally divided in the usual 

14 form. All points of order against the approval 

15 bill or its consideration are waived. Consider16 ation in the Senate on any debatable motion or 

17 appeal in connection with the approval bill shall 

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

19 to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the con20 sideration of other business, or a motion to re21 commit the approval bill is not in order. A mo22 tion to reconsider the vote by which the ap23 proval bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in 

24 order. 


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1 ‘‘(4) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amend2 ment to, or motion to strike a provision from, an ap3 proval bill considered under this section shall be in 

4 order in either the Senate or the House of Rep5 resentatives. 

6 ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

7 HOUSE.— 

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

9 approval bill, one House receives from the other 

10 a bill— 

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

12 House shall not be referred to a com13 mittee; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the procedure in the receiving 

15 House shall be the same as if no approval 

16 bill had been received from the other 

17 House until the vote on passage, when the 

18 bill received from the other House shall 

19 supplant the approval bill of the receiving 

20 House. 

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

22 House of Representatives. 

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

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

25 1015(2), introduced pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(c) EXTENDED TIME PERIOD.—If Congress ad2 journs at the end of a Congress prior to the expiration 

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

4 and an approval bill was then pending in either House 

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

6 had not yet been introduced with respect to a special mes7 sage, or before the applicable 10-day period specified in 

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

9 of session, the President shall transmit to Congress an ad10 ditional special message containing all of the information 

11 in the previous, pending special message and an approval 

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

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

14 bill under this part, and the time periods described in sec15 tions 1012(c)(2) and 1014 shall commence on the day of 

16 introduction of that approval bill. 

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

18 approval bill to be considered under the procedures set 

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

20 approval bill and must be introduced no later than the 

21 third day of session following the beginning of the period 

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

23 of subsection (c). 

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

25 message under section 1101 proposing to rescind all or 


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

2 spending or limited tax benefit, CBO shall prepare and 

3 submit to the appropriate committees of the House of 

4 Representatives and the Senate an estimate of the reduc5 tion in budget authority or change in receipts which would 

6 result from the enactment of the proposed rescissions or 

7 cancellations. 

8 ‘‘TREATMENT OF RESCISSIONS AND CANCELLATIONS

9 ‘‘SEC. 1014. Rescissions and cancellations proposed 

10 by the President under this part shall take effect only 

11 upon enactment of the applicable approval bill. If an ap12 proval bill is not enacted into law within 30 days from 

13 the enactment of the appropriation measure or new direct 

14 spending or limited tax benefit to which the approval bill 

15 relates, then the approval bill shall not be eligible for expe16 dited consideration under the provisions of this part. 

17 ‘‘DEFINITIONS

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

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

20 ‘appropriation measure’ means an Act referred to in 

21 section 105 of title 1, United States Code, including 

22 any general or special appropriation Act, or any Act 

23 making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap24 propriations, that has been enacted into law pursu25 ant to article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the 

26 United States. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CANCEL.—The term ‘cancel’ or ‘cancella2 tion’ means— 

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

4 discretionary budget authority, to rescind; 

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

6 spending— 

7 ‘‘(i) that is budget authority provided 

8 by law (other than an appropriation law), 

9 to prevent such budget authority from hav10 ing legal force or effect; 

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

12 prevent the specific legal obligation of the 

13 United States from having legal force or 

14 effect; or 

15 ‘‘(iii) through the food stamp pro16 gram, to prevent the specific provision of 

17 law that results in an increase in budget 

18 authority or outlays for that program from 

19 having legal force or effect; and 

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

21 to prevent the specific provision of law that pro22 vides such benefit from having legal force or ef23 fect. 

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

25 spending’ means— 


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1 ‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 

2 (other than an appropriation law); 

3 ‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 

4 ‘‘(C) the food stamp program. 

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

6 means a bill which only approves rescissions of fund7 ing, items of new direct spending, or limited tax ben8 efits in a special message transmitted by the Presi9 dent under this part and— 

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

11 approving the proposed cancellations or rescis12 sions transmitted by the President on lll’, 

13 the blank space being filled in with the date of 

14 transmission of the relevant special message 

15 and the public law number to which the mes16 sage relates; and 

17 ‘‘(B) which provides only the following 

18 after the enacting clause: ‘That the Congress 

19 approves the proposed cancellations or rescis20 sions lll’, the blank space being filled in 

21 with the list of the cancellations or rescissions 

22 contained in the President’s special message, 

23 ‘as transmitted by the President in a special 

24 message on llll’, the blank space being 

25 filled in with the appropriate date, ‘regarding 


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

2 the public law number to which the special mes3 sage relates. 

4 ‘‘(5) RESCIND OR RESCISSION.—The terms ‘re5 scind’ or ‘rescission’ mean to permanently cancel or 

6 prevent budget authority or outlays available under 

7 an obligation limit from having legal force or effect. 

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

9 term ‘CBO’ means the Director of the Congressional 

10 Budget Office. 

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

12 ‘Comptroller General’ means the Comptroller Gen13 eral of the United States. 

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

15 term ‘deferral of budget authority’ includes— 

16 ‘‘(A) withholding or delaying the obliga17 tions or expenditure of budget authority 

18 (whether by establishing reserves or otherwise) 

19 provided for projects or activities; or 

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

21 inaction which effectively precludes the obliga22 tion or expenditure of budget authority, includ23 ing authority to obligate by contract in advance 

24 of appropriations as specifically authorized by 

25 law. 


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1 ‘‘(9) FUNDING.—(A) Except as provided in sub2 paragraph (B), the term ‘funding’ means all or part 

3 of the dollar amount of budget authority or obliga4 tion limit— 

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

6 or the dollar amount of budget authority or ob7 ligation limit required to be allocated by a spe8 cific proviso in an appropriation measure for 

9 which a specific dollar figure was not included; 

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

11 chart, or explanatory text included in the state12 ment of managers or the governing committee 

13 report accompanying such law; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) represented by the product of the es15 timated procurement cost and the total quantity 

16 of items specified in an appropriation measure 

17 or included in the statement of managers or the 

18 governing committee report accompanying such 

19 law. 

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

21 ‘‘(i) direct spending; 

22 ‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appropriation 

23 measure which funds direct spending provided 

24 for in other law; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority can2 celed in an appropriation measure; or 

3 ‘‘(iv) any restriction or condition in an ap4 propriation measure or the accompanying state5 ment of managers or committee reports on the 

6 expenditure of budget authority for an account, 

7 program, project, or activity, or on activities in8 volving such expenditure. 

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

10 ‘withholding’ apply to any executive action or inac11 tion that precludes the obligation of funding at a 

12 time when it would otherwise have been available to 

13 an agency for obligation. The terms do not include 

14 administrative or preparatory actions undertaken 

15 prior to obligation in the normal course of imple16 menting budget laws. 

17 ‘‘(11) LIMITED TAX BENEFIT.— 

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

19 means— 

20 ‘‘(i) any revenue-losing provision 

21 which provides a Federal tax deduction, 

22 credit, exclusion, or preference to 100 or 

23 fewer beneficiaries under the Internal Rev24 enue Code of 1986 in any fiscal year for 

25 which the provision is in effect; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) any Federal tax provision which 

2 provides temporary or permanent transi3 tional relief for 10 or fewer beneficiaries in 

4 any fiscal year from a change to the Inter5 nal Revenue Code of 1986. 

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

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

8 that provision is that— 

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

10 or engaged in the same type of activity re11 ceive the same treatment; 

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

13 of property, or issuing the same type of in14 vestment, receive the same treatment; or 

15 ‘‘(iii) any difference in the treatment 

16 of persons is based solely on— 

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

18 associations, the size or form of the 

19 business or association involved; 

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

21 general demographic conditions, such 

22 as income, marital status, number of 

23 dependents, or tax return filing sta24 tus; 

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1 ‘‘(IV) a generally available elec2 tion under the Internal Revenue Code 

3 of 1986. 

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

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

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

7 prior law with respect to all binding con8 tracts or other legally enforceable obliga9 tions in existence on a date contempora10 neous with congressional action specifying 

11 such date; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) it is a technical correction to pre13 viously enacted legislation that is estimated 

14 to have no revenue effect. 

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

16 ‘‘(i) all businesses and associations 

17 which are related within the meaning of 

18 sections 707(b) and (a) of the Internal 

19 Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as 

20 a single beneficiary; 

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

22 shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

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

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1 ‘‘(iv) if a corporation, partnership, as2 sociation, trust or estate is the beneficiary 

3 of a provision, the shareholders of the cor4 poration, the partners of the partnership, 

5 the members of the association, or the 

6 beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not 

7 also be treated as beneficiaries of such pro8 vision. 

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

10 term ‘revenue-losing provision’ means any pro11 vision which results in a reduction in Federal 

12 tax revenues for any one of the two following 

13 periods— 

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

15 provision is effective; or 

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

17 beginning with the first fiscal year for 

18 which the provision is effective. 

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

20 shall have the same meaning as those terms 

21 have generally in the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986, unless otherwise expressly provided.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 

3 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

4 621 note) is amended— 

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

6 inserting ‘‘1013’’; and 

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

8 1017’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1013’’. 

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

10 of section 1(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impound11 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

14 (AFTER) of Appropriations Act of 2021’.’’. 

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

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

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘section 1011 or 1019’’ and sec18 tion 1018 (as redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘cal19 endar’’ and ‘‘of continuous session’’. 

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

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

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

23 forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im24 poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

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


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1 items relating to the sections therein) of title X and insert2 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.’’. 

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

4 this Act shall apply to funding as defined in section 

5 1015(8) of the Congressional Budget Act and Impound6 ment Control of 1974 or any new item of direct spending 

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

8 of enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 4. APPROVAL MEASURES CONSIDERED. 

10 Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

11 is amended— 

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

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

14 subsection (a) the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS FOR RESCISSIONS.—(1) When16 ever an approval bill passes the House of Representatives, 

17 the Committee on the Budget shall immediately reduce the 

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

19 amount of reductions in budget authority and in outlays 

20 resulting from such approval bill. 


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

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

3 and 

4 (2) in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by in5 serting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

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