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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1514

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed congressionally approved amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 29, 1993

Mr. SLATTERY introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Ways and Means and Rules

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed congressionally approved

amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

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 Consider5 ation of Proposed Revenue Amendments Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO2 POSED RESCISSIONS.

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 CERTAIN PROPOSED

10 REVENUE AMENDMENTS

11 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE

12 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—The President may

13 propose, at the time and in the manner provided in sub14 section (b), the repeal of any provisions of the Internal

15 Revenue Code.

16 ‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—Not

17 later than 3 days after the date of enactment of a law

18 amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Presi19 dent may transmit to Congress a special message propos20 ing to repeal any amendments contained in that law and

21 include with that special message a draft bill or joint reso22 lution that, if enacted, would only repeal those amend23 ments.

24 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER25 ATION.—
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1 ‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of

2 continuous session of the applicable House after the

3 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to

4 Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader

5 or minority leader of the House of Congress in

6 which the law involved originated shall introduce (by

7 request) the draft bill or joint resolution accompany8 ing that special message. If the bill or joint resolu9 tion is not introduced as provided in the preceding

10 sentence, then, on the third day of continuous ses11 sion of that House after the date of receipt of that

12 special message, any Member of that House may in13 troduce the bill or joint resolution.

14 ‘‘(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be re15 ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means or the

16 Committee on Finance, as the case may be. The

17 committee shall report the bill or joint resolution

18 without substantive revision and with or without rec19 ommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be re20 ported not later than the seventh day of continuous

21 session of that House after the date of receipt of

22 that special message. If the committee fails to report

23 the bill or joint resolution within that period, that

24 committee shall be automatically discharged from

25 consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the
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1 bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appro2 priate calendar.

3 ‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint

4 resolution shall be taken in that House on or before

5 the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses6 sion of that House after the date of the introduction

7 of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the

8 bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the

9 House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or

10 joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent11 atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case

12 of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate)

13 shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en14 grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other

15 House of Congress on the same calendar day on

16 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.

17 ‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to

18 the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu19 ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the

20 Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on

21 Finance, as the case may be. The committee shall

22 report the bill or joint resolution without substantive

23 revision and with or without recommendation. The

24 bill or joint resolution shall be reported not later

25 than the seventh day of continuous session of that
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1 House after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A

2 committee failing to report the bill or joint resolu3 tion within such period shall be automatically dis4 charged from consideration of the bill or joint reso5 lution, and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed

6 upon the appropriate calendar.

7 ‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint

8 resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken

9 on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of

10 continuous session of that House after the date on

11 which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If

12 the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that

13 House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives

14 (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in

15 the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of

16 the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution

17 agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed

18 bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House

19 in which the bill or joint resolution originated.

20 ‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa21 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint

22 resolution under this section shall be highly privi23 leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo24 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
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1 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion

2 is agreed to or disagreed to.

3 ‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives

4 on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall

5 not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally

6 between those favoring and those opposing the bill

7 or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate

8 shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to

9 move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under

10 this section or to move to reconsider the vote by

11 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis12 agreed to.

13 ‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat14 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of

15 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or

16 joint resolution under this section shall be decided

17 without debate.

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

19 in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con20 sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec21 tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of

22 Representatives.

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

24 the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under

25 this section shall be privileged and not debatable. An
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1 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor

2 shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote

3 by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.

4 ‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint res5 olution under this section, and all debatable motions

6 and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed

7 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,

8 and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi9 nority leader or their designees.

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

11 motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint

12 resolution under this section shall be limited to not

13 more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between,

14 and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the

15 bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the

16 manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of

17 any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition

18 thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or

19 his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may,

20 from time under their control on the passage of a

21 bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any

22 Senator during the consideration of any debatable

23 motion or appeal.

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

25 debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section
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1 is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint

2 resolution under this section is not in order.

3 ‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment

4 to a bill or joint resolution considered under this section

5 shall be in order in either the House of Representatives

6 or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of

7 this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall

8 it be in order in either House to suspend the application

9 of this subsection by unanimous consent.

10 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section,

11 continuity of a session of either House of Congress shall

12 be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that

13 House sine die, and the days on which that House is not

14 in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days

15 to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of

16 any period.’’.

17 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section

18 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—

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

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

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

22 and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’; and

23 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

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

25 is amended—
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1 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’

2 and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and

3 (B) in paragraph (5)—

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

5 ‘‘1017’’; and

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in7 serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’.

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

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

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

11 it appears and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1014’’;

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

13 ‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1013’’;

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

15 ‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and

16 (D) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking

17 ‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’.

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

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

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

21 inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 1014’’.

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

23 for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec2 tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec3 tions 1014 through 1018; and

4 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec5 tion 1012 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed revenue amendments.’’.

6 SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

7 The authority provided by section 1013 of the Con8 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

9 (as added by section 2) shall terminate effective on the

10 date in 1994 on which Congress adjourns sine die.

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