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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2458

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 23 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. SHELBY, Mr.

GRASSLEY, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BROWN, Mr. ROTH, Mr. KEMPTHORNE,

Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. BURNS, Mr. GORTON, Mr. LOTT, and Mr. EXON)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred jointly

pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the Committees on the

Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Common Cents Budget

3 Reform Act of 1994’’.

4 TITLE I—REFORM OF BASELINE

5 BUDGETING

6 SEC. 100. SHORT TITLE.

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Baseline Budgeting

8 Reform Act of 1994’’.

9 SEC. 101. THE BASELINE.

10 Except for purposes of adjusting the discretionary

11 spending limits set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974, section 257(c) of the Bal13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

14 is amended—

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

16 striking ‘‘sequentially and cumulatively’’ and by

17 striking ‘‘for inflation as specified in paragraph

18 (5),’’; and

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

20 paragraph (5).

21 SEC. 102. THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.

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

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

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

25 section, estimated expenditures and appropriations

26 for the current year and estimated expenditures and
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1 proposed appropriations the President decides are

2 necessary to support the Government in the fiscal

3 year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fis4 cal years following that year;’’.

5 (b) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States

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

7 the’’ before ‘‘fiscal year’’.

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

9 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara10 graph (A), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’

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

12 the following new subparagraph:

13 ‘‘(C) the estimated amount for the same activ14 ity (if any) in the current fiscal year.’’.

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

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

17 and’’ before ‘‘budget outlays’’.

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

19 is amended by adding at the end the following new para20 graph:

21 ‘‘(30) a comparison of levels of estimated ex22 penditures and proposed appropriations for each

23 function and subfunction in the current fiscal year

24 and the fiscal year for which the budget is submit25 ted, along with the proposed increase or decrease of
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1 spending in percentage terms for each function and

2 subfunction.’’.

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

4 is amended by adding after the first sentence the following

5 new sentence: ‘‘These estimates shall not include an ad6 justment for inflation for programs and activities subject

7 to discretionary appropriations.’’.

8 SEC. 103. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.

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

10 1974 is amended by—

11 (1) inserting after the second sentence the fol12 lowing: ‘‘The starting point for any deliberations in

13 the Committee on the Budget of each House on the

14 concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fis15 cal year shall be the estimated level of outlays for

16 the current year in each function and subfunction.

17 Any increases or decreases in the Congressional

18 budget for the next fiscal year shall be from such es19 timated levels.’’; and

20 (2) striking paragraph (8) and redesignating

21 paragraphs (9) and (10) as paragraphs (10) and

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

23 (7) the following new paragraphs:

24 ‘‘(8) a comparison of levels for the current fis25 cal year with proposed spending and revenue levels
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1 for the subsequent fiscal years along with the pro2 posed increase or decrease of spending in percentage

3 terms for each function and subfunction; and

4 ‘‘(9) information, data, and comparisons indi5 cating the manner in which and the basis on which,

6 the committee determined each of the matters set

7 forth in the concurrent resolution, including infor8 mation on outlays for the current fiscal year and the

9 decisions reached to set funding for the subsequent

10 fiscal years;’’.

11 SEC. 104. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT TO

12 COMMITTEES.

13 (a) The first sentence of section 202(f)(1) of the Con14 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as fol15 lows: ‘‘On or before February 15 of each year, the Direc16 tor shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of the

17 House of Representatives and the Senate a report for the

18 fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year with

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

20 total revenues, total new budget authority, and total out21 lays (including related surpluses and deficits) compared

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

23 of tax expenditures under existing law, taking into account

24 projected economic factors and any changes in such levels
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1 based on proposals in the budget submitted by the Presi2 dent for such fiscal year.’’.

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

4 Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the first sen5 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘That report shall also

6 include a table on sources of spending growth under cur7 rent law in total mandatory spending for the budget year

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

9 in outlays attributable to the following: cost-of-living ad10 justments; changes in the number of program recipients;

11 increases in medical care prices, utilization and intensity

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

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

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

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

16 at the end the following: ‘‘, and (C) all programs and ac17 tivities with permanent or indefinite spending authority or

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

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

20 Act of 1974 is amended—

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

22 shall include a comparison of those levels to com23 parable levels for the current fiscal year’’ before ‘‘if

24 timely submitted’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (C), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘;

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

4 at the end the following new subparagraph:

5 ‘‘(E) comparing the levels in existing pro6 grams in such measure to the estimated levels

7 for the current fiscal year.’’.

8 TITLE II—CHANGES IN DISCRE9 TIONARY SPENDING LIMITS

10 SEC. 200. SHORT TITLE.

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteed Spending

12 Cut Act of 1994’’.

13 SEC. 201. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY

14 SPENDING LIMITS.

15 (a) DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS.—The discretionary

16 spending limit for new budget authority for any fiscal year

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

18 Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict conformance with sec19 tion 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

21 the Deficit Reduction Account set forth in each appropria22 tion bill (or changed in the case of a rescission bill pursu23 ant to section 1012 of the Congressional Budget Act of

24 1974), as calculated by the Director of the Office of Man25 agement and Budget. The adjusted discretionary spending
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1 limit for outlays for that fiscal year and each outyear as

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

3 result of the reduction of such budget authority, as cal4 culated by the Director of the Office of Management and

5 Budget based upon programmatic and other assumptions

6 set forth in the joint explanatory statement of managers

7 accompanying the conference report on that bill. Reduc8 tions (if any) shall occur on the day that each such appro9 priation bill is enacted into law. For purposes of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

11 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, amounts in

12 Deficit Reduction Accounts shall only be used to make the

13 adjustments specified in this subsection.

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

15 ‘‘appropriation bill’’ means any general or special appro16 priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup17 plemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations.

18 SEC. 202. DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNTS IN APPROPRIA19 TION MEASURES AND IN RESCISSION BILLS.

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

21 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by add22 ing at the end the following new section:

23 ‘‘DEFICIT REDUCTION ACCOUNTS IN APPROPRIATION

24 BILLS AND RESCISSION BILLS

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

26 bill that is being marked up by the Committee on Appro-
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1 priations (or a subcommittee thereof) of either House shall

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

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

4 either House reports an appropriation bill, that bill shall

5 contain a line item entitled ‘Deficit Reduction Account’

6 comprised of the following:

7 ‘‘(1) Only in the case of any general appropria8 tion bill containing the appropriations for Treasury

9 and Postal Service (or resolution making continuing

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

11 the amounts by which the discretionary spending

12 limit for new budget authority and outlays set forth

13 in the most recent OMB sequestration preview re14 port pursuant to section 601(a)(2) exceed the sec15 tion 602(a) allocation for the fiscal year covered by

16 that bill.

17 ‘‘(2) Only in the case of any general appropria18 tion bill (or resolution making continuing appropria19 tions (if applicable)), an amount not to exceed the

20 amount by which the appropriate section 602(b) al21 location of new budget authority exceeds the amount

22 of new budget authority provided by that bill (as re23 ported by that committee).

24 ‘‘(3) Only in the case of any bill making supple25 mental appropriations following enactment of all
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1 general appropriation bills for the same fiscal year,

2 an amount not to exceed the amount by which the

3 section 602(a) allocation of new budget authority ex4 ceeds the sum of all new budget authority provided

5 by appropriation bills enacted for that fiscal year

6 plus that supplemental appropriation bill (as re7 ported by that committee).

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

9 budget authority to an appropriation bill during its consid10 eration by the Committee on Appropriations (or any sub11 committee thereof) of either House of Congress or by ei12 ther House may increase the amount placed in the Deficit

13 Reduction Account by an amount which does not exceed

14 the reduction in budget authority contained in the amend15 ment. Any amendment to rescind budget authority during

16 consideration of any bill by the Committee on Appropria17 tions (or any subcommittee thereof) of either House of

18 Congress or by either House may increase the amount

19 placed in the Deficit Reduction Account by an amount

20 which does not exceed the increase in the rescission con21 tained in the amendment.

22 ‘‘(2) Whenever any amendment referred to in para23 graph (1) is agreed to increasing the amount contained

24 in the Deficit Reduction Account, then the line item enti-
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1 tled ‘Deficit Reduction Account’ shall be increased by that

2 amount.

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

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

5 to be reduced in order to increase the Deficit Reduction

6 Account by the amount set forth in that amendment.

7 ‘‘(d)(1) Any amendment pursuant to subsection

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

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

10 Reduction Account and shall not be subject to a demand

11 for a division of the question in the House of Representa12 tives (or in the Committee of the Whole) or in the Senate.

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

14 in the Deficit Reduction Account after that amount has

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

16 reduce the amount placed in the Deficit Reduction Ac17 count unless it is pursuant to a motion to strike any pro18 posed rescission under section 1012(c)(1)(C) or section

19 1012(c)(3)(B). It shall not be in order to offer an amend20 ment increasing a Deficit Reduction Account unless the

21 amendment increases rescissions or reduces appropria22 tions by an equivalent amount.

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

24 an appropriation bill in the House of Representatives, if

25 the original motion offered by the floor manager proposed
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1 to place an amount in the Deficit Reduction Account that

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

3 bill, then pending such original motion and before debate

4 thereon, a motion to insist on disagreement to the amend5 ment proposed by the Senate shall be preferential to any

6 other motion to dispose of that amendment. Such a pref7 erential motion shall be separately debatable for one hour

8 equally divided between its opponents and the proponents

9 of the original motion. The previous question shall be con10 sidered as ordered on such a preferential motion to its

11 adoption without an intervening motion.

12 ‘‘(3) The committee report accompanying any appro13 priation bill or rescission bill in the House of Representa14 tives or Senate and the joint statement of the managers

15 accompanying the conference report on that bill shall set

16 forth—

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

18 amount of new budget authority and outlays derived

19 from the difference between the section 602(b) allo20 cations and the appropriation bills;

21 ‘‘(B) for any appropriation bill (except a gen22 eral appropriation bill) but only if all 13 general ap23 propriation bills have been enacted for that fiscal

24 year, the amount of new budget authority and out25 lays to be derived from the difference between the
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1 section 602(a) allocations and the sum of appropria2 tion bills for the current year and that bill; and

3 ‘‘(C) for any amendment described in sub4 section (c)(1) changing the amount in a Deficit Re5 duction Account, the program, project, or account

6 assumptions;

7 for amounts in the Deficit Reduction Account.

8 ‘‘(e) As used in this section—

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

10 general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or

11 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or

12 continuing appropriations; and

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

14 which rescinds budget authority, including a bill re15 ferred to by section 1012.’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con17 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

18 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in19 serting after the item relating to section 313 the following

20 new item:

‘‘Sec. 314. Deficit reduction accounts in appropriation bills and rescission bills.’’.
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1 TITLE III—EXPEDITED RESCIS2 SIONS AND TARGETED TAX

3 BENEFITS

4 SEC. 300. SHORT TITLE.

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Modified Line Item

6 Veto/Expedited Rescission Act of 1994’’.

7 SEC. 301. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO8 POSED RESCISSIONS AND TARGETED TAX

9 BENEFITS.

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

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

12 683) is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED

14 RESCISSIONS

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

16 AUTHORITY OR REPEAL OF TARGETED TAX BENEFITS.—

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

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

19 authority provided in an appropriation Act or repeal of

20 any targeted tax benefit provided in any revenue Act.

21 Funds made available for obligation under this procedure

22 may not be proposed for rescission again under this sec23 tion.

24 ‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) The President may transmit to Congress a

2 special message proposing to rescind amounts of

3 budget authority or to repeal any targeted tax bene4 fit and include with that special message a draft bill

5 that, if enacted, would only rescind that budget au6 thority or repeal that targeted tax benefit. That bill

7 shall clearly identify the amount of budget authority

8 that is proposed to be rescinded for each program,

9 project, or activity to which that budget authority

10 relates or the targeted tax benefit proposed to be re11 pealed, as the case may be. It shall include a Deficit

12 Reduction Account. The President may place in the

13 Deficit Reduction Account an amount not to exceed

14 the total rescissions in that bill. A targeted tax bene15 fit may only be proposed to be repealed under this

16 section during the 20-legislative-day period (exclud17 ing Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) com18 mencing on the day after the date of enactment of

19 the provision proposed to be repealed.

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

21 includes accounts within the jurisdiction of more

22 than one subcommittee of the Committee on Appro23 priations, the President in proposing to rescind

24 budget authority under this section shall send a sep25 arate special message and accompanying draft bill
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1 for accounts within the jurisdiction of each such sub2 committee.

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

4 respect to the budget authority proposed to be re5 scinded, the following—

6 ‘‘(A) the amount of budget authority which

7 he proposes to be rescinded;

8 ‘‘(B) any account, department, or estab9 lishment of the Government to which such

10 budget authority is available for obligation, and

11 the specific project or governmental functions

12 involved;

13 ‘‘(C) the reasons why the budget authority

14 should be rescinded;

15 ‘‘(D) to the maximum extent practicable,

16 the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary

17 effect (including the effect on outlays and re18 ceipts in each fiscal year) of the proposed re19 scission; and

20 ‘‘(E) all facts, circumstances, and consider21 ations relating to or bearing upon the proposed

22 rescission and the decision to effect the pro23 posed rescission, and to the maximum extent

24 practicable, the estimated effect of the proposed

25 rescission upon the objects, purposes, and pro-
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1 grams for which the budget authority is pro2 vided.

3 Each special message shall specify, with respect to

4 the proposed repeal of targeted tax benefits, the in5 formation required by subparagraphs (C), (D), and

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

7 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER8 ATION.—

9 ‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second legisla10 tive day of the House of Representatives after the

11 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to

12 Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader

13 or minority leader of the House of Representatives

14 shall introduce (by request) the draft bill accom15 panying that special message. If the bill is not intro16 duced as provided in the preceding sentence, then,

17 on the third legislative day of the House of Rep18 resentatives after the date of receipt of that special

19 message, any Member of that House may introduce

20 the bill.

21 ‘‘(B) The bill shall be referred to the Commit22 tee on Appropriations or the Committee on Ways

23 and Means of the House of Representatives, as ap24 plicable. The committee shall report the bill without

25 substantive revision and with or without rec-
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1 ommendation. The bill shall be reported not later

2 than the seventh legislative day of that House after

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

4 committee fails to report the bill within that period,

5 that committee shall be automatically discharged

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

7 placed on the appropriate calendar.

8 ‘‘(C)(i) During consideration under this para9 graph, any Member of the House of Representatives

10 may move to strike any proposed rescission or re11 scissions of budget authority or any proposed repeal

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

13 by 49 other Members.

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

15 the House of Representatives to move to strike any

16 proposed rescission under clause (i) unless the

17 amendment reduces the appropriate Deficit Reduc18 tion Account if the program, project, or account to

19 which the proposed rescission applies was identified

20 in the Deficit Reduction Account in the special mes21 sage under subsection (b).

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

23 taken in the House of Representatives on or before

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

25 after the date of the introduction of the bill in that
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1 House. If the bill is passed, the Clerk of the House

2 of Representatives shall cause the bill to be en3 grossed, certified, and transmitted to the Senate

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

5 is passed.

6 ‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representa7 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill under

8 this section shall be highly privileged and not debat9 able. An amendment to the motion shall not be in

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

11 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis12 agreed to.

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

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

15 which shall be divided equally between those favoring

16 and those opposing the bill. A motion further to

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

18 in order to move to recommit a bill under this sec19 tion or to move to reconsider the vote by which the

20 bill is agreed to or disagreed to.

21 ‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat22 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of

23 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill

24 under this section shall be decided without debate.
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1 ‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided

2 in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con3 sideration of a bill under this section shall be gov4 erned by the Rules of the House of Representatives.

5 It shall not be in order in the House of Representa6 tives to consider any rescission bill introduced pursu7 ant to the provisions of this section under a suspen8 sion of the rules or under a special rule.

9 ‘‘(3)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursu10 ant to paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its

11 Committee on Appropriations or Committee on Fi12 nance, as applicable. That committee shall report

13 the bill without substantive revision and with or

14 without recommendation. The bill shall be reported

15 not later than the seventh legislative day of the Sen16 ate after it receives the bill. A committee failing to

17 report the bill within such period shall be automati18 cally discharged from consideration of the bill, and

19 the bill shall be placed upon the appropriate cal20 endar.

21 ‘‘(B)(i) During consideration under this para22 graph, any Member of the Senate may move to

23 strike any proposed rescission or rescissions of budg24 et authority or any proposed repeal of a targeted tax
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1 benefit, as applicable, if supported by 14 other Mem2 bers.

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

4 the House of Senate to move to strike any proposed

5 rescission under clause (i) unless the amendment re6 duces the appropriate Deficit Reduction Account if

7 the program, project, or account to which the pro8 posed rescission applies was identified in the Deficit

9 Reduction Account in the special message under

10 subsection (b).

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

12 the consideration of a bill under this section shall be

13 privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the

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

15 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion

16 is agreed to or disagreed to.

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

18 section, and all debatable motions and appeals in

19 connection therewith (including debate pursuant to

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

21 time shall be equally divided between, and controlled

22 by, the majority leader and the minority leader or

23 their designees.

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

25 motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this
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1 section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to

2 be equally divided between, and controlled by, the

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

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

5 such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there6 to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his

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

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

9 allot additional time to any Senator during the con10 sideration of any debatable motion or appeal.

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

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

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

14 in order.

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

16 Except as otherwise provided by this section, no amend17 ment to a bill considered under this section shall be in

18 order in either the House of Representatives or the Sen19 ate. It shall not be in order to demand a division of the

20 question in the House of Representatives (or in a Commit21 tee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to suspend

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

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

24 the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
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1 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI2 GATION.—(1) Any amount of budget authority proposed

3 to be rescinded in a special message transmitted to Con4 gress under subsection (b) shall be made available for obli5 gation on the day after the date on which either House

6 rejects the bill transmitted with that special message.

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

8 under this section as set forth in a special message trans9 mitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be deemed

10 repealed, unless either House rejects the bill transmitted

11 with that special message.

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

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

14 general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or

15 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or

16 continuing appropriations;

17 ‘‘(2) the term ‘legislative day’ means, with re18 spect to either House of Congress, any day of ses19 sion; and

20 ‘‘(3) The term ‘‘targeted tax benefit’’ means

21 any provision which has the practical effect of pro22 viding a benefit in the form of a differential treat23 ment to a particular taxpayer or a limited class of

24 taxpayers, whether or not such provision is limited

25 by its terms to a particular taxpayer or a class of
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1 taxpayers. Such term does not include any benefit

2 provided to a class of taxpayers distinguished on the

3 basis of general demographic conditions such as in4 come, number of dependents, or marital status.’’.

5 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section

6 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

7 621 note) is amended—

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

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

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

11 1017’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1012 and 1017’’; and

12 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

13 (1) Section 1011 of the Congressional Budget

14 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended by re15 pealing paragraphs (3) and (5) and by redesignating

16 paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).

17 (2) Section 1014 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) is

18 amended—

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

20 the reservation’’; and

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

22 reservation’’ and by striking ‘‘or each such res23 ervation’’.

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

25 is amended by striking ‘‘is to establish a reserve or’’,
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1 by striking ‘‘the establishment of such a reserve or’’,

2 and by striking ‘‘reserve or’’ each other place it ap3 pears.

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

5 amended—

6 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘rescis7 sion bill introduced with respect to a special

8 message or’’;

9 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘re10 scission bill or’’, by striking ‘‘bill or’’ the second

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

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

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

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

15 or’’ each place it appears;

16 (D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘rescis17 sion’’ each place it appears and by striking ‘‘bill

18 or’’ each place it appears;

19 (E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘re20 scission bill or’’ and by striking ‘‘, and all

21 amendments thereto (in the case of a rescission

22 bill)’’;

23 (F) in subsection (d)(2)—

24 (i) by striking the first sentence;
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1 (ii) by amending the second sentence

2 to read as follows: ‘‘Debate on any debat3 able motion or appeal in connection with

4 an impoundment resolution shall be limited

5 to 1 hour, to be equally divided between,

6 and controlled by, the mover and the man7 ager of the resolution, except that in the

8 event that the manager of the resolution is

9 in favor of any such motion or appeal, the

10 time in opposition thereto shall be con11 trolled by the minority leader or his des12 ignee.’’;

13 (iii) by striking the third sentence;

14 and

15 (iv) in the fourth sentence, by striking

16 ‘‘rescission bill or’’ and by striking

17 ‘‘amendment, debatable motion,’’ and by

18 inserting ‘‘debatable motion’’;

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

20 second and third sentences; and

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

22 and (7) of paragraph (d).

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

24 section 1012 in the table of sections for subpart B of title
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1 X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

2 Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘Sec. 1012. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’.

3 TITLE IV—TREATMENT OF

4 EMERGENCY SPENDING

5 SEC. 400. SHORT TITLE.

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Appropria7 tions Integrity Act of 1994’’.

8 SEC. 401. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

9 (a) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

10 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the

12 end the following new sentence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not

13 adjust any discretionary spending limit under this clause

14 for any statute that designates appropriations as emer15 gency requirements if that statute contains an appropria16 tion for any other matter, event, or occurrence, but that

17 statute may contain rescissions of budget authority.’’.

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

19 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

20 of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following

21 new sentence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not designate any

22 such amounts of new budget authority, outlays, or receipts

23 as emergency requirements in the report required under

24 subsection (d) if that statute contains any other provisions
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1 that are not so designated, but that statute may contain

2 provisions that reduce direct spending.’’.

3 (c) NEW POINT OF ORDER.—Title IV of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the

5 end the following new section:

6 ‘‘POINT OF ORDER REGARDING EMERGENCIES

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

8 Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint

9 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report

10 thereon, containing an emergency designation for purposes

11 of section 251(b)(2)(D) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget

12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 if it also pro13 vides an appropriation or direct spending for any other

14 item or contains any other matter, but that bill or joint

15 resolution, amendment, or conference report may contain

16 rescissions of budget authority or reductions of direct

17 spending, or that amendment may reduce amounts for

18 that emergency.’’.

19 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con20 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

21 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in22 serting after the item relating to section 313 the following

23 new item:

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

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