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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3423 

To provide the President with expedited consideration of proposals for 

cancellation of certain budget items. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 25, 2010 

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

to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To provide the President with expedited consideration of 

proposals for cancellation of certain budget items. 

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 ‘‘Veto Wasteful Spend5 ing and Protect Taxpayers Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLATION OF 

7 CERTAIN PROPOSED BUDGET ITEMS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres9 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

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


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1 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, re2 spectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following 

3 new section: 

4 ‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLATION OF

5 CERTAIN BUDGET ITEMS

6 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) PROPOSED BUDGET ITEM CAN7 CELLATIONS.— 

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

9 of rescinding budget authority specified in section 

10 1012, the President may suspend and propose for 

11 cancellation, at the time and in the manner provided 

12 in subsection (b)— 

13 ‘‘(A) any dollar amount of discretionary 

14 budget authority; 

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

16 ‘‘(C) any limited tax benefit. 

17 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Items described in sub18 paragraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1) made 

19 available under this section may not be proposed for 

20 suspension and cancellation again under this section 

21 or section 1012. 

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

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 calendar 

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

25 the suspension applies, the President may transmit 

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1 pending items provided in that Act described in sub2 paragraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(1) and 

3 proposing to cancel those items and include with 

4 that special message a draft bill that, if enacted, 

5 would only cancel the item’s included. That bill shall 

6 clearly identify each item that is proposed to be can7 celled. 

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

9 cancellation, the special message shall also include— 

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

11 such cancellation will— 

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

13 ‘‘(ii) not impair any essential Govern14 ment functions; and 

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

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) any account, department, or estab18 lishment of the Government for which budget 

19 authority was to have been available for obliga20 tion and the specific project or governmental 

21 functions involved; 

22 ‘‘(C) the specific States and congressional 

23 districts, if any, affected by the cancellation; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(D) the total number of cancellations im2 posed during the current session of Congress on 

3 States and congressional districts identified in 

4 subparagraph (C). 

5 ‘‘(3) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Each special mes6 sage shall specify, with respect to the budget author7 ity proposed to be cancelled, the matters referred to 

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

9 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER10 ATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

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

13 the second legislative day of the House of Rep14 resentatives after the date of receipt of a special 

15 message transmitted to Congress under sub16 section (b), the majority leader or minority 

17 leader of the House of Representatives shall in18 troduce (by request) the draft bill accom19 panying that special message. If the bill is not 

20 introduced as provided in the preceding sen21 tence, then, on the third legislative day of the 

22 House of Representatives after the date of re23 ceipt of that special message, any Member of 

24 that House may introduce the bill. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REFERRAL.—The bill shall be re2 ferred to the appropriate committee of the 

3 House of Representatives. The committee shall 

4 report the bill without substantive revision, and 

5 with or without recommendation. The bill shall 

6 be reported not later than the seventh legisla7 tive day of that House after the date of receipt 

8 of that special message. If the committee fails 

9 to report the bill within that period, that com10 mittee shall be automatically discharged from 

11 consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be 

12 placed on the appropriate calendar. 

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

14 final passage of the bill referred to in subpara15 graph (B) shall be taken in the House of Rep16 resentatives on or before the close of the 10th 

17 legislative day of that House after the date of 

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

19 bill is passed, the Clerk of the House of Rep20 resentatives shall cause the bill to be engrossed, 

21 certified, and transmitted to the Senate within 

22 one calendar day of the day on which the bill 

23 is passed. 

24 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURES IN THE HOUSE.— 


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

2 the House of Representatives to proceed to the 

3 consideration of a bill under this section shall 

4 be highly privileged and not debatable. An 

5 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 

6 nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider 

7 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 

8 disagreed to. 

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

10 Representatives on a bill under this section 

11 shall not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided 

12 equally between those favoring and those oppos13 ing the bill. A motion further to limit debate 

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

15 to move to recommit a bill under this section or 

16 to move to reconsider the vote by which the bill 

17 is agreed to or disagreed to. 

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

19 the Chair relating to the application of the 

20 Rules of the House of Representatives to the 

21 procedure relating to a bill under this section 

22 shall be decided without debate. 

23 ‘‘(3) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 

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

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


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1 be referred to the appropriate committee. The 

2 committee shall report the bill without sub3 stantive revision and with or without rec4 ommendation. The bill shall be reported not 

5 later than the seventh legislative day of the 

6 Senate after it receives the bill. A committee 

7 failing to report the bill within such period shall 

8 be automatically discharged from consideration 

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

10 appropriate calendar. 

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

12 passage of a bill transmitted to the Senate shall 

13 be taken on or before the close of the 10th leg14 islative day of the Senate after the date on 

15 which the bill is transmitted. 

16 ‘‘(C) MOTIONS AND DEBATE.— 

17 ‘‘(i) MOTIONS.—A motion in the Sen18 ate to proceed to the consideration of a bill 

19 under this section shall be privileged and 

20 not debatable. An amendment to the mo21 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be 

22 in order to move to reconsider the vote by 

23 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

24 to. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) DEBATE ON BILL.—Debate in 

2 the Senate on a bill under this section, and 

3 all debatable motions and appeals in con4 nection therewith, shall not exceed 10 

5 hours. The time shall be equally divided 

6 between, and controlled by, the majority 

7 leader and the minority leader or their des8 ignees. 

9 ‘‘(iii) DEBATE ON MOTIONS.—Debate 

10 in the Senate on any debatable motion or 

11 appeal in connection with a bill under this 

12 section shall be limited to not more than 1 

13 hour, to be equally divided between, and 

14 controlled by, the mover and the manager 

15 of the bill, except that in the event the 

16 manager of the bill is in favor of any such 

17 motion or appeal, the time in opposition 

18 thereto, shall be controlled by the minority 

19 leader or his designee. Such leaders, or ei20 ther of them, may, from time under their 

21 control on the passage of a bill, allot addi22 tional time to any Senator during the con23 sideration of any debatable motion or ap24 peal. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A 

2 motion in the Senate to further limit de3 bate on a bill under this section is not de4 batable. A motion to recommit a bill under 

5 this section is not in order. 

6 ‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS AND DIVISIONS.—No amendment 

7 to a bill considered under this section shall be in order 

8 in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. It 

9 shall not be in order to demand a division of the question 

10 in the House of Representatives (or in a Committee of 

11 the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to suspend the 

12 application of this subsection shall be in order in either 

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

14 the application of this subsection by unanimous consent. 

15 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI16 GATION.—Any budget item proposed to be cancelled in a 

17 special message transmitted to Congress under subsection 

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

19 on— 

20 ‘‘(1) the later of— 

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

22 House of Representatives defeats the bill trans23 mitted with that special message rescinding the 

24 amount proposed to be rescinded; or 


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

2 Senate rejects a bill that makes rescissions to 

3 carry out the applicable special message of the 

4 President; or 

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

6 effective date occurs after the applicable date in 

7 paragraph (1). 

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

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

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

11 Taxation shall review any revenue or reconcili12 ation bill or joint resolution which includes any 

13 amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 that is being prepared for filing by a com15 mittee of conference of the 2 Houses, and shall 

16 identify whether such bill or joint resolution 

17 contains any limited tax benefits. 

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

19 on Taxation shall provide to the committee of 

20 conference a statement identifying any such 

21 limited tax benefits or declaring that the bill or 

22 joint resolution does not contain any limited tax 

23 benefits. Any such statement shall be made 

24 available to any Member of Congress by the 


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1 Joint Committee on Taxation immediately upon 

2 request. 

3 ‘‘(2) STATEMENT INCLUDED IN LEGISLA4 TION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other rule of the House of Representatives 

7 or any rule or precedent of the Senate, any rev8 enue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution 

9 which includes any amendment to the Internal 

10 Revenue Code of 1986 reported by a committee 

11 of conference of the 2 Houses may include, as 

12 a separate section of such bill or joint resolu13 tion, the information contained in the statement 

14 of the Joint Committee on Taxation, but only 

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

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

17 permitted under subparagraph (A) shall read as 

18 follows: ‘Section 1021(a)(3) of the Congres19 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

20 1974 shall llll apply to llllll.’, 

21 with the blank spaces being filled in with— 

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

23 Committee on Taxation identifies limited 

24 tax benefits in the statement required 

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


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1 first blank space and a list of all of the 

2 specific provisions of the bill or joint reso3 lution identified by the Joint Committee on 

4 Taxation in such statement in the second 

5 blank space; or 

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

7 Committee on Taxation declares that there 

8 are no limited tax benefits in the statement 

9 required under paragraph (1), the word 

10 ‘not’ in the first blank space and the 

11 phrase ‘any provision of this Act’ in the 

12 second blank space. 

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

14 or reconciliation bill or joint resolution is signed into 

15 law pursuant to article I, section 7, of the Constitu16 tion of the United States— 

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

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

19 the authority granted in this section only to 

20 suspend and propose to cancel any limited tax 

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

22 separate section; or 

23 ‘‘(B) without a separate section described 

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

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1 pend and propose to cancel any limited tax ben2 efit in that law that meets the definition in sub3 section (g). 

4 ‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL IDENTIFICATIONS OF

5 LIMITED TAX BENEFITS.—There shall be no judicial 

6 review of the congressional identification under para7 graphs (1) and (2) of a limited tax benefit in a con8 ference report. 

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

10 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION LAW.—The term ‘appro11 priation law’ means an Act referred to in section 

12 105 of title 1, United States Code, including any 

13 general or special appropriation Act, or any Act 

14 making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap15 propriations, that has been signed into law pursuant 

16 to article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the 

17 United States. 

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

19 means a standard 24-hour period beginning at mid20 night. 

21 ‘‘(3) CANCEL.—The term ‘cancel’ or ‘cancella22 tion’ means— 

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

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

2 spending— 

3 ‘‘(i) that is budget authority provided 

4 by law (other than an appropriation law), 

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

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

8 prevent the specific legal obligation of the 

9 United States from having legal force or 

10 effect; or 

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

13 law that results in an increase in budget 

14 authority or outlays for that program from 

15 having legal force or effect; and 

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

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

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

21 spending’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 

23 (other than an appropriation law); 

24 ‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 

25 ‘‘(C) the Food Stamp Program. 


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

3 only disapproves 1 or more cancellations of dollar 

4 amounts of discretionary budget authority, items of 

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

7 part and— 

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

9 disapproving the cancellations transmitted by 

10 the President on llll’, the blank space 

11 being filled in with the date of transmission of 

12 the relevant special message and the public law 

13 number to which the message relates; 

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

15 ‘‘(C) which provides only the following 

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

18 space being filled in with a list by reference 

19 number of 1 or more cancellations contained in 

20 the President’s special message, ‘as transmitted 

21 by the President in a special message on 

22 llll’, the blank space being filled in with 

23 the appropriate date, ‘regarding llll’, the 

24 blank space being filled in with the public law 

25 number to which the special message relates. 


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1 ‘‘(6) DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY

2 BUDGET AUTHORITY.— 

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

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

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

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

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

11 which a specific dollar figure was not in12 cluded; 

13 ‘‘(ii) represented separately in any 

14 table, chart, or explanatory text included 

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

17 such law; 

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

19 specific program, project, or activity in a 

20 law (other than an appropriation law) that 

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

23 or activities for which budget authority is 

24 provided in an appropriation law; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) represented by the product of 

2 the estimated procurement cost and the 

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

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

8 estimated procurement cost and the total 

9 quantity of items required to be provided 

10 in a law (other than an appropriation law) 

11 that mandates the expenditure of budget 

12 authority from accounts, programs, 

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

15 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘dollar 

16 amount of discretionary budget authority’ does 

17 not include— 

18 ‘‘(i) direct spending; 

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

21 provided for in other law; 

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

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

4 committee reports on the expenditure of 

5 budget authority for an account, program, 

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

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

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

11 an increase in budget authority or outlays for direct 

12 spending relative to the most recent levels calculated 

13 pursuant to section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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

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

18 in session. 

19 ‘‘(9) LIMITED TAX BENEFIT.— 

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

21 benefit’ means— 

22 ‘‘(i) any negative revenue provision 

23 which provides a Federal tax deduction, 

24 credit, exclusion, or preference to 100 or 

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1 enue Code of 1986 in any fiscal year for 

2 which the provision is in effect; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) any Federal tax provision which 

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

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

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

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

11 that— 

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

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

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

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

18 ‘‘(iii) any difference in the treatment 

19 of persons is based solely on— 

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

21 associations, the size or form of the 

22 business or association involved; 

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

24 general demographic conditions, such 

25 as income, marital status, number of 


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1 dependents, or tax return filing sta2 tus; 

3 ‘‘(III) the amount involved; or 

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

6 of 1986. 

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

8 not be treated as described in subparagraph 

9 (A)(ii) if— 

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

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

15 such date; or 

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

18 to have no revenue effect. 

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

20 subparagraph (A)— 

21 ‘‘(i) all businesses and associations 

22 which are related within the meaning of 

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

25 as a single beneficiary; 


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

2 shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 

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

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

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

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

10 the members of the association, or the 

11 beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not 

12 also be treated as beneficiaries of such pro13 vision. 

14 ‘‘(E) NEGATIVE REVENUE PROVISION.— 

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

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

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

20 provision is effective; or 

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

22 beginning with the first fiscal year for 

23 which the provision is effective. 

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

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

3 provided. 

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

6 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 

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

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

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

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

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

12 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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

14 is amended— 

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

16 and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (5)— 

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

19 ‘‘1017’’; and 

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

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

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


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

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

3 1014’’; 

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

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

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

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

8 (D) in subsection (e)(2)— 

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

10 subparagraph (A); 

11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

12 (B) as subparagraph (C); 

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

16 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

17 (A) the following new subparagraph: 

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

19 under section 1013 with respect to a proposed 

20 rescission; and’’. 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

8 SEC. 3. APPLICATION. 

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

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

12 are enacted during the One Hundred Twelfth Congress 

13 and thereafter. 

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