‘‘(C) the reasons why the budget authority
should be rescinded;
‘‘(D) to the maximum extent practicable,
the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary
effect (including the effect on outlays and re-
ceipts in each fiscal year) of the proposed re-
scission; and
‘‘(E) all facts, circumstances, and consider-
ations relating to or bearing upon the proposed
rescission and the decision to effect the pro-
posed rescission, and to the maximum extent
practicable, the estimated effect of the proposed
rescission upon the objects, purposes, and pro-
grams for which the budget authority is pro-
vided.
Each special message shall specify, with respect to
the proposed repeal of targeted tax benefits, the in-
formation required by subparagraphs (C), (D), and
(E), as it relates to the proposed repeal.
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES
FOR
EXPEDITED
CONSIDER-
ATION.—
‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second legisla-
tive day of the House of Representatives after the
date of receipt of a special message transmitted to
Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader
or minority leader of the House of Representatives
shall introduce (by request) the draft bill accom-
panying that special message. If the bill is not intro-
duced as provided in the preceding sentence, then,
on the third legislative day of the House of Rep-
resentatives after the date of receipt of that special
message, any Member of that House may introduce
the bill.
‘‘(B) The bill shall be referred to the Commit-
tee on Appropriations or the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives, as ap-
plicable. The committee shall report the bill without
substantive revision and with or without rec-
ommendation. The bill shall be reported not later
than the seventh legislative day of that House after
the date of receipt of that special message. If that
committee fails to report the bill within that period,
that committee shall be automatically discharged
from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar.
‘‘(C)(i) During consideration under this para-
graph, any Member of the House of Representatives
may move to strike any proposed rescission or re-
scissions of budget authority or any proposed repeal
of a target tax benefit, as applicable, if supported by
49 other Members.
‘‘(ii) It shall not be in order for a Member of
the House of Representatives to move to strike any
proposed rescission under clause (i) unless the
amendment reduces the appropriate Deficit Reduc-
tion Account if the program, project, or account to
which the proposed rescission applies was identified
in the Deficit Reduction Account in the special mes-
sage under subsection (b).
‘‘(D) A vote on final passage of the bill shall be
taken in the House of Representatives on or before
the close of the 10th legislative day of that House
after the date of the introduction of the bill in that
House. If the bill is passed, the Clerk of the House
of Representatives shall cause the bill to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the Senate
within one calendar day of the day on which the bill
is passed.
‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill under
this section shall be highly privileged and not debat-
able. An amendment to the motion shall not be in
order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider
the vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
agreed to.
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
on a bill under this section shall not exceed 4 hours,
which shall be divided equally between those favoring
and those opposing the bill. A motion further to
limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be
in order to move to recommit a bill under this sec-
tion or to move to reconsider the vote by which the
bill is agreed to or disagreed to.
‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
ing to the application of the Rules of the House of
Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill
under this section shall be decided without debate.
‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided
in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con-
sideration of a bill under this section shall be gov-
erned by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
It shall not be in order in the House of Representa-
tives to consider any rescission bill introduced pursu-
ant to the provisions of this section under a suspen-
sion of the rules or under a special rule.
‘‘(3)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its
Committee on Appropriations or Committee on Fi-
nance, as applicable. That committee shall report
the bill without substantive revision and with or
without recommendation. The bill shall be reported
not later than the seventh legislative day of the Sen-
ate after it receives the bill. A committee failing to
report the bill within such period shall be automati-
cally discharged from consideration of the bill, and
the bill shall be placed upon the appropriate cal-
endar.
‘‘(B)(i) During consideration under this para-
graph, any Member of the Senate may move to
strike any proposed rescission or rescissions of budg-
et authority or any proposed repeal of a targeted tax
benefit, as applicable, if supported by 14 other Mem-
bers.
‘‘(ii) It shall not be in order for a Member of
the House or Senate to move to strike any proposed
rescission under clause (i) unless the amendment re-
duces the appropriate Deficit Reduction Account
(pursuant to section 314) if the program, project, or
account to which the proposed rescission applies was
identified in the Deficit Reduction Account in the
special message under subsection (b).
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of a bill under this section shall be
privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the
motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion
is agreed to or disagreed to.
‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill under this
section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, (including debate pursuant to
subparagraph (C)), shall not exceed 10 hours. The
time shall be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
their designees.
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this
section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to
be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the bill, except that in
the event the manager of the bill is in favor of any
such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there-
to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from
time under their control on the passage of a bill,
allot additional time to any Senator during the con-
sideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate on a bill under this section is not debatable.
A motion to recommit a bill under this section is not
in order.
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS AND DIVISIONS PROHIBITED.—
Except as otherwise provided by this section, no amend-
ment to a bill considered under this section shall be in
order in either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate. It shall not be in order to demand a division of the
question in the House of Representatives (or in a Commit-
tee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to suspend
the application of this subsection shall be in order in either
House, nor shall it be in order in either House to suspend
the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI-
GATION.—(1) Any amount of budget authority proposed
to be rescinded in a special message transmitted to Con-
gress under subsection (b) shall be made available for obli-
gation on the day after the date on which either House
rejects the bill transmitted with that special message.
‘‘(2) Any targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed
under this section as set forth in a special message trans-
mitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be deemed
repealed unless, during the period described in that sub-
section, either House rejects the bill transmitted with that
special message.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriation Act’ means any
general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or
continuing appropriations;
‘‘(2) the term ‘legislative day’ means, with re-
spect to either House of Congress, any day of ses-
sion; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘‘targeted tax benefit’’ means any
provision which has the practical effect of providing
a benefit in the form of a different treatment to a
particular taxpayer or a limited class of taxpayers,
whether or not such provision is limited by its terms
to a particular taxpayer or a class of taxpayers.
Such term does not include any benefit provided to
a class of taxpayers distinguished on the basis of
general demographic conditions such as income,
number of dependents, or marital status.’’.
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section
904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
621 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and 1017’’
and inserting ‘‘1012, and 1017’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section
1017’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1012 and 1017’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1011 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended by re-
pealing paragraphs (3) and (5) and by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
(2) Section 1014 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘or
the reservation’’; and
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘or a
reservation’’ and by striking ‘‘or each such res-
ervation’’.
(3) Section 1015(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)
is amended by striking ‘‘is to establish a reserve or’’,
by striking ‘‘the establishment of such a reserve or’’,
and by striking ‘‘reserve or’’ each other place it ap-
pears.
(4) Section 1017 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 687) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘rescis-
sion bill introduced with respect to a special
message or’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘re-
scission bill or’’, by striking ‘‘bill or’’ the second
place it appears, by striking ‘‘rescission bill with
respect to the same special message or’’, and by
striking ‘‘, and the case may be,’’;
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘bill
or’’ each place it appears;
(D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘rescis-
sion’’ each place it appears and by striking ‘‘bill
or’’ each place it appears;
(E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘re-
scission bill or’’ and by striking ‘‘, and all
amendments thereto (in the case of a rescission
bill)’’;
(F) in subsection (d)(2)—
(i) by striking the first sentence;
(ii) by amending the second sentence
to read as follows: ‘‘Debate on any debat-
able motion or appeal in connection with
an impoundment resolution shall be limited
to 1 hour, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the mover and the man-
ager of the resolution, except that in the
event that the manager of the resolution is
in favor of any such motion or appeal, the
time in opposition thereto shall be con-
trolled by the minority leader or his des-
ignee.’’;
(iii) by striking the third sentence;
and
(iv) in the fourth sentence, by striking
‘‘rescission 
bill 
or’’ 
and 
by 
striking
‘‘amendment, debatable motion,’’ and by
inserting ‘‘debatable motion’’;
(G) in paragraph (d)(3), by striking the
second and third sentences; and
(H) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), (6),
and (7) of paragraph (d).
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The item relating to
section 1012 in the table of sections for subpart B of title
X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 1012. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions and targeted
tax benefits.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.