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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7235 
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 
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 
Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. 
OGLES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item 
veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and can-
cellations of items of new direct spending and limited 
tax benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘A Fast-Tracked Executive 
Rescission Review (AFTER) of Appropriations Act of 
2024’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED 
RESCISSIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET 
AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS. 
Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amend-
ed by striking all of part B (except for sections 1015, 
1016, and 1013, which are transferred and redesignated 
as sections 1017, 1018, and 1019, respectively) and part 
C and by inserting after part A the following: 
‘‘PART B—CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION
OF PRO-
POSED RESCISSIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET 
AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS 
‘‘CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCIS-
SIONS AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND 
OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.—Within 
10 days after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution 
providing any funding, the President may propose, in the 
manner provided in subsection (b), the rescission of all or 
part of any dollar amount of such funding or the cancella-
tion of any item of new direct spending or any limited 
tax benefit. 
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL MESSAGE.—If the President proposes 
that Congress rescind funding, the President shall trans-
mit a special message to Congress containing the informa-
tion specified in this subsection. 
‘‘(1) PACKAGING
OF
REQUESTED
RESCIS-
SIONS.—For each piece of legislation that provides 
funding, the President may request any number of 
packages of rescissions and the rescissions in each 
package shall apply only to funding contained in 
that legislation. The President shall not include the 
same rescission in both packages. 
‘‘(2) TRANSMITTAL.—The President shall de-
liver each message requesting a package of rescis-
sions to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is 
not in session and to the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives if the House is not in session. The 
President shall make a copy of the transmittal mes-
sage publicly available, and shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register a notice of the message and informa-
tion on how it can be obtained. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS
OF
SPECIAL
MESSAGE.—For 
each request to rescind funding or cancel any item 
of new direct spending or any limited tax benefit 
under this part, the transmittal message shall— 
‘‘(A) specify— 
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‘‘(i) the dollar amount to be re-
scinded, item of new direct spending, or 
limited tax benefit to be canceled; 
‘‘(ii) the agency, bureau, and account 
from which the rescission shall occur; 
‘‘(iii) the program, project, or activity 
within the account (if applicable) from 
which the rescission shall occur; 
‘‘(iv) the amount of funding, if any, 
that would remain for the account, pro-
gram, project, or activity if the rescission 
request is enacted; and 
‘‘(v) the reasons the President re-
quests the rescission or the cancellation; 
and 
‘‘(B) designate each separate rescission re-
quest by number; and include proposed legisla-
tive text of an approval bill to accomplish the 
requested rescissions which may not include— 
‘‘(i) any changes in existing law, other 
than the rescission of funding; or 
‘‘(ii) any supplemental appropriations, 
transfers, or reprogrammings. 
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‘‘GRANTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL 
AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO 
WITHHOLD FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law and if the President proposes a rescission of 
funding under this part, the President may, subject to the 
time limits provided in subsection (c), temporarily with-
hold that funding from obligation. 
‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING AVAILABLE ONLY ONCE PER 
PROPOSED RESCISSION.—Except as provided in section 
1019, the President may not invoke the authority to with-
hold funding granted by subsection (a) for any other pur-
pose. 
‘‘(c) TIME LIMITS.—The President shall make avail-
able for obligation any funding withheld under subsection 
(a) on the earliest of the 30th legislative day following— 
‘‘(1) the day on which the President determines 
that the continued withholding or reduction no 
longer advances the purpose of legislative consider-
ation of the approval bill; 
‘‘(2) the 30th day following the date of enact-
ment of the appropriations measure to which the ap-
proval bill relates; or 
‘‘(3) the last day that the President determines 
the obligation of the funding in question can no 
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longer be fully accomplished in a prudent manner 
before its expiration. 
‘‘(d) DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds that are rescinded 
or canceled under this part shall be dedicated only 
to reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT OF LEVELS IN THE CONCUR-
RENT
RESOLUTION
ON
THE
BUDGET.—Not later 
than 3 days of session after the date of enactment 
of an approval bill as provided under this part, the 
chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives shall revise al-
locations and aggregates and other appropriate lev-
els under the appropriate concurrent resolution on 
the budget to reflect the rescissions, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate shall report revised sub-
allocations pursuant to section 302(b) of title III, as 
appropriate. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS TO STATUTORY LIMITS.— 
Not later than 3 days after enactment of an ap-
proval bill provided under this section, the President 
shall revise downward by the amount of the rescis-
sions applicable limits under the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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