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Union Calendar No. 283 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4890 
[Report No. 109–505, Parts I and II] 
To amend the Congressional and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to 
provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions 
of budget authority. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2006 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. DREIER, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. 
CHOCOLA, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. HENSARLING, 
Mr. HERGER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. GARRETT of 
New Jersey, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. CONAWAY, 
Mr. MATHESON, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
FORTUN˜O, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BURTON of Indi-
ana, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. PITTS, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 
POMBO, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mrs. BONO, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 
MACK, Mr. TERRY, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. CANNON, Mr. RENZI, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, and Mr. UDALL of Col-
orado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
JUNE 16, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on the Budget with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 19, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. 
ISSA, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. JINDAL, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. FOXX, 
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Mr. GOODE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. BASS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. NORWOOD, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. 
MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. AKIN, 
Mr. PORTER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. COBLE, Mr. DENT, Mrs. DRAKE, Mrs. JO ANN 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. PEARCE, 
Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
MCCRERY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. CAMP of 
Michigan, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. 
WELLER, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. HYDE, Mr. MCCOTTER, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BAKER, Mr. SHAW, Mr. FORTENBERRY, and 
Miss MCMORRIS 
JUNE 19, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on Rules with an amendment; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2006] 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of 
certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Line Item 
Veto Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title X of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et 
seq.) is amended by striking all of part B (except for sec-
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tions 1016 and 1013, which are redesignated as sections 
1019 and 1020, respectively) and part C and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘PART B—LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO 
‘‘LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.—Within 
45 calendar days after the enactment of any bill or joint 
resolution providing any discretionary budget authority, 
item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit, the Presi-
dent may propose, in the manner provided in subsection 
(b), the cancellation of any dollar amount of such discre-
tionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or tar-
geted tax benefit. If the 45 calendar-day period expires dur-
ing a period where either House of Congress stands ad-
journed sine die at the end of a Congress or for a period 
greater than 45 calendar days, the President may propose 
a cancellation under this section and transmit a special 
message under subsection (b) on the first calendar day of 
session following such a period of adjournment. 
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(1) SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
transmit to the Congress a special message pro-
posing to cancel any dollar amounts of discre-
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tionary budget authority, items of direct spend-
ing, or targeted tax benefits. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS
OF
SPECIAL
MESSAGE.— 
Each special message shall specify, with respect 
to the discretionary budget authority, items of 
direct spending proposed, or targeted tax benefits 
to be canceled— 
‘‘(i) the dollar amount of discretionary 
budget authority, the specific item of direct 
spending (that OMB, after consultation 
with CBO, estimates to increase budget au-
thority or outlays as required by section 
1017(9)), or the targeted tax benefit that the 
President proposes be canceled; 
‘‘(ii) any account, department, or es-
tablishment of the Government to which 
such discretionary budget authority is 
available for obligation, and the specific 
project or governmental functions involved; 
‘‘(iii) the reasons why such discre-
tionary budget authority, item of direct 
spending, or targeted tax benefit should be 
canceled; 
‘‘(iv) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and 
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budgetary effect (including the effect on out-
lays and receipts in each fiscal year) of the 
proposed cancellation; 
‘‘(v) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, all facts, circumstances, and consid-
erations relating to or bearing upon the 
proposed cancellation and the decision to ef-
fect the proposed cancellation, and the esti-
mated effect of the proposed cancellation 
upon the objects, purposes, or programs for 
which the discretionary budget authority, 
item of direct spending, or the targeted tax 
benefit is provided; 
‘‘(vi) a numbered list of cancellations 
to be included in an approval bill that, if 
enacted, would cancel discretionary budget 
authority, items of direct spending, or tar-
geted tax benefits proposed in that special 
message; and 
‘‘(vii) if the special message is trans-
mitted subsequent to or at the same time as 
another special message, a detailed expla-
nation why the proposed cancellations are 
not substantially similar to any other pro-
posed cancellation in such other message. 
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