sion of that House after the date of the introduction
of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the
bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or
joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent-
atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case
of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate)
shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other
House of Congress on the same calendar day on
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to
the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the
Committee on Appropriations of that House. The
committee shall report the bill or joint resolution
without substantive revision and with or without rec-
ommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ported not later than the seventh day of continuous
session of that House after it receives the bill or
joint resolution. A committee failing to report the
bill or joint resolution within such period shall be
automatically discharged from consideration of the
bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolu-
tion shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.
‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint
resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken
on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of
continuous session of that House after the date on
which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If
the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that
House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives
(in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in
the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of
the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution
agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed
bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House
in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint
resolution under this section shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo-
tion 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 House of Representatives
on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall
not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the bill
or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to
move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under
this section or to move to reconsider the vote by
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed 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 or
joint resolution 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 or joint resolution under this sec-
tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of a bill or joint resolution 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 or joint res-
olution under this section, and all debatable motions
and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed
10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
nority leader or their designees.
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint
resolution 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 or joint resolution, except that in the event the
manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of
any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition
thereto, 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 or joint resolution, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section
is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint
resolution under this section is not in order.
‘‘(e) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment to
a bill or joint resolution considered under this section shall
be in order in either the House of Representatives or the
Senate. No motion to suspend the application of this sub-
section 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.
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI-
GATION.—Any amount of budget authority proposed to be
rescinded in a special message transmitted to Congress
under subsection (b) shall be made available for obligation
on the day after the date on which either House defeats
the bill or joint resolution transmitted with that special
message.
‘‘(g) 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; and
‘‘(2) continuity of a session of either House of
Congress shall be considered as broken only by an
adjournment of that House sine die, and the days on
which that House is not in session because of an ad-
journment of more than 3 days to a date certain
shall be excluded in the computation of any period.’’.
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section
904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a)
and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d)
and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’; and
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5))
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’
and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and
(B) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting
‘‘1017’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’.
(2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685)
(as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or
1014’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking
‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’;
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking
‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and
(D) in subsection (e)(2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
subparagraph (A);
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph
(B) as subparagraph (C);
(iii) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subpara-
graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert-
ing ‘‘1014’’; and
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message
under section 1013 with respect to a proposed
rescission; and’’.
(3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)
(as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 1014’’.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections
for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec-
tions 1014 through 1018; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1012 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION.
Section 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (as added by section 2)
shall apply to amounts of budget authority provided by
appropriation Acts (as defined in subsection (g) of such
section) that are enacted during the One Hundred Third
Congress.
SEC. 4. TERMINATION.
The authority provided by section 1013 of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(as added by section 2) shall terminate effective on the
date in 1994 on which Congress adjourns sine die.
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