‘‘(C) the program, project, or activity with-
in the account (if applicable) from which the re-
scission shall occur; 
‘‘(D) the amount of funding, if any, that 
would remain for the account, program, project, 
or activity if the rescission request is enacted; 
and 
‘‘(E) the reasons the President requests 
the rescission; 
‘‘(2) designate each separate rescission request 
by number; and 
‘‘(3) include proposed legislative language to ac-
complish the requested rescissions which may not in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) any changes in existing law, other 
than the rescission of funding; or 
‘‘(B) any supplemental appropriations, 
transfers, or reprogrammings. 
‘‘SEC. 1025. GRANTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON PRESI-
DENTIAL AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) PRESIDENTIAL
AUTHORITY
TO
WITHHOLD 
FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and if the President proposes a rescission of funding under 
this part, OMB may, subject to the time limits provided 
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in subsection (c), temporarily withhold that funding from 
obligation. 
‘‘(b) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES AVAILABLE ONLY 
ONCE PER BILL.—The President may not invoke the pro-
cedures of this part, or the authority to withhold funding 
granted by subsection (a), on more than 1 occasion for 
any Act providing funding. 
‘‘(c) TIME LIMITS.—OMB shall make available for 
obligation any funding withheld under subsection (a) on 
the earliest of— 
‘‘(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 rescission request; 
‘‘(2) starting from the day on which OMB 
transmitted a message to Congress requesting the 
rescission of funding, 25 calendar days in which the 
House of Representatives has been in session or 25 
calendar days in which the Senate has been in ses-
sion, whichever occurs second; or 
‘‘(3) the last day after which the obligation of 
the funding in question can no longer be fully ac-
complished in a prudent manner before its expira-
tion. 
‘‘(d) DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds that are rescinded 
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 5 days after the date of enactment of an ap-
proval bill as provided under this part, the chairs of 
the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives shall revise allocations and 
aggregates and other appropriate levels under the 
appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget to 
reflect the repeal or cancellation, and the applicable 
committees shall report revised suballocations pursu-
ant to section 302(b), as appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 1026. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF RESCIS-
SION REQUESTS. 
‘‘(a) PREPARATION OF LEGISLATION TO CONSIDER 
A PACKAGE OF EXPEDITED RESCISSION REQUESTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the House of Represent-
atives receives a package of expedited rescission re-
quests, the Clerk shall prepare a House bill that 
only rescinds the amounts requested which shall 
read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘There are enacted the rescissions numbered 
[insert number or numbers] as set forth in the Pres-
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idential message of [insert date] transmitted under 
part C of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 as 
amended.’ 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION PROCEDURE.—The Clerk shall 
include in the bill each numbered rescission request 
listed in the Presidential package in question, except 
that the Clerk shall omit a numbered rescission re-
quest if the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House, after consulting with the 
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
Senate, CBO, GAO, and the House and Senate com-
mittees that have jurisdiction over the funding, de-
termines that the numbered rescission does not refer 
to funding or includes matter not permitted under a 
request to rescind funding. 
‘‘(b) INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL OF LEGISLA-
TION TO ENACT A PACKAGE OF EXPEDITED RESCIS-
SIONS.—The majority leader or the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives, or a designee, shall (by request) 
introduce each bill prepared under subsection (a) not later 
than 4 days of session of the House after its transmittal, 
or, if no such bill is introduced within that period, any 
member of the House may introduce the required bill in 
the required form on the fifth or sixth day of session of 
the House after its transmittal. If such an expedited re-
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scission bill is introduced in accordance with the preceding 
sentence, it shall be referred to the House committee of 
jurisdiction. A copy of the introduced House bill shall be 
transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall pro-
vide it to the Senate committee of jurisdiction. 
‘‘(c) HOUSE REPORT AND CONSIDERATION OF LEG-
ISLATION TO ENACT A PACKAGE OF EXPEDITED RESCIS-
SIONS.—The House committee of jurisdiction shall report 
without amendment the bill referred to it under subsection 
(b) not more than 5 days of session of the House after 
the referral. The committee may order the bill reported 
favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. If the 
committee has not reported the bill by the end of the 5- 
day period, the committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from further consideration of the bill and it shall 
be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(d) HOUSE MOTION TO PROCEED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After a bill to enact an ex-
pedited rescission package has been reported or the 
committee of jurisdiction has been discharged under 
subsection (c), it shall be in order to move to pro-
ceed to consider the bill in the House. A Member 
who wishes to move to proceed to consideration of 
the bill shall announce that fact, and the motion to 
proceed shall be in order only during a time des-
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ignated by the Speaker within the legislative sched-
ule for the next calendar day of legislative session or 
the one immediately following it. 
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO SET TIME.—If the Speaker 
does not designate a time under paragraph (1), 3 or 
more calendar days of legislative session after the 
bill has been reported or discharged, it shall be in 
order for any Member to move to proceed to con-
sider the bill. 
‘‘(3) PROCEDURE.—A motion to proceed under 
this subsection shall not be in order after the House 
has disposed of a prior motion to proceed with re-
spect to that package of expedited rescissions. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
the motion to proceed, without intervening motion. A 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
to proceed has been disposed of shall not be in 
order. 
‘‘(4) REMOVAL
FROM
CALENDAR.—If 5 cal-
endar days of legislative session have passed since 
the bill was reported or discharged under this sub-
section and no Member has made a motion to pro-
ceed, the bill shall be removed from the calendar. 
‘‘(e) HOUSE CONSIDERATION.— 
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‘‘(1) CONSIDERED AS READ.—A bill consisting 
of a package of rescissions under this part shall be 
considered as read. 
‘‘(2) POINTS OF ORDER.—All points of order 
against the bill are waived, except that a point of 
order may be made that 1 or more numbered rescis-
sions included in the bill would enact language con-
taining matter not requested by the President or not 
permitted under this part as part of that package. 
If the Presiding Officer sustains such a point of 
order, the numbered rescission or rescissions that 
would enact such language are deemed to be auto-
matically stripped from the bill and consideration 
proceeds on the bill as modified. 
‘‘(3) PREVIOUS QUESTION.—The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill to its 
passage without intervening motion, except that 4 
hours of debate equally divided and controlled by a 
proponent and an opponent are allowed, as well as 
1 motion to further limit debate on the bill. 
‘‘(4) MOTION TO RECONSIDER.—A motion to 
reconsider the vote on passage of the bill shall not 
be in order. 
‘‘(f) SENATE CONSIDERATION.— 
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‘‘(1) REFERRAL.—If the House of Representa-
tives approves a House bill enacting a package of re-
scissions, that bill as passed by the House shall be 
sent to the Senate and referred to the Senate com-
mittee of jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) COMMITTEE ACTION.—The committee of 
jurisdiction shall report without amendment the bill 
referred to it under this subsection not later than 3 
days of session of the Senate after the referral. The 
committee may order the bill reported favorably, un-
favorably, or without recommendation. 
‘‘(3) DISCHARGE.—If the committee has not re-
ported the bill by the end of the 3-day period, the 
committee shall be automatically discharged from 
further consideration of the bill and it shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(4) MOTION TO PROCEED.—On the following 
day and for 3 subsequent calendar days in which the 
Senate is in session, it shall be in order for any Sen-
ator to move to proceed to consider the bill in the 
Senate. Upon such a motion being made, it shall be 
deemed to have been agreed to and the motion to re-
consider shall be deemed to have been laid on the 
table. 
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‘‘(5) DEBATE.—Debate on the bill in the Sen-
ate under this subsection, and all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed 
10 hours, equally divided and controlled in the usual 
form. Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion 
or appeal in connection with such a bill shall be lim-
ited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form. A motion to fur-
ther limit debate on such a bill is not debatable. 
‘‘(6) MOTIONS NOT IN ORDER.—A motion to 
amend such a bill or strike a provision from it is not 
in order. A motion to recommit such a bill is not in 
order. 
‘‘(g) SENATE POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in 
order under this part for the Senate to consider a bill ap-
proved by the House enacting a package of rescissions 
under this part if any numbered rescission in the bill 
would enact matter not requested by the President or not 
permitted under this Act as part of that package. If a 
point of order under this subsection is sustained, the bill 
may not be considered under this part.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
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is amended by striking the matter for part C of title X 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘PART C—EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCISSIONS 
‘‘Sec. 1021. Applicability and disclaimer. 
‘‘Sec. 1022. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 1023. Timing and packaging of rescission requests. 
‘‘Sec. 1024. Requests to rescind funding. 
‘‘Sec. 1025. Grants of and limitations on presidential authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1026. Congressional consideration of rescission requests.’’. 
(b) TEMPORARY WITHHOLDING.—Section 1013(c) of 
the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 1012’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1012 or 
section 1025’’. 
(c) RULEMAKING.— 
(1) 904(a).—Section 904(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
‘‘and 1017’’ and inserting ‘‘1017, and 1026’’. 
(2) 904(d)(1).—Section 904(d)(1) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1017’’ and inserting ‘‘1017 or 1026’’. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PART A OF THE IMPOUNDMENT 
CONTROL ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of the Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 1002. SEVERABILITY. 
‘‘If the judicial branch of the United States finally 
determines that 1 or more of the provisions of parts B 
or C violate the Constitution of the United States, the re-
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maining provisions of those parts shall continue in ef-
fect.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting at the end of the matter for part 
A of title X the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1002. Severability.’’. 
SEC. 5. EXPIRATION. 
Part C of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as 
amended by this Act) shall expire on December 31, 2015. 
Æ 
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