IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 776 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that rescission 
bills always be considered under open rules every year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODE, Ms. FOXX, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. GARY G. 
MILLER of California, Mr. PAUL, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. WEST-
MORELAND, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. GARRETT of New 
Jersey, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. CHABOT, and Mrs. CUBIN) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require that rescission bills always be considered under 
open rules every year, and for other purposes. 
Whereas a rescissions bill, which would cut Federal spending, 
should be brought to the House floor at the beginning of 
every fiscal quarter to give Congress the opportunity to 
cut and cancel unnecessary, wasteful, and bloated govern-
ment spending to eliminate the deficit; 
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Whereas any Federal appropriations that have not yet been 
spent would be on the table for cuts; 
Whereas the House of Representatives would consider this 
spending slashing bill under an open rule procedure that 
allows any Member of Congress to offer an amendment 
to cut Federal spending and demand a recorded vote to 
hold Congress accountable; 
Whereas in this spending cutting process every single spend-
ing item would be up for reconsideration and no Member 
of Congress could make excuses for failing to cut spend-
ing because the process would provide a record of their 
actions; 
Whereas the taxpayer money saved through this spending 
cutting process will be returned to the general fund and 
cannot be used for new spending; 
Whereas the process of cutting spending should be open to 
the public, by posting this spending cutting bill and its 
amendments on the Internet, so that Americans can exer-
cise their right to contact their Members of Congress and 
make their views known; and 
Whereas this rescissions spending cutting process will dis-
cipline Federal spending and save taxpayer money: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That (a) this resolution may be cited as the 
‘‘Cut the Unnecessary Tab Resolution’’ or the ‘‘CUT Res-
olution’’. 
(b) Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking the period and 
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inserting ‘‘; or’’ at the end of subparagraph (2) and by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) a rule or order that would limit any amendment 
that would otherwise be in order to a rescission bill.’’. 
(c) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after 
‘‘(b)’’, by redesignating subparagraphs (1) through (6) as 
subdivisions (A) through (F), respectively, and by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) Whenever a rescission bill passes the House, 
the Committee on the Budget shall immediately reduce the 
applicable allocations under section 302(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 by the total amount of reduc-
tions in budget authority and in outlays resulting from 
such rescission bill. 
‘‘(B) As used in this subparagraph, the term ‘rescis-
sion bill’ means a bill or joint resolution which only re-
scinds, in whole or in part, budget authority and which 
includes only titles corresponding to the most recently en-
acted appropriation bills that continue to include unobli-
gated balances.’’. 
(d) Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
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‘‘8. (a) By February 1, May 1, July 30, and Novem-
ber 11 of each session, the majority leader shall introduce 
a rescission bill. If such bill is not introduced by that date, 
then whenever a rescission bill is introduced during a ses-
sion on or after that date, a motion to discharge the com-
mittee from its consideration shall be privileged after the 
10-legislative day period beginning on that date for the 
first 5 such bills. 
‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to offer any amendment 
to a rescission bill except an amendment that increases 
the amount of budget authority that such bill rescinds. 
‘‘(c) As used in this clause and in clause 6, the term 
‘rescission bill’ has the meaning given such term in clause 
4(b)(2)(B) of rule X.’’. 
(e) Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives (as amended by subsection (d)) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘8. (a) It shall not be in order to consider any rescis-
sion bill, or conference report thereon or amendment 
thereto, unless— 
‘‘(1) in the case of such bill or conference re-
port thereon, it is made available to Members and 
the general public on the Internet for at least 48 
hours before its consideration; or 
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