‘‘(C) DUPLICATIVE
PROPOSALS
PROHIB-
ITED.—The President may not propose to cancel 
the same or substantially similar discretionary 
budget authority, item of direct spending, or tar-
geted tax benefit more than one time under this 
Act. 
‘‘(D) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIAL MES-
SAGES.—The President may not transmit to the 
Congress more than 5 special messages under 
this subsection related to any bill or joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (a), but may trans-
mit not more than 10 special messages for any 
omnibus budget reconciliation or appropriation 
measure. 
‘‘(2) ENACTMENT OF APPROVAL BILL.— 
‘‘(A) DEFICIT
REDUCTION.—Amounts of 
budget authority, items of direct spending, or 
targeted tax benefits which are canceled pursuant 
to enactment of a bill as provided under this sec-
tion shall be dedicated only to reducing the def-
icit or increasing the surplus. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT OF LEVELS IN THE CON-
CURRENT
RESOLUTION
ON
THE
BUDGET.—Not 
later than 5 days after the date of enactment of 
an approval bill as provided under this section, 
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the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives shall re-
vise allocations and aggregates and other appro-
priate levels under the appropriate concurrent 
resolution on the budget to reflect the cancella-
tion, and the applicable committees shall report 
revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b), 
as appropriate. 
‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENTS
TO
STATUTORY
LIM-
ITS.—After enactment of an approval bill as 
provided under this section, the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall revise applicable lim-
its under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as appropriate. 
‘‘PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION 
‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The majority leader of each 
House or his designee shall (by request) introduce an 
approval bill as defined in section 1017 not later 
than the fifth day of session of that House after the 
date of receipt of a special message transmitted to the 
Congress under section 1011(b) . 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any 
committee of the House of Representatives to 
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which an approval bill is referred shall report it 
to the House without amendment not later than 
the seventh legislative day after the date of its 
introduction. If a committee fails to report the 
bill within that period or the House has adopted 
a concurrent resolution providing for adjourn-
ment sine die at the end of a Congress, it shall 
be in order to move that the House discharge the 
committee from further consideration of the bill. 
Such a motion shall be in order only at a time 
designated by the Speaker in the legislative 
schedule within two legislative days after the day 
on which the proponent announces his intention 
to offer the motion. Such a motion shall not be 
in order after a committee has reported an ap-
proval bill with respect to that special message 
or after the House has disposed of a motion to 
discharge with respect to that special message. 
The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the motion to its adoption without in-
tervening motion except twenty minutes of de-
bate equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent. If such a motion is 
adopted, the House shall proceed immediately to 
consider the approval bill in accordance with 
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subparagraph (C). A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 
be in order. 
‘‘(B) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
After an approval bill is reported or a committee 
has been discharged from further consideration, 
or the House has adopted a concurrent resolution 
providing for adjournment sine die at the end of 
a Congress, it shall be in order to move to pro-
ceed to consider the approval bill in the House. 
Such a motion shall be in order only at a time 
designated by the Speaker in the legislative 
schedule within two legislative days after the day 
on which the proponent announces his intention 
to offer the motion. Such a motion shall not be 
in order after the House has disposed of a mo-
tion to proceed with respect to that special mes-
sage. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the motion to its adoption without 
intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 
be in order. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—The approval bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against an approval bill and against its consid-
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eration are waived. The previous question shall 
be considered as ordered on an approval bill to 
its passage without intervening motion except 
five hours of debate equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent and 
one motion to limit debate on the bill. A motion 
to reconsider the vote on passage of the bill shall 
not be in order. 
‘‘(D) SENATE BILL.—An approval bill re-
ceived from the Senate shall not be referred to 
committee. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER-
ATION.—A motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of a bill under this subsection in the Sen-
ate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order 
to move to reconsider the vote by which the mo-
tion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) LIMITS ON DEBATE.—Debate in the 
Senate on a bill under this subsection, and all 
debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith (including debate pursuant to subpara-
graph (D)), shall not exceed 10 hours, equally di-
vided and controlled in the usual form. 
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‘‘(C) APPEALS.—Debate in the Senate on 
any debatable motion or appeal in connection 
with a bill under this subsection shall be limited 
to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form. 
‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A motion 
in the Senate to further limit debate on a bill 
under this subsection is not debatable. 
‘‘(E) MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to 
recommit a bill under this subsection is not in 
order. 
‘‘(F) 
CONSIDERATION
OF
THE
HOUSE 
BILL.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate has 
received the House companion bill to the 
bill introduced in the Senate prior to the 
vote required under paragraph (1)(C), then 
the Senate may consider, and the vote under 
paragraph (1)(C) may occur on, the House 
companion bill. 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE
AFTER
VOTE
ON 
SENATE BILL.—If the Senate votes, pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C), on the bill intro-
duced in the Senate, then immediately fol-
lowing that vote, or upon receipt of the 
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