conference report is not in order, and it is not in order 
to move to reconsider the vote by which the conference 
report is agreed to or disagreed to. 
(2) If an approval bill is amended by either House 
of Congress and a committee of conference has not com-
pleted action (or such committee of conference was never 
appointed) on such bill by the 15th calendar day after both 
Houses have passed such bill, then any Member of either 
House may introduce a bill comprised only of the text of 
the approval bill as initially introduced and that bill shall 
be considered under the procedures set forth in this sec-
tion except that no amendments shall be in order in either 
House. 
‘‘PRESIDENTIAL DEFERRAL AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL AU-
THORITY TO WITHHOLD DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AU-
THORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the 
President transmits to the Congress a special mes-
sage pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may 
direct that any dollar amount of discretionary budg-
et authority to be canceled in that special message 
shall not be made available for obligation for a pe-
riod not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date 
the President transmits the special message to the 
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Congress or for emergency spending for a period not 
to exceed 7 calendar days. 
‘‘(2) EARLY
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall make any dollar amount of discretionary budg-
et authority deferred pursuant to paragraph (1) 
available at a time earlier than the time specified by 
the President if the President determines that con-
tinuation of the deferral would not further the pur-
poses of this Act. 
‘‘(b) TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO 
SUSPEND A TARGETED TAX BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the 
President transmits to the Congress a special mes-
sage pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may 
suspend the implementation of any targeted tax ben-
efit proposed to be repealed in that special message 
for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days from the 
date the President transmits the special message to 
the Congress. 
‘‘(2) EARLY
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall terminate the suspension of any targeted tax 
benefit at a time earlier than the time specified by 
the President if the President determines that con-
tinuation of the suspension would not further the 
purposes of this Act. 
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‘‘TREATMENT OF CANCELLATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 1014. The cancellation of any dollar amount 
of discretionary budget authority or targeted tax benefit 
shall take effect only upon enactment of the applicable ap-
proval bill. If an approval bill is not enacted into law be-
fore the end of the applicable period under section 1013, 
then all proposed cancellations contained in that bill shall 
be null and void and any such dollar amount of discre-
tionary budget authority or targeted tax benefit shall be 
effective as of the original date provided in the law to 
which the proposed cancellations applied. 
‘‘REPORTS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
‘‘SEC. 1015. With respect to each special message 
under this part, the Comptroller General shall issue to the 
Congress a report determining whether any discretionary 
budget authority is not made available for obligation or 
targeted tax benefit continues to be suspended after the 
deferral authority set forth in section 1013 of the Presi-
dent has expired. 
‘‘DEFINITIONS 
‘‘SEC. 1016. As used in this part: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION LAW.—The term ‘appro-
priation law’ means an Act referred to in section 
105 of title 1, United States Code, including any 
general or special appropriation Act, or any Act 
making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap-
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propriations, that has been signed into law pursuant 
to Article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL BILL.—The term ‘approval bill’ 
means a bill or joint resolution which only approves 
proposed cancellations of dollar amounts of discre-
tionary budget authority or targeted tax benefits in 
a special message transmitted by the President 
under this part and— 
‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A bill 
approving the proposed cancellations trans-
mitted by the President on llll’, the 
blank space being filled in with the date of 
transmission of the relevant special message 
and the public law number to which the mes-
sage relates; 
‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; and 
‘‘(C) which provides only the following 
after the enacting clause: ‘That the Congress 
approves of proposed cancellations llll’, 
the blank space being filled in with a list of the 
cancellations contained in the President’s spe-
cial message, ‘as transmitted by the President 
in a special message on llll’, the blank 
space being filled in with the appropriate date, 
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‘regarding llll.’, the blank space being 
filled in with the public law number to which 
the special message relates; 
‘‘(D) which only includes proposed can-
cellations that are estimated by CBO to meet 
the definition of discretionary budgetary au-
thority or that are identified as targeted tax 
benefits pursuant to paragraph (9) of section 
1016; and 
‘‘(E) if no CBO estimate is available, then 
the entire list of legislative provisions affecting 
discretionary budget authority proposed by the 
President is inserted in the second blank space 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(3) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘calendar day’ 
means a standard 24-hour period beginning at mid-
night. 
‘‘(4) CANCEL OR CANCELLATION.—The terms 
‘cancel’ or ‘cancellation’ means to prevent— 
‘‘(A) budget authority from having legal 
force or effect; or 
‘‘(B) a targeted tax benefit from having 
legal force or effect; and 
to make any necessary, conforming statutory change 
to ensure that such targeted tax benefit is not imple-
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mented and that any budgetary resources are appro-
priately canceled. 
‘‘(5) CBO.—The term ‘CBO’ means the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office. 
‘‘(6) DIRECT
SPENDING.—The term ‘direct 
spending’ means— 
‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 
(other than an appropriation law); 
‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 
‘‘(C) the food stamp program. 
‘‘(7) DOLLAR
AMOUNT
OF
DISCRETIONARY 
BUDGET
AUTHORITY.—(A) Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘dollar amount of dis-
cretionary budget authority’’ means the entire dollar 
amount of budget authority— 
‘‘(i) specified in an appropriation law, or 
the entire dollar amount of budget authority or 
obligation limitation required to be allocated by 
a specific proviso in an appropriation law for 
which a specific dollar figure was not included; 
‘‘(ii) represented separately in any table, 
chart, or explanatory text included in the state-
ment of managers or the governing committee 
report accompanying such law; 
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‘‘(iii) required to be allocated for a specific 
program, project, or activity in a law (other 
than an appropriation law) that mandates the 
expenditure of budget authority from accounts, 
programs, projects, or activities for which budg-
et authority is provided in an appropriation law; 
‘‘(iv) represented by the product of the es-
timated procurement cost and the total quantity 
of items specified in an appropriation law or in-
cluded in the statement of managers or the gov-
erning committee report accompanying such 
law; or 
‘‘(v) represented by the product of the esti-
mated procurement cost and the total quantity 
of items required to be provided in a law (other 
than an appropriation law) that mandates the 
expenditure of budget authority from accounts, 
programs, projects, or activities for which budg-
et authority is provided in an appropriation law. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘dollar amount of discretionary 
budget authority’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) direct spending; 
‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appropriation 
law which funds direct spending provided for in 
other law; 
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‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority can-
celed in an appropriation law; or 
‘‘(iv) any restriction, condition, or limita-
tion in an appropriation law or the accom-
panying statement of managers or committee 
reports on the expenditure of budget authority 
for an account, program, project, or activity, or 
on activities involving such expenditure. 
‘‘(8) OMB.—The term ‘OMB’ means the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(9) TARGETED TAX BENEFIT.—(A) The term 
‘targeted tax benefit’ means any revenue-losing pro-
vision that provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, 
exclusion, or preference to 100 or fewer beneficiaries 
(determined with respect to either present law or 
any provision of which the provision is a part) under 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for 
which the provision is in effect; 
‘‘(B) for purposes of subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) all businesses and associations that 
are members of the same controlled group of 
corporations (as defined in section 1563(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall be 
treated as a single beneficiary; 
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‘‘(ii) all shareholders, partners, members, 
or beneficiaries of a corporation, partnership, 
association, or trust or estate, respectively, shall 
be treated as a single beneficiary; 
‘‘(iii) all employees of an employer shall be 
treated as a single beneficiary; 
‘‘(iv) all qualified plans of an employer 
shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 
‘‘(v) all beneficiaries of a qualified plan 
shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 
‘‘(vi) all contributors to a charitable orga-
nization shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 
‘‘(vii) all holders of the same bond issue 
shall be treated as a single beneficiary; and 
‘‘(viii) if a corporation, partnership, asso-
ciation, trust or estate is the beneficiary of a 
provision, the shareholders of the corporation, 
the partners of the partnership, the members of 
the association, or the beneficiaries of the trust 
or estate shall not also be treated as bene-
ficiaries of such provision; 
‘‘(C) for the purpose of this paragraph, the 
term ‘revenue-losing provision’ means any provision 
that is estimated to result in a reduction in Federal 
tax revenues (determined with respect to either 
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present law or any provision of which the provision 
is a part) for any one of the following periods— 
‘‘(i) the first fiscal year for which the pro-
vision is effective; 
‘‘(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years begin-
ning with the first fiscal year for which the pro-
vision is effective; 
‘‘(iii) the period of 10 fiscal years begin-
ning with the first fiscal year for which the pro-
vision is effective; or 
‘‘(iv) the period of 20 fiscal years begin-
ning with the first fiscal year for which the pro-
vision is effective; and 
‘‘(D) the terms used in this paragraph shall 
have the same meaning as those terms have gen-
erally in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, unless 
otherwise expressly provided. 
‘‘EXPIRATION 
‘‘SEC. 1017. This title shall have no force or effect 
on or after 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
section.’’. 
SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 
904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
621 note) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1017’’ and 
inserting ‘1012’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 
1017’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1012’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1(a) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 is amended by striking the last sentence. 
(2) Section 1022(c) of such Act (as redesignated) is 
amended by striking ‘‘rescinded or that is to be reserved’’ 
and inserting ‘‘canceled’’ and by striking ‘‘1012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1011’’. 
(3) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set 
forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by deleting 
the contents for parts B and C of title X and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘PART B—LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO 
‘‘Sec. 1011. Line item veto authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1012. Procedures for expedited consideration. 
‘‘Sec. 1013. Presidential deferral authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1014. Treatment of cancellations. 
‘‘Sec. 1015. Reports by Comptroller General. 
‘‘Sec. 1016. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 1017. Expiration. 
‘‘Sec. 1018. Suits by Comptroller General. 
‘‘Sec. 1019. Proposed Deferrals of budget authority.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment and 
apply only to any dollar amount of discretionary budget 
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authority or targeted tax benefit provided in an Act en-
acted on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—PAY-AS-YOU-GO 
EXTENSION 
SEC. 201. PAY-AS-YOU-GO EXTENSION. 
(a) SECTION 252 AMENDMENTS.—Section 252 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
(b) SECTION 275 AMENDMENT.—Section 275(b) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’. 
TITLE III—RECONCILIATION IN-
STRUCTIONS 
MAY 
NOT 
IN-
CREASE THE DEFICIT 
SEC. 301. DEFINITION OF RECONCILIATION. 
Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION
OF RECONCILIATION LEGISLA-
TION.—As used in this Act, a reconciliation bill or rec-
onciliation resolution is a measure that, if enacted, would 
reduce the deficit or increase the surplus for each fiscal 
year covered by such measure compared to the most recent 
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Congressional Budget Office estimate for any such fiscal 
year.’’. 
TITLE IV—EARMARK REFORM 
SEC. 401. CURBING ABUSES OF POWER. 
Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives (the Code of Official Conduct) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause 14 as clause 16; 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause 13 the following 
new clauses: 
‘‘14. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall not condition the inclusion of language to provide 
funding for a district-oriented earmark, a particular 
project which will be carried out in a Member’s congres-
sional district, or a limited tax benefit in any bill or joint 
resolution (or an accompanying report thereof) or in any 
conference report on a bill or joint resolution (including 
an accompanying joint statement of managers thereto) on 
any vote cast by the Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner in whose Congressional district the project will 
be carried out. 
‘‘15. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner who advocates to include a district-oriented ear-
mark in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying 
report) or in any conference report on a bill or joint resolu-
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tion (including an accompanying joint statement of man-
agers thereto) shall disclose in writing to the chairman 
and ranking member of the relevant committee (and in 
the case of the Committee on Appropriations to the chair-
man and ranking member of the full committee and of 
the relevant subcommittee)— 
‘‘(1) the name of the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner; 
‘‘(2) the name and address of the intended re-
cipient of such earmark; 
‘‘(3) the purpose of such earmark; and 
‘‘(4) whether the Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner has a financial interest in such 
earmark. 
‘‘(b) Each committee shall make available to the gen-
eral public the information transmitted to the committee 
under paragraph (a) for any earmark included in any 
measure reported by the committee or conference report 
filed by the chairman of the committee or any sub-
committee thereof. 
‘‘(c) The Joint Committee on Taxation shall review 
any revenue measure or any reconciliation bill or joint res-
olution which includes revenue provisions before it is re-
ported by a committee and before it is filed by a committee 
of conference of the two Houses, and shall identify wheth-
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er such bill or joint resolution contains any limited tax 
benefits. The Joint Committee on Taxation shall prepare 
a statement identifying any such limited tax benefits, stat-
ing who the beneficiaries are of such benefits, and any 
substantially similar introduced measures and the spon-
sors of such measures. Any such statement shall be made 
available to the general public by the Joint Committee on 
Taxation.’’. 
SEC. 402. KNOWING WHAT THE HOUSE IS VOTING ON. 
(a) BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘8. Except for motions to suspend the rules and con-
sider legislation, it shall not be in order to consider in the 
House a bill or joint resolution until 24 hours after or, 
in the case of a bill or joint resolution containing a dis-
trict-oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until 3 days 
after copies of such bill or joint resolution (and, if the bill 
or joint resolution is reported, copies of the accompanying 
report) are available (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or 
legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
a day).’’. 
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(2) PROHIBITING WAIVER.—Clause 6(c) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘or’ at the end of subpara-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (2) and inserting ‘; or’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) a rule or order that waives clause 8 of rule 
XIII or clause 8(a)(1)(B) of rule XXII, unless a 
question of consideration of the rule is adopted by 
a vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a 
quorum being present.’’. 
(b) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—Clause 8(a)(1)(B) of 
rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by striking ‘‘2 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘24 hours 
or, in the case of a conference report containing a district- 
oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until 3 days 
after’’. 
SEC. 403. FULL AND OPEN DEBATE IN CONFERENCE. 
(a) NUMBERED AMENDMENTS.—Clause 1 of rule 
XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘A motion to request or agree to a conference on a general 
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appropriation bill is in order only if the Senate expresses 
its disagreements with the House in the form of numbered 
amendments.’’. 
(b) PROMOTING OPENNESS IN DELIBERATIONS OF 
MANAGERS.—Clause 12(a) of rule XXII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) All provisions on which the two Houses 
disagree shall be open to discussion at any meeting 
of a conference committee. The text which reflects 
the conferees’ action on all of the differences be-
tween the two Houses, including all matter to be in-
cluded in the conference report and any amendments 
in disagreement, shall be available to any of the 
managers at least one such meeting, and shall be ap-
proved by a recorded vote of a majority of the House 
managers. Such text and, with respect to such vote, 
the total number of votes cast for and against, and 
the names of members voting for and against, shall 
be included in the joint explanatory statement of 
managers accompanying the conference report of 
such conference committee.’’. 
(c) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF 
CONFERENCE REPORT NOT REFLECTING RESOLUTION 
OF DIFFERENCES AS APPROVED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Rule XXII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘13. It shall not be in order to consider a conference 
report the text of which differs in any material way from 
the text which reflects the conferees’ action on all of the 
differences between the two Houses, as approved by a re-
corded vote of a majority of the House managers as re-
quired under clause 12(a).’’. 
(2) PROHIBITING WAIVER.—Clause 6(c) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
as amended above, is amended 
(A) by striking ‘or’ at the end of subpara-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (3) and inserting ‘; or’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(4) a rule or order that waives clause 12(a) or 
clause 13 of rule XXII.’’. 
Æ 
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