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‘‘(9) Internal Revenue collections of Puerto
Rico (20–5737–0–2–852);
‘‘(10) Payments of Vietnam and USS
Pueblo prisoner-of-war claims (15–0104–0–1–
153);
‘‘(11) Payments to copyright owners (03–
5175–0–2–376);
‘‘(12) Salaries of Article III judges (not in-
cluding cost-of-living adjustments);
‘‘(13) Soldier’s and Airmen’s Home, pay-
ment of claims (84–8930–0–7–705); and
‘‘(14) 
Washington 
Metropolitan 
Area
Transit Authority, interest payments (46–
0300–0–1–401).
‘‘(i) the following noncredit special, revolving,
or trust-revolving funds—
‘‘(1) Exchange Stabilization Fund (20–
4444–0–3–155); and
‘‘(2) Foreign Military Sales trust fund
(11–82232–0–7–155).
‘‘(j) OPTIONAL EXEMPTION OF MILITARY PERSON-
NEL.—
‘‘(1) The President may, with respect to any
military personnel account, exempt that account
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from sequestration or provide for a lower uniform
percentage reduction that would otherwise apply.
‘‘(2) The President may not use the authority
provided by paragraph (1) unless he notifies the
Congress of the manner in which such authority will
be exercised on or before the initial snapshot date
for the budget year.
‘‘SEC. 607. SPECIAL RULES.
‘‘(a) CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.—
Any sequestration order shall accomplish the full amount
of any required reduction in payments under sections 455
and 458 of the Social Security Act by reducing the Fed-
eral matching rate for State administrative costs under
the program, as specified (for the fiscal year involved) in
section 455(a) of such Act, to the extent necessary to re-
duce such expenditures by that amount.
‘‘(b) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—
‘‘(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—For the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the date on which a sequestration order takes
effect in a fiscal year shall vary for each crop of a com-
modity. In general, the sequestration order shall take ef-
fect when issued, but for each crop of a commodity for
which 1-year contracts are issued as an entitlement, the
sequestration order shall take effect with the start of the
sign-up period for that crop that begins after the seques-
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tration order is issued. Payments for each contract in such
a crop shall be reduced under the same terms and condi-
tions.
‘‘(2) DAIRY PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) As the sole means of achieving any
reduction in outlays under the milk price-sup-
port program, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
provide for a reduction to be made in the price
received by producers for all milk produced in
the United States and marketed by producers
for commercial use.
‘‘(B) That price reduction (measured in
cents per hundred-weight of milk marketed)
shall occur under subparagraph (A) of section
201(d)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1446(d)(2)(A)), shall begin on the day
any sequestration order is issued, and shall not
exceed the aggregate amount of the reduction
in outlays under the milk price-support pro-
gram, that otherwise would have been achieved
by reducing payments made for the purchase of
milk or the products of milk under this sub-
section during that fiscal year.
‘‘(3) EFFECT OF DELAY.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)(1), the sequestrable base for the Com-
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modity Credit Corporation is the budget-year level of
gross outlays resulting from new budget authority
that is subject to reduction under paragraphs (1)
and (2), and subsection (b)(2) shall not apply.
‘‘(4) CERTAIN
AUTHORITY
NOT
TO
BE
LIM-
ITED.—Nothing in this Act shall restrict the Cor-
poration in the discharge of its authority and re-
sponsibility as a corporation to buy and sell com-
modities in world trade, or limit or reduce in any
way any appropriation that provides the Corporation
with funds to cover its net realized losses.
‘‘(c) REGULAR
AND EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.—(1) A State may reduce each weekly
benefit payment made under the regular and extended un-
employment benefit programs for any week of unemploy-
ment occurring during any period with respect to which
payments are reduced under any sequestration order by
a percentage not to exceed the percentage by which the
Federal payment to the State is to be reduced for such
week as a result of such order.
‘‘(2) A reduction by a State in accordance with para-
graph (1) shall not be considered as a failure to fulfill the
requirements of section 3304(a)(11) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986.
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‘‘(d) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES
HEALTH
BENEFITS
FUND.—For the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Fund, a sequestration order shall take effect with the next
open season. The sequestration shall be accomplished by
annual payments from that Fund to the General Fund of
the Treasury. Those annual payments shall be financed
solely by charging higher premiums. The sequestrable base
for the Fund is the budget-year level of gross outlays re-
sulting from claims paid after the sequestration order
takes effect.
‘‘(e) FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD.—Any se-
questration of the Federal Housing Finance Board shall
be accomplished by annual payments (by the end of each
fiscal year) from that Board to the general fund of the
Treasury, in amounts equal to the uniform sequestration
percentage for that year times the gross obligations of the
Board in that year.
‘‘(f) FEDERAL PAY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—New budget authority to
pay Federal personnel from direct spending accounts
shall be reduced by the uniform percentage cal-
culated under section 652(a)(3), as applicable, but
no sequestration order may reduce or have the effect
of reducing the rate of pay to which any individual
is entitled under any statutory pay system (as in-
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creased by any amount payable under section 5304
of title 5, United States Code, or section 302 of the
Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990)
or the rate of any element of military pay to which
any individual is entitled under title 37, United
States Code, or any increase in rates of pay which
is scheduled to take effect under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, section 1009 of title 37,
United States Code, or any other provision of law.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section:
‘‘(A) The term ‘statutory pay system’ shall
have the meaning given that term in section
5302(1) of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) The term ‘elements of military pay’
means—
‘‘(i) the elements of compensation of
members of the uniformed services speci-
fied in section 1009 of title 37, United
States Code,
‘‘(ii) allowances provided members of
the uniformed services under sections 403a
and 405 of such title, and
‘‘(iii) cadet pay and midshipman pay
under section 203(c) of such title.
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‘‘(C) The term ‘uniformed services’ shall
have the meaning given that term in section
101(3) of title 37, United States Code.
‘‘(g) MEDICARE.—
‘‘(1) TIMING
OF
APPLICATION
OF
REDUC-
TIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), if a reduction is made in
payment amounts pursuant to a sequestration
order, the reduction shall be applied to payment
for services furnished after the effective date of
the order. For purposes of the previous sen-
tence, in the case of inpatient services furnished
for an individual, the services shall be consid-
ered to be furnished on the date of the individ-
ual’s discharge from the inpatient facility.
‘‘(B) PAYMENT ON THE BASIS OF COST
REPORTING
PERIODS.—In the case in which
payment for services of a provider of services is
made under title XVIII of the Social Security
Act on a basis relating to the reasonable cost
incurred for the services during a cost reporting
period of the provider, if a reduction is made in
payment amounts pursuant to a sequestration
order, the reduction shall be applied to payment
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for costs for such services incurred at any time
during each cost reporting period of the pro-
vider any part of which occurs after the effec-
tive date of the order, but only (for each such
cost reporting period) in the same proportion as
the fraction of the cost reporting period that oc-
curs after the effective date of the order.
‘‘(2) NO INCREASE IN BENEFICIARY CHARGES
IN ASSIGNMENT-RELATED CASES.—If a reduction in
payment amounts is made pursuant to a sequestra-
tion order for services for which payment under part
B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act is made
on the basis of an assignment described in section
1842(b)(3)(B)(ii), 
in 
accordance 
with 
section
1842(b)(6)(B), or under the procedure described in
section 1870(f)(1) of such Act, the person furnishing
the services shall be considered to have accepted
payment of the reasonable charge for the services,
less any reduction in payment amount made pursu-
ant to a sequestration order, as payment in full.
‘‘(3) PART
B
PREMIUMS.—In computing the
amount and method of sequestration from Part B of
title XVIII of the Social Security Act—
‘‘(A) the amount of the sequestration shall
be calculated by multiplying the total amount
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by which Medicare spending exceeds the appro-
priate spending cap by a percentage that re-
flects the ratio of total spending under Part B
to total Medicare spending; and
‘‘(B) sequestration in the Part B program
shall be accomplished by increasing premiums
to beneficiaries.
‘‘(4) 
NO
EFFECT
ON
COMPUTATION
OF
AAPCC.—In computing the adjusted average per cap-
ita cost for purposes of section 1876(a)(4) of the So-
cial Security Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall not take into account any re-
ductions in payment amounts which have been or
may be effected under this part.
‘‘(h) POSTAL SERVICE FUND.—Any sequestration of
the Postal Service Fund shall be accomplished by annual
payments from that Fund to the General Fund of the
Treasury, and the Postmaster General of the United
States shall have the duty to make those payments during
the fiscal year to which the sequestration order applies
and each succeeding fiscal year. The amount of each an-
nual payment shall be—
‘‘(1) the uniform sequestration percentage,
times
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‘‘(2) the estimated gross obligations of the
Postal Service Fund in that year other than those
obligations financed with an appropriation for reve-
nue foregone for that year.
Any such payment for a fiscal year shall be made as soon
as possible during the fiscal year, except that it may be
made in installments within that year if the payment
schedule is approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Within 30 days after the sequestration order is issued, the
Postmaster General shall submit to the Postal Rate Com-
mission a plan for financing the annual payment for that
fiscal year and publish that plan in the Federal Register.
The plan may assume efficiencies in the operation of the
Postal Service, reductions in capital expenditures, in-
creases in the prices of services, or any combination, but
may not assume a lower Fund surplus or higher Fund
deficit and must follow the requirements of existing law
governing the Postal Service in all other respects. Within
30 days of the receipt of that plan, the Postal Rate Com-
mission shall approve the plan or modify it in the manner
that modifications are allowed under current law. If the
Postal Rate Commission does not respond to the plan
within 30 days, the plan submitted by the Postmaster
General shall go into effect. Any plan may be later revised
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by the submission of a new plan to the Postal Rate Com-
mission, which may approve or modify it.
‘‘(i) POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
AND
TVA—Any sequestration of the Department of Energy
power marketing administration funds or the Tennessee
Valley Authority fund shall be accomplished by annual
payments from those funds to the General Fund of the
Treasury, and the administrators of those funds shall have
the duty to make those payments during the fiscal year
to which the sequestration order applies and each succeed-
ing fiscal year. The amount of each annual payment by
a fund shall be—
‘‘(1) the direct spending uniform sequestration
percentage, times
‘‘(2) the estimated gross obligations of the fund
in that year other than those obligations financed
from discretionary appropriations for that year.
Any such payment for a fiscal year shall be made as soon
as possible during the fiscal year, except that it may be
made in installments within that year if the payment
schedule is approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. An-
nual payments by a fund may be financed by reductions
in costs required to produce the presequester amount of
power (but those reductions shall not include reductions
in the amount of power supplied by the fund), by reduc-
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tions in capital expenditures, by increases in rates, or by
any combination, but may not be financed by a lower fund
surplus, a higher fund deficit, additional borrowing, delay
in repayment of principal on outstanding debt and must
follow the requirements of existing law governing the fund
in all other respects. The administrator of a fund or the
TVA Board is authorized to take the actions specified
above in order to make the annual payments to the Treas-
ury.
‘‘(j) BUSINESSLIKE TRANSACTIONS.—For programs
which provide a businesslike service in exchange for a fee,
sequestration shall be accomplished through a uniform in-
crease in fees (sufficient to produce the dollar savings in
such programs for the fiscal year of the sequestration re-
quired by section 650(a)(2), all subsequent fees shall be
increased by the same percentage, and all proceeds from
such fees shall be paid into the general fund of the Treas-
ury, in any year for which a sequester affecting such pro-
grams are in effect, notwithstanding any other provision
of law).
‘‘SEC. 608. THE CURRENT LAW BASELINE.
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION OF THE BUDGET BASELINE.—
The Directors of the Congressional Budget Office and the
Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the
President and the Congress reports setting forth the budg-
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et baselines for the budget year and at least the subse-
quent nine fiscal years. The CBO report shall be submit-
ted on or before January 15. In odd numbered years, the
OMB report shall accompany the President’s budget. In
even numbered years, the OMB report shall be submitted
on or before the first Monday in February:
‘‘(1) The budget baseline shall be based on the
common economic assumptions set forth in the
Statement of Managers accompanying the most re-
cently enacted joint resolution on the budget, pursu-
ant to section 301(e) of this Act, adjusted to reflect
revisions pursuant to (b) below.
‘‘(2) The budget baseline shall consist of a
project of current-year levels of budget authority,
outlays, revenues and the surplus or deficit into the
budget year and the relevant outyears based upon
current enacted laws as of the date of the projection.
‘‘(b) REVISIONS TO THE BASELINE.—The baseline
shall be adjusted for up-to-date economic and technical as-
sumptions when the CBO submits its Economic and
Budget Update and OMB submits its Budget Update, and
by August 1 each year, when CBO and OMB submit their
Midyear Reviews.
‘‘(1) For Discretionary spending items, the
baseline shall be the spending caps in effect pursu-
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ant to section 301(a)(6)(A) of this Act. For years in
which there are no caps, the baseline for discre-
tionary spending shall be the same as in the last
year for which caps were included in the most re-
cently enacted joint resolution on the budget.
‘‘(2) For all other expenditures, and for reve-
nues, the baseline shall be adjusted by comparing
unemployment, inflation, interest rates, growth and
other economic indicators—changes in eligible popu-
lation and other technical estimates for the most re-
cent period for which actual data are available, com-
pared to the assumptions contained in the statement
of managers pursuant to section 301(e) of this Act.
‘‘(c) The budget baseline shall provide the basis for
enforcement procedures pursuant to section 311 and Title
IV of this Act.
‘‘(d) 
MODIFICATION
OF
BUDGET
BASELINE
RULES.—Pursuant to Section 301 of this Act, Biennial
Joint Resolutions on the Budget may expound and revise
rules determining the calculation of budget baselines.
‘‘SEC. 609. PAY-AS-YOU-GO.
‘‘(a) REVENUE LEGISLATION MUST BE DEFICIT
NEUTRAL.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to consider a bill, resolution or
amendment reducing receipts unless such reduction is
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fully offset by an equal or greater increase in receipts or
reduction in direct spending for each and all fiscal years
affected by the reduction in receipts.
‘‘(b) DOWNWARD
ADJUSTMENT
OF
SPENDING
CAPS.—If any reduction in receipts is offset in whole or
in part by a reduction in direct spending pursuant to the
preceeding subsection, then the appropriate direct spend-
ing cap or caps shall be adjusted downward by an amount
equal to the offset or offsets.
‘‘(c) EXPIRATION OF TAX CUTS.—If any provision of
law that offsets a reduction in receipts pursuant to sub-
section (a) expires, then the reduction in receipts shall ex-
pire on the same date.
‘‘(d) SUPERMAJORITY REQUIRED TO WAIVE.—Not-
withstanding any rule of the House of Representatives or
the Senate, the provisions of this section shall not be
waived except with the concurrence of two-thirds of the
whole number of the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate, as the case may be, shall provide for such waiver by
roll-call vote.’’.
TITLE II
CHAPTER A
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This Chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Line Item Veto
Act’’.
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SEC. 202. LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY.—
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions of
part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974, and subject to the provi-
sions of this section, the President may rescind all or part
of any dollar amount on any discretionary budget author-
ity specified in an appropriation Act or conference report
or joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference
report on the Act, or veto any targeted tax benefit which
is subject to the terms of this Act if the President—
(1) determines that—
(A) such rescission or veto would help re-
duce the Federal budget deficit;
(B) such rescission or veto will not impair
any essential Government functions; and
(C) such rescission or veto will not harm
the national interest; and
(2) notifies the Congress of such rescission or
veto by a special message not later than ten calendar
days (not including Sundays) after the date of en-
actment of an appropriation Act providing such
budget authority or a revenue or reconciliation Act
containing a targeted tax benefit.
(b) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—In each special message,
the President may also propose to reduce the appropriate
discretionary spending caps set forth pursuant to section
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301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by an
amount that does not exceed the total amount of discre-
tionary budget authority rescinded by that message.
(c) SEPARATE MESSAGES.—The President shall sub-
mit a separate special message for each appropriation Act
and for each revenue or reconciliation Act under this sec-
tion.
(d) LIMITATION.—No special message submitted by
the President under this section may change any prohibi-
tion or limitation of discretionary budget authority set
forth in any appropriation Act.
(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 APPRO-
PRIATION
MEASURES.—Notwithstanding 
subsection
(a)(2), in the case of any unobligated discretionary budget
authority provided by any appropriation Act for fiscal year
1996, the President may rescind all or part of that discre-
tionary budget authority under the terms of this Act if
the President notifies the Congress of such rescission by
a special message not later than ten calendar days (not
including Sundays) after the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 203. LINE ITEM VETO EFFECTIVE UNLESS DIS-
APPROVED.
(a)(1) Any amount of budget authority rescinded
under this Act as set forth in a special message by the
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President shall be deemed canceled unless, during the pe-
riod described in subsection (b), a rescission/receipts dis-
approval bill making available all of the amount rescinded
is enacted into law.
(2) Any provision of law vetoed under this Act as set
forth in a special message by the President shall be
deemed repealed unless, during the period described in
subsection (b), a rescission/receipts disapproval bill restor-
ing that provision is enacted into law.
(b) The period referred to in subsection (a) is—
(1) a congressional review period of twenty cal-
endar days of session, beginning on the first cal-
endar day of session after the date of submission of
the special message, during which Congress must
complete action on the rescission/receipts disapproval
bill and present such bill to the President for ap-
proval or disapproval;
(2) after the period provided in paragraph (1),
an additional ten days (not including Sundays) dur-
ing which the President may exercise his authority
to sign or veto the rescission/receipts disapproval
bill; and
(3) if the President vetoes the rescission/re-
ceipts disapproval bill during the period provided in
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paragraph (2), an additional five calendar days of
session after the date of the veto.
(c) If a special message is transmitted by the Presi-
dent under this Act and the last session of the Congress
adjourns sine die before the expiration of the period de-
scribed in subsection (b), the rescission or veto, as the case
may be, shall not take effect. The message shall be deemed
to have been retransmitted on the first Monday in Feb-
ruary of the succeeding Congress and the review period
referred to in subsection (b) (with respect to such mes-
sage) shall run beginning after such first day.
SEC. 204. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(a) The term ‘‘rescission/receipts disapproval
bill’’ means a bill or joint resolution which only dis-
approves, in whole, rescissions of discretionary budg-
et authority or only disapproves vetoes of targeted
tax benefits in a special message transmitted by the
President under this Act and—
(1) which does not have a preamble;
(2)(A) in the case of a special message re-
garding rescissions, the matter after the enact-
ing clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Con-
gress disapproves each rescission of discre-
tionary budget authority of the President as
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submitted by the President in a special message
on XXXX’’, the blank space being filled in with
the appropriate date and the public law to
which the message relates; and
(B) in the case of a special message re-
garding vetoes of targeted tax benefits, the
matter after the enacting clause of which is as
follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves each veto
of targeted tax benefits of the President as sub-
mitted by the President in a special message on
XXXX’’, the blank space being filled in with
the appropriate date and the public law to
which the message relates; and
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A bill
disapproving the recommendations submitted by
the President on XXXX’’, the blank space
being filled in with the date of submission of
the relevant special message and the public law
to which the message relates.
(b) The term ‘‘calendar days of session’’ shall
mean only those days on which both Houses of Con-
gress are in session.
(c) The term ‘‘targeted tax benefit’’ means any
provision of a revenue or reconciliation Act deter-
mined by the President to provide a Federal tax de-
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duction, credit, exclusion, preference, or other con-
cession to 100 or fewer beneficiaries. Any partner-
ship, limited partnership, trust, or S corporation,
and any subsidiary or affiliate of the same parent
corporation, shall be deemed and counted as a single
beneficiary regardless of the number of partners,
limited partners, beneficiaries, shareholders, or affili-
ated corporate entities.
(d) The term ‘‘appropriation Act’’ means any
general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or
continuing appropriations.
SEC. 205. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF LINE ITEM
VETOES.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL MESSAGE.—Whenever
the President rescinds any budget authority as provided
in this Act or vetoes any provision of law as provided in
this Act, the President shall transmit to both Houses of
Congress a special message specifying—
(1) the amount of budget authority rescinded or
the provision vetoed;
(2) any account, department, or establishment
of the Government to which such budget authority
is available for obligation, and the specific project or
governmental functions involved;
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(3) the reasons and justifications for the deter-
mination to rescind budget authority or veto any
provision pursuant of this Act;
(4) to the maximum extent practicable, the esti-
mated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect of the
rescission or veto; and
(5) all actions, circumstances, and consider-
ations relating to or bearing upon the rescission or
veto and the decision to effect the rescission or veto
and to the maximum extent practicable, the esti-
mated effect of the rescission upon the objects, pur-
poses, and programs for which the budget authority
is provided.
(b) TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES TO HOUSE
AND SENATE.—
(1) Each special message transmitted under the
Act shall be transmitted to the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate on the same day, and shall be
delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives if the House is not in session, and to the Sec-
retary of the Senate if the Senate is not is session.
Each special message so transmitted shall be re-
ferred to the appropriate committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate. Each such message
shall be printed as a document of each House.
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(2) Any special message transmitted under the
Act shall be printed in the first issue of the Federal
Register published after such transmittal.
(c) INTRODUCTION OF RESCISSION/RECEIPTS DIS-
APPROVAL BILLS.—The procedures sit forth in subsection
(d) shall apply to any rescission/receipts disapproval bill
introduced in the House of Representatives not later than
the third calendar day of session beginning on the day
after the date of submission of a special message by the
President under section 2.
(d) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.
(1) The committee of the House of Representa-
tives to which a rescission/receipts disapproval bill is
referred shall report it without amendment, and with
or without recommendation, not later than the
eighth calendar day of session after the date of its
introduction. If the committee fails to report the bill
within that period, it is in order to move that the
House discharge the committee from further consid-
eration of the bill. A motion to discharge may be
made only by an individual favoring the bill (but
only after the legislative day on which a Member an-
nounces to the House the Member’s intention to do
so). The motion is highly privileged. Debate thereon
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shall be limited to not more than one hour, the time
to be divided in the House equally between a pro-
ponent and an opponent. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the motion to its adop-
tion without intervening motion. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to shall not be in order.
(2) After a rescission/receipts disapproval bill is
reported or the committee has been discharged from
further consideration, it is in order to move that the
House resolve into the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill. All points of order against the bill and
against consideration of the bill are waived. The mo-
tion is highly privileged. The previous question shall
be considered as order on that motion to its adop-
tion without intervening motion. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to shall not be in order. During consider-
ation of the bill in the Committee of the Whole, the
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen-
eral debate shall proceed without intervening motion,
shall be confined to the bill, and shall not exceed two
hours equally divided and controlled by a proponent
and an opponent of the bill. No amendment to the
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bill is in order, except any Member may move to
strike the disapproval of any rescission or rescissions
of budget authority or any proposed repeal of a tar-
geted tax benefit, as applicable, if supported by 49
other Members. At the conclusion of the consider-
ation of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall
rise and report the bill to the House. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments thereto to final passage without in-
tervening motion. A motion to reconsider the vote on
passage of the bill shall not be in order.
(3) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the rules of the House
of Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill
described in subsection (a) shall be decided without
debate.
(4) It shall not be in order to consider more
than one bill described in subsection (c) or more
than one motion to discharge described in paragraph
(1) with respect to a particular special message.
(5) Consideration of any rescission/receipts dis-
approval bill under this subsection is governed by
the rules of the House of Representatives except to
the extent specifically provided by the provisions of
this Act.
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(e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
(1) Any rescission/receipts disapproval bill re-
ceived in the Senate from the House shall be consid-
ered in the Senate pursuant to the provisions of this
Act.
(2) Debate in the Senate on any rescission/re-
ceipts disapproval bill and debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not
more than ten hours. The time shall be equally di-
vided between, and controlled by, the majority leader
and the minority leader or their designees.
(3) Debate in the Senate on any debatable mo-
tions or appeal in connection with such bill shall be
limited to one hour, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by the mover and the manager of the
bill, except that in the event the manager of the bill
is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time
in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the mi-
nority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either
of them, may, from the time under their control on
the passage of the bill, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
(4) A motion to further limit debate is not de-
batable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to
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recommit with instructions to report back within a
specified number of days not to exceed one, not
counting any day on which the Senate is not in ses-
sion) is not in order.
(f) POINTS OF ORDER.—
(1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any rescission/receipts disapproval bill that
relates to any matter other than the rescission of
budget authority or veto of the provision of law
transmitted by the President under this Act.
(2) It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any amendment to a rescission/receipts dis-
approval bill.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by a vote of three-
fifths of the members duly chosen and sworn.
SEC. 206. REPORTS OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OF-
FICE.
Beginning on January 6, 1996, and at one-year inter-
vals thereafter, the Comptroller General shall submit a re-
port to each House of Congress which provides the follow-
ing information:
(a) A list of each proposed Presidential rescis-
sion of discretionary budget authority and veto of a
targeted tax benefit submitted through special mes-
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sages for the fiscal year ending during the preceding
calendar year, together with their dollar value, and
an indication of whether each rescission of discre-
tionary budget authority or veto of a targeted tax
benefit was accepted or rejected by Congress.
(b) The total number of proposed Presidential
rescissions of discretionary budget authority and ve-
toes of a targeted tax benefit submitted through spe-
cial messages for the fiscal year ending during the
preceding calendar year, together with their total
dollar value.
(c) The total number of Presidential rescissions
of discretionary budget authority or vetoes of a tar-
geted tax benefit submitted through special mes-
sages for the fiscal year ending during the preceding
calendar year and approved by Congress, together
with their total dollar value.
(d) A list of rescissions of discretionary budget
authority initiated by Congress for the fiscal year
ending during the preceding calendar year, together
with their dollar value, and an indication of whether
each such rescission was accepted or rejected by
Congress.
(e) The total number of rescissions of discre-
tionary budget authority initiated and accepted by
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Congress for the fiscal year ending during the pre-
ceding calendar year, together with their total dollar
value.
(f) A summary of the information provided by
subsections (b), (c) and (e) for each of the ten fiscal
years ending before the fiscal year during this cal-
endar year.
SEC. 207. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) EXPEDITED REVIEW.—
(1) Any Member of Congress may bring an ac-
tion, in the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia, for declaratory judgment and in-
junctive relief on the ground that any provision of
this Act violates the Constitution.
(2) A copy of any complaint in an action
brought under paragraph (1) shall be promptly de-
livered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, and each House of
Congress shall have the right to intervene in such
action.
(3) Any action brought under paragraph (1)
shall be heard and determined by a three-judge
court in accordance with section 2284 of title 28,
United States Code.
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Nothing in this section or in any other law shall infringe
upon the right of the House of Representatives to inter-
vene in an action brought under paragraph (1) without
the necessity of adopting a resolution to authorize such
intervention.
(b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, any order of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued
pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the
Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal
shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 days
after such order is entered; and the jurisdictional state-
ment shall be filed within 30 days after such order is en-
tered. No stay of an order issued pursuant to an action
brought under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be
issued by a single Justice of the Supreme Court.
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall be the
duty of the District Court for the District of Columbia
and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance
on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible ex-
tent the disposition of any matter brought under sub-
section (a).
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CHAPTER B—ENHANCED RESCISSIONS
SECTION 1. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO-
POSED RESCISSIONS AND TARGETED TAX
BENEFITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1012 of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
683) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED
RESCISSIONS
‘‘SEC. 1012. ‘‘(a) PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDG-
ET AUTHORITY OR REPEAL OF TARGETED TAX BENE-
FITS.—The President may propose, at the time and in the
manner provided in subsection (b) the rescission of any
budget authority provided in an appropriation Act or re-
peal of any targeted tax benefit provided in any revenue
Act. Funds made available for obligation under this proce-
dure may not be proposed for rescission again under this
section.
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—
‘‘(1) The President may transmit to Congress a
special message proposing to rescind amounts of
budget authority or to repeal any targeted tax bene-
fit and include with that special message a draft bill
that, if enacted, would only rescind that budget au-
thority or repeal that targeted tax benefit. That bill
shall clearly identify the amount of budget authority
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that is proposed to be rescinded for each program,
project, or activity to which that budget authority
relates or the targeted tax benefit proposed to be re-
pealed, as the case may be. It shall include a Deficit
Reduction Account. The President may place in the
Deficit Reduction Account an amount not to exceed
the total rescissions in that bill. A targeted tax bene-
fit may only be proposed to be repealed under this
section during the 20-calendar-day period (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) commencing
on the day after the date of enactment of the provi-
sion proposed to be repealed.
‘‘(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that
includes accounts within the jurisdiction of more
than one subcommittee of the Committee on Appro-
priations, the President in proposing to rescind
budget authority under this section shall send a sep-
arate special message and accompanying draft bill
for accounts within the jurisdiction of each such sub-
committee.
‘‘(3) Each special message shall specify, with
respect to the budget authority proposed to be re-
scinded, the following—
‘‘(A) the amount of budget authority which
he proposes to be rescinded;
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‘‘(c) PROCEDURES
FOR
EXPEDITED
CONSIDER-
ATION.—
‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second legisla-
tive day of the House of Representatives after the
date of receipt of a special message transmitted to
Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader
or minority leader of the House of Representatives
shall introduce (by request) the draft bill accom-
panying that special message. If the bill is not intro-
duced as provided in the preceding sentence, then,
on the third legislative day of the House of Rep-
resentatives after the date of receipt of that special
message, any Member of that House may introduce
the bill.
‘‘(B) The bill shall be referred to the Commit-
tee on Appropriations or the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives, as ap-
plicable. The committee shall report the bill without
substantive revision and with or without rec-
ommendation. The bill shall be reported not later
than the seventh legislative day of that House after
the date of receipt of that special message. If that
committee fails to report the bill within that period,
that committee shall be automatically discharged
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from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar.
‘‘(C)(i) During consideration under this para-
graph, any Member of the House of Representatives
may move to strike any proposed rescission or re-
scissions of budget authority or any proposed repeal
of a target tax benefit, as applicable, if supported by
49 other Members.
‘‘(ii) It shall not be in order for a Member of
the House of Representatives to move to strike any
proposed rescission under clause (i) unless the
amendment reduces the appropriate Deficit Reduc-
tion Account if the program, project, or account to
which the proposed rescission applies was identified
in the Deficit Reduction Account in the special mes-
sage under subsection (b).
‘‘(D) A vote on final passage of the bill shall be
taken in the House of Representatives on or before
the close of the 10th legislative day of that House
after the date of the introduction of the bill in that
House. If the bill is passed, the Clerk of the House
of Representatives shall cause the bill to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the Senate
within one calendar day of the day on which the bill
is passed.
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‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill under
this section shall be highly privileged and not debat-
able. 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 dis-
agreed to.
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
on a bill under this section shall not exceed four
hours, which shall be divided equally between those
favoring and those opposing the bill. A motion fur-
ther to limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall
not be in order to move to recommit a bill under this
section or to move to reconsider the vote by which
the bill is agreed to or disagreed 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
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 under this section shall be gov-
erned by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
It shall not be in order in the House of Representa-
tives to consider any rescission bill introduced pursu-
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ant to the provisions of this section under a suspen-
sion of the rules or under a special rule.
‘‘(3)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its
Committee on Appropriations or Committee on Fi-
nance, as applicable. That committee shall report
the bill without substantive revision and with or
without recommendation. The bill shall be reported
not later than the seventh legislative day of the Sen-
ate after it receives the bill. A committee failing to
report the bill within such period shall be automati-
cally discharged from consideration of the bill, and
the bill shall be placed upon the appropriate cal-
endar.
‘‘(B)(i) During consideration under this para-
graph, any Member of the Senate may move to
strike any proposed rescission or rescissions of budg-
et authority or any proposed repeal of a targeted tax
benefit, as applicable, if supported by 14 other Mem-
bers.
‘‘(ii) It shall not be in order for a Member of
the House or Senate to move to strike any proposed
rescission under clause (i) unless the amendment re-
duces the appropriate Deficit Reduction Account
(pursuant to section 314) if the program, project, or
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account to which the proposed rescission applies was
identified in the Deficit Reduction Account in the
special message under subsection (b).
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of a bill 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 under this
section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, (including debate pursuant to
subparagraph (C)), shall not exceed 10 hours. The
time shall be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
their designees.
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this
section shall be limited to not more than 1 hours, to
be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the bill, except that in
the event the manager of the bill is in favor of any
such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there-
to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from
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time under their control on the passage of a bill,
allot additional time to any Senator during the con-
sideration of an debatable motion or appeal.
‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate on a bill under this section is not debatable.
A motion to recommit a bill under this section is not
in order.
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS AND DIVISIONS PROHIBITED.—
Except as otherwise provided by this section, no amend-
ment to a bill considered under this section shall be in
order in either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate. It shall not be in order to demand a division of the
question in the House of Representatives (or in a Commit-
tee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to suspend
the application of this subsection 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.
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI-
GATION.—
‘‘(1) Any amount of budget authority proposed
to be rescinded in a special message transmitted to
Congress under subsection (b) shall be made avail-
able for obligation on the day after the date on
which either House rejects the bill transmitted with
that special message.
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‘‘(2) Any targeted tax benefit proposed to be re-
pealed under this section as set forth in a special
message transmitted to Congress under subsection
(b) shall be deemed repealed unless, during the pe-
riod described in that subsection, either House re-
jects the bill transmitted with that special message.
‘‘(f) 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;
‘‘(2) The term ‘legislative day’ means, with re-
spect to either House of Congress, any day of ses-
sion; and
‘‘(3) The term ‘targeted tax benefit’ means any
provision which has the practical effect of providing
a benefit in the form of a different treatment to a
particular taxpayer or a limited class of taxpayers,
whether or not such provision is limited by its terms
to a particular taxpayer or a class of taxpayers.
Such term does not include any benefit provided to
a class of taxpayers distinguished on the basis of
general demographic conditions such as income,
number of dependents, or marital status.’’.
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(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section
904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
621 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and 1017’’
and inserting ‘‘1012, and 1017’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section
1017’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1012 and 1017’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1011 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended by re-
pealing paragraphs (3) and (5) and by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
(2) Section 1014 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘or
the reservation’’; and
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘or a
reservation’’ and by striking ‘‘or each such res-
ervation’’.
(3) Section 1015(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)
is amended by striking ‘‘is to establish a reserve or’’,
by striking ‘‘the establishment of such a reserve or’’,
and by striking ‘‘reserve or’’ each other place it ap-
pears.
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(4) Section 1017 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 687) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘rescis-
sion bill introduced with respect to a special
message or’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘re-
scission bill or’’, by striking ‘bill or’ the second
place it appears, by striking ‘‘rescission bill with
respect to the same special message or’’, and by
striking ‘‘, and the case may be,’’;
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘bill
or’’ each place it appears;
(D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘rescis-
sion’’ each place it appears and by striking ‘‘bill
or’’ each place it appears;
(E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘re-
scission bill or’’ and by striking ‘‘, and all
amendments thereto (in the case of a rescission
bill)’’;
(F) in subsection (d)(2)—
(i) by striking the first sentence;
(ii) by amending the second sentence
to read as follows: ‘‘Debate on any debat-
able motion or appeal in connection with
an impoundment resolution shall be limited
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to 1 hour, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the mover and the man-
ager of the resolution, except that in the
event that the manager of the resolution is
in favor of any such motion or appeal, the
time in opposition thereto shall be con-
trolled by the minority leader or his des-
ignee.’’;
(iii) by striking the third sentence;
and
(iv) in the fourth sentence, by striking
‘‘rescission 
bill 
or’’ 
and 
by 
striking
‘‘amendment, debatable motion,’’ and by
inserting ‘‘debatable motion’’;
(G) in paragraph (d)(3), by striking the
second and third sentences; and
(H) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), (6),
and (7) of paragraph (d).
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The item relating to
section 1012 in the table of sections for subpart B of title
X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Sec. 1012.
Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions
and targeted tax benefits.’’.
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TITLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. TRANSITION RULES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to fiscal years 1996
and 1997, for purposes of this Act, the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 1996 (H. Con. Res. 67)
is deemed to be a joint budget resolution pursuant to sec-
tion 301.
(b) CAP LEVELS.—Consistent with subsection (a),
spending cap levels for fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year
2002 are established as follows:
(1) Discretionary Appropriations (Outlays)—
(A) Fiscal year 1996—
(i) 
for 
the 
defense 
category
$265,406,000,000 in new budget authority
and $264,043,000,000 in outlays; and
(ii) for the non-defense category
$219,668,000,000 in new budget authority
and $267,725,000,000 in outlays;
(B) Fiscal year 1997—
(i) 
for 
the 
defense 
category
$267,962,000,000 in new budget authority
and $265,734,000,000 in outlays; and
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(ii) for the non-defense category
$214,468,000,000 in new budget authority
and $254,561,000,000 in outlays;
(C) Fiscal year 1998—
(i) 
for 
the 
defense 
category
$269,731,000,000 in new budget authority
and $264,531,000,000 in outlays; and
(ii) for the non-defense category
$220,961,000,000 in new budget authority
and $248,101,000,000 in outlays.
(D) Fiscal year 1999: $482,207,000,000 in
new budget authority and $510,482,000,000 in
outlays;
(E) Fiscal year 2000: $489,379,000,000 in
new budget authority and $514,234,000,000 in
outlays;
(F) Fiscal year 2001: $496,601,000,000 in
budget authority and $516,403,000,000 in out-
lays; and
(G) Fiscal year 2002: $498,837,000,000 in
budget authority and $515,075,000,000 in out-
lays.
(2) Direct Spending—Social Security (Out-
lays)—
(A) Fiscal year 1996: $352,000,000,000;
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(B) Fiscal year 1997: $371,000,000,000;
(C) Fiscal year 1998: $391,000,000,000;
(D) Fiscal year 1999: $411,000,000,000;
(E) Fiscal year 2000: $433,000,000,000;
(F) Fiscal year 2001: $456,000,000,000;
and
(G) Fiscal year 2002: $480,000,000,000.
(3) Direct Spending-Medicare (Outlays)—
(A) Fiscal year 1996: $171,000,000,000;
(B) Fiscal year 1997: $180,000,000,000;
(C) Fiscal year 1998: $189,000,000,000;
(D) Fiscal year 1999: $200,000,000,000;
(E) Fiscal year 2000: $212,000,000,000;
(F) Fiscal year 2001: $227,000,000,000;
and
(G) Fiscal year 2002: $244,000,000,000.
(4) Direct Spending—Medicaid—
(A) Fiscal year 1996: $96,000,000,000;
(B) Fiscal year 1997: $102,000,000,000;
(C) Fiscal year 1998: $106,000,000,000;
(D) Fiscal year 1999: $110,000,000,000;
(E) Fiscal year 2000: $115,000,000,000;
(F) Fiscal year 2001: $119,000,000,000;
and
(G) Fiscal year 2002: $124,000,000,000.
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(5) Direct Spending—Other (Outlays)—
(A) Fiscal year 1996: $177,000,000,000;
(B) Fiscal year 1997: $184,000,000,000;
(C) Fiscal year 1998: $188,000,000,000;
(D) Fiscal year 1999: $203,000,000,000;
(E) Fiscal year 2000: $216,000,000,000;
(F) Fiscal year 2001: $221,000,000,000;
and
(G) Fiscal year 2002: $230,000,000,000.
SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except for Title II, the provisions
of this Act are effective upon enactment.
(b) LINE-ITEM VETO AND ENHANCED RESCISSION
AUTHORITY.—
(1) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of
this title, chapter A of title II of this Act is effective
upon enactment; and
(2) Chapter B of title II of this Act is effective
upon the invalidation of chapter A of such title.
SEC. 303. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Part C (Emergency Powers to Eliminate Deficits
in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is repealed.
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(b) Section 1122(c) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘The Comptroller General—’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Directors of OMB and CBO,
jointly—’’.
(c) Section 710 of the Social Security Act is repealed.
(d) In section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, strike out the word ‘‘concurrent’’ wherever it ap-
pears and insert in lieu thereof the word ‘‘joint’’.
(e) In section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974—
(1) strike out the word ‘‘concurrent’’ wherever
it appears and insert in lieu thereof the word
‘‘joint’’; and
(2) strike out ‘‘new spending authority de-
scribed in section 401(c)(2)’’ wherever it appears
and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘new entitlement author-
ity’’.
(f) In section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, strike out the word ‘‘concurrent’’ wherever it ap-
pears and insert in lieu thereof the word ‘‘joint’’.
(g) In section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, strike out the word ‘‘concurrent’’ wherever it ap-
pears and insert in lieu thereof the word ‘‘joint’’.
(h)(1) Section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is repealed, and
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(2) Section 402 of such Act is renumbered as section
401, and section 403 of such Act is renumbered as section
402.
(i) Section 404 of such Act is—
(1) Renumbered as section 403, and
(2) Amended to read as follows—
SEC. 403. ‘‘(a) AMENDMENT OF HOUSE RULES.—
‘‘(1) Paragraph (b) of clause 1 of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended
by striking subparagraph (4);
‘‘(2) Clause 4(a)(2) of such rule is repealed;
and
‘‘(3) Clause 4(a)(3) of such rule is redesignated
as clause 4(a)(2).
‘‘(b) AMENDMENT
OF SENATE RULES.—Subpara-
graph (b) of paragraph 1 of rule XXV of the Standing
Rules of the Senate is amended by striking clause 3 and
clause 4.’’.
(j) Section 405 of such Act is repealed.
(k) Section 406 of such Act is renumbered as section
404.
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SEC. 304. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES
CODE.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) ‘budget biennium’ has the meaning given
to such term in paragraph (2) of section 3 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(2))’’.
(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE
CONGRESS.—
(1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1)
thereof is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in February of
each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred
Fifth Congress, the President shall transmit to the Con-
gress the budget for the biennium beginning on October
1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under
this subsection shall include a budget message and sum-
mary and supporting information. The President shall in-
clude in each budget the following.’’.
(2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year
for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal
years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal
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SEC. 305. EFFECT OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL ACTIONS.
(a) In the event that any of the provisions of title
II, chapter A are invalidated, all provisions of such chap-
ter are invalidated; and
(b) Immediately upon a final determination invalidat-
ing chapter A of title II, chapter B of title II shall become
effective.
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