I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5667 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions 
of discretionary budget authority, promote fiscal responsibility, reinstate 
Pay-As-You-Go rules, require responsible use of reconciliation procedures, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2006 
Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules and 
Standards of Official Conduct, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consider-
ation of certain proposed rescissions of discretionary 
budget authority, promote fiscal responsibility, reinstate 
Pay-As-You-Go rules, require responsible use of reconcili-
ation procedures, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction and 
Effective Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006’’. 
TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE LINE 
ITEM VETO 
SEC. 101. LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title X of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
621 et seq.) is amended by striking all of part B (except 
for sections 1016 and 1013, which are redesignated as sec-
tions 1018 and 1019, respectively) and part C and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘PART B—LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO 
‘‘LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.—With-
in 10 calendar days after the enactment of any bill or joint 
resolution providing any discretionary budget authority or 
targeted tax benefit, the President may propose, in the 
manner provided in subsection (b), the cancellation of any 
dollar amount of such discretionary budget authority or 
targeted tax benefit. Except for emergency spending, if the 
10 calendar-day period expires during a period where ei-
ther House of Congress stands adjourned sine die at the 
end of a Congress or for a period greater than 10 calendar 
days, the President may propose a cancellation under this 
section and transmit a special message under subsection 
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(b) on the first calendar day of session following such a 
period of adjournment. 
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(1) SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
transmit to the Congress a special message pro-
posing to cancel any dollar amounts of discre-
tionary budget authority or targeted tax bene-
fits. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
Each special message shall specify with respect 
to the discretionary budget authority proposed 
or targeted tax benefits to be canceled— 
‘‘(i) the dollar amount of discretionary 
budget authority (that OMB, after con-
sultation with CBO, estimates to increase 
budget authority or outlays as required by 
section 1016(9)) or the targeted tax ben-
efit that the President proposes be can-
celed; 
‘‘(ii) any account, department, or es-
tablishment of the Government to which 
such discretionary budget authority is 
available for obligation, and the specific 
project or governmental functions involved; 
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‘‘(iii) the reasons why such discre-
tionary budget authority or targeted tax 
benefit should be canceled; 
‘‘(iv) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and 
budgetary effect (including the effect on 
outlays and receipts in each fiscal year) of 
the proposed cancellation; 
‘‘(v) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, all facts, circumstances, and con-
siderations relating to or bearing upon the 
proposed cancellation and the decision to 
effect the proposed cancellation, and the 
estimated effect of the proposed cancella-
tion upon the objects, purposes, or pro-
grams for which the discretionary budget 
authority or the targeted tax benefit is 
provided; 
‘‘(vi) a numbered list of cancellations 
to be included in an approval bill that, if 
enacted, would cancel discretionary budget 
authority or targeted tax benefits proposed 
in that special message; and 
‘‘(vii) if the special message is trans-
mitted subsequent to or at the same time 
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as another special message, a detailed ex-
planation why the proposed cancellations 
are not substantially similar to any other 
proposed cancellation in such other mes-
sage. 
‘‘(C) DUPLICATIVE
PROPOSALS
PROHIB-
ITED.—The President may not propose to can-
cel the same or substantially similar discre-
tionary budget authority or targeted 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 one special message under 
this subsection related to any bill or joint reso-
lution described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(E) 
PROHIBITION
ON
PRESIDENTIAL 
ABUSE OF PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.—Nei-
ther the President nor any other executive 
branch official shall condition the inclusion or 
exclusion or threaten to condition the inclusion 
or exclusion of any proposed cancellation in any 
special message under this section on any vote 
cast or to be cast by any Member of either 
House of Congress. 
‘‘(2) ENACTMENT OF APPROVAL BILL.— 
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‘‘(A) DEFICIT
REDUCTION.—Amounts of 
discretionary budget authority or targeted tax 
benefits which are canceled pursuant to enact-
ment of a bill as provided under this section 
shall be dedicated only to reducing the deficit or 
increasing the surplus. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT
OF
LEVELS
IN
THE 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.— 
Not later than 5 days after the date of enact-
ment of an approval bill as provided under this 
section, the chairs of the Committees on the 
Budget of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives shall revise allocations and aggre-
gates and other appropriate levels under the ap-
propriate concurrent resolution on the budget to 
reflect the cancellation, and the applicable com-
mittees shall report revised suballocations pur-
suant 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.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The majority leader of each 
House or his designee shall (by request) introduce 
an approval bill as defined in section 1016 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 
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 adopt-
ed a concurrent resolution providing for ad-
journment sine die at the end of a Congress, it 
shall be in order to move that the House dis-
charge the committee from further consider-
ation 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 an-
nounces his intention to offer the motion. Such 
a motion shall not be in order after a committee 
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has reported an approval bill with respect to 
that special message or after the House has dis-
posed of a motion to discharge with respect to 
that special message. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 
its adoption without intervening motion except 
twenty minutes of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. If 
such a motion is adopted, the House shall pro-
ceed immediately to consider the approval bill 
in accordance with subparagraph (B). 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 com-
mittee has been discharged from further consid-
eration, 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 proceed 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 leg-
islative schedule within two legislative days 
after the day on which the proponent announces 
his intention to offer the motion. Such a motion 
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shall not be in order after the House has dis-
posed of a motion to proceed with respect to 
that special message. There shall be not more 
than 5 hours of general debate equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an oppo-
nent of the bill. After general debate, the bill 
shall be considered as read for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. Only one motion to 
rise shall be in order, except if offered by the 
manager. No amendment to the bill is in order, 
except any Member if supported by 99 other 
Members (a quorum being present) may offer 
an amendment striking the reference number or 
numbers of a cancellation or cancellations from 
the bill. Consideration of the bill for amend-
ment shall not exceed one hour excluding time 
for recorded votes and quorum calls. No amend-
ment shall be subject to further amendment, ex-
cept pro forma amendments for the purposes of 
debate only. At the conclusion of the consider-
ation of the bill for amendment, the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. 
The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
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final passage without intervening motion. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the bill 
shall not be in order. 
‘‘(C) 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 motion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed 
to. 
‘‘(B) LIMITS ON DEBATE.—Debate in the 
Senate on a bill under this subsection, and all 
amendments and debatable motions and appeals 
in connection therewith (including debate pur-
suant to subparagraph (D)), shall not exceed 
10 hours, equally divided and controlled in the 
usual form. 
‘‘(C) APPEALS.—Debate in the Senate on 
any debatable motion or appeal in connection 
with a bill under this subsection shall be limited 
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to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form. 
‘‘(D) 
AMENDMENTS.—During 
consider-
ation under this subsection, any Member of the 
Senate may move to strike any proposed can-
cellation or cancellations of budget authority or 
targeted tax benefit, as applicable, if supported 
by 15 other Members. 
‘‘(E) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A mo-
tion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
bill under this subsection is not debatable. 
‘‘(F) MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to 
recommit a bill under this subsection is not in 
order. 
‘‘(G) 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 on the Senate bill, then the Senate 
may consider, and the vote may occur on, 
the House companion bill. 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE
AFTER
VOTE
ON 
SENATE BILL.—If the Senate votes on the 
bill introduced in the Senate, then imme-
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diately following that vote, or upon receipt 
of the House companion bill, the House 
bill if identical to the Senate bill shall be 
deemed to be considered, read the third 
time, and the vote on passage of the Sen-
ate bill shall be considered to be the vote 
on the bill received from the House. 
‘‘(b) 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 Com-
mittee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to sus-
pend 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. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPORTS.— 
(1) Debate in the House of Representatives or the Senate 
on the conference report and any amendments in disagree-
ment on any approval bill shall be limited to not more than 
2 hours, which shall be divided equally between the major-
ity leader and the minority leader. A motion further to 
limit debate is not debateable. A motion to recommit the 
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