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This Act may be cited as the ''Line Item Veto Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS AND TAX
EXPENDITURES.

(a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by
redesignating sections 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018,
respectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following new
section:

''Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions

''Sec. 1013. (a) Proposed Rescission of Budget Authority.--In
addition to the method of rescinding budget authority specified in
section 1012, the President may propose, at the time and in the manner
provided in subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority
provided in an appropriations Act or the repeal of any tax expenditure
in any revenue Act. Funds made available for obligation under this
procedure may not be proposed for rescission again under this section
or section 1012.
''(b) Transmittal of Special Message.--
''(1) Not later than seven days after the date of enactment
of an appropriation Act or revenue Act, as the case may be, the
President may transmit to Congress--
''(A) a special message proposing to rescind
amounts of budget authority provided in that
appropriation Act and include with that special message
a draft bill that, if enacted, would only rescind that
budget authority; or
''(B) a special message proposing to repeal any tax
expenditure provided in any revenue Act, and include
with that special message a draft bill that, if
enacted, would only repeal that tax expenditure.
That bill shall clearly identify the amount of budget authority
that is proposed to be rescinded for each program, project, or
activity to which that budget authority relates.
''(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that includes
accounts within the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee
of the Committee on Appropriations, the President in proposing
to rescind budget authority under this section shall send a
separate special message and accompanying draft bill for
accounts within the jurisdiction of each such subcommittee.
''(3) Each special message shall specify, with respect to
the budget authority proposed to be rescinded, the matters
referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1012(a).
''(c) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
''(1)(A) Before the close of the second legislative 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
accompanying that special message. If the bill is not
introduced as provided in the preceding sentence, then, on the
third legislative day of the House of Representatives 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 Committee on
Appropriations or the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives, as appropriate. The 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 that House after the date of receipt
of that special message. If the committee fails to report the
bill within that period, that committee shall be automatically
discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall
be placed on the appropriate calendar.
''(C) A vote on final passage of the bill shall be taken in
the House of Representatives on or before the close of the
tenth 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 engrossed, certified, and transmitted to the Senate
within one calendar day of the day on which the bill is passed.
''(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to
proceed to the consideration of a bill under this section shall
be highly 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 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 further 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 relating 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 consideration of a bill
under this section shall be governed by the Rules of the House
of Representatives.
''(3)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursuant to
paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its Committee on
Appropriations or Committee on Fiance, as appropriate. The
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 Senate after
it receives the bill. A committee failing to report the bill
within such period shall be automatically discharged from
consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be placed upon
the appropriate calendar.
''(B) A vote on final passage of a bill transmitted to the
Senate shall be taken on or before the close of the tenth
legislative day of the Senate after the date on which the bill
is transmitted. If the bill is passed in the Senate without
amendment, the Secretary of the Senate shall cause the
engrossed bill to be returned to the House of Representatives.
''(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,
shall not exceed ten 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 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 minority leader or his
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time under
their control on the passage of a bill, allot additional time
to any Senator during the consideration of any 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.--No amendment to a bill
considered under this section shall be in order in either the House of
Representatives or the Senate. It shall not be in order to demand a
division of the question in the House of Representatives (or in a
Committee 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 Obligation.--Any amount of
budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message
transmitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be made available
for obligation on the day after the date on which either House rejects
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;
and
''(2) the term 'legislative day' means, with respect to
either House of Congress, any day during which that House is in
session.''.
(b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--Section 904 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
(1) by striking ''and 1017'' in subsection (a) and
inserting ''1013, and 1018''; and
(2) by striking ''section 1017'' in subsection (d) and
inserting ''sections 1013 and 1018''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ''1013'' and
inserting ''1014''; and
(B) in paragraph (5)--
(i) by striking ''1016'' and inserting
''1017''; and
(ii) by striking ''1017(b)(1)'' and
inserting ''1018(b)(1)''.
(2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as
redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''1012 or 1013'' each place it
appears and inserting ''1012, 1013, or 1014'';
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ''1012'' and
inserting ''1012 or 1013'';
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ''1013'' and
inserting ''1014''; and
(D) in subsection (e)(2)--
(i) by striking ''and'' at the end of
subparagraph (A);
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C);
(iii) by striking ''1013'' in subparagraph
(C) (as so redesignated) and inserting
''1014''; and
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following new subparagraph:
''(B) he has transmitted a special message under
section 1013 with respect to a proposed rescission;
and''.
(3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686) (as
redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by striking ''1012 or
1013'' each place it appears and inserting ''1012, 1013, or
1014''.
(d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart B of
title X of such Act is amended--
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1013
through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 through 1018;
and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1012
the following new item:

''Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions.''.
Student:
Line Item Veto Act - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President an additional method of rescinding budget authority.
Allows the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill or the repeal of any tax expenditure in any revenue Act.
Requires that such special message be transmitted not later than seven days after the President approves the appropriation bill or revenue Act and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded or repeal that tax expenditure. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such proposals.