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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Bus Utility and Safety in School
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) school transportation issues remain a concern for
parents, local educational agencies, lawmakers, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National
Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(2) millions of children face potential future health
problems because of exposure to noxious fumes emitted from
older school buses;
(3) many rural local educational agencies are operating
outdated, unsafe school buses that are failing inspection,
resulting in a depletion of the school bus fleets of the local
educational agencies; and
(4) many rural local educational agencies are unable to
afford newer and safer buses.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish within the
Department of Education a Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural
local educational agencies with older, unsafe school bus fleets in
purchasing newer, safer school buses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Rural local educational agency.--The term ''rural local
educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with respect to which--
(A) each county in which a school served by the
local educational agency is located has a total
population density of fewer than 10 persons per square
mile;
(B) all schools served by the local educational
agency are designated with a school locale code of 7 or
8, as determined by the Secretary of Education; or
(C) all schools served by the local educational
agency have been designated, by official action taken
by the legislature of the State in which the local
educational agency is located, as rural schools for
purposes relating to the provision of educational
services to students in the State.
(2) School bus.--The term ''school bus'' means a vehicle
the primary purpose of which is to transport students to and
from school or school activities.
(3) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--From amounts made available under subsection (e)
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive
basis, to rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of
the cost of purchasing new school buses.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each rural local educational agency that
seeks to receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the
Secretary for approval an application at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information (in addition to
information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may
require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) documentation that, of the total number of
school buses operated by the rural local educational
agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses
are in need of repair or replacement;
(B) documentation of the number of miles that each
school bus operated by the rural local educational
agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic
year;
(C) documentation that the rural local educational
agency is operating with a reduced fleet of school
buses;
(D) a certification from the rural local
educational agency that--
(i) authorizes the application of the rural
local educational agency for a grant under this
Act; and
(ii) describes the dedication of the rural
local educational agency to school bus
replacement programs and school transportation
needs (including the number of new school buses
needed by the rural local educational agency);
and
(E) an assurance that the rural local educational
agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost of
the purchase of new school buses under this Act from
non-Federal sources.
(c) Priority.--
(1) In general.--In providing grants under this Act, the
Secretary shall give priority to rural local educational
agencies that, as determined by the Secretary--
(A) are transporting students in a bus manufactured
before 1977;
(B) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses;
or
(C) serve a school that is required, under section
1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide
transportation to students to enable the students to
transfer to another public school served by the rural
local educational agency.
(d) Payments; Federal Share.--
(1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each rural local
educational agency having an application approved under this
section the Federal share described in paragraph (2) of the
cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is
specified in the approved application.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
purchasing a new school bus under this Act shall be 75 percent.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act--
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
2007 through 2011.

Output: Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Pension Assistance and Counseling
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PENSION COUNSELING PROGRAMS.

Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subtitle C as subtitle D;
(2) by redesignating sections 761 through 764 as sections
791 through 794, respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subtitle B the following:

''Subtitle C--Pension Counseling

''SEC. 761. PENSION COUNSELING PROGRAM.

''(a) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Pension and other retirement benefits.--The term
'pension and other retirement benefits' means private, civil
service, and other public pensions and retirement benefits,
including benefits provided under--
''(A) the Social Security program carried out under
title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et
seq.);
''(B) the railroad retirement program carried out
under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C.
231 et seq.);
''(C) the government retirement benefits programs
carried out under--
''(i) the Civil Service Retirement System
set forth in subchapter III of chapter 83 of
title 5, United States Code;
''(ii) the Federal Employees Retirement
System set forth in chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code;
''(iii) title 10, United States Code; or
''(iv) any other government retirement
system, including any Government pension plan
as such term is defined under section 9502 of
title 31, United States Code; or
''(D) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
''(2) Pension counseling program.--The term 'pension
counseling program' means a program described in subsection
(c).
''(b) Establishment.--The Assistant Secretary shall establish and
carry out pension counseling projects. In carrying out the projects,
the Assistant Secretary shall award grants under subsection (c) and
(d).
''(c) Pension Counseling Programs.--
''(1) Use of funds.--In carrying out the projects specified
in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall award grants
to eligible entities to establish programs that create or
continue a sufficient number of pension assistance and
counseling projects to provide outreach, information,
counseling, referral, and other assistance regarding pension
and other retirement benefits, and rights related to such
benefits, to individuals throughout the United States.
''(2) Award of grants.--
''(A) Type of entity.--The Assistant Secretary
shall award under this subsection--
''(i) grants to State agencies or area
agencies on aging; and
''(ii) grants to nonprofit organizations
with a proven record of providing--
''(I) services related to
retirement of older individuals; or
''(II) specific pension counseling.
''(B) Panel.--In awarding grants under this
subsection, the Assistant Secretary shall use a citizen
advisory panel that shall include representatives of
business, labor, national senior advocates, and
national pension rights advocates.
''(C) Criteria.--In awarding grants under this
subsection, the Assistant Secretary, after consultation
with the panel, shall use as criteria--
''(i) evidence of commitment of an agency
or organization to carry out a proposed pension
counseling program;
''(ii) the ability of the agency or
organization to perform effective outreach to
affected populations, particularly populations
identified as in need of special outreach;
''(iii) reliable information that the
population to be served by the agency or
organization has a demonstrable need for the
services proposed to be provided under the
program; and
''(iv) evidence of ability of the agency or
organization to provide services under the
program on a statewide or regional basis.
''(3) Application.--
''(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a
grant under this subsection, an entity shall submit an
application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the
Assistant Secretary may require, including, at a
minimum--
''(i) a plan for the establishment of a
pension counseling program to serve a specific
geographic area; and
''(ii) an assurance that staff members
(including volunteer staff members) have no
conflict of interest in providing the services
described in the plan.
''(B) Plan.--The plan described in subparagraph (A)
shall provide for a program that--
''(i) establishes or continues a State or
area pension counseling service;
''(ii) provides counseling (including
direct counseling and assistance to individuals
needing information) and information that may
assist individuals in establishing rights to,
obtaining, and filing claims or complaints
related to, pension and other retirement
benefits;
''(iii) provides information on sources of
pension and other retirement benefits,
including the benefits under programs described
in subsection (a)(1);
''(iv) makes referrals to legal services
and other advocacy programs;
''(v) establishes a system of referral to
Federal, State, and local departments or
agencies related to pension and other
retirement benefits;
''(vi) provides a sufficient number of
staff positions (including volunteer positions)
to ensure information, counseling, referral,
and assistance regarding pension and other
retirement benefits;
''(vii) provides training programs for
staff members, including volunteer staff
members of the programs described in subsection
(a)(1);
''(viii) makes recommendations to the
Administration, the Department of Labor, and
other Federal, State, and local agencies
concerning issues for older individuals related
to pension and other retirement benefits; and
''(ix) establishes or continues to provide
projects to provide outreach, information,
counseling, referral, and other assistance
regarding pension and other retirement
benefits, with particular emphasis on outreach
to women, minorities, and low-income retirees.
''(d) Training and Technical Assistance Program.--
''(1) Use of funds.--In carrying out the projects described
in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall award a grant
to an eligible entity to establish a training and technical
assistance program to provide--
''(A) information and technical assistance to the
staffs of entities operating pension counseling
programs; and
''(B) assistance to the entities, including
assistance in designing program evaluation tools.
''(2) Eligible entity.--Entities eligible to receive grants
under this subsection include nonprofit private organizations
with records of providing national information, referral, and
advocacy in matters related to pension and other retirement
benefits.
''(3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the
Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may
require.
''(e) Pension Assistance Hotline and Interagency Coordination.--The
Assistant Secretary shall enter into interagency agreements for the
establishment and operation of, and dissemination of information about,
a telephone hotline for individuals seeking outreach, information,
counseling, referral, and assistance regarding pension and other
retirement benefits, and rights related to such benefits. The Assistant
Secretary shall also enter into agreements with the Secretary of Labor
and with the heads of other Federal agencies that regulate the
provision of pension and other retirement benefits, as the Assistant
Secretary determines to be appropriate, in order to carry out this
subsection and to develop a nationwide public-private pension
assistance system.
''(f) Report to Congress.--
''(1) Preparation.--The Assistant Secretary shall prepare a
report that--
''(A) summarizes the distribution of funds
authorized for grants under this section and the
expenditure of such funds;
''(B) summarizes the scope and content of training
and assistance provided under a program carried out
under this section and the degree to which the training
and assistance can be replicated;
''(C) outlines the problems that individuals
participating in programs funded under this section
encountered concerning rights related to pension and
other retirement benefits; and
''(D) makes recommendations regarding the manner in
which services provided in programs funded under this
section can be incorporated into the ongoing programs
of State agencies, area agencies on aging, multipurpose
senior centers, and other similar entities.
''(2) Submission.--Not later than 30 months after the date
of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary shall
submit the report described in paragraph (1) to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate.
''(g) Administrative Expenses.--Of the funds appropriated under
subsection (h) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not more
than $100,000 may be used by the Administration for administrative
expenses in carrying out this section.
''(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary
for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) Repealer.--Section 429J of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3035r) is repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 794 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (as redesignated in section 2(2)) is
amended by striking ''entities described in section 751(c)'' and
inserting ''persons and entities described in section 793(b)''.

Output: Specifies that such grants shall be awarded to: (1) State agencies or area agencies on aging; (2) nonprofit organizations with a proven record of providing services related to retirement of older individuals or specific pension counseling; and (3) an eligible entity to establish a training and technical assistance program to provide information and technical assistance to the staffs of entities operating pension counseling programs and assistance to such entities, including assistance in designing program evaluation tools. Makes nonprofit private organizations with records of providing national information, referral, and advocacy in matters related to pension and other retirement benefits eligible to receive training and technical assistance grants.
Requires the Assistant Secretary to enter into: (1) interagency agreements for the establishment and operation of, and dissemination of information about, a telephone hotline for individuals seeking outreach, information, counseling, referral, and assistance regarding pension and other retirement benefits, and rights related to such benefits; and (2) agreements with the Secretary of Labor and with the heads of other Federal agencies that regulate the provision of pension and other retirement benefits, as appropriate, in order to carry out this Act and to develop a nationwide public-private pension assistance system.
Authorizes appropriations.
Repeals provisions of the Act that establish pension rights demonstration projects.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED 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 Budget Authority or Repeal
of Targeted Tax Benefits.--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 repeal of any targeted
tax benefit provided in any revenue Act. Funds made available for
obligation under this procedure 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 benefit and include with with that
special message a draft bill that, if enacted, would only
rescind that budget authority or repeal that targeted tax
benefit. 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 or
the targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed, 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 benefit 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 provision 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 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 following--
''(A) the amount of budget authority which he
proposes to be rescinded;
''(B) 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;
''(C) the reasons why the budget authority should
be rescinded;
''(D) to the maximum extent practicable, the
estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect
(including the effect on outlays and receipts in each
fiscal year) of the proposed rescission; and
''(E) all facts, circumstances, and considerations
relating to or bearing upon the proposed rescission and
the decision to effect the proposed rescission, and to
the maximum extent practicable, the estimated effect of
the proposed rescission upon the objects, purposes, and
programs for which the budget authority is provided.
Each special message shall specify, with respect to the
proposed repeal of targeted tax benefits, the information
required by subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), as it relates to
the proposed repeal.
''(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 applicable. 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 that 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)(i) During consideration under this paragraph, any
Member of the House of Representatives may move to strike any
proposed rescission or rescissions 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 Reduction Account if the program, project, or account
to which the proposed rescission applies was identified in the
Deficit Reduction Account in the special message 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 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 4 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. It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives to consider any rescission bill introduced
pursuant to the provisions of this section under a suspension
of the rules or under a special rule.
''(3)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursuant to
paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its Committee on
Appropriations or Committee on Finance, 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 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)(i) During consideration under this paragraph, any
Member of the Senate may move to strike any proposed rescission
or rescissions of budget authority or any proposed repeal of a
targeted tax benefit, as applicable, if supported by 14 other
Members.
''(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 reduces the appropriate Deficit
Reduction Account (pursuant to section 314) if the program,
project, or 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 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.--Except as otherwise
provided by this section, 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.--(1) 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.
''(2) Any targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed under this
section as set forth in a special message transmitted to Congress under
subsection (b) shall be deemed repealed unless, during the period
described in that subsection, 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;
''(2) the term 'legislative day' means, with respect to
either House of Congress, any day of session; 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.''.
(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 repealing 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
reservation''.
(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 appears.
(4) Section 1017 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 687) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ''rescission
bill introduced with respect to a special message or'';
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ''rescission
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 ''rescission''
each place it appears and by striking ''bill or'' each
place it appears;
(E) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ''rescission
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 debatable
motion or appeal in connection with an
impoundment resolution shall be limited to 1
hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the mover and the manager 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 controlled by the minority
leader or his designee.'';
(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.''.

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 1994.

Attest:

Clerk.

103d CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4600

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions of budget authority.
Output: Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to allow the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind amounts of budget authority or to repeal any targeted tax benefit provided in a revenue Act. Requires that such special message be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, only rescind the budget authority or repeal the targeted tax benefit Requires such bill to include a Deficit Reduction Account. Allows the President to place rescinded amounts in such Account. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.