,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ahgj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4 ,ryan of ,wisconsin 7for himself and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,budget1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,rules1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 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 ,control ,act of #aigd to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,expedited ,legislative ,line-,item ,veto and ,rescissions ,act of #bjac 4 #b4 ,congressional consideration of proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget authority and obligation limitations ,title ,x of the ,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment ,control ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fba et seq47 is amended by striking all of part ,b 7except for sections #ajae1 #ajaf1 and #ajac1 which are transferred and redesignated as sections #ajag1 #ajah1 and #ajai1 respectively7 and part ,c and by inserting after part ,a the following3 ,b ,congressional consideration of proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget authority and obligation limitations #ajaa4 ,congressional consideration of proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget authority and obligation limitations 7a7 ,proposed rescissions ,within #aj days after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing any funding1 the ,president may propose1 in the manner provided in subsection 7b71 the rescission of all or part of any dollar amount of such funding4 7b7 ,special message ,if the ,president proposes that ,congress rescind funding1 the ,president shall transmit a special message to ,congress containing the information specified in this subsection4 7#a7 ,packaging of requested rescissions ,for each piece of legislation that provides funding1 the ,president shall request at most #b packages of rescissions and the rescissions in each package shall apply only to funding contained in that legislation4 ,the ,president shall not include the same rescission in both packages4 7#b7 ,transmittal ,the ,president shall deliver each message requesting a package of rescissions to the ,secretary of the ,senate if the ,senate is not in session and to the ,clerk of the ,house of ,representatives if the ,house is not in session4 ,the ,president shall make a copy of the transmittal message publicly available1 and shall publish in the ,federal ,register a notice of the message and information on how it can be obtained4 7#c7 ,contents of special message ,for each request to rescind funding under this part1 the transmittal message shall-- 7,a7 specify-- 7i7 the dollar amount to be rescinded2 7ii7 the agency1 bureau1 and account from which the rescission shall occur2 7iii7 the program1 project1 or activity within the account 7if applicable7 from which the rescission shall occur2 7iv7 the amount of funding1 if any1 that would remain for the account1 program1 project1 or activity if the rescission request is enacted2 and 7v7 the reasons the ,president requests the rescission2 and 7,b7 designate each separate rescission request by number2 and include proposed legislative text of an approval bill to accomplish the requested rescissions which may not include-- 7i7 any changes in existing law1 other than the rescission of funding2 or 7ii7 any supplemental appropriations1 transfers1 or reprogrammings4 #ajab4 ,grants of and limitations on presidential authority 7a7 ,presidential authority ,to withhold funding ,notwithstanding any other provision of law and if the ,president proposes a rescission of funding under this part1 the ,president may1 subject to the time limits provided in subsection 7c71 temporarily withhold that funding from obligation4 7b7 ,withholding available only once per proposed rescission ,except as provided in section #ajai1 the ,president may not invoke the authority to withhold funding granted by subsection 7a7 for any other purpose4 7c7 ,time limits ,the ,president shall make available for obligation any funding withheld under subsection 7a7 on the earliest of-- 7#a7 the day on which the ,president determines that the continued withholding or reduction no longer advances the purpose of legislative consideration of the approval bill2 7#b7 the #fjth day following the date of enactment of the appropriations measure to which the approval bill relates2 or 7#c7 the last day that the ,president determines the obligation of the funding in question can no longer be fully accomplished in a prudent manner before its expiration4 7d7 ,deficit reduction 7#a7 ,in general ,funds that are rescinded under this part shall be dedicated only to reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus4 7#b7 ,adjustment of levels in the concurrent resolution on the budget ,not later than #c days of session after the date of enactment of an approval bill as provided under this part1 the chairs of the ,committees on the ,budget of the ,senate and the ,house of ,representatives shall revise allocations and aggregates and other appropriate levels under the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget to reflect the rescissions1 and the ,committees on ,appropriations of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,senate shall report revised suballocations pursuant to section #cjb7;b7 of title ,,iii1 as appropriate4 7#c7 ,adjustments to statutory limits ,not later than #c days after enactment of an approval bill provided under this section1 the ,president shall revise downward by the amount of the rescissions applicable limits under the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe4 #ajac4 ,procedures for ,expedited ,consideration 7a7 ,expedited ,consideration 7#a7 ,introduction of approval bill ,the majority leader of each ,house or a designee shall 7by request7 introduce an approval bill as defined in section #ajae not later than the third day of session of that ,house after the date of receipt of a special message transmitted to the ,congress under section #ajaa7;b74 7#b7 ,consideration in the house of representatives 7,a7 ,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 third legislative day after the date of its introduction4 ,if a committee fails to report the bill within that period or the ,house has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a ,congress1 such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar4 7,b7 ,proceeding to consideration ,not later than #c legislative days after the approval bill is reported or a committee has been discharged from further consideration thereof1 it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the approval bill in the ,house4 ,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 announces an intention to the ,house to offer the motion provided that such notice may not be given until the approval bill is reported or a committee has been discharged from further consideration thereof4 ,such a motion shall not be in order after the ,house has disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to that special message4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order4 7,c7 ,consideration ,if the motion to proceed is agreed to1 the ,house shall immediately proceed to consider the approval bill in the ,house without intervening motion4 ,the approval bill shall be considered as read4 ,all points of order against the approval bill and against its consideration are waived4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the approval bill to its passage without intervening motion except #b hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit debate on the bill4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the approval bill shall not be in order4 7#c7 ,consideration in the senate 7,a7 ,committee action ,the appropriate committee of the ,senate shall report without amendment the approval bill as defined in section #ajae7b7 not later than the third session day after introduction4 ,if a committee fails to report the approval bill within that period or the ,senate has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a ,congress1 the ,committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the approval bill and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar4 7,b7 ,motion to proceed ,not later than #c session days after the approval bill is reported in the ,senate or the committee has been discharged thereof1 it shall be in order for any ,senator to move to proceed to consider the approval bill in the ,senate4 ,the motion shall be decided without debate and the motion to reconsider shall be deemed to have been laid on the table4 ,such a motion shall not be in order after the ,senate has disposed of a prior motion to proceed with respect to the approval bill4 7,c7 ,consideration ,if a motion to proceed to the consideration of the approval bill is agreed to1 the ,senate shall immediately proceed to consideration of the approval bill without intervening motion1 order1 or other business1 and the approval bill shall remain the unfinished business of the ,senate until disposed of4 ,consideration on the bill in the ,senate under this subsection1 and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith1 shall not exceed #aj hours equally divided in the usual form4 ,all points of order against the approval bill or its consideration are waived4 ,consideration in the ,senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with the approval bill shall be limited to not more than #a hour4 ,a motion to postpone1 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business1 or a motion to recommit the approval bill is not in order4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote by which the approval bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order4 7#d7 ,amendments prohibited ,no amendment to1 or motion to strike a provision from1 an approval bill considered under this section shall be in order in either the ,senate or the ,house of ,representatives4 7#e7 ,coordination with action by other house 7,a7 ,in general ,if1 before passing the approval bill1 one ,house receives from the other a bill-- 7i7 the approval bill of the other ,house shall not be referred to a committee2 and 7ii7 the procedure in the receiving ,house shall be the same as if no approval bill had been received from the other ,house until the vote on passage1 when the bill received from the other ,house shall supplant the approval bill of the receiving ,house4 7,b7 ,this paragraph shall not apply to the ,house of ,representatives4 7b7 ,limitation ,subsection 7a7 shall apply only to an approval bill1 as such term is defined in section #ajae7b71 introduced pursuant to subsection 7a77#a74 7c7 ,extended time period ,if ,congress adjourns at the end of a ,congress prior to the expiration of the periods described in sections #ajab7;c77#b7 and #ajad and an approval bill was then pending in either ,house of ,congress or a committee thereof1 or an approval bill had not yet been introduced with respect to a special message1 or before the applicable #aj-;day period specified in section #ajaa7;a7 has expired1 then within the first #c days of session1 the ,president shall transmit to ,congress an additional special message containing all of the information in the previous1 pending special message and an approval bill may be introduced within the first five days of session of the next ,congress and shall be treated as an approval bill under this part1 and the time periods described in sections #ajab7;c77#b7 and #ajad shall commence on the day of introduction of that approval bill4 7d7 ,approval bill procedure ,in order for an approval bill to be considered under the procedures set forth in this part1 the bill must meet the definition of an approval bill and must be introduced no later than the third day of session following the beginning of the period described in section #ajac7;a77#a7 or the fifth day in the case of subsection 7c74 7e7 ,,cbo ,estimate ,upon receipt of a special message under section #aaja proposing to rescind all or part of any funding1 ,,cbo shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,senate an estimate of the reduction in budget authority which would result from the enactment of the proposed recisions4 #ajad4 ,treatment of rescissions ,rescissions proposed by the ,president under this part shall take effect only upon enactment of the applicable approval bill4 ,if an approval bill is not enacted into law within #fj days from the enactment of the appropriation measure to which the approval bill relates1 then the approval bill shall not be eligible for expedited consideration under the provisions of this part4 #ajae4 ,definitions ,as used in this part3 7#a7 ,appropriation measure ,the term appropriation measure means an ,act referred to in section #aje of title #a1 ,united ,states ,code1 including any general or special appropriation ,act1 or any ,act making supplemental1 deficiency1 or continuing appropriations1 that has been enacted into law pursuant to article ,i1 section #g1 of the ,constitution of the ,united ,states4 7#b7 ,approval bill ,the term approval bill means a bill which only approves rescissions of funding in a special message transmitted by the ,president under this part and-- 7,a7 the title of which is as follows3 ,a bill approving the proposed rescissions transmitted by the ,president on 1 the blank space being filled in with the date of transmission of the relevant special message and the public law number to which the message relates2 and 7,b7 which provides only the following after the enacting clause3 ,that the ,congress approves the proposed rescissions 1 the blank space being filled in with the list of the rescissions contained in the ,president's special message1 as transmitted by the ,president in a special message on 1 the blank space being filled in with the appropriate date1 regarding 41 the blank space being filled in with the public law number to which the special message relates4 7#c7 ,rescind or rescission ,the terms rescind or rescission mean to permanently cancel or prevent budget authority or outlays available under an obligation limit from having legal force or effect4 7#d7 ,congressional ,budget ,office ,the term ,,cbo means the ,director of the ,congressional ,budget ,office4 7#e7 ,comptroller ,general ,the term ,comptroller ,general means the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states4 7#f7 ,deferral of budget authority ,the term deferral of budget authority includes-- 7,a7 withholding or delaying the obligations or expenditure of budget authority 7whether by establishing reserves or otherwise7 provided for projects or activities2 or 7,b7 any other type of ,executive action or inaction which effectively precludes the obligation or expenditure of budget authority1 including authority to obligate by contract in advance of appropriations as specifically authorized by law4 7#g7 ,funding 7,a7 ,except as provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the term funding means all or part of the dollar amount of budget authority or obligation limit-- 7i7 specified in an appropriation measure1 or the dollar amount of budget authority or obligation limit required to be allocated by a specific proviso in an appropriation measure for which a specific dollar figure was not included2 7ii7 represented separately in any table1 chart1 or explanatory text included in the statement of managers or the governing committee report accompanying such law2 or 7iii7 represented by the product of the estimated procurement cost and the total quantity of items specified in an appropriation measure or included in the statement of managers or the governing committee report accompanying such law4 7,b7 ,the term funding does not include-- 7i7 direct spending2 7ii7 budget authority in an appropriation measure which funds direct spending provided for in other law2 7iii7 any existing budget authority canceled in an appropriation measure2 or 7iv7 any restriction or condition in an appropriation measure or the accompanying statement of managers or committee reports on the expenditure of budget authority for an account1 program1 project1 or activity1 or on activities involving such expenditure4 7#h7 ,withhold ,the terms withhold and withholding apply to any executive action or inaction that precludes the obligation of funding at a time when it would otherwise have been available to an agency for obligation4 ,the terms do not include administrative or preparatory actions undertaken prior to obligation in the normal course of implementing budget laws4 #ajaf4 ,expiration ,on ,december #ae1 #bjae1 the amendments made by the ,expedited ,legislative ,line-,item ,veto and ,rescissions ,act of #bjac shall be replaced by the provisions of part ,b of the ,impoundment ,control ,act of #aigd as in effect immediately before the date of enactment of the ,expedited ,legislative ,line-,item ,veto and ,rescissions ,act of #bjac4 4 #c4 ,technical and conforming amendments 7a7 ,exercise of ,rulemaking ,powers ,section #ijd of the ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fba note7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by striking #ajag and inserting #ajac2 and 7#b7 in subsection 7d71 by striking section #ajag and inserting section #ajac4 7b7 ,clerical ,amendments 7#a7 ,the last sentence of section #a7;a7 of the ,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment ,control ,act of #aigd is amended to read as follows3 ,sections #ajaa through #ajaf of part ,b of title ,x may be cited as the ,expedited ,legislative ,line-,item ,veto and ,rescissions ,act of #bjac44 7#b7 ,section #ajag of such ,act 7as redesignated7 is amended by striking section #ajab or #ajac each place it appears and inserting section #ajaa or #ajai and section #ajah 7as redesignated7 is amended by striking calendar and of continuous session 4 7#c7 ,section #ajai7;c7 of such ,act 7as redesignated7 is amended by striking #ajab and inserting #ajaa4 7#d7 ,table of ,contents ,the table of contents set forth in section #a7;b7 of the ,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment ,control ,act of #aigd is amended by striking the items relating to parts ,b and ,c 7including all of the items relating to the sections therein7 of title ,x and inserting the following3 ,part ,b--,congressional consideration of proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget authority and obligation limitations ,sec4 #ajaa4 ,congressional consideration of proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget authority and obligation limitations4 ,sec4 #ajab4 ,grants of and limitations on presidential authority4 ,sec4 #ajac4 ,procedures for ,expedited ,consideration4 ,sec4 #ajad4 ,treatment of rescissions4 ,sec4 #ajae4 ,definitions4 ,sec4 #ajaf4 ,expiration4 4 7c7 ,effective ,date ,the amendments made by this ,act shall apply to funding as defined in section #ajae7h7 of the ,congressional ,budget ,act and ,impoundment ,control of #aigd in any ,act enacted after the date of enactment of this ,act4 #d4 ,approval measures considered ,section #cad of the ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating subsections 7b7 through 7e7 as subsections 7c7 through 7f7 and by inserting after subsection 7a7 the following new subsection3 7b7 ,adjustments for rescissions 7#a7 ,whenever an approval bill passes the ,house of ,representatives1 the ,committee on the ,budget shall immediately reduce the applicable allocations under section #cjb7;a7 by the total amount of reductions in budget authority and in outlays resulting from such approval bill4 7#b7 ,as used in this subsection1 the term approval bill has the meaning given to such term in section #ajae4 2 and 7#b7 in subsection 7d7 7as redesignated71 by inserting or 7b7 after subsection 7a74