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(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 317 the
following new item:
``Sec. 318. Spending accountability reserve ledger.''.
SEC. 233. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF SECTION 302(A) ALLOCATIONS AND SECTION
302(B) SUBALLOCATIONS.
(a) Allocations.--Section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Adjustment of allocations.--Upon the engrossment of
Senate amendments to any appropriation bill (as defined in
section 318(d)) for a fiscal year, the amounts allocated under
paragraph (1) or (2) to the Committee on Appropriations of each
House upon the adoption of the most recent joint resolution on
the budget for that fiscal year shall be adjusted downward by
the amounts credited to the applicable Joint House-Senate
Reserve Balance under section 318(c)(2). The revised levels of
new budget authority and outlays shall be submitted to each
House by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that
House and shall be printed in the Congressional Record.''.
(b) Suballocations.--Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Whenever an adjustment is made under subsection (a)(6) to an
allocation under that subsection, the Committee on Appropriations of
each House shall make downward adjustments in the most recent
suballocations of new budget authority and outlays under this
subparagraph to the appropriate subcommittees of that committee in the
total amounts of those adjustments under section 318(c)(2). The revised
suballocations shall be submitted to each House by the chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations of that House and shall be printed in the
Congressional Record.''.
SEC. 234. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER STATEMENTS.
Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such reports
shall also include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts contained in
the ledger and each entry established by section 318(a).''.
SEC. 235. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
The discretionary spending limits for new budget authority and
outlays for any fiscal year set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be reduced by
the amounts set forth in the final regular appropriation bill for that
fiscal year or joint resolution making continuing appropriations
through the end of that fiscal year. Those amounts shall be the sums of
the Joint House-Senate Reserve Balances for that fiscal year, as
calculated under section 302(a)(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974. That bill or joint resolution shall contain the following
statement of law: ``As required by section 302(a)(6) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for fiscal year [insert appropriate
fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted discretionary spending
limit for new budget authority shall be reduced by $ [insert
appropriate amount of reduction] and the adjusted discretionary limit
for outlays shall be reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of
reduction] for the fiscal year and each outyear.''. Notwithstanding
section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 306 as
it applies to this statement shall not apply. This adjustment shall be
reflected in reports under sections 254(e) and 254(f) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 236. REDUCTION IN REVENUES.
The level of total revenues set forth in the concurrent resolution
on the budget shall be reduced by the amounts set forth in the final
regular appropriation bill for that fiscal year or joint resolution
making continuing appropriations through the end of that fiscal year
shall be reduced by the amount by which the discretionary spending
limit for outlays is reduced for that fiscal year pursuant to section
235. At the same time, such amount shall be credited to the pay-as-you-
go scorecard pursuant to section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for purposes of receipts
legislation only. This adjustment shall be reflected in reports under
sections 254(e) and 254(f) of such Act. To the extent that the amount
so credited is not used for purposes of receipts legislation enacted
during such fiscal year, it shall be removed from such scorecard.
Subtitle D--Enhanced Rescissions of Budget Authority Identified by the
President as Wasteful Spending
SEC. 251. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Enhanced Rescissions Act of
2003''.
SEC. 252. ENHANCED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.
(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 by inserting after section 1012 the following new
section:
``enhanced consideration of certain proposed rescissions
``Sec. 1013. (a) Proposed Rescission of Budget Authority Identified
as Wasteful Spending.--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 that he identifies as
wasteful spending. If the President proposes a rescission of budget
authority, he may also propose to reduce the appropriate discretionary
spending limits for new budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom
set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 by an amount that does not exceed the
amount of the proposed rescission. 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 and
include with that special message a draft bill that, if
enacted, would only rescind that budget authority unless the
President also proposes a reduction in the appropriate
discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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 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, including why he considers it to be
wasteful spending.
``(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.
``(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.
``(F) A reduction in the appropriate discretionary
spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, if proposed by the President.
``(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. 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) 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 bill transmitted to the Senate pursuant to
paragraph (1)(D) shall be referred to its Committee on
Appropriations. 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.
``(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 or 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 of 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) Amendment 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.
``(2) The term `legislative day' means, with respect to
either House of Congress, any day of session.
``(3) The term `rescind' means, with respect to an
appropriation Act, to reduce the amount of budget authority
appropriated in that Act, and reducing budget authority shall
include reducing obligation limitations set forth in that
Act.''.
(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;
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