text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce Unnecessary 
  Spending Act of 2010''.
      (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to create an optional 
  fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission 
  requests, which would lead to an up-or-down vote by Congress on the 
  President's package of rescissions, without amendment.
  
  SEC. 2. RESCISSIONS OF FUNDING.
  
      The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking part C 
  and inserting the following:
  
         ``PART C--EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCISSIONS
  
  ``SEC. 1021. APPLICABILITY AND DISCLAIMER.
  
      ``The rules, procedures, requirements, and definitions in this part 
  apply only to executive and legislative actions explicitly taken under 
  this part. They do not apply to actions taken under part B or to other 
  executive and legislative actions not taken under this part.
  
  ``SEC. 1022. DEFINITIONS.
  
      ``In this part:
              ``(1) The terms `appropriations Act', `budget authority', 
          and `new budget authority' have the same meanings as in section 
          3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
              ``(2) The terms `account', `current year', `CBO', and `OMB' 
          have the same meanings as in section 250 of the Balanced Budget 
          and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 as in effect on 
          September 30, 2002.
              ``(3) The term `days of session' shall be calculated by 
          excluding weekends and national holidays. Any day during which 
          a chamber of Congress is not in session shall not be counted as 
          a day of session of that chamber. Any day during which neither 
          chamber is in session shall not be counted as a day of session 
          of Congress.
              ``(4) The term `entitlement law' means the statutory 
          mandate or requirement of the United States to incur a 
          financial obligation unless that obligation is explicitly 
          conditioned on the appropriation in subsequent legislation of 
          sufficient funds for that purpose, and the Supplemental 
          Nutrition Assistance Program.
              ``(5) The term `funding' refers to new budget authority and 
          obligation limits except to the extent that the funding is 
          provided for entitlement law.
              ``(6) The term `rescind' means to eliminate or reduce the 
          amount of enacted funding.
              ``(7) 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 obligation. The terms do not include 
          administrative or preparatory actions undertaken prior to 
          obligation in the normal course of implementing budget laws.
  
  ``SEC. 1023. TIMING AND PACKAGING OF RESCISSION REQUESTS.
  
      ``(a) Timing.--If the President proposes that Congress rescind 
  funding under the procedures in this part, OMB shall transmit a message 
  to Congress containing the information specified in section 1024, and 
  the message transmitting the proposal shall be sent to Congress not 
  later than 45 calendar days after the date of enactment of the funding.
      ``(b) Packaging and Transmittal of Requested Rescissions.--Except 
  as provided in subsection (c), for each piece of legislation that 
  provides funding, the President shall request at most 1 package of 
  rescissions and the rescissions in that package shall apply only to 
  funding contained in that legislation. OMB 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 session. OMB shall make a copy 
  of the transmittal message publicly available, and shall publish in the 
  Federal Register a notice of the message and information on how it can 
  be obtained.
      ``(c) Special Packaging Rules.--After enactment of--
              ``(1) a joint resolution making continuing appropriations;
              ``(2) a supplemental appropriations bill; or
              ``(3) an omnibus appropriations bill;
  covering some or all of the activities customarily funded in more than 
  1 regular appropriations bill, the President may propose as many as 2 
  packages rescinding funding contained in that legislation, each within 
  the 45-day period specified in subsection (a). OMB shall not include 
  the same rescission in both packages, and, if the President requests 
  the rescission of more than one discrete amount of funding under the 
  jurisdiction of a single subcommittee, OMB shall include each of those 
  discrete amounts in the same package.
  
  ``SEC. 1024. REQUESTS TO RESCIND FUNDING.
  
      ``For each request to rescind funding under this part, the 
  transmittal message shall--
              ``(1) specify--
                      ``(A) the dollar amount to be rescinded;
                      ``(B) the agency, bureau, and account from which 
                  the rescission shall occur;
                      ``(C) the program, project, or activity within the 
                  account (if applicable) from which the rescission shall 
                  occur;
                      ``(D) the amount of funding, if any, that would 
                  remain for the account, program, project, or activity 
                  if the rescission request is enacted; and
                      ``(E) the reasons the President requests the 
                  rescission;
              ``(2) designate each separate rescission request by number; 
          and
              ``(3) include proposed legislative language to accomplish 
          the requested rescissions which may not include--
                      ``(A) any changes in existing law, other than the 
                  rescission of funding; or
                      ``(B) any supplemental appropriations, transfers, 
                  or reprogrammings.
  
  ``SEC. 1025. GRANTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.
  
      ``(a) Presidential Authority To Withhold Funding.--Notwithstanding 
  any other provision of law and if the President proposes a rescission 
  of funding under this part, OMB may, subject to the time limits 
  provided in subsection (c), temporarily withhold that funding from 
  obligation.
      ``(b) Expedited Procedures Available Only Once Per Bill.--The 
  President may not invoke the procedures of this part, or the authority 
  to withhold funding granted by subsection (a), on more than 1 occasion 
  for any Act providing funding.
      ``(c) Time Limits.--OMB shall make available for obligation any 
  funding withheld under subsection (a) on the earliest of--
              ``(1) the day on which the President determines that the 
          continued withholding or reduction no longer advances the 
          purpose of legislative consideration of the rescission request;
              ``(2) starting from the day on which OMB transmitted a 
          message to Congress requesting the rescission of funding, 25 
          calendar days in which the House of Representatives has been in 
          session or 25 calendar days in which the Senate has been in 
          session, whichever occurs second; or
              ``(3) the last day after which the obligation of the 
          funding in question can no longer be fully accomplished in a 
          prudent manner before its expiration.
      ``(d) Deficit Reduction.--
              ``(1) In general.--Funds that are rescinded under this part 
          shall be dedicated only to reducing the deficit or increasing 
          the surplus.
              ``(2) Adjustment of levels in the concurrent resolution on 
          the budget.--Not later than 5 days after the date of enactment 
          of an approval bill as provided under this part, 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 repeal or cancellation, 
          and the applicable committees shall report revised 
          suballocations pursuant to section 302(b), as appropriate.
  
  ``SEC. 1026. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF RESCISSION REQUESTS.
  
      ``(a) Preparation of Legislation To Consider a Package of Expedited 
  Rescission Requests.--
              ``(1) In general.--If the House of Representatives receives 
          a package of expedited rescission requests, the Clerk shall 
          prepare a House bill that only rescinds the amounts requested 
          which shall read as follows:
              ```There are enacted the rescissions numbered [insert 
          number or numbers] as set forth in the Presidential message of 
          [insert date] transmitted under part C of the Impoundment 
          Control Act of 1974 as amended.'
              ``(2) Exclusion procedure.--The Clerk shall include in the 
          bill each numbered rescission request listed in the 
          Presidential package in question, except that the Clerk shall 
          omit a numbered rescission request if the Chairman of the 
          Committee on the Budget of the House, after consulting with the 
          Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, CBO, 
          GAO, and the House and Senate committees that have jurisdiction 
          over the funding, determines that the numbered rescission does 
          not refer to funding or includes matter not permitted under a 
          request to rescind funding.
      ``(b) Introduction and Referral of Legislation To Enact a Package 
  of Expedited Rescissions.--The majority leader or the minority leader 
  of the House or Representatives, or a designee, shall (by request) 
  introduce each bill prepared under subsection (a) not later than 4 days 
  of session of the House after its transmittal, or, if no such bill is 
  introduced within that period, any member of the House may introduce 
  the required bill in the required form on the fifth or sixth day of 
  session of the House after its transmittal. If such an expedited 
  rescission bill is introduced in accordance with the preceding 
  sentence, it shall be referred to the House committee of jurisdiction. 
  A copy of the introduced House bill shall be transmitted to the 
  Secretary of the Senate, who shall provide it to the Senate committee 
  of jurisdiction.
      ``(c) House Report and Consideration of Legislation To Enact a 
  Package of Expedited Rescissions.--The House committee of jurisdiction 
  shall report without amendment the bill referred to it under subsection 
  (b) not more than 5 days of session of the House after the referral. 
  The committee may order the bill reported favorably, unfavorably, or 
  without recommendation. If the committee has not reported the bill by 
  the end of the 5-day period, the committee shall be automatically 
  discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall be 
  placed on the appropriate calendar.
      ``(d) House Motion To Proceed.--
              ``(1) In general.--After a bill to enact an expedited 
          rescission package has been reported or the committee of 
          jurisdiction has been discharged under subsection (c), it shall 
          be in order to move to proceed to consider the bill in the 
          House. A Member who wishes to move to proceed to consideration 
          of the bill shall announce that fact, and the motion to proceed 
          shall be in order only during a time designated by the Speaker 
          within the legislative schedule for the next calendar day of 
          legislative session or the one immediately following it.
              ``(2) Failure to set time.--If the Speaker does not 
          designate a time under paragraph (1), 3 or more calendar days 
          of legislative session after the bill has been reported or 
          discharged, it shall be in order for any Member to move to 
          proceed to consider the bill.
              ``(3) Procedure.--A motion to proceed under this subsection 
          shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a prior 
          motion to proceed with respect to that package of expedited 
          rescissions. The previous question shall be considered as 
          ordered on the motion to proceed, without intervening motion. A 
          motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to proceed 
          has been disposed of shall not be in order.
              ``(4) Removal from calendar.--If 5 calendar days of 
          legislative session have passed since the bill was reported or 
          discharged under this subsection and no Member has made a 
          motion to proceed, the bill shall be removed from the calendar.
      ``(e) House Consideration.--
              ``(1) Considered as read.--A bill consisting of a package 
          of rescissions under this part shall be considered as read.
              ``(2) Points of order.--All points of order against the 
          bill are waived, except that a point of order may be made that 
          1 or more numbered rescissions included in the bill would enact 
          language containing matter not requested by the President or 
          not permitted under this part as part of that package. If the 
          Presiding Officer sustains such a point of order, the numbered 
          rescission or rescissions that would enact such language are 
          deemed to be automatically stripped from the bill and 
          consideration proceeds on the bill as modified.
              ``(3) Previous question.--The previous question shall be 
          considered as ordered on the bill to its passage without 
          intervening motion, except that 4 hours of debate equally 
          divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent are 
          allowed, as well as 1 motion to further limit debate on the 
          bill.
              ``(4) Motion to reconsider.--A motion to reconsider the 
          vote on passage of the bill shall not be in order.
      ``(f) Senate Consideration.--
              ``(1) Referral.--If the House of Representatives approves a 
          House bill enacting a package of rescissions, that bill as 
          passed by the House shall be sent to the Senate and referred to 
          the Senate committee of jurisdiction.
              ``(2) Committee action.--The committee of jurisdiction 
          shall report without amendment the bill referred to it under 
          this subsection not later than 3 days of session of the Senate 
          after the referral. The committee may order the bill reported 
          favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation.
              ``(3) Discharge.--If the committee has not reported the 
          bill by the end of the 3-day period, the committee shall be 
          automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill 
          and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
              ``(4) Motion to proceed.--On the following day and for 3 
          subsequent calendar days in which the Senate is in session, it 
          shall be in order for any Senator to move to proceed to 
          consider the bill in the Senate. Upon such a motion being made, 
          it shall be deemed to have been agreed to and the motion to 
          reconsider shall be deemed to have been laid on the table.
              ``(5) Debate.--Debate on the bill in the Senate under this 
          subsection, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
          therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours, equally divided and 
          controlled in the usual form. Debate in the Senate on any 
          debatable motion or appeal in connection with such a bill shall 
          be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided and 
          controlled in the usual form. A motion to further limit debate 
          on such a bill is not debatable.
              ``(6) Motions not in order.--A motion to amend such a bill 
          or strike a provision from it is not in order. A motion to 
          recommit such a bill is not in order.
      ``(g) Senate Point of Order.--It shall not be in order under this 
  part for the Senate to consider a bill approved by the House enacting a 
  package of rescissions under this part if any numbered rescission in 
  the bill would enact matter not requested by the President or not 
  permitted under this Act as part of that package. If a point of order 
  under this subsection is sustained, the bill may not be considered 
  under this part.''.
  
  SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
  
      (a) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
  and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking the matter 
  for part C of title X and inserting the following:
  
         ``PART C--Expedited Consideration of Proposed Rescissions
  
  ``Sec. 1021. Applicability and disclaimer.
  ``Sec. 1022. Definitions.
  ``Sec. 1023. Timing and packaging of rescission requests.
  ``Sec. 1024. Requests to rescind funding.
  ``Sec. 1025. Grants of and limitations on presidential authority.
  ``Sec. 1026. Congressional consideration of rescission requests.''.
      (b) Temporary Withholding.--Section 1013(c) of the Impoundment 
  Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``section 1012'' and 
  inserting ``section 1012 or section 1025''.
      (c) Rulemaking.--
              (1) 904(a).--Section 904(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
          of 1974 is amended by striking ``and 1017'' and inserting 
          ``1017, and 1026''.
              (2) 904(d)(1).--Section 904(d)(1) of the Congressional 
          Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``1017'' and 
          inserting ``1017 or 1026''.
  
  SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO PART A OF THE IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT.
  
      (a) In General.--Part A of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
  amended by inserting at the end the following:
  
  ``SEC. 1002. SEVERABILITY.
  
      ``If the judicial branch of the United States finally determines 
  that 1 or more of the provisions of parts B or C violate the 
  Constitution of the United States, the remaining provisions of those 
  parts shall continue in effect.''.
      (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
  and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting at the end 
  of the matter for part A of title X the following:
  
  ``Sec. 1002. Severability.''.
  
  SEC. 5. EXPIRATION.
  
      Part C of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as amended by this 
  Act) shall expire on December 31, 2014.
target: Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act.
  
  Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests.
  
  Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission.
  
  Prohibits the President from invoking such expedited procedures or such authority to withhold funding on more than one occasion for any Act providing funding.
  
  Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions.
feat_title: A bill to provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes.