text: That this Act may be 
  cited as the ``Line-Item Rescission Act of 1993''.
  
  SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.
  
      (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and 
  Impoundment Control Act of 1974 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) Transmittal of Special Message.--The President 
  may, on the same calendar day the President approves any appropriation 
  bill, transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for consideration in 
  accordance with this section, one or more special messages proposing to 
  rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in the 
  appropriation bill.
      ``(b) Contents of Special Message.--
              ``(1) No special message may be considered in accordance 
          with this section if the special message proposes to rescind 
          more than one item of budget authority.
              ``(2) Each special message transmitted under subsection (a) 
          shall specify, with respect to the item of budget authority (or 
          part thereof) proposed by the message to be rescinded, the 
          matters referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 
          1012(a).
              ``(3) Each special message transmitted under subsection (a) 
          shall be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that 
          would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be 
          rescinded.
      ``(c) Procedures.--
              ``(1)(A) On the day on which a special message proposing to 
          rescind an item of budget authority is transmitted to the House 
          of Representatives and the Senate under subsection (a), the 
          draft bill or joint resolution accompanying such special 
          message shall be introduced (by request) by the majority leader 
          of the House of the Congress in which the appropriation Act 
          providing the budget authority originated. If such House is not 
          in session on the day on which a special message is 
          transmitted, the draft bill or joint resolution shall be 
          introduced in such House, as provided in the preceding 
          sentence, on the first day thereafter on which such House is in 
          session.
              ``(B) A draft bill or joint resolution introduced in the 
          House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to subparagraph 
          (A) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of 
          such House. The committee shall report the bill or joint 
          resolution without substantive revision (and with or without 
          recommendation) not later than 20 calendar days of continuous 
          session of the Congress after the date on which the bill or 
          joint resolution is introduced. A committee failing to report a 
          bill or joint resolution within the 20-day period referred to 
          in the preceding sentence shall be automatically discharged 
          from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the 
          bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 
          calendar.
              ``(C) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution 
          introduced in a House of the Congress pursuant to subparagraph 
          (A) shall be taken on or before the close of the 30th calendar 
          day of continuous session of the Congress after the date of the 
          introduction of the bill or joint resolution in such House. If 
          the bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the 
          House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or joint 
          resolution agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the 
          Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint 
          resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the bill or 
          joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and transmitted to 
          the other House of the Congress on the same calendar day on 
          which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
              ``(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to the 
          House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to subparagraph 
          (C) of paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Committee on 
          Appropriations of such House. The committee shall report the 
          bill or joint resolution without substantive revision (and with 
          or without recommendation) not later than 20 calendar days of 
          continuous session of the Congress after the bill or joint 
          resolution is transmitted to such House. A committee failing to 
          report the bill or joint resolution within the 20-day period 
          referred to in the preceding sentence shall be automatically 
          discharged from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, 
          and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the 
          appropriate calendar.
              ``(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution 
          transmitted to a House of the Congress pursuant to subparagraph 
          (C) of paragraph (1) shall be taken on or before the close of 
          the 30th calendar day of continuous session of the Congress 
          after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is 
          transmitted to such House. If the bill or joint resolution is 
          agreed to in such House, the Clerk of the House of 
          Representatives (in the case of a bill or joint resolution 
          agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of 
          the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to 
          in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed bill or joint 
          resolution to be returned to the House in which the bill or 
          joint resolution originated, together with a statement of the 
          action taken by the House acting under this paragraph.
              ``(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 
          proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint resolution 
          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 or 
          joint resolution under this section shall be limited to not 
          more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between 
          those favoring and those opposing the bill or joint resolution. 
          A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. It 
          shall not be in order to move to recommit a bill or joint 
          resolution under this section or to move to reconsider the vote 
          by which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
          to.
              ``(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House of 
          Representatives with respect to the consideration of a bill or 
          joint resolution under this section, and motions to proceed to 
          the consideration of other business, shall be decided without 
          debate.
              ``(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
          to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
          to the procedure relating to a bill or joint resolution under 
          this section shall be decided without debate.
              ``(E) Except to the extent specifically provided in the 
          preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a 
          bill or joint resolution under this section shall be governed 
          by the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to 
          other bills and joint resolutions in similar circumstances.
              ``(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the 
          consideration of a bill or joint resolution 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 or joint resolution 
          under this section, and all debatable motions and appeals in 
          connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 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 or joint resolution 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 or joint resolution, except that in the event the 
          manager of the bill or joint 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. Such 
          leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control 
          on the passage of a bill or joint resolution, 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 or joint resolution under this section is not debatable. A 
          motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this 
          section is not in order.
      ``(d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a bill or joint 
  resolution considered under this section shall be in order in either 
  the House of Representatives or 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 for the Presiding Officer to 
  entertain a request to suspend the application of this subsection by 
  unanimous consent.
      ``(e) Requirement to Make Available for Obligation.--Any item of 
  budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message 
  transmitted to the Congress in accordance with subsection (a) shall be 
  made available for obligation unless, not more than 60 days after the 
  transmittal of the special message, both Houses of the Congress have 
  agreed to the bill or joint resolution accompanying such special 
  message.
      ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term--
              ``(1) `item' means any numerically expressed amount of 
          budget authority set forth in an appropriation bill;
              ``(2) `appropriation bill' means any general or special 
          appropriation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making 
          supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations; and
              ``(3) `appropriation Act' means any appropriation bill that 
          has been approved by the President and become law.''.
      (b) Conforming Amendments.--
              (1) Section 1011(5) of the Congressional Budget and 
          Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended--
                      (A) by striking out ``1012, and'' and inserting in 
                  lieu thereof ``1012, the 20-day periods referred to in 
                  paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A) of section 1013(c), the 
                  60-day period referred to in section 1013(e) and'';
                      (B) by striking out ``1012 during'' and inserting 
                  in lieu thereof ``1012 or 1013 during'';
                      (C) by striking out ``of 45'' and inserting in lieu 
                  thereof ``of the applicable number of''; and
                      (D) by striking out ``45-day period referred to in 
                  paragraph (3) of this section and in section 1012'' and 
                  inserting in lieu thereof ``period or periods of time 
                  applicable under such section''.
              (2)(A) Section 1011 of such Act is further amended--
                      (i) in paragraph (4) by striking out ``1013'' and 
                  inserting in lieu thereof ``1014''; and
                      (ii) in paragraph (5)--
                              (I) by striking out ``1016'' and inserting 
                          in lieu thereof ``1017''; and
                              (II) by striking out ``1017(b)(1)'' and 
                          inserting in lieu thereof ``1018(b)(1)''.
              (B) Section 1012 of such Act is amended--
                      (i) by striking out ``1012 or 1013'' each place it 
                  appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``1012, 1013, or 
                  1014'';
                      (ii) in subsection (b)(1) by striking out ``1012'' 
                  and inserting in lieu thereof ``1012 or 1013'';
                      (iii) in subsection (b)(2) by striking out ``1013'' 
                  and inserting in lieu thereof ``1014''; and
                      (iv) in subsection (e)(2)--
                              (I) by striking out ``and'' at the end of 
                          subparagraph (A),
                              (II) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                          subparagraph (C),
                              (III) by striking out ``1013'' in 
                          subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated), 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''.
              (C) Section 1015 of such Act is amended by striking out 
          ``1012 or 1013'' each place it appears and inserting in lieu 
          thereof ``1012, 1013, or 1014''.
              (D) Section 1016 of such Act is amended by striking out 
          ``or 1013(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, 1013(e), or 
          1014(b)''.
              (E) Section 1012(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
          end thereof the following new sentence: ``The preceding 
          sentence shall not apply to any item of budget authority 
          proposed by the President to be rescinded under this section 
          that the President has also proposed to rescind under section 
          1013 and with respect to which the 60-day period referred to in 
          subsection (e) of such section has not expired.''.
              (3) The table of sections for subpart B of title X of the 
          Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
          amended--
                      (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 
                  1013 through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 
                  through 1018; and
                      (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 
                  1012 the following new item:
  
  ``Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed 
                              rescissions.''.
  
  SEC. 3. APPLICATION.
  
      The amendments made by this section shall apply to items of budget 
  authority (as defined in subsection (f)(1) of section 1013 of the 
  Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as added by 
  section 2 of this Act) provided by appropriation Acts (as defined in 
  subsection (f)(3) of such section) that become law after the date of 
  the enactment of this Act.
target: Line-Item Rescission Act of 1993 - 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 all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill. 
  Requires that such special message be transmitted on the same calendar day the President approves the appropriation bill and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded. 
  Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.  Requires the item of budget authority proposed to be rescinded to be made available for obligation unless both Houses adopt the bill rescinding such item within 60 days.
feat_title: Line-Item Rescission Act of 1993