text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``The Enhanced Rescission/Receipts Act 
  of 1993''.
  
  SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO RESCISSION AUTHORITY.
  
      (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the provisions of part B of title 
  X of The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and 
  subject to the provisions of this section, the President may rescind 
  all or part of any discretionary budget authority or veto any targeted 
  tax benefit within any revenue bill which is subject to the terms of 
  this Act if the President--
              (1) determines that--
                      (A) such rescission or veto would help reduce the 
                  Federal budget deficit;
                      (B) such rescission or veto will not impair any 
                  essential Government functions; and
                      (C) such rescission or veto will not harm the 
                  national interest; and
              (2) notifies the Congress of such rescission or veto by a 
          special message not later than twenty calendar days (not 
          including Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays) after the date of 
          enactment of a regular or supplemental appropriation act or a 
          joint resolution making continuing appropriations providing 
          such budget authority or a revenue bill containing a targeted 
          tax benefit.
  The President shall submit a separate rescission message for each 
  appropriation bill and for each revenue bill under this paragraph.
  
  SEC. 3. RESCISSION EFFECTIVE UNLESS DISAPPROVED.
  
      (a)(1) Any amount of budget authority rescinded under this Act as 
  set forth in a special message by the President shall be deemed 
  canceled unless, during the period described in subsection (b), a 
  rescission/receipts disapproval bill making available all of the amount 
  rescinded is enacted into law.
      (2) Any provision of law vetoed under this Act as set forth in a 
  special message by the President shall be deemed repealed unless, 
  during the period described in subsection (b), a rescission/receipts 
  disapproval bill restoring that provision is enacted into law.
      (b) The period referred to in subsection (a) is--
              (1) a congressional review period of twenty calendar days 
          of session during which Congress must complete action on the 
          rescission/receipts disapproval bill and present such bill to 
          the President for approval or disapproval;
              (2) after the period provided in paragraph (1), an 
          additional ten days (not including Sundays) during which the 
          President may exercise his authority to sign or veto the 
          rescission/receipts disapproval bill; and
              (3) if the President vetoes the rescission/receipts 
          disapproval bill during the period provided in paragraph (2), 
          an additional five calendar days of session after the date of 
          the veto.
      (c) If a special message is transmitted by the President under this 
  Act and the last session of the Congress adjourns sine die before the 
  expiration of the period described in subsection (b), the rescission or 
  veto, as the case may be, shall not take effect. The message shall be 
  deemed to have been retransmitted on the first day of the succeeding 
  Congress and the review period referred to in subsection (b) (with 
  respect to such message) shall run beginning after such first day.
  
  SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
  
      As used in this Act:
              (1) The term ``rescission/receipts disapproval bill'' means 
          a bill or joint resolution which--
                      (A) only disapproves a rescission of budget 
                  authority, in whole, rescinded, or
                      (B) only disapproves a veto of any provision of law 
                  that would decrease receipts,
          in a special message transmitted by the President under this 
          Act.
              (2) The term ``calendar days of session'' shall mean only 
          those days on which both Houses of Congress are in session.
              (3) The term ``targeted tax benefit'' means any provision 
          which has the practical effect of providing a benefit in the 
          form of a differential 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.
  
  SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO 
                RESCISSIONS.
  
      (a) Presidential Special Message.--Whenever the President rescinds 
  any budget authority as provided in this Act or vetoes any provision of 
  law as provided in this Act, the President shall transmit to both 
  Houses of Congress a special message specifying--
              (1) the amount of budget authority rescinded or the 
          provision vetoed;
              (2) 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;
              (3) the reasons and justifications for the determination to 
          rescind budget authority or veto any provision pursuant to this 
          Act;
              (4) to the maximum extent practicable, the estimated 
          fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect of the rescission or 
          veto; and
              (5) all factions, circumstances, and considerations 
          relating to or bearing upon the rescission or veto and the 
          decision to effect the rescission or veto, and to the maximum 
          extent practicable, the estimated effect of the rescission upon 
          the objects, purposes, and programs for which the budget 
          authority is provided.
      (b) Transmission of Messages to House and Senate.--
              (1) Each special message transmitted under this Act shall 
          be transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate 
          on the same day, and shall be delivered to the Clerk of the 
          House of Representatives if the House is not in session, and to 
          the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session. 
          Each special message so transmitted shall be referred to the 
          appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the 
          Senate. Each such message shall be printed as a document of 
          each House.
              (2) Any special message transmitted under this Act shall be 
          printed in the first issue of the Federal Register published 
          after such transmittal.
      (c) Referral of Rescission/Receipts Disapproval Bills.--Any 
  rescission/receipts disapproval bill introduced with respect to a 
  special message shall be referred to the appropriate committees of the 
  House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be.
      (d) Consideration in the Senate.--
              (1) Any rescission/receipts disapproval bill received in 
          the Senate from the House shall be considered in the Senate 
          pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
              (2) Debate in the Senate on any rescission/receipts 
          disapproval bill and debatable motions and appeals in 
          connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than ten 
          hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and 
          controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or 
          their designees.
              (3) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motions or appeal 
          in connection with such bill shall be limited to one 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 the 
          time under their control on the passage of the bill, allot 
          additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any 
          debatable motion or appeal.
              (4) A motion to further limit debate is not debatable. A 
          motion to recommit (except a motion to recommit with 
          instructions to report back within a specified number of days 
          not to exceed one, not counting any day on which the Senate is 
          not in session) is not in order.
      (e) Points of Order.--
              (1) It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of 
          Representatives to consider any rescission/receipts disapproval 
          bill that relates to any matter other than the rescission of 
          budget authority or veto of the provision of law transmitted by 
          the President under this Act.
              (2) It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of 
          Representatives to consider any amendment to a rescission/
          receipts disapproval bill.
              (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) may be waived or suspended in 
          the Senate only by a vote of three-fifths of the members duly 
          chosen and sworn.
target: Enhanced Rescission/Receipts Act of 1993 - Grants the President legislative line item veto rescission authority over appropriation bills and targeted tax benefits in revenue bills. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission:  (1) would reduce the Federal budget deficit; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; and (3) will not harm the national interest.  Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by special message not later than 20 calendar days after enactment of appropriations or revenue legislation. 
  Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission/receipts disapproval bill. 
  Describes:  (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission/receipts disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
feat_title: Enhanced Rescission/Receipts Act of 1993