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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1979

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed 
 rescissions of budget authority and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 10, 2025

 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 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 1974 
 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed 
 rescissions of budget authority and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE LINE ITEM VETO.

    (a) In General.--Title X of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended by 
striking all of part B (except for sections 1016 and 1013, which are 
redesignated as sections 1019 and 1020, respectively) and part C and 
inserting the following:

 ``Part B--Legislative Line-Item Veto

 ``line item veto authority

 ``

Sec. 1011.

    (a) Proposed Cancellations.--Within 30 calendar days 
after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing any 
discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted 
tax benefit, the President may propose, in the manner provided in 
subsection

    (b) , the cancellation of any dollar amount of such 
discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted 
tax benefit. If the 30 calendar-day period expires during a period 
where either House of Congress stands adjourned sine die at the end of 
a Congress or for a period greater than 30 calendar days, the President 
may propose a cancellation under this section and transmit a special 
message under subsection

    (b) on the first calendar day of session 
following such a period of adjournment.
 ``

    (b) Transmittal of Special Message.--
 ``

    (1) Special message.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The President may transmit to 
 the Congress a special message proposing to cancel any 
 dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority, items 
 of direct spending, or targeted tax benefits.
 ``
        (B) Contents of special message.--Each special 
 message shall specify, with respect to the 
 discretionary budget authority, items of direct 
 spending proposed, or targeted tax benefits to be 
 canceled--
 ``
            (i) the dollar amount of discretionary 
 budget authority, the specific item of direct 
 spending (that OMB, after consultation with 
 CBO, estimates to increase budget authority or 
 outlays as required by 

section 1017

    (9) ), or the 
 targeted tax benefit that the President 
 proposes be canceled;
 ``
            (ii) any account, department, or 
 establishment of the Government to which such 
 discretionary budget authority is available for 
 obligation, and the specific project or 
 governmental functions involved;
 ``
            (iii) the reasons why such discretionary 
 budget authority, item of direct spending, or 
 targeted tax benefit should be canceled;
 ``
            (iv) 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 
 cancellation;
 ``
            (v) a numbered list of cancellations to 
 be included in an approval bill that, if 
 enacted, would cancel discretionary budget 
 authority, items of direct spending, or 
 targeted tax benefits proposed in that special 
 message; and
 ``
            (vi) if the special message is 
 transmitted subsequent to or at the same time 
 as another special message, a detailed 
 explanation why the proposed cancellations are 
 not substantially similar to any other proposed 
 cancellation in such other message.
 ``
            (C) Duplicative proposals prohibited.--The 
 President may not propose to cancel the same or 
 substantially similar discretionary budget authority, 
 item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit more 
 than one time under this Act.
 ``
            (D) Maximum number of special messages.--The 
 President may not transmit to the Congress more than 10 
 special messages under this subsection related to any 
 bill or joint resolution described in subsection

    (a) , 
 but may transmit not more than 20 special messages for 
 any omnibus budget reconciliation or appropriation 
 measure.
 ``

    (2) Enactment of approval bill.--
 ``
        (A) Deficit reduction.--Amounts of budget 
 authority, items of direct spending, or targeted tax 
 benefits which are canceled pursuant to enactment of a 
 bill as provided under this section shall be dedicated 
 only to reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus.
 ``
        (B) 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 section, 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 cancellation, 
 and the applicable committees shall report revised 
 suballocations pursuant to 

section 302

    (b) , as 
 appropriate.
 ``
            (C) Adjustments to statutory limits.--After 
 enactment of an approval bill as provided under this 
 section, the Office of Management and Budget shall 
 revise applicable limits under the Balanced Budget and 
 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as appropriate.
 ``
            (D) Trust funds and special funds.--
 Nothwithstanding subparagraph
        (A) , nothing in this part 
 shall be construed to require or allow the deposit of 
 amounts derived from a trust fund or special fund which 
 are canceled pursuant to enactment of a bill as 
 provided under this section to any other fund.

 ``procedures for expedited consideration

 ``

Sec. 1012.

    (a) Expedited Consideration.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The majority leader of each House or his 
 designee shall (by request) introduce an approval bill as 
 defined in 

section 1017 not later than the fifth day of session 
 of that House after the date of receipt of a special message 
 transmitted to the Congress under 

section 1011

    (b) .
 ``

    (2) Consideration in the house of representatives.--
 ``
        (A) 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 seventh legislative day after the 
 date of its introduction. 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 Congress, it shall 
 be in order to move that the House discharge the 
 committee from further consideration of the bill. 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 his intention to offer the motion. Such a 
 motion shall not be in order after a committee has 
 reported an approval bill with respect to that special 
 message or after the House has disposed of a motion to 
 discharge with respect to that special message. The 
 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
 motion to its adoption without intervening motion 
 except twenty minutes of debate equally divided and 
 controlled by the proponent and an opponent. If such a 
 motion is adopted, the House shall proceed immediately 
 to consider the approval bill in accordance with 
 subparagraph
            (C) . A motion to reconsider the vote by 
 which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
 ``
        (B) Proceeding to consideration.--After an 
 approval bill is reported or a committee has been 
 discharged from further consideration, or the House has 
 adopted a concurrent resolution providing for 
 adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, it shall 
 be in order to move to proceed to consider the approval 
 bill in the House. 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 his intention to offer 
 the motion. Such a motion shall not be in order after 
 the House has disposed of a motion to proceed with 
 respect to that special message. The previous question 
 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
 adoption without intervening motion. A motion to 
 reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
 shall not be in order.
 ``
            (C) Consideration.--The approval bill shall be 
 considered as read. All points of order against an 
 approval bill and against its consideration are waived. 
 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
 an approval bill to its passage without intervening 
 motion except five hours of debate equally divided and 
 controlled by the proponent and an opponent and one 
 motion to limit debate on the bill. A motion to 
 reconsider the vote on passage of the bill shall not be 
 in order.
 ``
            (D) Senate bill.--An approval bill received from 
 the Senate shall not be referred to committee.
 ``

    (3) Consideration in the senate.--
 ``
        (A) Motion to proceed to consideration.--A motion 
 to proceed to the consideration of a bill under this 
 subsection in the Senate shall not be debatable. It 
 shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
 which the motion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed 
 to.
 ``
        (B) Limits on debate.--Debate in the Senate on a 
 bill under this subsection, and all debatable motions 
 and appeals in connection therewith (including debate 
 pursuant to subparagraph
            (D) ), shall not exceed 2 
 hours, equally divided and controlled in the usual 
 form.
 ``
            (C) Appeals.--Debate in the Senate on any 
 debatable motion or appeal in connection with a bill 
 under this subsection shall be limited to not more than 
 hour, to be equally divided and controlled in the usual 
 form.
 ``
            (D) Motion to limit debate.--A motion in the 
 Senate to further limit debate on a bill under this 
 subsection is not debatable.
 ``
        (E) Motion to recommit.--A motion to recommit a 
 bill under this subsection is not in order.
 ``
        (F) Consideration of the house bill.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--If the Senate has 
 received the House companion bill to the bill 
 introduced in the Senate prior to the vote 
 required under paragraph

    (1)
            (C) , then the 
 Senate may consider, and the vote under 
 paragraph

    (1)
            (C) may occur on, the House 
 companion bill.
 ``
            (ii) Procedure after vote on senate 
 bill.--If the Senate votes, pursuant to 
 paragraph

    (1)
            (C) , on the bill introduced in the 
 Senate, then immediately following that vote, 
 or upon receipt of the House companion bill, 
 the House bill shall be deemed to be 
 considered, read the third time, and the vote 
 on passage of the Senate bill shall be 
 considered to be the vote on the bill received 
 from the House.
 ``

    (b) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to, or motion to strike 
a provision from, a bill considered under this section shall be in 
order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.

 ``presidential deferral authority

 ``

Sec. 1013.

    (a) Temporary Presidential Authority to Withhold 
Discretionary Budget Authority.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--At the same time as the President 
 transmits to the Congress a special message pursuant to section

    (b) , the President may direct that any dollar amount of 
 discretionary budget authority to be canceled in that special 
 message shall not be made available for obligation for a period 
 not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date the President 
 transmits the special message to the Congress.
 ``

    (2) Early availability.--The President shall make any 
 dollar amount of discretionary budget authority deferred 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) available at a time earlier than the 
 time specified by the President if the President determines 
 that continuation of the deferral would not further the 
 purposes of this Act.
 ``

    (b) Temporary Presidential Authority To Suspend Direct 
Spending.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--At the same time as the President 
 transmits to the Congress a special message pursuant to section

    (b) , the President may suspend the implementation of any item 
 of direct spending proposed to be canceled in that special 
 message for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days from the 
 date the President transmits the special message to the 
 Congress.
 ``

    (2) Early availability.--The President shall terminate 
 the suspension of any item of direct spending at a time earlier 
 than the time specified by the President if the President 
 determines that continuation of the suspension would not 
 further the purposes of this Act.
 ``
            (c) Temporary Presidential Authority To Suspend a Targeted Tax 
Benefit.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--At the same time as the President 
 transmits to the Congress a special message pursuant to section

    (b) , the President may suspend the implementation of any 
 targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed in that special 
 message for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days from the 
 date the President transmits the special message to the 
 Congress.
 ``

    (2) Early availability.--The President shall terminate 
 the suspension of any targeted tax benefit at a time earlier 
 than the time specified by the President if the President 
 determines that continuation of the suspension would not 
 further the purposes of this Act.
 ``
            (d) Extension of 30-Day Period.--The President may transmit to 
the Congress not more than one supplemental special message to extend 
the period to suspend the implementation of any discretionary budget 
authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit, as 
applicable, by an additional 30 calendar days. Any such supplemental 
message may not be transmitted to the Congress before the 25th day of 
the 30-day period set forth in the preceding message or later than the 
last day of such period.

 ``identification of targeted tax benefits

 ``

Sec. 1014.

    (a) Statement.--The chairman of the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate acting jointly (hereafter in this 
subsection referred to as the `chairmen') shall review any revenue or 
reconciliation bill or joint resolution which includes any amendment to 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is being prepared for filing by 
a committee of conference of the two Houses, and shall identify whether 
such bill or joint resolution contains any targeted tax benefits. The 
chairmen shall provide to the committee of conference a statement 
identifying any such targeted tax benefits or declaring that the bill 
or joint resolution does not contain any targeted tax benefits. Any 
such statement shall be made available to any Member of Congress by the 
chairmen immediately upon request.
 ``

    (b) Statement Included in Legislation.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other rule of the 
 House of Representatives or any rule or precedent of the 
 Senate, any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution 
 which includes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 
 reported by a committee of conference of the two Houses may 
 include, as a separate section of such bill or joint 
 resolution, the information contained in the statement of the 
 chairmen, but only in the manner set forth in paragraph

    (2) .
 ``

    (2) Applicability.--The separate section permitted under 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall read as follows: `

Section 1021 of the 
 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 shall______apply to________.', with the blank spaces being 
 filled in with--
 ``
        (A) in any case in which the chairmen identify 
 targeted tax benefits in the statement required under 
 subsection

    (a) , the word `only' in the first blank 
 space and a list of all of the specific provisions of 
 the bill or joint resolution identified by the chairmen 
 in such statement in the second blank space; or
 ``
        (B) in any case in which the chairmen declare 
 that there are no targeted tax benefits in the 
 statement required under subsection

    (a) , the word `not' 
 in the first blank space and the phrase `any provision 
 of this Act' in the second blank space.
 ``
            (c) Identification in Revenue Estimate.--With respect to any 
revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution with respect to 
which the chairmen provide a statement under subsection

    (a) , the Joint 
Committee on Taxation shall--
 ``

    (1) in the case of a statement described in subsection

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) , list the targeted tax benefits identified by the 
 chairmen in such statement in any revenue estimate prepared by 
 the Joint Committee on Taxation for any conference report which 
 accompanies such bill or joint resolution, or
 ``

    (2) in the case of a statement described in 13 subsection

    (b)

    (2)
        (B) , indicate in such revenue estimate that no provision 
 in such bill or joint resolution has been identified as a 
 targeted tax benefit.
 ``
            (d) President's Authority.--If any revenue or reconciliation bill 
or joint resolution is signed into law--
 ``

    (1) with a separate section described in subsection

    (b)

    (2) , then the President may use the authority granted in 
 this section only with respect to any targeted tax benefit in 
 that law, if any, identified in such separate section; or
 ``

    (2) without a separate section described in subsection

    (b)

    (2) , then the President may use the authority granted in 
 this section with respect to any targeted tax benefit in that 
 law.

 ``treatment of cancellations

 ``

Sec. 1015. The cancellation of any dollar amount of 
discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted 
tax benefit shall take effect only upon enactment of the applicable 
approval bill. If an approval bill is not enacted into law before the 
end of the applicable period under 

section 1013, then all proposed 
cancellations contained in that bill shall be null and void and any 
such dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, item of direct 
spending, or targeted tax benefit shall be effective as of the original 
date provided in the law to which the proposed cancellations applied.

 ``reports by comptroller general

 ``

Sec. 1016. With respect to each special message under this part, 
the Comptroller General shall issue to the Congress a report 
determining whether any discretionary budget authority is not made 
available for obligation or item of direct spending or targeted tax 
benefit continues to be suspended after the deferral authority set 
forth in 

section 1013 of the President has expired.

 ``definitions

 ``

Sec. 1017. As used in this part:
 ``

    (1) Appropriation law.--The term `appropriation law' 
 means an Act referred to in 

section 105 of title 1, United 
 States Code, including any general or special appropriation 
 Act, or any Act making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing 
 appropriations, that has been signed into law pursuant to 
 Article I, 

section 7, of the Constitution of the United States.
 ``

    (2) Approval bill.--The term `approval bill' means a bill 
 or joint resolution which only approves proposed cancellations 
 of dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority, items of 
 new direct spending, or targeted tax benefits in a special 
 message transmitted by the President under this part and--
 ``
        (A) the title of which is as follows: `A bill 
 approving the proposed cancellations transmitted by the 
 President on___', 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 
 relates;
 ``
        (B) which does not have a preamble; and
 ``
            (C) which provides only the following after the 
 enacting clause: `That the Congress approves of 
 proposed cancellations___', the blank space being 
 filled in with a list of the cancellations contained in 
 the President's special message, `as transmitted by the 
 President in a special message on____', the blank space 
 being filled in with the appropriate date, 
 `regarding____.', the blank space being filled in with 
 the public law number to which the special message 
 relates;
 ``
            (D) which only includes proposed cancellations 
 that are estimated by CBO to meet the definition of 
 discretionary budgetary authority or items of direct 
 spending, or that are identified as targeted tax 
 benefits pursuant to 

section 1014;
 ``
        (E) if any proposed cancellation other than 
 discretionary budget authority or targeted tax benefits 
 is estimated by CBO to not meet the definition of item 
 of direct spending, then the approval bill shall 
 include at the end: `The President shall cease the 
 suspension of the implementation of the following under 
 

section 1013 of the Legislative Line Item Veto Act of : 
 ____', the blank space being filled in with the list of 
 such proposed cancellations; and
 ``
        (F) if no CBO estimate is available, then the 
 entire list of legislative provisions proposed by the 
 President is inserted in the second blank space in 
 subparagraph
            (C) .
 ``

    (3) Calendar day.--The term `calendar day' means a 
 standard 24-hour period beginning at midnight.
 ``

    (4) Cancel or cancellation.--The terms `cancel' or 
 `cancellation' means to prevent--
 ``
        (A) budget authority from having legal force or 
 effect;
 ``
        (B) in the case of entitlement authority, to 
 prevent the specific legal obligation of the United 
 States from having legal force or effect;
 ``
            (C) in the case of the food stamp program, to 
 prevent the specific provision of law that provides 
 such benefit from having legal force or effect; or
 ``
            (D) a targeted tax benefit from having legal 
 force or effect; and to make any necessary, conforming 
 statutory change to ensure that such targeted tax 
 benefit is not implemented and that any budgetary 
 resources are appropriately canceled.
 ``

    (5) CBO.--The term `CBO' means the Director of the 
 Congressional Budget Office.
 ``

    (6) Direct spending.--The term `direct spending' means--
 ``
        (A) budget authority provided by law (other than 
 an appropriation law);
 ``
        (B) entitlement authority; and
 ``
            (C) the food stamp program.
 ``

    (7) Dollar amount of discretionary budget authority.--
        (A) Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , the term `dollar amount 
 of discretionary budget authority' means the entire dollar 
 amount of budget authority--
 ``
            (i) specified in an appropriation law, or 
 the entire dollar amount of budget authority or 
 obligation limitation required to be allocated 
 by a specific proviso in an appropriation law 
 for which a specific dollar figure was not 
 included;
 ``
            (ii) represented separately in any table, 
 chart, or explanatory text included in the 
 statement of managers or the governing 
 committee report accompanying such law;
 ``
            (iii) required to be allocated for a 
 specific program, project, or activity in a law 
 (other than an appropriation law) that mandates 
 the expenditure of budget authority from 
 accounts, programs, projects, or activities for 
 which budget authority is provided in an 
 appropriation law;
 ``
            (iv) represented by the product of the 
 estimated procurement cost and the total 
 quantity of items specified in an appropriation 
 law or included in the statement of managers or 
 the governing committee report accompanying 
 such law; or
 ``
            (v) represented by the product of the 
 estimated procurement cost and the total 
 quantity of items required to be provided in a 
 law (other than an appropriation law) that 
 mandates the expenditure of budget authority 
 from accounts, programs, projects, or 
 activities for which budget authority is 
 provided in an appropriation law.
 ``
        (B) The term `dollar amount of discretionary 
 budget authority' does not include--
 ``
            (i) direct spending;
 ``
            (ii) budget authority in an appropriation 
 law which funds direct spending provided for in 
 other law;
 ``
            (iii) any existing budget authority 
 canceled in an appropriation law; or
 ``
            (iv) any restriction, condition, or 
 limitation in an appropriation law or the 
 accompanying statement of managers or committee 
 reports on the expenditure of budget authority 
 for an account, program, project, or activity, 
 or on activities involving such expenditure.
 ``

    (8) Item of direct spending.--The term `item of direct 
 spending' means any provision of law that results in an 
 increase in budget authority or outlays for direct spending 
 relative to the most recent levels calculated consistent with 
 the methodology used to calculate a baseline under 

section 257 
 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of and 
 included with a budget submission under section

    (a) of title 
 31, United States Code, in the first year or the 5-year period 
 for which the item is effective. However, such item does not 
 include an extension or reauthorization of existing direct 
 spending, but instead only refers to provisions of law that 
 increase such direct spending.
 ``

    (9) OMB.--The term `OMB' means the Director of the Office 
 of Management and Budget.
 ``

    (10) Omnibus reconciliation or appropriation measure.--
 The term `omnibus reconciliation or appropriation measure' 
 means--
 ``
        (A) in the case of a reconciliation bill, any 
 such bill that is reported to its House by the 
 Committee on the Budget; or
 ``
        (B) in the case of an appropriation measure, any 
 such measure that provides appropriations for programs, 
 projects, or activities falling within 2 or more 
 

section 302

    (b) suballocations.
 ``

    (11) Targeted tax benefit.--
        (A) The term `targeted tax 
 benefit' means any revenue-losing provision that provides a 
 Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or preference to only 
 one beneficiary (determined with respect to either present law 
 or any provision of which the provision is a part) under the 
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for which the 
 provision is in effect;
 ``
        (B) for purposes of subparagraph
        (A) --
 ``
            (i) all businesses and associations that 
 are members of the same controlled group of 
 corporations (as defined in 

section 1563

    (a) of 
 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall be 
 treated as a single beneficiary;
 ``
            (ii) all shareholders, partners, members, 
 or beneficiaries of a corporation, partnership, 
 association, or trust or estate, respectively, 
 shall be treated as a single beneficiary;
 ``
            (iii) all employees of an employer shall 
 be treated as a single beneficiary;
 ``
            (iv) all qualified plans of an employer 
 shall be treated as a single beneficiary;
 ``
            (v) all beneficiaries of a qualified plan 
 shall be treated as a single beneficiary;
 ``
            (vi) all contributors to a charitable 
 organization shall be treated as a single 
 beneficiary;
 ``
            (vii) all holders of the same bond issue 
 shall be treated as a single beneficiary; and
 ``
            (viii) if a corporation, partnership, 
 association, trust or estate is the beneficiary 
 of a provision, the shareholders of the 
 corporation, the partners of the partnership, 
 the members of the association, or the 
 beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall not 
 also be treated as beneficiaries of such 
 provision;
 ``
            (C) for the purpose of this paragraph, the term 
 `revenue-losing provision' means any provision that is 
 estimated to result in a reduction in Federal tax 
 revenues (determined with respect to either present law 
 or any provision of which the provision is a part) for 
 any one of the two following periods--
 ``
            (i) the first fiscal year for which the 
 provision is effective; or
 ``
            (ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years 
 beginning with the first fiscal year for which 
 the provision is effective; and
 ``
            (D) the terms used in this paragraph shall have 
 the same meaning as those terms have generally in the 
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, unless otherwise 
 expressly provided.

 ``expiration

 ``

Sec. 1018. This title shall have no force or effect on or after 
October 1, 2031.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) 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 ``1017'' and inserting 
 ``1012''; and

    (2) in subsection
            (d) , by striking ``

section 1017'' and 
 inserting ``

section 1012''.

    (b) Analysis by Congressional Budget Office.--

Section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``

    (a) '' after 
``402.'' and by adding at the end the following new subsection:
 ``

    (b) Upon the receipt of a special message under 

section 1011 
proposing to cancel any item of direct spending, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office shall prepare an estimate of the savings in 
budget authority or outlays resulting from such proposed cancellation 
relative to the most recent levels calculated consistent with the 
methodology used to calculate a baseline under 

section 257 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and included 
with a budget submission under 

section 1105

    (a) of title 31, United 
States Code, and transmit such estimate to the chairmen of the 
Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate.''.
            (c) Clerical Amendments.--

    (1) Section 1

    (a) of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking the 
last sentence.

    (2) Section 1022
            (c) of such Act (as redesignated) is 
 amended is amended by striking ``rescinded or that is to be 
 reserved'' and insert ``canceled'' and by striking ``1012'' and 
 inserting ``1011''.

    (3) Table of contents.--The table of contents set forth in 
 section

    (b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
 Act of 1974 is amended by deleting the contents for parts B and 
 C of title X and inserting the following:

 ``PART B--LEGISLATIVE LINE-ITEM VETO

``

Sec. 1011. Line item veto authority.
``

Sec. 1012. Procedures for expedited consideration.
``

Sec. 1013. Presidential deferral authority.
``

Sec. 1014. Identification of targeted tax benefits.
``

Sec. 1015. Treatment of cancellations.
``

Sec. 1016. Reports by comptroller general.
``

Sec. 1017. Definitions.
``

Sec. 1018. Expiration.
``

Sec. 1019. Suits by Comptroller General.
``

Sec. 1020. Proposed Deferrals of budget authority.''.
            (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of its enactment and apply only to any dollar amount 
of discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted 
tax benefit provided in an Act enacted on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ABUSE OF PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.

 It is the sense of Congress no President or any executive branch 
official should condition the inclusion or exclusion or threaten to 
condition the inclusion or exclusion of any proposed cancellation in 
any special message under this section upon any vote cast or to be cast 
by any Member of either House of Congress.
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