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103rd Congress > House > Vote 922
Clerk session vote number: 329
Sponsor: SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. (D-SC)
Description: EXPEDITED RESCISSIONS ACT
Bill summary: 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 amounts of budget authority or to repeal any targeted tax benefit provided in a revenue Act.
Requires that such special message be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, only rescind the budget authority or repeal the targeted tax benefit Requires
such bill to include a Deficit Reduction Account. Allows the President to place rescinded amounts in such Account.
Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.
Bill titles: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority.
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