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S. 2381 109th Congress Senate

Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006

Official title: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide line item rescission authority.

Introduced: March 7, 2006 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsAuthorizationBudget deficitsCongress
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Congressional reporting requirementsEconomic impact statementsExpedited congressional procedureGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment spending reductionsHouse rules and procedureIncome taxItem vetoLegislationPresidential messagesRescission of appropriated fundsSenate rules and procedureTax creditsTax deductionsTax exclusionTax expendituresTaxation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 2006
Committee on the Budget. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-650.
Mar 7, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1838-1840)
Mar 7, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1838)
Mar 7, 2006
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 2, 2006

Committee on the Budget. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-650.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose the rescission of any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority or the rescission, in whole or in part, of any item of direct spending.

Sets forth requirements for the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed rescission.

Requires any rescinded budget authority or items of direct spending to be dedicated only to deficit reduction, and not to be used as an offset for other spending increases.

Provides for adjustment of: (1) committee allocations resulting from such rescission; and (3) applicable limits, as appropriate, under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of a proposed rescission.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4890 Identical bill Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006
  • HR 982 Expedited Rescissions Act of 2005
  • HR 5667 Deficit Reduction and Effective Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 4
Burr, Richard
· Mar 7, 2006
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 7, 2006
DeMint, James
· Mar 7, 2006
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Mar 7, 2006
Isakson, Johnny
· Mar 7, 2006
 R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Mar 7, 2006
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Mar 7, 2006
Vitter, David
· Mar 7, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2381: Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2381/
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"S. 2381: Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2381/.
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S. 2381, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2381/.
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