Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jul 28, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 28, 2006
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Cut the Unnecessary Tab Resolution, or CUT Resolution - Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that would limit any amendment that would otherwise be in order to a rescission bill.
Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) to require the House Budget Committee, whenever a rescission bill passes the House, to reduce the applicable committee allocations by the total amount of resulting reductions in budget authority and outlays.
Amends Rule XIII to require the Majority Leader to introduce a rescission bill by certain dates in each session. Makes any motion to discharge the committee from consideration of such a bill privileged 10 legislative days after its introduction, if it was not introduced by one of the deadlines.
Makes it out of order to offer any amendment to a rescission bill unless it increases the amount of budget authority to be rescinded.
Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) to make it out of order to consider any rescission bill, its conference report, or amendment, unless: (1) such bill or conference report is made available to Members and the general public on the Internet for at least 48 hours before its consideration; (2) an amendment to such measure made in order by a rule is available within one hour after the rule is filed; or (3) an amendment under an open rule is made available immediately after being offered in a format searchable and sortable.
Requires amendments to rescission bills to be germane.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Jul 28, 2006 |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Sep 29, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2006Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- Apr 4, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1445-1447)
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional budget
- Congressional committees (House)
- Congressional information resources
- Congressional publicity
- Economics and Public Finance
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Federal budgets
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government spending reductions
- House Budget
- House of Representatives
- House Rules
- House rules and procedure
- Legislation
- Rescission of appropriated funds
Text 1
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- Jul 28, 2006Introduced in House
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