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H.R. 4890: Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006

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H.R. 4890: Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-03-07 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-03-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 316 (2006): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR4890 (2006-06-22), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006

Plain summary

Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose the cancellation (line item veto) of any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit within 45 days after its enactment. Sets forth requirements for the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed cancellation. Prohibits duplicate proposals of such cancellations. Limits such messages to five for most bills or joint resolutions, but up to 10 for any omnibus budget reconciliation or appropriation measure. Dedicates any cancellation only to deficit reduction or increase of a surplus. Requires the: (1) chairs of the Senate and House Budget Committees to revise committee allocations and aggregates and other appropriate levels under the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget to reflect the cancellation; and (2) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise 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 cancellation. Authorizes the President up to 45 days after he transmits a special message to Congress to: (1) withhold discretionary budget authority; and (2) suspend implementation of any targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed. Provides for an additional 45-day extension of any discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit, as applicable. Requires the chairs of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance to: (1) review any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution amending the Internal Revenue Code being prepared for filing by a conference committee; (2) identify whether such legislation contains any targeted tax benefits; and (3) provide the conference committee with a statement identifying such targeted benefits or declaring that such measure does not contain targeted tax benefits. Allows legislation reported from the conference committee that includes targeted tax benefits to include the statement of the chairs in a separate section of such legislation in a specified manner. Authorizes the President, with or without such separate section, to include his statement in such legislation in the same manner if it is signed into law but only with respect to targeted tax benefits in that law. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on 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 President's deferral authority established in this Act has expired. Terminates this Act on October 1, 2012. (Sec. 3) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) 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 the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act and included in the President's budget submission; and (2) transmit such estimate to the chairmen . (Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of Congress that 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 Act upon any vote cast or to be cast by any Member of either Chamber.

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Official text

Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] · 110 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006. (2006-06-16); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006. (2006-06-16); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 (2006-06-19); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 (2006-06-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK) and 50 more.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (8)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
CBO cost estimate
The Congressional Budget Office's estimate of how a federal bill would change government spending and revenue. CBO is nonpartisan.
Joint resolution
In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Obligation
A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.
Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Veto
The power of a president or governor to reject a bill passed by the legislature. Lawmakers can override a veto with a large enough vote (two-thirds of each chamber in Congress).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr4890 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109