§ 691b. — Cancellation effective unless disapproved.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC691b]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 17B--IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL AND LINE ITEM VETO
SUBCHAPTER III--LINE ITEM VETO
Sec. 691b. Cancellation effective unless disapproved
(a) In general
The cancellation of any dollar amount of discretionary budget
authority, item of new direct spending, or limited tax benefit shall
take effect upon receipt in the House of Representatives and the Senate
of the special message notifying the Congress of the cancellation. If a
disapproval bill for such special message is enacted into law, then all
cancellations disapproved in that law shall be null and void and any
such dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, item of new direct
spending, or limited tax benefit shall be effective as of the original
date provided in the law to which the cancellation applied.
(b) Commensurate reductions in discretionary budget authority
Upon the cancellation of a dollar amount of discretionary budget
authority under subsection (a) of this section, the total appropriation
for each relevant account of which that dollar amount is a part shall be
simultaneously reduced by the dollar amount of that cancellation.
(Pub. L. 93-344, title X, Sec. 1023, as added Pub. L. 104-130,
Sec. 2(a), Apr. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 1202.)
Termination of Section
For termination of section by section 5 of Pub. L. 104-130, see
Effective and Termination Dates note set out under section 691 of
this title.
