12 joint resolution. A committee failing to report the
13 bill or joint resolution within such period shall be
14 automatically discharged from consideration of the
15 bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolu-
16 tion shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.
17 "(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint
18 resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken
19 on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of
20 continuous session of that House after the date on
21 which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If
22 the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that
23 House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives
24 (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in
25 the House of Representatives) or the Secretary- of
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1 the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution
2 agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed
3 bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House
4 in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
5 "(3) (A) A motion in the House of Representa-
6 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint
7 resolution under this section shall be highly pri\i-
8 leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo-
9 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
10 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion
1 1 is agreed to or disagreed to.
12 "(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
13 on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall
14 not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally
15 bet\veen those favoring and those opposing the bill
16 or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate
17 shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to
18 move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under
19 this section or to move to reconsider the vote by
20 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
21 agreed to.
22 "(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
23 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of
24 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or
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1 joint resolution under this section shall be decided
2 without debate.
3 "(D) Except to the extent specifically provided
4 in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con-
5 sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec-
6 tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of
7 Representatives.
8 "(4) (A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
9 \ the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under
10^-:^ this section shall be privileged and not debatable. An
11 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor
12 shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote
13 by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
14 "(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint res-
15 olution under this section, and all debatable motions
16 and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed
17 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,
18 and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
19 nority leader or their designees.
20 "(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
21 motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint
22 resolution under this section shall be limited to not
23 more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between,
24 and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the
25 , bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the
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1 manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of
2 any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition
3 thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or
4 his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may,
5 from time under their control on the passage of a
6 bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any
7 Senator during the consideration of any debatable
8 motion or appeal.
9 "(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
10 debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section
11 is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint
12 resolution under this section is not in order.
13 "(e) Amendments Prohibited. — No amendment to
14 a bill or joint resolution con.sidered under this section shall
15 be in order in either the House of Representatives or the
16 Senate. No motion to suspend the application of this sub-
17 section shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be
18 in order in either House to suspend the application of this
19 subsection by luianimous con.sent.
20 "(f) Reqi'ihe.mknt To Make Avah^xhle for Obli-
21 (JATIO.V. — Any amount of budfjet autliority proposed to be
22 rescinded in a special message transmitted to Congress
23 under subsection (b) shall be made available fpr obligation
24 on the dav after the date on which either Hou.se defeats
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1 the bill or joint resolution transmitted \\ith that special
2 message.
3 "(g) Definitions. — For purposes of this section —
4 "(1) the term 'appropriation Act' means any
5 general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or
6 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or
7 continuing appropriations; and
8 "(2) continuity of a session of either House of
9 Congress shall be considered as broken only by an
10 adjournment of that House sine die, and the days on
1 1 which that House is not in session because of an ad-
12 joumment of more than 3 days to a date certain
13 shall be excluded in the computation of any period.".
14 (b) Exercise of RuLEMAiaNG Powers. — Section
15 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—
16 (1) by striking "and 1017" in subsection (a)
17 and inserting "1013, and 1018"; and
18 (2) by striking "section 1017" in subsection (d)
19 and inserting "sections 1013 and 1018"; and
20 (c) Conforming Amendments. —
21 (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5))
22 is amended —
23 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking "1013"
'.^•24 and inserting "1014"; and
25 (B) in paragraph (5) —
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1 (i) by strikiiiji- "lOlG" and inserting
2 "1017"; and
3 (ii) by striking "1017(b)(1)" and in-
4 serting "1018(b)(1)".
5 (2) Section 1015 of siieh Act (2 U.S.C. 685)
6 (as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended —
7 (A) by striking "1012 or 1013" each place
8 it appears and inserting "1012, 1013, or
9 1014";
10 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking
11 "1012" and inserting "1012 or 1013";
12 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking
13 "1013" and inserting "1014"; and
14 (D) in subsection (e)(2)—
15 (i) by striking "and" at the end of
16 subparagTaj)h (A);
17 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph
18 (B) as subparagi'aph (C);
19 (iii) by striking "1013" in subpara-
20 graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert-
21 ing"1014"; and
22 (iv) by inserting after subparagi'aph
23 (A) the following new subparagrapji:
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1 "(B) he has transmitted a special message
2 under section 1013 with respect to a proposed
3 rescission; and".
4 (3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)
5 (as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by
6 striking "1012 or 1013" each place it appears and
7 inserting "1012, 1013, or 1014".
8 (d) Clerical Amendments. — The table of sections
9 for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended —
10 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
11 tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec-
12 tions 1014 through 1018; and
13 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
14 tion 1012 the following new item:
"Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.".
15 TITLE IV— SUPERMAJORITY
16 POINTS OF ORDER
17 SEC. 401. SUPERMAJORITY POINTS OF ORDER.
18 Section 904(c) of the Congi-essional Budget Act of
19 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
20 sentence: "Any point of order set forth in title III, IV,
21 or VI may be waived or suspended in the House of Rep-
22 resentatives only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of
23 the Members voting, a quomm being present.".
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January 26, 1993
[From the Congressional Record page H259]
103d congress
1st Session
H. R. 637
To authorize the President to veto an item of appropriation in an Act
or resolution.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 26, 1993
Mr. SUNDQUIST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciarj'
A BILL
To authorize the President to veto an item of appropriation
in an Act or resolution.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. VETO AUTHORnr.
4 The President may disapprove an item of appropria-
5 tion in any Act or resolution.
6 SEC. 2, OBJECTION AND RECONSIDERATION.
7 Whenever the President disapproves an item of ap-
8 propriation pursuant to this Act, the President shall des-
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1 ignate the disapproved item and return a copy of such
2 item, with his objections, for reconsideration by the House
3 of Congress in which the Act or resolution containing the
4 item originated. If, after such reconsideration, a minority
5 of that House agrees to pass the item, it shall be sent,
6 together with the objections, to the other House for recon-
7 sideration; if approved by a majority of that House, the
8 item shall become law.
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January 27, 1993
[From the Congressional Record page H309]
103d congress
1st Session
H. R. 666
T6 amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that any rescis-
sion of budget authority proposed by the President take effect unless
specifically disapproved by the adoption of a joint resolution.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 27, 1993
Mr. DORNAN (for himself and Mr. Shays) introduced the following bill; which
was referred jointly to the Committees on Government Operations and Rules
A BILL
To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide
that any rescission of budget authority proposed bj^ the
President take effect unless specifically disapproved by
the adoption of a joint resolution.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF DEFINITION OF RESCISSION
4 BILL.
5 Paragraph (3) of section 1011 of the Impoundment
6 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "rescinds,
7 in whole or in part," and by inserting in lieu thereof "ex-
8 presses its disapproval of.
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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBU-
2 GATION.
3 Subsection (b) of section 1012 of the Impoundment
4 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "rescind-
5 ing all or part of and by inserting in lieu thereof "dis-
6 approving the rescission of.
7 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
8 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
9 with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30,
10 1993.
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February 18, 1993
[From the Congressional Record page H725]
103d congress
1st Session
H.R.1013
To amend the Congressional Budget Control and Impoundment Act of 1974
to establish procedures for the expedited consideration by the Congress
of certain proposals by the President to rescind amounts of budget
authoritv.
IX THE HOUSE OF REPRESEXTATR'ES
February 18. 1993
Mr. Stenholm (for himself. Mr. Johnson of South Dakota. Mr. Pa\'N'E of
Virginia. Mr. Glick>l\x. Mr. Pennt. Mr. Akmey. Mr. Ant)RE\vs of
Texas. Mr. BArcHUS of Florida. Mr. Baesler. Mr. Ballenger. Mr.
Bereiter. Mr. BiLBR.\Y. Mr. BoEHLERT. Mr. Bro\\T)er. Mr. Bryant.
Mr. Burton of Indiana. Mr. BuYTR, Mr. Cardin. Mr. CLEMENT. Mr.
Clinger. Mr. Condit. Mr. Copper.smith. Mr. Cramer. Mr. Diaz-
B.KLART. Mr. DoRN.\x. Mr. Ed\v.\rds of Texas. Mr. FiNGERHUT. Mr.
Pete Geren of Te.xas. Mr. Gibbons. Mr. Gilchrest. Mr. Goss, Mr.
ILvl.L of Texas. Mr. IL\MlLT0N. Ms. IIarman, Mr. HA^â– ES, Mr. Herger.
Mr. HoBSON. Mr. HrcHES. Mr. Inslee. Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut.
Mr. Klink. Mr. KlAG. Mr. L.\R(X'CO. Mr. LANCASTER. Mr. Laughlin.
Mr. Lehm.vn. Mr. >La_vn. Mr. Mazzoli. Mrs. ME'S'ERS of Kansas. Mr.
MiNGE. Mr. MONTGO.MERY, Mrs. MoRELL.\. Mr. Neal of North Caro-
lina. Mr. OxLEY. Mr. Parker. Mr. Peterson of Florida. Mr. Peter-
son of Muinesota. Mr. PETRI, Mr. POMBO, Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Ramstad.
Mr. RoEMER. Mr. Rohr-abacher. Mr. ROWLAND, Mr. Shays, Mr.
Skelton, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Spratt, Mr.
SwETT. Mr. Ta-V.ver. Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Ta^YLOR of Mississippi, Mr.
Upton. Mr Volkmer, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wolf, Mr.
W^T^EN. and Mr. Zeliff) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred jointly to the Committees on Government Operations and Rules
A BILL
To amend tlie Congri'essional Budget Control and Impound-
ment Act of 1974 to establisli procedures for the expe-
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ditcnl consideration by the Congrress of certain proposals
by the President to rescind amounts of budget authority.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoiu>e of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Expedited Consider-
5 ation of Proposed Rescissions Act of 1993".
6 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO-
7 POSED RESCISSIONS.
8 (a) In Genkil^l.— Part B of title X of the Congres-
9 sional Bu(i<>et and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2
10 T'.S.(.'. 681 et seq.) is amended by redesijrnatinjr sections
11 101 ;3 throufrh 1017 as sections 1014 throuph 1018, re-
12 .s]>ectively. and insertinjr after section 1012 the following:
13 new section:
14 "EXTEDITED COXSIDEILATION OF (^EKTAIN PHOPOSED
1 5 RESCISSIONS
16 "Sec. 1013. (a) Proposed Rescission of Budcet
17 Authority. — In addition to the method of rescinding
18 budget authority specified in section 1012, the President
19 may propose, at the time and in the manner pro^^ded in
20 subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority pro-
21 \-ided in an appropriations Act. Funds made available for
22 obligation under this procedure may not be proposed for
23 rescission again under this section or section 1012.
24 -(b) Tli-\N^^M1TTAL OF SPECIAL MESSA(iE.—
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1 "(1) Not later than 3 days after the date of en-
2 actment of an appropriation Act, the President may
3 transmit to Congress a special messagre proposing to
4 rescind amounts of budget authority pro\ided in
5 that Act and include with that special message a
6 draft bill that, if enacted, would only rescind that
7 budget authority. That bill shall clearly identify the
8 amount of budget authority that is proposed to be
9 rescinded for each program,' project, or acti\ity to
10 which that budget authority relates.
11 "(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that
12 includes accounts within the jurisdiction of more
13 than one subcommittee of the Committee on Appro-
14 priations. the President in proposing to rescind
15 budget authority under this section shall send a sep-
16 arate special message and accompauAing draft bill
17 for accounts uithin the jurisdiction of each such sub-
18 committee.
19 "(3) Each special message shall specify, ^\^th
20 respect to the budget authority proposed to be re-
21 scinded, the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)
22 through (5) of section 1012(a).
23 "(c) Limitation on Amounts Subject to Rescis-
24 siox.—
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1 "(1) The amount of budget authority which the
2 President may propose to rescind in a special mes
3 sage under this section for a particular program,
4 project, or acti\ity for a fiscal year may not exceed
i-
5 • 25 percent of the amount appropriated for that pro-
6 gram, project, or acti\ity in that Act.
7 "(2) The limitation contained in paragraph (1)
8 shall only apply to amounts specifically authorized to
9 be ajijiropriated for a particular program, project, or
10 acti\-ity.
11 "(d) Pho^t.dihes for Expkditei) C<)Nsidp:h-
12 ATION. — j
13 "(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of
14 contiiuious session of the ajiplicable House after the
15 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to
16 Congivss under subsection (b), the majority leader
17 or minority leader of the House of Representatives
18 shall introduce (by request) the draft bill accom-
19 pauA-ing that special message. If the bill is not intro-
20 duced as proxnded in the preceding sentence, then,
21 on the third day of continuous session of the House
22 of Representatives after the date of receipt of tliai
23 special message, any Member of that House may in
24 troduce the bill.
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1 "(B) The bill shall be referred to the Commit-
2 tee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
3 tives. The committee shall report the bill wthout
4 substantive revision and ^^^th or without rec-
5 ommendation. The bill shall be reported not later
6 than the seventh day of continuous session of that
7 House after the date of receipt of that special mes-
8 sage. If the Committee on Appropriations fails to re-
9 port the bill within that period, that committee shall
10 be automatically discharged from consideration of
11 the bill, and the bill shall be placed on the appro-
12 priate calendar.
13 "(C) During consideration under this para-
14 gi'aph, any Member of the House of Representatives
15 may move to strike any proposed rescission or re-
16 scissions of budget authority if supported by 49
17 other Members.
18 "(D) A vote on final passage of the bill shall be
19 taken in the House of Representatives on or before
20 the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses-
21 sion of that House after the date of the introduction
22 of the bill in that House. If the bill is passed, the
23 Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause
24 the bill to be engrossed, certified, and transmitted to
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1 the Senate \\ithin one calendar day of the day on
2 which the bill is passed.
3 "(2) (A) A motion in the House of Representa-
4 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill under
5 this section shall be highly privileged and not debat-
6 able. An amendment te the motion shall not be in
7 order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider
8 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
9 agreed to.
10 "(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
11 on a bill under this section shall not exceed 4 hours,
12 which shall be divided equally bet\\'een those favoring
13 and those opposing the bill. A motion further to
14 limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be
15 in order to move to recommit a bill under this sec-
16 tion or to move to reconsider the vote by which the
17 bill is agreed to or disagreed to.
18 "(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
19 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of
20 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill
21 under this section shall be decided \\ithout debate.
22 "(D) Except to the extent specifically provided
23 in the preceding pro\isions of this subsection, con-
24 sidcration of a bill under this section shall bt> gov-
25 erned bv the Rules of the House of Representatives
"*' 'i
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1 "(3) (A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursu-
2 ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to its Com-
3 mittee on Appropriations. The committee shall re-
4 port the bill without substantive revision and \^ith or
5 ^^^thout recommendation. The bill shall be reported
6 not later than the seventh day of continuous session
7 of the Senate after it receives the bill. A committee
8 failing to report the bill within such period shall be
9 automatically discharged fr6m consideration of the
10 bill, and the bill shall be placed upon the appropriate
1 1 calendar.
12 "(B) During consideration under this para-
13 graph, any Member of the Senate may move to
14 strike any proposed rescission or rescissions of budg-
15 et authority if supported by 14 other Members.
16 "(C) A vote on final passage of a bill transmit-
17 ted to the Senate shall be taken on or before the
18 close of the 10th calendar day of continuous session
19 of the Senate after the date on which the bill is
20 transmitted. If the bill is passed in the Senate "with-
21 out amendment, the Secretary- of the Senate shall
22 cause the engrossed bill to be returned to the House
23 of Representatives.
24 "(D) If the bill is amended in the Senate solely
25 as pro\ided by subparagraph (B), the Secretarv' of
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1 the Senate shall cause an engrossed amendment (in
2 the nature of a substitute) to be returned to the
3 House of Representatives. Upon receipt of that
4 amendment from the Senate, the House shall be
5 deemed to have agreed to the Senate amendment
6 and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
7 enroll the bill.
8 "(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
9 the consideration of a bill under this section shall be
10 pri\ileged and not debatable. An amendment to the
1 1 motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
12 to move to reconsider the vote bv which the motion
13 is agreed to or disagreed to.
14 "(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill under this
15 section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
16 connection therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours. The
17 time shall be equally di\ided between, and controlled
18 by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
19 their designees.
20 "(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
21 motion or appeal in connection \\ith a bill under this
22 section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to
23 be equally di\ided between, and controlled by, the
24 mover and the manager of the bill, except that in
25 the event the manager of the bill is in favor of any
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1 such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there-
2 to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
3 designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from
4 time under their control on the passage of a bill,
5 allot additional time to any Senator during the eon-
6 sideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
7 "(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
8 debate on a bill under this section is not debatable.
9 A motion to recommit a bill iinder this section is not
10 in order.
11 "(e) Amendments and Drisions Prohibited. —
12 Except as pro\ided by paragraph (1)(C) or (3)(B) of sub-
13 section (d), no amendment to a bill considered under this
14 section shall be in order in either the House of Represent-
15 atives or the Senate. It shall not be in order to demand
16 a di\ision of the question in the House of Representatives
17 (or in a Committee of the \Miole) or in the Senate. No
18 motion to suspend the application of this subsection shall
19 be in order in either House, nor shall it be in order in
20 either House to suspend the application of this subsection
21 by unanimous consent.
22 "(f) Requirement to MaivE Available for Obli-
23 GATION. — ^Any amount of budget authority proposed to be
24 rescinded in a special message transmitted to Congress
25 under subsection (b) shall be made available for obligation
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1 on the day after the date on which either House defeats
2 the bill transmitted \vith that special message.
3 "(g) Definitions. — For purposes of this section —
4 "(1) the term 'appropriation Act' means any
5 general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or
6 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or
7 continuing appropriations; and
8 "(2) continuity of a session of either House of
9 Congress shall be considered as broken only by an
10 adjournment of that House sine die, and the dax-s on
1 1 which that House is not in session because of an ad-
12 journment of more than 3 days to a date certain
13 shall be excluded in the computation of any period.".
14 (b) Exercise of RuLEMAiaNO Pow-ers. — Section
15 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—
16 (1) by striking "and 1017" in subsection (a)
17 and inserting "1013, and 1018"; and
18 (2) by striking "section 1017" in subsection (d)
19 and inserting "sections 1013 and 1018"; and
20 (c) Conforming Amendments. —
21 (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5))
22 is amended —
23 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking "1013 '
24 and inserting "1014"; and
25 (B) in paragraph (5) —