Sponsor
Virginia Ann Foxx
Representative · R-NC
Representative · R-NC
The resolution speeds congressional consideration and implementation of measures tied to the June 3, 2025 special message by waiving section 1017 procedures, trading faster action for reduced oversight and a higher risk of unreviewed budgetary changes.
Congress and stakeholders: allows measures tied to the June 3, 2025 special message to be considered and passed without meeting section 1017 procedural constraints, which can speed legislative action and shorten the time to implement related policies or funding decisions.
Taxpayers and the public: reduces congressional oversight and transparency by exempting those measures from section 1017 review mechanisms, weakening checks on rescissions or deferrals.
Federal programs and taxpayers: increases the risk that budgetary actions could be passed without the usual reporting or review, potentially leading to unreviewed spending changes that affect program funding and taxpayer costs.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Exempts bills tied to the June 3, 2025 special message from section 1017 of the Impoundment Control Act and adopts House Resolution 492.
Exempts bills and joint resolutions tied to a specific special message transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act on June 3, 2025, from the requirements of section 1017 of that Act. Also adopts an existing House resolution (House Resolution 492) as of enactment. The measure is narrowly procedural: it changes how a particular set of measures connected to the June 3, 2025 special message are treated under the Impoundment Control Act and formally adopts an earlier House resolution. It does not create new spending, set deadlines, or change agency programs.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 11, 2025 by Virginia Ann Foxx · Last progress June 11, 2025