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On the recordApril 14, 2010
I send to the desk a modification of the pending amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has the right to modify his amendment at this time. The amendment is so modified. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: At the end of the amendment, insert the following: SEC. __. RESCISSION OF UNSPENT AND UNCOMMITTED FEDERAL FUNDS. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of all available unobligated Federal funds, the greater of $40,000,000,000 the amount determined necessary under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-139; 124 Stat. 8) to offset the budgetary effect of this Act, excluding this section, in appropriated discretionary unexpired funds are rescinded. (b) Implementation.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall-- (1) identify the accounts and amounts rescinded to implement subsection (a); and (2) submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress of the accounts and amounts identified under paragraph (1) for rescission.
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Tom Coburn
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