President Trump, I am still not tired of winning.
The way I read it.
President Trump sends Congress a special message about the proposed rescission.
President Trump with holds the monies for 45 days.
Congress has to pass a law, within 45 days, to approve the rescission.
I am guessing there are 1001 ways to compose a special message to Congress about a proposed rescission.
We are going to need pallets of photocopier paper.
The Congressmen will have to read the bill.
I cannot stop laughing!
https://budget.house.gov/publications/report/impoundment-control-act-1974-what-it-why-does-it-matter
Rescissions
Put simply, if the President wants to spend less money than Congress provided for a particular purpose, he or she must first secure a law providing Congressional approval to rescind the funding in question. The ICA requires that the President send a special message to Congress identifying the amount of the proposed rescission; the reasons for it; and the budgetary, economic, and programmatic effects of the rescission. Upon transmission of such special message, the President may withhold certain funding in the affected accounts for up to 45 legislative session days. If a law approving the rescission is not enacted within the 45 days, any withheld funds must be made available for obligation.
A 2018 Government Accountability Office legal opinion holds that if the President proposes a rescission, he or she must make the affected funds available to be prudently obligated before the funds expire, even if the 45-day clock is still running. This means, for example, that the President cannot strategically time a rescission request for late in the fiscal year and withhold the funding until it expires, thus achieving a rescission without Congressional approval.
“Congress has to pass a law, within 45 days, to approve the rescission.”
If Congress does nothing, then after 45 days the money must be spent.