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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 281 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Commission on Long-Term Social Security Solvency, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY11, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OLE(for himself and Mr. LATURNER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi- |
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| 12 | 12 | | tion to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 14 | 14 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To establish the Commission on Long-Term Social Security |
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| 17 | 17 | | Solvency, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bipartisan Social Secu-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | rity Commission Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | There is established in the legislative branch a com-7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | mission to be known as the ‘‘Commission on Long-Term 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Social Security Solvency’’ (in this Act referred to as the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘Commission’’). 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 3. DUTY OF THE COMMISSION. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Not later than 1 year after the initial meeting of the 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Commission, the Commission shall transmit to Congress 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | a special message that includes recommendations and pro-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | posed legislation for achieving solvency in each of the Fed-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a period of 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | at least 75 years beginning on the date that is 1 year after 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the initial meeting of the Commission. Such message shall 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | be approved by at least 9 members of the Commission. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SEC. 4. MEMBERS. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a) N |
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| 43 | 43 | | UMBER ANDAPPOINTMENT.—The Commission 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | shall be composed of 13 members. Of the members of the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Commission— 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) 1 shall be appointed by the President; 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | House of Representatives; 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) 3 shall be appointed by the minority leader 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of the House of Representatives; 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (4) 3 shall be appointed by the majority leader 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the Senate; and 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (5) 3 shall be appointed by the minority leader 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the Senate. 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (b) QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL AP-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | POINTEES.—Of the members of the Commission appointed 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | by the Congress, at least 1 appointed by each political 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | party shall be an expert who is not an elected official or 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | an officer or employee of the Federal Government or of 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | any State. 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) T |
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| 65 | 65 | | IMING OFAPPOINTMENTS.—Each of the ap-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | pointments made under subsection (a) shall be made not 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Act. 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (d) T |
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| 70 | 70 | | ERMS; VACANCIES.—Each member shall be ap-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | pointed for the life of the Commission, and a vacancy in 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | original appointment was made. 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (e) C |
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| 75 | 75 | | OMPENSATION.— 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (1) I |
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| 77 | 77 | | N GENERAL.—Members of the Commission 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | shall serve without pay. 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) T |
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| 80 | 80 | | RAVEL EXPENSES .—Each member shall 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | States Code. 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | SEC. 5. OPERATION AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (a) C |
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| 87 | 87 | | HAIR ANDCO-CHAIR.—The member of the 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Commission appointed by the President under section 4(a) 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | shall serve as the chair of the Commission. A co-chair of 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | the Commission shall be designated by the Speaker of the 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | House of Representatives at the time of the appointment. 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (b) M |
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| 96 | 96 | | EETINGS.—The Commission shall meet not 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | later than 30 days after the members of the Commission 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | have been appointed, and at such times thereafter as the 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | chair or co-chair shall determine. 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (c) R |
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| 101 | 101 | | ULES OFPROCEDURE.—The chair and co-chair 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | shall, with the approval of a majority of the members of 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the Commission, establish written rules of procedure for 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | the Commission, which shall include a quorum require-11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ment to conduct the business of the Commission. 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (d) H |
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| 107 | 107 | | EARINGS.—The Commission shall, for the pur-13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | pose of carrying out this Act, hold at least one hearing 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | that is open to the public and allows for public comment 15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | and participation, and may hold such other hearings, sit 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | and act at times and places, take testimony, and receive 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (e) O |
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| 114 | 114 | | BTAININGOFFICIALDATA.—The Commission 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | may secure directly from any department or agency of the 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | United States, including the Congressional Budget Office 21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | and the Government Accountability Office, any informa-22 |
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| 118 | 118 | | tion or technical assistance necessary to enable it to carry 23 |
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| 119 | 119 | | out this Act. Upon request of the chair or co-chair of the 24 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Commission, the head of that department or agency shall 25 |
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| 124 | 124 | | furnish that information or technical assistance to the 1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Commission. 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (f) C |
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| 127 | 127 | | ONTRACTAUTHORITY.—The Commission may 3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | contract with and compensate government and private 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | agencies or persons for any purpose necessary to enable 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | it to carry out this Act. 6 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (g) M |
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| 132 | 132 | | AILS.—The Commission may use the United 7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | States mails in the same manner and under the same con-8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ditions as other departments and agencies of the United 9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | States. 10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | SEC. 6. PERSONNEL. 11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (a) D |
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| 138 | 138 | | IRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a Direc-12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | tor who shall be appointed by the Commission. The Direc-13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | tor shall be paid at a rate of pay equivalent to the annual 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | rate of basic pay for a comparable position paid under the 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | Executive Schedule, subject to the approval of the chair 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | and the co-chair. 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (b) S |
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| 145 | 145 | | TAFF.—The Director may appoint and fix the 18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | pay of additional staff as the Director considers appro-19 |
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| 147 | 147 | | priate. 20 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (c) E |
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| 149 | 149 | | XPERTS ANDCONSULTANTS.—The Commission 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | may procure temporary and intermittent services under 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 24 |
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| 156 | 156 | | annual rate of basic pay for a comparable position paid 1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | under the Executive Schedule. 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (d) S |
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| 159 | 159 | | TAFF OFFEDERALAGENCIES.—Upon request 3 |
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| 160 | 160 | | of the Commission, the head of any Federal department 4 |
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| 161 | 161 | | or agency may detail, without reimbursement, any of the 5 |
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| 162 | 162 | | personnel of that department or agency to the Commission 6 |
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| 163 | 163 | | to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act. 7 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (e) A |
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| 165 | 165 | | DMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTSERVICES.—Upon 8 |
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| 166 | 166 | | the request of the Commission, the Administrator of Gen-9 |
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| 167 | 167 | | eral Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reim-10 |
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| 168 | 168 | | bursable basis, the administrative support services nec-11 |
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| 169 | 169 | | essary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 12 |
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| 170 | 170 | | under this Act. 13 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (f) G |
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| 172 | 172 | | IFTS, BEQUESTS, ANDDEVISES.—The Commis-14 |
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| 173 | 173 | | sion may accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or 15 |
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| 174 | 174 | | devises of services or property, both real and personal, for 16 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Com-17 |
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| 176 | 176 | | mission. Gifts, bequests, or devises of money and proceeds 18 |
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| 177 | 177 | | from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, 19 |
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| 178 | 178 | | or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be 20 |
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| 179 | 179 | | available for disbursement upon order of the Commission. 21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 22 |
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| 181 | 181 | | The Commission shall terminate not later than 60 23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | days after the submission of the report described in sec-24 |
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| 183 | 183 | | tion 3. 25 |
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| 187 | 187 | | SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1 |
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| 188 | 188 | | There is authorized to be appropriated not more than 2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | $2,000,000 to carry out this Act. 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | SEC. 9. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION REC-4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | OMMENDATIONS. 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (a) E |
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| 193 | 193 | | XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION.— 6 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (1) I |
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| 195 | 195 | | NTRODUCTION OF APPROVAL BILL .—The 7 |
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| 196 | 196 | | majority leader of each House or a designee shall 8 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (by request) introduce an approval bill as described 9 |
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| 198 | 198 | | in subsection (c) not later than the third day of ses-10 |
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| 199 | 199 | | sion of that House after the date of receipt of a spe-11 |
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| 200 | 200 | | cial message transmitted to the Congress under sec-12 |
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| 201 | 201 | | tion 3. 13 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (2) C |
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| 203 | 203 | | ONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP -14 |
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| 204 | 204 | | RESENTATIVES.— 15 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (A) R |
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| 206 | 206 | | EFERRAL AND REPORTING .—Any 16 |
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| 207 | 207 | | committee of the House of Representatives to 17 |
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| 208 | 208 | | which an approval bill is referred shall report it 18 |
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| 209 | 209 | | to the House without amendment not later than 19 |
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| 210 | 210 | | the third legislative day after the date of its in-20 |
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| 211 | 211 | | troduction. If a committee fails to report the 21 |
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| 212 | 212 | | bill within that period or the House has adopt-22 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ed a concurrent resolution providing for ad-23 |
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| 214 | 214 | | journment sine die at the end of a Congress, 24 |
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| 215 | 215 | | such committee shall be automatically dis-25 |
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| 216 | 216 | | charged from further consideration of the bill 26 |
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| 220 | 220 | | and it shall be placed on the appropriate cal-1 |
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| 221 | 221 | | endar. 2 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (B) P |
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| 223 | 223 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 3 |
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| 224 | 224 | | Not later than 3 legislative days after the ap-4 |
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| 225 | 225 | | proval bill is reported or a committee has been 5 |
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| 226 | 226 | | discharged from further consideration thereof, 6 |
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| 227 | 227 | | it shall be in order to move to proceed to con-7 |
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| 228 | 228 | | sider the approval bill in the House. Such a mo-8 |
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| 229 | 229 | | tion shall be in order only at a time designated 9 |
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| 230 | 230 | | by the Speaker in the legislative schedule within 10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | two legislative days after the day on which the 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | proponent announces an intention to the House 12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | to offer the motion provided that such notice 13 |
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| 234 | 234 | | may not be given until the approval bill is re-14 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ported or a committee has been discharged 15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | from further consideration thereof. Such a mo-16 |
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| 237 | 237 | | tion shall not be in order after the House has 17 |
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| 238 | 238 | | disposed of a motion to proceed with respect to 18 |
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| 239 | 239 | | that special message. The previous question 19 |
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| 240 | 240 | | shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 20 |
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| 241 | 241 | | its adoption without intervening motion. A mo-21 |
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| 242 | 242 | | tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 22 |
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| 243 | 243 | | is disposed of shall not be in order. 23 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (C) C |
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| 245 | 245 | | ONSIDERATION.—If the motion to 24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | proceed is agreed to, the House shall imme-25 |
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| 250 | 250 | | diately proceed to consider the approval bill in 1 |
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| 251 | 251 | | the House without intervening motion. The ap-2 |
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| 252 | 252 | | proval bill shall be considered as read. All 3 |
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| 253 | 253 | | points of order against the approval bill and 4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | against its consideration are waived. The pre-5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | vious question shall be considered as ordered on 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | the approval bill to its passage without inter-7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | vening motion except 4 hours of debate equally 8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | divided and controlled by the proponent and an 9 |
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| 259 | 259 | | opponent and one motion to limit debate on the 10 |
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| 260 | 260 | | bill. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 11 |
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| 261 | 261 | | of the approval bill shall not be in order. 12 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (3) C |
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| 263 | 263 | | ONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE .— 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (A) C |
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| 265 | 265 | | OMMITTEE ACTION.—The appropriate 14 |
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| 266 | 266 | | committee of the Senate shall report without 15 |
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| 267 | 267 | | amendment the approval bill not later than the 16 |
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| 268 | 268 | | third session day after introduction. If a com-17 |
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| 269 | 269 | | mittee fails to report the approval bill within 18 |
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| 270 | 270 | | that period or the Senate has adopted a concur-19 |
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| 271 | 271 | | rent resolution providing for adjournment sine 20 |
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| 272 | 272 | | die at the end of a Congress, the committee 21 |
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| 273 | 273 | | shall be automatically discharged from further 22 |
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| 274 | 274 | | consideration of the approval bill and it shall be 23 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (B) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Not later than 1 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 3 session days after the approval bill is reported 2 |
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| 281 | 281 | | in the Senate or the committee has been dis-3 |
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| 282 | 282 | | charged thereof, it shall be in order for any 4 |
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| 283 | 283 | | Senator to move to proceed to consider the ap-5 |
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| 284 | 284 | | proval bill in the Senate. The motion shall be 6 |
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| 285 | 285 | | decided without debate and the motion to re-7 |
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| 286 | 286 | | consider shall be deemed to have been laid on 8 |
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| 287 | 287 | | the table. Such a motion shall not be in order 9 |
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| 288 | 288 | | after the Senate has disposed of a prior motion 10 |
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| 289 | 289 | | to proceed with respect to the approval bill. 11 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (C) C |
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| 291 | 291 | | ONSIDERATION.—If a motion to pro-12 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ceed to the consideration of the approval bill is 13 |
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| 293 | 293 | | agreed to, the Senate shall immediately proceed 14 |
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| 294 | 294 | | to consideration of the approval bill without in-15 |
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| 295 | 295 | | tervening motion, order, or other business, and 16 |
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| 296 | 296 | | the approval bill shall remain the unfinished 17 |
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| 297 | 297 | | business of the Senate until disposed of. Con-18 |
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| 298 | 298 | | sideration on the bill in the Senate under this 19 |
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| 299 | 299 | | subsection, and all debatable motions and ap-20 |
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| 300 | 300 | | peals in connection therewith, shall not exceed 21 |
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| 301 | 301 | | 30 hours equally divided in the usual form. All 22 |
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| 302 | 302 | | points of order against the approval bill or its 23 |
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| 303 | 303 | | consideration are waived. Consideration in the 24 |
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| 308 | 308 | | connection with the approval bill shall be lim-1 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ited to not more than 1 hour. A motion to post-2 |
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| 310 | 310 | | pone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-3 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ation of other business, or a motion to recom-4 |
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| 312 | 312 | | mit the approval bill is not in order. A motion 5 |
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| 313 | 313 | | to reconsider the vote by which the approval bill 6 |
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| 314 | 314 | | is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. 7 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (4) A |
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| 316 | 316 | | MENDMENTS PROHIBITED .—No amend-8 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ment to, or motion to strike a provision from, an ap-9 |
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| 318 | 318 | | proval bill considered under this section shall be in 10 |
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| 319 | 319 | | order in either the Senate or the House of Rep-11 |
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| 320 | 320 | | resentatives. 12 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (5) C |
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| 322 | 322 | | OORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER 13 |
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| 323 | 323 | | HOUSE.— 14 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (A) I |
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| 325 | 325 | | N GENERAL.—If, before passing the 15 |
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| 326 | 326 | | approval bill, one House receives from the other 16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | a bill— 17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (i) the approval bill of the other 18 |
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| 329 | 329 | | House shall not be referred to a com-19 |
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| 330 | 330 | | mittee; and 20 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (ii) the procedure in the receiving 21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | House shall be the same as if no approval 22 |
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| 333 | 333 | | bill had been received from the other 23 |
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| 334 | 334 | | House until the vote on passage, when the 24 |
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| 335 | 335 | | bill received from the other House shall 25 |
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| 339 | 339 | | supplant the approval bill of the receiving 1 |
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| 340 | 340 | | House. 2 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (B) E |
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| 342 | 342 | | XCEPTION.—This paragraph shall 3 |
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| 343 | 343 | | not apply to the House of Representatives. 4 |
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| 345 | 345 | | IMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply only to 5 |
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| 346 | 346 | | an approval bill described in subsection (c) and introduced 6 |
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| 347 | 347 | | pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 7 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (c) A |
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| 349 | 349 | | PPROVALBILLDESCRIBED.—For purposes of 8 |
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| 350 | 350 | | subsection (a), a bill described in this paragraph is a bill— 9 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (1) which consists of the proposed legislation 10 |
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| 352 | 352 | | which is included in such report to carry out the rec-11 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ommendations made by the Commission in the re-12 |
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| 354 | 354 | | port; and 13 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (2) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A bill to 14 |
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| 356 | 356 | | carry out the recommendations of the Commission 15 |
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| 357 | 357 | | on Long-Term Social Security Solvency.’’. 16 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (d) E |
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| 359 | 359 | | XTENDEDTIMEPERIOD.—If Congress adjourns 17 |
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| 360 | 360 | | at the end of a Congress and an approval bill was then 18 |
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| 361 | 361 | | pending in either House of Congress or a committee there-19 |
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| 362 | 362 | | of, or an approval bill had not yet been introduced with 20 |
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| 363 | 363 | | respect to a special message, then within the first 3 days 21 |
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| 364 | 364 | | of session of the next Congress, the Commission shall 22 |
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| 365 | 365 | | transmit to Congress an additional special message con-23 |
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| 366 | 366 | | taining all of the information in the previous, pending spe-24 |
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| 367 | 367 | | cial message. An approval bill may be introduced within 25 |
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| 371 | 371 | | the first five days of session of such next Congress and 1 |
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| 372 | 372 | | shall be treated as an approval bill under this section, and 2 |
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| 373 | 373 | | the time periods described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of 3 |
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| 374 | 374 | | subsection (a) shall commence on the day of introduction 4 |
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| 375 | 375 | | of that approval bill. 5 |
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