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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 222 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, 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 | | JANUARY7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASE(for himself, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. NUNNof Iowa) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be |
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| 13 | 13 | | subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration |
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| 14 | 14 | | of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- |
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| 15 | 15 | | cerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To establish a national commission on fiscal responsibility |
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| 18 | 18 | | and reform, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sustainable Budget 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) E |
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| 26 | 26 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, there shall be estab-8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lished within the legislative branch a commission to be 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | known as the National Commission on Fiscal Responsi-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | bility and Reform (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Commis-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sion’’). 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) M |
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| 36 | 36 | | EMBERSHIP.— 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) C |
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| 38 | 38 | | OMPOSITION OF COMMISSION .—A Commis-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | sion shall be composed of 18 members of whom— 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) six members shall be appointed by the 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | President, of whom not more than 4 shall be 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | from the same political party; 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) three members shall be appointed by 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the majority leader of the Senate, from among 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | current Members of the Senate; 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (C) three members shall be appointed by 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | from among current Members of the House of 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Representatives; 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (D) three members shall be appointed by 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the minority leader of the Senate, from among 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | current Members of the Senate; and 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (E) three members shall be appointed by 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the minority leader of the House of Representa-22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | tives, from among current Members of the 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | House of Representatives. 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS .—Initial appoint-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ments to the Commission shall be made not later 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | than 60 days after the establishment of the Commis-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | sion. 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) V |
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| 65 | 65 | | ACANCY.—A vacancy on the Commission 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | shall be filled in the same manner as the initial ap-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | pointment. 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (c) C |
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| 69 | 69 | | O-CHAIRPERSONS.—From among the members 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | appointed under paragraph (1), the President shall des-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ignate 2 members, who shall not be of the same political 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | party, to serve as Co-Chairpersons of the Commission. 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (d) Q |
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| 74 | 74 | | UALIFICATIONS.—Members appointed to the 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Commission shall have significant depth of experience and 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | responsibilities in matters relating to government service, 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | fiscal policy, economics, Federal agency management or 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | private sector management, public administration, and 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | law. 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (e) D |
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| 81 | 81 | | UTIES.— 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (1) I |
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| 83 | 83 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall iden-19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the me-20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | dium term and to achieve fiscal sustainability over 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the long term. 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) R |
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| 88 | 88 | | EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para-23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | graph (1), the Commission shall— 24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (A) propose recommendations designed to 1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | balance the budget, excluding interest payments 2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | on the debt, by the end of the 10-year period 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | beginning on the date on which the Commission 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | is established, in order to stabilize the debt-to- 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | GDP ratio at an acceptable level; and 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (B) propose recommendations that mean-7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ingfully improve the long-term fiscal outlook, 8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | including changes to address the growth of enti-9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | tlement spending and the gap between the pro-10 |
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| 103 | 103 | | jected revenues and expenditures of the Federal 11 |
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| 104 | 104 | | Government. 12 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (f) R |
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| 106 | 106 | | EPORTS.— 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (1) I |
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| 108 | 108 | | N GENERAL.— 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (A) F |
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| 110 | 110 | | INAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | year after the date on which members are ap-16 |
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| 112 | 112 | | pointed to the Commission under subsection 17 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (b), the Commission shall vote on the approval 18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | of a final report containing the recommenda-19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | tions required under subsection (e). 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (B) I |
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| 117 | 117 | | NTERIM REPORTS.—At any time after 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | the date on which members are appointed and 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | prior to voting on the approval of a final report 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | under subparagraph (A), the Commission may 24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | vote on the approval of an interim report con-25 |
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| 125 | 125 | | taining such recommendations described in sub-1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | section (e) as the Commission may provide. 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (2) A |
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| 128 | 128 | | PPROVAL OF REPORT .—The Commission 3 |
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| 129 | 129 | | may only issue a report under this subsection if— 4 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (A) the report is approved by not less than 5 |
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| 131 | 131 | | 12 members of the Commission; and 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (B) of the members approving the report, 7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | at least 4 are members of the same political 8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | party to which the Speaker of the House of 9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Representatives belongs and at least 4 are 10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | members of the same political party to which 11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | the minority leader of the House of Representa-12 |
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| 138 | 138 | | tives belongs. 13 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (3) S |
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| 140 | 140 | | UBMISSION OF REPORT TO CONGRESS .— 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Each report approved under this subsection shall be 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | submitted to Congress and made available to the 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | public. 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (g) P |
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| 145 | 145 | | OWERS OF THECOMMISSION.— 18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (1) H |
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| 147 | 147 | | EARINGS.—The Commission may hold 19 |
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| 148 | 148 | | such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, 20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | take such testimony, and receive such evidence as 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | the Commission considers advisable to carry out the 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | duties of the Commission described in subsection (e). 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (2) I |
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| 153 | 153 | | NFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES .— 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | The Commission may secure directly from any Fed-25 |
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| 158 | 158 | | eral agency such information as the Commission 1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | considers necessary to carry out the duties of the 2 |
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| 160 | 160 | | Commission described in subsection (e). Upon re-3 |
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| 161 | 161 | | quest from the Co-Chairpersons of the Commission, 4 |
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| 162 | 162 | | the head of the Federal agency shall provide the in-5 |
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| 163 | 163 | | formation requested to the Commission. 6 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (3) P |
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| 165 | 165 | | OSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 7 |
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| 166 | 166 | | use the United States mail in the same manner and 8 |
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| 167 | 167 | | under the same conditions as other departments and 9 |
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| 168 | 168 | | agencies of the Federal Government. 10 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (4) W |
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| 170 | 170 | | EBSITE.— 11 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (A) C |
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| 172 | 172 | | ONTENTS.—The Commission shall es-12 |
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| 173 | 173 | | tablish a website that shall contain— 13 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (i) the recommendations required 14 |
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| 175 | 175 | | under subsection (e); and 15 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (ii) the records of attendance of the 16 |
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| 177 | 177 | | members of the Commission for each meet-17 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ing of the Commission. 18 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (B) D |
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| 180 | 180 | | ATE OF PUBLICATION .—The Com-19 |
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| 181 | 181 | | mission shall publish a recommendation or 20 |
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| 182 | 182 | | record of attendance described under subpara-21 |
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| 183 | 183 | | graph (A) on the website established under 22 |
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| 184 | 184 | | such subparagraph not later than 72 hours 23 |
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| 185 | 185 | | after the conclusion of the meeting at which 24 |
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| 189 | 189 | | such recommendation is made or at which such 1 |
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| 190 | 190 | | record of attendance is taken. 2 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (h) A |
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| 192 | 192 | | SSISTANCE OFOTHERLEGISLATIVEBRANCH 3 |
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| 193 | 193 | | E |
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| 194 | 194 | | NTITIES.— 4 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (1) G |
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| 196 | 196 | | OVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE .— 5 |
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| 197 | 197 | | The Comptroller General shall provide technical as-6 |
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| 198 | 198 | | sistance to the Commission, as the Commission con-7 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ducts the work of the Commission, on the findings 8 |
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| 200 | 200 | | and recommendations of the Government Account-9 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ability Office. 10 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (2) C |
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| 203 | 203 | | ONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE .—The 11 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall 12 |
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| 205 | 205 | | provide technical assistance to the Commission, as 13 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the Commission conducts the work of the Commis-14 |
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| 207 | 207 | | sion, on the findings and recommendations of the 15 |
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| 208 | 208 | | Congressional Budget Office. 16 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (3) J |
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| 210 | 210 | | OINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION .—The 17 |
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| 211 | 211 | | chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation shall pro-18 |
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| 212 | 212 | | vide technical assistance to the Commission, as the 19 |
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| 213 | 213 | | Commission conducts the work of the Commission, 20 |
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| 214 | 214 | | on the findings and recommendations of the Joint 21 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Committee on Taxation. 22 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (i) P |
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| 217 | 217 | | ERSONNELMATTERS.— 23 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (1) I |
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| 219 | 219 | | N GENERAL.—Members of the Commission 24 |
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| 220 | 220 | | shall serve without any additional compensation. 25 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Com-1 |
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| 225 | 225 | | mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including 2 |
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| 226 | 226 | | per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized 3 |
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| 227 | 227 | | for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 4 |
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| 228 | 228 | | chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 5 |
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| 229 | 229 | | away from their homes or regular places of business 6 |
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| 230 | 230 | | in the performance of services for the Commission. 7 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (3) S |
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| 232 | 232 | | TAFF.— 8 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (A) I |
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| 234 | 234 | | N GENERAL.—The Co-Chairpersons of 9 |
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| 235 | 235 | | the Commission, may without regard to the civil 10 |
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| 236 | 236 | | service laws and regulations, appoint and termi-11 |
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| 237 | 237 | | nate an executive director and such other addi-12 |
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| 238 | 238 | | tional personnel as may be necessary to enable 13 |
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| 239 | 239 | | the Commission to perform its duties. The em-14 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ployment of an executive director shall be sub-15 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ject to confirmation by the Commission. 16 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (B) C |
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| 243 | 243 | | OMPENSATION.—The Co-Chairper-17 |
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| 244 | 244 | | sons of the Commission may fix the compensa-18 |
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| 245 | 245 | | tion of the executive director and other per-19 |
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| 246 | 246 | | sonnel without regard to the provisions of chap-20 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 21 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 5, United States Code, relating to the classifica-22 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tion of positions and General Schedule pay 23 |
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| 250 | 250 | | rates, except that the rate of pay for the execu-24 |
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| 251 | 251 | | tive director and other personnel may not ex-25 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ceed the rate payable for level V of the Execu-1 |
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| 256 | 256 | | tive Schedule under section 5613 of such title. 2 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (4) D |
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| 258 | 258 | | ETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES .— 3 |
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| 259 | 259 | | Any Federal Government employee may be detailed 4 |
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| 260 | 260 | | to the Commission without reimbursement, and such 5 |
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| 261 | 261 | | detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 6 |
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| 262 | 262 | | service status or privilege. 7 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (5) P |
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| 264 | 264 | | ROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTER -8 |
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| 265 | 265 | | MITTENT SERVICES.—The Co-Chairpersons of each 9 |
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| 266 | 266 | | Commission may procure temporary and intermit-10 |
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| 267 | 267 | | tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 11 |
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| 268 | 268 | | States Code, at rates for individuals which do not 12 |
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| 269 | 269 | | exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 13 |
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| 270 | 270 | | basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 14 |
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| 271 | 271 | | Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 15 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (j) T |
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| 273 | 273 | | ERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.—The Com-16 |
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| 274 | 274 | | mission established shall terminate 30 days after the date 17 |
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| 275 | 275 | | on which the Commission submits the final report of the 18 |
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| 276 | 276 | | Commission under subsection (f). 19 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (k) R |
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| 278 | 278 | | ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 20 |
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| 279 | 279 | | shall be construed to— 21 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (1) impair or otherwise affect— 22 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (A) authority granted by law to an execu-23 |
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| 282 | 282 | | tive department, agency, or the head thereof; or 24 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (B) functions of the Director of the Office 1 |
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| 287 | 287 | | of Management and Budget relating to budg-2 |
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| 288 | 288 | | etary, administrative, or legislative proposals; or 3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (2) create any right or benefit, substantive or 4 |
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| 290 | 290 | | procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 5 |
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| 291 | 291 | | party against the United States, its departments, 6 |
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| 292 | 292 | | agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 7 |
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| 293 | 293 | | agents, or any other person. 8 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (l) A |
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| 295 | 295 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 9 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (1) I |
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| 297 | 297 | | N GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 10 |
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| 298 | 298 | | appropriated to the Commission such sums as may 11 |
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| 299 | 299 | | be necessary to carry out this Act. 12 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (2) A |
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| 301 | 301 | | VAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated 13 |
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| 302 | 302 | | under paragraph (1) shall remain available, without 14 |
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| 303 | 303 | | fiscal year limitation, until expended. 15 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (m) F |
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| 305 | 305 | | EDERALAGENCYDEFINED.—The term ‘‘Fed-16 |
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| 306 | 306 | | eral agency’’ means an establishment in the executive, leg-17 |
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| 307 | 307 | | islative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government. 18 |
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| 308 | 308 | | SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION RECOMMENDA-19 |
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| 309 | 309 | | TIONS. 20 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (a) S |
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| 311 | 311 | | UBMISSION OF PROPOSEDJOINTRESOLU-21 |
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| 312 | 312 | | TION.—Not later than 60 days after the date on which 22 |
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| 313 | 313 | | the Commission submits a report to Congress under sec-23 |
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| 314 | 314 | | tion 2(f)(3), the President shall transmit to Congress a 24 |
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| 315 | 315 | | special message on the report, accompanied by a proposed 25 |
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| 319 | 319 | | joint resolution consisting of legislative language to imple-1 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ment the recommendations contained in such report. 2 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (b) R |
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| 322 | 322 | | EQUIREMENTS FOR PREPARATION OF PRO-3 |
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| 323 | 323 | | POSEDJOINTRESOLUTION.— 4 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (1) C |
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| 325 | 325 | | ONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS .— 5 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (A) I |
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| 327 | 327 | | N GENERAL.—The President may not 6 |
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| 328 | 328 | | transmit a proposed joint resolution under sub-7 |
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| 329 | 329 | | section (a) until after the President completes 8 |
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| 330 | 330 | | consultation with Congress in accordance with 9 |
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| 331 | 331 | | this paragraph. 10 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (B) C |
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| 333 | 333 | | ONSULTATION WITH COMMITTEES .— 11 |
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| 334 | 334 | | The President shall consult with the chairman 12 |
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| 335 | 335 | | and ranking minority member of each relevant 13 |
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| 336 | 336 | | committee of the Senate or of the House of 14 |
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| 337 | 337 | | Representatives regarding the contents of a 15 |
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| 338 | 338 | | proposed joint resolution. 16 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (C) R |
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| 340 | 340 | | EQUIREMENTS FOR CONSULTA -17 |
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| 341 | 341 | | TION.—The consultation required under sub-18 |
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| 342 | 342 | | paragraph (B) shall provide the opportunity for 19 |
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| 343 | 343 | | the chairman and ranking member of each rel-20 |
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| 344 | 344 | | evant committee of the Senate or of the House 21 |
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| 345 | 345 | | of Representatives to provide— 22 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (i) recommendations for alternative 23 |
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| 347 | 347 | | means of addressing the recommendations 24 |
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| 348 | 348 | | contained in the Commission report; and 25 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (ii) recommendations regarding which 1 |
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| 353 | 353 | | recommendations contained in the Com-2 |
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| 354 | 354 | | mission report should not be addressed in 3 |
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| 355 | 355 | | the proposed joint resolution. 4 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (D) R |
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| 357 | 357 | | ELEVANT COMMITTEES .—The rel-5 |
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| 358 | 358 | | evant committees of the Senate and the House 6 |
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| 359 | 359 | | of Representatives for purposes of this para-7 |
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| 360 | 360 | | graph shall be— 8 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (i) determined by the President; and 9 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (ii) based on the content of the pro-10 |
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| 363 | 363 | | posed joint resolution. 11 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (2) C |
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| 365 | 365 | | ONSULTATION WITH GAO AND CBO .—The 12 |
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| 366 | 366 | | President shall prepare a proposed joint resolution 13 |
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| 367 | 367 | | transmitted under subsection (a) in consultation 14 |
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| 368 | 368 | | with the Comptroller General of the United States 15 |
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| 369 | 369 | | and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 16 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (c) C |
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| 371 | 371 | | ONTENTS OF SPECIALMESSAGE.—A special 17 |
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| 372 | 372 | | message transmitted under subsection (a) shall— 18 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (1) specify recommendations outlined in the 19 |
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| 374 | 374 | | Commission report that are excluded from the pro-20 |
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| 375 | 375 | | posed joint resolution; 21 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (2) detail why the recommendations described 22 |
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| 377 | 377 | | in paragraph (1) were excluded from the proposed 23 |
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| 378 | 378 | | joint resolution; 24 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (3) specify recommendations outlined in the 1 |
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| 383 | 383 | | Commission report that are included in the proposed 2 |
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| 384 | 384 | | joint resolution; and 3 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (4) identify programs included in the Commis-4 |
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| 386 | 386 | | sion report that should be eliminated or consoli-5 |
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| 387 | 387 | | dated. 6 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (d) T |
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| 389 | 389 | | RANSMITTAL.—The President shall submit the 7 |
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| 390 | 390 | | special message to the Secretary of the Senate if the Sen-8 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ate is not in session and to the Clerk of the House of 9 |
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| 392 | 392 | | Representatives if the House is not in session. 10 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (e) P |
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| 394 | 394 | | UBLICAVAILABILITY.—The President shall 11 |
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| 395 | 395 | | make a copy of the special message and the proposed joint 12 |
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| 396 | 396 | | resolution publicly available, including publicly available 13 |
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| 397 | 397 | | on a website of the President, and shall publish in the 14 |
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| 398 | 398 | | Federal Register a notice of the message and information 15 |
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| 399 | 399 | | on how it can be obtained. 16 |
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| 400 | 400 | | SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED JOINT 17 |
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| 401 | 401 | | RESOLUTION. 18 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (a) Q |
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| 403 | 403 | | UALIFYINGLEGISLATION.— 19 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (1) I |
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| 405 | 405 | | N GENERAL.—Only a Commission joint 20 |
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| 406 | 406 | | resolution shall be entitled to expedited consideration 21 |
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| 407 | 407 | | under this section. 22 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (2) D |
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| 409 | 409 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the term 23 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘Commission joint resolution’’ means a joint resolu-24 |
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| 411 | 411 | | tion which consists solely of the text of the proposed 25 |
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| 415 | 415 | | joint resolution submitted by the President under 1 |
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| 416 | 416 | | section 3(a). 2 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (b) C |
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| 418 | 418 | | ONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OFREPRESENT-3 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ATIVES.— 4 |
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| 420 | 420 | | (1) I |
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| 421 | 421 | | NTRODUCTION.—A Commission joint reso-5 |
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| 422 | 422 | | lution may be introduced in the House of Represent-6 |
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| 423 | 423 | | atives (by request)— 7 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (A) by the majority leader of the House of 8 |
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| 425 | 425 | | Representatives, or by a Member of the House 9 |
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| 426 | 426 | | of Representatives designated by the majority 10 |
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| 427 | 427 | | leader of the House of Representatives, on the 11 |
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| 428 | 428 | | next legislative day after the date on which the 12 |
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| 429 | 429 | | President submits the proposed joint resolution 13 |
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| 430 | 430 | | under section 3(a); or 14 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (B) if the Commission joint resolution is 15 |
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| 432 | 432 | | not introduced under subparagraph (A), by any 16 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Member of the House of Representatives on any 17 |
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| 434 | 434 | | legislative day beginning on the legislative day 18 |
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| 435 | 435 | | after the legislative day described in subpara-19 |
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| 436 | 436 | | graph (A). 20 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (2) R |
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| 438 | 438 | | EFERRAL AND REPORTING .—Any com-21 |
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| 439 | 439 | | mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 22 |
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| 440 | 440 | | Commission joint resolution is referred shall report 23 |
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| 441 | 441 | | the Commission joint resolution to the House of 24 |
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| 442 | 442 | | Representatives without amendment not later than 25 |
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| 446 | 446 | | 10 legislative days after the date on which the Com-1 |
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| 447 | 447 | | mission joint resolution was so referred. If a com-2 |
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| 448 | 448 | | mittee of the House of Representatives fails to re-3 |
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| 449 | 449 | | port a Commission joint resolution within that pe-4 |
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| 450 | 450 | | riod, it shall be in order to move that the House of 5 |
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| 451 | 451 | | Representatives discharge the committee from fur-6 |
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| 452 | 452 | | ther consideration of the Commission joint resolu-7 |
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| 453 | 453 | | tion. Such a motion shall not be in order after the 8 |
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| 454 | 454 | | last committee authorized to consider the Commis-9 |
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| 455 | 455 | | sion joint resolution reports it to the House of Rep-10 |
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| 456 | 456 | | resentatives or after the House of Representatives 11 |
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| 457 | 457 | | has disposed of a motion to discharge the Commis-12 |
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| 458 | 458 | | sion joint resolution. The previous question shall be 13 |
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| 459 | 459 | | considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 14 |
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| 460 | 460 | | without intervening motion except 20 minutes of de-15 |
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| 461 | 461 | | bate equally divided and controlled by the proponent 16 |
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| 462 | 462 | | and an opponent. If such a motion is adopted, the 17 |
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| 463 | 463 | | House of Representatives shall proceed immediately 18 |
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| 464 | 464 | | to consider the Commission joint resolution in ac-19 |
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| 465 | 465 | | cordance with paragraphs (3) and (4). A motion to 20 |
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| 466 | 466 | | reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed 21 |
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| 467 | 467 | | of shall not be in order. 22 |
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| 468 | 468 | | (3) P |
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| 469 | 469 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .—After 23 |
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| 470 | 470 | | the last committee authorized to consider a Commis-24 |
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| 471 | 471 | | sion joint resolution reports it to the House of Rep-25 |
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| 475 | 475 | | resentatives or has been discharged (other than by 1 |
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| 476 | 476 | | motion) from its consideration, it shall be in order 2 |
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| 477 | 477 | | to move to proceed to consider the Commission joint 3 |
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| 478 | 478 | | resolution in the House of Representatives. Such a 4 |
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| 479 | 479 | | motion shall not be in order after the House of Rep-5 |
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| 480 | 480 | | resentatives has disposed of a motion to proceed 6 |
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| 481 | 481 | | with respect to the Commission joint resolution. The 7 |
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| 482 | 482 | | previous question shall be considered as ordered on 8 |
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| 483 | 483 | | the motion to its adoption without intervening mo-9 |
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| 484 | 484 | | tion. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 10 |
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| 485 | 485 | | motion is disposed of shall not be in order. 11 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (4) C |
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| 487 | 487 | | ONSIDERATION.—The Commission joint 12 |
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| 488 | 488 | | resolution shall be considered as read. All points of 13 |
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| 489 | 489 | | order against the Commission joint resolution and 14 |
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| 490 | 490 | | against its consideration are waived. The previous 15 |
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| 491 | 491 | | question shall be considered as ordered on the Com-16 |
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| 492 | 492 | | mission joint resolution to its passage without inter-17 |
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| 493 | 493 | | vening motion except 2 hours of debate equally di-18 |
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| 494 | 494 | | vided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo-19 |
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| 495 | 495 | | nent and 1 motion to limit debate on the Commis-20 |
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| 496 | 496 | | sion joint resolution. A motion to reconsider the vote 21 |
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| 497 | 497 | | on passage of the Commission joint resolution shall 22 |
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| 498 | 498 | | not be in order. 23 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (5) V |
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| 500 | 500 | | OTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 24 |
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| 501 | 501 | | of the Commission joint resolution shall occur not 25 |
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| 505 | 505 | | later than 3 legislative days after the date on which 1 |
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| 506 | 506 | | the last committee authorized to consider the Com-2 |
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| 507 | 507 | | mission joint resolution reports it to the House of 3 |
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| 508 | 508 | | Representatives or is discharged. 4 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (c) E |
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| 510 | 510 | | XPEDITEDPROCEDURE IN THESENATE.— 5 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (1) I |
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| 512 | 512 | | NTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE .—A Com-6 |
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| 513 | 513 | | mission joint resolution may be introduced in the 7 |
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| 514 | 514 | | Senate (by request)— 8 |
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| 515 | 515 | | (A) by the majority leader of the Senate, 9 |
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| 516 | 516 | | or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 10 |
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| 517 | 517 | | majority leader of the Senate, on the next legis-11 |
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| 518 | 518 | | lative day after the date on which the President 12 |
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| 519 | 519 | | submits the proposed joint resolution under sec-13 |
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| 520 | 520 | | tion 3(a); or 14 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (B) if the Commission joint resolution is 15 |
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| 522 | 522 | | not introduced under subparagraph (A), by any 16 |
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| 523 | 523 | | Member of the Senate on any day on which the 17 |
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| 524 | 524 | | Senate is in session beginning on the day after 18 |
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| 525 | 525 | | the day described in subparagraph (A). 19 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (2) C |
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| 527 | 527 | | OMMITTEE CONSIDERATION .—A Commis-20 |
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| 528 | 528 | | sion joint resolution introduced in the Senate under 21 |
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| 529 | 529 | | paragraph (1) shall be jointly referred to the com-22 |
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| 530 | 530 | | mittee or committees of jurisdiction, which commit-23 |
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| 531 | 531 | | tees shall report the Commission joint resolution 24 |
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| 532 | 532 | | without any revision and with a favorable rec-25 |
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| 536 | 536 | | ommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 1 |
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| 537 | 537 | | without recommendation, not later than 10 session 2 |
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| 538 | 538 | | days after the date on which the Commission joint 3 |
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| 539 | 539 | | resolution was so referred. If any committee to 4 |
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| 540 | 540 | | which a Commission joint resolution is referred fails 5 |
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| 541 | 541 | | to report the Commission joint resolution within that 6 |
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| 542 | 542 | | period, that committee shall be automatically dis-7 |
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| 543 | 543 | | charged from consideration of the Commission joint 8 |
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| 544 | 544 | | resolution, and the Commission joint resolution shall 9 |
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| 545 | 545 | | be placed on the appropriate calendar. 10 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (3) P |
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| 547 | 547 | | ROCEEDING.—Notwithstanding rule XXII 11 |
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| 548 | 548 | | of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, 12 |
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| 549 | 549 | | not later than 2 days of session after the date on 13 |
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| 550 | 550 | | which a Commission joint resolution is reported or 14 |
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| 551 | 551 | | discharged from all committees to which the Com-15 |
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| 552 | 552 | | mission joint resolution was referred, for the major-16 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ity leader of the Senate or the designee of the major-17 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ity leader to move to proceed to the consideration of 18 |
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| 555 | 555 | | the Commission joint resolution. It shall also be in 19 |
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| 556 | 556 | | order for any Member of the Senate to move to pro-20 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ceed to the consideration of the Commission joint 21 |
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| 558 | 558 | | resolution at any time after the conclusion of such 22 |
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| 559 | 559 | | 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even 23 |
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| 560 | 560 | | though a previous motion to the same effect has 24 |
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| 561 | 561 | | been disagreed to. All points of order against the 25 |
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| 565 | 565 | | motion to proceed to the Commission joint resolution 1 |
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| 566 | 566 | | are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 2 |
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| 567 | 567 | | The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. 3 |
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| 568 | 568 | | A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 4 |
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| 569 | 569 | | is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 5 |
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| 570 | 570 | | a motion to proceed to the consideration of the Com-6 |
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| 571 | 571 | | mission joint resolution is agreed to, the Commission 7 |
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| 572 | 572 | | joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business 8 |
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| 573 | 573 | | until disposed of. All points of order against a Com-9 |
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| 574 | 574 | | mission joint resolution and against consideration of 10 |
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| 575 | 575 | | the Commission joint resolution are waived. 11 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (4) N |
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| 577 | 577 | | O AMENDMENTS .—An amendment to a 12 |
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| 578 | 578 | | Commission joint resolution, or a motion to post-13 |
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| 579 | 579 | | pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 14 |
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| 580 | 580 | | other business, or a motion to recommit the Com-15 |
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| 581 | 581 | | mission joint resolution, is not in order. 16 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (5) R |
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| 583 | 583 | | ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE .— 17 |
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| 584 | 584 | | Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 18 |
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| 585 | 585 | | the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 19 |
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| 586 | 586 | | case may be, to the procedure relating to a Commis-20 |
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| 587 | 587 | | sion joint resolution shall be decided without debate. 21 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (d) A |
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| 589 | 589 | | MENDMENT.—A Commission joint resolution 22 |
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| 590 | 590 | | shall not be subject to amendment in either the Senate 23 |
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| 591 | 591 | | or the House of Representatives. 24 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (e) C |
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| 593 | 593 | | ONSIDERATION BY THE OTHERHOUSE.— 25 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing a Commis-1 |
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| 598 | 598 | | sion joint resolution, a House receives from the 2 |
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| 599 | 599 | | other House a Commission joint resolution of the 3 |
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| 600 | 600 | | other House— 4 |
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| 601 | 601 | | (A) the Commission joint resolution of the 5 |
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| 602 | 602 | | other House shall not be referred to a com-6 |
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| 603 | 603 | | mittee; and 7 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (B) the procedure in the receiving House 8 |
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| 605 | 605 | | shall be the same as if no Commission joint res-9 |
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| 606 | 606 | | olution had been received from the other House 10 |
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| 607 | 607 | | until the vote on passage, when the Commission 11 |
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| 608 | 608 | | joint resolution received from the other House 12 |
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| 609 | 609 | | shall supplant the Commission joint resolution 13 |
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| 610 | 610 | | of the receiving House. 14 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (2) R |
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| 612 | 612 | | EVENUE MEASURES .—This subsection 15 |
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| 613 | 613 | | shall not apply to the House of Representatives if a 16 |
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| 614 | 614 | | Commission joint resolution received from the Sen-17 |
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| 615 | 615 | | ate is a revenue measure. 18 |
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| 616 | 616 | | (f) R |
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| 617 | 617 | | ULESTOCOORDINATEACTIONWITHOTHER 19 |
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| 618 | 618 | | H |
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| 620 | 620 | | (1) T |
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| 621 | 621 | | REATMENT OF COMMISSION JOINT RESO -21 |
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| 622 | 622 | | LUTION OF OTHER HOUSE .—If a Commission joint 22 |
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| 623 | 623 | | resolution is not introduced in the Senate or the 23 |
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| 624 | 624 | | Senate fails to consider a Commission joint resolu-24 |
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| 625 | 625 | | tion under this section, the Commission joint resolu-25 |
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| 629 | 629 | | tion of the House of Representatives shall be entitled 1 |
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| 630 | 630 | | to expedited floor procedures under this section. 2 |
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| 631 | 631 | | (2) T |
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| 632 | 632 | | REATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN 3 |
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| 633 | 633 | | THE SENATE.—If, following passage of a Commis-4 |
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| 634 | 634 | | sion joint resolution in the Senate, the Senate then 5 |
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| 635 | 635 | | receives from the House of Representatives a Com-6 |
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| 636 | 636 | | mission joint resolution, the House-passed Commis-7 |
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| 637 | 637 | | sion joint resolution shall not be debatable. The vote 8 |
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| 638 | 638 | | on passage of the Commission joint resolution in the 9 |
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| 639 | 639 | | Senate shall be considered to be the vote on passage 10 |
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| 640 | 640 | | of the Commission joint resolution received from the 11 |
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| 641 | 641 | | House of Representatives. 12 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (3) V |
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| 643 | 643 | | ETOES.—If the President vetoes a Com-13 |
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| 644 | 644 | | mission joint resolution, consideration of a veto mes-14 |
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| 645 | 645 | | sage in the Senate under this paragraph shall be 10 15 |
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| 646 | 646 | | hours equally divided between the majority and mi-16 |
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| 647 | 647 | | nority leaders of the Senate or the designees of the 17 |
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| 648 | 648 | | majority and minority leaders of the Senate. 18 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (g) E |
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| 650 | 650 | | XERCISE OFRULEMAKINGPOWER.—This sec-19 |
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| 651 | 651 | | tion is enacted by Congress— 20 |
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| 652 | 652 | | (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 21 |
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| 653 | 653 | | the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-22 |
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| 654 | 654 | | tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 23 |
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| 655 | 655 | | of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 24 |
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| 656 | 656 | | respect to the procedure to be followed in that 25 |
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| 660 | 660 | | House in the case of a Commission joint resolution, 1 |
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| 661 | 661 | | and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that 2 |
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| 662 | 662 | | it is inconsistent with such rules; and 3 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 4 |
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| 664 | 664 | | right of either House to change the rules (so far as 5 |
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| 665 | 665 | | relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 6 |
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| 666 | 666 | | in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 7 |
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| 667 | 667 | | the case of any other rule of that House. 8 |
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