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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2677 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Constitutional Government Review Commission, and for |
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| 6 | 6 | | other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | UNNof Florida (for himself, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, and Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | B |
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| 12 | 12 | | AIRD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 16 | 16 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To establish the Constitutional Government Review |
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| 19 | 19 | | Commission, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘10th Amendment Res-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | toration Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | There is established a commission, to be known as 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the ‘‘Constitutional Government Review Commission’’, 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | that shall review each agency in accordance with specified 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | criteria to determine if such agency should be repealed to 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | eliminate Federal powers not definitively delegated by the 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Constitution. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—The Commission shall be com-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | posed of 9 members who shall be appointed by the Presi-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | dent, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Senate. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) T |
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| 43 | 43 | | ERM.—The term of each member shall com-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | mence upon the confirmation of the member by the Senate 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and shall extend to the date that is 5 years and 180 days 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act or that is 5 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | years after the date on which all members have been con-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | firmed by the Senate, whichever is later. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) A |
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| 50 | 50 | | PPOINTMENT.—The members of the Commis-17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sion shall be appointed as follows: 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) C |
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| 53 | 53 | | HAIR.—The President shall appoint as the 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chair of the Commission an individual with expertise 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and experience in the Constitution and the funda-21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | mental principles by which the authority of the Fed-22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | eral Government is exercised. 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) C |
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| 59 | 59 | | ANDIDATE LIST OF MEMBERS .—The 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minor-25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ity leader of the House of Representatives, the ma-1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | jority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | of the Senate shall each present to the President a 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | list of candidates to be members of the Commission. 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Such candidates shall be individuals learned in the 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | original meaning of the Constitution. The President 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | shall appoint 2 members of the Commission from 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | each list provided under this paragraph, subject to 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the provisions of paragraph (3). 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (3) R |
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| 74 | 74 | | ESUBMISSION OF CANDIDATE .—The Presi-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | dent may request from the presenter of a list under 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | paragraph (2) a new list of one or more candidates 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | if the President— 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A) determines that any candidate on a list 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | presented pursuant to paragraph (2) does not 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | meet the qualifications specified in such para-16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | graph to be a member of the Commission; and 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (B) certifies that determination to the con-18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | gressional officials specified in paragraph (2). 19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (d) P |
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| 85 | 85 | | AY ANDTRAVELEXPENSES.— 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (1) P |
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| 87 | 87 | | AY.— 21 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (A) M |
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| 89 | 89 | | EMBERS.—Each member, other than 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | the Chair of the Commission, shall be paid at 23 |
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| 91 | 91 | | a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the min-24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | imum annual rate of basic pay payable for level 25 |
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| 96 | 96 | | IV of the Executive Schedule under section 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 2 |
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| 98 | 98 | | day (including travel time) during which the 3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | member is engaged in the actual performance of 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | duties vested in the Commission. 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (B) C |
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| 102 | 102 | | HAIR.—The Chair shall be paid for 6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | each day referred to in subparagraph (A) at a 7 |
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| 104 | 104 | | rate equal to the daily equivalent of the min-8 |
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| 105 | 105 | | imum annual rate of basic pay payable for level 9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | III of the Executive Schedule under section 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) T |
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| 109 | 109 | | RAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall receive 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of 14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | title 5, United States Code. 15 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (e) M |
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| 114 | 114 | | EETINGS.—The Commission may meet when, 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | where, and as often as the Commission determines appro-17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | priate, except that the Commission shall hold public meet-18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ings not less than twice each year. All meetings of the 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | Commission shall be open to the public. 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | SEC. 4. DUTIES. 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (a) I |
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| 121 | 121 | | NGENERAL.—The Commission shall conduct a 22 |
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| 122 | 122 | | review of the authorizing statute of each agency and the 23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | statutory authority implemented by each such agency to 24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | determine if any are not definitively delegated to the Fed-25 |
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| 128 | 128 | | eral Government by the Constitution. In any review con-1 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ducted by the Commission, the goal of the Commission 2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | shall be to ensure that powers not delegated to the United 3 |
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| 131 | 131 | | States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | people. 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (b) M |
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| 135 | 135 | | ETHODOLOGY FOR REVIEW.—The Commission 7 |
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| 136 | 136 | | shall establish a methodology for conducting the review 8 |
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| 137 | 137 | | and shall publish the terms of the methodology in the Fed-9 |
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| 138 | 138 | | eral Register and on the website of the Commission. The 10 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Commission may propose and seek public comment on the 11 |
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| 140 | 140 | | methodology before the methodology is established. 12 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (c) R |
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| 142 | 142 | | EPEALRECOMMENDATION .— 13 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (1) I |
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| 144 | 144 | | N GENERAL.—After completion of any re-14 |
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| 145 | 145 | | view under subsection (a), the Commission shall rec-15 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ommend whether immediate action is appropriate to 16 |
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| 147 | 147 | | repeal the authorizing statute of an agency and the 17 |
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| 148 | 148 | | statutory authority implemented by such agency. 18 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (2) D |
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| 150 | 150 | | ECISIONS BY MAJORITY .—Each decision 19 |
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| 151 | 151 | | by the Commission to issue a repeal recommendation 20 |
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| 152 | 152 | | under this subsection shall be made by a simple ma-21 |
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| 153 | 153 | | jority vote of the Commission. No such vote shall 22 |
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| 154 | 154 | | take place until after all members of the Commission 23 |
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| 155 | 155 | | have been confirmed by the Senate. 24 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (d) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OFSAV-1 |
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| 160 | 160 | | INGSAMONG THESTATES.— 2 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (1) I |
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| 162 | 162 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall pre-3 |
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| 163 | 163 | | pare, in consultation with the Comptroller General 4 |
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| 164 | 164 | | of the United States, an estimate of Federal spend-5 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ing or revenue changes resulting from the adoption 6 |
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| 166 | 166 | | of a repeal recommendation under subsection (c). 7 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (2) D |
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| 168 | 168 | | ISTRIBUTION RECOMMENDATIONS .—After 8 |
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| 169 | 169 | | completion of the estimate under paragraph (1), the 9 |
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| 170 | 170 | | Commission shall prepare a recommendation for dis-10 |
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| 171 | 171 | | tributing any Federal budget savings in lump sums 11 |
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| 172 | 172 | | among the States for administration of powers re-12 |
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| 173 | 173 | | turned to the States as a result of the adoption of 13 |
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| 174 | 174 | | a repeal recommendation under subsection (c). 14 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (e) I |
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| 176 | 176 | | NITIATION OFREVIEW BYOTHERPERSONS.— 15 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (1) I |
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| 178 | 178 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission may also 16 |
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| 179 | 179 | | conduct a review under subsection (a), and issue a 17 |
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| 180 | 180 | | recommendation under subsection (c), of an author-18 |
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| 181 | 181 | | izing statute of an agency and the statutory author-19 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ity implemented by such agency which are submitted 20 |
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| 183 | 183 | | for review to the Commission by— 21 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (A) the President; 22 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (B) a Member of Congress; 23 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (C) any officer or employee of a Federal, 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | State, local, or regional governmental body; or 25 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (D) any member of the public. 1 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (2) F |
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| 193 | 193 | | ORM OF SUBMISSION .—A submission to 2 |
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| 194 | 194 | | the Commission under this subsection shall— 3 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (A) identify the specific agency for review; 4 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (B) provide a statement of evidence to 5 |
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| 197 | 197 | | demonstrate that the agency qualifies to be 6 |
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| 198 | 198 | | identified for review under the criteria listed in 7 |
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| 199 | 199 | | subsection (a); and 8 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (C) include such other information as the 9 |
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| 201 | 201 | | submitter believes may be helpful to the review 10 |
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| 202 | 202 | | of the Commission. 11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (3) P |
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| 204 | 204 | | UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 12 |
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| 205 | 205 | | shall make each submission received under this sub-13 |
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| 206 | 206 | | section available on the website of the Commission 14 |
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| 207 | 207 | | as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after 15 |
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| 208 | 208 | | the date on which the submission was received. 16 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (f) N |
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| 210 | 210 | | OTICES ANDREPORTS OF THECOMMISSION.— 17 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (1) N |
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| 212 | 212 | | OTICES OF AND REPORTS ON ACTIVI -18 |
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| 213 | 213 | | TIES.—The Commission shall publish in the Federal 19 |
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| 214 | 214 | | Register and on the website of the Commission— 20 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (A) notices in advance of all public meet-21 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ings, hearings, and recommendations informing 22 |
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| 217 | 217 | | the public of the basis, purpose, and procedures 23 |
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| 218 | 218 | | for the meeting, hearing, or classification; and 24 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (B) reports after the conclusion of any 1 |
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| 223 | 223 | | public meeting, hearing, or recommendation 2 |
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| 224 | 224 | | summarizing in detail the basis, purpose, and 3 |
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| 225 | 225 | | substance of the meeting, hearing, or rec-4 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ommendation. 5 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (2) A |
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| 228 | 228 | | NNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS .—Each 6 |
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| 229 | 229 | | year, beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 7 |
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| 230 | 230 | | date on which all Commission members have been 8 |
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| 231 | 231 | | confirmed by the Senate, the Commission shall sub-9 |
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| 232 | 232 | | mit a report simultaneously to each House of Con-10 |
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| 233 | 233 | | gress detailing the activities of the Commission for 11 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the previous year, and all recommendations of the 12 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Commission for repeal and distribution of savings 13 |
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| 236 | 236 | | among the States under this section, including (at 14 |
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| 237 | 237 | | the option of the Commission) a proposed bill con-15 |
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| 238 | 238 | | sisting of legislative text to carry out the rec-16 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ommendations. 17 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (3) F |
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| 241 | 241 | | INAL REPORT.—Not later than the date 18 |
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| 242 | 242 | | on which the appointments of the Commission mem-19 |
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| 243 | 243 | | bers expire, the Commission shall submit a final re-20 |
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| 244 | 244 | | port simultaneously to each House of Congress sum-21 |
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| 245 | 245 | | marizing all activities and recommendations of the 22 |
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| 246 | 246 | | Commission, including a list of each statute for im-23 |
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| 247 | 247 | | mediate action to repeal, recommendations for dis-24 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tribution of savings among the States, and (at the 25 |
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| 252 | 252 | | option of the Commission) a proposed bill consisting 1 |
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| 253 | 253 | | of legislative text to carry out the recommendations. 2 |
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| 254 | 254 | | This report may be included in the final annual re-3 |
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| 255 | 255 | | port of the Commission under paragraph (2) and 4 |
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| 256 | 256 | | may include a recommendation on whether the Com-5 |
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| 257 | 257 | | mission should be reauthorized by Congress. 6 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (g) W |
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| 259 | 259 | | EBSITE.— 7 |
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| 261 | 261 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall estab-8 |
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| 262 | 262 | | lish a public website that— 9 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (A) uses current information technology to 10 |
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| 264 | 264 | | make records available on the website; 11 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (B) provides information in a standard 12 |
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| 266 | 266 | | data format; and 13 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (C) receives and publishes public com-14 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ments. 15 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (2) P |
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| 270 | 270 | | UBLISHING OF INFORMATION .—Any infor-16 |
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| 271 | 271 | | mation required to be made available on the website 17 |
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| 272 | 272 | | established pursuant to this Act shall be published 18 |
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| 273 | 273 | | in a timely manner and shall be accessible by the 19 |
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| 274 | 274 | | public on the website at no cost. 20 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (3) R |
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| 276 | 276 | | ECORD OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEAR -21 |
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| 277 | 277 | | INGS.—All records of public meetings and hearings 22 |
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| 278 | 278 | | shall be published on the website as soon as possible, 23 |
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| 279 | 279 | | but not later than 1 week after the date on which 24 |
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| 280 | 280 | | such public meeting or hearing occurred. 25 |
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| 285 | 285 | | publish on the website all public comments and sub-2 |
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| 286 | 286 | | missions. 3 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (5) N |
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| 288 | 288 | | OTICES.—The Commission shall publish 4 |
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| 289 | 289 | | on the website notices of all public meetings and 5 |
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| 290 | 290 | | hearings at least 1 week before the date on which 6 |
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| 291 | 291 | | such public meeting or hearing occurs. 7 |
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| 292 | 292 | | SEC. 5. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF 8 |
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| 293 | 293 | | COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. 9 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (a) D |
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| 295 | 295 | | ESCRIPTION OF COMMISSIONBILL.—In this 10 |
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| 296 | 296 | | section, the ‘‘Commission bill’’ is a bill— 11 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (1) which consists of the legislative text in-12 |
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| 298 | 298 | | cluded in an annual report submitted by the Com-13 |
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| 299 | 299 | | mission under paragraph (2) of section 4(f) and 14 |
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| 300 | 300 | | which is introduced not later than 5 legislative days 15 |
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| 301 | 301 | | after the date on which the Commission submits 16 |
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| 302 | 302 | | such annual report by the majority leader of the 17 |
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| 303 | 303 | | Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by 18 |
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| 304 | 304 | | the majority leader of the Senate (in the case of the 19 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Senate) or by the Speaker of the House of Rep-20 |
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| 306 | 306 | | resentatives or by a Member of the House of Rep-21 |
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| 307 | 307 | | resentatives designated by the Speaker (in the case 22 |
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| 308 | 308 | | of the House of Representatives); and 23 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (2) which consists of the legislative text in-24 |
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| 315 | 315 | | is introduced not later than 5 legislative days after 2 |
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| 316 | 316 | | the date on which the Commission submits such 3 |
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| 317 | 317 | | final report by the majority leader of the Senate or 4 |
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| 318 | 318 | | by a Member of the Senate designated by the major-5 |
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| 319 | 319 | | ity leader of the Senate (in the case of the Senate) 6 |
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| 320 | 320 | | or by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 7 |
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| 321 | 321 | | or by a Member of the House of Representatives 8 |
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| 322 | 322 | | designated by the Speaker (in the case of the House 9 |
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| 323 | 323 | | of Representatives). 10 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (b) E |
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| 325 | 325 | | XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INHOUSE OFREP-11 |
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| 326 | 326 | | RESENTATIVES.— 12 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (1) P |
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| 328 | 328 | | LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-13 |
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| 329 | 329 | | duction in the House of Representatives, the Com-14 |
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| 330 | 330 | | mission bill shall be placed immediately on the ap-15 |
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| 331 | 331 | | propriate calendar. 16 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (2) P |
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| 333 | 333 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (A) I |
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| 335 | 335 | | N GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 18 |
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| 336 | 336 | | later than 30 legislative days after the date the 19 |
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| 337 | 337 | | Commission bill is introduced in the House of 20 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 21 |
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| 339 | 339 | | the Commission bill in the House of Represent-22 |
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| 340 | 340 | | atives. 23 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (B) P |
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| 342 | 342 | | ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-24 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ceed to consider the Commission bill— 25 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (i) all points of order against the mo-1 |
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| 348 | 348 | | tion are waived; 2 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (ii) such a motion shall not be in 3 |
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| 350 | 350 | | order after the House of Representatives 4 |
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| 351 | 351 | | has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 5 |
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| 352 | 352 | | Commission bill; 6 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (iii) the previous question shall be 7 |
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| 354 | 354 | | considered as ordered on the motion to its 8 |
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| 355 | 355 | | adoption without intervening motion; 9 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (iv) the motion shall not be debatable; 10 |
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| 357 | 357 | | and 11 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (v) a motion to reconsider the vote by 12 |
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| 359 | 359 | | which the motion is disposed of shall not 13 |
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| 360 | 360 | | be in order. 14 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (3) C |
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| 362 | 362 | | ONSIDERATION.—When the House of Rep-15 |
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| 363 | 363 | | resentatives proceeds to consideration of the Com-16 |
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| 364 | 364 | | mission bill— 17 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (A) the Commission bill shall be considered 18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | as read; 19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (B) all points of order against the Com-20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | mission bill (and against consideration of the 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | Commission bill) are waived; 22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (C) the previous question shall be consid-23 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ered as ordered on the Commission bill to its 24 |
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| 372 | 372 | | passage without intervening motion except 10 25 |
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| 376 | 376 | | hours of debate equally divided and controlled 1 |
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| 377 | 377 | | by the proponent and an opponent; 2 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (D) an amendment to the Commission bill 3 |
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| 379 | 379 | | shall not be in order; and 4 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (E) a motion to reconsider the vote on pas-5 |
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| 381 | 381 | | sage of the Commission bill shall not be in 6 |
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| 382 | 382 | | order. 7 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (4) V |
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| 384 | 384 | | OTE ON PASSAGE.—In the House of Rep-8 |
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| 385 | 385 | | resentatives, the Commission bill shall be agreed to 9 |
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| 386 | 386 | | upon a vote of a majority of the Members present 10 |
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| 387 | 387 | | and voting, a quorum being present. 11 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (c) E |
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| 389 | 389 | | XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INSENATE.— 12 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (1) P |
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| 391 | 391 | | LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-13 |
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| 392 | 392 | | duction in the Senate, the Commission bill shall be 14 |
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| 393 | 393 | | placed immediately on the calendar. 15 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (2) P |
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| 395 | 395 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 16 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (A) I |
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| 397 | 397 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 17 |
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| 398 | 398 | | XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 18 |
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| 399 | 399 | | in order, not later than 30 legislative days after 19 |
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| 400 | 400 | | the date the Commission bill is introduced in 20 |
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| 401 | 401 | | the Senate (even though a previous motion to 21 |
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| 402 | 402 | | the same effect has been disagreed to) to move 22 |
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| 403 | 403 | | to proceed to consideration of the Commission 23 |
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| 404 | 404 | | bill. 24 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-1 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ceed to consideration of the Commission bill— 2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (i) all points of order against the mo-3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | tion are waived; 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (ii) the motion is not debatable; 5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (iii) the motion is not subject to a mo-6 |
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| 414 | 414 | | tion to postpone; 7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 8 |
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| 416 | 416 | | which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 9 |
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| 417 | 417 | | to shall not be in order; and 10 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (v) if the motion is agreed to, the 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | Commission bill shall remain the unfin-12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | ished business of the Senate until disposed 13 |
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| 421 | 421 | | of. 14 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (3) F |
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| 423 | 423 | | LOOR CONSIDERATION.— 15 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (A) I |
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| 425 | 425 | | N GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds 16 |
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| 426 | 426 | | to consideration of the Commission bill— 17 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (i) all points of order against the 18 |
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| 428 | 428 | | Commission bill (and against consideration 19 |
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| 429 | 429 | | of the Commission bill) are waived; 20 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (ii) consideration of the Commission 21 |
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| 431 | 431 | | bill, and all debatable motions and appeals 22 |
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| 432 | 432 | | in connection therewith, shall be limited to 23 |
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| 433 | 433 | | not more than 30 hours, which shall be di-24 |
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| 437 | 437 | | vided equally between the majority and mi-1 |
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| 438 | 438 | | nority leaders or their designees; 2 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (iii) a motion further to limit debate 3 |
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| 440 | 440 | | is in order and not debatable; 4 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (iv) an amendment to, a motion to 5 |
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| 442 | 442 | | postpone, or a motion to commit the Com-6 |
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| 443 | 443 | | mission bill is not in order; and 7 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (v) a motion to proceed to the consid-8 |
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| 445 | 445 | | eration of other business is not in order. 9 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (B) V |
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| 447 | 447 | | OTE ON PASSAGE.—In the Senate— 10 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (i) the vote on passage shall occur im-11 |
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| 449 | 449 | | mediately following the conclusion of con-12 |
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| 450 | 450 | | sideration of the Commission bill, and a 13 |
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| 451 | 451 | | single quorum call at the conclusion of the 14 |
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| 452 | 452 | | debate if requested in accordance with the 15 |
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| 453 | 453 | | rules of the Senate; and 16 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (ii) the Commission bill shall be 17 |
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| 455 | 455 | | agreed to upon a vote of a majority of the 18 |
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| 456 | 456 | | Members present and voting, a quorum 19 |
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| 457 | 457 | | being present. 20 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (C) R |
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| 459 | 459 | | ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE -21 |
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| 460 | 460 | | DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 22 |
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| 461 | 461 | | relating to the application of this subsection or 23 |
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| 462 | 462 | | the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 24 |
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| 466 | 466 | | the procedure relating to the Commission bill 1 |
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| 467 | 467 | | shall be decided without debate. 2 |
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| 468 | 468 | | (d) R |
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| 469 | 469 | | ULESRELATING TOSENATE ANDHOUSE OF 3 |
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| 470 | 470 | | R |
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| 471 | 471 | | EPRESENTATIVES.— 4 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (1) C |
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| 473 | 473 | | ONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE .—If, be-5 |
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| 474 | 474 | | fore the passage by one House of the Commission 6 |
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| 475 | 475 | | bill of that House, that House receives from the 7 |
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| 476 | 476 | | other House the Commission bill of the other 8 |
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| 477 | 477 | | House— 9 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (A) the Commission bill of the other House 10 |
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| 479 | 479 | | shall not be referred to a committee and may 11 |
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| 480 | 480 | | not be considered in the House receiving it ex-12 |
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| 481 | 481 | | cept in the case of final passage as provided in 13 |
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| 482 | 482 | | subparagraph (B)(ii); and 14 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (B) with respect to the Commission bill of 15 |
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| 484 | 484 | | the House receiving the Commission bill of the 16 |
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| 485 | 485 | | other House— 17 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (i) the procedure in that House shall 18 |
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| 487 | 487 | | be the same as if no Commission bill had 19 |
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| 488 | 488 | | been received from the other House; but 20 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (ii) the vote on final passage shall be 21 |
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| 490 | 490 | | on the Commission bill of the other House. 22 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (2) T |
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| 492 | 492 | | REATMENT OF COMMISSION BILL ORIGI -23 |
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| 493 | 493 | | NATING IN RECEIVING HOUSE .—Upon disposition of 24 |
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| 494 | 494 | | the Commission bill received from the other House, 25 |
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| 498 | 498 | | it shall no longer be in order to consider the Com-1 |
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| 499 | 499 | | mission bill that originated in the receiving House. 2 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (3) T |
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| 501 | 501 | | REATMENT OF COMMISSION BILL RE -3 |
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| 502 | 502 | | CEIVED BY SENATE .—If, following passage of the 4 |
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| 503 | 503 | | Commission bill in the Senate, the Senate receives 5 |
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| 504 | 504 | | the Commission bill from the House of Representa-6 |
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| 505 | 505 | | tives, the Commission bill received from the House 7 |
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| 506 | 506 | | of Representatives shall not be debatable. 8 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (4) V |
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| 508 | 508 | | ETO MESSAGE IN SENATE .—If the Presi-9 |
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| 509 | 509 | | dent vetoes the Commission bill, consideration of a 10 |
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| 510 | 510 | | veto message in the Senate under this section shall 11 |
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| 511 | 511 | | be not more than 10 hours equally divided between 12 |
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| 512 | 512 | | the majority and minority leaders or their designees. 13 |
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| 513 | 513 | | (e) R |
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| 514 | 514 | | ULES OFHOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES AND 14 |
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| 515 | 515 | | S |
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| 516 | 516 | | ENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 15 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 16 |
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| 518 | 518 | | the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-17 |
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| 519 | 519 | | tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 18 |
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| 520 | 520 | | each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-19 |
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| 521 | 521 | | spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 20 |
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| 522 | 522 | | in the case of the Commission bill, and supersedes 21 |
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| 523 | 523 | | other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 22 |
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| 524 | 524 | | with such rules; and 23 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 24 |
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| 526 | 526 | | right of either House to change the rules (so far as 25 |
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| 530 | 530 | | relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 1 |
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| 531 | 531 | | in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 2 |
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| 532 | 532 | | the case of any other rule of that House. 3 |
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| 533 | 533 | | SEC. 6. DIRECTOR, STAFF, AND EXPERTS AND CONSULT-4 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ANTS. 5 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (a) D |
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| 536 | 536 | | IRECTOR.— 6 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (1) I |
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| 538 | 538 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall ap-7 |
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| 539 | 539 | | point a Director. 8 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (2) P |
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| 541 | 541 | | AY.—The Director shall be paid at the 9 |
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| 542 | 542 | | rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive 10 |
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| 543 | 543 | | Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 11 |
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| 544 | 544 | | States Code. 12 |
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| 545 | 545 | | (b) S |
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| 546 | 546 | | TAFF.— 13 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (1) I |
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| 548 | 548 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 14 |
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| 549 | 549 | | the Director, with the approval of the Commission, 15 |
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| 550 | 550 | | may appoint, fix the pay of, and terminate addi-16 |
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| 551 | 551 | | tional personnel. 17 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (2) S |
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| 553 | 553 | | COPE OF APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY .—The 18 |
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| 554 | 554 | | Director may make such appointments without re-19 |
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| 555 | 555 | | gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 20 |
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| 556 | 556 | | governing appointments in the competitive service, 21 |
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| 557 | 557 | | and any personnel so appointed may be paid without 22 |
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| 558 | 558 | | regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-23 |
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| 559 | 559 | | chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 24 |
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| 560 | 560 | | classification and General Schedule pay rates, except 25 |
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| 564 | 564 | | that an individual so appointed may not receive pay 1 |
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| 565 | 565 | | in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for 2 |
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| 566 | 566 | | GS–15 of the General Schedule. 3 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (3) A |
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| 568 | 568 | | GENCY ASSISTANCE.—Following consulta-4 |
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| 569 | 569 | | tion with, and upon request of, the Chair of the 5 |
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| 570 | 570 | | Commission, the head of an agency may detail any 6 |
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| 571 | 571 | | of the personnel of that agency to the Commission 7 |
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| 572 | 572 | | to assist the Commission in carrying out the duties 8 |
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| 573 | 573 | | of the Commission under this Act. 9 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (4) GAO |
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| 575 | 575 | | ASSISTANCE.—The Comptroller Gen-10 |
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| 576 | 576 | | eral of the United States shall provide assistance, in-11 |
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| 577 | 577 | | cluding the detailing of employees, to the Commis-12 |
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| 578 | 578 | | sion in accordance with an agreement entered into 13 |
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| 579 | 579 | | with the Commission. 14 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (5) A |
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| 581 | 581 | | SSISTANCE FROM OTHER PARTIES .—Con-15 |
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| 582 | 582 | | gress and the States may provide assistance, includ-16 |
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| 583 | 583 | | ing the detailing of employees, to the Commission in 17 |
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| 584 | 584 | | accordance with an agreement entered into with the 18 |
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| 585 | 585 | | Commission. 19 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (c) E |
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| 587 | 587 | | XPERTS ANDCONSULTANTS.—The Commission 20 |
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| 588 | 588 | | may procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, 21 |
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| 589 | 589 | | the temporary or intermittent services of experts or con-22 |
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| 590 | 590 | | sultants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 23 |
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| 591 | 591 | | Code. 24 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (a) H |
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| 597 | 597 | | EARINGS.—The Commission may, for the pur-2 |
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| 598 | 598 | | pose of carrying out this Act, hold hearings to consider 3 |
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| 599 | 599 | | issues of fact or law relevant to the work of the Commis-4 |
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| 600 | 600 | | sion. Any hearing held by the Commission shall be open 5 |
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| 601 | 601 | | to the public. 6 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (b) A |
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| 603 | 603 | | CCESS TOINFORMATION.—The Commission 7 |
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| 604 | 604 | | may secure directly from any agency information and doc-8 |
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| 605 | 605 | | uments necessary to enable the Commission to carry out 9 |
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| 606 | 606 | | this Act. Upon request of the Chair of the Commission, 10 |
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| 607 | 607 | | the head of that agency shall furnish the information or 11 |
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| 608 | 608 | | documents to the Commission as soon as possible, but not 12 |
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| 609 | 609 | | later than two weeks after the date on which the request 13 |
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| 610 | 610 | | was made. 14 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (c) S |
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| 612 | 612 | | UBPOENAPOWER.— 15 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (1) I |
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| 614 | 614 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission may issue 16 |
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| 615 | 615 | | subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of 17 |
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| 616 | 616 | | witnesses and the production of any evidence relat-18 |
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| 617 | 617 | | ing to the duties of the Commission. The attendance 19 |
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| 618 | 618 | | of witnesses and the production of evidence may be 20 |
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| 619 | 619 | | required from any place within the United States at 21 |
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| 620 | 620 | | any designated place of hearing within the United 22 |
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| 621 | 621 | | States. 23 |
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| 622 | 622 | | (2) F |
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| 623 | 623 | | AILURE TO OBEY A SUBPOENA .—If a per-24 |
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| 624 | 624 | | son refuses to obey a subpoena issued under para-25 |
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| 625 | 625 | | graph (1), the Commission may apply to a United 26 |
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| 630 | 630 | | son to appear before the Commission to give testi-2 |
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| 631 | 631 | | mony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the 3 |
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| 632 | 632 | | matter under investigation. The application may be 4 |
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| 633 | 633 | | made within the judicial district where the hearing 5 |
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| 634 | 634 | | is conducted or where that person is found, resides, 6 |
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| 635 | 635 | | or transacts business. Any failure to obey the order 7 |
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| 636 | 636 | | of the court may be punished by the court as civil 8 |
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| 637 | 637 | | contempt. 9 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (3) S |
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| 639 | 639 | | ERVICE OF SUBPOENAS .—The subpoenas 10 |
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| 640 | 640 | | of the Commission shall be served in the manner 11 |
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| 641 | 641 | | provided for subpoenas issued by a United States 12 |
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| 642 | 642 | | district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-13 |
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| 643 | 643 | | cedure for the United States district courts. 14 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (4) S |
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| 645 | 645 | | ERVICE OF PROCESS.—All process of any 15 |
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| 646 | 646 | | court to which application is made under paragraph 16 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (2) may be served in the judicial district in which 17 |
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| 648 | 648 | | the person required to be served resides or may be 18 |
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| 649 | 649 | | found. 19 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (d) P |
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| 651 | 651 | | ROPERTY.—The Commission may lease space 20 |
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| 652 | 652 | | and acquire personal property to the extent funds are 21 |
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| 653 | 653 | | available. 22 |
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| 658 | 658 | | (a) I |
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| 659 | 659 | | NGENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-2 |
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| 660 | 660 | | priated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission 3 |
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| 661 | 661 | | to carry out this Act, not to exceed $30,000,000. 4 |
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| 662 | 662 | | (b) A |
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| 663 | 663 | | VAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated under 5 |
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| 664 | 664 | | the authorization contained in this section shall remain 6 |
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| 665 | 665 | | available, without fiscal year limitation, until the earlier 7 |
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| 666 | 666 | | of the date that such sums are expended or the date of 8 |
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| 667 | 667 | | the termination of the Commission. 9 |
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| 668 | 668 | | SEC. 9. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED 10 |
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| 669 | 669 | | STATES CODE. 11 |
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| 670 | 670 | | (a) I |
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| 671 | 671 | | NGENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 12 |
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| 672 | 672 | | this Act, the Commission shall be subject to chapter 10 13 |
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| 673 | 673 | | of title 5, United States Code. 14 |
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| 674 | 674 | | (b) A |
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| 675 | 675 | | DVISORYCOMMITTEEMANAGEMENTOFFICE.— 15 |
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| 676 | 676 | | The Commission shall not be subject to the control of any 16 |
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| 677 | 677 | | Advisory Committee Management Officer designated 17 |
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| 678 | 678 | | under section 1007(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 18 |
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| 679 | 679 | | (c) S |
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| 680 | 680 | | UBCOMMITTEE.—Any subcommittee of the Com-19 |
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| 681 | 681 | | mission shall be treated as the Commission for purposes 20 |
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| 682 | 682 | | of chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code. 21 |
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| 683 | 683 | | (d) C |
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| 684 | 684 | | HARTER.—The enactment of this Act shall be 22 |
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| 685 | 685 | | considered to meet the requirements of the Commission 23 |
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| 686 | 686 | | under section 1008(c) of title 5, United States Code. 24 |
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| 690 | 690 | | SEC. 10. TERMINATION. 1 |
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| 691 | 691 | | The Commission shall terminate on the date that is 2 |
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| 692 | 692 | | 5 years and 180 days after the date of the enactment of 3 |
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| 693 | 693 | | this Act or 5 years after the date on which the terms of 4 |
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| 694 | 694 | | all Commission members have commenced, whichever is 5 |
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| 695 | 695 | | later. 6 |
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| 696 | 696 | | SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 7 |
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| 697 | 697 | | In this Act: 8 |
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| 698 | 698 | | (1) A |
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| 699 | 699 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 9 |
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| 700 | 700 | | meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, 10 |
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| 701 | 701 | | United States Code. 11 |
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| 702 | 702 | | (2) S |
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| 703 | 703 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 12 |
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| 704 | 704 | | the several States, the District of Columbia, each 13 |
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| 705 | 705 | | commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 14 |
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| 706 | 706 | | States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 15 |
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| 707 | 707 | | (3) U |
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| 708 | 708 | | NFUNDED MANDATE .—The term ‘‘un-16 |
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| 709 | 709 | | funded mandate’’ has the meaning given the term 17 |
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| 710 | 710 | | ‘‘Federal mandate’’ in section 421 of the Congres-18 |
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| 711 | 711 | | sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658). 19 |
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