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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 489 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Federal Agency Sunset Commission. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. C |
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| 9 | 9 | | LOUD(for himself, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. PERRY, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mrs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ILLERof Illinois, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. BURLISON, Mr. MOOREof Ala- |
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| 12 | 12 | | bama, Mr. W |
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| 13 | 13 | | EBERof Texas, Ms. BOEBERT, and Mrs. LUNA) introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a |
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| 16 | 16 | | period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for |
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| 17 | 17 | | consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 18 | 18 | | mittee concerned |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To establish the Federal Agency Sunset Commission. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Agency Sunset 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Commission Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. REVIEW AND ABOLISHMENT OF FEDERAL AGEN-6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | CIES. 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) S |
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| 29 | 29 | | CHEDULE FORREVIEW.—(1) Not later than one 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Fed-9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | eral Agency Sunset Commission established under section 1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 shall submit to Congress a schedule for review by the 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Commission of each agency that lists the date of abolish-3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ment for each agency. 4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) Such date of abolishment shall occur at least once 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | every 12 years (or less, if determine appropriate by Con-6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | gress). 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) The Schedule for review will be in the form of 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | a joint resolution. 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) R |
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| 44 | 44 | | EVIEW OFAGENCIESPERFORMINGRELATED 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | F |
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| 46 | 46 | | UNCTIONS.—In determining the schedule for review of 11 |
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| 47 | 47 | | agencies under subsection (a), the Commission shall pro-12 |
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| 48 | 48 | | vide that agencies that perform similar or related func-13 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tions be reviewed concurrently to promote efficiency and 14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | consolidation. 15 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) A |
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| 52 | 52 | | BOLISHMENT OFAGENCIES.— 16 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (1) I |
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| 54 | 54 | | N GENERAL.—Each agency shall be re-17 |
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| 55 | 55 | | viewed and abolished according to the schedule cre-18 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ated pursuant to this section and approved under 19 |
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| 57 | 57 | | section 9, unless the agency is reauthorized by the 20 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Congress. 21 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) E |
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| 60 | 60 | | XTENSION.—The date of abolishment for 22 |
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| 61 | 61 | | an agency may be extended for an additional 2 years 23 |
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| 62 | 62 | | if the Congress enacts legislation extending such 24 |
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| 66 | 66 | | date by a vote of a supermajority of the House of 1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Representatives and the Senate. 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (a) E |
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| 70 | 70 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established a com-4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | mission to be known as the ‘‘Federal Agency Sunset Com-5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | mission’’. 6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (b) M |
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| 74 | 74 | | EMBERSHIP.— 7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (1) The Commission shall be composed of 13 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | members (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘members’’) 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | who shall be appointed as follows: 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A) 1 shall be appointed by the President. 11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (B) 3 shall be appointed by the majority 12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | leader of the Senate, of whom— 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | the Senate; and 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con-16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | gress and shall have expertise in the oper-17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ation and administration of Federal Gov-18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ernment programs. 19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (C) 3 shall be appointed by the minority 20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | leader of the Senate, of whom— 21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | the Senate; and 23 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con-24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | gress and shall have expertise in the oper-25 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ation and administration of Federal Gov-1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ernment programs. 2 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (D) 3 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | the House of Representatives, of whom— 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | the House of Representatives; and 6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con-7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | gress and shall have expertise in the oper-8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ation and administration of Federal Gov-9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ernment programs. 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (E) 3 shall be appointed by the minority 11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | leader of the House of Representatives, of 12 |
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| 108 | 108 | | whom— 13 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (i) 2 shall be from among Members of 14 |
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| 110 | 110 | | the House of Representatives; and 15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (ii) 1 shall not be Member of Con-16 |
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| 112 | 112 | | gress and shall have expertise in the oper-17 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ation and administration of Federal Gov-18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ernment programs. 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (c) C |
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| 116 | 116 | | ONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP.—If a member 20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | was appointed to the Commission as a Member of Con-21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | gress and the member ceases to be a Member of Congress, 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | that member shall cease to be a member of the Commis-23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | sion. 24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (d) INITIALAPPOINTMENTS.—All initial appoint-1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ments to the Commission shall be made not later than 90 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (e) T |
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| 128 | 128 | | ERMS OFMEMBERS.— 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (1) I |
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| 130 | 130 | | N GENERAL.—Each member appointed to 5 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the Commission shall serve for a term of 6 years. 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (2) V |
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| 133 | 133 | | ACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commis-7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | sion— 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (A) shall not affect the powers of the Com-9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | mission; and 10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (B) shall be filled in the same manner as 11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the original appointment not later than 30 days 12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | after the date on which the vacancy occurs. 13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (f) C |
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| 141 | 141 | | HAIRMAN; VICECHAIRMAN.—The Commission 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from 15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | among the members of the Commission for a term of 4 16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | years. 17 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (g) P |
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| 146 | 146 | | OWERS OFCOMMISSION.— 18 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (1) H |
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| 148 | 148 | | EARINGS AND SESSIONS .—The Commis-19 |
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| 149 | 149 | | sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 20 |
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| 150 | 150 | | hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and 21 |
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| 151 | 151 | | places, take such testimony, and receive such evi-22 |
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| 152 | 152 | | dence as the Commission considers appropriate. The 23 |
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| 153 | 153 | | Commission may administer oaths to witnesses ap-24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | pearing before it. 25 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (2) OBTAINING INFORMATION .— 1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (A) I |
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| 160 | 160 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission may 2 |
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| 161 | 161 | | secure directly from any agency or advisory 3 |
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| 162 | 162 | | committee information necessary to enable it to 4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | carry out its duties under this Act. 5 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (B) F |
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| 165 | 165 | | URNISHING INFORMATION .—On re-6 |
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| 166 | 166 | | quest of the Chairperson of the Commission, 7 |
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| 167 | 167 | | the head of the agency, or the Chair of the ad-8 |
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| 168 | 168 | | visory committee shall furnish information to 9 |
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| 169 | 169 | | the Commission in a full and timely manner. 10 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (3) S |
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| 171 | 171 | | UBPOENA POWER.— 11 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (A) A |
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| 173 | 173 | | UTHORITY TO ISSUE SUBPOENA .— 12 |
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| 174 | 174 | | The Commission may issue a subpoena to re-13 |
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| 175 | 175 | | quire the attendance and testimony of witnesses 14 |
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| 176 | 176 | | and the production of evidence relating to any 15 |
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| 177 | 177 | | matter under investigation by the Commission. 16 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (B) C |
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| 179 | 179 | | OMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA .—If a 17 |
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| 180 | 180 | | person refuses to obey an order or subpoena of 18 |
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| 181 | 181 | | the Commission that is issued in connection 19 |
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| 182 | 182 | | with a Commission proceeding, the Commission 20 |
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| 183 | 183 | | may apply to the United States district court in 21 |
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| 184 | 184 | | the judicial district in which the proceeding is 22 |
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| 185 | 185 | | held for an order requiring the person to com-23 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ply with the subpoena or order. 24 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (4) IMMUNITY.—The Commission is an agency 1 |
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| 191 | 191 | | of the United States for purposes of part V of title 2 |
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| 192 | 192 | | 18, United States Code (relating to immunity of wit-3 |
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| 193 | 193 | | nesses). 4 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (5) C |
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| 195 | 195 | | ONTRACT AUTHORITY .—The Commission 5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | may contract with and compensate government and 6 |
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| 197 | 197 | | private agencies or persons for services without re-7 |
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| 198 | 198 | | gard to section 6101 of title 41, United States Code 8 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (relating to advertising requirement for Federal Gov-9 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ernment purchases and sales). 10 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (h) C |
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| 202 | 202 | | OMMISSIONPROCEDURES.— 11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (1) I |
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| 204 | 204 | | NITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 45 days 12 |
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| 205 | 205 | | after the date on which all members of the Commis-13 |
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| 206 | 206 | | sion have been appointed, the Commission shall hold 14 |
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| 207 | 207 | | the first meeting of the Commission. 15 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (2) M |
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| 209 | 209 | | EETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 16 |
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| 210 | 210 | | the call of the Chairman and not less than 2 times 17 |
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| 211 | 211 | | per year. 18 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (3) Q |
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| 213 | 213 | | UORUM.—A majority of the members of 19 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 20 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (4) V |
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| 216 | 216 | | OTING.—The schedule for review sub-21 |
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| 217 | 217 | | mitted pursuant to section 2(a) and the report and 22 |
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| 218 | 218 | | joint resolution submitted pursuant to section 4 23 |
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| 219 | 219 | | shall have the approval of not less than a majority 24 |
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| 220 | 220 | | of the members of the Commission. 25 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (i) PERSONNELMATTERS.— 1 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (1) C |
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| 226 | 226 | | OMPENSATION.—Members shall not be 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | paid by reason of their service as members. 3 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (2) T |
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| 229 | 229 | | RAVEL EXPENSES .—Each member shall 4 |
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| 230 | 230 | | receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 5 |
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| 231 | 231 | | subsistence in accordance with applicable provisions 6 |
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| 232 | 232 | | under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 7 |
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| 233 | 233 | | States Code. 8 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (3) D |
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| 235 | 235 | | IRECTOR.—The Commission shall have an 9 |
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| 236 | 236 | | executive director who shall be appointed and termi-10 |
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| 237 | 237 | | nated by the Chairperson of the Commission. 11 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (A) The executive director must be con-12 |
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| 239 | 239 | | firmed by a vote of at least seven members of 13 |
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| 240 | 240 | | the Commission. 14 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (B) The Director may appoint and fix the 15 |
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| 242 | 242 | | pay of additional personnel as the Director con-16 |
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| 243 | 243 | | siders appropriate. 17 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (4) A |
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| 245 | 245 | | PPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 18 |
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| 246 | 246 | | LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Commission 19 |
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| 247 | 247 | | shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 20 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 21 |
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| 249 | 249 | | the competitive service, and shall be paid in accord-22 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-chap-23 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classi-24 |
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| 252 | 252 | | fication and General Schedule pay rates. 25 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (j) OTHERADMINISTRATIVEMATTERS.— 1 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (1) P |
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| 258 | 258 | | OSTAL AND PRINTING SERVICES .—The 2 |
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| 259 | 259 | | Commission may use the United States mails and 3 |
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| 260 | 260 | | obtain printing and binding services in the same 4 |
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| 261 | 261 | | manner and under the same conditions as other de-5 |
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| 262 | 262 | | partments and agencies of the Federal Government. 6 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (2) A |
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| 264 | 264 | | DMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES .— 7 |
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| 265 | 265 | | Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-8 |
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| 266 | 266 | | trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-9 |
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| 267 | 267 | | mission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 10 |
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| 268 | 268 | | support services necessary for the Commission to 11 |
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| 269 | 269 | | carry out its duties under this Act. 12 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (3) E |
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| 271 | 271 | | XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Com-13 |
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| 272 | 272 | | mission may procure temporary and intermittent 14 |
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| 273 | 273 | | services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 15 |
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| 274 | 274 | | States Code. 16 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (4) G |
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| 276 | 276 | | IFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, 17 |
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| 277 | 277 | | and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop-18 |
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| 278 | 278 | | erty. 19 |
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| 279 | 279 | | SEC. 4. REVIEW OF EFFICIENCY AND NEED FOR FEDERAL 20 |
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| 280 | 280 | | AGENCIES. 21 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (a) I |
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| 282 | 282 | | NGENERAL.—The Commission shall review the 22 |
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| 283 | 283 | | efficiency and public need for each agency using criteria 23 |
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| 284 | 284 | | described in section 5. 24 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (b) RECOMMENDATIONS ; REPORT TOCONGRESS.— 1 |
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| 289 | 289 | | The Commission shall submit to Congress and the Presi-2 |
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| 290 | 290 | | dent not later than September 1 of each year a report 3 |
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| 291 | 291 | | containing— 4 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (1) an analysis of the efficiency of operation 5 |
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| 293 | 293 | | and public need for each agency to be reviewed in 6 |
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| 294 | 294 | | the year in which the report is submitted pursuant 7 |
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| 295 | 295 | | to the schedule submitted to Congress under section 8 |
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| 296 | 296 | | 2; 9 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (2) an analysis of authority claimed by the ex-10 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ecutive branch but not specifically authorized by 11 |
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| 299 | 299 | | statute; 12 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (3) recommendations on whether each such 13 |
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| 301 | 301 | | agency should be abolished, reorganized, or contin-14 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ued; 15 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (4) recommendations on whether the functions 16 |
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| 304 | 304 | | of any other agencies should be consolidated, trans-17 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ferred, or reorganized in an agency to be reviewed 18 |
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| 306 | 306 | | in the year in which the report is submitted pursu-19 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ant to the schedule submitted to Congress under 20 |
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| 308 | 308 | | section 2; and 21 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (5) recommendations for administrative and 22 |
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| 310 | 310 | | legislative action with respect to each such agency, 23 |
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| 311 | 311 | | but not including recommendations for appropriation 24 |
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| 312 | 312 | | levels. 25 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (c) JOINTRESOLUTION.—The Commission shall sub-1 |
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| 317 | 317 | | mit to Congress and the President not later than Sep-2 |
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| 318 | 318 | | tember 1 of each year a joint resolution to carry out the 3 |
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| 319 | 319 | | recommendations of the Commission under subsection (b). 4 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (d) I |
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| 321 | 321 | | NFORMATION GATHERING.—The Commission 5 |
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| 322 | 322 | | shall— 6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (1) conduct public hearings on the abolishment 7 |
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| 324 | 324 | | of each agency reviewed under subsection (b); 8 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (2) provide an opportunity for public comment 9 |
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| 326 | 326 | | on the abolishment of each such agency; 10 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (3) require the agency to provide information to 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | the Commission as appropriate; and 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (4) consult with the General Accountability Of-13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | fice, the Office of Management and Budget, the 14 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Comptroller General, and the chairman and ranking 15 |
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| 332 | 332 | | minority members of the committees of Congress 16 |
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| 333 | 333 | | with oversight responsibility for the agency being re-17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | viewed regarding the operation of the agency. 18 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (e) U |
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| 336 | 336 | | SE OFPROGRAMINVENTORY.—The Commis-19 |
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| 337 | 337 | | sion shall use the program inventory prepared under sec-20 |
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| 338 | 338 | | tion 9 in reviewing the efficiency and public need for each 21 |
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| 339 | 339 | | agency under subsection (a). 22 |
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| 343 | 343 | | SEC. 5. CRITERIA FOR REVIEW. 1 |
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| 344 | 344 | | The Commission shall evaluate the efficiency and 2 |
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| 345 | 345 | | public need for each agency pursuant to section 4 using 3 |
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| 346 | 346 | | the following criteria: 4 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (1) The effectiveness, and the efficiency of the 5 |
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| 348 | 348 | | operation of, the programs carried out by each such 6 |
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| 349 | 349 | | agency. 7 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (2) Whether the programs carried out by the 8 |
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| 351 | 351 | | agency are cost-effective. 9 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (3) Whether the agency has acted outside the 10 |
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| 353 | 353 | | scope of its original authority, and whether the origi-11 |
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| 354 | 354 | | nal objectives of the agency have been achieved. 12 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (4) Whether less restrictive or alternative meth-13 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ods exist to carry out the functions of the agency. 14 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (5) The extent to which the jurisdiction of, and 15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 16 |
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| 359 | 359 | | or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 17 |
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| 360 | 360 | | other agencies. 18 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (6) The potential benefits of consolidating pro-19 |
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| 362 | 362 | | grams administered by the agency with similar or 20 |
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| 363 | 363 | | duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po-21 |
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| 364 | 364 | | tential for consolidating such programs. 22 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (7) The number and types of beneficiaries or 23 |
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| 366 | 366 | | persons served by programs carried out by the agen-24 |
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| 367 | 367 | | cy. 25 |
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| 373 | 373 | | fect the future nature and extent of the problems or 3 |
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| 374 | 374 | | needs that the programs carried out by the agency 4 |
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| 375 | 375 | | are intended to address. 5 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (9) The extent to which the agency has com-6 |
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| 377 | 377 | | plied with the applicable provisions contained in sec-7 |
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| 378 | 378 | | tions 1115, 1116, 1117, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 8 |
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| 379 | 379 | | 1124, 1125, and the first 9703 of title 31, United 9 |
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| 380 | 380 | | States Code, section 306 of title 5, United States 10 |
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| 381 | 381 | | Code, and chapter 28 of title 39, United States 11 |
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| 382 | 382 | | Code. 12 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (10) The promptness and effectiveness with 13 |
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| 384 | 384 | | which the agency seeks public input and input from 14 |
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| 385 | 385 | | State and local governments on the efficiency and ef-15 |
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| 386 | 386 | | fectiveness of the performance of the functions of 16 |
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| 387 | 387 | | the agency. 17 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (11) Whether the agency has worked to enact 18 |
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| 389 | 389 | | changes in the law that are intended to benefit the 19 |
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| 390 | 390 | | public as a whole rather than the specific business, 20 |
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| 391 | 391 | | institution, or individuals that the agency regulates. 21 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (12) The extent to which the agency has en-22 |
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| 393 | 393 | | couraged participation by the public as a whole in 23 |
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| 394 | 394 | | making its rules and decisions rather than encour-24 |
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| 395 | 395 | | aging participation solely by those it regulates. 25 |
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| 400 | 400 | | tion in rulemaking and decision making of the agen-2 |
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| 401 | 401 | | cy has resulted in rules and decisions compatible 3 |
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| 402 | 402 | | with the objectives of the agency. 4 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (14) The extent to which the agency complies 5 |
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| 404 | 404 | | with equal employment opportunity requirements re-6 |
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| 405 | 405 | | garding equal employment opportunity. 7 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (15) The extent of the regulatory, privacy, and 8 |
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| 407 | 407 | | paperwork impacts of the programs carried out by 9 |
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| 408 | 408 | | the agency. 10 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (16) The extent to which the agency has coordi-11 |
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| 410 | 410 | | nated with State and local governments in per-12 |
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| 411 | 411 | | forming the functions of the agency. 13 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (17) The potential effects of abolishing the 14 |
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| 413 | 413 | | agency on State and local governments. 15 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (18) The extent to which changes are necessary 16 |
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| 415 | 415 | | in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order 17 |
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| 416 | 416 | | that the functions of the agency can be performed 18 |
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| 417 | 417 | | in the most efficient and effective manner. 19 |
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| 418 | 418 | | SEC. 6. OVERSIGHT BY COMMISSION. 20 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (a) M |
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| 420 | 420 | | ONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REC-21 |
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| 421 | 421 | | OMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall monitor imple-22 |
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| 422 | 422 | | mentation of laws enacting provisions that incorporate rec-23 |
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| 423 | 423 | | ommendations of the Commission with respect to abolish-24 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ment or reorganization of agencies. 25 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (1) I |
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| 431 | 431 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall review 3 |
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| 432 | 432 | | and report to Congress on all legislation introduced 4 |
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| 433 | 433 | | in either house of Congress that would establish— 5 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (A) a new agency; or 6 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (B) a new program to be carried out by an 7 |
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| 436 | 436 | | existing agency. 8 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (2) R |
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| 438 | 438 | | EPORT TO CONGRESS .—The Commission 9 |
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| 439 | 439 | | shall include in each report submitted to Congress 10 |
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| 440 | 440 | | under paragraph (1) an analysis of whether— 11 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (A) the functions of the proposed agency 12 |
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| 442 | 442 | | or program could be carried out by one or more 13 |
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| 443 | 443 | | existing agencies; 14 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (B) the functions of the proposed agency 15 |
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| 445 | 445 | | or program could be carried out in a less re-16 |
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| 446 | 446 | | strictive manner than the manner proposed in 17 |
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| 447 | 447 | | the legislation; and 18 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (C) the legislation provides for public input 19 |
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| 449 | 449 | | regarding the performance of functions by the 20 |
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| 450 | 450 | | proposed agency or program. 21 |
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| 451 | 451 | | SEC. 7. DISPOSITION OF AGENCY AFFAIRS. 22 |
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| 452 | 452 | | The President, in consultation with the head of an 23 |
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| 453 | 453 | | agency determined to be abolished pursuant to section 24 |
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| 454 | 454 | | 2(c), shall take such action as may be necessary to wind 25 |
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| 458 | 458 | | down the operation of such agency during the one year 1 |
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| 459 | 459 | | period following the date of abolishment for each such 2 |
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| 460 | 460 | | agency including the designation of an agency to carry out 3 |
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| 461 | 461 | | any ongoing authority, maintain custodial records, act as 4 |
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| 462 | 462 | | a party to unresolved legal actions, or other obligations 5 |
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| 463 | 463 | | that cannot be resolved within one year. 6 |
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| 464 | 464 | | SEC. 8. PROGRAM INVENTORY. 7 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (a) P |
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| 466 | 466 | | REPARATION.—The Comptroller General and 8 |
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| 467 | 467 | | the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in co-9 |
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| 468 | 468 | | operation with the Director of the Congressional Research 10 |
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| 469 | 469 | | Service, shall prepare an inventory of Federal programs 11 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘program inventory’’) with-12 |
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| 471 | 471 | | in each agency. 13 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (b) P |
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| 473 | 473 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the program inven-14 |
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| 474 | 474 | | tory is to advise and assist the Congress and the Commis-15 |
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| 475 | 475 | | sion in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Such 16 |
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| 476 | 476 | | inventory shall not in any way bind the committees of the 17 |
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| 477 | 477 | | Senate or the House of Representatives with respect to 18 |
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| 478 | 478 | | their responsibilities under this Act and shall not infringe 19 |
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| 479 | 479 | | on the legislative and oversight responsibilities of such 20 |
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| 480 | 480 | | committees. The Comptroller General shall compile and 21 |
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| 481 | 481 | | maintain the inventory and the Director of the Congres-22 |
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| 482 | 482 | | sional Budget Office shall provide budgetary information 23 |
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| 483 | 483 | | for inclusion in the inventory. 24 |
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| 488 | 488 | | shall set forth for each program each of the following mat-2 |
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| 489 | 489 | | ters: 3 |
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| 490 | 490 | | (1) The specific provision or provisions of law 4 |
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| 491 | 491 | | authorizing the program. 5 |
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| 492 | 492 | | (2) The committees of the Senate and the 6 |
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| 493 | 493 | | House of Representatives which have legislative or 7 |
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| 494 | 494 | | oversight jurisdiction over the program. 8 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (3) A brief statement of the purpose or pur-9 |
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| 496 | 496 | | poses to be achieved by the program. 10 |
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| 497 | 497 | | (4) The committees which have jurisdiction over 11 |
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| 498 | 498 | | legislation providing new budget authority for the 12 |
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| 499 | 499 | | program, including the appropriate subcommittees of 13 |
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| 500 | 500 | | the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 14 |
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| 501 | 501 | | the House of Representatives. 15 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (5) The agency and, if applicable, the subdivi-16 |
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| 503 | 503 | | sion thereof responsible for administering the pro-17 |
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| 504 | 504 | | gram. 18 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (6) The grants-in-aid, if any, provided by such 19 |
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| 506 | 506 | | program to State and local governments. 20 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (7) The next reauthorization date for the pro-21 |
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| 508 | 508 | | gram. 22 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (8) A unique identification number which links 23 |
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| 510 | 510 | | the program and functional category structure. 24 |
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| 515 | 515 | | nally established and, where applicable, the year in 2 |
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| 516 | 516 | | which the program expires. 3 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (10) Where applicable, the year in which new 4 |
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| 518 | 518 | | budget authority for the program was last author-5 |
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| 519 | 519 | | ized and the year in which current authorizations of 6 |
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| 520 | 520 | | new budget authority expire. 7 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (11) Any other information the Commission de-8 |
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| 522 | 522 | | termines to be necessary. 9 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (d) B |
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| 524 | 524 | | UDGETAUTHORITY.—The report also shall set 10 |
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| 525 | 525 | | forth for each program whether the new budget authority 11 |
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| 526 | 526 | | provided for such program is— 12 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (1) authorized for a definite period of time; 13 |
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| 528 | 528 | | (2) authorized in a specific dollar amount but 14 |
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| 529 | 529 | | without limit of time; 15 |
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| 530 | 530 | | (3) authorized without limit of time or dollar 16 |
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| 531 | 531 | | amounts; 17 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (4) not specifically authorized; or 18 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (5) permanently provided, as determined by the 19 |
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| 534 | 534 | | Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 20 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (e) CBO I |
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| 536 | 536 | | NFORMATION.—For each program or group 21 |
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| 537 | 537 | | of programs, the program inventory also shall include in-22 |
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| 538 | 538 | | formation prepared by the Director of the Congressional 23 |
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| 539 | 539 | | Budget Office indicating each of the following matters: 24 |
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| 543 | 543 | | (1) The amounts of new budget authority au-1 |
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| 544 | 544 | | thorized and provided for the program for each of 2 |
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| 545 | 545 | | the preceding four fiscal years and, where applicable, 3 |
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| 546 | 546 | | the four succeeding fiscal years. 4 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (2) The functional and subfunctional category 5 |
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| 548 | 548 | | in which the program is presently classified and was 6 |
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| 549 | 549 | | classified under the fiscal year 2020 budget. 7 |
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| 550 | 550 | | (3) The identification code and title of the ap-8 |
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| 551 | 551 | | propriation account in which budget authority is 9 |
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| 552 | 552 | | provided for the program. 10 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (f) M |
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| 554 | 554 | | UTUALEXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.—The 11 |
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| 555 | 555 | | General Accountability Office, the Congressional Research 12 |
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| 556 | 556 | | Service, and the Congressional Budget Office shall permit 13 |
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| 557 | 557 | | the mutual exchange of available information in their pos-14 |
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| 558 | 558 | | session which would aid in the compilation of the program 15 |
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| 559 | 559 | | inventory. 16 |
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| 560 | 560 | | (g) A |
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| 561 | 561 | | SSISTANCE BYEXECUTIVEBRANCH.—The Of-17 |
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| 562 | 562 | | fice of Management and Budget and the agencies (and the 18 |
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| 563 | 563 | | subdivisions thereof) shall, to the extent necessary and 19 |
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| 564 | 564 | | possible, provide the General Accountability Office with 20 |
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| 565 | 565 | | assistance requested by the Comptroller General in the 21 |
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| 566 | 566 | | compilation of the program inventory. Such communica-22 |
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| 567 | 567 | | tions shall be treated as confidential until a report is 23 |
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| 568 | 568 | | issued under section 4(b). 24 |
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| 573 | 573 | | REVIEW. 2 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (a) I |
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| 575 | 575 | | NTRODUCTION AND COMMITTEECONSIDER-3 |
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| 576 | 576 | | ATION.— 4 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (1) I |
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| 578 | 578 | | NTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution shall be 5 |
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| 579 | 579 | | introduced in the Senate by the majority leader, or 6 |
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| 580 | 580 | | the majority leader’s designee, and in the House of 7 |
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| 581 | 581 | | Representatives, by the Speaker, or the Speaker’s 8 |
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| 582 | 582 | | designee not later than 60 days after the date on 9 |
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| 583 | 583 | | which the proposed legislation is submitted to Con-10 |
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| 584 | 584 | | gress. Upon such introduction, the Commission 11 |
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| 585 | 585 | | schedule for review bill shall be referred to the ap-12 |
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| 586 | 586 | | propriate committees of Congress under paragraph 13 |
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| 587 | 587 | | (2). If the joint resolution is not introduced in ac-14 |
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| 588 | 588 | | cordance with the preceding sentence, then any 15 |
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| 589 | 589 | | member of Congress may introduce such legislation 16 |
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| 590 | 590 | | in their respective House of Congress beginning on 17 |
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| 591 | 591 | | the date that is the 5th calendar day that such 18 |
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| 592 | 592 | | House is in session following the date of the submis-19 |
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| 593 | 593 | | sion of such aggregate legislative language provi-20 |
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| 594 | 594 | | sions. 21 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (2) C |
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| 596 | 596 | | OMMITTEE CONSIDERATION .— 22 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (A) R |
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| 598 | 598 | | EFERRAL.—The joint resolution in-23 |
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| 599 | 599 | | troduced under paragraph (1) shall be referred 24 |
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| 600 | 600 | | to any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in 25 |
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| 601 | 601 | | the Senate and the House of Representatives. A 26 |
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| 606 | 606 | | ferred under this paragraph may review and 2 |
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| 607 | 607 | | comment on such legislation, may report such 3 |
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| 608 | 608 | | legislation to the respective House, and may not 4 |
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| 609 | 609 | | amend such legislation. 5 |
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| 610 | 610 | | (B) R |
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| 611 | 611 | | EPORTING.—Not later than 30 cal-6 |
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| 612 | 612 | | endar days after the introduction of the joint 7 |
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| 613 | 613 | | resolution, each Committee of Congress to 8 |
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| 614 | 614 | | which the joint resolution was referred shall re-9 |
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| 615 | 615 | | port the legislation. 10 |
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| 616 | 616 | | (C) D |
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| 617 | 617 | | ISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE .—If a 11 |
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| 618 | 618 | | committee to which a joint resolution is referred 12 |
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| 619 | 619 | | has not reported such legislation at the end of 13 |
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| 620 | 620 | | 30 calendar days after its introduction or at the 14 |
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| 621 | 621 | | end of the first day after there has been re-15 |
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| 622 | 622 | | ported to the House a joint resolution involved 16 |
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| 623 | 623 | | a joint resolution, whichever is earlier, such 17 |
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| 624 | 624 | | committee shall be deemed to be discharged 18 |
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| 625 | 625 | | from further consideration of such legislation 19 |
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| 626 | 626 | | and such legislation shall be placed on the ap-20 |
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| 627 | 627 | | propriate calendar of the House involved. 21 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (b) E |
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| 629 | 629 | | XPEDITEDPROCEDURE.— 22 |
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| 630 | 630 | | (1) C |
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| 631 | 631 | | ONSIDERATION.— 23 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (A) I |
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| 634 | 634 | | endar days after the date on which a committee 25 |
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| 639 | 639 | | charged from consideration of a joint resolution, 2 |
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| 640 | 640 | | the majority leader of the Senate, or the major-3 |
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| 641 | 641 | | ity leader’s designee, or the Speaker of the 4 |
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| 642 | 642 | | House of Representatives, or the Speaker’s des-5 |
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| 643 | 643 | | ignee, shall move to proceed to the consider-6 |
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| 644 | 644 | | ation of the joint resolution. It shall also be in 7 |
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| 645 | 645 | | order for any Member of the Senate or the 8 |
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| 646 | 646 | | House of Representatives, respectively, to move 9 |
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| 647 | 647 | | to proceed to the consideration of the joint reso-10 |
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| 648 | 648 | | lution at any time after the conclusion of such 11 |
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| 649 | 649 | | 5-day period. 12 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (B) M |
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| 651 | 651 | | OTION TO PROCEED .—A motion to 13 |
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| 652 | 652 | | proceed to the consideration of a joint resolu-14 |
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| 653 | 653 | | tion is highly privileged in the House of Rep-15 |
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| 654 | 654 | | resentatives and is privileged in the Senate and 16 |
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| 655 | 655 | | is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 17 |
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| 656 | 656 | | amendment or to a motion to postpone consid-18 |
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| 657 | 657 | | eration of the joint resolution. If the motion to 19 |
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| 658 | 658 | | proceed is agreed to, the Senate or the House 20 |
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| 659 | 659 | | of Representatives, as the case may be, shall 21 |
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| 660 | 660 | | immediately proceed to consideration of the 22 |
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| 661 | 661 | | joint resolution without intervening motion, 23 |
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| 662 | 662 | | order, or other business, and the joint resolu-24 |
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| 663 | 663 | | tion shall remain the unfinished business of the 25 |
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| 668 | 668 | | case may be, until disposed of. 2 |
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| 669 | 669 | | (C) L |
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| 670 | 670 | | IMITED DEBATE.—Debate on the 3 |
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| 671 | 671 | | joint resolution and on all debatable motions 4 |
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| 672 | 672 | | and appeals in connection therewith shall be 5 |
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| 673 | 673 | | limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall 6 |
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| 674 | 674 | | be divided equally between those favoring and 7 |
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| 675 | 675 | | those opposing the joint resolution. A motion 8 |
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| 676 | 676 | | further to limit debate on the joint resolution is 9 |
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| 677 | 677 | | in order and is not debatable. All time used for 10 |
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| 678 | 678 | | consideration of the joint resolution, including 11 |
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| 679 | 679 | | time used for quorum calls (except quorum calls 12 |
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| 680 | 680 | | immediately preceding a vote) and voting, shall 13 |
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| 681 | 681 | | come from the 10 hours of debate. 14 |
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| 682 | 682 | | (D) A |
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| 683 | 683 | | MENDMENTS.—No amendment to the 15 |
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| 684 | 684 | | joint resolution shall be in order in the Senate 16 |
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| 685 | 685 | | and the House of Representatives. 17 |
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| 686 | 686 | | (E) V |
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| 687 | 687 | | OTE ON FINAL PASSAGE .—Imme-18 |
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| 688 | 688 | | diately following the conclusion of the debate on 19 |
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| 689 | 689 | | the joint resolution, the vote on final passage of 20 |
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| 690 | 690 | | the joint resolution shall occur. 21 |
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| 691 | 691 | | (F) O |
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| 692 | 692 | | THER MOTIONS NOT IN ORDER .—A 22 |
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| 693 | 693 | | motion to postpone consideration of the joint 23 |
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| 694 | 694 | | resolution, a motion to proceed to the consider-24 |
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| 695 | 695 | | ation of other business, or a motion to recom-25 |
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| 699 | 699 | | mit the review joint resolution is not in order. 1 |
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| 700 | 700 | | A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 2 |
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| 701 | 701 | | joint resolution is agreed to or not agreed to is 3 |
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| 702 | 702 | | not in order. 4 |
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| 703 | 703 | | (2) C |
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| 704 | 704 | | ONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE .—If, be-5 |
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| 705 | 705 | | fore the passage by one House of the joint resolution 6 |
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| 706 | 706 | | that was introduced in such House, such House re-7 |
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| 707 | 707 | | ceives from the other House a joint resolution as 8 |
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| 708 | 708 | | passed by such other House— 9 |
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| 709 | 709 | | (A) the joint resolution of the other House 10 |
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| 710 | 710 | | shall not be referred to a committee and may 11 |
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| 711 | 711 | | only be considered for final passage in the 12 |
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| 712 | 712 | | House that receives it under subparagraph (C); 13 |
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| 713 | 713 | | (B) the procedure in the House in receipt 14 |
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| 714 | 714 | | of the joint resolution of the other House, shall 15 |
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| 715 | 715 | | be the same as if no joint resolution had been 16 |
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| 716 | 716 | | received from the other House; and 17 |
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| 717 | 717 | | (C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the 18 |
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| 718 | 718 | | vote on final passage shall be on the joint reso-19 |
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| 719 | 719 | | lution of the other House. 20 |
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| 720 | 720 | | (3) D |
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| 721 | 721 | | ISPOSITION.—Upon disposition of a joint 21 |
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| 722 | 722 | | resolution that is received by one House from the 22 |
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| 723 | 723 | | other House, it shall no longer be in order to con-23 |
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| 724 | 724 | | sider the joint resolution that was introduced in the 24 |
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| 725 | 725 | | receiving House. 25 |
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| 729 | 729 | | (c) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF 1 |
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| 730 | 730 | | R |
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| 731 | 731 | | EPRESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted— 2 |
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| 732 | 732 | | (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 3 |
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| 733 | 733 | | the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-4 |
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| 734 | 734 | | spectively, and is deemed to be part of the rules of 5 |
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| 735 | 735 | | each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-6 |
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| 736 | 736 | | spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 7 |
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| 737 | 737 | | in the case of the joint resolution, and it supersedes 8 |
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| 738 | 738 | | other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 9 |
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| 739 | 739 | | with such rules; and 10 |
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| 740 | 740 | | (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 11 |
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| 741 | 741 | | right of either House to change the rules (so far as 12 |
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| 742 | 742 | | they relate to the procedure of that House) at any-13 |
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| 743 | 743 | | time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 14 |
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| 744 | 744 | | as in the case of any other rule of that House. 15 |
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| 745 | 745 | | (d) F |
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| 746 | 746 | | ALLBACKPROVISION.—If the Senate and the 16 |
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| 747 | 747 | | House of Representatives fail to act within one year from 17 |
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| 748 | 748 | | the date of introduction, the joint resolution takes effect. 18 |
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| 749 | 749 | | SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 19 |
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| 750 | 750 | | In this Act: 20 |
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| 751 | 751 | | (1) A |
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| 752 | 752 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 21 |
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| 753 | 753 | | meaning given the term Executive agency in section 22 |
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| 754 | 754 | | 105 of title 5, United States Code, except that such 23 |
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| 755 | 755 | | term includes an advisory committee. 24 |
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| 759 | 759 | | (2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘‘calendar day’’ 1 |
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| 760 | 760 | | means a calendar day other than one on which ei-2 |
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| 761 | 761 | | ther House is not in session because of an adjourn-3 |
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| 762 | 762 | | ment of more than 3 days to a date certain. 4 |
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| 763 | 763 | | (3) C |
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| 764 | 764 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 5 |
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| 765 | 765 | | means the Federal Agency Sunset Commission es-6 |
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| 766 | 766 | | tablished under section 3. 7 |
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| 767 | 767 | | (4) S |
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| 768 | 768 | | UPER-MAJORITY.—The term ‘‘super-major-8 |
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| 769 | 769 | | ity’’ means an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 9 |
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| 770 | 770 | | Members, duly chosen and sworn. 10 |
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| 771 | 771 | | (5) A |
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| 772 | 772 | | DVISORY COMMITTEE .—The term ‘‘advi-11 |
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| 773 | 773 | | sory committee’’ has the meaning given the term in 12 |
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| 774 | 774 | | section 1001 of title 5, United States Code. 13 |
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| 775 | 775 | | (6) J |
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| 776 | 776 | | OINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint reso-14 |
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| 777 | 777 | | lution’’ means a joint resolution consisting of the 15 |
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| 778 | 778 | | proposed legislative language submitted by the Com-16 |
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| 779 | 779 | | mission under section 4(a)(3) and introduced or re-17 |
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| 780 | 780 | | introduced under section 7(a). 18 |
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