Stop Waste by Eliminating Excessive Programs Act of 2010 or the SWEEP Act - Declares that it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any legislation that authorizes a program unless it provides budget authority for the program for 10 or fewer fiscal years.
Requires a federal agency to make the program performance report for each program under its control available to Congress upon request.
Establishes the Federal Program Sunset Commission, which shall: (1) submit to Congress a report analyzing the interaction between authorizing legislation and appropriations legislation and the effects of such interaction; (2) establish a schedule to review each activity or project (program) listed in the program and financing schedules of the annual federal budget every 10 years; (3) conduct a review of the efficiency of operation and public need for each such program according to that schedule; and (4) annually report to Congress on the programs reviewed, including recommendations regarding whether each program should be abolished or reorganized and whether the functions of any programs should be consolidated, transferred, or reorganized in an agency or among agencies and proposals for appropriate administrative or legislative action. Terminates the Commission 11 years after this Act's enactment unless reauthorized.
Requires the Comptroller General: (1) in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to submit to Congress and update annually an inventory of all federal programs, with budgetary information to be provided by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (2) organize the inventory by program areas that are reflective of national needs and agency missions and that are appropriate for the exercise of the review requirements of this Act. Requires the Comptroller General, the Director of CRS, and the Director of CBO to permit the mutual exchange of information that would aid in inventory compilation.
Sets forth requirements for, and procedures for congressional consideration of, proposed legislation to abolish programs.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5568 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5568
To create a means to review and abolish Federal programs that are
inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways wasteful of taxpayer funds.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 22, 2010
Mr. Nye (for himself, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Marshall, Mr.
Kratovil, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Childers, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr.
Mitchell, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Ross, Mr.
Tanner, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Mr. Hill, Mr. Matheson,
Mr. Schiff, Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Boyd, Mr.
Cuellar, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Boren, Mr. Bright, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr.
Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Harman, and Mr. Schrader) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To create a means to review and abolish Federal programs that are
inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways wasteful of taxpayer funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Waste by
Eliminating Excessive Programs Act of 2010'' or the ``SWEEP Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Point of order.
Sec. 104. Availability of information to Congress upon request.
Sec. 105. Sense of Congress.
TITLE II--FEDERAL PROGRAM SUNSET COMMISSION
Sec. 201. Establishment.
Sec. 202. Duties of Commission.
Sec. 203. Membership.
Sec. 204. Commission meetings.
Sec. 205. Director and staff of Commission.
Sec. 206. Commission Advisors.
Sec. 207. Powers of Commission.
Sec. 208. Report.
Sec. 209. Sunset of Commission.
TITLE III--PROGRAM INVENTORY
Sec. 301. Development of program inventory.
Sec. 302. Organization of program inventory.
Sec. 303. Required information.
Sec. 304. Program identification number.
Sec. 305. Agency cooperation.
TITLE IV--PROGRAM REVIEW
Sec. 401. Program review schedule.
Sec. 402. Program review.
Sec. 403. Annual report.
Sec. 404. Congressional consideration of proposed legislation for
abolishments.
TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) according to the Congressional Budget Office, in fiscal
year 2010 Congress appropriated approximately $290 billion for
unauthorized programs and activities, and an additional $730
billion for programs and activities are scheduled to expire on
or before September 30, 2010;
(2) a process should be established to help abolish
obsolete and duplicative Federal programs and to provide for
improved Government accountability and greater openness in
Government decisionmaking;
(3) a bipartisan congressional commission established to
review Federal programs and propose modifications to or
abolishment of those programs that are unauthorized or
nonperforming would be an effective part of this process, if
such modifications or abolishments do not increase the national
deficit; and
(4) this process should ensure that Congress considers the
reports and recommendations of the commission in a timely
fashion.
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Program.--The term ``program'' means a program
activity, as that term is defined in section 1115(g)(6) of
title 31, United States Code.
(2) Implementation bill.--The term ``implementation bill''
means only a bill which is introduced as provided under section
404(a), and contains the proposed legislation described in
section 403(b)(3), without modification.
SEC. 103. POINT OF ORDER.
It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or
the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment
thereto or concurrent resolution thereon, which authorizes a program,
unless it includes a provision providing budget authority for the
program for a period of 10 or fewer fiscal years.
SEC. 104. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS UPON REQUEST.
Upon request and for each program under its control, a Federal
agency shall make the program performance report prepared under section
1116 of title 31, United States Code, available to Congress. If such
report is requested with respect to a program, the following
information shall be provided with the report:
(1) Information and analysis regarding the organization,
operation, costs, results, accomplishments, and effectiveness
of the program.
(2) An identification of the objectives intended for the
program, and the problems or needs which the program is
intended to address, including an analysis of the performance
expected to be achieved by the program.
(3) An identification of any other programs having similar
objectives, and a justification of the need for the program in
comparison with those other programs that may be conflicting or
duplicative.
(4) Information regarding the categorization of the program
under section 302(b).
SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that no funds should be appropriated
for programs abolished by Congressional action taken as a result of
this Act.
TITLE II--FEDERAL PROGRAM SUNSET COMMISSION
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established in the legislature a commission to be known as
the ``Federal Program Sunset Commission'' (in this Act referred to as
the ``Commission'').
SEC. 202. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
The Commission shall--
(1) submit to Congress a report under section 208;
(2) establish a program review schedule under section 401;
(3) conduct a program review under section 402; and
(4) annually submit to Congress a report under section 403.
SEC. 203. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 12
members appointed as follows:
(1) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, of whom two shall be Members of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Three members appointed by the minority leader of the
House of Representatives, of whom two shall be Members of the
House of Representatives.
(3) Three members appointed by the majority leader of the
Senate, of whom two shall be Members of the Senate.
(4) Three members appointed by the minority leader of the
Senate, of whom two shall be Members of the Senate.
(b) Political Affiliation.--Not more than four members of the
Commission who are Members of Congress may be of the same party.
(c) Prohibition.--No member of the Commission may be an officer or
employee of the executive branch.
(d) Terms.--
(1) In general.--Each member shall be appointed for one
term of five years, except as provided in paragraph (2)(A)(i)
and subsection (g).
(2) Initial appointees.--
(A) Terms.--As designated by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the majority leader of the
Senate at the time of appointment, of the members first
appointed--
(i) six shall be appointed for a term of
three years; and
(ii) six shall be appointed for a term of
five years.
(B) Limitations.--
(i) Of the members appointed under
subparagraph (A)(i), four shall be Members of
Congress, of whom not more than three may be of
the same party.
(ii) Of the members appointed under
subparagraph (A)(ii), four shall be Members of
Congress, of whom not more than three may be of
the same party.
(3) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled
in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
(e) Chairman; Vice Chairman.--
(1) In general.--The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
Commission shall be selected under paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4). The term of office of the Chairman and Vice Chairman shall
be two years.
(2) Initial chairman.--The Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall designate one of the members who is a
Member of the House of Representatives to serve as the initial
Chairman.
(3) Initial vice chairman.--The majority leader of the
Senate shall designate one of the members who is a Member of
the Senate to serve as the initial Vice Chairman.
(4) Subsequent terms.--After the terms of the initial
Chairman and Vice Chairman expire, members of the Commission
shall vote to select the Chairman and Vice Chairman, of whom
one shall be a member who is a Member of the House of
Representatives and one shall be a member who is a Member of
the Senate.
(5) Limitation on terms.--No member of the Commission may
serve more than two terms as either the Chairman, the Vice
Chairman, or a combination of the two positions.
(f) Continuation of Membership.--If a person was appointed to the
Commission as a Member of Congress and the person ceases to be a Member
of Congress, or was appointed to the Commission when not a Member of
Congress or an officer or employee of the executive branch and later
becomes a Member of Congress or an officer or employee of the executive
branch, that person may not continue as a member of the Commission
beginning on the date that person ceases to be a Member of Congress, or
becomes a Member of Congress or an officer or employee of the executive
branch, as the case may be.
(g) Reappointment.--One year after a person ceases to be a member
of the Commission under subsections (d)(2)(A)(i) or (f), that person is
eligible for reappointment under the appropriate provisions of
subsection (a). The term of reappointment shall be for the number of
years that is five years minus the number of years the person
previously served as a member of the Commission.
(h) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall not be paid for
their service on the Commission.
(i) Travel Expenses.--Each member shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with
applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 204. COMMISSION MEETINGS.
The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman.
SEC. 205. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION.
(a) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director who shall be
appointed by the Chairman. The Director shall be paid at a rate not to
exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule.
(b) Staff.--The Director may appoint and fix the pay of additional
personnel as the Director considers appropriate.
SEC. 206. COMMISSION ADVISORS.
The Chairman of the Commission may invite a representative from the
Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and
the Government Accountability Office to attend Commission meetings and
advise the Commission on appropriate matters.
SEC. 207. POWERS OF COMMISSION.
(a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places,
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers
appropriate.
(b) Powers of Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the
Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action which
the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
(c) Obtaining Official Data.--The Commission may secure directly
from any department or agency of the United States information
necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Commission, the head of that
department or agency shall furnish that information to the Commission.
(d) Subpoena Power.--
(1) In general.--The Commission may issue subpoenas
requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
production of any evidence relating to any matter under
investigation by the Commission.
(2) Failure to obey a subpoena.--If a person refuses to
obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1), the Commission may
apply to a United States district court for an order requiring
that person to appear before the Commission to give testimony,
produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under
investigation. The application may be made within the judicial
district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is
found, resides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey the
order of the court may be punished by the court as civil
contempt.
(3) Service of subpoenas.--The subpoenas of the Commission
shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by
a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure for the United States district courts.
(4) Service of process.--All process of any court to which
application is made under paragraph (2) may be served in the
judicial district in which the person required to be served
resides or may be found.
SEC. 208. REPORT.
Not later than the date that is one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report
analyzing the interaction between authorizing legislation and
appropriations legislation and the effects of such interaction, and
providing suggestions for improving the budgeting process with regard
to such interaction.
SEC. 209. SUNSET OF COMMISSION.
The Commission shall terminate 11 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, unless reauthorized by Congress.
TITLE III--PROGRAM INVENTORY
SEC. 301. DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM INVENTORY.
(a) Preliminary Inventory.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research
Service, shall submit to Congress a preliminary inventory of all
Federal programs.
(b) Final Inventory.--
(1) Deadline.--Not later than 90 days after submitting the
preliminary inventory to Congress under subsection (a), and
after incorporating any comments received from committees of
the House of Representatives and Senate, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Commission a final inventory.
(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
any committee of the House of Representatives or Senate that
intends to submit comments to the Comptroller General regarding
the preliminary inventory should do so not later than 60 days
after receiving the preliminary inventory in order to allow
adequate time for the Comptroller General to incorporate the
comments into the final inventory.
(c) Budgetary Information.--The Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall provide the Comptroller General with budgetary
information to be included in the preliminary and final inventories.
(d) Updates.--Not later than October 1 of the year after the year
in which the final inventory is submitted to the Commission under
subsection (b), and each October 1 thereafter, the Comptroller General
shall submit to the Commission an updated inventory that reflects any
new Federal programs or changes to existing programs enacted during the
12-month period preceding the due date for the update.
SEC. 302. ORGANIZATION OF PROGRAM INVENTORY.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General shall organize the program
inventory required under section 301 by program areas that are
reflective of national needs and agency missions and are appropriate
for the exercise of the review requirements of this Act.
(b) Functional Categories.--In organizing the program inventory,
the Comptroller General shall assign each program one functional and
one subfunctional category.
(c) Categorization Factors.--In determining the functional and
subfunctional category for each program, the Comptroller General shall
consider the following factors:
(1) The specific provisions of law authorizing the program.
(2) The committees of the House of Representatives and
Senate that have legislative oversight jurisdiction over the
program.
(3) The committees of the House of Representatives and
Senate that have jurisdiction over legislation providing new
budget authority for the program, including the appropriate
subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations.
(4) A statement of the purpose or purposes to be achieved
by the program.
(5) The agency and the office or other entity within the
agency responsible for administering the program.
(6) The grants-in-aid, if any, provided by such program to
State and local governments.
SEC. 303. REQUIRED INFORMATION.
For each program in the program inventory required under section
301, the Comptroller General shall include the following information:
(1) Program authorization information.--
(A) The year in which the program was originally
established and, if applicable, the year in which the
program expires.
(B) The next reauthorization date required by law
for the program, if applicable.
(2) Budget authority information.--
(A) The year in which budget authority for the
program was last authorized.
(B) Whether the budget authority provided for such
program is--
(i) authorized for a definite period of
time, including the year in which current
authorizations of new budget authority expire;
(ii) authorized in a specific dollar amount
but without limit of time;
(iii) authorized without limit of time or
dollar amounts;
(iv) not specifically authorized; or
(v) permanently provided.
(3) Congressional budget office information.--Information
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
regarding each of the following matters:
(A) The amounts of new budget authority authorized
and provided for the program for each of the four
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year covered by the
inventory and, where applicable, the four fiscal years
succeeding the fiscal year covered by the inventory.
(B) The identification code and title of the
appropriation account in which budget authority is
provided for the program.
SEC. 304. PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
The Comptroller General shall assign each program in the program
inventory required under section 301 an identification number that is
related to the functional category structure.
SEC. 305. AGENCY COOPERATION.
(a) Mutual Exchange of Information.--The Comptroller General, the
Director of the Congressional Research Service, and the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall permit the mutual exchange of
available information in their possession that would aid in the
compilation of the program inventory.
(b) Assistance by Executive Branch.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget and the heads of Executive agencies shall, to the
extent necessary and possible, provide the Government Accountability
Office with assistance requested by the Comptroller General in the
compilation of the program inventory.
TITLE IV--PROGRAM REVIEW
SEC. 401. PROGRAM REVIEW SCHEDULE.
(a) Initial Schedule.--Not later than 90 days after receiving the
final program inventory under section 301(b), the Commission shall
establish a schedule for review by the Commission of each program,
arranged by functional category under section 302(b), at least once
every 10 fiscal years.
(b) Updates.--Not later than 90 days after receiving an updated
program inventory under section 301(d), the Commission shall update the
schedule established under subsection (a) to reflect the updated
inventory.
SEC. 402. PROGRAM REVIEW.
Based on the schedule established under section 401, the Commission
shall conduct a review of the efficiency of operation and public need
for each program under review, including analyses of the following:
(1) The effectiveness of the program.
(2) Whether the program is cost-effective.
(3) Whether the program is outside of an agency's scope of
authority, and whether the program helps to achieve the
purposes of the agency.
(4) Whether more efficient or alternative methods exist to
carry out the functions of the program.
(5) The extent to which the mission, actions, and policies
of the program are duplicative or conflict with programs in
other agencies.
(6) The potential benefits of consolidating programs with
similar or duplicative missions, actions, and policies, and the
potential for consolidating such programs.
(7) The number and types of beneficiaries or persons served
by the program.
(8) The extent to which any trends, developments, and
emerging conditions exist that are likely to affect the future
nature and extent of the problems or needs that the program is
intended to address.
(9) The promptness and effectiveness with which the program
administrator seeks public input and input from State and local
governments on the efficiency and effectiveness of the
performance of the program, to the extent such input is
required or permitted.
(10) The extent to which the program coordinates with State
and local governments.
(11) The potential effects on State and local governments
of abolishing the program.
(12) The extent of the regulatory, privacy, and paperwork
impacts of the program and any inefficiencies such impacts may
cause.
(13) The extent to which changes are necessary in the
authorizing statutes of the agency in order for the functions
of the program to be performed in the most efficient and
effective manner.
SEC. 403. ANNUAL REPORT.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than October 1 of the year after
the year in which the Commission establishes the initial review
schedule under section 401(a), and each October 1 thereafter, the
Commission shall submit to Congress a report pertaining to the programs
designated, by the review schedule established under section 401, to be
reviewed during the 12-month period preceding the due date for the
report.
(b) Matters Covered.--
(1) Analysis.--The Commission shall include in the report
an analysis of the efficiency of operation and public need for
each program under review, based on the review conducted under
section 402.
(2) Recommendations.--Subject to subsection (c), the
Commission shall include in the report recommendations
regarding--
(A) whether each program should be abolished or
reorganized;
(B) whether the functions of any programs should be
consolidated, transferred, or reorganized in an agency
or among agencies; and
(C) proposed administrative and legislative action
with respect to each program, but not including
recommendations for appropriation levels.
(3) Proposed legislation.--
(A) In general.--Subject to subsection (c), for any
recommendation that a program be abolished, the
Commission shall include in the report proposed
legislation, in the form of an implementation bill, to
provide for such abolishment.
(B) Single implementation bill per functional
category.--The Commission shall include in the report
one implementation bill under this paragraph for each
functional category under which a program is
recommended to be abolished.
(C) Requirements.--An implementation bill included
in the report under this paragraph shall conform to the
following requirements:
(i) The title of the bill shall be ``A bill
to abolish the program[s] numbered ___ in the
inventory submitted to Congress on ___ as
required by section 301 of the SWEEP Act.'',
the first blank space being filled in with the
numbers of the programs to be abolished, as
assigned under section 304, and the second
blank space being filled in with the date on
which the report containing the abolishment
recommendation was submitted to Congress.
(ii) The bill may not include a preamble.
(iii) After the enacting clause, the bill
may include only provisions to provide for--
(I) the abolishment of programs
recommended to be abolished under
paragraph 2; and
(II) changes in existing laws or
new statutory authority necessary to
implement such abolishments, if any.
(D) Consultation.--It is the sense of Congress
that, in preparing an implementation bill under this
paragraph, the Commission should consult with the
appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
(c) Limitation.--
(1) Consensus required.--Recommendations and proposed
legislation may be included in a report under subsection (b)
only if agreed to by not fewer than eight of the Commission
members.
(2) Procedure if no consensus.--If eight or more Commission
members do not support any recommendation or proposed
legislation regarding any program--
(A) the Commission shall note the absence of a
recommendation or proposed legislation in the section
of the report dedicated to the program; and
(B) the Commission shall attach to the report an
addendum containing summaries of the recommendations or
proposed legislation for programs for which no
consensus was achieved, and the number of Commission
members in support of each such recommendation or
proposed legislation.
(d) Monitoring of Implementation.--The Commission may monitor the
implementation of prior recommendations and the enacting of laws based
on proposed legislation from the Commission and include any appropriate
related information in the report.
SEC. 404. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR
ABOLISHMENTS.
(a) Introduction; Referral; and Report or Discharge.--
(1) Introduction.--On the first calendar day on which both
Houses are in session on or immediately following the date on
which a report is submitted to Congress under section 403
containing proposed legislation included under section
403(b)(3), each implementation bill included in such report
shall be introduced (by request)--
(A) in the Senate by the majority leader of the
Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the
Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the
majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and
(B) in the House of Representatives by the majority
leader of the House of Representatives, for himself and
the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or
by Members of the House of Representatives designated
by the majority leader and minority leader of the House
of Representatives.
(2) Referral.--An implementation bill introduced under
paragraph (1) shall be referred to any appropriate committee of
jurisdiction in the Senate and any appropriate committee of
jurisdiction in the House of Representatives. A committee to
which an implementation bill is referred under this paragraph
may report such bill to the respective House without amendment.
(3) Report or discharge.--If a committee to which an
implementation bill is referred has not reported such bill by
the end of the 15th calendar day after the date of the
introduction of such bill, such committee shall be immediately
discharged from further consideration of such bill, and upon
being reported or discharged from the committee, such bill
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
(b) Floor Consideration.--
(1) In general.--When the committee to which an
implementation bill is referred has reported the bill, or has
been discharged from further consideration of the bill under
subsection (a)(3), it is at any time thereafter in order (even
though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed
to) for any Member of the respective House to move to proceed
to the consideration of the implementation bill, and all points
of order against the implementation bill (and against
consideration of the implementation bill) are waived. The
motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and
is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is
not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a
motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to
or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed
to the consideration of the implementation bill is agreed to,
the implementation bill shall remain the unfinished business of
the respective House until disposed of.
(2) Amendments.--An implementation bill may not be amended
in the Senate or the House of Representatives.
(3) Debate.--Debate on the implementation bill, and on all
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided
equally between those favoring and those opposing the bill. A
motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable.
An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to
proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion to
recommit the implementation bill is not in order. A motion to
reconsider the vote by which the implementation bill is agreed
to or disagreed to is not in order.
(4) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on an implementation bill, and a
single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested
in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote
on final passage of the implementation bill shall occur.
(5) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the
decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules
of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may
be, to the procedure relating to an implementation bill shall
be decided without debate.
(c) Coordination With Action by Other House.--If, before the
passage by one House of an implementation bill of that House, that
House receives from the other House an implementation bill, then the
following procedures shall apply:
(1) Nonreferral.--The implementation bill of the other
House shall not be referred to a committee.
(2) Vote on bill of other house.--With respect to an
implementation bill of the House receiving the implementation
bill--
(A) the procedure in that House shall be the same
as if no implementation bill had been received from the
other House; but
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on the
implementation bill of the other House.
(d) Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives.--This
section is enacted by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of an implementation bill, and it
supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is
inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
(e) Calendar Day Defined.--In this section, the term ``calendar
day'' means a calendar day other than one on which either House is not
in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a date
certain.
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