[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2415 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2415

  To amend title 31 of the United States Code to establish government 
  efficiency reserve accounts and to provide for the apportionment of 
                         salaries and expenses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 1993

    Mr. Michel (for himself and Mr. Smith of Texas) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on 
                    Government Operations and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 31 of the United States Code to establish government 
  efficiency reserve accounts and to provide for the apportionment of 
                         salaries and expenses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    That this Act may be cited as the ``Reserve Account for 
Administrative Savings Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY RESERVE ACCOUNTS.

    Subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1520. Special rule for apportioning salaries and expenses within 
              an appropriation
    ``(a) All appropriations for salaries and expenses shall be 
apportioned as necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), in apportioning any 
appropriation for salaries and expenses for a fiscal year under this 
section, a reserve shall be established in an amount that is equal to 5 
percent of the actual amount incurred for those salaries and expenses 
in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
    ``(2) The size of each reserve to be established under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year shall (if applicable) be reduced by a dollar 
amount equal to the amount by which that fiscal year's appropriation 
for salaries and expenses is less than the actual amount incurred for 
those salaries and expenses in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
    ``(c) Each appropriation subject to this section shall be 
apportioned by the appropriate official referred to in section 1513 and 
within the applicable time parameters set forth in that section.
    ``(d) The head of each agency that has an appropriation for 
salaries and expenses for a fiscal year subject to this section shall, 
within 60 days after the beginning of that fiscal year or within 60 
days after the date of enactment of the law by which the appropriation 
for that fiscal year is made available, whichever occurs later, and 
after consultation with it chief financial officer and the Deputy 
Director for Management (or his or her designee) of the Office of 
Management and Budget, make recommendations to the President of changes 
in laws or regulations or other changes that should be made to bring 
about a more efficient and cost-effective operation and thereby reduce 
salaries and expenditures without jeopardizing any programs that agency 
administers.
    ``(e) The President's annual budget submission for a budget year 
under section 1105(a) shall include a special message which sets forth 
on an agency-by-agency basis a recommendation for the current fiscal 
year of whether--
            ``(1) for the programs that agency administers to be 
        maintained at a proper administrative level the release of all 
        or part of those funds held in reserve under subsection (b) is 
        necessary;
            ``(2) those programs can function effectively at reduced 
        levels and the funds held in reserve under subsection (b) 
        should be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; or
            ``(3) supplemental appropriations for other programs are 
        necessary and can be offset by rescissions of the funds held in 
        reserve under subsection (b).
If that special message recommends the option set forth in paragraph 
(1) for any agency, then the President shall include with that special 
message a bill that, if enacted, would release specified amounts of 
funds held in reserve under subsection (b) as set forth in that bill.
    ``(f) Except to the extent that a law is enacted under section 1521 
requiring the release of all or part of the money reserved under 
subsection (b), on August 1 of the calendar year during which a fiscal 
year ends, all funds held in any reserve under subsection (b) 
respecting that fiscal year are hereby rescinded and shall be promptly 
returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
``Sec. 1521. Fast-track supplemental appropriation of amounts not to 
              exceed aggregate amount rescinded under section 1520
    ``(a)(1) Before the close of the second legislative day of the 
House of Representatives after the date of receipt of a special message 
transmitted to Congress under section 1520(e), the majority leader or 
minority leader of the House of Representatives shall introduce (by 
request) the draft bill accompanying that special message. If the bill 
is not introduced as provided in the preceding sentence, then, on the 
third legislative day of the House of Representatives after the date of 
receipt of that special message, any Member of that House may introduce 
the bill.
    ``(2) The bill shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. The committee shall report the bill 
with or without recommendation. The bill shall be reported not later 
than the seventh legislative day of that House after the date of 
receipt of that special message. If the Committee on Appropriations 
fails to report the bill within that period, that committee shall be 
automatically discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
    ``(3) During consideration under this subsection, any Member of the 
House of Representatives may move to strike any provision of the bill 
or offer an amendment to reduce any amount proposed to be released.
    ``(4) A vote on final passage of the bill shall be taken in the 
House of Representatives on or before the close of the 10th legislative 
day of that House after the date of the introduction of the bill in 
that House. If the bill is passed, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives shall cause the bill to be engrossed, certified, and 
transmitted to the Senate within one calendar day of the day on which 
the bill is passed.
    ``(5)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the 
consideration of a bill under this section shall be highly privileged 
and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 
nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
    ``(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a bill under this 
section shall not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally 
between those favoring and those opposing the bill. A motion further to 
limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to move 
to recommit a bill under this section or to move to reconsider the vote 
by which the bill is agreed to or disagreed to.
    ``(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relating to the 
application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
procedure relating to a bill under this section shall be decided 
without debate.
    ``(D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the preceding 
provisions of this subsection, consideration of a bill under this 
section shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    ``(6)(A) A bill transmitted to the Senate pursuant to paragraph (4) 
shall be referred to its Committee on Appropriations. The committee 
shall report the bill with or without recommendation. The bill shall be 
reported not later than the seventh legislative day of the Senate after 
it receives the bill. A committee failing to report the bill within 
such period shall be automatically discharged from consideration of the 
bill, and the bill shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.
    ``(B) During consideration under this subsection, any Member of the 
Senate may move to strike any provision of the bill or offer an 
amendment to reduce any amount proposed to be released.
    ``(C) A vote on final passage of a bill transmitted to the Senate 
shall be taken on or before the close of the 10th legislative day of 
the Senate after the date on which the bill is transmitted. If the bill 
is passed in the Senate without amendment, the Secretary of the Senate 
shall cause the engrossed bill to be returned to the House of 
Representatives.
    ``(7)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of 
a bill under this subsection shall be privileged and not debatable. An 
amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order 
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
disagreed to.
    ``(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill under this subsection, and all 
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed 
10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, 
the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
    ``(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
connection with a bill under this section shall be limited to not more 
than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
mover and the manager of the bill, except that in the event the manager 
of the bill is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in 
opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his 
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their 
control on the passage of a bill, allot additional time to any Senator 
during the consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
    ``(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a bill 
under this subsection is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill 
under this section is not in order.
    ``(b) Amendments and Divisions.--No amendment to a bill considered 
under this section shall be in order in either the House of 
Representatives or the Senate except an amendment to strike a provision 
of the bill or to reduce an amount proposed to be restored by the bill. 
It shall not be in order to demand a division of the question in the 
House of Representatives (or in a Committee of the Whole) or in the 
Senate. No motion to suspend the application of this subsection shall 
be in order in either House, nor shall it be in order in either House 
to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
    ``(c) Requirement to Make Available for Obligation.--Any amount of 
budget authority proposed to be restored in a special message 
transmitted to Congress under section 1520(e) shall be made available 
for obligation on the day after the date on which the bill proposing to 
restore such amount of budget authority is enacted into law unless it 
has been automatically rescinded under that section.
    ``(d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`legislative day' means, with respect to either House of Congress, any 
day during which that House is in session.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall only apply to fiscal years 
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 and shall have no force or effect 
after September 30, 1998.

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