[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4433 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4433

 To establish a commission to make recommendations for the disposal of 
 Federal Government property, the closure and consolidation of offices 
 of Federal agencies, the procurement of Federal agency functions, the 
   repeal of provisions of Federal statutes, and the termination of 
   Federal regulations, and to provide a procedure for the expedited 
                implementation of these recommendations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 1994

Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bunning, 
Mr. Canady, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Cox, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dornan, 
Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
Hancock, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Levy, Mr. Machtley, Mr. Meehan, 
Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Portman, Mr. Shays, Mr. Stearns, 
 and Mr. Torkildsen) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
  jointly to the Committees on Government Operations, Rules, Merchant 
             Marine and Fisheries, and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a commission to make recommendations for the disposal of 
 Federal Government property, the closure and consolidation of offices 
 of Federal agencies, the procurement of Federal agency functions, the 
   repeal of provisions of Federal statutes, and the termination of 
   Federal regulations, and to provide a procedure for the expedited 
                implementation of these recommendations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reinventing Government Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. REINVENTING GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an independent commission 
to be known as the ``Reinventing Government Commission''.
    (b) Duties.--The Commission shall carry out the duties specified 
for it in this Act.
    (c) Appointment.--(1) The Commission shall be composed of eight 
members appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent 
of the Senate. The President shall transmit to the Senate the 
nominations for appointment to the Commission not later than 15 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (2) In selecting individuals for nominations for appointments to 
the Commission, the President shall consult with--
            (A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives concerning 
        the appointment of two members;
            (B) the majority leader of the Senate concerning the 
        appointment of 2 members;
            (C) the minority leader of the House of Representatives 
        concerning the appointment of one member; and
            (D) the minority leader of the Senate concerning the 
        appointment of one member.
    (3) At the time the President nominates individuals for appointment 
to the Commission, the President shall designate one such individual 
who shall serve as Chairman of the Commission.
    (d) Terms.--(1) Each member of the Commission shall serve until the 
termination of the Commission under subsection (l).
    (2) The Chairman of the Commission shall serve until the 
confirmation of a successor.
    (e) Meetings.--(1) The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
Chairman or a majority of its members.
    (2) Each meeting of the Commission, other than meetings in which 
classified information is to be discussed, shall be open to the public.
    (3) All proceedings, information, and deliberations of the 
Commission shall be open, upon request, to the Chairman and the ranking 
minority party member of each congressional budget committee.
    (f) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
same manner as the original appointment was made.
    (g) Pay and Travel Expenses.--(1)(A) Each member, other than the 
Chairman, shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the 
minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the 
actual performance of duties vested in the Commission.
    (B) The Chairman shall be paid for each day referred to in 
subparagraph (A) at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum 
annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
    (2) Members shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 
5, United States Code.
    (h) Director of Staff.--(1) The Commission shall, without regard to 
section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code, appoint a Director of 
staff for the Commission.
    (2) The Director of staff for the Commission shall be paid at the 
rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    (i) Staff.--(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Director, 
with the approval of the Commission, may appoint and fix the pay of 
additional personnel.
    (2) The Director may make such appointments without regard to the 
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and any personnel so appointed may be paid 
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not 
receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (3) Not more than one-half of the professional analysts employed by 
or detailed to the Commission may be on detail from Federal agencies.
    (4) Upon request of the Director, the head of any Federal 
department or agency may detail any of the personnel of that department 
or agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out 
its duties under this Act.
    (5) The Comptroller General of the United States shall provide 
assistance, including the detailing of employees, to the Commission in 
accordance with an agreement entered into with the Commission.
    (j) Other Authority.--(1) The Commission may procure by contract, 
to the extent funds are available, the temporary or intermittent 
services of experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (2) The Commission may lease space and acquire personal property to 
the extent funds are available. To the extent practicable, the 
Commission shall use suitable real property available under the most 
recent inventory of real property assets published by the Resolution 
Trust Corporation under section 21A(b)(11)(F) of the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(b)(12)(F)).
    (k) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Commission such funds as are necessary to carry out its duties under 
this Act. Such funds shall remain available until expended.
    (l) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate September 30, 
1999.

SEC. 3. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Selection Criteria.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the 
congressional budget committees the criteria proposed to be used by the 
Director in making recommendations under this Act. The Director shall 
provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed criteria for 
a period of at least 30 days and shall include notice of that 
opportunity in the publication required under this paragraph.
    (2)(A) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director shall publish in the Federal Register and transmit to 
the congressional budget committees the final criteria to be used in 
making recommendations under this Act. Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), such criteria shall be the final criteria to be used 
in making such recommendations, unless disapproved by a joint 
resolution of the Congress enacted before the date that is 150 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (B) The Director may amend such criteria, but such amendments may 
not become effective unless they have been published in the Federal 
Register, opened to public comment for at least 150 days, and then 
transmitted to the congressional budget committees in final form by no 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Such 
amended criteria shall be the final criteria to be used in making 
recommendations unless disapproved by a joint resolution of the 
Congress enacted on or before the date that is 200 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Director's Recommendations.--(1) Not later than March 15, 1995, 
1997, and 1999, the Director shall publish in the Federal Register and 
transmit to the congressional budget committees and to the Commission a 
list of recommendations based on the final criteria referred to in 
subsection (a), for--
            (A) the disposal of Federal Government property;
            (B) the closure and consolidation of offices of Federal 
        agencies;
            (C) the procurement of functions currently performed by 
        Federal agencies from the private sector and State and local 
        governments;
            (D) the repeal of provisions of Federal statutes; and
            (E) the termination of effectiveness of Federal 
        regulations.
    (2) The Director shall include, with the list of recommendations 
published and transmitted pursuant to paragraph (1), a summary of the 
selection process that resulted in each recommendation, including a 
justification for each recommendation.
    (3) In considering property for disposal, offices for closure or 
consolidation, functions for procurement from the private sector, 
statutes for repeal, and regulations for termination, the Director 
shall consider all such disposals, all such offices, all such statutes, 
and all such regulations, respectively, equally without regard to 
whether the disposal, closure, consolidation, procurement, repeal, or 
termination has been previously considered or proposed for by the 
Director.
    (4) The Director shall make all information used by the Director in 
preparing recommendations under this subsection available to the 
Congress (including any committee or Member of the Congress), the 
Commission, and the Comptroller General of the United States.
    (5)(A) Each person referred to in subparagraph (B), when submitting 
information to the Director or the Commission for use under this Act, 
shall certify that such information is accurate and complete to the 
best of that person's knowledge and belief.
    (B) Subparagraph (A) applies to the following persons:
            (i) The head of an executive department.
            (ii) Each person who is in a position the duties of which 
        include personal and substantial involvement in the preparation 
        and submission of information and recommendations for purposes 
        of this Act, as specified in regulations.
    (6) In the case of any information provided to the Commission by a 
person described in paragraph (5)(B), the Commission shall submit that 
information to the Senate and the House of Representatives to be made 
available to the Members of the House concerned in accordance with the 
rules of that House. The information shall be submitted to the Senate 
and the House of Representatives within 24 hours after the submission 
of the information to the Commission. The Director shall prescribe 
regulations to ensure the compliance of the Commission with this 
paragraph.
    (c) Review and Recommendations by the Commission.--(1) After 
receiving the recommendations from the Director pursuant to subsection 
(b), the Commission shall conduct public hearings on the 
recommendations.
    (2) The Commission shall, by not later than June 1 of 1995, 1997, 
and 1999, transmit to the President and the congressional budget 
committees a report containing--
            (A) the Commission's findings and conclusions based on a 
        review and analysis of the recommendations made by the 
        Director; and
            (B) the Commission's recommendations for--
                    (i) the disposal of Federal Government property;
                    (ii) the closure and consolidation of offices of 
                Federal agencies;
                    (iii) the procurement from the private sector of 
                functions currently performed by Federal agencies;
                    (iv) the repeal of provisions of Federal statutes; 
                and
                    (v) the termination of effectiveness of Federal 
                regulations.
    (3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in making its recommendations, 
the Commission may make changes in any of the recommendations made by 
the Director if--
            (i) the Commission determines that the Director deviated 
        substantially from the final criteria referred to in subsection 
        (a) in making recommendations;
            (ii) the change is consistent with the final criteria 
        referred to in subsection (a);
            (iii) the Commission publishes a notice of the proposed 
        change in the Federal Register not less than 30 days before 
        transmitting its recommendations to the Director pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A); and
            (iv) the Commission conducts public hearings on the 
        proposed change.
    (B) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to a change by the Commission in 
the Director's recommendations that would--
            (i) add an office to the offices of Federal agencies 
        recommended by the Director for closure or consolidation;
            (ii) increase the extent of the consolidation of offices of 
        a Federal agency recommended by the Director;
            (iii) increase the scope of Federal Government property 
        disposals recommended by the Director;
            (iv) increase the scope of procurement of functions 
        currently performed by Federal agencies recommended by the 
        Director;
            (v) add a provision of Federal statute to the provisions of 
        Federal statutes recommended by the Director for repeal; or
            (vi) add a Federal regulation to the Federal regulations 
        recommended by the Director for termination.
    (4) The Commission shall explain and justify in the report under 
paragraph (2) any recommendation made by the Commission that is 
different from the recommendations made by the Director.
    (5) After transmitting the report, the Commission shall promptly 
provide, upon request, to any Member of Congress information used by 
the Commission in making its recommendations.
    (d) Assistance from Comptroller General.--The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall--
            (1) assist the Commission, to the extent requested, in the 
        Commission's review and analysis of the recommendations made by 
        the Director pursuant to subsection (b); and
            (2) not later than 30 days after the date the Commission 
        transmits its report under subsection (c), transmit to the 
        congressional budget committees and to the Commission a report 
        containing a detailed analysis of the Director's 
        recommendations and selection process.
    (e) Review by the President.--(1) Not later than 30 days after 
receiving the report of the Commission under subsection (c), the 
President shall transmit to the Commission and to the congressional 
budget committees a report containing the President's approval or 
disapproval of the Commission's recommendations.
    (2) If the President approves all of the recommendations of the 
Commission, the President shall transmit a copy of such recommendations 
to the congressional budget committees together with a certification of 
such approval.
    (3) If the President disapproves the recommendations of the 
Commission, in whole or in part, the President shall transmit to the 
Commission and the congressional budget committees notice of and the 
reasons for that disapproval. The Commission shall then transmit to the 
President, not later than 30 days after receiving the notice of 
disapproval, a revised list of recommendations.
    (4) If the President approves all of the revised recommendations of 
the Commission transmitted to the President under paragraph (3), the 
President shall transmit a copy of such revised recommendations to the 
congressional budget committees, together with a certification of such 
approval.
    (5) If the President does not transmit to the congressional budget 
committees an approval and certification described in paragraph (2) or 
(4) within 30 days after receiving the report of the Commission under 
subsection (c), the process by which Federal Government property may be 
disposed of, offices of Federal agencies may be closed or consolidated, 
functions may be procured from the private sector, provisions of 
Federal statutes may be repealed, and effectiveness of Federal 
regulations may be terminated under this Act shall be terminated.
    (f) Minimum Budgetary Savings.--In preparing their recommendations 
under this section, the Director and the Commission shall seek to make 
recommendations that, if fully implemented, would achieve at least--
            (1) $50,000,000,000 in increased receipts; and
            (2) $25,000,000,000 in reduced outlays.

SEC. 4. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY, CLOSURE AND CONSOLIDATION OF OFFICES, 
              PROCUREMENT OF FUNCTIONS, REPEAL OF STATUTES, AND 
              TERMINATION OF REGULATIONS.

    (a) Disposals of Property.--Subject to subsection (f)--
            (1) Federal Government property that is recommended for 
        disposal in the report transmitted to the congressional budget 
        committees by the President pursuant to section 3(e) is deemed 
        to be surplus property for purposes of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949; and
            (2) the Administrator of General Services shall dispose of 
        all such property in accordance with that Act by not later than 
        1 year after the end of the period described in subsection 
        (f)(1)(A).
    (b) Closures and Consolidations.--Subject to subsection (f), the 
Director shall--
            (1) close all offices of Federal agencies recommended for 
        closure in the report transmitted to the congressional budget 
        committees by the President pursuant to section 3(e);
            (2) consolidate all such offices recommended for 
        consolidation in that report;
            (3) initiate all such closures and consolidations no later 
        than 1 year after the date on which the President transmits a 
        report pursuant to section 3(e) containing the recommendations 
        for such closures or consolidations; and
            (4) complete the closures and consolidations not later than 
        the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date on which the 
        President transmits that report.
    (c) Procurement of Functions.--Subject to subsection (f), the head 
of a Federal agency that performs a function that, in the report 
transmitted to the congressional budget committees by the President 
pursuant to section 3(e), is recommended for procurement from the 
private sector shall award a contract for that procurement by not later 
than 1 year after the date on which the President transmits a report 
pursuant to section 3(e) containing the recommendation.
    (d) Repeal of Statutes.--Subject to subsection (f), a provision of 
Federal statute that is recommended be repealed in the report 
transmitted to the congressional budget committees by the President 
pursuant to section 3(e) is deemed to be repealed on the day after the 
last date on which a joint resolution disapproving the recommendation 
may be enacted in accordance with subsection (f).
    (e) Termination of Regulations.--Subject to subsection (f), a 
Federal regulation the effectiveness of which is recommended be 
terminated in the report transmitted to the congressional budget 
committees by the President pursuant to section 3(e) shall not be 
effective after the last date on which a joint resolution disapproving 
the recommendation may be enacted in accordance with subsection (f).
    (f) Congressional Disapproval.--(1) The Administrator of General 
Services may not carry out any disposal of Federal Government property 
recommended in the report transmitted by the President pursuant to 
section 3(e), the Director may not carry out any closure or 
consolidation of an office recommended in that report, the head of a 
Federal agency may not award a contract for a procurement recommended 
in that report, a provision of Federal statute shall not be repealed 
under subsection (d), and the effectiveness of a Federal regulation 
shall not be terminated under subsection (e), if a joint resolution is 
enacted, in accordance with the provisions of section 9, disapproving 
the recommendation before the earlier of--
            (A) the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on 
        which the President transmits the report; or
            (B) an adjournment of Congress sine die for the session in 
        which the report is transmitted.
    (2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection and 
subsections (a) and (c) of section 9, the days on which either House of 
Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three 
days to a day certain shall be excluded in the computation of a period.
    (g) Priority for Closing Offices in Foreign Countries.--In closing 
offices of Federal agencies under this section, the Director shall to 
the extent possible give priority to closing offices located in foreign 
countries.

SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--In closing or consolidating any office of a 
Federal agency under this Act, the Director may--
            (1) take such actions as may be necessary to close or 
        consolidate the office, including the acquisition of such land, 
        the construction of such replacement facilities, the 
        performance of such activities, and the conduct of such advance 
        planning and design as may be required to transfer functions 
        from an office being closed or consolidated to another office, 
        and may use for such purpose funds in the Account or funds 
        appropriated to that Federal agency for use in planning and 
        design, minor construction, or operation and maintenance; and
            (2) reimburse other Federal agencies for actions performed 
        at the request of the Director with respect to any such closure 
        or consolidation, and may use for such purpose funds in the 
        Account or funds appropriated to the Federal agency in which 
        the closed or consolidated office is located and available for 
        such purpose.
    (b) Management and Disposal of Property.--(1) The Director, with 
respect to excess and surplus real property and facilities located at 
an office closed or consolidated under this Act, may exercise--
            (A) the authority of the Administrator of General Services 
        to utilize excess property under section 202 of the Federal 
        Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
        483);
            (B) the authority of the Administrator of General Services 
        to dispose of surplus property under section 203 of that Act 
        (40 U.S.C. 484);
            (C) the authority of the Administrator of General Services 
        to grant approvals and make determinations under section 13(g) 
        of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)); 
        and
            (D) the authority of the Administrator of General Services 
        to determine the availability of excess or surplus real 
        property for wildlife conservation purposes in accordance with 
        the Act of May 19, 1948 (16 U.S.C. 667b).
    (2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (C) and paragraphs (3), (4), (5), 
and (6), the Director shall exercise the authority of the Director 
under paragraph (1) in accordance with--
            (i) all regulations in effect on the date of the enactment 
        of this Act (other than regulations the effectiveness of which 
        is terminated under this Act) governing the utilization of 
        excess property and the disposal of surplus property under the 
        Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and
            (ii) all regulations in effect on the date of the enactment 
        of this Act (other than regulations the effectiveness of which 
        is terminated under this Act) governing the conveyance and 
        disposal of property under section 13(g) of the Surplus 
        Property Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)).
    (B) The Director, after consulting with the Administrator of 
General Services, may issue regulations that are necessary to carry out 
the delegation of authority required by paragraph (1).
    (C) The authority of the Director under paragraph (1) shall not 
include the authority to prescribe general policies and methods for 
utilizing excess property and disposing of surplus property.
    (c) Applicability of National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.--
(1) The provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall not apply to the actions of the President, 
the Commission, and, except as provided in paragraph (2), any Federal 
official in carrying out this Act.
    (2)(A) The provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 shall apply to actions of a Federal official under this Act (i) 
during the process of property disposal, and (ii) during the process of 
relocating functions from an office being closed or consolidated to 
another office after the receiving office has been selected but before 
the functions are relocated.
    (B) In applying the provisions of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 to the processes referred to in subparagraph (A), a Federal 
official shall not have to consider--
            (i) the need for closing or consolidating the office which 
        has been recommended for closure or consolidation by the 
        Commission;
            (ii) the need for transferring functions to any office 
        which has been selected as the receiving office; or
            (iii) offices alternative to those recommended or selected.
    (3) A civil action for judicial review, with respect to any 
requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to the 
extent such Act is applicable under paragraph (2), of any act or 
failure to act by a Federal official during the closing, consolidating, 
or relocating of functions referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
paragraph (2)(A), may not be brought more than 60 days after the date 
of such act or failure to act.
    (d) Waivers.--The Director may close or consolidate offices under 
this Act without regard to--
            (1) any provision of law restricting the use of funds for 
        closing or consolidating offices included in any appropriations 
        or authorization Act; and
            (2) sections 2662 and 2687 of title 10, United States Code.
    (e) Applicability of CERCLA.--Section 120 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9620) shall not apply with respect to any surplus property that 
is disposed of pursuant to a closure or consolidation of an office 
under this Act by conveyance to a person that is not a Federal 
department, agency, or instrumentality, if--
            (1) the transfer of property is contingent on cleanup;
            (2) there is a contractual commitment by the purchaser to 
        do the cleanup;
            (3) the cleanup is in conformance with the national 
        contingency plan; and
            (4) the cleanup substantially meets the standards of 
        section 121 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9621) to the 
        satisfaction of the Environmental Protection Agency if the 
        property is part of a parcel listed on the national priorities 
        list, and of the State.

SEC. 6. ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--(1) There is hereby established on the books of 
the Treasury an account to be known as the ``Reinventing Government 
Account 1994'' which shall be administered by the Director as a single 
account.
    (2) There shall be deposited into the Account--
            (A) funds authorized for and appropriated to the Account;
            (B) any funds that the Director may, subject to approval in 
        an appropriation Act, transfer to the Account from funds 
        appropriated for any purpose, except that such funds may be 
        transferred only after the date on which the Director transmits 
        written notice of, and justification for, such transfer to the 
        congressional budget committees; and
            (C) except as provided in subsection (d), proceeds received 
        from the transfer or disposal of any property at an office 
        closed or consolidated under this Act.
    (b) Use of Funds.--The Director may use the funds in the Account 
only for the purposes described in section 5.
    (c) Reports.--(1)(A) No later than 60 days after the end of each 
fiscal year in which the Director carries out activities under this 
Act, the Director shall transmit a report to the congressional budget 
committees of the amount and nature of the deposits into, and the 
expenditures from, the Account during such fiscal year and of the 
amount and nature of other expenditures made pursuant to section 
2905(a) during such fiscal year.
    (B) The report for a fiscal year shall include the following:
            (i) The obligations and expenditures from the Account 
        during the fiscal year, identified by subaccount, for each 
        executive department.
            (ii) The fiscal year in which appropriations for such 
        expenditures were made and the fiscal year in which funds were 
        obligated for such expenditures.
    (2) Unobligated funds which remain in the Account after the 
termination of the authority of the Director to carry out a closure or 
consolidation under this Act shall be held in the Account until 
transferred by law after the congressional budget committees receive 
the report transmitted under paragraph (3).
    (3) No later than 60 days after the termination of the authority of 
the Director to carry out a closure or consolidation under this Act, 
the Director shall transmit to the congressional budget committees a 
report containing an accounting of--
            (A) all the funds deposited into and expended from the 
        Account or otherwise expended under this Act; and
            (B) any amount remaining in the Account.

SEC. 7. REPORTS.

    As part of the budget request for fiscal year 1995 and for each 
fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall transmit to the 
congressional budget committees of Congress--
            (1) a schedule of the closure and consolidation actions to 
        be carried out under this Act in the fiscal year for which the 
        request is made and an estimate of the total expenditures 
        required and cost savings to be achieved by each such closure 
        and consolidation and of the time period in which these savings 
        are to be achieved in each case; and
            (2) a description of the offices, including those under 
        construction and those planned for construction, to which 
        functions are to be transferred as a result of such closures 
        and consolidation.

SEC. 8. BUDGETARY TREATMENT.

    (a) Direct Spending.--None of the changes in direct spending (if 
any) resulting from this Act shall be reflected in estimates under 
section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
    (b) Discretionary Spending.--Upon the enactment of reductions in 
discretionary spending pursuant to the Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall make downward adjustments in the 
discretionary spending limits (new budget authority and outlays), as 
adjusted, set forth in 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 for each applicable fiscal year through 1998 by the aggregate 
amount of such reductions in discretionary spending for that fiscal 
year.
    (c) Section 601.--Section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 is amended by inserting ``or as adjusted pursuant to section 
7(b) of the Reinventing Government Act of 1994'' before the period at 
the end.
    (d) Receipts.--All receipts resulting from this Act shall be used 
solely to reduce the public debt.

SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION REPORT.

    (a) Terms of the Resolution.--For purposes of section 4(f), the 
term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution which is 
introduced within the 10-day period beginning on the date on which the 
President transmits the report to the Congress under section 3(e), 
and--
            (1) which does not have a preamble;
            (2) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
        follows: ``That Congress disapproves the recommendations of the 
        Reinventing Government Commission as submitted by the President 
        on ________________'', the blank space being filled in with the 
        appropriate date; and
            (3) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint resolution 
        disapproving the recommendations of the Federal Privatization 
        Commission.''.
    (b) Referral.--A resolution described in subsection (a) that is 
introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives. A resolution 
described in subsection (a) introduced in the Senate shall be referred 
to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
    (c) Discharge.--If the committee to which a resolution described in 
subsection (a) is referred has not reported such resolution (or an 
identical resolution) by the end of the 20-day period beginning on the 
date on which the President transmits the report to the Congress under 
section 3(e), such committee shall be, at the end of such period, 
discharged from further consideration of such resolution, and such 
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House 
involved.
    (d) Consideration.--(1) On or after the third day after the date on 
which the committee to which such a resolution is referred has 
reported, or has been discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 
consideration of, such a resolution, it is 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 resolution. A Member may make the motion only on the day after 
the calendar day on which the Member announces to the House concerned 
the Member's intention to make the motion, except that, in the case of 
the House of Representatives, the motion may be made without such prior 
announcement if the motion is made by direction of the committee to 
which the resolution was referred. All points of order against the 
resolution (and against consideration of the resolution) 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 resolution 
is agreed to, the respective House shall immediately proceed to 
consideration of the joint resolution without intervening motion, 
order, or other business, and the resolution shall remain the 
unfinished business of the respective House until disposed of.
    (2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 
hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
opposing the resolution. An amendment to the resolution is not in 
order. A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable. 
A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
other business, or a motion to recommit the resolution is not in order. 
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or 
disagreed to is not in order.
    (3) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a 
resolution described in subsection (a) 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 resolution 
shall occur.
    (4) 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 a resolution described 
in subsection (a) shall be decided without debate.
    (e) Consideration by Other House.--(1) If, before the passage by 
one House of a resolution of that House described in subsection (a), 
that House receives from the other House a resolution described in 
subsection (a), then the following procedures shall apply:
            (A) The resolution of the other House shall not be referred 
        to a committee and may not be considered in the House receiving 
        it except in the case of final passage as provided in 
        subparagraph (B)(ii).
            (B) With respect to a resolution described in subsection 
        (a) of the House receiving the resolution--
                    (i) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no resolution had been received from the other 
                House; but
                    (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                resolution of the other House.
    (2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from the other 
House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the resolution that 
originated in the receiving House.
    (f) Rules of the Senate and House.--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 a resolution described in subsection 
        (a), 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.

SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Account'' means the Reinventing Government 
        Account of 1994 established by section 6(a)(1).
            (2) The term ``Commission'' means the Reinventing 
        Government Commission established by section 2(a).
            (3) The term ``congressional budget committees'' means the 
        Committee on the Budget of each of the House of Representatives 
        and the Senate.
            (4) The term ``consolidation'' includes any action which 
        both reduces and relocates functions and personnel positions.
            (5) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget.

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