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[S. 1399 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1399

 To improve the results the executive branch achieves on behalf of the 
                            American people.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2005

  Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the results the executive branch achieves on behalf of the 
                            American people.

    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 ``The Government Reorganization and 
Program Performance Improvement Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to improve the performance of the 
executive branch of the Federal Government by ascertaining whether 
programs work or not and addressing deficiencies in existing programs, 
eliminating duplication of effort, and abolishing agencies and programs 
that do not work.

SEC. 3. RESULTS COMMISSIONS.

    (a) Establishment of Commissions.--
            (1) Proposal and enactment.--The President may propose the 
        establishment in the executive branch of 1 or more commissions 
        for the purpose of improving the overall effectiveness, 
        efficiency, or accountability of executive branch operations 
        through reorganization. Each such commission shall be known as 
        a Results Commission and shall require an Act of Congress to be 
        established.
            (2) Reasons for establishing results commissions.--In each 
        proposal to establish a Results Commission, the President shall 
        describe the agencies or programs that the Results Commission 
        would study. In making such proposals, the President shall 
        identify areas where multiple Federal programs have similar, 
        related, or overlapping responsibilities that are under the 
        jurisdiction of multiple executive branch agencies and 
        committees of Congress, and areas where reorganization may 
        improve the overall effectiveness, efficiency, or 
        accountability of executive branch operations.
    (b) Procedure for Making Recommendations for Improvements in 
Executive Branch Performance.--
            (1) Submission of proposals.--The President may, from time 
        to time in his discretion, submit to a Results Commission 
        established under section 3 one or more specific proposals to 
        improve the performance of the executive branch by reorganizing 
        agencies or programs in the areas that a Results Commission has 
        been authorized to study.
            (2) Evaluation.--After receiving a specific proposal from 
        the President under subsection (b)(1), a Results Commission 
        shall evaluate the proposal and shall provide a response to the 
        President on the proposal, including any changes that the 
        Commission may wish to recommend. The Commission may recommend 
        changes or additions to the proposal only if the Commission 
        believes that such changes are necessary to better accomplish 
        the stated purpose of the President's reorganization proposal.
            (3) Explanation of recommendations.--The Results Commission 
        shall explain and justify any recommended changes or additions 
        made by the Commission to the President's proposal under 
        paragraph (2).
            (4) Disapproval.--If the President disapproves the 
        recommendations of the Results Commission, in whole or in part, 
        the President may transmit to the Results Commission the 
        reasons for that disapproval. The Commission shall then 
        transmit to the President a report responding to the 
        President's concerns and any changes in its recommendations.
            (5) Transmission to congress.--If the President chooses, 
        the President shall transmit to Congress a copy of all of the 
        final recommendations of each Results Commission, together with 
        legislation to accomplish those recommendations.
    (c) Membership, Powers, and Other Matters.--
            (1) In general.--Each Results Commission shall be composed 
        of 7 members, who shall be appointed within 60 days after the 
        date of enactment of the Act authorizing the Commission.
            (2) Appointments.--
                    (A) In general.--The President shall appoint the 7 
                members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the 
                President, as follows:
                            (i) One in consultation with the Majority 
                        Leader of the Senate.
                            (ii) One in consultation with the Minority 
                        Leader of the Senate.
                            (iii) One in consultation with the Speaker 
                        of the House of Representatives.
                            (iv) One in consultation with the Minority 
                        Leader of the House of Representatives.
                            (v) Three other members.
                    (B) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on a Commission shall 
                be filled in the manner in which the original 
                appointment was made.
            (3) Chair and vice chair.--The President shall designate 1 
        member of each Results Commission to serve as Chair and 1 
        member as Vice Chair.
            (4) Termination.--Each Results Commission shall terminate 
        within 9 months after the date it commences operations, unless 
        provided otherwise by law.
            (5) Duties.--Each Results Commission is authorized to--
                    (A) evaluate the merits of a specific proposal by 
                the President for governmental reorganization; and
                    (B) provide views to the President on the proposal, 
                including any changes or additions to the proposal that 
                the Commission may wish to recommend.
            (6) Powers.--
                    (A) Obtaining information from federal agencies.--
                            (i) In general.--Each Results Commission 
                        may secure directly from any executive 
                        department, bureau, agency, board, commission, 
                        office, independent establishment, or 
                        instrumentality of the United States 
                        Government, information, suggestions, 
                        estimates, and statistics for the purpose of 
                        this Act. Each department, bureau, agency, 
                        board, commission, office, independent 
                        establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the 
                        extent authorized by law, furnish such 
                        information, suggestions, estimates, and 
                        statistics directly to the Commission, upon 
                        request made by the Chair or any other member 
                        designated by a majority of the Commission.
                            (ii) Receipt, handling, storage, and 
                        dissemination.--Information shall only be 
                        received, handled, stored, and disseminated by 
                        members of the Commission and its staff 
                        consistent with all applicable statutes, 
                        regulations, and Executive orders.
                    (B) Contracting authority.--Each Results Commission 
                may contract with and compensate government and private 
                agencies or persons for services without regard to 
                section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5).
            (7) Public hearings and meetings.--
                    (A) Public hearings.--Each Results Commission shall 
                hold public hearings and meetings to the extent 
                appropriate. Any such public session shall be conducted 
                in a manner consistent with the protection of 
                information provided to or developed for or by the 
                Commission as required by applicable law.
                    (B) Nonapplicability of federal advisory committee 
                act.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App) 
                shall not apply to any Results Commission.
            (8) Internal procedures.--
                    (A) Proceedings.--Each Results Commission shall 
                commence operations within 6 months after the date of 
                enactment of the Act authorizing the Commission and 
                shall meet periodically at the call of the Chair.
                    (B) Quorum.--Four members of the Results Commission 
                shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold 
                hearings.
            (9) Personnel matters.--
                    (A) Travel expenses.--The members of the Commission 
                shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 
                lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees 
                of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
                5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
                regular places of business in the performance of 
                services for the Commission.
                    (B) Director.--The Chair of the Commission may, 
                without regard to the civil service laws and 
                regulations, appoint and terminate a Director for the 
                Commission. The Director shall be paid at a rate not to 
                exceed the level II of the Executive Schedule.
                    (C) Staff.--The Director may appoint and compensate 
                staff for the Commission in accordance with section 
                3161 of title 5, United States Code.
                    (D) Applicability of certain civil service laws.--
                The Director and any staff of the Commission shall be 
                employees under section 2105 of title 5, United States 
                Code, for purposes including chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 
                85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title.
                    (E) Procurement of temporary and intermittent 
                services.--The Chair of the Commission may procure 
                temporary and intermittent services under section 
                3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for 
                individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of 
                the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level II of 
                the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such 
                title.
            (10) Other administrative matters.--
                    (A) Postal and printing services.--Each Results 
                Commission may use the United States mails and obtain 
                printing and binding services in the same manner and 
                under the same conditions as other departments and 
                agencies of the United States.
                    (B) Administrative support services.--Upon the 
                request of each Results Commission, the Administrator 
                of General Services shall provide to the Results 
                Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 
                support services necessary for the Results Commission 
                to carry out its duties under this Act.
                    (C) Authorization of appropriations.--Such sums as 
                may be necessary are authorized to be appropriated for 
                the purposes of carrying out the duties of each 
                Commission under this Act. Such funds shall remain 
                available until expended.
    (d) Expedited Congressional Review Procedures.--In reviewing 
proposals by the President to authorize a Results Commission and in 
reviewing proposals by the President to authorize implementation of a 
reorganization proposal that has been recommended by a Results 
Commission, Congress shall follow the expedited review procedures under 
section 5.

SEC. 4. SUNSET COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND MAXIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL 
              FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

    (a) Schedule for Review of Agencies and Programs.--The President 
may submit to Congress for its consideration a proposed schedule for 
reviewing the performance of, and need for, executive branch agencies 
and programs at least once every 10 years. In reviewing this schedule, 
Congress shall follow the expedited review procedures under section 5.
    (b) Establishment of Commission.--There is established the Sunset 
Commission.
    (c) Sunset of Executive Branch Agencies and Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Executive branch agencies and programs 
        shall--
                    (A) be reviewed by the Sunset Commission according 
                to the schedule authorized by Congress under subsection 
                (a); and
                    (B) terminate 2 years after the date that the 
                President submits the recommendations to Congress on 
                the agency or program, along with the report of the 
                Sunset Commission on the agency or program, unless the 
                agency or program is reauthorized by law after 
                receiving the President's recommendations.
            (2) Extension.--The deadline for termination of an agency 
        or program may be extended for an additional 2 years after the 
        date described under paragraph (1) if Congress enacts 
        legislation extending such deadline.
    (d) Membership, Powers, and Other Matters.--
            (1) Membership.--
                    (A) In general.--The Sunset Commission shall be 
                comprised of 7 members, who shall be appointed within 
                180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Appointments.--The President shall appoint the 
                7 members of the Sunset Commission as follows:
                            (i) One in consultation with the Majority 
                        Leader of the Senate.
                            (ii) One in consultation with the Minority 
                        Leader of the Senate.
                            (iii) One in consultation with the Speaker 
                        of the House of Representatives.
                            (iv) One in consultation with the Minority 
                        Leader of the House of Representatives.
                            (v) Three other members.
                    (C) Chair and vice chair.--The President shall 
                designate 1 member of the Sunset Commission to serve as 
                Chair and 1 member as Vice Chair.
                    (D) Length of service.--The members of the Sunset 
                Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the 
                President. Each member shall serve for a term not to 
                exceed 3 years, unless reappointed by the President.
                    (E) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall 
                be filled in the manner in which the original 
                appointment was made.
            (2) Powers.--
                    (A) Obtaining information from federal agencies.--
                            (i) In general.--The Sunset Commission may 
                        secure directly from any executive department, 
                        bureau, agency, board, commission, office, 
                        independent establishment, or instrumentality 
                        of the United States Government, information, 
                        suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the 
                        purpose of this Act. Each department, bureau, 
                        agency, board, commission, office, independent 
                        establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the 
                        extent authorized by law, furnish such 
                        information, suggestions, estimates, and 
                        statistics directly to the Commission, upon 
                        request made by the Chair or any other member 
                        designated by a majority of the Commission.
                            (ii) Receipt, handling, storage, and 
                        dissemination.--Information shall only be 
                        received, handled, stored, and disseminated by 
                        members of the Commission and its staff 
                        consistent with all applicable statutes, 
                        regulations, and Executive orders.
                    (B) Contracting authority.--The Sunset Commission 
                may contract with and compensate government and private 
                agencies or persons for services without regard to 
                section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5).
            (3) Public hearings and meetings.--
                    (A) Public hearings.--The Sunset Commission shall 
                hold public hearings and meetings to the extent 
                appropriate. Any such public sessions shall be 
                conducted in a manner consistent with the protection of 
                information provided to or developed for or by the 
                Commission as required by any applicable statute, 
                regulation, or Executive Order.
                    (B) Nonapplicability of federal advisory committee 
                act.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App) 
                shall not apply to the Sunset Commission.
            (4) Internal procedures.--
                    (A) Meetings.--The Sunset Commission shall meet 
                periodically at the call of the Chair. Such meetings 
                may include public hearings and sessions as authorized 
                by paragraph (2)(A).
                    (B) Quorum.--Four members of the Sunset Commission 
                shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold 
                hearings.
            (5) Personnel matters.--
                    (A) Travel expenses.--The members of the Commission 
                shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 
                lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees 
                of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
                5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
                regular places of business in the performance of 
                services for the Commission.
                    (B) Director.--The Chair of the Commission may, 
                without regard to the civil service laws and 
                regulations, appoint and terminate a Director for the 
                Commission. The Director shall be paid at a rate not to 
                exceed the level II of the Executive Schedule.
                    (C) Staff.--The Director may appoint and fix the 
                compensation of additional personnel without regard to 
                chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
                United States Code, relating to classification of 
                positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that 
                the rate of pay for the Director and other personnel 
                may not exceed level II of the Executive Schedule
                    (D) Applicability of certain civil service laws.--
                The Director and any staff of the Commission shall be 
                employees under section 2105 of title 5, United States 
                Code, for purposes including chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 
                85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title.
                    (E) Detail of government employees.--Any Federal 
                Government employee may be detailed to the Commission 
                without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without 
                interruption or loss of civil service status or 
                privilege.
                    (F) Procurement of temporary and intermittent 
                services.--The Chair of the Sunset Commission may 
                procure temporary and intermittent services under 
                section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at 
                rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
                equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed 
                for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 
                5316 of such title.
            (6) Other administrative matters.--
                    (A) Postal and printing services.--The Sunset 
                Commission may use the United States mails and obtain 
                printing and binding services in the same manner and 
                under the same conditions as other departments and 
                agencies of the United States.
                    (B) Administrative support services.--Upon the 
                request of the Sunset Commission, the Administrator of 
                General Services shall provide to the Sunset 
                Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 
                support services necessary for the Sunset Commission to 
                carry out its duties under this Act.
                    (C) Authorization of appropriations.--Such sums as 
                may be necessary are authorized to be appropriated for 
                the purposes of carrying out the duties of the Sunset 
                Commission under this Act. Such funds shall remain 
                available until expended.
            (7) Sunset of commission.--The Sunset Commission shall 
        terminate on December 31, 2026, unless reauthorized in law by 
        Congress.
    (e) Review of Efficiency and Need for Executive Branch Agencies and 
Programs.--
            (1) In general.--The Sunset Commission shall review 
        agencies and programs in accordance with the criteria described 
        under subsection (f). The Sunset Commission shall consider 
        recommendations made by the President to the Commission for 
        improving the performance of the agencies or programs being 
        considered.
            (2) Use of evaluations and assessments.--In its 
        deliberations, the Sunset Commission may consider any publicly 
        available agency or program evaluations and assessments, 
        including those that the Office of Management and Budget has 
        undertaken in consultation with the affected agencies of the 
        Federal Government. Such Office of Management and Budget 
        assessments shall evaluate the purpose, design, strategic plan, 
        management, and results of the program, and such other matters 
        as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
        considers appropriate, as well as make recommendations to 
        improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the assessed 
        programs.
            (3) Recommendations; report to the president.--The Sunset 
        Commission shall submit to the President not later than August 
        1 of each year a report containing--
                    (A) its assessment of each agency and program 
                reviewed during the preceding 12 months under the 
                schedule authorized by Congress under subsection (a); 
                and
                    (B) its recommendations on how to improve the 
                results that each agency and program achieves and 
                whether to abolish any agency or program.
            (4) Draft legislation.--
                    (A) Submission to the president.--The Sunset 
                Commission shall submit to the President with its 
                report a draft of any proposed legislation needed to 
                carry out its recommendations.
                    (B) Submission to congress.--The President may 
                submit to Congress draft legislation needed to 
                accomplish the recommendations of the Sunset Commission 
                with any revisions the President believes are necessary 
                to improve the performance of the assessed agencies or 
                programs.
            (5) Proposals to terminate agencies or programs.--Before 
        recommending the termination of any agency or program, the 
        Sunset Commission should, as it considers appropriate--
                    (A) conduct public hearings on the merits of 
                retaining the agency or program;
                    (B) provide an opportunity for public comment on 
                the option of terminating the agency or program;
                    (C) offer the affected agency an opportunity to 
                comment and to provide information supporting its 
                views;
                    (D) review the assessments described under 
                subsection (e)(2); and
                    (E) consult with the Government Accountability 
                Office, the relevant Inspectors General, and the 
                relevant committees of Congress.
    (f) Criteria for Review.--The Sunset Commission shall use the 
following criteria to evaluate each agency or program:
            (1) Whether the agency or program as carried out by the 
        agency is cost-effective and achieves its stated purpose of 
        goals.
            (2) The extent to which any trends, developments, or 
        emerging conditions affect the need to change the mission of 
        the agency or program or the way that the mission is being 
        carried out by the agency.
            (3) The extent to which the agency or program duplicates or 
        conflicts with other Federal agencies, State and local 
        government, or the private sector.
            (4) The extent to which the agency coordinates effectively 
        with State and local governments in performing the functions of 
        the program.
            (5) The extent to which changes in the authorizing statutes 
        of the agency or program would improve the performance of the 
        agency or program.
            (6) The extent to which changes in the management structure 
        of the agency or program or its placement in the executive 
        branch are needed to improve the overall efficiency, 
        effectiveness, or accountability of executive branch 
        operations.
    (g) Agency and Program Inventory.--
            (1) Preparation.--Within 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of Congressional Research 
        Service, with the assistance of the Comptroller General, shall 
        prepare an inventory of all executive branch agencies and 
        programs. Six months before the date on which the Sunset 
        Commission is scheduled to begin its review of an agency or 
        program, the Director of the Congressional Research Service, 
        with the assistance of the Comptroller General, shall update 
        the section of the inventory pertaining to that agency or 
        program.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the agency and program 
        inventory is to advise and assist the Sunset Commission, the 
        President, and Congress in carrying out the requirements of 
        this Act. Such inventory shall not in any way bind Congress or 
        the President with respect to their responsibilities under this 
        Act.
            (3) Inventory content.--The agency and program inventory 
        shall include for each agency and program a list of citations 
        of all authorizing statutes of the agency or program.

SEC. 5. EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PROCEDURES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Resolution.--The term ``resolution'' means only a joint 
        resolution that--
                    (A) is introduced within the 10 legislative days 
                beginning on the date on which the President transmits 
                a proposal to Congress under this Act;
                    (B) does not have a preamble;
                    (C) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint 
                resolution approving the reorganization proposals of 
                the President under the Government Reorganization and 
                Program Performance Improvement Act of 2005'';
                    (D) the matter after the resolving clause of which 
                is as follows: ``That Congress approves the 
                reorganization proposals of the President, as follows, 
                that were transmitted on ___ under the Government 
                Reorganization and Program Performance Improvement Act 
                of 2005:'', the blank space being filled in with the 
                appropriate date; and
                    (E) the remaining text which consists of the 
                complete text of the President's legislative proposals 
                submitted.
            (2) Legislative day.--For the purposes of this section, the 
        term ``legislative day'' refers to any day on which either 
        House of Congress is in session.
    (b) Introduction of Resolution of Approval.--In order for the 
resolution to be considered under the procedures under this section, 
the resolution shall be consistent with this Act and shall be 
introduced no later than 10 legislative days after the President 
transmits the legislative proposals under this Act.
    (c) Referral of Resolution of Approval.--A resolution of approval 
for the President's legislative proposals transmitted under this Act 
shall be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs in the Senate and the Committee on Government 
Reform in the House of Representatives.
    (d) Consideration in the House of Representatives.--
            (1) Report or discharge.--The Committee on Government 
        Reform shall report the resolution without amendment, and with 
        or without recommendation, not later than the 30th legislative 
        day after the date of its introduction. If the committee fails 
        to report the resolution within that period, it is thereafter 
        in order for a Member to move that the House discharge the 
        committee from further consideration of the resolution. A 
        motion to discharge may be made only by a Member favoring the 
        resolution (but only at a time or place designated by the 
        Speaker in the legislative schedule of the day after the 
        calendar day on which the Member offering the motion announces 
        to the House their intention to do so and the form of the 
        motion). The motion is privileged. Debate thereon shall be 
        limited to not more than 1 hour, the time to be divided in the 
        House equally between a proponent and an opponent. The previous 
        question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
        adoption without intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the 
        vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
        be in order.
            (2) Consideration.--After the resolution is reported or the 
        committee has been discharged from further consideration, it 
        shall be in order to consider the resolution in the House. If 
        the resolution is reported and the report has been available 
        for at least 1 calendar day, all points of order against the 
        resolution and against consideration of the resolution are 
        waived. If the committee has been discharged from further 
        consideration of the resolution, all points of order against 
        the resolution and against consideration of the resolution are 
        waived. The motion is privileged. A motion to reconsider the 
        vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
        be in order. During consideration of the resolution in the 
        House, the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
        Debate on the resolution shall be confined to the resolution, 
        and shall not exceed 1 hour equally divided and controlled by a 
        proponent and an opponent of the resolution. Amendments to the 
        resolution are not in order. Only 1 motion to rise shall be in 
        order, except if offered by the manager. The previous question 
        shall be considered as ordered on the resolution without 
        intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 
        of the resolution shall not be in order.
            (3) Appeals.--Appeals from decisions of the Chair regarding 
        application of the rules of the House of Representatives to the 
        procedure relating to the approval resolution shall be decided 
        without debate.
            (4) Consideration of senate message.--Consideration in the 
        House of all motions or appeals necessary to dispose of a 
        message from the Senate on the resolution shall be limited to 
        not more than 1 hour. Debate on each motion shall be limited to 
        20 minutes. Debate on any appeal or point of order that is 
        submitted in connection with the disposition of the Senate 
        message shall be limited to 10 minutes. Any time for debate 
        shall be equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
        the majority manager, unless the majority manager is a 
        proponent of the motion, appeal, or point of order, in which 
        case the minority manager shall be in control of the time in 
        opposition.
    (e) Consideration in the Senate.--
            (1) Report or discharge.--The Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs shall report the resolution 
        not later than the 30th legislative day following the date of 
        introduction of the resolution. If the committee fails to 
        report the resolution within that period, the committee shall 
        be automatically discharged from further consideration of the 
        resolution and the resolution shall be placed on the Calendar.
            (2) Resolution of approval from house.--When the Senate 
        receives from the House of Representatives the approval 
        resolution, such resolution shall not be referred to committee 
        and shall be placed on the calendar.
            (3) Motion nondebatable.--A motion to proceed to 
        consideration of the resolution under this subsection shall not 
        be debatable. It shall not be in order to move to reconsider 
        the vote by which the motion to proceed was adopted or 
        rejected, although subsequent motions to proceed may be made 
        under this paragraph.
            (4) Limit on consideration.--
                    (A) Amendments.--Amendments to the resolution are 
                not in order.
                    (B) Consideration.--After no more than 10 hours of 
                consideration of the resolution, the Senate shall 
                proceed, without intervening action or debate, to vote 
                on the final disposition thereof to the exclusion of 
                all motions, except a motion to reconsider or to table.
                    (C) Extension.--A single motion to extend the time 
                for consideration under subparagraph (B) for no more 
                than an additional 5 hours is in order before the 
                expiration of such time and shall be decided without 
                debate.
                    (D) Debate.--The time for debate on the resolution 
                shall be equally divided between the Majority Leader 
                and the Minority Leader or their designees.
            (5) No motion to recommit.--A motion to recommit the 
        resolution shall not be in order.
            (6) Consideration of house message.--Consideration in the 
        Senate of all motions or appeals necessary to dispose of a 
        message from the House of Representatives on the resolution 
        shall be limited to not more than 4 hours. Debate on each 
        motion shall be limited to 30 minutes. Debate on any appeal or 
        point of order that is submitted in connection with the 
        disposition of the House message shall be limited to 20 
        minutes. Any time for debate shall be equally divided and 
        controlled by the proponent and the majority manager, unless 
        the majority manager is a proponent of the motion, appeal, or 
        point of order, in which case the minority manager shall be in 
        control of the time in opposition.
    (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.
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