[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[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.


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                    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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