[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. Con. Res. 57 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 57

    Establishing an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill 
               returning spending levels to 2007 levels.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2010

  Mr. LeMieux (for himself, Mr. Risch, and Mr. DeMint) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               the Budget

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Establishing an expedited procedure for consideration of a bill 
               returning spending levels to 2007 levels.

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.

    (a) 2007 Spending Bill.--For purposes of this resolution, the term 
``2007 spending bill'' means a bill that reduces outlays for the fiscal 
year beginning in the year in which the bill is considered to levels 
not exceeding the levels for fiscal year 2007. The bill may not 
increase revenues.
    (b) Expedited Consideration of 2007 Spending Bill.--
            (1) Introduction of 2007 spending bill.--A 2007 spending 
        bill may be introduced in the House of Representatives and in 
        the Senate not later than July 12, 2010, or any time after the 
        first day of a session for any year thereafter by the majority 
        leader of each House of Congress. If 5 session days after July 
        12 in 2010 or after the first day of session any year 
        thereafter the majority leader has not introduced a bill, the 
        minority leader of each House of Congress may introduce a 2007 
        spending bill (during this time the majority leader may not 
        introduce a 2007 spending bill). If a 2007 spending bill is not 
        introduced in accordance with the preceding sentence in either 
        House of Congress within 5 session days, then any Member of 
        that House may introduce a 2007 spending bill on any day 
        thereafter. Upon introduction, the 2007 spending bill shall be 
        referred to the relevant committees of jurisdiction.
            (2) Committee consideration.--The committees to which the 
        2007 spending bill is referred shall report the 2007 spending 
        bill without any revision and with a favorable recommendation, 
        an unfavorable recommendation, or without recommendation, not 
        later than 30 calendar days after the date of introduction of 
        the bill in that House, or the first day thereafter on which 
        that House is in session. If any committee fails to report the 
        bill within that period, that committee shall be automatically 
        discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall 
        be placed on the appropriate calendar.
            (3) Fast track consideration in house of representatives.--
                    (A) Proceeding to consideration.--It shall be in 
                order, not later than 7 days of session after the date 
                on which an 2007 spending bill is reported or 
                discharged from all committees to which it was 
                referred, for the majority leader of the House of 
                Representatives or the majority leader's designee, to 
                move to proceed to the consideration of the 2007 
                spending bill. It shall also be in order for any Member 
                of the House of Representatives to move to proceed to 
                the consideration of the 2007 spending bill at any time 
                after the conclusion of such 7-day period. All points 
                of order against the motion are waived. Such a motion 
                shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a 
                motion to proceed on the 2007 spending bill. The 
                previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
                motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The 
                motion shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider 
                the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 
                be in order.
                    (B) Consideration.--The 2007 spending bill shall be 
                considered as read. The previous question shall be 
                considered as ordered on the 2007 spending bill to its 
                passage without intervening motion except 50 hours of 
                debate, equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
                and an opponent. A motion to limit debate shall be in 
                order during such debate. A motion to reconsider the 
                vote on passage of the 2007 spending bill shall not be 
                in order.
                    (C) Appeals.--Appeals from decisions of the chair 
                relating to the application of the Rules of the House 
                of Representatives to the procedure relating to the 
                2007 spending bill shall be decided without debate.
                    (D) Application of house rules.--Except to the 
                extent specifically provided in this paragraph, 
                consideration of an 2007 spending bill shall be 
                governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
                It shall not be in order in the House of 
                Representatives to consider any 2007 spending bill 
                introduced pursuant to the provisions of this 
                subsection under a suspension of the rules pursuant to 
                clause 1 of House Rule XV, or under a special rule 
                reported by the House Committee on Rules.
                    (E) Amendments.--It shall be in order to offer 
                amendments to the 2007 spending bill, provided that any 
                such amendment is relevant and would not result in an 
                overall outlay level exceeding the level included in 
                the 2007 spending bill.
                    (F) Vote on passage.--Immediately following the 
                conclusion of consideration of the 2007 spending bill, 
                the vote on passage of the 2007 spending bill shall 
                occur without any intervening action or motion and 
                shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
                the Members, duly chosen and sworn. If the 2007 
                spending bill is passed, the Clerk of the House of 
                Representatives shall cause the bill to be transmitted 
                to the Senate before the close of the next day of 
                session of the House.
            (4) Fast track consideration in senate.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding rule XXII of the 
                Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later 
                than 7 days of session after the date on which an 2007 
                spending bill is reported or discharged from all 
                committees to which it was referred, for the majority 
                leader of the Senate or the majority leader's designee 
                to move to proceed to the consideration of the 2007 
                spending bill. It shall also be in order for any Member 
                of the Senate to move to proceed to the consideration 
                of the 2007 spending bill at any time after the 
                conclusion of such 7-day period. A motion to proceed is 
                in order even though a previous motion to the same 
                effect has been disagreed to. All points of order 
                against the motion to proceed to the 2007 spending bill 
                are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
                motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. 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 2007 spending bill 
                is agreed to, the 2007 spending bill shall remain the 
                unfinished business until disposed of.
                    (B) Debate.--Consideration of an 2007 spending bill 
                and of all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
                therewith shall not exceed a total of 50 hours. Debate 
                shall be divided equally between the majority and 
                minority leaders or their designees. A motion further 
                to limit debate on the 2007 spending bill is in order. 
                Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not to 
                exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally between those 
                favoring and those opposing the motion or appeal. All 
                time used for consideration of the 2007 spending bill, 
                including time used for quorum calls and voting, shall 
                be counted against the total 50 hours of consideration.
                    (C) Amendments.--It shall be in order to offer 
                amendments to the 2007 spending bill, provided that any 
                such amendment is relevant and would not result in an 
                overall outlay level exceeding the level included in 
                the 2007 spending bill.
                    (D) Vote on passage.--The vote on passage shall 
                occur immediately following the conclusion of the 
                debate on the 2007 spending bill and a single quorum 
                call at the conclusion of the debate if requested. 
                Passage shall require an affirmative vote of three-
                fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
                    (E) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals 
                from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
                application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
                relating to a 2007 spending bill shall be decided 
                without debate.
            (5) Rules to coordinate action with other house.--
                    (A) Referral.--If, before the passage by 1 House of 
                an 2007 spending bill of that House, that House 
                receives from the other House an 2007 spending bill, 
                then such proposal from the other House shall not be 
                referred to a committee and shall immediately be placed 
                on the calendar.
                    (B) Treatment of 2007 spending bill of other 
                house.--If 1 House fails to introduce or consider a 
                2007 spending bill under this section, the 2007 
                spending bill of the other House shall be entitled to 
                expedited floor procedures under this section.
                    (C) Procedure.--
                            (i) 2007 spending bill in the senate.--If 
                        prior to passage of the 2007 spending bill in 
                        the Senate, the Senate receives an 2007 
                        spending bill from the House, the procedure in 
                        the Senate shall be the same as if no 2007 
                        spending bill had been received from the House 
                        except that--
                                    (I) the vote on final passage shall 
                                be on the 2007 spending bill of the 
                                House if it is identical to the 2007 
                                spending bill then pending for passage 
                                in the Senate; or
                                    (II) if the 2007 spending bill from 
                                the House is not identical to the 2007 
                                spending bill then pending for passage 
                                in the Senate and the Senate then 
                                passes the Senate 2007 spending bill, 
                                the Senate shall be considered to have 
                                passed the House 2007 spending bill as 
                                amended by the text of the Senate 2007 
                                spending bill.
                            (ii) Disposition of the 2007 spending 
                        bill.--Upon disposition of the 2007 spending 
                        bill received from the House, it shall no 
                        longer be in order to consider the 2007 
                        spending bill originated in the Senate.
                    (D) Treatment of companion measures in the 
                senate.--If following passage of the 2007 spending bill 
                in the Senate, the Senate then receives an 2007 
                spending bill from the House of Representatives that is 
                the same as the 2007 spending bill passed by the House, 
                the House-passed 2007 spending bill shall not be 
                debatable. If the House-passed 2007 spending bill is 
                identical to the Senate-passed 2007 spending bill, the 
                vote on passage of the 2007 spending bill in the Senate 
                shall be considered to be the vote on passage of the 
                2007 spending bill received from the House of 
                Representatives. If it is not identical to the House-
                passed 2007 spending bill, then the Senate shall be 
                considered to have passed the 2007 spending bill of the 
                House as amended by the text of the Senate 2007 
                spending bill.
                    (E) Consideration in conference.--Upon passage of 
                the 2007 spending bill, the Senate shall be deemed to 
                have insisted on its amendment and requested a 
                conference with the House of Representatives on the 
                disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and the Chair be 
                authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the 
                Senate, without any intervening action.
                    (F) Action on conference reports in senate.--
                            (i) Motion to proceed.--A motion to proceed 
                        to the consideration of the conference report 
                        on the 2007 spending bill may be made even 
                        though a previous motion to the same effect has 
                        been disagreed to.
                            (ii) Consideration.--During the 
                        consideration in the Senate of the conference 
                        report (or a message between Houses) on the 
                        2007 spending bill, and all amendments in 
                        disagreement, and all amendments thereto, and 
                        debatable motions and appeals in connection 
                        therewith, debate (or consideration) shall be 
                        limited to 30 hours, to be equally divided 
                        between, and controlled by, the majority leader 
                        and minority leader or their designees. Debate 
                        on any debatable motion or appeal related to 
                        the conference report (or a message between 
                        Houses) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be 
                        equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
                        mover and the manager of the conference report 
                        (or a message between Houses).
                            (iii) Debate if defeated.--If the 
                        conference report is defeated, debate on any 
                        request for a new conference and the 
                        appointment of conferees shall be limited to 1 
                        hour, to be equally divided between, and 
                        controlled by, the manager of the conference 
                        report and the minority leader or his designee, 
                        and should any motion be made to instruct the 
                        conferees before the conferees are named, 
                        debate on such motion shall be limited to one-
                        half hour, to be equally divided between, and 
                        controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 
                        conference report. Debate on any amendment to 
                        any such instructions shall be limited to 20 
                        minutes, to be equally divided between and 
                        controlled by the mover and the manager of the 
                        conference report. In all cases when the 
                        manager of the conference report is in favor of 
                        any motion, appeal, or amendment, the time in 
                        opposition shall be under the control of the 
                        minority leader or his designee.
                            (iv) Amendments in disagreement.--If there 
                        are amendments in disagreement to a conference 
                        report on the 2007 spending bill, time on each 
                        amendment shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be 
                        equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
                        manager of the conference report and the 
                        minority leader or his designee. No amendment 
                        that is not germane to the provisions of such 
                        amendments shall be received.
                    (G) Vote on conference report in each house.--
                Passage of the conference in each House shall be by an 
                affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of that 
                House, duly chosen and sworn.
                    (H) Veto.--If the President vetoes the bill debate 
                on a veto message in the Senate under this subsection 
                shall be 1 hour equally divided between the majority 
                and minority leaders or their designees.
            (6) Rules of the senate and house of representatives.--This 
        subsection is enacted by Congress--
                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, 
                and is deemed to be 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 
                bill under this section, and it supersedes other rules 
                only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such 
                rules; and
                    (B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
                right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
                they relate 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. 2. EFFECTIVE PERIOD.

    This resolution shall be effective until fiscal year 2020 or the 
fiscal year spending levels are returned to fiscal year 2007 levels 
whichever date first occurs.
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